The return of the song lyric meme--but horribly, horribly changed!

[zdashamber]

Well, not that horribly. But while in the past I've heard it as "your favorite line of the song" this time it's "the first line of the song (with the title blanked out, if it's in there)". Specifically:

Step 1: Put your media player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) of the first 25 songs that play
Step 3: Everyone guesses/brags about the ones they know in the comments, even if they've already been guessed

EDIT: Oh! And I definitely need to thank follybard and arenson9 for bringing this to mind again! I noted what's been gotten so far and added more lyrics to the rest.

I'm going to try this with the first couple lines, to make it a bit more likely to catch you if you know it. Some are really, really easy. One is hard. Several are related, with the player hanging out in hotspots. These are lyrics based on my hearing of the song, so caveat emptor.

1. Well I sympathize completely but there's nothing I can do / I am just a humble servant / with a message here for you
Gotten by obadiah
2. Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the English language today is the word __
shadowflyer and aiyume know this as well as I do, which is to say, kinda vague on the artist
3. This looks familiar, vaguely familiar
Gotten by shadowflyer, aiyume, and jamused
4. Some folks trust to reason, others trust to might / I don't trust to nothing / but I know it come out right
Gotten by rikibeth
5. What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Gotten by kittentikka, shadowflyer, cochese, aiyume (Cocker is evil, though!), and imnotandrei, also obadiah
6. Little surfer, little one / made my heart come all undone
Gotten by shadowflyer, cochese, and beth_leonard, also obadiah
7. __ __ __ __ - went ridin' down - south Colorado, west Texas bound / we stopped over / in Santa Fe

8. Well the first days are the hardest days / don't you hang your head and moan
Gotten by shadowflyer
9. It's time that I woke up / it's time that I got outta here / either I'm insane or there's an old dame / pouring poison in my ear
Gotten by rikibeth
10. I died so many years ago / but you can make me feel like it isn't so
Gotten by cochese
11. The French are glad to die for love / they delight in fighting duels
The above is the first line of the "prologue", so here's the first line of the rest of the song:
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental / but __ __ __ __ __ __
Gotten by rikibeth
12. Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue / thought I heard you talking softly
Gotten by aiyume (Possibly my favorite song here... Though "Cover of the Rolling Stone" and "Come and Get It" are also both awesome)
13. I come home in the morning light / my mother says when you going to live your life right
Gotten by kittentikka, shadowflyer, aiyume, jamused
14. You walked into the party / like you were walking onto a yacht
Gotten by kittentikka, shadowflyer, cochese, aiyume
15. Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
Gotten by shadowflyer and jamused, also obadiah
16. If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Gotten by imnotandrei and jamused
17. Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you
Gotten by kittentikka, shadowflyer, cochese, imnotandrei, jamused, obadiah. Tied with the Eagles for "most recognizeable".
18. Oho the __ __ __ is a'comin' down the street / Oh, please let it be for me
Gotten by colomon and shadowflyer, aiyume, and jamused, also obadiah
19. Look out of any window / any morning any evening any day
Gotten by shadowflyer and obadiah
20. __ why don't you come to your senses / you been out riding fences for so long now
Gotten by shadowflyer, cochese, beth_leonard, aiyume, imnotandrei, obadiah
21. three four
Take me back to my __ __ __ __ / I need to go down, I need to come down / take me back to my __ __ __ __ / and I won't cry out anymore
Gotten by obadiah
22. oh ho ho, I don't believe it dah! ah ! Ah ! Oh! Don't touch me. Hey Ray! Hey Sugar! Tell them who we are.
Well, we're big rock singers, we got golden fingers, and we're loved everywhere we go
Gotten by tymen and jamused
23. Spend my days with a woman unkind / smoked my stuff and drank ...all my wine
Gotten by cochese and imnotandrei
24. She's got smile that it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories
Gotten by rvdammit, shadowflyer, and aiyume
25. 7a. What number is this, Jim? 7A. Okay, not a min, don't get excited man, just 'cause I'm sure I know
Oh I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
Gotten by kittentikka and aiyume

Seekrit Bonus Round:

I note there are songs unguessed in previous iterations...

The mix was a bit random... That's what you get from a fresh load of the songs without history of listening for the player to compare to. Even after I left off all the ones that I skipped past instead of listening to, it's not so much of what I'm listening to these days. Partly because I haven't gotten a new dose of mp3s for a long time... Back to CDs. Sad.

Comments

[kittentikka.livejournal.com]

I know:

5) A little help from my friends
13) Girls just wanna have fun
14) You're so vain
17) All my loving
25) Daydream Believer (I think the line's 'just coz I'm short'.)

