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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2004-12-17 11:52 am

Put on those thinking caps!

Because it's the Lyrics Quiz Meme!

Tell me the name of the song, and for bonus points, the artist.

1. On the fire escape/I smoke a cigarette alone X - Fourth of July ([livejournal.com profile] kshandra shoots, she scores!)
2. I'm woven in a fantasy/I can't believe the things I see Kansas - The Wall ([livejournal.com profile] mslulu wins this round!)
3. I will be king, and you, you will be queen David Bowie - Heroes ([livejournal.com profile] mslulu again.)
4. Someone got excited/Had to call the state militia Creedence Clearwater Revival - Traveling Band (Congrats to [livejournal.com profile] murphymom even though she missed the band name.)
5. The Effiel Tower and the Taj Mahal I might have seen on clearer days The Who - I Can See For Miles ([livejournal.com profile] isomeme nailed yhis one.)
6. Hail hail to the good times/'Cause rock has got the right of way AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) ([livejournal.com profile] seawasp rocks out here.)
7. We fired that cannon 'til the barrel melted down Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans ([livejournal.com profile] janetmiles scored here!)
8. There's a gun and ammunition/just inside the doorway Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running ([livejournal.com profile] bunyip got it.)
9. I don't know what/I'm to say I'll say it anyway a-ha - Take On Me (Yay for the [livejournal.com profile] eleri-buggy!)
10. I went to my local dealer to see if he could set me straight The Kinks - Gallon of Gas ([livejournal.com profile] mslulu gets the one I thought nobody would get.)

[identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com 2004-12-17 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
3. "Dilly, dilly"

7. "Battle of New Orleans"

[identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com 2004-12-17 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
#8 Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running

[identity profile] mslulu.livejournal.com 2004-12-17 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
2. Kansas - The Wall
3. Bowie - Heroes
10. The Kinks - Gallon of Gas
seawasp: (Default)

Most I don't know.

[personal profile] seawasp 2004-12-17 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
... Though I'm sure with GOOGLE I could get them all.

However, #6 is "For Those About To Rock, We Salute You" by AC/DC, and #8 is "Silent Running" by Mike and the Mechanics.

[identity profile] murphymom.livejournal.com 2004-12-17 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
#4 is "Playin in a Travelin' Band" - I want to say it's Country Joe and the fish, but I'm not sure.

[identity profile] isomeme.livejournal.com 2004-12-17 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
5 is "I Can See for Miles" by The Who.
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[personal profile] kshandra 2004-12-17 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
#1 is "4th of July" by X (and I'm amazed nobody else got to it before now).

[identity profile] eleri.livejournal.com 2004-12-17 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
9 is Take on Me by aha
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[personal profile] kengr 2004-12-18 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
1. Sounds of Silence, Simon & Garfinkel