Lyrically Speaking - 2/5/08

[littlebeast13]

It's Tuesday Wordplay, so each of today's songs has a word in common in their titles.... but you already knew that....

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



1. There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you

2. Anybody here see the long-distance cheer for the notion
Well, I think we missed it
Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean

3. But if you wanna leave take good care,
hope you have a lot of nice things to wear,
but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

4. I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why, I don't know why

5. Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door

6. If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day

7. Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness

8. Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for

9. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder,
Over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride

10. I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

11. There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes

12. Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass.
Name of the band is The Human Race.
Everybody tell me have you heard?

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", Tears for Fears
2. pass
3. "Wild World", Cat Stevens
4. pass
5. pass
6. "Change the World", Eric Clapton
7. pass
8. "What a Wonderful World", Sam Cooke
9. "A Whole New World", Regina Belle and Peabo Bryson
10. "What a Wonderful World", Louis Armstrong
11. "Rockin' in the Free World", Neil Young
12. pass

[minimetoo26]

Okay, I give up. I can look at these all day and probably not get the rest...

Spoiler

It's Tuesday Wordplay, so each of today's songs has a word in common in their titles.... but you already knew that....

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



1. There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you

Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears For Fears (And can you pick shorter song titles, fercryinoutloud!? )

2. Anybody here see the long-distance cheer for the notion
Well, I think we missed it
Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean

Nope

3. But if you wanna leave take good care,
hope you have a lot of nice things to wear,
but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Oh Baby, It's a Wild World (hope it's not Wide instead of Wild...), Cat Stevens

4. I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why, I don't know why

Nopers

5. Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door

Waiting on the World to Change, John Mayer or John Mayer Trio or whatever that snotrag calls himself this week...

6. If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day

Familiar

7. Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness

I Won't Stay in a World Without Love, some fruitcakey-sounding guys

8. Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for

What a Wonderful World (It Would Be?), I know James Taylor covered it.

9. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder,
Over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride

AAAGGHH!! You've been bugging my house again! Erin's going through her Jasmine phase, but I can stomach this movie better than the Mermaid one. A Whole New World, and I never stick around for the end credits. Lea Salonga sings Jasmine in the movie, but I will just go to the default of Regina Belle and Peabo Bryson because I can never get the duos...

10. I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong?

11. There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes

I can't place it, and I think I hate it.

12. Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass.
Name of the band is The Human Race.
Everybody tell me have you heard?

AAAGGHHH!!! I can't pull this one, and it's catchy and I like it!!!!

So the word is WORLD, and you had to pick the longest titles so I'd get carpal tunnel syndrome before I could blather more...

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

1. Nope but it will nag me
2. Nope
3. Wide World - Cat Stevens
4. The World I Know - Collective Soul?
5. Nope
6. Change the World - Eric Clapton
7. World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
8. Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
9. Whole New World - Aladdin, the movie. Regina Belle and Pebo Bryson? Can't remember who did the Top 40 hit.
10. Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
11. Rocking in the Free World - Neil Young
12. Nope

[starfish1113]

Spoiler

1. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears
2. Nope
3. Wild World - Cat Stevens or Maxi Priest
4. Nope
5. Waiting On The World to Change - John Mayer
6. Change the World - Eric Clapton
7. A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
8. What A Wonderful World - Sam Cooke, Herman's Hermits, a ton of others
9. A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, I think
10. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
11. Nope
12. Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats. The song that allows Men Without Hats to avoid a true One Hit Wonder label

[mntetn]

Spoiler

1.
2. Hand Me Down World, Guess Who
3. Wild World, Cat Stevens
4.
5. We Are the World, USA for America (WAG)
6.
7. A World Without Love, Peter and Gordon
8. Wonderful World, Sam Cooke or Herman's Hermits or James Taylor
9. A Whole New World (theme from Aladdin), Vanessa Williams
10. What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
11.
12.

[TheConfessor]

Spoiler

1. There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you

2. Anybody here see the long-distance cheer for the notion
Well, I think we missed it
Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean
HAND ME DOWN WORLD -- GUESS WHO

3. But if you wanna leave take good care,
hope you have a lot of nice things to wear,
but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
WILD WORLD -- CAT STEVENS

4. I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why, I don't know why

5. Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door

6. If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day

7. Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness
WORLD WITHOUT LOVE -- PETER AND GORDON

8. Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
WONDERFUL WORLD -- SAM COOKE

9. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder,
Over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride

10. I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD -- LOUIS ARMSTRONG

11. There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes

12. Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass.
Name of the band is The Human Race.
Everybody tell me have you heard?

