littlebeast13
First, a note about today's avatar. It will not win, and it is not necessarily representative of any endorsement of the artist for or against any particular football outcome. It is merely me admitting defeat, and doing my pennance for putting the Ravens in the Super Bowl. How can I take the credit for that, you ask, since I haven't played a down of football since high school PE class? A few weeks ago, I learned that Ray Lewis' noted seizure he has as he comes out of the tunnel on game day was called the Squirrel Dance... and I thought it would be cute to point that out with a post on my blog on the day after Lewis played his final game... along with the standard cheesy post title "Nevermore". Well, that pretty much assured Baltimore they would never be eliminated from postseason play... and that's exactly what happened. I apologize profusely to all Colts, Broncos, and Patriots fans out there. I do admit, though, MBRS looks pretty good in purple.... then again, what doesn't go well on her?
Oh, and it does happen to be the first day of the 2013 Lyrically Speaking Winter/Spring Extravaganza!!! How about that, two wonderful noteworthy things happening today! If you haven't read the official rules, now's the time to track them down! I hope you all enjoy this year's game, and I hope many of you play along with us this year! Don't worry if you're no good with music, Marley and DK have the basement well stocked with goodies!
Mondays this year will be Encore Mondays, meaning I have taken old ideas from past LSWE games and just switched up the songs. Today's game brings back the theme of spoken lyrics, which I originally used on 1/8/10. All of the snippets from songs below are spoken rather than sung. Can you talk out the answers today? Will you hug a squirrel? Do you think President Whatshisname will mention what an honor it is to be sworn in on Squirrel Day?
Ahhh, on with it. You know how to play! Good luck, and after the 2 week delay, let's finally kick this thing off!
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist...
1. I'm a driver
I'm a winner
Things are gonna change I can feel it
Loser - Beck
2. You broke my heart
Cause I couldn't dance
You didn't even want me around
And now I'm back to let you know
I can really shake 'em down
Hooligan - NBB
3. And though my friends just might ask me
They say, Martin, maybe one day
You'll find true love
I say, maybe, there must be a solution
To the one thing, the one thing
We can't find
The Look of Love - ABC
I think I've mentioned before that "The Lexicon of Love" was one of the first 5 CDs I bought, when I got my first CD player in 1984.
4. OK, Tokyo
South America, Australia
France, Germany, UK, Africa
Dancing in the Streets - I can only come up with the Bowie/Jagger cover
5. Please operator
See what you can do
I dialed the right number
But I still couldn't get though
Would you just check the line
Just one more time if you can
I'm pretty sure my phone wouldn't be answered by no man
Who's That with Linda? - The BJs
6. You know who you are
High fivin', talking shit
But you're going home alone, aren'tcha?
Imaginary Squirrel - Manti T'eo
7. He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye
The tears were beginning to show
As he drove away on that rainy night
I begged him to go slow
But whether he heard, I'll never know
I Can't Drive 55 - Jan Berry
8. Be quiet, big boys don't cry
Big boys don't cry
Big boys don't cry
Big boys don't cry
Big boys don't cry
Big boys don't cry
Big boys don't cry
I'm Not in Love - 10cc
9. Have you seen Junior's grades?
And the Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen
10. This is United States calling, are we reaching...?
Young Lust - Pink Floyd
11. Now wait a minute, y'all
This dance ain't for everybody
Only the sexy people
So all you fly mothers, get on out there and dance
Dance, I said!
Dance Goddammit - Sparks
12. This ain't no disco
This ain't no country club either,
This is L.A.
All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow (I saw her open for Crowded House once, before most people knew who she was)
Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that contains spoken lyrics, and get a bonus point for giving a sample of the spoken lyrics from that song.
Far Away Eyes - The Stones
"I was driving home, early Sunday morning through Bakersfield, listening to gospel music on the colored radio station."
5 Point Bonus: The hit "song" Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) was a speech directed at the graduating class of what year?
Nope.