Toad's Lyric Quiz re-booted
Discussion
3.) "Last night, I was taking a walk along the river. And I saw him together with a young girl,"
4.) "Remember when we were such fools and so convinced and just too cool,"
6.) "They all gather round me, they seem to know my name. We laugh. Tell a few jokes. But it still doesn't ease my pain,"
10.) "Well all my friends are turning green, you're a magicians assistant in a dream,"
11.) "Its a word for what you do, in a world of broken rules. She found a place for you, along her chain of fools,"
14.) "And I wait for them to interrupt, me drinking from my broken cup and ask me to open up the gate for you,"
16.) "I need to feel I'm getting stronger. As long as I'm moving it feels true,"
17.) "He was a just a friend of mine I'd run into from time to time,"
19.) "She asked me if we could be friends and I said oh Honey baby that's a dead end. You know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied,"
20.) "Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely. All of my hopes, fading away. I've longed for love, like everyone else does. I know I'll keep searching, even after today,"
It was Ruby not Glen Campbell.
It was Genesis not Phil Collins but I'll let you have that one.
Slow start compared to the last few.
4.) "Remember when we were such fools and so convinced and just too cool,"
6.) "They all gather round me, they seem to know my name. We laugh. Tell a few jokes. But it still doesn't ease my pain,"
10.) "Well all my friends are turning green, you're a magicians assistant in a dream,"
11.) "Its a word for what you do, in a world of broken rules. She found a place for you, along her chain of fools,"
14.) "And I wait for them to interrupt, me drinking from my broken cup and ask me to open up the gate for you,"
16.) "I need to feel I'm getting stronger. As long as I'm moving it feels true,"
17.) "He was a just a friend of mine I'd run into from time to time,"
19.) "She asked me if we could be friends and I said oh Honey baby that's a dead end. You know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied,"
20.) "Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely. All of my hopes, fading away. I've longed for love, like everyone else does. I know I'll keep searching, even after today,"
It was Ruby not Glen Campbell.
It was Genesis not Phil Collins but I'll let you have that one.
Slow start compared to the last few.
3.) "Last night, I was taking a walk along the river. And I saw him together with a young girl,"
4.) "Remember when we were such fools and so convinced and just too cool,"
6.) "They all gather round me, they seem to know my name. We laugh. Tell a few jokes. But it still doesn't ease my pain,"
10.) "Well all my friends are turning green, you're a magicians assistant in a dream,"
16.) "I need to feel I'm getting stronger. As long as I'm moving it feels true,"
19.) "She asked me if we could be friends and I said oh Honey baby that's a dead end. You know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied,"
Down to six. 16.) & 10.) would seem to be the tough ones.
4.) "Remember when we were such fools and so convinced and just too cool,"
6.) "They all gather round me, they seem to know my name. We laugh. Tell a few jokes. But it still doesn't ease my pain,"
10.) "Well all my friends are turning green, you're a magicians assistant in a dream,"
16.) "I need to feel I'm getting stronger. As long as I'm moving it feels true,"
19.) "She asked me if we could be friends and I said oh Honey baby that's a dead end. You know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied,"
Down to six. 16.) & 10.) would seem to be the tough ones.
Bit late, sorry got caught up in me washing.
4.) "Remember when we were such fools and so convinced and just too cool,"
Pink - Who Knew?
6.) "They all gather round me, they seem to know my name. We laugh. Tell a few jokes. But it still doesn't ease my pain,"
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her?
10.) "Well all my friends are turning green, you're a magicians assistant in a dream,"
Vance Joy - Riptide
16.) "I need to feel I'm getting stronger. As long as I'm moving it feels true,"
The Freemasons featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer.)
19.) "She asked me if we could be friends and I said oh Honey baby that's a dead end. You know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied,"
Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Until the next time.....
4.) "Remember when we were such fools and so convinced and just too cool,"
Pink - Who Knew?
6.) "They all gather round me, they seem to know my name. We laugh. Tell a few jokes. But it still doesn't ease my pain,"
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her?
10.) "Well all my friends are turning green, you're a magicians assistant in a dream,"
Vance Joy - Riptide
16.) "I need to feel I'm getting stronger. As long as I'm moving it feels true,"
The Freemasons featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer.)
19.) "She asked me if we could be friends and I said oh Honey baby that's a dead end. You know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied,"
Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Until the next time.....
Edited by The Hypno-Toad on Sunday 18th May 13:04
8000 posts!!! As promised another Quiz,themed this time too.
(if anyone is still interested.)
Wacky, bizarre and just downright weird lyrics or songs.
1.) “Swim seagull in the sky, towards that hollow western isle. My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze,”
2.) “Here’s a partridge in a tree. You’ve bought the girl a tree, complete with ornithologist,”
3.) “I know you’ve put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know,”
4.) “Oooo baby, watchful lines. Vibrate soft in brainwave times,”
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
8.) “Up every evening, about half eight or nine, I give my complete attention to a real good friend of mine. He’s quadraphonic, he’s got more channels, so hologramic,”
9.) “Fly me high through the starry skies or maybe to an astral plane. Cross the highways of fantasy, help me forget today’s pain,”
10.) “I’d have to get drunk every night and talk about virility to some old grandmamma who might be decked out like a Christmas tree”
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
12.) “Everywhere I go the chicks are moving and a’grooving, wiggling and a’giggling, dancing and a’prancing, beaming and a’screaming,”
13.) “She’s a slag, he’s a creep, she’s tart, he’s very cheap, she is slut, he thinks he’s tough, she is a b
h, he’s a puff,”14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
16.) “I used to make my living by picking the banana, now I’m a guide for the CIA. Hooray for the USA!”
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
18.) “We feel the steam as it rises around us, up from the soil that is cracking its back. Tough as the leather that’s strapped to my skin, strong are the bounds we make,”
19.) “You can’t drink lava from plastic glasses and you can’t influence the masses,”
20.) “I have got facts, I know the truth. You’re all corrupt, you’re all depraved,”
& an extra double points quote from one of the bands above.
21.) "Someday we'll have one extra coastline, we'll tire of the Atlantic,"
Sorry if there are any duplicates from earlier quizzes but it is a bit tricky not to fall into that trap occasionally.
Enjoy...?
Wacky, bizarre and just downright weird lyrics or songs.
1.) “Swim seagull in the sky, towards that hollow western isle. My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze,”
2.) “Here’s a partridge in a tree. You’ve bought the girl a tree, complete with ornithologist,”
3.) “I know you’ve put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know,”
4.) “Oooo baby, watchful lines. Vibrate soft in brainwave times,”
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
9.) “Fly me high through the starry skies or maybe to an astral plane. Cross the highways of fantasy, help me forget today’s pain,”
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
12.) “Everywhere I go the chicks are moving and a’grooving, wiggling and a’giggling, dancing and a’prancing, beaming and a’screaming,”
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
16.) “I used to make my living by picking the banana, now I’m a guide for the CIA. Hooray for the USA!”
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
18.) “We feel the steam as it rises around us, up from the soil that is cracking its back. Tough as the leather that’s strapped to my skin, strong are the bounds we make,”
& an extra double points quote from one of the bands above.
21.) "Someday we'll have one extra coastline, we'll tire of the Atlantic,"
six down, good start.
Off for my bacon sandwich... Hmmm.... Baccoonn...
1.) “Swim seagull in the sky, towards that hollow western isle. My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze,”
2.) “Here’s a partridge in a tree. You’ve bought the girl a tree, complete with ornithologist,”
3.) “I know you’ve put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know,”
4.) “Oooo baby, watchful lines. Vibrate soft in brainwave times,”
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
9.) “Fly me high through the starry skies or maybe to an astral plane. Cross the highways of fantasy, help me forget today’s pain,”
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
12.) “Everywhere I go the chicks are moving and a’grooving, wiggling and a’giggling, dancing and a’prancing, beaming and a’screaming,”
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
16.) “I used to make my living by picking the banana, now I’m a guide for the CIA. Hooray for the USA!”
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
18.) “We feel the steam as it rises around us, up from the soil that is cracking its back. Tough as the leather that’s strapped to my skin, strong are the bounds we make,”
& an extra double points quote from one of the bands above.
21.) "Someday we'll have one extra coastline, we'll tire of the Atlantic,"
six down, good start.
Off for my bacon sandwich... Hmmm.... Baccoonn...
MarshPhantom said:
No 9 - Dreamweaver, no idea who by.
It was Gary Wright. A song much beloved by American sitcom/movie writers as a short cut to introduce the heroes dream girl in romantic comedies.1.) “Swim seagull in the sky, towards that hollow western isle. My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze,”
2.) “Here’s a partridge in a tree. You’ve bought the girl a tree, complete with ornithologist,”
3.) “I know you’ve put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know,”
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
16.) “I used to make my living by picking the banana, now I’m a guide for the CIA. Hooray for the USA!”
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
18.) “We feel the steam as it rises around us, up from the soil that is cracking its back. Tough as the leather that’s strapped to my skin, strong are the bounds we make,”
& an extra double points quote from one of the bands above.
21.) "Someday we'll have one extra coastline, we'll tire of the Atlantic,"
Some clues.
Surprised no one has got 1.)
18.) is by a well known 80s band. Was a double A side single but I would imagine doesn't feature much on their latest comeback tour set list.
7.) is by an artist no one longer with us who since his death Radio 2 seem to have fell in love with (not Nick Drake.)
2.) and 21.) are by the same band who seem to have discovered the secret of youth as they have never split, been hugely influential and are still recording/touring today.
So. Just harder or is my target audience dropping off
?3.) “I know you’ve put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know,”
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
16.) “I used to make my living by picking the banana, now I’m a guide for the CIA. Hooray for the USA!”
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
& an extra double points quote from one of the bands above.
21.) "Someday we'll have one extra coastline, we'll tire of the Atlantic,"
Not many left...
3.) “I know you’ve put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know,”
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
Spot on MMT.
It's Prince Champers but which one?
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
Spot on MMT.
It's Prince Champers but which one?
Answers. With videos for your Sunday morning pleasure too.
Not bad for an album featuring their usual mix of songs about social embarrassment but also featuring one song guaranteed to get banned, one a square dance about a returning soldier from WW1 and another camp classic set to a big band beat about fashion.
Plus this tune about America becoming a fascist state and features the lyric in the quiz, that I feel is one of the oddest in pop music.
Err..... enjoy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSBNE9qnLaI
Until next time. (must make it easier.)
The Hypno-Toad said:
3.) “I know you’ve put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know,”
Secret Meeting - The National
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFb9tiK0hVo
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
Autophilla - The Bluetones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7B2aNklZY
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
Bug Powder Dust - Bomb The Bass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trbvx1U6Ry8
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
Gaye - Clifford T Ward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJazTKgm_s8
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
Now She Knows She's Wrong - Jellyfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITR8nxH-1bc
Careful. If you listen to this song more than once, you'll be singing it all day.
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
Canary In A Coalmine - Police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozeuu0PaOxg
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
International Lover - Prince
Surprisingly no video to be found. Shame it probably NSFW anyway.
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
My Baby Does Good Sculptures - The Rezillos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUDKQSzdoA
The bonus one was the very bizarre Hospitality On Parade by Sparks. After the success of the Kimono My House and Propaganda, I always wondered if Indiscreet was an attempt by the band to give Island Records an album so odd that they would terminate their contract. Of course, now it's seen as one of their experimental masterworks by the critics instead of an attempt at career suicide.Secret Meeting - The National
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFb9tiK0hVo
5.) “She purrs just like a kitten, she seems to throb with pride, gives you the feeling you’ve been taken for a ride,”
Autophilla - The Bluetones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7B2aNklZY
6.) “Send you up the river like your looking for Kurtz, I got the mugawump jizm up and ever reverse,”
Bug Powder Dust - Bomb The Bass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trbvx1U6Ry8
7.) “You’re the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. The display of bright rings that I let slip away,”
Gaye - Clifford T Ward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJazTKgm_s8
11.) “A walking monument to DNA, making love under the podium at the PTA, he’s the principle of Principals, its love gone bad,”
Now She Knows She's Wrong - Jellyfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITR8nxH-1bc
Careful. If you listen to this song more than once, you'll be singing it all day.
14.)“You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza, you’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza,”
Canary In A Coalmine - Police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozeuu0PaOxg
15.) “In the event there is over-excitement, your seat cushion maybe used as a floatation device. We ask that you please observe the No Letting Go sign”,
International Lover - Prince
Surprisingly no video to be found. Shame it probably NSFW anyway.
17.) “She’s got a thing about carving wood, shaping a figure from a lump of mud,”
My Baby Does Good Sculptures - The Rezillos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUDKQSzdoA
Not bad for an album featuring their usual mix of songs about social embarrassment but also featuring one song guaranteed to get banned, one a square dance about a returning soldier from WW1 and another camp classic set to a big band beat about fashion.
Plus this tune about America becoming a fascist state and features the lyric in the quiz, that I feel is one of the oddest in pop music.
Err..... enjoy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSBNE9qnLaI
Until next time. (must make it easier.)
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