Last week’s answers are posted, and it was a decent week! 3 lyrics identified by 1 participant, and those are good numbers for this blog. If you prefer, you can review all 11 songs as part of a YouTube playlist.
Among the songs was a little ditty familiar to all fans of MST3k.
For those who haven’t played before, every Friday I hit “shuffle” on my music player and I take the first 10 songs that come up. I grab a lyric from each one, and you get in the comments and identify the artist and the song. Additional rules: No searching the lyrics, your guess has to be at least close to the title, and I will give credit if you the artist you name covered the song and I can find that cover. It’s all honor system, tho, because the rules are made up and the points don’t matter. Let’s go!
- Let me tell a story of my situation — I was talkin’ to this girl from the US nation
Biz Markie – “Just a Friend” 📺 - Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask
R.E.M. – “Man on the Moon” 📺 - Surrender all your dreams to me tonight, they’ll come true in the end
Pat Benatar – “Shadows of the Night” 📺 - I come into town on a night train with an arm full of boxcars
Tom Waits – “Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard” 📺 One that won’t make me talk too much or make my face break out
Huey Lewis & The News – “I Want a New Drug” 📺
Identified by JohnWhen I get through throwin’ it on you, you got to come back for more
The Black Crowes – “Hard to Handle” (Otis Redding cover) 📺
Identified by John- He’s not the Tom Jones that lives next door
Barenaked Ladies – “The King of Bedside Manor” 📺 - Take your time, she’s only burning
Brian Eno – “Baby’s On Fire” 📺 - I messed up tonight, I lost another fight
Shakira, “Try Everything” 📺 Living is easy with eyes closed
The Beatles – “Strawberry Fields Forever” 📺
Identified by John- The Super-Secret Extra Bonus Point 📺
Unidentified!
And Thudfactor has more to identify if you need a challenge!
If #2 is not Jacob Marley’s Chain by Aimee Mann, it at least fits the meter.
#5 is “I Want a New Drug” by Huey Lewis & the News.
#6 is Hard to Handle, Otis Redding, covered by The Black Crowes
#10 is the Beatles, Strawberry Fields