Page 1 of 1
Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:04 am
by astrnomr
For today's quiz, you will have to discover the theme. Then, using that theme, match the songs into pairs.
1. But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
2. Dance all night, get real loose
You don't need no bad excuse
Dance all night with anyone
Don't let nobody pick your fun
3. I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
5. Cause they're waiting for me
They're looking for me
Every single night they're driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
6. I've done no harm
I keep to myself
There's nothing wrong with my
State of mental health
7. So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
8. We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who’s teachin’ us a better way
9. Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street
10. You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
Bonus: Identify today's theme.
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.)
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality?
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:12 am
by littlebeast13
For today's quiz, you will have to discover the theme. Then, using that theme, match the songs into pairs.
1. But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
2. Dance all night, get real loose
You don't need no bad excuse
Dance all night with anyone
Don't let nobody pick your fun
Shake It Up - Cars
3. I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
5. Cause they're waiting for me
They're looking for me
Every single night they're driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
Dream Police - Cheap Trick
6. I've done no harm
I keep to myself
There's nothing wrong with my
State of mental health
Who Can It Be Now - Men at Work
7. So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
8. We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who’s teachin’ us a better way
Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
9. Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street
Squeezebox - The Who
10. You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Bonus: Identify today's theme. - Groups and Songs with the names of those groups in the titles (A theme I used back in December 2004, though I don't think I used any of these pairs....)
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.) - 1-5, 2-10, 4-8, 6-9, and 3-7 by default. #7 sounds very familiar, but #3's a complete blank, so I doubt it'd help to rack my brain any longer over it....
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality? - I'm going to guess you're going for #8, since how could RS not put Dr. Hook on the cover after releasing that song....
I predict a lot more high scores today, though I might be able to defend my 4th (4th!?!?!?!?) place standing despite missing 2 of the songs....
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:56 am
by gsabc
Only know two, but those seem to be a match and some bonus points.
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - ROLLING STONES
8. We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who’s teachin’ us a better way
COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE - DR. HOOK AND THE MEDICINE SHOW
Bonus: Identify today's theme.
SONGS WHOSE TITLES INCLUDE ANOTHER ARTIST/GROUP'S NAME
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.)
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality?
DR. HOOK'S. THEY LATER APPEARED ON THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:14 am
by ToLiveIsToFly
1. But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
2. Dance all night, get real loose
You don't need no bad excuse
Dance all night with anyone
Don't let nobody pick your fun
Shake It Up - The Cars
3. I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
Please Come to Boston - Racist Asshole David Allan Coe (I think the original is Kenny Loggins, but I'm not sure)
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
5. Cause they're waiting for me
They're looking for me
Every single night they're driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
Dream Police - Cheap Trick
6. I've done no harm
I keep to myself
There's nothing wrong with my
State of mental health
Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
7. So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
More Than a Feeling - Boston
8. We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who’s teachin’ us a better way
? After further consideration, I'll go with On the Cover of the Rolling Stone. I don't know the real artist, so I'm going with the fictitious band in Almost Famous. I believe they were called Stillwater.
9. Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street
Squeeze Box - The Who
10. You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Bonus: Identify today's theme.
The Artist name in one song is part of the Title of another song.
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.)
#1 & #5 (The Police, Dream Police)
#2 & #10 (The Cars, Fast Car)
#3 & #7 (Boston, Please Come to Boston)
#6 & #9 (The Who, Who Can It Be Now)
That leaves #4 and #8. So maybe I can get #8. I don't know any bands with "Sympathy" in their names, and it doesn't sound like a Devil In a Woodpile Song, which is the only "devil" band I am thinking of now. So that leaves either Papa Was a Rolling Stone or On the Cover of the Rolling Stone. Sounds like the latter. Wish I knew who did it...
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality?
Well, that's hard to say. I don't really believe in magic, so #1's out.
The Cars probably shook something up at some point in your lives, but that's probably not what you mean.
Probably R.A.D.A. Coe at some point went to Boston, but again, probably not what you mean.
Who knows if the Rolling Stones had actual sympathy for the devil?
Despite what Dick and Georgie would prefer, there's no such thing as Dream Police. Yet.
Someone unexpected has probably knocked on the doors of people from Men At Work at some point, but again, probably not what you're looking for.
People in Boston have likely had experiences that were more than feelings, but again...
The band in Almost Famous ended up on the cover of Rolling Stone. Maybe the real artist did, too. That's my tentative answer for now. Hope I got the song right!
I can't see the scene in Squeeze Box happening AFTER The Who recorded that song, so that's right out.
Tracy Chapman is likely to have been in, driven, and maybe even owned a fast car, but the story in the song is unlikely, I think.
So that leaves me with #8, the song I'm guessing is On The Cover of the Rolling Stone.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:21 am
by mntetn
1.
2.
3. Please Come to Boston, Kenny Loggins
4.
5. The Dream Police, _________
6.
7.
8.
9. Mamma's Got a Squeeze Box (WAG)
10.
