Lyrics guessing game!
Feb. 25th, 2011 08:49 pmI've wanted to do this for ages, as I always enjoy these when other people post them. And here we go! I give you the lyrics and you guess the song title and artist. (Though for some of these I own multiple versions by different artists). Shuffle has provided the song choices and the internet has provided the lyrics. Googling is cheating, though I think that the lyrics for #6 are not google-able.
1) I know a girl who's a jumpin' bean/She's got keys and a token when she hits the scene Guessed by
timprov
2) mis días sin ti son como un cielo/sin lunas plateadas/ni rastros de sol
3) I've seen some years/But you're still my Caesar Guessed by
beatriceeagle
4) What a curious life we have found here tonight/There is music that sounds from the street
5) Haul away you rolling king/Heave away! Haul away!/All the way you'll hear me sing Guessed by
aedifica
6) In the ranks of death you will find him his father's sword he hath girded on Guessed by
creogaudium and
actourdreams
7) I want a head like the heads you see on Easter Island Guessed by
zehlyi
8) Her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow,/Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight.
9) Ships may come and ships may go/As long as the sea does roll./Each sailor lad just like his dad, Guessed by
creogaudium and
actourdreams
10) Before our innocence was lost,/You were always one of those,/Blessed with lucky sevens,
11) I have always thought that it's a crime,/So I will ask you once again. Guessed by
aedifica
12) Jane, sweet Jane/But he cannot do without it/Jane, Jane come to the glen Guessed by
creogaudium
13) When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums Guessed by
timprov and
othergoose
14) What care we for the wind, the weather/Let her go boys every inch is bearing home Guessed by
creogaudium and
actourdreams
15) Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes/It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no Guessed by
creogaudium
16) And I am a writer, writer of fictions/I am the heart that you call home/And I've written pages upon pages/Trying to rid you from my bones Guessed by
othergoose
17) Don't tell me I can't fight/'cause I'll punch out your lights/And history seems to agree/That I would fight you for me. Guessed by
othergoose
18) I'm off for the morning train/To cross the bounding main/I'm off to my love with a boxing glove/10,000 miles away Guessed by
actourdreams
19) And what I figured out, what I figured out, what I figured out/Was that I needed more time to figure you out Guessed by
oarlock_queen
20) She asked me to stay and told me to sit anywhere/So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair Guessed by
othergoose and
aedifica
21) The sun must set to rise/The light will leave your eyes again Guessed by
actourdreams
22) As the wind slips over your waters/ sing to me sweetly Superior Guessed by
zehlyi
23) Que en todos los diarios yo leo las mismas noticias de horror/Vidas que callan sin razón Guessed by
mlt23
24) Close your eyes forget your every care/Picture fairy castles in the air
25) We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files/We'd like to help you learn to help yourself Guessed by
timprov and
aedifica
And there you are! 25 different songs for you to guess. Enjoy!
ETA: More because I felt like it
26) Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high/And the snow come tumbling from the sky Guessed by
aedifica and
actourdreams
27) Pale, dark spirits, help us free/White is the dust of the state of dreaming Guessed by
tithenai
28) Oh I'd throw you in a lake/Feed you poison birthday cake Guessed by
pentatonikk
29) But there's no sense crying over every mistake./You just keep on trying till you run out of cake. Guessed by
creogaudium and
sam_stil and
actourdreams
30) And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains/Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains/It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors/When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores Band guessed by
ceci121, title guessed by
actourdreams
1) I know a girl who's a jumpin' bean/She's got keys and a token when she hits the scene Guessed by
2) mis días sin ti son como un cielo/sin lunas plateadas/ni rastros de sol
3) I've seen some years/But you're still my Caesar Guessed by
4) What a curious life we have found here tonight/There is music that sounds from the street
5) Haul away you rolling king/Heave away! Haul away!/All the way you'll hear me sing Guessed by
6) In the ranks of death you will find him his father's sword he hath girded on Guessed by
7) I want a head like the heads you see on Easter Island Guessed by
8) Her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow,/Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight.
9) Ships may come and ships may go/As long as the sea does roll./Each sailor lad just like his dad, Guessed by
10) Before our innocence was lost,/You were always one of those,/Blessed with lucky sevens,
11) I have always thought that it's a crime,/So I will ask you once again. Guessed by
12) Jane, sweet Jane/But he cannot do without it/Jane, Jane come to the glen Guessed by
13) When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums Guessed by
14) What care we for the wind, the weather/Let her go boys every inch is bearing home Guessed by
15) Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes/It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no Guessed by
16) And I am a writer, writer of fictions/I am the heart that you call home/And I've written pages upon pages/Trying to rid you from my bones Guessed by
17) Don't tell me I can't fight/'cause I'll punch out your lights/And history seems to agree/That I would fight you for me. Guessed by
18) I'm off for the morning train/To cross the bounding main/I'm off to my love with a boxing glove/10,000 miles away Guessed by
19) And what I figured out, what I figured out, what I figured out/Was that I needed more time to figure you out Guessed by
20) She asked me to stay and told me to sit anywhere/So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair Guessed by
21) The sun must set to rise/The light will leave your eyes again Guessed by
22) As the wind slips over your waters/ sing to me sweetly Superior Guessed by
23) Que en todos los diarios yo leo las mismas noticias de horror/Vidas que callan sin razón Guessed by
24) Close your eyes forget your every care/Picture fairy castles in the air
25) We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files/We'd like to help you learn to help yourself Guessed by
And there you are! 25 different songs for you to guess. Enjoy!
