It’s time to get into this week’s Friday 10! Posting a little bit late because y’person spent the entire day thinking it was Thursday for some reason. Anyway, let’s take a look at this 10, shall we? Remember, if you know the title and the artist, get in the comments. Edit: Answers are now posted below and on a new YouTube playlist! Beyond that, don’t go searching the answers on any search engines, and I’ll give you credit for naming a cover version — but only if it’s one I can find.
- We’ve made a stellar start to find the jungle’s heart (2005)
Backyardigans, “Into the Thick of It” 📺 - They wouldn’t listen to the fact that I was a genius — the man say, “We got all that we can use” (1973)
Jim Croce, “Working at the Car Wash Blues” 📺 - I lit a cigarette, picked up a monkey skull to go (1987)
Was (Not Was), “Walk the Dinosaur” 📺 - Times when the day is like a play by Sartre (1993)
Crash Test Dummies, “Afternoons & Coffeespoons” 📺 - Oh, fiddle-dee-dink, I can dance with a drink in my hand (1962)
Elvis Presley, “Bossa Nova Baby” 📺 - It’s my own design, it’s my own remorse (1985)
Tears for Fears, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” 📺 Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare (1969)
David Bowie, “Space Oddity” 📺
Identified by Fred- And say, “You’re hair’s on fire, you must’ve lost your wits” (2010)
Foster the People, “Pumped Up Kicks” 📺 - You can kiss a hundred boys in bars, shoot another shot (2024)
Chappell Roan, “Good Luck, Babe!” 📺 - Can’t face the world sober and dopeless (2024)
Hazbin Hotel, “Loser, Baby” 📺 - The Super-Secret Bonus Point was “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” 📺 from Disney’s Mary Poppins, in this case recorded by Sun Ra as heard on “Pink Elephants On Parade.”
Last week’s 10 was largely unsolved, with Frodis Caper taking away three of the ten lyrics and nobody else getting a guess in. Some of those songs were hits, but admittedly there were a few deep cuts as well. The unidentified songs were:
- “You do somethin’ sus, kiss my cute ass bye-bye” – Sabrina Carpenter, “Good Graces”
- “He’s in a bunch of movies — really stupid movies” – Juliana Hatfield Three, “Spin the Bottle” (from the Reality Bites soundtrack)
- “‘Cause these legislators get paid for the booty claps, so I gotta bring the kufi back” – BUSDRIVER, “Ministry of the Torture Couch”
- “Get your act together, we could be just fine” – Spice Girls, “Wannabe”
- “You got the power and I got the shame” – POE, “Junkie”
- “I stumble into town just like a sacred cow” – David Bowie, “China Girl”
- “Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn” – Barenaked Ladies, “Pinch Me”
As always, you can hear them all (and the bonus point!) in a YouTube playlist.
Featured photo by ready made
7. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie
And I absolutely know #6 but can’t place it.