[rvdammit.livejournal.com]

24. Sweet Child of mine.

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

2. The blanked out word is 'fuck' and I think it's a George Carlin bit but I'm not positive
3. I'm Going To Go Back There Someday - Gonzo, from The Muppet Movie (that one always makes me cry)
5. A Little Help From My Friends - Beatles
6. Surfer Girl - Beach Boys
8. Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead (but you must have an interesting version of it; the one I know goes "...don't you worry anymore")
13. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
14. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
15. Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
16. Arrgh, I can hear this one but I can't remember enough of it to get the title. "...but you better hurry cuz it's going fast..."
17. All My Lovin - Beatles
18. Wells Fargo Wagon - Oklahoma!
19. Box of Rain - Grateful Dead
20. Desperado - Eagles
23. Easy Wind - Grateful Dead (not sure but sounds like it)
24. Sweet Child of Mine - Guns & Roses

[colomon.livejournal.com]

That would be
18 Wells Fargo Wagon - The Music Man

[cochese.livejournal.com]

6. "Surfer Girl" by the Beach Boys
10. "Rest in Peace" by Spike in the Buffy Musical.
14. "You're so Vain" by... Linda Rondstadt?
15. "Ballad of John and Yoko" by the Beatles?
16. It's Beatles, but I couldn't tell you the name of it if my life depended on it.
17. I think the title is "All my Lovin" by the Beatles
19. Look out of any window / any morning any evening any day
20. "Desperado" by the Eagles
23. "Going to California" by... Led Zepplin?

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

Teach me to do this stuff before coffee....

[cochese.livejournal.com]

Didn't look at other posts before doing mine. Itlooks like I was entirely wrong on #15. =P

[beth_leonard]

5. What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? With a little help from my friends (Beatles)
6. Little surfer, little one / made my heart come all undone Surfer Girl (Beach boys) My Dad and I danced to this one at my wedding.
20. __ why don't you come to your senses / you been out riding fences for so long nowDesparado

That's all that come to mind off the top of my head.
--Beth

[aiyume.livejournal.com]

Ones I got before I read down:

1. Well I sympathize completely but there's nothing I can do
2. Is an essay on the word Fuck. I've heard a version read by John Cleese.
3. I'm Going To Go Back There Someday - sung by Gonzo from The Muppet Movie Soundtrack
5. With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker
12. Ordinary World by Duran Duran
13. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
14. You're So Vain by Carly Simon
18. Wells Fargo Wagon from The Music Man sung by the whole cast including little Ronnie Howard
20. Desperado by The Eagles (unless you're listening to the Langley Schools Music Project version; see linked page for a sample)
24. Sweet Child Of Mind by Guns'n'Roses
25. Daydream Believer... is this the Monkees version?

16. - I only know from a car commercial, so I'm interested in finding out who this is...

[aiyume.livejournal.com]

Well, the samples of the Langley Schools Music Project have been taken down, but if you get a chance to listen, Desperado in particular is a great recording.

[tymen.livejournal.com]

22. Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook

[imnotandrei.livejournal.com]

#16 sounds like the Beatles, but it isn't. It's Badfinger, written by McCartney, for "The Magic Christian".

That said, I do really miserably on the others. ;)

5. With a Little Help from My Friends, the Beatles
15. Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
17. All My Loving, the Beatles.
20. Desperado, the Eagles, IIRC.
23. Goin' to California, Led Zeppelin

[tymen.livejournal.com]

16. Come and Get It - Badfinger (Written by Paul McCartney)

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I love that song and I'm pleased others know it.

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Winn3r! I remember how our tastes run similarly... I'll see if I can put up the Uncle John's Band version I have when I get home. And yeah, Gonzo's song always makes me a bit misty, too. Gonzo in general is a great character.

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but no one else got the Spike song... :) (I got "Mustard" in that trawl, too, but that's not really for this meme. Like They Might Be Giants's "Minimum Wage.")

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

I once made a character with "Surfer Girl" as a sort of inspiration... Lovely song.

[jamused.livejournal.com]

3. Almost unreal yet, it's too soon to feel yet... I'm Going to Go Back There Some Day, from The Muppet Movie, Paul Williams. I can actually do a passable imitation of Gonzo singing this...
5. When I'm 64, The Beatles
13. Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper I only recognize this because of Karaoke Revolution
15. Me and Bobby McGee. Janis Joplin (lyrics and music Kris Kristofferson).
16. Come and Get It. Beatles?
17. All My Loving. Beatles.
18. The Wells Fargo Wagon. The Music Man, Meredith Wilson
22. Cover of the Rolling Stone. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

I identify way too strongly with Gonzo - to the point that Muppets From Space is probably my favorite movie in the series.

