i discovered many people doing the “name that tune by the first line of the song” thing on facebook, and decided to change it up a little bit by adding a points system. here is what i posted:
“i’m usually not one to do things like these, but boredom got the best of me. i am going to change up the rules a bit, though, to make it more fun.
Step 1: Put your music player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly (No lyric hunting! That is cheating!)
[following added by drew]
1b. you get a point for every song name, artist name, and album name.
2b. i will do this multiple times (3-5), and the person with the most points afterwards will have the joy of this game passed on to them.
3b. i will keep a separate post with tallied points, just so you know if you need to brush up on your music. and of course, to see who is in the lead.
well, here we go:
1. well it would’ve been, could’ve been worse than you would ever know
2. cheap sunglasses, snakeskin boots, clip-on tie, and he’s ready to scoot
3. i don’t wanna be your friend, i just wanna be your lover
4. in a little while, surely you’ll be mine, in a little while i’ll be there
5. all around me are familiar faces
6. he just finished eating dinner, stepped outside the cave to smoke a cigarette he made from rolled up photo paper
7. i’m tired of being here on this hill, no one lives to be 300 years
8. look at the stars, look how they shine for you
9. mary, carry your babe, bound up tight like lips around a whimper
10. yo, pretty ladies around the world, got a weird thing to show you so tell all the boys and girls
11. alright stop, collaborate and listen
12. in the town where i was born lived a man who sailed to sea
13. all our times have come here but now they’re gone
14. as i walk through the valley where i harvest my grain, i take a look at my wife and realize she’s very plain
15. super mario here to save the day, he comes to the hood in his 8 bit way
16. storming through the party like my name was el niño
17. she said you’d given, your folks said that you should be left alone, on a mountain top knocking the aeroplanes down with stones
18. yes, the rhythm, the rebel, without a pause i’m lowering my level
19. which pets address is the finest in paris
20. when you get the time, sit down and write me a letter
21. all i ever needed was to eat popcorn with you
22. so, lets go deadbolt your shed door, cram your paper money snug, closer than before
23. it’s been seven hours and 15 days, since you took your love away
24. he left a card, a bar of soap, and a scrubbing brush next to a note that said, “use these down to your bones.”
25. to all the ladies in the place with style and grace
26. yesterday i was sitting, recalling, reminiscing
27. remember the weight of the world, it’s a sound that we used to buy
28. i was down at the new amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
29. when the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
30. strain, living with a name, they get the best of me, but i’m no walk away
good luck
-drew.martin”
if you would like to join in on the fun, add my facebook. if you are on my blog site and not rss, the link should also be to the right.
-drew