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears fo Fears
2. Nope
3. Wild World - Cat Stevens
4. The World I Know - Collective Soul
5. Nope
6. Change the World - Eric Clapton
7. World Witout Love - That guy who sings it
8. Wondeful World - Sam Cooke
9. A Whole New World - Aladdin (Prince Ali)
10. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
11. Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
12. Nope

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

BTW, I can't hear #11 anymore without hearing the parody lyrics from a local radio morning show: "Keep on Callin' in for 'Freebird'"

[ghostjmf]

Spoiler

3. Wide World/Cat Stevens. Oh good now I know the word in common is either "wild" or "world".

7. World Without Love/Peter & Gordon

And now I know the the word in common is "world"!

8. Wonderful World/Sam Cooke; accept no substitutes!

10. Wonderful World/Louis Armstrong (diff song from above)

The word for the day is "world"

[ghostjmf]

Spoiler

3. oopsers. I always get the name of that song wrong. This time I did it in the answer but not the comment....

or vice versa

[T_Bone0806]

Spoiler

1-Everybody Wants to Rule the WORLD-=Tears for Frears
2-Hand Me Down WORLD-Guess Who(excellent tune!)
3-Wild WORLD-Cat Stevens
4-The WORLD I Know-Collective Soul (one of my favorite modern bands)
5-Waiting on the WORLD to Change-John Mayer
6-Change the WORLD-Eric Clapton
7-A WORLD Without Love-Peter & Gordon
8-Wonderful WORLD-Sam Cooke/Herman's Hermits/Art Garfunkel w/James Taylor & Paul Simon
9-A Whole New WORLD-Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle or cast of "Aladdin"
10-What a Wonderful WORLD-Louis Armstrong
11-Rockin' in the Free WORLD-Neil Young
12-ARRGGGHHHHH!!! No table running for me today! Dang! So close!!

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

1. There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

2. Anybody here see the long-distance cheer for the notion
Well, I think we missed it
Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean
?

3. But if you wanna leave take good care,
hope you have a lot of nice things to wear,
but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
Wild World - Cat Stevens

4. I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why, I don't know why
?

5. Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
?

6. If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day
?

7. Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness
World Without Love - Herman's Hermits

8. Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
What a Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

9. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder,
Over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride
A Whole New World - Princess Jasmine

10. I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

11. There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young

12. Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass.
Name of the band is The Human Race.
Everybody tell me have you heard?
Pop Goes the World - Men Without Hats

[elwoodblues]

Spoiler

2. Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who
3. Wild World - Cat Stevens
7. A World Without Love
8. What a Wonderful World It Would Be
10. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

[traininvain]

It's Tuesday Wordplay, so each of today's songs has a word in common in their titles.... but you already knew that....

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

Spoiler

1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears

2. Ick, bad lyrics

3. Wild World - Cat Stevens then later 10,000 Maniacs

4. Something World by somebody

5. Double icky bad lyrics

6. I pity this worldly fool

7. A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon written by Lennon & McCartney

8. Wonderful World - Sam Cooke then later Art Garfunkel

9. A Whole New World - Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson (WAG)

10. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

11. Rockin' the Free World - Neil Young

12. Pop Goes the World - Men Without Talent I mean Hats

Enough with the cheezburger kitty cats, puppy dogs & teddy bears!

[fantine33]

Spoiler

The word of the day didn't help me much this week, I can't even think of that many world songs to just shove in there in hopes that I might get lucky.

1. There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you

2. Anybody here see the long-distance cheer for the notion
Well, I think we missed it
Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean

Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who

3. But if you wanna leave take good care,
hope you have a lot of nice things to wear,
but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Wild World - Cat Stevens

4. I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why, I don't know why

5. Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door

Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer

6. If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day

7. Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness

A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon (if it's Chad and Jeremy, I'll scream)

8. Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for

Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

9. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder,
Over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride

It's a Whole New World - Jasmine and Ali

10. I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

What a Wonderful World - I love Louis Armstrong, but the versions that tear at my heart are Jimmy Durante and Israel Kamakawawio'ole (it makes me sad that his version got all Hallalujah'ed and is now cliched)

11. There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes

12. Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass.
Name of the band is The Human Race.
Everybody tell me have you heard?

