Fun with Playlists

[fenchurch]

Gakked from sdwolfpup and shipperx and a few others I'm not remembering off the top of my head.

Rules
1. Put your playlist on shuffle.
2. Post the first lines to the first 25 songs to come up (along with these instructions).
3. Have people guess the songs and artists in comments to the post.
4. Post the answers to the ones people guessed correctly. A couple of days later, post the first two lines of the ones no one got and get people to guess again.
5. Repeat, adding the next line to the unguessed songs each time, until they're all guessed/you've posted the whole song/you've gotten bored/no-one's going to get the damn thing if you don't tell them.

I was amazed at how many songs have the title somewhere in the first line, though I guess it makes some sense (needless to say, I skipped those). Take a look and see what you can figure out... there are a few repeats of artists and some songs that are relatively obscure unless you're into a particular genre of music *cough*filk*cough*, but I figured there were enough people on my flist who share my musical tastes that someone ought to get them.

1) Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could tell...
"Only a Lad" by Oingo Boingo -- eep1313

2) Words fail, buildings tumble, the ground opens wide...
"She's Actual Size" by They Might Be Giants -- shipperx

3) Hey, I want to crawl out of my skin. Apologize for all my sins...
"Counting Stars" by Sugarcult -- shipperx

4) Look. Look John Look. See Spot Run.
"Baby Judy" by The Hawaiian Pups -- A very strange song. It used to get occasional playtime on the local Alternative station back in the late 80s/early 90s. It eventually contains the lines "Run Spot Run. Run to Pakistan. Run to India." and "Up, Up said Baby Judy."

5) I am the flaw in the teabowl, I will not dance death...
"Starship and Haiku" by Kathy Mar -- It's filk at its finest... one of those songs that's better than the book it's based on.

6) There was a woman in our town, in our town did dwell...
"Marrowbones" by Steeleye Span

7) Catch me as I fall, Say you're here and it's all over now...
"Whisper" by Evanescence

8) As far as my eyes can see, there are shadows approaching me...
"Old and Wise" by Alan Parsons Project -- gamiila

9) I wasn't looking for a lover, I wasn't looking for a friend...
"Can't Stop Falling" by Great Big Sea -- shipperx

10) I need someone, a person to talk to, someone to care, to love, could it be you
"Kiss Off" by The Violent Femmes -- shipperx

11) There's such a sad love, deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel...
"As the World Falls Down" by David Bowie -- eep1313

12) Every morning the alarm goes off and knocks me out of bed, I rush to catch the bus to get to work and bash some heads...
Nine-to-Five Barbarian by Bill Sutton -- More filk.

13) Ayer conoci un cielo sin sol y un hombre sin suelo...
"Ojos Asi" by Shakira -- nmissi

14) Rows of houses are bearing down on me, I can feel their blue hands touching me...
"Street Spirit" by Radiohead

15) With sadness in my heart, and joy in mind, I thought about the ghosts that we left behind......
"Not My Slave" by Oingo Boingo -- eep1313

16) When I was young my friends all worked like fools to get their share...
"S-100 Bus" by Frank Hayes -- Yet more filk... this one is a definite classic, with the best chorus EVER.

17) If time itself was his demeanor / There’d be no sunlight or a glimmer / Of sunlight landin on the street / Sunsuit girls must be discreet
"Never Say Never" by Romeo Void -- nmissi

18) To Bombay, a traveling circus came, they brought an intelligent elephant...
"Nellie the Elephant" by Toy Dolls -- matt1969

19) Cold winds blow around me and I can't help but think of you
"Walking Away" by Information Society

20) Just a loudmouth Yankee I went down to Mexico. I didn’t have much time to spend, about a week or so...
"What Am I Doing Hanging Round" by The Monkees -- desoto_hia873

21) Excuse me, Mr. Hoots I hate to bug a busy bird, but I want to learn the sax and I need a helpful word... ...
"Put Down the Duckie" by Ernie and Mr. Hoots -- eep1313

22) Well it's been ten years and thousand tears and look at the mess I'm in...
"Ball and Chain" by Social Distortion -- Am I the only who likes this band? No one ever recognizes their stuff.

23) You cannot go against nature, because when you do. Go against nature, is part of nature too...
"No New Tale To Tell" by Love and Rockets -- nmissi

24) You spurn my natural emotions, you make me feel like dirt, and I'm hurt...
"Ever Fallen in Love?" by The Buzzcocks -- nmissi

25) When you were here before, couldn't look you in the eye, You're just like an angel, your skin makes me cry...
"Creep" by Radiohead -- eep1313

Edited as answers roll in, and also to make the list a little more readable

Comments

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that Violent Femmes is a major part of my memory of college. For some reason they were being played ALL the time both at parties and in the architecture department. They were already a few years out of date (and The Doors moreso) and yet along with U2 those three groups were the constant soundtrack of the architecture department.

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

I just introduced a friend's teenager to the Femmes recently. He was so impressed, and had no clue how old the music was. I was like, sweetie, we did "angsty and rebellious" before you were born, too, you know. :)