The last iPod gave its all some time ago...

[fancycwabs]

In celebration of the new iPod's arrival, another round of guess the opening lyrics. Based on what I know about folks in my friendslist, I expect at least 14 of these to be guessed in short order. I think I'm gonna screen the comments for a couple of hours, just to everyone an equal chance to play with a clean slate.

Four-hour Update: 9 down, certain comments unscreened.
Twenty-one hour Update: 11 down, all existing comments unscreened, new comments still screened. Some correct artists but incorrect titles.
A couple days in: 13 down. Solution tomorrow.
Answers below--correct guesses crossed out.

1.  You can fool yourself, you can cheat until you're blind...  Yes  "It Can Happen"
2.  When I think back to the first time in my childhood when I saw that face...The Who "Real Good Looking Boy"
3.  Music builds a world within itself, with a language we all understand... Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke"
4.  Pale pubescent beasts roam through the streets and coffeeshops... Ben Folds "Songs of Love"
5.  Once I had it all planned out my dirty fingers moved about...Fastball "Better Than It Was"
6.  I've seen you twice, in a short time...ABBA "The Name Of The Game"
7.  I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping...The Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
8.  Freedom is mine, the earth is still, I feel the wind, I breathe again...Les Miserables "On Parole"
9.  Tonight we not only speak to the members of the Greater Jerusalem Baptist Church...Fatboy Slim "Drop The Hate"
10. Here come old flattop...The Beatles "Come Together"
11. I've got everything I need, here on the...Fountains of Wayne "Planet of Weed"
12. Pictures steal our memories and turn our minds to salt...Sam Phillips "Love & Kisses"
13. As I did walk by Hampstead Fair...  Jethro Tull "Mother Goose"
14. This is the greatest and best song in the world...Tenacious D "Tribute"
15. Eleven times I been busted, eleven times I been to jail...Lynyrd Skynyrd "Double Trouble"
16. You think we look pretty good together... The Who "Substitute"
17. She gets too hungry for dinner at eight... Frank Sinatra "The Lady Is A Tramp"
18. Girl to be with you is my favorite thing... KC & The Sunshine Band "Boogie Shoes"
19. I am just a new boy, stranger in this town... Pink Floyd "Young Lust"
20. Let me tell you a tale of a hot rod race... Reverend Horton Heat  "Five-O Ford"

Comments

[spatch]

7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
10. Come Together
11. Planet of Weed (ha!)
14. Tribute
17. The Lady Is A Tramp
19. Young Lust (This is a direct call from Mr. Floyd from Mrs. Floyd in the United States calling, will you accept the charges?)
20. Hot Rod Lincoln (my pappy said son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin...)

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

All but #20 are correct!

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

You get partial credit for #19.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

All correct!

[(Anonymous)]

7. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping...
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles

14. This is the greatest and best song in the world...
- is this just called "Best Song in the World?" It's Tenacious D, ja?

20. Let me tell you a tale of a hot rod race...
- Jesus Built my Hot Rod by Ministry?

I should know more of these, but more than that, I should be finishing my delicious curry for lunch.

[sandrylene.livejournal.com]

Some day I'll learn to log in, too. /:

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

7 is right, 14 isn't the best song in the world, it is just a tribute, and 20 seems to be a stumper!

[oldhubcap.livejournal.com]

#20 is the opening to Hot Rod Lincoln.

:-)

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Almost!

[spatch]

Now Junior Brown and oldhubcap and me would like to have a word with you...

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

resk, too. (His comment is still screened for unrelated reasons.)

That particular song, however, begins "Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race," which is just a li'l different.

[hatgrlstargazer.livejournal.com]

My first thought was also of Hot Rod Lincoln, but you specified first lines, and I'd argue the first line of that one is "My pappy said son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'". But of course once I've thought of it, Lincoln is playing too loudly in my head for any others to come up. Frustrating.

Re: I have a meeting in 5 minutes

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Pretty good--I expect a correct answer to #13 from you or Hubcap, one. (Assuming my memory is correct, which it may not be)

Re: I have a meeting in 5 minutes

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

There we go! I knew I could count on you!

[acsumama.livejournal.com]

5 is by Fastball, but I can't recall the song title.
14 is Tribute by Tenacious D

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Right you are! Anyone else want to venture a guess on the title to #5?

