Game #160: A Peculiar Little Lyrics Game

[littlebeast13]

81. Happy + 6. Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces (Tacky)
60. Gangsta's Paradise + 11. Simple Kind of Man (Amish)
84. Jeopardy + 88. Mind Games (Since Weird Al's song refers to the game show)

[littlebeast13]

38. Like a Virgin + 80. First Cut Is The Deepest (Surgeon)

[mellytu74]

Not really a consolidation. I will not be able to consolidation, at least not for a while.

So, if someone else wants to do it, great. I just wanted to put this together to see what we had since, as Frank pointed out, the Tangredi is a skooch looser than usual.

Nice job, lb.

5. I Want A New Drug + 62. Yellow Bird (Duck)
25. Party in the USA + 59. Secret Agent Man (CIA)
29. Royals + 53. Tin Man (Foil)
31. La Bamba + 51. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Lasagna)
35. Mickey + 72. Lucille (Ricky)
38. Like a Virgin + 80. First Cut Is The Deepest (Surgeon)
60. Gangsta's Paradise + 11. Simple Kind of Man (Amish)
77. She Drives Me Crazy + 3. Little Old Lady from Pasadena (Drives Like Crazy)
81. Happy + 6. Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces (Tacky)
84. Jeopardy + 88. Mind Games (Since Weird Al's song refers to the game show)
73. My Sharona + 39. Boar's Head Carol (Bologna)

[jarnon]

1. Eat It could go with 96. American Pie.
I can't find a match for 65. Another One Rides the Bus.

[mellytu74]

A couple more

66. Mony Mony + 74. All About the Benjamins (Alimony)
67. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm + 30. 57 Channels (Headline News)
40. MacArthur Park + 90. Walk the Dinosaur (Jurrassic Park)

[franktangredi]

Not all of the suggested matches are plausible, but not what I had in mind, but that will work itself out.

I had as much fun working out the matches on this one as on any game I ever posted.

[mellytu74]

79. Lose Yourself + 30. 57 Channels (Couch Potato)

and Fireball's earlier one that I missed

49. I Want It That Way + 10. Shop Around (eBay)

[mellytu74]

Not all of the suggested matches are plausible, but not what I had in mind, but that will work itself out.

I had as much fun working out the matches on this one as on any game I ever posted.

I am just throwing stuff out there to see what sticks.

ALREADY, this is a fun, fun puzzle!!

[kroxquo]

A couple more

66. Mony Mony + 74. All About the Benjamins (Alimony)
67. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm + 30. 57 Channels (Headline News)
40. MacArthur Park + 90. Walk the Dinosaur (Jurrassic Park)

Mony Mony can't match up with All About the Benjamins - All About the Bnejamins is one of the parodied songs - All About the Pentiums. Yay for me, I've never figured out a tangredi before.

[mellytu74]

A couple more

66. Mony Mony + 74. All About the Benjamins (Alimony)
67. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm + 30. 57 Channels (Headline News)
40. MacArthur Park + 90. Walk the Dinosaur (Jurrassic Park)

Mony Mony can't match up with All About the Benjamins - All About the Bnejamins is one of the parodied songs - All About the Pentiums. Yay for me, I've never figured out a tangredi before.

Frank said two songs would be used in two different ways - so All About the Benjamins can be the parody AND provide the link.

It may not be right but it's not necessarily wrong.

[mellytu74]

A couple more

66. Mony Mony + 74. All About the Benjamins (Alimony)
67. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm + 30. 57 Channels (Headline News)
40. MacArthur Park + 90. Walk the Dinosaur (Jurrassic Park)

Mony Mony can't match up with All About the Benjamins - All About the Bnejamins is one of the parodied songs - All About the Pentiums. Yay for me, I've never figured out a tangredi before.

Frank said two songs would be used in two different ways - so All About the Benjamins can be the parody AND provide the link.

It may not be right but it's not necessarily wrong.

