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[hnpcc]

Step 1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play!
Step 2: Pick your favorite lines from the first 25 songs that play!
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from!
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly!

OK, at this point I should mention that I don't have anything capable of doing random shuffles or playlists... so this is the first 25 that came into my head. This does kind of indicate that most of them have at least had some airplay somewhere, although not necessarily everywhere. I think. Actually some may have had no airplay at all for all I know. Oh and some are due to exposure to Dean's CD collection... which may not be the most mainstream of collections at times. And two are classical.



1. He lived with his mother and the Passion of Christ.barrington

2. If we'd go again/all the way from the start

3. Is it any wonder the streets are dark?/Is it any wonder we fall apart?shnetti

4. I saw him in convulsive throes/I said "I'll have one of those!"dmw

5. We were full of beans/but we were dying like fliesbarrington

6. You wake up and you put on your handcuffs

7. The chills that you spill/up my backdmw

8. Am I ever going to see your face again?dmw

9. Comin' from behind with the lights down lowdmw

10. I can't stand to flydavesangel

11. I want to hurt you just to hear you/screaming my namejamaisneutral

12. The things we won't do for love

13. Semper crescis/aut decrescisjamaisneutral

14. He went up to heaven in a whirlwind!

15. Lying awake intent on tuning in on youshnetti

16. Doctor, doctor, please!

17. And he says "I know what I want and I want it now.."shnetti

18. The TV's on/that's what it's for

19. And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

20. I still need your love/we're in this together

21. Don't look so frightened/this is just a passing phase/one of my bad daysnumbat

22. She lies and says she's in love with himshnetti

23. Upon her needle she was crucifieddmw

24. Don't say goodbye/say you're gonna stay for ever

25. I could not understand

Comments

[damienw]

4 is TISM, (He'll never be an) Old Man River
8 is The Angels, Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (No way get fucked fuck off)
9 is Du Jour, Back Door Lover
23 is Cold Chisel, Breakfast at Sweethearts

[damienw]

and 7 is Dee-lite. Groove is in the heart

[damienw]

I mean Cheap Wine, of course, for 23. Stupid fingers.

[hnpcc]

All right (well after the change for 23 of course!)

OK, now how do I do the crossout thing? ;-)

[hnpcc]

Found it! :-)

[numbat.livejournal.com]

How nice to see a set of lyrics that include a few lines which sound familiar. Am pretty sure 21 is Pink Floyd's One Of My Turns, a favourite of mine.

[hnpcc]

Yup, one of my favourite songs. Mostly for the manic energy behind it.

[barrington.livejournal.com]

1. Meet James Ensor, THMBG.
5. Holy Grail? I've blotted this song largely out of my memory, not because I don't like it but because of the drunken football crowd at college who would sing it badly at the drop of a slab, so I'm not sure.


A few others I knew, but dmw got in first for all of them. Bastard! Plus, I know I know number 18, but I'm damned if I can place it...

I may do this one, by the way. You may need to be afraid.

[numbat.livejournal.com]

Yes, now that you mention it 5 is definitely Holy Grail by Hunters & Collectors.

[hnpcc]

Yep 5 is Holy Grail.

[hnpcc]

Heh, I was wondering who'd get number one first..

IIRC you said the same thing about number 18 last time too!

[shnetti.livejournal.com]

Cool, some I actually know, though a few of them have already been guessed. Better fill in one or two other gaps.

3. Rain by Dragon
15. Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles
17. Mr Vain by Culture Beat
22. Better Man by Pearl Jam

[hnpcc]

All right! (Oh good, I was going to have to look up who sang Mr Vain because I couldn't remember offhand...)

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

11. Poison by alice cooper

that's all I can think of, though some of the others sound bloody familiar

[hnpcc]

Yep! And there's at least one other Euro one on there, which I'd be surprised if the Australians get given that that gets no airplay here...

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

O fortuna is the latin, right?

[hnpcc]

Yup and one of the two classical (ish) ones.

[davesangel.livejournal.com]

Most of the ones I know are already gone! Ah well. Number 10 is 'Superman' by Five On Fighting (I think - lovely song). I'm wildy guessing that 16 is 'Doctor Doctor' by the Thompson Twins but could be completely wrong.

[hnpcc]

10's right although it's Five For Fighting (close enough - you should see my guesstimates).

16.'s not the Thompson Twins (just checked to make sure it wasn't a cover I was thinking of!)