Lyrically Speaking - 1/4/08

[littlebeast13]

It's Free For All Friday, which is the Lyrically Speaking version of Potpourri. All of today's songs were playing on one of the wide variety of Music Choice channels I have on cable when I wrote this game on December 25th. Since this is the weekend game, there are 20 songs, and the game does not close until Monday morning.

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist....



1. A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And woe my nights are so long

2. You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..

3. And if she says to you
she doesn't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?

5. She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

6. Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams

7. They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'

9. We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans
Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us
We drink elixirs that we refine
from the juices of the dying

10. We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age

11. Well, I can say goodbye in the cold morning light
But I can't watch love die in the warmth of the night
If I've got to be strong
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?

12. Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true

13. My friends are always giving me
Watches, hats, and wine
That’s how I know this is serious
That’s how I know it's time

14. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me

15. I can't stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don't seem real

16. And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here

17. Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
Climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
Now sing the break

18. So I look in your direction,
But you pay me no attention, do you.
I know you dont listen to me.
cause you say you see straight through me, dont you.

19. They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing,
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking.
Outside it's cold misty and it's raining,
They got each other neither one's complaining

20. Life's too short to make a mistake
Let's think of each other and hesitate
Young and impatient we may be
There's no need to act foolishly

[MarleysGh0st]

Spoiler

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'

Just this one snippet out of all of these will play on my mental iPod.

And the title is...uhhh...

Breakdown?





Or not...

Edited to add spoiler box.

[mntetn]

Spoiler

1. something by Simon and Garfunkel
2. It's Just Emotion, the Bee Gees
3. A Heart Full of Soul, the Yardbirds
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. something about "swingtown", Steve Miller
9.
10.
11. Touch Me in the Morning, Diana Ross
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. 96 Tears, ? and the Mysterians
17.
18.
19. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy, Rod Stewart
20.

[/spoiler]

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

1. A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And woe my nights are so long
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

2. You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..
?

3. And if she says to you
she doesn't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea
Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?
?

5. She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

6. Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood. I wonder now if I should get Frankie a onesie that says "Frankie Say Relax"? Probably not, huh.

7. They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
?

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'
Swing Town - Steve Miller

9. We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans
Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us
We drink elixirs that we refine
from the juices of the dying
?

10. We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age
Heart of the Matter - Don Henley

11. Well, I can say goodbye in the cold morning light
But I can't watch love die in the warmth of the night
If I've got to be strong
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?
?

12. Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true
Sister Christian - Night Ranger

13. My friends are always giving me
Watches, hats, and wine
That’s how I know this is serious
That’s how I know it's time
?

14. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me
Radio Radio - Elvis Costello

15. I can't stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don't seem real
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

16. And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

17. Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
Climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
Now sing the break
?

18. So I look in your direction,
But you pay me no attention, do you.
I know you dont listen to me.
cause you say you see straight through me, dont you.
?

19. They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing,
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking.
Outside it's cold misty and it's raining,
They got each other neither one's complaining
?

20. Life's too short to make a mistake
Let's think of each other and hesitate
Young and impatient we may be
There's no need to act foolishly
?

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. "You Can Call Me Al", Paul Simon
2. "Too Much Heaven", the Bee Gees
3. pass
4. pass
5. "Rhiannon", Fleetwood Mac
6. pass
7. "Kung Fu Fighting", Carl Douglas
8. pass
9. pass
10. "Heart of the Matter", Don Henley
11. "Touch Me in the Morning", Diana Ross
12. familiar, but I can't place it right now
13. pass
14. pass
15. "She Drives Me Crazy", Fine Young Cannibals
16. pass
17. the obligatory LS rap song to make me happy... "One More Chance", Notorious B.I.G.
18. pass
19. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" [editorial comment: no, I don't ], Rod Stewart
20. just heard this song the other day... "Give Me Just a Little More Time", Chairmen of the Board

[mikehardware]

Spoiler

1. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

7. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas?

16. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

[ladysoleil]

I think I can do a couple of these at least...

Spoiler

1.

Paul Simon-Graceland


4.

