Musical Sheepage - the answers
May. 25th, 2004 07:25 amOn your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first thirty songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing), and write down your favorite line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line. Then have your friends comment and see if they know the songs. Lines unguessed are in red.
I wasn't surprised that some of these weren't guessed. However, I think that 30 entries is too long - that many people give up reading before they get to the bottom. If I were redoing this, I'd cut it to a more manageable 15.
This is reasonably representative of my music collection: mainly classic rock, with some metal and oddities. The pseudo-random shuffling didn't produce any Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin, though...
I wasn't surprised that some of these weren't guessed. However, I think that 30 entries is too long - that many people give up reading before they get to the bottom. If I were redoing this, I'd cut it to a more manageable 15.
This is reasonably representative of my music collection: mainly classic rock, with some metal and oddities. The pseudo-random shuffling didn't produce any Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin, though...
| 1. | Is this nicht a piece of bread? "Schnitzelbank", Animaniacs |
| 2. | If I swallow anything evil, put your finger down my throat "Behind Blue Eyes", the Who |
| 3. | You know the monkey and the baboon playing in the grass / monkey stuck his finger in the Good Gulf Gas "They're Red Hot", Robert Johnson (Eric Clapton cover) |
| 4. | You can taste the bright lights / but you won't get them for free "Welcome to the Jungle", Guns 'N Roses |
| 5. | Times are gone for honest men / and sometimes far too long for snakes "Black Hole Sun", Soundgarden |
| 6. | You got rats on the west side, bedbugs uptown "Shattered", Rolling Stones |
| 7. | Well, I think I'll go turn myself off an' go on down. / Really ain't no use me hanging around. "Manic Depression", Jimi Hendrix |
| 8. | There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt "King of Pain", the Police |
| 9. | Now a sailor's life is a life for him / but it never was for me "Never Did No Wanderin' ", the Folksmen |
| 10. | I've been stretching my mouth / to let those big words come right out "Big Time", Peter Gabriel |
| 11. | When old Canute was buying fruit one day, so runs the tale. / A young convicted felon brought him a juicy melon. "What a Duke Should Be", Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam cover), Gosford Park soundtrack |
| 12. | Wide awake you face the day / your dream is over... or has it just begun? "Silent Lucidity", Queensryche |
| 13. | First thing I remember was askin' papa why? / For there were many things I didn't know "Someday Never Comes", Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 14. | And now this boy's addicted 'cause your kiss is the drug "Bad Medicine", Bon Jovi |
| 15. | I said "I know, everybody funny / now you funny too." "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", George Thorogood |
| 16. | Quoi que j'aprenne, je ne sais pas / pourquoi je saigne "Pas Toi", Jean-Jacques Goldman |
| 17. | He said "Son, son, you've gone too far / 'cause smokin' and trippin' is all that you do." "Fairies Wear Boots", Black Sabbath |
| 18. | Some people seem so obsessed with the morning / get up early just to watch the sun rise "Blue, Red and Grey", the Who |
| 19. | She had a dream about the king of Sweden / he gave her things she was needin' "Minnie the Moocher", Cab Calloway (Blues Brothers soundtrack) |
| 20. | Hush little baby, don't say a word / and never mind that noise you heard "Enter Sandman", Metallica |
| 21. | Get ready for the big time / tap dancing on a land mine "Rag Doll", Aerosmith |
| 22. | If Jesus saves - well, He'd better save Himself / from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death "Hymn 43", Jethro Tull |
| 23. | It's nice when you're kinda cozy, but / not when you're tangled nose to nosey "Elbow Room", Lynn Ahrens (Schoolhouse Rock) |
| 24. | Destruction leads to a very rough road / but it also breeds creation "Californication", Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 25. | Gum chewing's fine when it's once in a while / it stops you from smoking and brightens your smile "Everlasting Gobstoppers", Oompa Loompas to Violet Beauregard |
| 26. | My mind is set on overdrive / the clock is laughing in my face "Brain Stew", Green Day |
| 27. | I went to church incognito / when everybody rose "No More Mr. Nice Guy", Alice Cooper |
| 28. | The captain is a one-armed dwarf / he's throwing dice along the wharf "Singapore", Tom Waits |
| 29. | To break the glass and twist the knife into yourself / you've got to be a fool to understand "Bell Bottom Blues", Derek and the Dominoes |
| 30. | Observe that his waistline is not getting thinner / eating polar bear pottage or filet of shark "Penguin Lust", Annwn |