Song lyrics meme

[jadesfire]

Song Lyrics meme, nicked from terrylj. My taste is much less interesting than hers, and appears to come to an end in 1985... They're not all pop music, though.

Guess the song and artist of the first 20 tracks on shuffle on my mp3 player that weren't from talking books...
UPDATE: There's still 2 left - one easy, one hard, I think ;)

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1. Golden days before they end/Whisper secrets to the wind.

2. The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself
Waterloo by ABBA (crystalshard)

3. The telex machine is kept so clean and it types to a waiting world
I don't like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats (patch_tank

4. Precious kisses/words that burn me/lovers never ask you why
Do you really want to hurt me? by Culture Club (leebee7)

5. Open your eyes/Look up to the skies and see
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (terrylj)

6. And so you're back from outer space
I will survive by Gloria Gaynor (I'm giving it to leebee7 who got the right artist ;))

7. Can you bake a pie?/No./Neither can I
Anything you can do by just about everyone, including John Barrowman :) (terrylj)

8. And you can't hide the tears that ain't falling/Or the moment of truth in your lies
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls (crystalshard)

9. Little things I should have said or done/I just never took the time
You were always on my mind by Elvis (et al...) (miss_zedem & patch_tank)

10. Who shall wear the starry crown?

11. She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb in the shape of an L on her forehead.
All Star by Smash Mouth (leebee7)

12. She almost makes the day begin
I've grown accustomed to her face (from My Fair Lady) by Rex Harrison (miss_zedem)

13. Slippin' and a-slidin' all along the waterfall with you
Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison (patch_tank)

14. All the things that we've been through/you should understand me like I understand you
If you don't know me by now by Howard Melvin (terrylj)

15. It goes bang bang bang til my feet do the same
Wake me up before you go go - by Wham! (leebee7)

16. Everybody loves a winner/So nobody loved me
Maybe this time [my version's by Martine McCutcheon, original by Liza Minelli] (crystalshard)

17. Those days are over/You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne by The Police (crystalshard and leebee7)

18. It's not about your make-up/or how you try to shape up/to these tiresome paper dreams.
She moves in her own way by The Kooks (leebee7)

19. Your hair all around me/Baby you surround me
Amazed by Lonestar (patch_tank)

20. Do you feel my heart beating?
Eternal Flame by the Bangles (crystalshard - do you have my music collection on your computer? ;))

Comments

[terrylj.livejournal.com]

#5--"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen!

#7--"Anything You Can Do" by various people (including John Barrowman and some girl)

#14--I know I know this one, but I'm having a blank moment. For some reason I'm thinking George Michael.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

#5 and #7 spot on - the "some girl" is Ruthie Henshall - fabulous singer/dancer/actress, worth looking out for. She's also in the "putting it together" clips on You Tube with JB.

#14...nope! George Michael's on the list, but not that one :)

[terrylj.livejournal.com]

AHA! #14--"If You Don't Know Me By Now", but I don't know who sings it.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

There's so many versions! Even I had to check which one I had...

[terrylj.livejournal.com]

This post isn't showing up on my friendslist; I just saw where crystalshard said something about you and came to see if you'd done a lyrics meme too.

Of course, LJ isn't sending my comment notifications to my Message Center either, so maybe it's my LJ that's all screwed up...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

and there's me thinking that people just weren't talking to me... *sigh* sometimes LJ has a hissy fit, so hopefully it will pop up at some point :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

or it could be my own incompetence *sigh* Now dated correctly...I hope...

[leebee7.livejournal.com]

Hope you don't mind me joining in
Is 3. Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles
4. Do You Really want To Hurt Me by Culture Club
6. I will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
11. All Star by Smash Mouth
15. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham
17. Roxanne by The Police

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the party :)

All right except #3. *sigh* I should have more interesting music...

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

#2 - Waterloo, by ABBA
#6 - I Will Survive, Donna Summer
#8 - Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
#11 - All Star, Smash Mouth
#16 - Maybe This Time, Liza Minelli
#17 - Roxanne, The Police
#20 - probably Eternal Flame, by Human Nature

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*checks over shoulder* You don't have my CD collection there do you? ;)

All right, although not all the right artists. I'm old fashioned on some of them...

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

So am I. At least I didn't say Atomic Kitten for Eternal Flame!

Doing my own now. I hadn't realised I had quite that many MP3s . . .

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

#12 I've grown accustomed to her face from My Fair Lady - do you have the Rex Harrison version?

I recognise #9 but can't remember the song *cries*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

#12 - why yes, I do :)

#9 would have been far too easy if I'd put more words in, but I get the feeling I've made it a bit *too* tricky...

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Got it! #9 is You are always on my mind, by Elvis or possibly the Pet Shop Boys :D

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's it :) Believe it or not, my version's by Willie Nelson. It's...different... ;)

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

3) "I don't Like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats
9) "Always On My Mind" by Elvis Pressley
13) "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison (or the Black Sorrows)
19) "Amazed" by Lonestar

How did I do?

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Spot on all of them! Very impressive :)

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

*Grins proudly* Your taste in music rocks!

[leebee7.livejournal.com]

18. She Moves In Her Own Way by The Kooks

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yup :)