Black Crows- Remedy



6.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Relax


8.
John Mellencamp- Wild Night? (WAG)

11.
Wild Ass Guess Part 2- Save Tonight, Eagle Eye Cherry?

[minimetoo26]

Spoiler

It's Free For All Friday, which is the Lyrically Speaking version of Potpourri. All of today's songs were playing on one of the wide variety of Music Choice channels I have on cable when I wrote this game on December 25th. Since this is the weekend game, there are 20 songs, and the game does not close until Monday morning.


So I have a shot of answering an open LS for a change.......

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist....



1. A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And woe my nights are so long

Call Me Al? Something like that. Paul Simon

2. You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..

It's the Bee Gees. Or Andy Gibb. But I'll say Bee Gees. Can't quite place the song yet...

3. And if she says to you
she doesn't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea

Nope

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?

Black Crowes. Dug out this CD the other day. Not Hard to Handle or She Talks to Angels.

5. She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

Rhiannon, Stevie Nicks. Amazing how many forms of that name end up in the kids' yearbooks to this day...

6. Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams

Relax, Frankie Goes to Hollywood

7. They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down

Kung Fu Fighting, and I can never remember the guy's name..

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'

Yicko Steve Miller Band. Swingtown or Swing Town or whatever...

9. We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans
Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us
We drink elixirs that we refine
from the juices of the dying

Uh, no.

10. We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age

I have never been a fan of Eagles' solo efforts, but I really like this song very much. The Heart of the Matter, Don Henley

11. Well, I can say goodbye in the cold morning light
But I can't watch love die in the warmth of the night
If I've got to be strong
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?

Familiar, but not shaking loose.

12. Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true

My b-i-l has this Greatest Hits CD, and it was surprisingly entertaining listening after all these years. So sue me...

Sister Christian, Night Ranger

13. My friends are always giving me
Watches, hats, and wine
That’s how I know this is serious
That’s how I know it's time

Nope

14. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me

Okay, a gimme! Radio, Radio, Elvis Costello (Can't just say Elvis this time...)

15. I can't stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don't seem real

She Drives Me Crazy, Fine Young Cannibals

16. And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here

Familiar

17. Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
Climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
Now sing the break

I don't suppose I would know this...

18. So I look in your direction,
But you pay me no attention, do you.
I know you dont listen to me.
cause you say you see straight through me, dont you.

It's Coldplay, but I don't know which song.

19. They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing,
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking.
Outside it's cold misty and it's raining,
They got each other neither one's complaining

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (and don't answer that ), Rod Stewart

20. Life's too short to make a mistake
Let's think of each other and hesitate
Young and impatient we may be
There's no need to act foolishly

A Little More Time? One of those Beach Music songs. I think it's that one. Dunno the artist.

[TheConfessor]

Spoiler

1. A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And woe my nights are so long
YOU CAN CALL ME AL - PAUL SIMON

2. You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..

3. And if she says to you
she doesn't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea
HEART FULL OF SOUL - YARDBIRDS (RECENTLY REDONE BY CHRIS ISAAK, I THINK)

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?

5. She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless
RHIANNON - STEVIE NICKS

6. Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams

7. They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
KUNG FU FIGHTING - CARL DOUGLAS

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'
SWINGTOWN - STEVE MILLER BAND

9. We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans
Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us
We drink elixirs that we refine
from the juices of the dying

10. We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age

11. Well, I can say goodbye in the cold morning light
But I can't watch love die in the warmth of the night
If I've got to be strong
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?

12. Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true

13. My friends are always giving me
Watches, hats, and wine
That’s how I know this is serious
That’s how I know it's time

14. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me
RADIO, RADIO - ELVIS COSTELLO

15. I can't stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don't seem real

16. And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here
96 TEARS - ? AND THE MYSTERIANS

17. Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
Climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
Now sing the break

18. So I look in your direction,
But you pay me no attention, do you.
I know you dont listen to me.
cause you say you see straight through me, dont you.

