Musical Chairs... or something.

[kat_lair]

Since all the cool kids are doing it, I thought I'd give it a go.

Step 1: Put your Media player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) or your favourite lines of the first 20 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.

This was more problematic than anticipated. A lot of instrumental pieces and quite a few of Finnish (and other non-English language) songs cropped up, so I skipped those in the name of fair chance.

ETA: Now updated with correct answers. Should you want any of these, drop me a comment and I'll see what I can do...

 

1. Ohh sensation, Sin, slave of sensation Biscuit by Portishead - guessed by teapot_stains
   
2. My garden's overgrown, I go out on my belly crawling - Fast Cars by U2
   
3. And you’ll yield to me like a scent in the breeze, And you’ll wonder what it is about me - Slow Like Honey by Fiona Apple
   
4. I need an echo, not your praise, Straying from the god you nailed - Bloodsport by Sneaker Pimps
   
5. It's always cold always day always here, Always say I'm alright I'll be okay Keep Myself Awake by Black Lab - guessed by inkblot_fiend
   
6. All the ways you never ever had, I want, I want you bad Striptease by Hawksley Workman - guessed by wliberation
   
7. The roads are wet, And you're asleep at the wheel, Open your eyes - Car Crash by Eskimo Joe
   
8. Casino lights still flicker in your eyes, Your teeth taste faintly of flesh and gold tonight. - A Caucus Race by Murder by Death
   
9. I was too worried about someone else, And her name could almost rhyme with mine - Truth From Fiction by Supreme Beings of Leisure
   
10. I think I should go, The things I’ve done are way too shameful - Tangled by Maroon5
    
11. I like the way you switch, You my babe, I got my eyes on you - Dimpels by John Lee Hooker
    
12. You can always get higher, Just because you aspire, You could expire even knowing - Another Tricky Day by The Who
    
13. Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone, Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen - guessed by wliberation
14. Then looking upwards, I strain my eyes and try, To tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites Passenger Seat by Death Cab for Cutie - guessed by sugaration
15. To limit my use of personal, Pro-nouns are the death of me - Ego by Darren Hayes
    
16. There's just no rhyme or reason, Only this sense of completion I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden - guessed by sugaration
17. You can call it love but I don't think its true, You should know by now, I’m not the boy for you - Cowboys and Angels by George Michael
    
18. Hey kids, shake a leg, Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby Drive by R.E.M. - guessed by kiltfriction
19. Aluminium, tastes like fear. Adrenaline, it pulls us near. E-bow the Letter by R.E.M. - guessed by kiltfriction
    
20. Cause I couldn't cry, cause I turned away, couldn't see the score, didn't know the pain - Heaven's Not Enough by Steve Conte
    

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In other news: Yesterday (and then again today *facepalm*) I wrote some Jared/Jensen comment fic. Self, we need to have a talk. No, seriously. Right the fuck now.

Comments

[inkblot-fiend.livejournal.com]

Oooh, is 5.Keep Myself Awake by Black Lab? That was on the Buffy soundtrack! ^_^

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

hee! totally is, and yes I have the buffy soundtrack too. Aaah, good times...

[teapot-stains.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh, oh!

Portishead - Biscuit?

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

yay! wasn't sure if would get that. Amended to show you guessed it!

[kiltfriction.livejournal.com]

18. Drive - R.E.M.
19. E-Bow the Letter - R.E.M.

Love 19 it's a brilliant song.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

both correct. And yes #19 gives me shivers every time, just so layered.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Ooh, OOH! #6 is Hawksley Workman's Striptease! Oh man, I think I love you.

...and I cannot believe I just got that exited over a song. ...It's the sugarhigh, I swear. *eats more of her deliciousdelicious chocolate cheesecake*

Oh, and #13 is Leonard Cohen's Dance Me to the End of Love. :)

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

yes and yes! And I think I love you right back for getting those two :) Also, my love for Leonard Cohen cannot be described in words. I'd portray it through medium of dance or something if that wasn't just a tad on the wrong side of disturbing.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

I always get giddy when I hear that other people have heard of Hawksley. My relationship with Cohen is a bit... dubious. But you couldn't tell that from the amount of his songs that I have. *G*

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've heard of him. I have a couple of his songs, not many but enough to make me want to find more...

When it comes to music I'm 80% about lyrics, which is where Cohen comes in. But yes, his songs are best taken in small doses, otherwise the urge to commit a) suicide or b) angsty poetry become too much.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Which songs? I might have something for you... :D

I love good lyrics, they are important and a lot of the time, they make a song for me, which is why I too like Cohen, but... The music itself is also very important to me, and while great music can often make up for crappy lyrics, it works less often the other way around. Which is why I don't know what to think about Cohen. But so far, I've not given up on him, so... yay?

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Striptease obviously, and Don't be crushed and Jealous of Your Cigarette and, well, that's about it. I've heard a couple of other but don't actually have them.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Ahem, ahem.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

you RAWK. Thank you so much! downloading now....

[sugaration.livejournal.com]

Umm...

14. Passenger Seat (?) - Death Cab
16. I Knew I loved You - Savage Garden

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

both correct! Clearly my F-list has as cracked taste in music as I do. Awesomesauce!

[scruby.livejournal.com]

Cool! I love this idea! I'm gonna do it I think. I'm still not sure about te lyrcse you posted, sorry.(:

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

It is a rather fun meme, steal away. I'll try my best to guess your songs then :)

[inkblot-fiend.livejournal.com]

God, I don't BELIEVE I didn't get Heaven's Not Enough... I ADORE that song! It practically makes me weep.

Are you... a Wolf's Rain fan?

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

It is a wonderful achy song.

Are you... a Wolf's Rain fan? - alas no, can't say that I am, as I've never seen it. I've heard good things about it mind, and know that the song is from the soundtrack.