[jamused.livejournal.com]

Oh, and here's my list (http://jamused.livejournal.com/57687.html)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

#9 is "Marion" by Steven Brust (and I would not have recognized it if I had not recently ripped the disc)

#11 is Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, and I don't know whose version you have. Marilyn Monroe? Carol Channing? Or (shudder) Madonna?

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

"Marion" was the one I figured was Hard. I practically had to go find Brust in person to get a copy of that CD... :)

I have the Marilyn Monroe version. Sounds like the best, given the options... Eek.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Once I ripped the disc, I gave it (inscribed copy) back to shadowflyer. Guess he hasn't given it a recent listen.

I didn't bother guessing the ones that had already been identified, but I did know quite a few. Including knowing that #23 was "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin and not a Dead song. I listened to Zeppelin IV almost as many times as I listened to the White Album in junior high.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Oh! And #4 is "Playin' In The Band." Grateful Dead. I can hear Bobby's voice now!

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

I actually got my mp3s of that CD from aiyume... But the first couple lines are hard to fish out of memory, becuase they could be so many other songs that start with waking up and leaving.

[aiyume.livejournal.com]

Speaking of songs you got mp3s of from me (that looks awfully tortured written out, but hopefully it's clear enough)...

#1 sounded familiar to me, so I googled the lyrics. I swore up a storm when I found out what song it was. I've probably listened to the album 100 times since the 80s when I first got it. Like the average person not knowing the song for "Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh..."

{sigh}

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

I was wondering, since you had the lyrics copied into your first comment... :) (That is a neat one, btw, thanks!)

[jamused.livejournal.com]

D'oh! Looking at it again, I have no idea why I said "When I'm 64", since a) When I'm 64 starts with "When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now", and b) it's obviously "A Little Help from My Friends" which (unlike When I'm 64) I know by heart:

What would you do if I sang out of tune,
would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me an ear and a I'll sing you a song,
and I'll try not to sing out of key.
Mmm, I get by with a little help from my friends,
gonna try with a little help from my friends.

Do you need anybody?
I just need someone to love
Could it be anybody?
I just want someone to love

What do I do when my love is away
(Does it worry you to be alone?)
How do I feel at the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)

No, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm. Gonna try with a little help from my friend

(Repeat Do you need anybody)

Do you believe in love at first sight?
Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you but I know it's mine

(Repeat I get by, then repeat Do you need anybody)

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
with a little help from my friends

Some Songs I Know

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

1. "Can't Take It With You." The Alan Parsons Project. Pyramid
5. "With a Little Help From My Friends." The Beatles (featuring Ringo as Billy Shears). Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Side one, track two. (Yes, I have listened to that album just a little bit....)
6. "Surfer Girl." The Beach Boys. Don't know the original LP on that one.
15. "Me and Bobby McGee." Janis Joplin (though her version is a cover).
18. "The Wells-Fargo Wagon." The Music Man.
17. "All My Loving." The Beatles. Different albums, depending on whether you follow the Capital or EMI releases.
19. "Box of Rain." The Grateful Dead. American Beauty. Side one, track one. (Again, I've heard this one more than once or twice.) This is the song I sang to my paternal grandmother when she lay dying, shortly before what would have been her 102nd birthday.
20. "Desperado." The Eagles. I heard Joe Walsh perform this as a member of the first incarnation of Ringo's All-Starr Band. Since this song is really more of a Don Henley Eagles piece than a Joe Walsh Eagles piece, the performance led one of my friends who was there to quip, "What's he going to play next, 'Boys of Summer?'"
21. "Boat on the River." Styx. Cornerstone. Written by Tommy Shaw, this piece was a huge international hit for them, but it's far from their best known song within the US.

Re: Some Songs I Know

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

For some reason, I put #18 before #17. Oh well. :-)

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about chickens?

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

I love that song too, but had forgotten the first line. I can sing along with it, though. :-D

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

My relationships with chickens have been strictly culinary.

Re: Some Songs I Know

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

I got your message yesterday... 'Sup? Unpacked? Rejoicing in spring?

Glad you came by to sweep up the Styx and Alan Parsons. :)

Re: Some Songs I Know

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

'Sup? Unpacked? Rejoicing in spring?

Partly unpacked (more every day), definitely rejoicing in spring. :-)

Glad you came by to sweep up the Styx and Alan Parsons. :)

'Twere nuthin', ma'am. It just needed doin'.