19. They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing,
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking.
Outside it's cold misty and it's raining,
They got each other neither one's complaining

20. Life's too short to make a mistake
Let's think of each other and hesitate
Young and impatient we may be
There's no need to act foolishly
GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME - CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD (UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE REMADE IT RECENTLY)

[Vails]

Spoiler

1. A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And woe my nights are so long

You Can Call Me Al ... Paul Simon

2. You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..

Too Much Heaven ... Bee Gees

3. And if she says to you
she doesn't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea

Tell Laura I Love Her ... Bobby Blue Bland

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?


5. She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

6. Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams

Relax ... Frankie Goes to Hollywood

7. They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down

Kung Fu Fighting ... Carl Douglas

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'

Swingtown ... Steve Miller Band

9. We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans
Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us
We drink elixirs that we refine
from the juices of the dying


10. We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age

11. Well, I can say goodbye in the cold morning light
But I can't watch love die in the warmth of the night
If I've got to be strong
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?

12. Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true

Sister Christian ... Night Ranger

13. My friends are always giving me
Watches, hats, and wine
That’s how I know this is serious
That’s how I know it's time

14. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me

Aaargh

15. I can't stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don't seem real

She Drives Me Crazy ... Fine Young Cannibals

16. And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here

17. Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
Climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
Now sing the break

18. So I look in your direction,
But you pay me no attention, do you.
I know you dont listen to me.
cause you say you see straight through me, dont you.

Aaaargh

19. They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing,
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking.
Outside it's cold misty and it's raining,
They got each other neither one's complaining

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy ... Rod Stewart

20. Life's too short to make a mistake
Let's think of each other and hesitate
Young and impatient we may be
There's no need to act foolishly

Life in One Day ... Howard Jones

[mellytu74]

#20 is one of my all-time favorite dance tunes!

Spoiler

1. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
2. Nope
3. Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds
4. Nope
5. Rhiannon - Fleetwod Mac
6. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
7. Kung Fu Fighting - Karl Douglas
8. Swingtown - Steve Miller
9. Nope
10. Nope but this is a nagger
11. Touch Me in the Morning? Diana Ross, if it is
12. Nope
13. Singer is Tim McGraw. Don't know the name of the song
14. Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
15. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
16. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
17. Nope
18. Nope
19. Do You Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
20. Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

1. "You Can Call Me Al" - Paul Simon

2. Nope

3. Nope

4. "Remedy" - Black Crowes

5. "Riannon" - Fleetwood Mac

6. "Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

7. "Kung Fu Fighting"

8. "Swingtown" - Steve Miller Band

9. Nope

10. "The Heart of the Matter" - Don Henley

11. Familiarish, but nope

12. "Sister Christian" - Night Ranger (thank goodness I just watched "Boogie Nights" recently!)

13. Nope

14. "Radio Radio" - Elvis Costello

15. Nope

16. Nope

17. Nope

18. Nope

19. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" - Rod Stewart

20. Nope

[starfish1113]

Spoiler

1. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
2. Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
3. Nope
4. Nope
5. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
6. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
7. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
8. Swingtown - Steve Miller Band
9. Nope
10. Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
11. Nope
12. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
13. Nope
14. Nope
15. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
16. Nope
17. Nope
18. Nope
19. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart
20. Nope

[ghostjmf]

Spoiler

1. Graceland/Paul Simon (VWAG)

5. Rhiannon/Fleetwood Mac (featuring Stevie Nicks on this one)

8. Dance With Me/Pousette-Dart Band (If its really Starland Vocal Band, which I put there 1st, I'll scream)

11. Touch Me In The Morning/Diana Ross (I could swear someone else did it 1st, like Maureen McGovern-sorta-someone, but that televised tribute over the holidays featured Diana singing it)

29. Rod Stewart

[Bob78164]

Spoiler

19. Do You Think I'm Sexy?, Rod Stewart

--Bob

[mrkelley23]

Spoiler

1. You Can Call me Al -- Paul Simon
2. Nope
3. Nope
4. Nope some more
5. Rhiannon -- Fleetwood Mac
6. Relax -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
7. Kung Fu Fighting -- Carl Douglas
8. Swingtown -- Steve Miller Band
9. Very nope
10. The Heart of the Matter -- Don Henley
11. Touch me in the Morning -- Diana Ross
12. Familiar but nope
13. Nopenope
14. Nope
15. Nope
16. Nope
17. Nope
18. Nope
19. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? -- Rod Stewart
20. Nope.