Pop Goes the World - Men without Hats

The word of the day is WORLD

[fantine33]

Spoiler

Dammit, why do I even do preview if I'm going to hit submit too soon anyway? I was so excited over Men without Hats that I didn't realize that I forgot to put down Neil Young until it was too late to stop the finger.

[fantine33]

Btw, I'm not trying to plead for the two extra points. First response is first response. Just venting, it made me feel better.

[hermillion]

Spoiler

1.
2. Hand Me Down World - Guess Who
3. Wild World - Cat Stephens (Ooh, baby, baby)
4.
5.
6. Change the World - Eric Clapton (My children have grown up with the understanding that if Eric Clapton ever rings our doorbell, they should just kiss Mommy goodbye.)
7. World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
8. Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
9. A Whole New World - Little Mermaid, but I don't know the singer
10. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
11.
12.

Common word: WORLD

[mrkelley23]

Spoiler

Maybe too late, but oh well....

1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World -- Tears for Fears
2. Hand Me Down World -- Guess Who
3. Wide World -- Cat Stevens
4.
5. Waiting on the World to Change -- John Mayer
6.
7. A World Without Love -- Peter and Gordon
8. Wonderful World -- James Taylor
9.
10. What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong
11.
12.
World

[littlebeast13]

1. There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears for Fears

2. Anybody here see the long-distance cheer for the notion
Well, I think we missed it
Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean
Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who

3. But if you wanna leave take good care,
hope you have a lot of nice things to wear,
but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
Wild World - Cat Stevens (I was gracious enough not to penalize those who said "Wide World", though the CharlesFoxSingers would not agree with that decision....)

4. I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why, I don't know why
The World I Know - Collective Soul

5. Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
Waiting for the World To Change - John Mayer (Blech!)

6. If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day
Change the World - Eric Clapton

7. Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness
A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon

8. Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke & countless others (Did nobody mention Herman's Hermits? My mom would be disappointed...)

9. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder,
Over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride
A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle (Feel free to throw darts, grenades, rotten eggs, but I decided that unless someone can convince me otherwise, just mentioning the movie Aladdin or any of the characters in Aladdin was not good enough for artist credit.)

10. I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

11. There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young

12. Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass.
Name of the band is The Human Race.
Everybody tell me have you heard?
Pop Goes the World - Men Without Hats (A wonderful, catchy tune. Surprised it was not as popular as Safety Dance....)


The whole world was in your hands in this game... well, maybe not given that the scores were overall only average...


Points:

Nelly 14
mini 13
melly 16
starfish 18
mntetn 11
Confessor 10
KT 16
ghost 8
TBone 22
TLITF 15
elwood 8
TiV 15
fanny 15
hermillion 13
mrkelley 14

[starfish1113]

Wonderful World - Sam Cooke & countless others (Did nobody mention Herman's Hermits? My mom would be disappointed...)

I did!!

[KillerTomato]

9. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder,
Over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride
A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle (Feel free to throw darts, grenades, rotten eggs, but I decided that unless someone can convince me otherwise, just mentioning the movie Aladdin or any of the characters in Aladdin was not good enough for artist credit.)

Wait a sec...you accept a WRONG answer for a title ("Wide World"), but nix a RIGHT answer for this one? Aladdin (and Jasmine) DID sing "A Whole New World"...why wouldn't it be right? Just because it wasn't a hit on radio doesn't mean it shouldn't be acceptable, since it WAS on the soundtrack.

(FTR, I would NOT accept my own answer of just Aladdin/Ali, since I neglected to mention Jasmine, but I think you SHOULD accept an answer of Aladdin and Jasmine.)

[T_Bone0806]

Wonderful World - Sam Cooke & countless others (Did nobody mention Herman's Hermits? My mom would be disappointed...)

I did!!

I did too!

[Sir_Galahad]

Spoiler

1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
2. Hand Me Down World - Guess Who
3. Wild World - Cat Stevens
4. The World I Know - Collective Soul
5.
6. If I Could Change the World - Clapton
7. World Without Love - Peter & Gordon
8. Wonderful World - Sam Cooke or Herman's Hermits
9. A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson
10. Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
11. Rockin In The Free World - Neil Young
12.

Seems like old times