I got this from Al, who got it from others.
“On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first 20 songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing). Write down one line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line. Have your friends comment and see if they know the songs. (NO CHEATING!) When someone guesses correctly, strike out the line and list the correct name of the song next to it. (Don’t strike out the line until the song’s ARTIST and NAME have both been guessed correctly!)”
Leave your answers in the comments, so that if you're wrong, all will know you are a fool. Numbers marked with a * are probably covers.
UPDATE: ANSWERS POSTED. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN ALL OF YOU THAT NOBODY GUESSED #11. CONGRATULATIONS TO EDEN (#16) AND AL (#20) FOR BEING SLIGHTLY LESS RETARDED THAN THE OTHERS.
1. "But if I crossed a million rivers and I rode a million miles, then I'd still be where I started - bread and butter for a smile." -- Queen, "Keep Yourself Alive"
*2. "When the hills conceal the setting sun, stars begin a peeping one by one." -- R Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders, "Home"
3. "Said they couldn't teach me so I guess I'm all learned out. Saw my soul die, didn't fly, it just squirmed out." -- Transplants, "Weigh on my Mind"
4. "They headed southward from San Francisco to be with Chuckles and the others. With electric in the air and peroxide in their hair, They looked like golden brothers." -- Primus, "Over the Electric Grapevine"
*5. "I don't have to think, I only have to do it. The results are always perfect and that's old news." -- Nirvana, "Oh Me"
6. "The factions soon agreed he's just the man we need to bring about victory, fulfill our manifest destiny, and annex the land the Mexicans command." -- They Might Be Giants, "James K Polk"
7. "I look back at the way I used to look at life: Soft, white dreams with sugar coated outside." -- The Kinks, "Young and Innocent Days"
8. "You gotta give it up for the new modern man. He's gonna have a ball, give it all that he can." -- The Eels, "Wrong About Bobby"
9. "Down in North Hollywood, there's a guy with long hair. He's really, really nice, but we had a problem." -- L7, "Andre"
10. "You won't become fully aware of her deep dissatisfaction until much later on in your date." -- Onion Radio News, "Woman Is Obviously Disliking Whatever You're Doing"
11. "Malkovich, Malkovich." -- John Malkovich, "Malkovich Malkovich"
12. "I had a talented wine, that land o' classical gas. And on the planet of glass, they sent me skipping through time." -- The Pixies, "Planet of Sound"
13. "Urami no kawa ni, Mi wo yudanete, Honma wa tooni, Sutemashita." -- Meiko Kaji, "The Flower of Carnage"
14. "So many things that keep, that keep me underground. So many words that I, that I can never find. If you give up on me now, I'll be gutted like I've never been before." -- Radiohead, "I Can't"
15. "Stranger as you go, seems the more you learn, the less and less and less and less you know." -- Apollo Sunshine, "The Egg"
16. "You and I had to be the standing joke of the year. You were a runaround, a lost and found, and not for me, I feel." -- David Gray, "Say Hello and Wave Goodbye" (Credit: Eden)
17. "I'm so down, I put my head around every noose I see. Days are long but the minds are strong." -- The Vines, "Factory"
18. "I say it's leukemia or sometimes bulimia, or a great big truck ran her over and chopped off her head." -- The Vandals, "My Girlfriend's Dead"
19. "Too much time has passed and I can't stand the future." -- The Hives, "Well, Well, Well"
20. "The wind in the willow played love's sweet melody. But all of those vows you made Were never to be." -- Fats Domino, "Blueberry Hill." (Credit: Al.)
Posted by kyle t. at August 13, 2005 03:35 PM