Bonus:
Double Bonus:
Final Bonus:
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:27 am
by Sir_Galahad
1. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - Police
2. Shake It Up - Cars
3. Please Come to Boston - ?
4. Sympathy for The Devil - Rolling Stones
5. Dream Police - Cheap Trick
6. Who Can it Be Now - Men At Work
7. More Than A Feelin - Boston
8. On The Cover of Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook
9. Squeezebox - The Who
10. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Bonus: The artist in one song is contained in the title of another song
D.B.: 1 & 5, 2 & 10, 3 & 7, 4 & 8, 6 & 9
F.B. - #8. Dr Hook eventually appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:09 am
by megaaddict
2. Shake it Up, The Cars
4. Sympathy For The Devil, Rolling Stones
8. Cover of the Rolling Stone, Dr. Hook
9. Squeeze Box, The Who
Bonus: Identify today's theme.
Magazine Names
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.)
4 & 8
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality?
8 (although I'll bet #9 happened somewhere)
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:45 pm
by starfish1113
1. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
2. Shake It Up - Cars
3. Nope
4. Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
5. Nope
6. Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work
7. More Than A Feeling - Boston
8. Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook
9. Squeeze Box - The Who
10. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Bonus 1 - Not sure if it's the theme, but there are matches between song titles and artist names.
Bonus 2 - 2-10, 4-8, 6-9. There must be a song that has the word Boston in it (Please Come to Boston, maybe?) and maybe a song by a group with the word Magic (Blue Magic?)
Bonus 3 - #8. Dr. Hook eventually got on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:33 pm
by KillerTomato
1. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
2. Shake It Up - The Cars
3. Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins
4. Sympathy For the Devil - Rolling Stones
5. Dream Police - Cheap Trick
6. Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work
7. More Than a Feeling - Boston
8. On the Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook
9. Mama's Got a Squeezebox - The Who
10. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Bonus: Identify today's theme.
Songs with Titles That Contain Band Names, Sort Of.
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.)
1-5 (The POLICE - Dream POLICE)
2-10 (The CARs - Fast CAR)
3-7 (Please Come to BOSTON - BOSTON)
4-8 (ROLLING STONEs - On the Cover of the ROLLING STONE)
6-9 (WHO Can It Be Now? - The WHO)
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality?
I'd guess that Dr. Hook eventually got On the Cover of the Rolling Stone.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:49 pm
by etaoin22
1 - Who Will Answer - Ed Ames.
4 - Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
8 - Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr Hook and the Medicine Show
9 - Squeeze Box - The Who.
1-9
4-8
artist names in titles
Yes, gotta be spoiler, not soiler....
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:17 pm
by ghostjmf
2. Uh...Dance All Night?/
3. Please Come To Boston/Hey, I know the Joan Baez version; any points? I think Kenny Loggins originally did it; it got lotsa folkie-type covers
4. Sympathy for the Devil/The Rolling Stones
5. They're Coming To Take Me Away/something Bonaparte
10. Fast Car/Tracy Chapman
Theme: Travel?
matching randomly:
1 & 4
2 & 8
3 & 5
7 & 9
6 & 10
Final Bonus: I sure hope it involved dancing all night, & not some of that other stuff
edited only to spoilerize
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:17 pm
by kroxquo
1. But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
2. Dance all night, get real loose
You don't need no bad excuse
Dance all night with anyone
Don't let nobody pick your fun
Shake It Up - The Cars
3. I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
Please Come To Boston - ? (I once got into an argument with an old boss of mine who swore this was Jim Croce. I don't know who it is, but I know it's not Jim Croce)
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
5. Cause they're waiting for me
They're looking for me
Every single night they're driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
6. I've done no harm
I keep to myself
There's nothing wrong with my
State of mental health
Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
7. So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
8. We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who’s teachin’ us a better way
The Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook
9. Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street
Squeeze Box - The Who
10. You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
Bonus: Identify today's theme. Each song in the pair has a word that is the name of a band of another song (does that make any sense?)
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.)
4 - 8
6 - 9
3 - ? (Got to be a song by Boston here somewhere)
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality? #8 when Dr. Hook DIDmake the cover of Rolling Stone
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:20 pm
by elwoodblues
1. Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
2. Shake It Up
3. Loggins & Messina - Please Come to Boston
4. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
5. Cars - Dream Police
6. Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now
7. Boston - More Than A Feeling
8. Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - Cover of the Rolling Stone
9. Who - Squeeze Box
Bonus: Name of group in title of another song
Double Bonus: 1-5, 3-7, 4-8, 6-9, 2-10
Final Bonus: #8
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:33 am
by TheConfessor
astrnomr wrote:For today's quiz, you will have to discover the theme. Then, using that theme, match the songs into pairs.