[kroxquo]

I am a huge Weird Al fan, so FWIW, here is the list of songs that I know for sure what the songs with parodies are:

Eat It - Beat It
I Want a New Drug - I Want a New Duck
Hot In Here - Garbage Day
Born This Way - Perform This Way
Addicted to Love - Addicted to Spuds
Money Fro Nothing - Beverly Hillbillies
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Smells Like Nirvana
I Think We're Alone Now - I Think I'm a Clone Now
Blurred Lines - Word Crimes
Safety Dance - Brady Bunch
King of Pain - King of Suede
Party in the USA - Party at the CIA
Lola - Yoda
Royals - Foil
La Bamba - Lasagna
Mickey - Rickey
I Love Rock and Roll - I Love Rocky Road
Like a Virgin - Like a Surgeon
MacArthur Park - Jurassic Park
I Got My Mind Set On You - This Song is Just Six Words Long
One Week - Jerry Springer
Stand - Spam
American Idiot - Canadian Idiot
Who's Johnny - Here's Johnny
Gangsta's Paradise - Amish Paradise
Another One Bites the Dust - Another One Rides the Bus
Mony Mony - Alimony
Living in America - Living With a Hernia
Lump - Gump
My Sharona - My Bologna
All About the Benjamins - All About the Pentiums
She Ddrives Me Crazy - She Drives Like Crazy
Happy - Tacky
Our Love's In Jeopardy - I Lost on Jeopardy
Wild Thing - (Gilligan's) Isle Thing
Bad - Fat
Piano Man - Spider Man
American Pie - The (Star Wars) Saga Begins

[mellytu74]

I am a huge Weird Al fan, so FWIW, here is the list of songs that I know for sure what the songs with parodies are:

Eat It - Beat It
I Want a New Drug - I Want a New Duck
Hot In Here - Garbage Day
Born This Way - Perform This Way
Addicted to Love - Addicted to Spuds
Money Fro Nothing - Beverly Hillbillies
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Smells Like Nirvana
I Think We're Alone Now - I Think I'm a Clone Now
Blurred Lines - Word Crimes
Safety Dance - Brady Bunch
King of Pain - King of Suede
Party in the USA - Party at the CIA
Lola - Yoda
Royals - Foil
La Bamba - Lasagna
Mickey - Rickey
I Love Rock and Roll - I Love Rocky Road
Like a Virgin - Like a Surgeon
MacArthur Park - Jurassic Park
I Got My Mind Set On You - This Song is Just Six Words Long
One Week - Jerry Springer
Stand - Spam
American Idiot - Canadian Idiot
Who's Johnny - Here's Johnny
Gangsta's Paradise - Amish Paradise
Another One Bites the Dust - Another One Rides the Bus
Mony Mony - Alimony
Living in America - Living With a Hernia
Lump - Gump
My Sharona - My Bologna
All About the Benjamins - All About the Pentiums
She Ddrives Me Crazy - She Drives Like Crazy
Happy - Tacky
Our Love's In Jeopardy - I Lost on Jeopardy
Wild Thing - (Gilligan's) Isle Thing
Bad - Fat
Piano Man - Spider Man

Extremely helpful, krox. Thanks.
American Pie - The (Star Wars) Saga Begins

[franktangredi]

I will add that there are two or three instances where knowing the thrust of the parody version will help, but in most cases, the title is enough.

[kroxquo]

A few that jump out at me

1. Beat It + 67 Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm (Eat It)
7. Hot in Here + 61 Throwing It All Away (Garbage Day)
9. Born This Way + 82 Side Show (Perform This Way)
13. Money For Nothing + 76 California Here I Come (Beverly Hillbillies)
24. King of Pain + 92 Fancy (King of Suede) (Just taking a stab in the dark on this one)
41 I Got My Mind Set On You + 54 Over and Over (This Song Is Just Six Words Long)
43 One Week + 92 It's a Family Affair (Jerry Springer)
52 American Idiot + 16 In a Big Country (Canadian Idiot)
55 Who's Johnny + [Not sure of the number] Tonight, Tonight (Here's Johnny)
66 Mony Mony + 47 D-I-V-O-R-C-E (Alimony)
70 Lump + 11 Simple Kind of Man (Gump)
[Not Sure of the number] Wild Thing + 32 Stranded (Gilligan's Isle Thing)
95 Piano Man + 46 Spiderweb (Spider Man)
96 American Pie + 26 Long Ago and Far Away (The Saga Begins) [Might this also apply to Yoda?]

[littlebeast13]

I think Krox's use of Simple Kind of Man is correct with Lump rather than my Gangsta's Paradise (I realized this myself right after I logged off for the morning)

And Blurred Lines (Word Crimes) HAS to go with Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby....

lb13

[franktangredi]

I see there were a lot more alternate matches than I had anticipated (not surprising with this kind of game.) So just keep having fun until you've got a match for everything!

[littlebeast13]

One of the songs came to me on a second glance through the consolidation....


85. So when you're in doubt,
In need of someone,
Baby, call my line,
Call me anytime
I'll be there for you, you, you.

Don't Forget My Number - Milli Vanilli

[Pastor Fireball]

Safety Dance - Brady Bunch -- this one has to go with "It's a Family Thing", moreso than the Jerry Springer song

Stand - Spam -- another connection to "Boar's Head Carol"?

Living in America - Living With a Hernia -- "Lump"?

Piano Man - Spider Man -- "Spiderwebs"

[franktangredi]

Safety Dance - Brady Bunch -- this one has to go with "It's a Family Thing", moreso than the Jerry Springer song

Stand - Spam -- another connection to "Boar's Head Carol"?

Living in America - Living With a Hernia -- "Lump"?

Piano Man - Spider Man -- "Spiderwebs"

Remember that second usage of a song cannot be in the same capacity.

[Pastor Fireball]

A little unfinished business on the lyrics...

20. Zappin' it to ya,
The pressure's everywhere,
Goin' right through ya,
The fever's in the air!

This sounds like "Electric Youth" by Deborah Gibson--one of the cheesiest music videos ever.

33. I've been to London, I've been to Paris,
Even way out there to Tokyo,
Back home down in Georgia, to New Orleans,
But you always steal the show.

"Nothin' on You" by B.O.B. & Bruno Mars

45. Police think they can see me lean,
I'm tint so it ain't easy to be seen.
When you see me ride by they can see the glean
And my shine on the deck and the TV screen.

"Dirty" by Chamillionaire -- this gives us the parody "White & Nerdy", implied by "Hip to Be Square"

71. You're so consumed with how much you get
You waste your time with hate and regret.
You're broken
When your heart's not open.

"Frozen" by Madonna

[Pastor Fireball]

"Fancy" was turned into the parody "Handy". It was about being a handyman, so that could connect to "Fix You".

[Pastor Fireball]

Safety Dance - Brady Bunch -- this one has to go with "It's a Family Thing", moreso than the Jerry Springer song

Stand - Spam -- another connection to "Boar's Head Carol"?

Living in America - Living With a Hernia -- "Lump"?

Piano Man - Spider Man -- "Spiderwebs"

Remember that second usage of a song cannot be in the same capacity.

This one's a stretch, but how about we connect "Stand"/"Spam" to "A Big Hunk o' Love"?

[littlebeast13]

This is one messy consolidation, but it's the best I could do in half an hour. I've included Krox's list of parodies, the suggested matches (if a song was suggested twice in the same capacity, there was usually a more reasonable alternative and I chose that one), and song list (I took out the artists, which will hopefully not be the kiss of death). I also added Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth at #20 since the "Zapping it to you" lyric finally connected while I was at work last night....


Krox's list of identified Weird Al parodies:

