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July 8, 2006 1:57 PM

pdate: There are still 6 remaining quotes to be identified. Come on, guys, you can do better than that!

So, I don't have much to actually write about today. Still, I liked that last quiz, so I'm putting up another one, although this one is about music. I'm stealing it from LawNut.

Bascally, these are lyrics from each of my top 25 played songs in iTunes. See if you can identify each.

1. "I can't believe it's true that there are roads left in both of our shoes. And if the silence takes you, well, I hope it takes me, too."
Nidhi! Yay. "Soul Meets Body" by Death Cab for Cutie.

2. "Must be a devil between us, or whores in my head, whores at the door, whore in my bed."
Chrystal correctly identified this as being "Hey" by The Pixies.

3. "Dead Sea make you float. One sip from that salty wine, Dead Sea make you choke."
Kristin is correct. This is "River Euphrates" by the Pixies.

4. "You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me."
Ryan steps up to the plate, and he's correct. This is "Bone Machine" by the Pixies.

5. "Sleeping is giving in, no matter what the time is. Sleeping is giving in, so lift those heavy eyelids."

6. "On the night you left you came over, and we peeled the freckles from our shoulders."
Maggie's correct: this is "Summer Skin" by Death Cab for Cutie.

7. "Another head aches, another heart breaks, I am so much older than I can take."
tRJ was correct: This is "All These Things That I've Done" by the Killers.

8. "Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down."
Chrystal was correct about this one: it's "Roving Gambler" by Simon and Garfunkel.

9. "Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole, just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound."
dicta and cella both correctly identify this as "Marching Bands of Mahattan" by Death Cab for Cutie.

10. "Sleeping on your belly, you break my arms, you spoon my eyes. Been rubbing a bad charm with holy fingers."

11. "I was swimming in the Caribbean. Animals were hiding behind the rocks."
Out of left field, L-Dawg and X-Tina identify this as "Where is My Mind" by the Pixies.

12. "And I must say, I was stupid. Selfishly, she consumed me."

13. "Oh, the great almighty dollar leaves you lonely, lost and hollow. You can't fool yourself forever, you've got to work to get to heaven."
Again demonstrating their prowess, L-Dawg and X-Tina correctly identify this as "Stairway to Heaven." They didn't identify the artist of this version - Dolly Parton - but I know they knew it, so they still get credit.

14. "Shut my mouth and strike the demons, cursed you and your reasons."
Santi, you didn't let me down. This is "Mayonaise" by The Smashing Pumpkins.

15. "Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline."
tRJ strikes again. This is "It's the End of the World as we Know it (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M.

16. "You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl." (not the original version, by the way)
tRJ correctly identifies the song as "One." The artist who did the version of the song on my top 25, by the way, is Johnny Cash. Mary J. Blige? That's not good for anything . . . .

17. "This human form, where I was born, I now repent."

18. "My angel wings were bruised and restrained."
tRJ, leave some for everyone else! (ok, that was lame. sorry). Anyway, you were correct. This is "Today" by The Smashing Pumpkins.

19. "Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain."

20. "Freak out, give in, doesn't matter what you believe in."
Chrystal was incorrect about this one.
tRJ scores another one! This is "Cherub Rock" by The Smashing Pumpkins.

21. "Chased the charmed, but I don't want them anymore."
tRJ again. "Hummer" by The Smashing Pumpkins.

22. "I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me."
tRJ's on a roll: "Rain When I Die" by Alice in Chains.

23. "Studyin' about that good ol' way and who shall wear the starry crown, good Lord, show me the way."
tRJ hits it out of the park! "Down in the River to Pray" by Allison Krauss.

24. "Hey, your old man should know, if you see a shadow, there's something there."
Ryan again: "Une Annee Sans Lumiere" by the Arcade Fire. I still hate the French, though.

25. "Freude, schoner gotterfunken, tochter aus Elysium, wir betreten feuertrunken himmlische, dein heiligtum."

Well, there you go. I think some of you might be surprised to see what songs are on my top 25 played list. Although, number 24 on this list is actually my 25th most-played song because number 24 was "Flim" by Aphex Twin, which has no lyrics.

11 Comments

Chrystal said:

Thats all I can pick out off the top of my head. I'm going to have to steal this from you and do it too haha

2. The Pixies - Hey

20. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams

8. Simon and Garfunkle - Roving Gambler

July 8, 2006 2:48 PM

maggie said:

number 6 is Summer Skin by Death Cab for Cutie, i think

July 8, 2006 7:51 PM

Santi said:

14. "Mayonaise" by The Smashing Pumpkins. Definitely one of their best songs.

July 8, 2006 9:12 PM

tRJ said:

Well let's see:

7. The Killers, All These Things That I've Done

16. One, but not by U2? Maybe the Mary J. Blige version?

20. Smashing Pumpkins, Cherub Rock

22. Alice in Chains, Rain When I Die

23. Alison Krauss, Down In the River to Pray

July 8, 2006 9:39 PM

tRJ said:

Ok, I just realized that 15 is REM's It's the End of the World as We Know It.

And I also just listened to Siamese Dream and 18 and 21 are both off that one. Today and Hummer, respectively.

July 9, 2006 5:26 PM

RPM said:

4. Bone Machine, Pixies.
24. Une Annee Sans Lumiere, Arcade Fire.

July 9, 2006 7:48 PM

nidhi said:

Is number 1 When Soul Meets Body, Death Cab for Cutie?

July 9, 2006 9:40 PM

kristin said: