Now with answers! Thanks everyone for playing!Let's cut to the chase. Below you will find song lyrics, with missing lines as indicated. What they have in common is that the missing line contains one (or more) proper names.
Fill in the line, and name the song and artist if you can. Cheating is ok, I really don't care.
1. "Come on without, come on within,
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn."
Mighty Quinn by Manfred Mann (and others)
2. "Eight-fifty i.s. if you need a lift
Who's the kid in the drop
Who else, Will Smith
Livin' that life some consider a myth"
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It by Will Smith
3. "They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face."
Vogue by Madonna
4. "He wakes to find the fires dead
And arrows in his hats
And Davey Crockett rides around
And says its cool for cats."
Cool for Cats by Squeeze
5. "Have you talked to Mark lately?
Uh..haven't really talked to him but..he looks pretty uh..down.
He looks pretty uh..down? (while laughing)
Yeah well maybe we should cheer him up then"
Steal my Sunshine by Len
6. " Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?"
I Need a Hero by Bonnie Tyler
7. "My name is Luca
I live on the second floor
Yes, I think you've seen me before."
Luca by Suzanne Vega
8. "Goodnight you moonlight ladies,
Rockabye sweet baby James."
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
9. "Brend(er) and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the king and the queen of the prom,
Riding around with the car top down
and the radio on."
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel
10. "Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through"
Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn
11. "Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son."
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
12. "God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey"
Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel
Bonus:
"Guess it's tea and toast for breakfast again
Maybe I'll add a little TV too
No milk, oh God how I hate that
Guess I'll go to the corner, get breakfast from Jenny
She's got a black eye this morning
'Jenny, how'd you get it'
She said, 'Last night Bobby got a little bit out of hand'..."
Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning by Cowboy Junkies
10 comments:
1. It don't mean nothin' to the Mighty Flynn
(?)
8. Rockaby Sweet Baby James
James Taylor, used to sing this one to T when he was a baby and I couldn't remember any lullabies
10. Saw the Ghost of Elvis
Mark Cohn, Walking in Memphis
11. Billy Jean is Not My Lover
Michael Jackson, Billy Jean
12. And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson
I stink at these games, I'm amazed at your font of pop culture knowledge!!
1. Mighty Quinn (He's an Eskimo)
2. No Mr. Smith, I am tired of getting Jiggy with it.
3. Crud, I never learned how to Vogue, I have no idea.
4.?
5.?
6.Hercules "I need a Hero" Bonnie somebody
7. Hello My name is Luca Suzzane Vega
8. I always thought it was Sweet Baby Jane, shows what I know.
9. "Brenda and Eddy were the popular steadies" Italian Resturant Billy Joel
10. Don't know that song.
11. Man that video was great, with the light up floor and the slow mo!
12.God Bless you please Mrs. Robinson.
I don't know the bonus either. Good quiz!
1. Mighty Quinn
2. no clue
3. Rita Hayworth gave good face
4. no clue
5. no clue
6. no clue
7. Hello my name is Luca
8. no clue
9. no clue
10. no clue
11. Billy Jean is not my lover
12. And here's to you Mrs. Robinson
Bonus: are you kidding me?
You got me. No idea on 4 or 5. Bonus sounds familiar, but I really don't know where to start if I'm to cheat on these.
Let's wait for Dave - he'll know 4 & 5...or at least 4 and kick himself later if he doesn't get 5. Well done everyone else! Unfortunately my font of pop cult knowledge is only good for little games like this, and mostly amusing conversations with Dave. At this point in life I might trade it for more useful knowledge like current events, politics, or financial savvy, but I have what I have.
Oh hey we can cheat, I forgot. I might do that. But not today. To much work. Maybe at home tonight. I've got a post or two to make up as well. I'll at least wait until Dave chimes in. Then the cheating will commence.
Sorry I'm late to the party.
4) is from one of my favorite Squeeze songs, Cool for Cats - the lyric is "And Davey Crockett rides around and says its cool for cats".
5) is from Steal my Sunshine, by Len. But i'm gonna have to listen to it real quick to remember the name. Stand by. Ah. Here we go. "Have you talked to Mark lately?"
I have no clue about the bonus either.
Nice, Dave, knew you'd come through.
Um, I'm still waiting for the actual full right answer for #1. Tona's was pathetic considering her relations, and no one else provided the entire line.
I was afraid no one would know the bonus. I think I'm the only person I know who listens to such early Cowboy Junkies.
oh sorry, didn't realize #1 was still out there. Mannfredd Mann's 'The Mighty Quinn'. Lyric is 'you've not seen nothing like the Mighty Quinn!" but I always sing "you Nazi! Nothing like the Mighty Quinn!"
One of my faves for obvious reasons, but I like the Grateful Dead's version better. Can we know the bonus now?
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