friday random 10

Here it is, then, the Dismissed-from-Jury-Duty-Early-on-Friday Random Guess 10:

1. “Throwing Stones” by the Grateful Dead, guessed by Eric B.
   The darkness never goes from some men’s eyes
2. “Down With Disease” by Phish
   So I try to hear the music but I’m always losing time
3. “If You Never Say Goodbye” by Pm Dawn
   Eyes on the camera shaking everyone’s hand
4. “Morrissey Rides a Cockhorse” by Warlock Pinchers, guessed by Eric B.
   Making lots of money off boring songs like “Suedehead”
5. “Milk and Cereal” by G Love and Special Sauce, guessed by Kim
   No Grapenuts for Grandma
6. “Forgiven” by Alanis Morissette
   My brothers, they never went blind for what they did
7. “Lonesome Town” by Ricky Nelson, guessed by Eric B.
   The streets are filled with regret
8. “Po Lazarus” by James Carter & the Prisoners, guessed by Victor
   Well, he shot him with a mighty big number
9. “Disgustipated” by Tool
   These are the cries of the carrots
10. “Click Click Click” by Bishop Allen
    I’m carrying your suitcase outside of Alphabet City

Here are last week’s answers. Better luck guessing this weeks’ lyrics!

You know how this works. Thankfully I don’t have to again until Monday:

1. “Surgery” by Christine Fellows
   These clumsy fingers, these road-mapped thumbs
2. “Misguided Angel” by Cowboy Junkies
   There comes a time when you have to break away
3. “Congratulations” by the Traveling Wilburys, guessed by Kim
   I guess that I must have loved you more than I ever knew
4. “Good Evening, Mr. Waldheim” by Lou Reed
   Oh Jesse, you must watch the sounds you make
5. “Where Do We Go from Here?” from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, guessed by Betty
   The battle’s done and we kind of won
6. “World of Two” by Cake
   There’s only room for you
7. “Because We’re Dead” by Slow Club
   I might not have the power of telepathy
8. “Wings of a Dove” by Madness
   Blue train taking me from you
9. “It’s All About the Pentiums” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by Rob
   You’re just about as useless as jpegs to Hellen Keller
10. “Asking Too Much” by Ani DiFranco
    I’m tired of being the interesting one

Last week’s answers are here (or you could just scroll down a couple of posts). As always, good luck.

So I’m headed to Washington, D.C., for the next few days, for this work thing, which is why I’m posting this, the Random Friday Guess 10, a little early. I’m going to be taking my laptop with me, but I have no guarantee of an internet connection or the opportunity to use it while I’m there — so it’s not impossible that you won’t hear from me until next Wednesday, when I return. (Or maybe Thursday. My train gets in kind of late.)

Anyway, have fun while I’m gone. The answers to last week’s lyrics are posted here. And, as always, good luck!

1. “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel, guessed by Eric B.
   This amusement never ends
2. “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” by Led Zeppelin, guessed by Eric B.
   Devil he told me to roll
3. “Crossroads” by Don McLean, guessed by Occupant
   You know I’ve heard about people like me
4. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Eva Cassidy, guessed by Eric B.
   Someday I’ll wish upon a star
5. “Hollow of Your Hand” by Jeff Black, guessed by Occupant
   I cut a little closer to the ground
6. “Squeeze Box” by the Who, guessed by Eric B.
   She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
7. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO, guessed by Eric B.
   Now his hand is on your shoulder
8. “Dark Stranger” by Kristy Krüger
   I feel like we have met before
9. “Please Call Me Baby” by Tom Waits, guessed by Eric B.
   We do crazy things when we’re wounded
10. “Whole Heap of Little Horses” by the Chieftains
    Black and bay, sorrel and gray

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!

By now, I think we’re all familiar with the general concept, no?

1. “The Man Who Sold the World” by Nirvana (orig. David Bowie), guessed by Kim
   We spoke of was and when
2. “Tempted” by Richard Thompson (orig. Squeeze), guessed by Kim
   I said, “It’s no occasion. It’s no story I can tell.”
3. “Set the Fire to the Third Bar” by Snow Patrol w/ Martha Wainwright
   I find the map and draw a straight line
4. “Back in the High Life Again” by Warren Zevon (orig. Steve Winwood), guessed by Kim
   It’s so hard to just slow down
5. “Gorillaz on My Mind” by Redman & Gorillaz, guessed by Eric B.
   Then I’m back on purple hills
6. “No Myth” by Michael Penn, guessed by Clayton
   I’ll catch the first junk to Soho
7. “Squalor Victoria” by the National
   I’m going down among the saints
8. “The One that I Want” by the Beautiful South (orig. Grease), guessed by Clayton
   Yes, I’m sure down deep inside
9. “Modern Love” by the Last Town Chorus (orig. David Bowie), guessed by Kim
   But things don’t really change
10. “Lion’s Jaw” by Neko Case
    You’re gone, the trees are so quiet

Guess the lyric, win no prize! Here’s what happened last week. As always, best of luck!