January 4, 2008

Lyric Challenge:

I used to do quizzes, etc. all the time on this blog. I think I'll try to do more of that this year. Name the song each of these lyrics came from:


1) I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"

2) People asking questions lost in confusion,
Well I tell them there's no problem
Only solutions

3) Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice

4) Top coat, top hat,
And I don't worry 'cause my wallet's fat.
Black shades, white gloves,
Lookin' sharp lookin' for love.

5) I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing
Will keep us together

6) But I just keep on rollin' along
With the grace from the Lord above.

7) We smoked cigarettes and stared at the moon

and my favorite lyric of all time:

8) I learned more from a three minute record, baby,
than I ever learned in school

10 comments:

  1. 1 Rolling Stones - You can't always get what you want
    2 John Lennon - Watching the wheels
    4 ZZ Top - Sharp dressed man
    5 David Bowie - Heroes

    just that, I thought I was a fan of music, but this quiz made me feel so sad and devastated... :)

    rahm
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  2. Anonymous12:03 AM

    #8 is a personal fave as well--No Surrender-The Boss
    "Well, we made a promise, swore we'd always remember
    No retreat, baby, no surrender
    Like soldiers on a winter's night with a vow to defend
    No retreat, baby, no surrender"

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  3. 3 is Killer Queen by Queen and
    4 is ZZ Top's Sharped Dressed Man. The others, no clue.

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  4. Dang, I thought these were too easy :)

    I am glad each of you guys got a few. that makes me smile

    Greg - I LOVE that song

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  5. I always thought that the Stones line was a reference to "Mr. Jimi," you-know-you, and a prediction of his death.

    I was always an outside-the-box thinker like that.

    -- david

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  6. David, yep, I think so too.

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  7. Anonymous4:36 PM

    I got all of them except 6 & 7. I have no idea what they are ... ???

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  8. I got the first 4. #5 I don't know.
    #6 Lenny Zemple - Whole Lotta Love
    I am having a hard time with # 7 and #8 was easy knowing your feeling for the Boss.

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  9. I goofed. #6 IS Led Zeppelin but the song is Heartbreaker not WLL.

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  10. Anonymous4:43 PM

    Oh great. I missed the Led Zeppelin one. I just lost all my credibility! :P

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