Game #150: Pearl Jam

[franktangredi]

Game #150: Pearl Jam

Identify the 75 songs in the clues below. (Most are from the pop charts, but we make a few excursions elsewhere.) Then, match them into 18 pairs and 13 triples according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Alternate matches may be possible – though I tried awfully hard to avoid it – but only one solution will complete the entire game.

For two matches, I had to stretch a point – but not to the breaking point. It was necessary to complete the puzzle. You’ll see.

Also, one of the matches is an Über-match that’s somewhat different from the other 30. You’ll see.

1. Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech.
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.

4. As she turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you, wasn't you.

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.

7. Sharp like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener
Bad like that student in the principal’s office
Put rappers in coffins, they dive like dolphins
I'm the damnedest lyrical marvel you come across often!

8. Someone to need you too much.
Someone to know you too well.
Someone to pull you up short,
And put you through hell.

9. Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.

10. Gave you love
You did me wrong
Didn't know what to do
But, baby, I'm strong
Gonna get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see.

11. Some people live for the fortune.
Some people live just for the fame.
Some people live for the power, yeah.
Some people live just to play the game.

12. Like a tramp in the night
I was begging for you
To treat my body
Like you wanted to.

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.

14. My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?

15. I can't get any rest,
People say I'm obsessed.
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that's no surprise.

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.

17. Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died.

18. Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights.
(High!) High hopes we have for our future
And our goal’s in sight!

19. There was a time when
Broken hearts and broken dreams were over.
There was a place where
All you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.

21. Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky.

22. What I feel has come and gone before.
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about.

23. People say
You've been making out okay,
She's in love don't stand in her way.

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.

25. Every day is just the same
Playin' games,
Different lovers, different names.
They keep saying I'll survive
It just takes time.

26. If you gotta crush
(Don't beat about the bush)
When I gotta crush….

27. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.

28. Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure.

29. Will you love me again like you loved me before?
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And, baby, just don't let me down.

30. To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal.
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel.

31. A sound that flows into my mind
(The echos of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
In my blue world.

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.

34. I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie.

35. Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea.
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me.

36. Can you feel me tremble when we touch?
Can you feel the hand of fate
Reaching out to both of us?
This love affair can't wait.

37. Your stare was holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot night
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going baby?

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.

39. Blessed is the one who shares
The power and your beauty, Mary.
Blessed is the millionaire
Who shares your wedding day.

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.

41. I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied.

42. Five, thou shalt always have faith in me
In everything I say and do.
Six, love with all your heart and soul
Until our life on Earth is through.

43. Didn't mean to do you wrong again
Worse things have been done by better men.
Baby, baby, don't, don't treat me this way
I know, yes, I've got to pay now, I'm still paying.

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.

45. There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming home.

46. Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same?

47. Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.

48. Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you.

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!

51. I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.

55. You're the joke of the neighborhood.
Why should you care if you're feeling good?

56. I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night.

57. Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun.
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone.

58. My beacon's been moved under moon and star.
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.

60. And I'll thank Him every night
For the arms that are holdin' me tight.

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.

62. I know your friend
You told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin.
How can you turn
Denying the fire?
Lover, I burn.
Let me in.

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.

65. I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old.
We've been together so long now
They both need resoled.

66. And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line.

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.

68. There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love.

69. You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin’.

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.

71. Leaving all the worries far behind
Loving you the way I do
My mouth on yours and yours on mine
Marry me, let me live with you
Nothing is wrong and love is right.

72. Look a'here, some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lotta nerve
I say we won't quit moving
‘Til we get what we deserve.

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.

74. He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water.

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

[jarnon]

I'll answer some easy ones before somebody beats me to it.

3. Hand in My Pocket, Alanis Morissette
4. You Are Everything
20. Just the Two of Us
35. Dream Lover
37. Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen
53. Do You Love Me
67. Rolling in the Deep, Adele
73. Let’s Hear It for the Boy

[Pastor Fireball]

First pass...

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.
LIKE A ROCK, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.
HAND IN MY POCKET, ALANIS MORISSETTE

11. Some people live for the fortune.
Some people live just for the fame.
Some people live for the power, yeah.
Some people live just to play the game.
IF I AIN'T GOT YOU, ALICIA KEYS

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.
I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING, ANDY GIBB

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.
ONE WEEK, BARENAKED LADIES

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.
JUST THE TWO OF US, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. & BILL WITHERS

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.
ENJOY THE SILENCE, DEPECHE MODE

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.
LOVE IS THE DRUG, ROXY MUSIC

36. Can you feel me tremble when we touch?
Can you feel the hand of fate
Reaching out to both of us?
This love affair can't wait.
I CAN'T HOLD BACK, SURVIVOR

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.
UN-BREAK MY HEART, TONI BRAXTON

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.
EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT, WANG CHUNG

51. I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, TEARS FOR FEARS

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.
REELIN' IN THE YEARS, STEELY DAN

56. I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night.
SLOW RIDE, FOGHAT

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY, standard

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.
YOU CAN DO MAGIC, AMERICA

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.
TINY DANCER, ELTON JOHN

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.
ROLLING IN THE DEEP, ADELE

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY, DENIECE WILLIAMS

[littlebeast13]

1. Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech.
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.
Better Man - Pearl Jam (Ha!)

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.
Like a Rock - Bob Seger

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.
Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morrrrisssssettttte (Tribute to Fanny!)

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.
Stop Stop Stop - Hollies (Not 100% sure on this one)

10. Gave you love
You did me wrong
Didn't know what to do
But, baby, I'm strong
Gonna get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see.
It's Jody Watley.... but what song? Gotta be I'm Looking For A New Love

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.
One Week- Barenaked Ladies

18. Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights.
(High!) High hopes we have for our future
And our goal’s in sight!
We Are Family - Sister Sledge

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode

27. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
The Distance - Cake

30. To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal.
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel.
Mysterious Ways - U2

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.
Love is the Drug - Roxy Music

37. Your stare was holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot night
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going baby?
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung[/n]

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!
That Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley (Really don't know the exact title to this one)

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!
Holiday - Madonna

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.
Reeling In The Years - Steely Dan

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)
Car Wash - Rose Royce

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.
Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez

55. You're the joke of the neighborhood.
Why should you care if you're feeling good?
Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.
You Can Do Magic - America

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.
Tiny Dancer - Elton John

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.
Rolling in the Deep - Adele

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.
Fat Bottom Squi... er, Girls - Queen

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.
Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams

74. He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water.
Lose Yourself - Eminem

About 10 of these are very familiar, but I can't pull them in a quick pass....

[elwoodblues]

34. Break On Through - Doors
55. Take The Long Way Home - Supertramp
59. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
65. Heard It In A Love Song - Marshall Tucker Band
66. Sweet City Woman - Stampeders
70. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
75. Penny Lane - Beatles

[franktangredi]

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.
Stop Stop Stop - Hollies (Not 100% sure on this one)

I was so tempted to use that as my Krox last week.

[frogman042]

Most of the ones I know have already been posted - this one wasn't.

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.
You Really Got Me - The Kinks

[kroxquo]

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.

Broken Wings - Mr. Mister

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.

Stop Stop Stop - Hollies

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.

Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.

You Really Got Me - Kinks


52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.

Reeling in the Years - Steely Dan

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)

Do You Love Me Now That I Can Dance - not sure on artist Wilson Pickett, maybe?


58. My beacon's been moved under moon and star.
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?

Twilight Zone - Golden Earring

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.

Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.

Let's Hear It For the Boy - Denice Williams

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

Penny Lane - Beatles

[mrkelley23]

Game #150: Pearl Jam

Identify the 75 songs in the clues below. (Most are from the pop charts, but we make a few excursions elsewhere.) Then, match them into 18 pairs and 13 triples according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Alternate matches may be possible – though I tried awfully hard to avoid it – but only one solution will complete the entire game.

For two matches, I had to stretch a point – but not to the breaking point. It was necessary to complete the puzzle. You’ll see.

Also, one of the matches is an Über-match that’s somewhat different from the other 30. You’ll see.

1. Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech.
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.

Hand in my Pocket -- Alanis Morrissette

4. As she turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you, wasn't you.

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.

7. Sharp like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener
Bad like that student in the principal’s office
Put rappers in coffins, they dive like dolphins
I'm the damnedest lyrical marvel you come across often!

8. Someone to need you too much.
Someone to know you too well.
Someone to pull you up short,
And put you through hell.

Being Alive -- from the musical Company. I think Jerry Orbach sang it in the Broadway production

9. Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.

Get Together -- The Youngbloods?

10. Gave you love
You did me wrong
Didn't know what to do
But, baby, I'm strong
Gonna get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see.

11. Some people live for the fortune.
Some people live just for the fame.
Some people live for the power, yeah.
Some people live just to play the game.

12. Like a tramp in the night
I was begging for you
To treat my body
Like you wanted to.

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.

Beast was reading your notes! I Just Want Be Your Everything -- Andy Gibb

14. My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?

Society's Child -- Janis Ian

15. I can't get any rest,
People say I'm obsessed.
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that's no surprise.

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.

One Week -- Barenaked Ladies

17. Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died.

18. Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights.
(High!) High hopes we have for our future
And our goal’s in sight!

We Are Family -- Sister Sledge

19. There was a time when
Broken hearts and broken dreams were over.
There was a place where
All you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.

Just the Two of Us -- Bill Withers or is this the one where Grover Washington got the artist credit?

21. Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky.

22. What I feel has come and gone before.
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about.

Rainy Days and Mondays -- The Carpenters

23. People say
You've been making out okay,
She's in love don't stand in her way.

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.

25. Every day is just the same
Playin' games,
Different lovers, different names.
They keep saying I'll survive
It just takes time.

26. If you gotta crush
(Don't beat about the bush)
When I gotta crush….

27. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.

28. Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure.

All By Myself -- Eric Carmen

29. Will you love me again like you loved me before?
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And, baby, just don't let me down.

30. To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal.
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel.

Mysterious Ways -- U2

31. A sound that flows into my mind
(The echos of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
In my blue world.

Turn to Stone -- ELO

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.

You Really Got Me -- Kinks or Van Halen

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.

Rapture? by Blondie, if it is.

34. I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie.

35. Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea.
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me.

Dream Lover -- Ricky Nelson

36. Can you feel me tremble when we touch?
Can you feel the hand of fate
Reaching out to both of us?
This love affair can't wait.

I Can't Hold Back -- Survivor

37. Your stare was holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot night
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going baby?

Call Me Maybe -- Carly Jepsen

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.

39. Blessed is the one who shares
The power and your beauty, Mary.
Blessed is the millionaire
Who shares your wedding day.

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.

41. I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied.

42. Five, thou shalt always have faith in me
In everything I say and do.
Six, love with all your heart and soul
Until our life on Earth is through.

This is like The Ten Commandments of Love or something.

43. Didn't mean to do you wrong again
Worse things have been done by better men.
Baby, baby, don't, don't treat me this way
I know, yes, I've got to pay now, I'm still paying.

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.

45. There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming home.

46. Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same?

47. Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.

For the Good Times -- Ray Price, I think

48. Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you.

Somewhere in the Night -- Barry Manilow

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!

51. I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World -- Tears for Fears

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.

Reelin' in the Years -- Steely Dan

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)

Do Ya Love Me -- Can't remember the group. It's on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.

55. You're the joke of the neighborhood.
Why should you care if you're feeling good?

Take the Long Way Home -- Supertramp

56. I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night.

Slow Ride -- Foghat

57. Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun.
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone.

58. My beacon's been moved under moon and star.
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?

Twilight Zone -- Golden Earring

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.

Smoke on the Water -- Deep Purple

60. And I'll thank Him every night
For the arms that are holdin' me tight.

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.

62. I know your friend
You told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin.
How can you turn
Denying the fire?
Lover, I burn.
Let me in.

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.

Tiny Dancer -- Elton John

65. I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old.
We've been together so long now
They both need resoled.

Heard it in a Love Song -- Marshall Tucker Band

66. And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line.

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.

68. There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love.

69. You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin’.

Keep on Lovin' You -- REO SPeedwagon

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.

Fat Bottomed Girls -- Queen

71. Leaving all the worries far behind
Loving you the way I do
My mouth on yours and yours on mine
Marry me, let me live with you
Nothing is wrong and love is right.

72. Look a'here, some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lotta nerve
I say we won't quit moving
‘Til we get what we deserve.

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.

Let's Hear it for the Boy -- DeNiece Williams

74. He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water.

Lose Yourself -- Eminem

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

Penny Lane -- The Beatles

[mellytu74]

FIRST PASS

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.

LIKE A ROCK - BOB SEGER

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.

IRONIC - ALANIS MORRISETTE????

4. As she turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you, wasn't you.

YOU ARE EVERYTHING - THE STYLISTICS

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.

BROKEN WING - MR. MISTER

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.

STOP STOP STOP - THE HOLLIES

9. Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.

GET TOGETHER - THE YOUNGBLOODS

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.

I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING - BEE GEES? ANDY GIBB? One of them

14. My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?

SOCIETY'S CHILD - JANIS IAN

15. I can't get any rest,
People say I'm obsessed.
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that's no surprise.

SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

17. Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died.

AL DI LA? I only remember it from Rome Adventure - I can't remember who recorded it

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.

JUST THE TWO OF US - BILL WITHERS

21. Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky.

HOW BIZARRE?

22. What I feel has come and gone before.
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about.

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - THE CARPENTERS

23. People say
You've been making out okay,
She's in love don't stand in her way.

HURT SO BAD - LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS

28. Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure.

ALL BY MYSELF - ERIC CARMEN

29. Will you love me again like you loved me before?
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And, baby, just don't let me down.

END OF THE ROAD - BOYZ II MEN

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.

YOU REALLY GOT ME - THE KINKS

35. Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea.
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me.

DREAM LOVER - BOBBY DARIN

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.

WOULD YOU RATHER BE A COLONEL WITH AN EAGLE ON YOUR SHOULDER OR A PRIVATE WITH A CHICKEN ON YOUR KNEE - MITCH MILLER AND THE GANG

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.

UNBREAK MY HEART - TONI BRAXTON

42. Five, thou shalt always have faith in me
In everything I say and do.
Six, love with all your heart and soul
Until our life on Earth is through.

TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE - THE MOONGLOWS

47. Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.

FOR THE GOOD TIMES - RAY PRICE

48. Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you.

SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT - BARRY MANILOW

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!

SWEET SOUL MUSIC - ARTHUR CONLEY

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!

HOLIDAY - MADONNA

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.

REELING IN THE YEARS - STEELY DAN

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.

BORN TO BE ALIVE - PATRICK HERNANDEZ

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.

SMOKE ON THE WATER - DEEP PURPLE

60. And I'll thank Him every night
For the arms that are holdin' me tight.

100 POUNDS OF CLAY - GENE MCDANIEL

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.

WE'RE IN THE MONEY - GINGER ROGERS (Gold Diggers of 1933)

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.

TINY DANCER - ELTON JOHN

65. I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old.
We've been together so long now
They both need resoled.

HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG - MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

66. And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line.

SWEET CITY WOMAN - can't remember the group

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.

ROLLING IN THE DEEP -ADELE

68. There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love.

THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE - THE LETTERMEN

69. You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin’.

KEEP ON LOVING YOU - REO SPEEDWAGON

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY - DENICE um um um

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

PENNY LANE - THE BEATLES

[franktangredi]

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.

WOULD YOU RATHER BE A COLONEL WITH AN EAGLE ON YOUR SHOULDER OR A PRIVATE WITH A CHICKEN ON YOUR KNEE - MITCH MILLER AND THE GANG

I knew Melly would be the one to get that!

[Pastor Fireball]

First consolidation. I better do this now in case the ongoing snow knocks out my power later.


Game #150: Pearl Jam

Identify the 75 songs in the clues below. (Most are from the pop charts, but we make a few excursions elsewhere.) Then, match them into 18 pairs and 13 triples according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Alternate matches may be possible – though I tried awfully hard to avoid it – but only one solution will complete the entire game.

For two matches, I had to stretch a point – but not to the breaking point. It was necessary to complete the puzzle. You’ll see.

Also, one of the matches is an Über-match that’s somewhat different from the other 30. You’ll see.

1. Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech.
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.
BETTER MAN, PEARL JAM

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.
LIKE A ROCK, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.
HAND IN MY POCKET, ALANIS MORISSETTE

4. As she turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you, wasn't you.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING, THE STYLISTICS

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.
BROKEN WINGS, MR. MISTER

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.
STOP STOP STOP, THE HOLLIES

7. Sharp like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener
Bad like that student in the principal’s office
Put rappers in coffins, they dive like dolphins
I'm the damnedest lyrical marvel you come across often!

8. Someone to need you too much.
Someone to know you too well.
Someone to pull you up short,
And put you through hell.
BEING ALIVE, DEAN JONES (ETC.)

9. Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.
GET TOGETHER, THE YOUNGBLOODS

10. Gave you love
You did me wrong
Didn't know what to do
But, baby, I'm strong
Gonna get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see.
LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE, JODY WATLEY

11. Some people live for the fortune.
Some people live just for the fame.
Some people live for the power, yeah.
Some people live just to play the game.
IF I AIN'T GOT YOU, ALICIA KEYS

12. Like a tramp in the night
I was begging for you
To treat my body
Like you wanted to.

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.
I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING, ANDY GIBB

14. My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?
SOCIETY'S CHILD, JANIS IAN

15. I can't get any rest,
People say I'm obsessed.
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that's no surprise.
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY, FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.
ONE WEEK, BARENAKED LADIES

17. Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died.
AL DI LA, CONNIE FRANCIS (ETC.)

18. Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights.
(High!) High hopes we have for our future
And our goal’s in sight!
WE ARE FAMILY, SISTER SLEDGE

19. There was a time when
Broken hearts and broken dreams were over.
There was a place where
All you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.
JUST THE TWO OF US, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. & BILL WITHERS

21. Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky.
HOW BIZARRE, OMD

22. What I feel has come and gone before.
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about.
RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS, THE CARPENTERS

23. People say
You've been making out okay,
She's in love don't stand in her way.
HURT SO BAD, LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.
ENJOY THE SILENCE, DEPECHE MODE

25. Every day is just the same
Playin' games,
Different lovers, different names.
They keep saying I'll survive
It just takes time.

26. If you gotta crush
(Don't beat about the bush)
When I gotta crush….

27. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
THE DISTANCE, CAKE

28. Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure.
ALL BY MYSELF, ERIC CARMEN

29. Will you love me again like you loved me before?
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And, baby, just don't let me down.
END OF THE ROAD, BOYZ II MEN

30. To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal.
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel.
MYSTERIOUS WAYS, U2

31. A sound that flows into my mind
(The echos of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
In my blue world.
TURN TO STONE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.
YOU REALLY GOT ME, THE KINKS

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.
LOVE IS THE DRUG, ROXY MUSIC

34. I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie.
BREAK ON THROUGH, THE DOORS

35. Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea.
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me.
DREAM LOVER, BOBBY DARIN

36. Can you feel me tremble when we touch?
Can you feel the hand of fate
Reaching out to both of us?
This love affair can't wait.
I CAN'T HOLD BACK, SURVIVOR

37. Your stare was holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot night
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going baby?
CALL ME MAYBE, CARLY RAE JEPSEN

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.
WOULD YOU RATHER BE A COLONEL WITH AN EAGLE ON YOUR SHOULDER OR A PRIVATE WITH A CHICKEN ON YOUR KNEE, MITCH MILLER & THE GANG

39. Blessed is the one who shares
The power and your beauty, Mary.
Blessed is the millionaire
Who shares your wedding day.

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.
UN-BREAK MY HEART, TONI BRAXTON

41. I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied.

42. Five, thou shalt always have faith in me
In everything I say and do.
Six, love with all your heart and soul
Until our life on Earth is through.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE, THE MOONGLOWS

43. Didn't mean to do you wrong again
Worse things have been done by better men.
Baby, baby, don't, don't treat me this way
I know, yes, I've got to pay now, I'm still paying.

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.
EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT, WANG CHUNG

45. There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming home.

46. Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same?

47. Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.
FOR THE GOOD TIMES, RAY PRICE

48. Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT, BARRY MANILOW

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!
SWEET SOUL MUSIC, ARTHUR CONLEY

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!
HOLIDAY, MADONNA

51. I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, TEARS FOR FEARS

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.
REELIN' IN THE YEARS, STEELY DAN

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)
DO YOU LOVE ME, THE CONTOURS

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.
BORN TO BE ALIVE, PATRICK HERNANDEZ

55. You're the joke of the neighborhood.
Why should you care if you're feeling good?
TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME, SUPERTRAMP

56. I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night.
SLOW RIDE, FOGHAT

57. Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun.
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone.

58. My beacon's been moved under moon and star.
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?
TWILIGHT ZONE, GOLDEN EARRING

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.
SMOKE ON THE WATER, DEEP PURPLE

60. And I'll thank Him every night
For the arms that are holdin' me tight.
100 POUNDS OF CLAY, GENE MCDANIEL

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY, GINGER ROGERS

62. I know your friend
You told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin.
How can you turn
Denying the fire?
Lover, I burn.
Let me in.

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.
YOU CAN DO MAGIC, AMERICA

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.
TINY DANCER, ELTON JOHN

65. I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old.
We've been together so long now
They both need resoled.
HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

66. And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line.
SWEET CITY WOMAN, THE STAMPEDERS

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.
ROLLING IN THE DEEP, ADELE

68. There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love.
THEME FROM 'A SUMMER PLACE', PERCY FAITH (ETC.)

69. You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin’.
KEEP ON LOVIN' YOU, REO SPEEDWAGON

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS, QUEEN

71. Leaving all the worries far behind
Loving you the way I do
My mouth on yours and yours on mine
Marry me, let me live with you
Nothing is wrong and love is right.
I DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE, PAUL ANKA

72. Look a'here, some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lotta nerve
I say we won't quit moving
‘Til we get what we deserve.

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY, DENIECE WILLIAMS

74. He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water.
LOSE YOURSELF, EMINEM

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.
PENNY LANE, THE BEATLES

[franktangredi]

Needless to say, everything on here is correct!

First consolidation. I better do this now in case the ongoing snow knocks out my power later.


Game #150: Pearl Jam

Identify the 75 songs in the clues below. (Most are from the pop charts, but we make a few excursions elsewhere.) Then, match them into 18 pairs and 13 triples according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Alternate matches may be possible – though I tried awfully hard to avoid it – but only one solution will complete the entire game.

For two matches, I had to stretch a point – but not to the breaking point. It was necessary to complete the puzzle. You’ll see.

Also, one of the matches is an Über-match that’s somewhat different from the other 30. You’ll see.

1. Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech.
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.
BETTER MAN, PEARL JAM

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.
LIKE A ROCK, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.
HAND IN MY POCKET, ALANIS MORISSETTE

4. As she turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you, wasn't you.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING, THE STYLISTICS

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.
BROKEN WINGS, MR. MISTER

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.
STOP STOP STOP, THE HOLLIES

7. Sharp like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener
Bad like that student in the principal’s office
Put rappers in coffins, they dive like dolphins
I'm the damnedest lyrical marvel you come across often!

8. Someone to need you too much.
Someone to know you too well.
Someone to pull you up short,
And put you through hell.
BEING ALIVE, DEAN JONES (ETC.)

9. Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.
GET TOGETHER, THE YOUNGBLOODS

10. Gave you love
You did me wrong
Didn't know what to do
But, baby, I'm strong
Gonna get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see.
LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE, JODY WATLEY

11. Some people live for the fortune.
Some people live just for the fame.
Some people live for the power, yeah.
Some people live just to play the game.
IF I AIN'T GOT YOU, ALICIA KEYS

12. Like a tramp in the night
I was begging for you
To treat my body
Like you wanted to.

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.
I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING, ANDY GIBB

14. My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?
SOCIETY'S CHILD, JANIS IAN

15. I can't get any rest,
People say I'm obsessed.
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that's no surprise.
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY, FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.
ONE WEEK, BARENAKED LADIES

17. Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died.
AL DI LA, CONNIE FRANCIS (ETC.)

18. Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights.
(High!) High hopes we have for our future
And our goal’s in sight!
WE ARE FAMILY, SISTER SLEDGE

19. There was a time when
Broken hearts and broken dreams were over.
There was a place where
All you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.
JUST THE TWO OF US, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. & BILL WITHERS

21. Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky.
HOW BIZARRE, OMD

22. What I feel has come and gone before.
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about.
RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS, THE CARPENTERS

23. People say
You've been making out okay,
She's in love don't stand in her way.
HURT SO BAD, LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.
ENJOY THE SILENCE, DEPECHE MODE

25. Every day is just the same
Playin' games,
Different lovers, different names.
They keep saying I'll survive
It just takes time.

26. If you gotta crush
(Don't beat about the bush)
When I gotta crush….

27. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
THE DISTANCE, CAKE

28. Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure.
ALL BY MYSELF, ERIC CARMEN

29. Will you love me again like you loved me before?
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And, baby, just don't let me down.
END OF THE ROAD, BOYZ II MEN

30. To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal.
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel.
MYSTERIOUS WAYS, U2

31. A sound that flows into my mind
(The echos of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
In my blue world.
TURN TO STONE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.
YOU REALLY GOT ME, THE KINKS

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.
LOVE IS THE DRUG, ROXY MUSIC

34. I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie.
BREAK ON THROUGH, THE DOORS

35. Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea.
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me.
DREAM LOVER, BOBBY DARIN

36. Can you feel me tremble when we touch?
Can you feel the hand of fate
Reaching out to both of us?
This love affair can't wait.
I CAN'T HOLD BACK, SURVIVOR

37. Your stare was holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot night
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going baby?
CALL ME MAYBE, CARLY RAE JEPSEN

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.
WOULD YOU RATHER BE A COLONEL WITH AN EAGLE ON YOUR SHOULDER OR A PRIVATE WITH A CHICKEN ON YOUR KNEE, MITCH MILLER & THE GANG

39. Blessed is the one who shares
The power and your beauty, Mary.
Blessed is the millionaire
Who shares your wedding day.

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.
UN-BREAK MY HEART, TONI BRAXTON

41. I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied.

42. Five, thou shalt always have faith in me
In everything I say and do.
Six, love with all your heart and soul
Until our life on Earth is through.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE, THE MOONGLOWS

43. Didn't mean to do you wrong again
Worse things have been done by better men.
Baby, baby, don't, don't treat me this way
I know, yes, I've got to pay now, I'm still paying.

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.
EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT, WANG CHUNG

45. There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming home.

46. Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same?

47. Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.
FOR THE GOOD TIMES, RAY PRICE

48. Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT, BARRY MANILOW

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!
SWEET SOUL MUSIC, ARTHUR CONLEY

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!
HOLIDAY, MADONNA

51. I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, TEARS FOR FEARS

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.
REELIN' IN THE YEARS, STEELY DAN

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)
DO YOU LOVE ME, THE CONTOURS

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.
BORN TO BE ALIVE, PATRICK HERNANDEZ

55. You're the joke of the neighborhood.
Why should you care if you're feeling good?
TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME, SUPERTRAMP

56. I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night.
SLOW RIDE, FOGHAT

57. Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun.
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone.

58. My beacon's been moved under moon and star.
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?
TWILIGHT ZONE, GOLDEN EARRING

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.
SMOKE ON THE WATER, DEEP PURPLE

60. And I'll thank Him every night
For the arms that are holdin' me tight.
100 POUNDS OF CLAY, GENE MCDANIEL

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY, GINGER ROGERS

62. I know your friend
You told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin.
How can you turn
Denying the fire?
Lover, I burn.
Let me in.

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.
YOU CAN DO MAGIC, AMERICA

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.
TINY DANCER, ELTON JOHN

65. I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old.
We've been together so long now
They both need resoled.
HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

66. And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line.
SWEET CITY WOMAN, THE STAMPEDERS

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.
ROLLING IN THE DEEP, ADELE

68. There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love.
THEME FROM 'A SUMMER PLACE', PERCY FAITH (ETC.)

69. You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin’.
KEEP ON LOVIN' YOU, REO SPEEDWAGON

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS, QUEEN

71. Leaving all the worries far behind
Loving you the way I do
My mouth on yours and yours on mine
Marry me, let me live with you
Nothing is wrong and love is right.
I DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE, PAUL ANKA

72. Look a'here, some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lotta nerve
I say we won't quit moving
‘Til we get what we deserve.

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY, DENIECE WILLIAMS

74. He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water.
LOSE YOURSELF, EMINEM

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.
PENNY LANE, THE BEATLES

[littlebeast13]

This is one of the ones that was bothering me this morning, and I finally thought of it...


41. I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied.
This Love - Maroon 5

[Pastor Fireball]

Let's knock off a couple of memorable '80s hits (memorable to me, a least).

12. Like a tramp in the night
I was begging for you
To treat my body
Like you wanted to.
TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY), SAMANTHA FOX

19. There was a time when
Broken hearts and broken dreams were over.
There was a place where
All you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.
FOOLISH BEAT, DEBORAH GIBSON

26. If you gotta crush
(Don't beat about the bush)
When I gotta crush….
RUN RUNAWAY, SLADE

43. Didn't mean to do you wrong again
Worse things have been done by better men.
Baby, baby, don't, don't treat me this way
I know, yes, I've got to pay now, I'm still paying.
WALK ON WATER, EDDIE MONEY

57. Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun.
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone.
WHEN I'M WITH YOU, SHERIFF

[AlphaDummy]

Popping out of lurkage long enough to lend a hand:

45. There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming home.

EARLY IN THE MORNING - VANITY FARE

[franktangredi]

Popping out of lurkage long enough to lend a hand:

Yay!

[macrae1234]

25. Every day is just the same
Playin' games,
Different lovers, different names.
They keep saying I'll survive
It just takes time.
Broken Hearted aMe The Pride of Springhill NS Anne Murray

[Pastor Fireball]

62. I know your friend
You told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin.
How can you turn
Denying the fire?
Lover, I burn.
Let me in.
I WANT TO COME OVER, MELISSA ETHERIDGE

[mrkelley23]

Thought I'd update the consolidation and see if it sets off any bells.

Game #150: Pearl Jam

Identify the 75 songs in the clues below. (Most are from the pop charts, but we make a few excursions elsewhere.) Then, match them into 18 pairs and 13 triples according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Alternate matches may be possible – though I tried awfully hard to avoid it – but only one solution will complete the entire game.

For two matches, I had to stretch a point – but not to the breaking point. It was necessary to complete the puzzle. You’ll see.

Also, one of the matches is an Über-match that’s somewhat different from the other 30. You’ll see.

1. Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech.
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.
BETTER MAN, PEARL JAM

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.
LIKE A ROCK, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.
HAND IN MY POCKET, ALANIS MORISSETTE

4. As she turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you, wasn't you.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING, THE STYLISTICS

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.
BROKEN WINGS, MR. MISTER

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.
STOP STOP STOP, THE HOLLIES

7. Sharp like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener
Bad like that student in the principal’s office
Put rappers in coffins, they dive like dolphins
I'm the damnedest lyrical marvel you come across often!

8. Someone to need you too much.
Someone to know you too well.
Someone to pull you up short,
And put you through hell.
BEING ALIVE, DEAN JONES (ETC.)

9. Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.
GET TOGETHER, THE YOUNGBLOODS

10. Gave you love
You did me wrong
Didn't know what to do
But, baby, I'm strong
Gonna get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see.
LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE, JODY WATLEY

11. Some people live for the fortune.
Some people live just for the fame.
Some people live for the power, yeah.
Some people live just to play the game.
IF I AIN'T GOT YOU, ALICIA KEYS

12. Like a tramp in the night
I was begging for you
To treat my body
Like you wanted to.

TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY), SAMANTHA FOX

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.
I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING, ANDY GIBB

14. My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?
SOCIETY'S CHILD, JANIS IAN

15. I can't get any rest,
People say I'm obsessed.
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that's no surprise.
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY, FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.
ONE WEEK, BARENAKED LADIES

17. Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died.
AL DI LA, CONNIE FRANCIS (ETC.)

18. Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights.
(High!) High hopes we have for our future
And our goal’s in sight!
WE ARE FAMILY, SISTER SLEDGE

19. There was a time when
Broken hearts and broken dreams were over.
There was a place where
All you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.

FOOLISH BEAT, DEBBIE GIBSON

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.
JUST THE TWO OF US, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. & BILL WITHERS

21. Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky.
HOW BIZARRE, OMD

22. What I feel has come and gone before.
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about.
RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS, THE CARPENTERS

23. People say
You've been making out okay,
She's in love don't stand in her way.
HURT SO BAD, LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.
ENJOY THE SILENCE, DEPECHE MODE

25. Every day is just the same
Playin' games,
Different lovers, different names.
They keep saying I'll survive
It just takes time.

BROKEN HEARTED ME, ANNE MURRAY

26. If you gotta crush
(Don't beat about the bush)
When I gotta crush….

RUN RUNAWAY, SLADE

27. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
THE DISTANCE, CAKE

28. Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure.
ALL BY MYSELF, ERIC CARMEN

29. Will you love me again like you loved me before?
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And, baby, just don't let me down.
END OF THE ROAD, BOYZ II MEN

30. To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal.
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel.
MYSTERIOUS WAYS, U2

31. A sound that flows into my mind
(The echos of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
In my blue world.
TURN TO STONE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.
YOU REALLY GOT ME, THE KINKS

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.
LOVE IS THE DRUG, ROXY MUSIC

34. I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie.
BREAK ON THROUGH, THE DOORS

35. Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea.
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me.
DREAM LOVER, BOBBY DARIN

36. Can you feel me tremble when we touch?
Can you feel the hand of fate
Reaching out to both of us?
This love affair can't wait.
I CAN'T HOLD BACK, SURVIVOR

37. Your stare was holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot night
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going baby?
CALL ME MAYBE, CARLY RAE JEPSEN

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.
WOULD YOU RATHER BE A COLONEL WITH AN EAGLE ON YOUR SHOULDER OR A PRIVATE WITH A CHICKEN ON YOUR KNEE, MITCH MILLER & THE GANG

39. Blessed is the one who shares
The power and your beauty, Mary.
Blessed is the millionaire
Who shares your wedding day.

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.
UN-BREAK MY HEART, TONI BRAXTON

41. I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied.

THIS LOVE, MAROON 5

42. Five, thou shalt always have faith in me
In everything I say and do.
Six, love with all your heart and soul
Until our life on Earth is through.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE, THE MOONGLOWS

43. Didn't mean to do you wrong again
Worse things have been done by better men.
Baby, baby, don't, don't treat me this way
I know, yes, I've got to pay now, I'm still paying.

WALK ON WATER, EDDIE MONEY

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.
EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT, WANG CHUNG

45. There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming home.

EARLY IN THE MORNING, VANITY FARE

46. Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same?

47. Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.
FOR THE GOOD TIMES, RAY PRICE

48. Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT, BARRY MANILOW

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!
SWEET SOUL MUSIC, ARTHUR CONLEY

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!
HOLIDAY, MADONNA

51. I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, TEARS FOR FEARS

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.
REELIN' IN THE YEARS, STEELY DAN

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)
DO YOU LOVE ME, THE CONTOURS

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.
BORN TO BE ALIVE, PATRICK HERNANDEZ

55. You're the joke of the neighborhood.
Why should you care if you're feeling good?
TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME, SUPERTRAMP

56. I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night.
SLOW RIDE, FOGHAT

57. Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun.
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone.

WHEN I'M WITH YOU, SHERIFF

58. My beacon's been moved under moon and star.
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?
TWILIGHT ZONE, GOLDEN EARRING

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.
SMOKE ON THE WATER, DEEP PURPLE

60. And I'll thank Him every night
For the arms that are holdin' me tight.
100 POUNDS OF CLAY, GENE MCDANIEL

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY, GINGER ROGERS

62. I know your friend
You told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin.
How can you turn
Denying the fire?
Lover, I burn.
Let me in.

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.
YOU CAN DO MAGIC, AMERICA

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.
TINY DANCER, ELTON JOHN

65. I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old.
We've been together so long now
They both need resoled.
HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

66. And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line.
SWEET CITY WOMAN, THE STAMPEDERS

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.
ROLLING IN THE DEEP, ADELE

68. There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love.
THEME FROM 'A SUMMER PLACE', PERCY FAITH (ETC.)

69. You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin’.
KEEP ON LOVIN' YOU, REO SPEEDWAGON

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS, QUEEN

71. Leaving all the worries far behind
Loving you the way I do
My mouth on yours and yours on mine
Marry me, let me live with you
Nothing is wrong and love is right.
I DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE, PAUL ANKA

72. Look a'here, some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lotta nerve
I say we won't quit moving
‘Til we get what we deserve.

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY, DENIECE WILLIAMS

74. He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water.
LOSE YOURSELF, EMINEM

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.
PENNY LANE, THE BEATLES

[franktangredi]

All of these are correct, of course. So is the one that was added while you were pulling this together. That leaves four unidentified.

Now the fun starts!

Thought I'd update the consolidation and see if it sets off any bells.

Game #150: Pearl Jam

Identify the 75 songs in the clues below. (Most are from the pop charts, but we make a few excursions elsewhere.) Then, match them into 18 pairs and 13 triples according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Alternate matches may be possible – though I tried awfully hard to avoid it – but only one solution will complete the entire game.

For two matches, I had to stretch a point – but not to the breaking point. It was necessary to complete the puzzle. You’ll see.

Also, one of the matches is an Über-match that’s somewhat different from the other 30. You’ll see.

1. Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech.
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.
BETTER MAN, PEARL JAM

2. And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes.
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams.
LIKE A ROCK, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

3. I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing.
HAND IN MY POCKET, ALANIS MORISSETTE

4. As she turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you, wasn't you.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING, THE STYLISTICS

5. Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh and blood that makes me whole
I need you so.
BROKEN WINGS, MR. MISTER

6. See the girl with cymbals on her fingers
Entering through the door
Ruby glistening from her navel
Shimmering around the floor.
STOP STOP STOP, THE HOLLIES

7. Sharp like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener
Bad like that student in the principal’s office
Put rappers in coffins, they dive like dolphins
I'm the damnedest lyrical marvel you come across often!

8. Someone to need you too much.
Someone to know you too well.
Someone to pull you up short,
And put you through hell.
BEING ALIVE, DEAN JONES (ETC.)

9. Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.
GET TOGETHER, THE YOUNGBLOODS

10. Gave you love
You did me wrong
Didn't know what to do
But, baby, I'm strong
Gonna get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see.
LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE, JODY WATLEY

11. Some people live for the fortune.
Some people live just for the fame.
Some people live for the power, yeah.
Some people live just to play the game.
IF I AIN'T GOT YOU, ALICIA KEYS

12. Like a tramp in the night
I was begging for you
To treat my body
Like you wanted to.

TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY), SAMANTHA FOX

13. Darling mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine.
I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING, ANDY GIBB

14. My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?
SOCIETY'S CHILD, JANIS IAN

15. I can't get any rest,
People say I'm obsessed.
Everything you say is lies,
But to me that's no surprise.
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY, FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

16. Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.
ONE WEEK, BARENAKED LADIES

17. Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died.
AL DI LA, CONNIE FRANCIS (ETC.)

18. Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights.
(High!) High hopes we have for our future
And our goal’s in sight!
WE ARE FAMILY, SISTER SLEDGE

19. There was a time when
Broken hearts and broken dreams were over.
There was a place where
All you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.

FOOLISH BEAT, DEBBIE GIBSON

20. We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait too late
We got to go for all we know.
JUST THE TWO OF US, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. & BILL WITHERS

21. Elephants and acrobats,
Lions next monkey
Pele speaks righteous
Sister Seena says funky.
HOW BIZARRE, OMD

22. What I feel has come and gone before.
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about.
RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS, THE CARPENTERS

23. People say
You've been making out okay,
She's in love don't stand in her way.
HURT SO BAD, LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS

24. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable.
ENJOY THE SILENCE, DEPECHE MODE

25. Every day is just the same
Playin' games,
Different lovers, different names.
They keep saying I'll survive
It just takes time.

BROKEN HEARTED ME, ANNE MURRAY

26. If you gotta crush
(Don't beat about the bush)
When I gotta crush….

RUN RUNAWAY, SLADE

27. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
THE DISTANCE, CAKE

28. Hard to be sure
Some times I feel so insecure
And love so distant and obscure
Remains the cure.
ALL BY MYSELF, ERIC CARMEN

29. Will you love me again like you loved me before?
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead just come to my bed
And, baby, just don't let me down.
END OF THE ROAD, BOYZ II MEN

30. To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal.
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel.
MYSTERIOUS WAYS, U2

31. A sound that flows into my mind
(The echos of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
In my blue world.
TURN TO STONE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

32. See
Don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side.
YOU REALLY GOT ME, THE KINKS

33. Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor.
LOVE IS THE DRUG, ROXY MUSIC

34. I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie.
BREAK ON THROUGH, THE DOORS

35. Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea.
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me.
DREAM LOVER, BOBBY DARIN

36. Can you feel me tremble when we touch?
Can you feel the hand of fate
Reaching out to both of us?
This love affair can't wait.
I CAN'T HOLD BACK, SURVIVOR

37. Your stare was holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot night
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going baby?
CALL ME MAYBE, CARLY RAE JEPSEN

38. A colonel out in France
Can never take a chance,
For though his job is great,
He dare not make a date;
All that he can do
Is just parley-voo.
WOULD YOU RATHER BE A COLONEL WITH AN EAGLE ON YOUR SHOULDER OR A PRIVATE WITH A CHICKEN ON YOUR KNEE, MITCH MILLER & THE GANG

39. Blessed is the one who shares
The power and your beauty, Mary.
Blessed is the millionaire
Who shares your wedding day.

40. Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me.
UN-BREAK MY HEART, TONI BRAXTON

41. I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied.

THIS LOVE, MAROON 5

42. Five, thou shalt always have faith in me
In everything I say and do.
Six, love with all your heart and soul
Until our life on Earth is through.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE, THE MOONGLOWS

43. Didn't mean to do you wrong again
Worse things have been done by better men.
Baby, baby, don't, don't treat me this way
I know, yes, I've got to pay now, I'm still paying.

WALK ON WATER, EDDIE MONEY

44. Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you.
EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT, WANG CHUNG

45. There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming home.

EARLY IN THE MORNING, VANITY FARE

46. Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same?

47. Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.
FOR THE GOOD TIMES, RAY PRICE

48. Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT, BARRY MANILOW

49. Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all?
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah!
SWEET SOUL MUSIC, ARTHUR CONLEY

50. You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days.
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate!
HOLIDAY, MADONNA

51. I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, TEARS FOR FEARS

52. Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last.
REELIN' IN THE YEARS, STEELY DAN

53. (Work, work.)
Ah, I'm working hard baby.
(Work, work.)
Well, you're driving me crazy.
(Work, work.)
And don't you get lazy.
(Work.)
DO YOU LOVE ME, THE CONTOURS

54. Times was on my side when I runnin'in the street it was the
By by by.
A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my
Mind mind mind.
BORN TO BE ALIVE, PATRICK HERNANDEZ

55. You're the joke of the neighborhood.
Why should you care if you're feeling good?
TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME, SUPERTRAMP

56. I'm in the mood
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night.
SLOW RIDE, FOGHAT

57. Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun.
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone.

WHEN I'M WITH YOU, SHERIFF

58. My beacon's been moved under moon and star.
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?
TWILIGHT ZONE, GOLDEN EARRING

59. Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.
SMOKE ON THE WATER, DEEP PURPLE

60. And I'll thank Him every night
For the arms that are holdin' me tight.
100 POUNDS OF CLAY, GENE MCDANIEL

61. We never see a headline
‘Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye.
WE'RE IN THE MONEY, GINGER ROGERS

62. I know your friend
You told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin.
How can you turn
Denying the fire?
Lover, I burn.
Let me in.

63. I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
What's it all about?
Now I know there can be no doubt.
YOU CAN DO MAGIC, AMERICA

64. Piano man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums.
TINY DANCER, ELTON JOHN

65. I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old.
We've been together so long now
They both need resoled.
HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

66. And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line.
SWEET CITY WOMAN, THE STAMPEDERS

67. The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all.
ROLLING IN THE DEEP, ADELE

68. There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love.
THEME FROM 'A SUMMER PLACE', PERCY FAITH (ETC.)

69. You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin’.
KEEP ON LOVIN' YOU, REO SPEEDWAGON

70. Oh, but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you done made a big man of me.
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS, QUEEN

71. Leaving all the worries far behind
Loving you the way I do
My mouth on yours and yours on mine
Marry me, let me live with you
Nothing is wrong and love is right.
I DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE, PAUL ANKA

72. Look a'here, some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lotta nerve
I say we won't quit moving
‘Til we get what we deserve.

73. And maybe he sings off-key
But that's alright by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY, DENIECE WILLIAMS

74. He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water.
LOSE YOURSELF, EMINEM

75. Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.
PENNY LANE, THE BEATLES

[Pastor Fireball]

7. Sharp like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener
Bad like that student in the principal’s office
Put rappers in coffins, they dive like dolphins
I'm the damnedest lyrical marvel you come across often!

I had completely forgotten about this song from my college years.

DANGER (BEEN SO LONG), MYSTIKAL

Of course, the better question would be why Frank would include a dirty song like this in his game. Mystikal didn't have that many notable songs, nor did some other artists on this list. I'm thinking that the artists may not necessarily be important.

I'm seeing a lot of song titles that can be made from the words of the titles in this list. Most of these titles I made were by artists who went solo after being in a duo or group.

BEING Alive + When I'm WITH YOU = BEING WITH YOU, Smokey Robinson (The Miracles)
DANGER (Been So Long) + Twilight ZONE = DANGER ZONE, Kenny Loggins (Loggins & Messina)
FOOLISH Beat + Un-Break My HEART = FOOLISH HEART, Steve Perry (Journey)
HOLIDAY + End of the ROAD = HOLIDAY ROAD, Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
LOVE IS the Drug + LIKE A ROCK = LOVE IS LIKE A ROCK, Donnie Iris (Jaggerz and Wild Cherry)
PENNY Lane + Dream LOVER = PENNY LOVER, Lionel Richie (The Commodores)
TOUCH ME (I Want Your Body) + Early IN THE MORNING = TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING, Diana Ross (The Supremes)
YOU CAN Do Magic + CALL ME Maybe + AL Di La = YOU CAN CALL ME AL, Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)

As far as connecting this to the subject of "Pearl Jam", the "Pearl" had me thinking of Janis Joplin, who went solo from Big Brother & the Holding Company.

But this is probably a dead end.

(By the way, you can also add "I DON'T LIKE to Sleep Alone" and "Rainy Days and MONDAYS" to make "I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS", which has absolutely nothing to do with my suggested Tangredi. )

[jarnon]

I can add one more:
19. FOOLISH Beat + 14. Society’s CHILD = FOOLISH CHILD
I looked up the singer, and it’s Manny Charlton, who used to be in a band called Nazareth.

[mrkelley23]

38. PRIVATE etc. + 64 Tiny DANCER = Private Dancer, by Tina Turner, formerly of Ike and Tina Turner.

Looks like you've got it, Fireball.

[mrkelley23]

Looks like Cyndi Lauper did sing in a band before she released She's So Unusual, so I guess

70. Fat Bottomed GIRLS + 13 I JUST WANT TO be your everything + 44. Everybody HAVE FUN Tonight = Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper