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The Lyric Game (featuring Version 2)
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:47 pm
by Niveous
My wife is part of an online forum and they started playing this very simple lyric game. And I sat there watching her play, amazed at how long it was taking for people to give in responses. I told her that SF'er would race through a round of the game. My wife's reply was "well, your board is full of musicians" (Her board is devoted to people who own guinea pigs). My reply was "Your board has more people. It still should go faster" (over 4,000 guinea pig owners!). Well, I figured I'd try the game out here (during my boredom on receptionist day).
The rules are simple:
First person posts a lyric (and the 2 lines after it) starting with "A". The next person "B". So on and so forth. "Q" & "Z" are included in the game but "X" has been mercifully removed. You must know the name of the song and performer to post a lyric.
OK. Game On.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:01 pm
by Eric Y.
And it's strange to watch the things we had all fade away
It all seemed so certain, It all seemed so permanent
And I'm sure no one else suspected anything was wrong
("can't fight it" by bob mould)
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:07 pm
by Verbatim
better ideas are stuck in the mud
the motors runnin' on tuckers blood
dont let them tell you the future's electric
cause gasolines not measured in metric
30,000 wheels are spinnin'
and oil company faces are grinnin'
now my hands are turnin' red
and i found out my baby is dead
The White Stripes
Big Three Killed My Baby (the)
Extra challange song title is also a B word
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:12 pm
by Niveous
Candy, Candy, Candy I can't let you go
All my life you're haunting me
I loved you so
"Candy" by Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:34 pm
by Justincombustion
dig me out
dig me in
outta this mess baby outta my head
Sleater-Kinney "Dig Me Out."
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:38 pm
by jimtyrrell
Everybody's got nice stuff but me
-Dead Milkmen
(from the song of the same title)
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:17 pm
by c hack
Fly me to the moon, let me sing among the stars
let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
In other words, take my hand
In other words, baby kiss me
Sinatra, "Fly Me to the Moon" (don't know who wrote it though)
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:19 pm
by Gazelles
Grass is always greener when it bursts up through concrete
-River of Orchids, by XTC
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:24 pm
by jimtyrrell
Hang up your chairs to better sweep
Clear the floor to dance
Shake the rug into the fireplace
-Fireplace, by REM
(p.s. - is it okay to go more than once? I hope so)
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:31 pm
by Niveous
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling
"Anybody Listening?" by Queensryche
(Yes you can Jim)
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:33 pm
by thehipcola
ummm...this is weak, I know...but in the spirit of gettin in on it...
Jump....
Might as well jump
Jump
that's sad, i can't believe I'm posting it...
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:34 pm
by jimtyrrell
EDIT: beaten to the J. will replace with k.
Kid, is this your first time here?
Some can't stand the beauty
So they cut off one ear
But you'll be okay
-Garden of Earthly Delights, XTC
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:35 pm
by king_arthur
Kathy, I said, as we boarded a greyhound in Pittsburgh
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
America, Simon y Garfunkel
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:43 pm
by jb
Loooooooooooove
Is a burnin' flame.
-BLONDIE
;)
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:47 pm
by Niveous
my god sits in the back of the limousine
my god comes in a wrapper of cellophane
my god pouts on the cover of the magazine
my god's a shallow little bitch trying to make the scene
"Starfuckers Inc." by NIN
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:55 pm
by JonPorobil
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
Gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke...
Billy Joel - "Piano Man"
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:03 pm
by jimtyrrell
Orange Skies
Carnivals and cotton candy and you
And I love you too
You know I do
-Orange Skies, by Love
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:22 pm
by erik
Papa don't preach
I'm in trouble deep
Papa don't preach
I've been losing sleep
But I made up my mind
I'm keeping my baby
"Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:22 pm
by Poor June
fuck it nevermind...
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:28 pm
by JonPorobil
Quentin Tarantino makes movies
and he's also a big dork
and I love him so
from "Quentin Tarantino," by Mr. Pink.
If Songfight songs are off-limits, try this one:
Queen victoria,
My father and all his tobacco loved you,
I love you too in all your forms...
from "Queen Victoria" by Leonard Cohen
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:36 pm
by jimtyrrell
Red zero turn on
Red nation turn off
Forgive me, Mrs. Romanov
-Red Zero, by Roy
***
or, the non-songfight option:
Rocky Raccoon
Checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's Bible
Rocky had come
Equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
-Rocky Raccoon, by The Beatles
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:37 pm
by c hack
sally's in the stirrups claiming her destiny
and nobody nowhere understands anything about me
and all my dreams lost at sea
*sniff* nobody understands me
Smashing Pumpkins, "Stumbleine"
(nice Q, Generic. Above and beyond)