Hurtin’ Runs Off My Shoulders

The answers for last week’s Friday 10 have been posted, as well as the YouTube playlist for those of you who prefer to hear the songs. The priority, though, was this week’s 10! Which is late because I was driving home for most of the day — whatcha gonna do, hey?

Last week, John had an interesting guess when he pointed out that Lyric #2 (“Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask”) fits the meter of Aimee Mann’s “Jacob Marley’s Chain,” which would have been a great song to show up in the Christmas 10, wouldn’t it? But it was, in fact, R.E.M.’s “Man on the Moon,” which pre-dates the Andy Kaufman biopic of the same title and, in my opinion, is better than the original song R.E.M. wrote for its soundtrack.

Remember, no searchin’ (you asked ChatGPT, you asked Grok, I asked why you hate fun), get close to the title, and I give credit for covers, but only if I can find them.

1. Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes-Benz
   The Eagles, “Hotel California” 📺
2. I could show you incredible things: Magic, madness, heaven, sin
   Taylor Swift, “Blank Space” 📺
3. My frame is tremendous, I’m strange with my interests
   Chali 2na, “So Crazy” 📺
4. The world could show nothing to me, so what good would living do me?
   Neil Diamond, “God Only Knows” (Beach Boys cover) 📺
5. We ain’t askin’ for you to love us, you may place yourself high above us
   Randy Newman, “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)” 📺
6. I’m young and I love to be young — I’m free and I love to be free
   Dusty Springfield, “You Don’t Own Me” (Lesley Gore cover) 📺
7. Just keep the music playing, that’ll be a good good-bye
   Willie Nelson, “Roll Me Up” 📺
8. And I just can’t contain the feeling that remains
   Sixpence None the Richer, “There She Goes” 📺
9. Things on your chest you need to confess, I will deliver
   Johnny Cash, “Personal Jesus” (Depeche Mode cover) 📺
10. The power pendulum swings by the umbilical cord
    Rage Against the Machine, “Vietnow” 📺
11. The Super-Secret, So Good Bonus Point

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