1. But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
2. Dance all night, get real loose
You don't need no bad excuse
Dance all night with anyone
Don't let nobody pick your fun
CARS -- SHAKE IT UP
3. I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
DAVE LOGGINS -- PLEASE COME TO BOSTON
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
ROLLING STONES -- SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
5. Cause they're waiting for me
They're looking for me
Every single night they're driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
CHEAP TRICK -- DREAM POLICE
6. I've done no harm
I keep to myself
There's nothing wrong with my
State of mental health
7. So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
8. We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who’s teachin’ us a better way
DR. HOOK AND THE MEDICINE SHOW -- COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE
9. Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street
THE WHO -- SQUEEZE BOX
10. You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
TRACY CHAPMAN -- FAST CAR
WAG ON ALL THE OTHERS -- SQUEEZE -- TEMPTED
Bonus: Identify today's theme.
SONGS THAT HAVE AN ARTIST'S NAME IN THE TITLE?
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs.
4 and 8 (Rolling Stones)
2 and 10 (cars)
9 and 7?
1 and 6?
3 and 5?
(4 points each.)
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality?
NUMBER 8? DR. HOOK MADE THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE?
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:33 am
by T_Bone0806
1-Every Little Thing She Does is Magic-Police
2-Shake it Up-Cars
3-Please Come To Boston-Dave Loggins
4-Sympathy For the Devil-Rolling Stones
5-Dream Police-Cheap Trick!!!
6-Who Can it Be Now-Men at Work
7-More Than a Feeling-Boston
8-The Cover of "Rolling Stone"-Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
9-Squeeze Box-The Who
10-Fast Car-Tracy Chapman
Bonus: Artist's name matches part of another song title.
Double Bonus: 1 and 5, 2 and 10, 3 and 7, 4 and 8, 6 and 9.
Final Bonus: #8. Dr. Hook did indeed, get their "picture" on the cover of "Rolling Stone", although it was a cartoon of the band, not a photo.
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:04 pm
by traininvain
For today's quiz, you will have to discover the theme. Then, using that theme, match the songs into pairs.
1. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
2. Shake it Up - The Cars
3. Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins (Ick)
4. Sympathy for The Devil - The Rolling Stones
5. The Dream Police - Cheap Trick
6. Who Can it Be Now - Men at Work
7. More Than a Feeling - Boston (Double ick)
8. Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
9. Squeeze Box - The Who
10. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Bonus: Lyrics with group names in them?
Double Bonus:
1-5
2-10
3-7
4-8
6-9
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality? 8. Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:23 am
by NellyLunatic1980
1. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", the Police
2. "Shake It Up", the Cars
3. "Please Come to Boston", Dave Loggins
4. "Sympathy for the Devil", the Rolling Stones
5. pass
6. "Who Can It Be Now?", Men at Work
7. "More Than a Feeling", Boston
8. pass
9. pass
10. "Fast Car", Tracy Chapman... one of my favorites from the '80s
Bonus: words in song titles that are also the names of groups
Double Bonus: 1 and 5 (WAG), 2 and 10, 3 and 7, 4 and 8 (WAG), 6 and 9 (WAG)
Final Bonus: #3?
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:40 am
by MarleysGh0st
How did I miss this one on Friday?
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones?
Re: Lyrically Speaking: Match Game
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:59 am
by astrnomr
astrnomr wrote:
1. But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
2. Dance all night, get real loose
You don't need no bad excuse
Dance all night with anyone
Don't let nobody pick your fun
Cars - Shake it Up
3. I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
Dave Loggins - Please Come to Boston
This one-hit wonder is the cousin of Kenny Loggins, and he's the only answer I accepted. It was a top-10 hit (#5) in 1974. This isn't a contest of who can find the most obscure remake of a song.
4. I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
5. Cause they're waiting for me
They're looking for me
Every single night they're driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
6. I've done no harm
I keep to myself
There's nothing wrong with my
State of mental health
Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now?
7. So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
Boston - More Than a Feeling
8. We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who’s teachin’ us a better way
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - The Cover of "Rolling Stone"
9. Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street
The Who - Squeeze Box
10. You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Bonus: Identify today's theme.
Songs that include most/all of another band's name in the song title.
Double Bonus: Using the theme, match songs into pairs. (4 points each.)
1-5, 2-10, 3-7, 4-8, 6-9
Final Bonus: Which of these songs turned into reality?
Song #8. Rolling Stone magazine found it hard to turn down the band's request after the song hit #6 on the charts. However, it was a caricature of the band, not a photo.
Results:
240 T_Bone0806
240 KillerTomato
240 traininvain
230 Sir_Galahad
220 ToLiveIsToFly
200 littlebeast13
192 starfish
190 elwoodblues
170 NellyLunatic1980
168 TheConfessor
158 kroxquo
94 megaaddict
74 etaoin22
64 gsabc
50 ghostjmf
30 mntetn
20 MarleysGh0st
Standings:
995 ToLiveIsToFly
970 T_Bone0806
760 NellyLunatic1980
705 littlebeast13
700 Sir_Galahad
670 elwoodblues
652 starfish
608 TheConfessor
550 KillerTomato
548 kroxquo
490 mellytu74
450 minimetoo26
404 megaaddict
380 mntetn
264 gsabc
240 traininvain
210 macrae1234
200 SportsFan68
190 VAdame
170 Bob78164
160 ghostjmf
145 MarleysGh0st
100 ShamelessWeasel
74 etaoin22