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

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)