enter: tom collins, computer genius, teacher, vagabond anarchist who ran naked through the parthenon

[two_grey_rooms]

so, tonight i am feeling simultaneously sleepy and restless and am having difficulty reconciling the two. while i figure out whether it would be more appropriate to take a walk or go to bed, you all get to enjoy the guess-the-song meme! isn't that exciting? (random strangers who may be reading this, feel free to jump in.)

you know the rules: no fucking search engines, you goddamn cheating scoundrels.

eta: instead of striking out the correctly identified lyrics, i decided to tuck the song titles under a cut. so if you still want to play and you're late to the game, you can choose to ignore the answers. i'm so fucking courteous, i know.

8. "cello song," by nick drake (archy_the_roach)
9. "begin to hope," by regina spektor (guessed by imortlnoctrn and robinoli)
11. "videotape," by radiohead (guessed by quadruplify and robinoli)
12. "back in the u.s.s.r.," by the beatles (guessed by archy_the_roach, robinoli, and ohdelighted)
13. "smut," by tom lehrer (ohdelighted)
15. "down and out (piano rendition)," by the academy is... (guessed by cool_rain_kiss and ohdelighted)
16. "today 4 u," by jonathan larson (robinoli and ohdelighted)
19. "grace kelly," by mika (imortlnoctrn and ohdelighted)
21. "first orgasm," by the dresden dolls (robinoli)
24. "abel," by the national (quadruplify and archy_the_roach)
25. "run," by snow patrol (quadruplify and ohdelighted)


1. you ole fire/i'm mad with desire/you're my favorite one/got me cooking with the fever, got my love runnin' for the sun

2. and when i see the sign that points one way/a light i used to pass by every day

3. you could say i surrender on all fours/to some bright holy light from above/you could bravely be the first to spill this vile demon's blood

4. how many wasted days, wasted nights on you/i can't even count that high/haven't i tried to?

5. there are those boys with earthly eyes/their eyes are like the ground/you walk and walk, kicking up dirt/but they don't make a sound

6. on and on and on we'll be together, yeah/on and on and on we'll stay together, yeah

7. aren't you gonna come along/aren't you gonna fight/aren't you gonna hold your hands up to the light?

8. strange face with your eyes/so pale and sincere/underneath, you know well/you have nothing to fear

9. begin to hope and all the colors start to change/beneath the light, you might forget that the world's so sad

10. at the zombie dance/here's ben and betty/they tap their toes/but they don't get sweaty

11. when i'm at the pearly gates/this'll be on my videotape, my videotape

12. flew in from miami beach boac/didn't get to bed last night/on the way the paper bag was on my knee/man, i had a dreadful flight

13. give me smut and nothing but/a dirty novel i can't shut/if it's uncut and unsubt...le

14. prettiest world i know, stole away all the show/you are so easy to love/you are so hard to let go

15. out of the box, out of the kitchen/out of the world she's grown so fearful of

16. bustelo, marlboro/banana by the bunch/a box of captain crunch will taste so good

17. guardo il cielo e non vedo altro colore/solo grigio piombo che mi spegne il sole/l'unica certezza è gli occhi che io ho di te

18. here's the guy i'd like to thank/he signs the checks and leaves 'em blank/he's the one/he says, "you don't have to walk the plank/the game is rigged, go figure"

19. do i attract you/do i repulse you/with my queasy smile

20. my baby's out there/with his lantern searching for an honest man

21. it is a thursday/i get up early/it is a challenge/i'm usually lazy

22. i haven't fucked much with the past/but i've fucked plenty with the future

23. i found a reason/to keep living/oh, and the reason, dear, is you

24. my mind's not right my mind's not right my mind's not right my mind's not right

25. i'll sing it one last time for you/then we really have to go/you've been the only thing that's right/in all i've done

Comments

[quadruplify.livejournal.com]

25. Snow Patrol, "Run"

24. The National, "Abel"

11. Radiohead, "Videotape"

I know 9 is Regina Spektor but I can't place what song, and I really ought to know what 17 is. It's a shame I only know three of these off the top of my head. :

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

i'm actually really surprised you only know three. i was sure you'd get here first and name all the songs before anyone else got half a chance. looks like we have less music in common than i thought!

you're right about all the ones you guessed though, and yes, #9 is a regina spektor tune. imortlnoctrn guessed it: it's..."begin to hope." heh. don't feel dumb? xD

[quadruplify.livejournal.com]

Well, I should've gotten 8 and 9, but I honestly don't recognize everything else, so. :PPP

[archy-the-roach.livejournal.com]

8. Cello Song- Nick Drake

12. Back in the USSR- The Beatles (?)

24. Abel- The National

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

knew you'd get #8. but i'm taking off points for that question mark, young lady. they're not the beatles?, goddammit, they're the motherfucking BEATLES.

