The Last Eagle Flies Over the Last Crumbling Mountain

Last week’s Friday 10 has its answers posted, both on the original post and in a handy, set-it-and-forget-it YouTube Playlist. Frodis Caper took the lead with three lyrics identified, and Fred took one lyric for a grand total of four out of ten guessed!

The list included two of my all-time favorite viral hits from the days when TikTok wasn’t state-run media in the US, AGiftFromTodd’s remix of “Hostile Government Takeover” and party bop “Jiggle Jiggle” featuring the rap stylings of BBC journalist Louis Theroux.

Also in the mix was a smash hit from yesteryear, Aerosmith’s “Cryin’.” Together with the videos for “Crazy” and “Amazing,” this formed the trilogy that effectively turned Alicia Silverstone into a household name overnight.

And now it’s Friday and time for a new set of lyrics! Get in the comments and identify the artist and title. Remember — No searching for the lyrics on any search engine, and don’t bother asking any LLMs either because they’ll just tell you it’s Elvira’s “Monsta Rap.” I get it, Claude. It’s a solid bop from the Mistress of the Dark, but it’s not the only song that exists.

1. Lovers in love and the others run away, lover is cryin’ ’cause the other won’t stay
   Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, “Stay” 📺
   Identified by Frodis Caper
2. They think value on their property will go right down if the family next door is blue
   Peter, Paul & Mary, “I’m In Love With a Big Blue Frog” 📺
   Identified by John
3. Then I look at you and the world’s all right with me
4. The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there’s beer in Texarkana
5. And what the Hell is on Joey’s head?
   Nickelback, “Photograph” 📺
   Identified by Frodis Caper
6. They found a message etched into his spine
7. We slay all suckers who perpetrate and lay down law from state to state
8. I wear the hat and I wear the pants, I’m advanced so I get advance
9. But when I look at you, you’re forgiven
   Republica, “Drop Dead Gorgeous” 📺
   Identified by John
10. Birds don’t just fly, they fall down and get up

And now you can go take a crack at John’s & Fred’s!

Featured photo by 42 North.