Update July 19, 2006: Helen got 2 in right at the deadline, and now I’m closing this one… I’ll probably have another one up by Monday, so fear not!!
Score:
Shannon – 8 (Da Winnah!!!)
EddieZ – 4
Helen (UK) – 2

Music Meme

It’s become a regular fixture on the blog… so here’s a new one

The Rules (in case you want to do it too!)

Step 1: Put your iPod/MP3 player or iTunes on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post it on your blog and let everyone guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly & post the title in bold after the stricken song.
Step 5: Looking the lyrics up on Google or any other search engine is cheating! Please play nice!

Also, if you know the song – leave your guess in a comment, if you are right, I will post your name (or link if you prefer). Have fun!

The Songs

1. “tell me do you think it’d be alright if I could just crash here tonight you can see I’m in no shape for driving & anyway I’ve got no place to go & you know it might not be that bad you were the best I’d ever had” Hey Jealousy – Hit The Lights (a punk cover of the Gin Blossoms)EddieZ

2. “traded in my sorrows for some joy that I’ve borrowed from back in the day threw away my old clothes got myself a better wardrobe I got something to say” {Spinning Around – Kylie Minogue}

3. “took some time to celebrate just one day out of life it would be it would be so nice everybody spread the word we’re gonna have a celebration” Holiday – Madonna EddieZ

4. “took my love and I took it down climbed a mountain and I turned around and I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills” Landslide – Dixie Chicks & Stevie Nicks *ShannonH*

5. “good looking bad tasting full bodied butt wasted loose living tight fitting what you see ain’t what you are getting” Look At Me – Geri Halliwell *ShannonH*

6. “three little birds sat on my window & they told me I don’t need to worry summer came like cinnamon so sweet little girls double-dutch on the concrete” {Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae}

7. “I don’t know what you’re looking for you haven’t found it baby that’s for sure you rip me up and spread me all around in the dust in the deed of time” My Favourite Game – The Cardigans *ShannonH*

8. “never know how much I love you never know how much I care when you put your arms around me” Fever – Bette Midler EddieZ

9. “I’m living without you I know all about you I have run you down into the ground spread disease about you over town” Special – Garbage *Helen (UK)*

10. “sittin’ here with my tears all alone with my fears I’m wonderin’ if I have to do withoutcha but there’s no reason why I fell asleep late last night cryin’ like a new born child holdin’ myself close pretendin’ my arms are yours” {I Get Lonely – Janet Jackson}

11. “you may not believe it but I don’t believe in miracles anymore & when I think about it I don’t believe I ever did for sure all the things I’ve said in songs all the purple prose you bought from me reality’s just black & white” {This Train Don’t Stop – Elton John}

12. “there is freedom within there is freedom without try and catch the deluge in a paper cup there’s a battle ahead many battles are lost but you’ll never see the end of the road while you’re traveling with me” Don’t Dream It’s Over – Howie Day (Crowded House cover) EddieZ

13. “from here no lines are drawn from here no lights are on thirteen thousand and holding swallowed in the purring of her engines tracking the beacon here is there a signal there” I Can’t See New York – Tori Amos *ShannonH*

14. “go to Fred Segal you’ll find them there laughing loud so all the little people stare looking for a daddy to pay for the champagne (drop a name) what happened to the dreams of a girl president she’s dancing in the video next to 50 Cent ” Stupid Girls – Pink *ShannonH*

15. “captured effortlessly that’s the way it was happened so naturally I did not know it was love the next thing I felt was you holding me close what was I gonna do I let myself go” {Ain’t Nobody – Liberty X (Chaka Khan cover)}

16. “I must have died & gone to heaven cuz it was quarter past 11 on that saturday in 1999 on a dance floor she was landing it was clear that she was from another time” Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai *ShannonH*

17. “in sleep he sang to me in dreams he came that voice which calls to me and speaks my name and do I dream again for now I find” {The Phantom of The Opera Song – Me First & The Gimme Gimmes}

18. “sometimes I feel like throwin my hands up in the air I know I can count on you sometimes I feel like saying Lord I just don’t care” You Got The Love – Source ft Candi Staton *Helen (UK)*

19. “life is bigger its bigger than you & you are not me the lengths that I will go to the distance in your eyes oh no I’ve said too much I set it up” Losing My Religion – Scary Kids Scaring Kids (REM cover) *ShannonH*

20. “dig if u will the picture of u and I engaged in a kiss the sweat of your body covers me can u my darling can u picture this” When Doves Cry – Prince *ShannonH*