[archy-the-roach.livejournal.com]

I was sort of surprised that I knew it- been suffering from a Nick Drake deficiency recently.
Pleeeease tell me that I've already been forced to admit to you that I'm not the biggest Beatles fan. -ducks preemptively-

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

only you can remedy that, yano. *nods sagely*

neither am i. but i'm pretty sure not recognizing their more famous songs is a felony. i'm actually not even sure how "back in the u.s.s.r." got on my ipod; i thought the only beatles song i owned was "norwegian wood."

[archy-the-roach.livejournal.com]

This is true. I'll have to do so immediately.

Probably. Or at least something that leads to equal levels of ostracization as, say, having particularly pungent body odor.

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

like you do already.

[archy-the-roach.livejournal.com]

At least it's not because I don't shower- I have a CONDITION. You're always rather uncleansed.

[imortlnoctrn.livejournal.com]

9. begin to hope // regina spektor

19. grace kelly // mika

i'm very upset with myself because this is all i know offhand.

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

meh, i got a lot of annoyingly obscure songs this time. don't feel too bad :P.

(but yes, you got those two right! YAYZ.)

[imortlnoctrn.livejournal.com]

so.. sad. i only know the movie versions of songs from rent. which is likely the only reason i didn't know 16.

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

i must agree, that is kind of tragic. the show > the movie x 384384732874. i'd rectify this grievous oversight for you, but the computer with all my music saved on it recently asploded and i've yet to recover it all :(

[imortlnoctrn.livejournal.com]

i saw the show once when it was in town.. didn't notice any remarkable difference between lyrics. only additions of songs i hadn't yet heard. which has left me thinking 'bullshit' in terms of their doing the actual stage version.

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's because there isn't any remarkable difference in lyrics. but the stage version is still muuuuch better, imho.

[robinoli.livejournal.com]

9. "Begin to Hope" - Regina Spektor
11. "Videotape" - Radiohead (<33333)
12. "Back in the USSR" - The Beatles
16. "Today 4 U" - RENT
21. "First Orgasm" - The Dresden Dolls (more <3333)

And I recognize so much more, but APPARENTLY I SUCK because I can't think of them. D:

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

yay for recognizing obscure respekt songs! i fucking love that one, even if it's now been replaced with "man of a thousand faces." and omg the dresden dolls <3 <3.

heh. maybe they'll come back to you?

[cool-rain-kiss.livejournal.com]

15 is Down and Out by TAI...! LOOK I KNOW ONE.

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

*slow claps*

actually i take my applause back. you should've recognized #21, you wankstain.

[cool-rain-kiss.livejournal.com]

Someone said it already, Horny. God. >:(

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

THAT'S NO EXCUSE. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE ABOVE REDUNDANCY BY BEING TOO GOOD FOR IT?!

[cool-rain-kiss.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

WELL THEN FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FUCK.

[cool-rain-kiss.livejournal.com]

WHEN AND WHERE. >:9

[ohdelighted.livejournal.com]

these memes are my favorite, fuck yeah. except i don't think i know any new ones. :(


12. back in the ussr, by the beatles. also my favorite song by them.
13. ...is that the ALA anthem? i forget what it's called, but tom lehrer did it, i believe.
15. down and out, by the academy is.
16. today 4 u, RENT
19. grace kelly, by mika
25. run, by snow patrol

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

i sort of love you for recognizing #13. YESSSS. tom lehrer is the man and it's called "smut," but i'll give it to you anyway.

[mandaffodil]

everyone got all the ones i knew already. :( I'M STEALING THIS MEME, WOO.

p.s. my mom said she'd be glad to meet you for lunch in poughkeepsie if you can swing it. i have no idea what time it'll be when we get there, though. /UNCERTAIN PLANS

[two-grey-rooms.livejournal.com]

IT'S OKAY I STILL LOVE YOU.

sucks that our plans fell through though :(. i hope you enjoyed the, uh...panoply of engaging activities poughkeepsie has to offer on your own though. *cough cough*