ETA: More because I felt like it
26) Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high/And the snow come tumbling from the sky Guessed by
27) Pale, dark spirits, help us free/White is the dust of the state of dreaming Guessed by
28) Oh I'd throw you in a lake/Feed you poison birthday cake Guessed by
29) But there's no sense crying over every mistake./You just keep on trying till you run out of cake. Guessed by
30) And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains/Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains/It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors/When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores Band guessed by
Symmetry!
Date: 2011-02-26 02:56 am (UTC)13. "Do You Hear the People Sing," from Les Miserables.
25. "Mrs. Robinson", Simon & Garfunkel.
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Date: 2011-02-26 03:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 03:00 am (UTC)13. "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from Les Misérables
16. "Engine Driver," by the Decemberists
17. "Gulf War Song," by Moxy Fruvous
20. "Norwegian Wood," by the Beatles
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Date: 2011-02-26 03:16 am (UTC)5) "South Australia," which I don't think I've ever heard a recording of. But morris dancers sing it a lot, especially during the eponymous dance.
11) "We Can Work It Out," the Beatles
13 sounds very familiar but I can't place it.
20) "Norwegian Wood," the Beatles
25) "Mrs. Robinson," Simon & Garfunkel
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Date: 2011-02-26 03:18 am (UTC)11) Yup!
20) Indeed.
25) Correct!
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Date: 2011-02-26 04:01 am (UTC)But yup! Correct!
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Date: 2011-02-26 04:03 am (UTC)Mine does the same, I think, and then picks back up again somewhere around IIIIII THIIIIIINK IIIIIIII'LL TRYYYYYYYYYYY DEFYYYYYYYYYING GRAAAAAAAAVITY something something something GRAAAAAAAVITY...
...clearly I was not made for lyrics memes.
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Date: 2011-02-26 04:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 05:39 am (UTC)And I could go on. But on your list, the only one I recognize is 13, which, no surprise, is another musical!
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Date: 2011-02-26 04:50 am (UTC):)
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 05:22 am (UTC)Minstrel Boy, which could be sung by any number of people. I know it from The Corsairs.
9) Ships may come and ships may go/As long as the sea does roll./Each sailor lad just like his dad,
Jolly Roving Tar, by Great Big Sea.
12) Jane, sweet Jane/But he cannot do without it/Jane, Jane come to the glen
Hob Y Derri Dando, which again I know from The Corsairs.
14) What care we for the wind, the weather/Let her go boys every inch is bearing home
The Mingulay Boat Song, by The Corsairs or somebody else.
15) Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes/It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
Fortunate Son, by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
29) But there's no sense crying over every mistake./You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
Still Alive, by Jonathan Coulton.
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:51 am (UTC)9) Yah.
12) Yup, again the Corsairs version
14) Yup, still Corsairs
15) Yup.
29) Correct!
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:52 am (UTC)It does! I cannot recall what version I own but my friends and I like to polka to it.
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Date: 2011-02-26 06:55 am (UTC)and I know i've heard the Easter Island head song but I have no idea who it's by.
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:52 am (UTC)You probably heard it on MPR.
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:24 am (UTC)9 is Jolly Roving Tar by Great Big Sea.
14 is some variant on the Mingulay Boat Song.
18 is The Walloping Window Blind.
21 is... Here and Now, I think, by Great Big Sea.
26 is Tell Me Ma.
29 is Still Alive, from Portal.
30 is the Last Saskatchewan Pirate, by the Arrogant Worms.
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Date: 2011-02-26 09:55 am (UTC)9) Yup!
14) Yah.
18) I know it by the title "A Capitol Ship" but perhaps it goes both ways?
21) Yes!
26) Correct
29) Yup
30) yeah!
I'd be curious to know what bands' versions of 6, 14, and 18 you know. Most of those were played by either bands introduced to me by friends or by bands in the area around me.
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Date: 2011-02-27 12:24 am (UTC)Mingulay I know from the Revels and Richard Thompson.
18 I know from my father.
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Date: 2011-02-26 12:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 07:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 03:18 pm (UTC)22 is Under the Quarter Moon, but I'd have to look in my music library to figure out who it's by... =)
(And both I only know from the Morning Show -- you're not a Jim Ed and Dale fan, are you?)
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Date: 2011-02-26 07:18 pm (UTC)Both correct!
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