Ick.

[T_Bone0806]

Spoiler

1-You Can Call Me Al-Paul Simon
2-Guilty-Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibb
3-Heart Full of Soul-Yardbirds
4-
5-Rhiannon-Fleetwood Mac
6-Relax-Frankie Goes to Hollywood
7-Kung Fu Fighting-Carl Douglas
8-Swingtown-Steve Miller Band
9-
10-The Heart of the Matter-Don Henley
11-Touch Me in the Morning-Diana Ross
12-Sister Christian-Night Ranger
13-
14-Radio Radio-Elvis Costello
15-
16-96 Tears-? & The Mysterians
17-Somebody needs "parental control" settings for this one..
18-
19-Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?-Rod Stewart
20-Give Me Just a Little More Time-Chairmen of the Board

[hermillion]

Spoiler

1.
2.
3. Heart Full of Soul - Yardbirds
4.
5. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
6.
7. Kung Fu Fighting - ??
8. Swingtown - Steve Miller Band
9.
10.
11. Touch Me In the Morning - Diana Ross
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. 96 Tears - Question Mark and the Mysterians
17.
18.
19. Do Ya' Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
20. Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairman of the Board

Long day with eighth graders who are still trying to get back on track following Christmas Break. I then headed home to get gussied up. If you were watching ESPN Friday Night Fights, you saw me toward the left side of the audience just opposite the main cameras. Our local hero, Allan Green won again! I'm watching the replay right now, and his fight is about to begin.

[peacock2121]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Al - Paul Simon

7. Fung Fu Fighting - no idea

10. The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley

11. Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross maybe?

20. Give Me Just a Little More Time - nope

[elwoodblues]

Spoiler

1. Call Me Al - Paul Simon
5. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
7. Kung Fu Fighting
8. Swingtown - Steve Miller Band
16. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
19. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart

[fantine33]

YAY for this being open for three days! I've been laid low by stomach flu and, when not

Spoiler

puking my guts out

, spent the time bemoaning the fact that I couldn't answer the LS. Ha!

Spoiler

1. A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And woe my nights are so long

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

2. You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..

Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees

3. And if she says to you
she doesn't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?

I want to say Twice as Hard, but I know that isn't right. But I'm sick so I'm saying it anyway.

Twice as Hard - The Black Crowes

5. She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

Who besides me automatically typed Stevie Nicks and had to correct themselves?

6. Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams

Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

7. They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down

Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas (although you were probably watching the Foo Fighters)

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'

Swingtown - Steve Miller Band

9. We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans
Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us
We drink elixirs that we refine
from the juices of the dying

Puking Your Guts Out - Gnaeus and The Vomitoriums

10. We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age

11. Well, I can say goodbye in the cold morning light
But I can't watch love die in the warmth of the night
If I've got to be strong
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?

12. Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true

Sister Christian - Night Ranger

13. My friends are always giving me
Watches, hats, and wine
That’s how I know this is serious
That’s how I know it's time

14. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me

Radio Radio - Elvis Costello

15. I can't stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don't seem real

She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

This is so weird! Thursday morning, during a period of lucidity, I turned on We are the 80's and they were playing this. But that's not the weird part. The weird part is I thought "I wish lb would use this in a LS game, then I could rhetorically ask whatever happened to FYC and why wasn't Roland Gift bigger than he was with all that talent?"

So, consider it asked. Ha!

16. And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here

96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

17. Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
Climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
Now sing the break

Dammit, it's by Biggie but, if I could sing the damned break, I could tell you the name of it.

Give Me Another Chance - Notorious BIG

18. So I look in your direction,
But you pay me no attention, do you.
I know you dont listen to me.
cause you say you see straight through me, dont you.

