friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Madelaine” by Jonathan Coulton
   You could buy a dog to keep away the bad guys
2. “The Curse” by Josh Ritter
   Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in bullrushes
3. “Daybreak” by the Stone Roses
   Black bones are the original bones
4. “Buggin” by the Flaming Lips
   And the summertime will make you itch the mosquito bites
5. “Freddie’s Dead” by Curtis Mayfield
   We can deal with rockets and dreams
6. “Cloudy” by Simon & Garfunkel
   Why don’t you show your face and bend my mind?
7. “Light of Some Kind” by Ani DiFranco
   I wish I didn’t have this nervous laugh
8. “Lonely Boy” by the Black Keys, almost guessed by Betty
   I got a love that keeps me waiting
9. “Real Men” by Tori Amos (orig. Joe Jackson), guessed by Occupant
   You can wear the uniform and I could play along
10. “Cocaine” by Jackson Browne, guessed by Kim
    Ladanyi come knockin’ down my hotel room door

Good luck!

Were last week’s lyrics just inexplicably obscure? Will this week’s prove any different? Is anybody even reading this?

1. “Man on the Moon” by R.E.M., guessed by Kim
   Moses went walking with the staff of wood
2. “40” by U2
   He set my feet upon a rock
3. “Dracula Moon” by Joan Osborne
   Where are the bones on that one?
4. “Real Love” by the Beatles, guessed by Kim
   All my little plans and schemes
5. “Busted” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
   Like a sacrifice for the minotaur
6. “I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You” by Emiliana Torrini (orig. Tom WaitS)
   These old tom-cat feelings you don’t understand
7. “Little Martian Girl” by Larry Gallagher
   The likeness is otherworldly
8. “Velvet Underground” by Jonathan Richman
   Sounds as stark as black and white stripes
9. “Bye Bye Love” by the Everly Brothers, guessed by Clayton
   She was my baby till he stepped in
10. “Feel Good, Inc.” by Gorillaz
    And all I wanna hear is the message beep

Good luck!

Every week, I try to imagine this as single ten-line poem. Here’s last week’s. And this week:

1. “Good Morning Good Morning” by the Beatles, guessed by Clayton
   Everything is closed, it’s like a ruin
2. “Flesh” by Aerosmith
   The witch has brewed her baddest batch
3. “Dig Gravedigger Dig” by Corb Lund
   Nothin’ a little whiskey won’t tame
4. “I’m Going to Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
   She stuck them here and there
5. “I Like the Beatles (And My Baby Loves the Rolling Stones)” by Segarini
   She likes music that takes her away
6. “Your Love” by the Outfield, guessed by Clayton
   You know I like my girls a little bit older
7. “Top” by Live, guessed by Kim
   Pyramids, healing wires, a musician’s fame
8. “Sun Hands” by Local Natives
   Baby, won’t you show me warmth again?
9. “The Walls Are Coming Down” by Fanfarlo
   For atoms have gone as far as atoms will go
10. “Johnny 99” by Bruce Springstein
    Ralph went out lookin’ for a job but he couldn’t find none

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Bad Horse Chorus” from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
   A heinous crime, a show of force
2. “Stay Up Late” by Talking Heads, guessed by Clayton
   See him eat. From a plate
3. “Red Hill Mining Town” by U2
   We stoop so low, to reach so high
4. “I’m Done” by Kupek
   You’re the only girl I want to call
5. “As I Went Out One Morning” by Mira Billotte (orig. Bob Dylan)
   Said I, “But you have no choice”
6. “Badge” by Cream, guessed by Kim
   Now he’s married to Mabel
7. “Hung Up on Me” by Those Darlins
   Pick up the goddamn phone!
8. “And So it Goes” by Billy Joel, guessed by Kim
   You answered me with no pretense
9. “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, guessed by Clayton
   And the forests will echo with laughter
10. “Bears” by Sam Isaac
    I’m so scared of the truth and automatic doors

Good luck!

Last week. And this week:

1. “The KKK Took My Baby Away” by the Ramones, guessed by Kim
   Ring me, ring me, ring me up the President
2. “Magic Bus” by the Who, guessed by Clayton
   Thruppence and sixpence every day
3. “Hang Down Your Head” by Lucinda Williams (orig. Tom Waits)
   Hush you’re in a story I heard somebody told
4. “Happy Together” by Mel Torme (orig. the Turtles), guessed by Kim
   When you’re with me, baby, the skies’ll be blue
5. “Hasten Down the Wind” by Warren Zevon
   He can’t have the restless part
6. “Many the Miles” by Sara Bareilles
   You can’t waste the day wishing it’d slow down
7. “Portland, Oregon” by Loretta Lynn
   If that ain’t love then tell me what is
8. “Our Lips Are Sealed” by the Go-Go’s, guessed by Occupant
   They have no shield, no secrets to reveal
9. “Hat Shaped Hat” by Ani DiFranco
   And the man broke into a smile, like he was breaking into song
10. “‘Til the Money Runs Out” by Tom Waits
    You buy a Sunday paper on a Saturday night

Imagine that. Good luck!