Ten random songs

Guess the lyric, win no prize:

  1. “My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by Eric B.
    She likes his brooding angst and his wild-eyed stare
  2. “Hello, Goodbye” by the Beatles, guessed by Eric B.
    I don’t know why you say goodbye
  3. “Veronica” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Eric B.
    Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?
  4. “You Better Watch Yourself” by Dion
    You better stop drinking that wine, sonny boy
  5. “Roll Another Number (for the Road)” by Neil Young, guessed by Eric B.
    It’s too dark to put the keys in my ignition
  6. “The Boston Rag” by Steely Dan, guessed by Eric B.
    Lonnie was the kingpin back in nineteen sixty-five
  7. “Pale Blue Dot” by Ice-Core Scientist
    Well I came upon an old man weighed down by his fears
  8. “Walkin’ Down the Line” by Taj Mahal
    I got no shoes upon my feet
  9. “Genetic” by Sonic Youth, guessed by Eric B.
    I have heard it said before it’ll never happen
  10. “Chocolate Jesus” by Tom Waits, guessed by Eric B.
    Well I don’t want no Abba Zaba, don’t want no Almond Joy

And see — definitive proof that no prizes were handed out last week!

As always, best of luck!

3 thoughts on “Ten random songs

  1. #1 – Weird Al, “My Baby’s in Love With Eddie Vedder”
    #2 – Beatles, “Hello Goodbye”
    #3 – Elvis Costello, “Veronica”
    #5 – Neil Young, “Roll Another Number for the Road”
    #6 – Steely Dan, “Boston Rag”
    #9 – Sonic Youth, “Genetic”
    #10 – Tom Waits, “Chocolate Jesus”

  2. Late to the party, as usual (but this time it’s because the site address changed and it wasn’t redirecting until today). I knew #2, #3 and #6. I knew #10 was a Tom Waits song, but wouldn’t have known the title. I thought I knew #8, and the line was running around my brain all day today. I finally realized, though, that I was thinking of a line from the Stones’ “Beast of Burden” — “you can put me out / with no shoes on my feet” — and I’m pretty sure that’s not the same line Fred had in mind. Oh well.

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