19. They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing,
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking.
Outside it's cold misty and it's raining,
They got each other neither one's complaining

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart

20. Life's too short to make a mistake
Let's think of each other and hesitate
Young and impatient we may be
There's no need to act foolishly

[traininvain]

It's Free For All Friday, which is the Lyrically Speaking version of Potpourri. All of today's songs were playing on one of the wide variety of Music Choice channels I have on cable when I wrote this game on December 25th. Since this is the weekend game, there are 20 songs, and the game does not close until Monday morning.

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist....

Spoiler

1. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

2. Nope

3. Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbrids (one of my favorite groups) also Chris Isaak (written by Graham Gouldman of 10cc fame.)

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?

5. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

6. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

7. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

8. Swingtown - The Steve Miller Band

9. This song sounds VERY familiar, something from the 80's

10. Sounds like something by Sting or Don Henley or some other over the hill rocker.

11. Nope

12. Nope

13. Nope

14. Radio Radio - Elvis Costello

15. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

16. 96 Tears - ? & the Mysterians also Garland Jefferys

17. Sounds like rap, I generally don't do rap

18. Familiar, but no

19. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart (the beginning of the end for Rod the Mod, written by Carmen Appice of Vanilla Fudge fame)

20. Give Me Just a Little More Time - The Chairman of the Board (not Whitey Ford or Sinatra and not The Chairman of the Bored!)

[littlebeast13]

1. A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And woe my nights are so long
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

2. You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees

3. And if she says to you
she doesn't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea
Heart Full of Soul - Yardbirds

4. Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?
Remedy - Black Crowes

5. She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac (This is the first time I had to invoke the popular solo artist clause... you got credit if you said Stevie Nicks)

6. Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

7. They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

8. Come on and dance, come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin'
And the music's callin'
Swingtown - Steve Miller Band

9. We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans
Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us
We drink elixirs that we refine
from the juices of the dying
Nemesis - Shriekback (I was really, really hoping someone would get this one. I think TiV was the only one who seemed to even be close. I've seen the video for this one on VH1 Classic a few times, and the chorus contains perhaps the most interesting word to ever be placed in any song ever written.... parthenogenesis, which is the process by which unfertilized eggs are still able to produce an offspring. This song was my first shutout of the Winter LS)

10. We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age
The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley

11. Well, I can say goodbye in the cold morning light
But I can't watch love die in the warmth of the night
If I've got to be strong
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?
Touch Me In the Morning - Diana Ross

12. Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true
Sister Christian - Night Ranger

13. My friends are always giving me
Watches, hats, and wine
That’s how I know this is serious
That’s how I know it's time
Last Dollar (Fly Away) - Tim McGraw (Melly was the only one to even get the artist on this one. Had I posted the chorus "One, two, three, like a bird I sing...", I think more of you would have recognized it)

14. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me
Radio Radio - Elvis Costello

15. I can't stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don't seem real
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

16. And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

17. Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
Climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
Now sing the break
One More Chance - The Notorious BIG (Who, somehow, is still selling calendars with his mug on them at Wal~Mart 10 years after being shot to death)

18. So I look in your direction,
But you pay me no attention, do you.
I know you dont listen to me.
cause you say you see straight through me, dont you.
Shiver - Coldplay (Mini kept this one from being a shutout by recognizing the group)

19. They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing,
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking.
Outside it's cold misty and it's raining,
They got each other neither one's complaining
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart

20. Life's too short to make a mistake
Let's think of each other and hesitate
Young and impatient we may be
There's no need to act foolishly
Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board



I think it's intersting that despite the extra 8 songs, scoring was pretty much the same as it is in the 12-song games, at least as far as the high scores go. The average was probably a bit higher....


Points:

mntetn 11
TLITF 20
Nelly 20
mikehardware 6
ladysoleil 5
mini 23
Confessor 16
vails 16
melly 25
KT 19
starfish 20
ghost 6
Bob 2
mrkelley 16
TBone 24
hermillion 15
Pea 8
elwood 11
fanny 25
TiV 22


20 players! We got our quota to ensure increasing attendance for each game during the first week! Now, where do we go from here....?