[hatgrlstargazer.livejournal.com]

10. Come Together, the Beatles

17. The Lady Is A Tramp. I know it from Frank Sinatra, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear it's been done by plenty of others

I feel like I ought to know more of these. #20 is making me think of several 60s car songs that I'm fairly sure aren't the right one.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Correct on both counts!

I shall do my best with no help from Google

[resk.livejournal.com]

3. "Sir Duke" -- Stevie Wonder (my favorite Stevie Wonder song, btw)
4. This one drove me nuts, so I had to look it up. I just listened to that song YESTERDAY and had it in my head all morning. Why the hell did I think it was Beck instead of Ben Folds? Ugh.
7. "While My Guitar Gentle Weeps" -- TEH BEATLZ
10. "Come Together" -- TEH BEATLZ
14. "Tribute" -- The "D"
16. "Substitute" -- The Who
19. "Young Lust" -- Pink Floyd
20. "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody and his Lost Airmen? -- I'm guessing this is wrong, but I hope to get points for the specificity of the guess.

No idea about the others.

Re: I shall do my best with no help from Google

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Technically, if you Google something you probably shoudn't put it in a comment for everyone else to read. But since nobody else has guess it yet, we'll go ahead and say the artist is right for #4 and see if someone can finish it up.

Also everything else is right. Except #20.

You have the monopoly on correct Stevie Wonder guesses.

Re: I shall do my best with no help from Google

[resk.livejournal.com]

I figured it was okay to put in a "spoiler" since you were screening comments.

My bad?

Re: I shall do my best with no help from Google

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

It's cool--like I said, nobody else has submitted a guess for that one, so letting 'em know the artist is helpful, eventually.

I purposely skipped some (but not all) really deep cuts to try to get everything guessed. I figured you'd get the Ben Folds without googlin' though.

I'm still surprised that nobody's guessed #20 (or 2, 9 and 15, for that matter)

[skatiemom.livejournal.com]

6. "Take a Chance on Me" - ABBA

And, since I got them before you unscreened the comments. I swear I had them!

7. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - The Beatles
10. "Come Together" - The Beatles
14. "Tribute" - Tenacious D
17. "The Lady is a Tramp" - Frank Sinatra

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

You're right on everything but the title of the song for #6, which has the opening lyrics "takeachancetakeachancetakeachancetakeachancetakeachancetakeachancetakeachancetakeachance"

[skatiemom.livejournal.com]

DUH! *headslap*

"The Name of the Game"

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Yep! Should I keep your apparent mastery of all things ABBA from The Kid?

[skatiemom.livejournal.com]

My favorite threat in the car is that I'll switch to ABBA if things don't improve. So far, it's worked on every passenger. In other words, he knows and fears the ABBA. :D

BTW, I almost texted the correct answer to you when it came on during a playlist. But Driving While Intexticated (tm my local FOX affiliate) is bad and wrong.

[oldhubcap.livejournal.com]

#13, Jethro Tull's "Mother Goose"

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Correct, sir!

[oldhubcap.livejournal.com]

Thanks, once you said it was something Fanghopper or I should know, that enough of a hint.

:-)

[samethreechords.livejournal.com]

#18: ...BAAAAAA-DUUUUM I can't wait 'til I see you again BAAAAAA-DUUUM

It's "Boogie Shoes" and it's gonna be in my head forever now, gee thanks, but at least it's awesome.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Absolutely correct!

[bigbrownhound.livejournal.com]

No one will even guess at #9?

Is it Matisyahu? We have a burned copy of the CD, so no song titles. Wait, he wouldn't be specifically talking to Baptists. Nevermind.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

That particular lyric is a sample--from an artist who uses a lot of samples.

[bigbrownhound.livejournal.com]

Is it Beck?

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Beck doesn't sample! Not lyrics, anyway.

See what happens when you don't f-lock?!?!?!?!?

[hamshovel.livejournal.com]

*cracks fancycwabs upside the head*

Re: See what happens when you don't f-lock?!?!?!?!?

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Ow!

[single-doubt.livejournal.com]

Numbah 2: Sweet Child of Mine, Guns 'n' Roses

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

No, but I see where one might think that.

[single-doubt.livejournal.com]

I thought it didn't scan quite right. Oh well.

[luckimunki.livejournal.com]

#4 "Songs of Love" (I know the version by Ben Folds, but that's a cover of I forget who. Partial credit?)

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Correct! (sorry it took so long)