friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Occupant
   I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
2. “Mambo Italiano” by Rosemary Clooney
   But wait a minute, something’s wrong
3. “Angel Dance” by Robert Plant
   Don’t go shout when you hear them fall
4. “There She Goes” by the La’s
   No one else could heal my pain
5. “Camouflage” by Tim Fite
   No problem, there’s plenty of uniforms here
6. “Disaster” by Kopecky Family Band
   Call the army and have them stop by
7. “Nico on the Night Train” by Bedouin Soundclash
   Yeah we had friends in high school
8. “Take a Walk” by Passion Pit
   Now I work to bring my family stateside
9. “Waiting for the Great Leap Forward” by Billy Bragg
   Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer
10. “You Love the Thunder” by Jackson Browne
    What you see revealed within the anger is worth the pain

As always, good luck!

Last week, nobody guessed any. I found that surprising, even if this weblog doesn’t, strictly speaking, get a lot of visitors. Have people grown tired of the game, tired of the blog, or were the lyrics last week just really hard to guess? I’m tempted just to leave it up, regardless.

Anyway, here’s this week’s.

1. “Everybody Knows” by Leonard Cohen, guessed by Clayton
   Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
2. “We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives” by Los Campesinos!
   It’s all the same if the fizzy drinks are nice
3. “What Is the Light?” by the Flaming Lips
   Is it chemically derived?
4. “Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh” by Say Hi, guessed by Kim
   It’s the sound of her verbs
5. “Alison” by Elvis Costello
   I’m not gonna get too sentimental
6. “Slow Show” by the National
   You know I dreamed about you for twenty-nine years before I saw you
7. “Can’t Go Back Now” by the Weepies
   And you’ll think you’ve gone as far as you will ever get
8. “In the Springtime of His Voodoo” by Tori Amos
   And I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song
9. “Heaven Is My Home” by Randy Newman
   Now this sweet world is precious to me
10. “Missed the Boat” by Modest Mouse
    Saying, yes, this is a fine promotion

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Feathers in a Bag” by Hera
   There once was a girl here with a fist full of fate
2. “I Want You” by Bob Dylan
   The guilty undertaker sighs
3. “Veronica” by Elvis Costello
   Will you wake from your dream, with a wolf at the door
4. “The Bleeding Heart Show” by the New Pornographers
   It’s taken magic to a primitive new place
5. “When the President Talks to God” by Bright Eyes
   Is he resolute all down the line?
6. “Rumors” by Josh Ritter
   No lullabies through the locks, love
7. “Stolen Shoes & a Rifle” by Blitzen Trapper
   They worship at the foot of the keep
8. “Violet” by Jeremy Messersmith
   Blade of grass in her aching fist
9. “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men
   It’s the house telling you to close your eyes
10. “Window of My World” by Guided by Voices
    Take me in the words that so complete you

This may be my favorite of the weird, blank-verse poems that sometimes emerge from these things.

Good luck!

Last week, which somehow seems like much more than a week ago. This week:

1. “Mother Nature’s Song” by the Beatles, guessed by Kim
   Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies
2. “Such Great Heights” by the Postal Service
   I hope this song will guide you home
3. “The Twist” by Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (later, Chubby Checker), more or less guessed by Betty
   Take me by my little hand and go like this
4. “Germs” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by Occupant
   But that’s one state I’m never in
5. “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, guessed by Clayton
   I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
6. “That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)” by Dusty Springfield, more or less guessed by Occupant
   Tempted me with worldly goods, said I could have my pick
7. “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson, guessed by Occupant
   Just give me another chance for our romance
8. “Till the End of the Day” by the Kinks
   Yeah, I get up, and I see the sun up
9. “Waving Goodbye” by Bree Sharp
   Throwing all the roses at me
10. “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat” by Bob Dylan
    Just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine

Good luck!

Last week was only so-so. How will this week be?

1. “(Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Betty
   Can’t you see I’m on a losing streak
2. “Just What I Needed” by Kate McGarry (orig. the Cars), guessed by Occupant
   It’s not the perfume that you wear
3. “Engine Driver” by the Decemberists
   And I am a writer, writer of fictions
4. “Nothing Is Good Enough” by Aimee Mann
   Once upon a time is how it always goes
5. “The Man in Me” by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Cheyenne Mize
   That wishes I had a beard and mustache on my face
6. “Going Home” by Sophie Zelmani
   But the music’s been too bad
7. “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash, guessed by Occupant
   And the flames went higher
8. “Party” by El Perro del Mar
   I just want to be a part of you
9. “She’s Not There” by the Zombies, guessed by Betty
   Well no one told me about her
10. “And She Was” by Talking Heads, guessed by Betty
    And she could hear the highway breathing

Good luck!