Eat It - Beat It
I Want a New Drug - I Want a New Duck
Hot In Here - Garbage Day
Born This Way - Perform This Way
Addicted to Love - Addicted to Spuds
Money Fro Nothing - Beverly Hillbillies
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Smells Like Nirvana
I Think We're Alone Now - I Think I'm a Clone Now
Blurred Lines - Word Crimes
Safety Dance - Brady Bunch
King of Pain - King of Suede
Party in the USA - Party at the CIA
Lola - Yoda
Royals - Foil
La Bamba - Lasagna
Mickey - Rickey
I Love Rock and Roll - I Love Rocky Road
Like a Virgin - Like a Surgeon
MacArthur Park - Jurassic Park
I Got My Mind Set On You - This Song is Just Six Words Long
One Week - Jerry Springer
Stand - Spam
American Idiot - Canadian Idiot
Who's Johnny - Here's Johnny
Gangsta's Paradise - Amish Paradise
Another One Bites the Dust - Another One Rides the Bus
Mony Mony - Alimony
Living in America - Living With a Hernia
Lump - Gump
My Sharona - My Bologna
All About the Benjamins - All About the Pentiums
She Ddrives Me Crazy - She Drives Like Crazy
Happy - Tacky
Our Love's In Jeopardy - I Lost on Jeopardy
Wild Thing - (Gilligan's) Isle Thing
Bad - Fat
Piano Man - Spider Man
American Pie - The (Star Wars) Saga Begins


Suggested matches:

5. I Want A New Drug + 62. Yellow Bird (I Want A New Duck)
29. Royals + 53. Tin Man (Foil)
31. La Bamba + 51. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Lasagna)
73. My Sharona + 39. Boar's Head Carol (My Bologna)
35. Mickey + 72. Lucille (Ricky)
49. I Want It That Way + 10. Shop Around (eBay)
81. Happy + 6. Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces (Tacky)
77. She Drives Me Crazy + 3. Little Old lady From Pasadena (She Drives Like Crazy)
25. Party in the USA + 59. Secret Agent Man (Party at the CIA)
84. Jeopardy + 88. Mind Games (I Lost On Jeopardy)
38. Like a Virgin + 80. First Cut Is The Deepest (Like a Surgeon)
40. MacArthur Park + 90. Walk the Dinosaur (Jurrassic Park)
79. Lose Yourself + 30. 57 Channels (Couch Potato)7. Hot in Here + 61 Throwing It All Away (Garbage Day)
9. Born This Way + 82 Side Show (Perform This Way)
13. Money For Nothing + 76 California Here I Come (Beverly Hillbillies)
41 I Got My Mind Set On You + 54 Over and Over (This Song Is Just Six Words Long)
43 One Week + 92 It's a Family Affair (Jerry Springer)
52 American Idiot + 16 In a Big Country (Canadian Idiot)
55 Who's Johnny + 2. Tonight, Tonight (Here's Johnny)
66 Mony Mony + 47 D-I-V-O-R-C-E (Alimony)
70 Lump + 11 Simple Kind of Man (Gump)
87. Wild Thing + 32 Stranded (Gilligan's Isle Thing)
95 Piano Man + 46 Spiderweb (Spider Man)
96 American Pie + 26 Long Ago and Far Away (The Saga Begins)
21. Blurred Lines + 56. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (Word Crimes)




1. BEAT IT
2. TONIGHT TONIGHT
3. THE LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA
4. FIX YOU
5. I WANT A NEW DRUG
6. TAN SHOES AND PINK SHOELACES
7. HOT IN HERRE
8. COME TO MY WINDOW
9. BORN THIS WAY
10. SHOP AROUND
11. SIMPLE KIND OF MAN
12. ADDICTED TO LOVE
13. I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE
14. WATERFALLS
15. MONEY FOR NOTHING
16. IN A BIG COUNTRY
17. TROGLODYTE
18. SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
19. I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
20. ELECTRIC YOUTH
21. BLURRED LINES
22. THE SAFETY DANCE

23. You're just a natural born beehive
Filled with honey to the top.
Well, I ain't greedy, baby,
All I want is all you got.

24. KING OF PAIN
25. PARTY IN THE USA
26. LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
27. LOLA
28. WHAT'S GOING ON
29. ROYALS
30. 57 CHANNELS
31. LA BAMBA
32. STRANDED

33. I've been to London, I've been to Paris,
Even way out there to Tokyo,
Back home down in Georgia, to New Orleans,
But you always steal the show.

34. MAMA SAID
35. MICKEY
36. UNION OF THE SNAKE
37. I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL
38. LIKE A VIRGIN
39. BOAR'S HEAD CAROL
40. MACARTHUR PARK
41. I GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU
42. GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
43. ONE WEEK
44. IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM

45. Police think they can see me lean,
I'm tint so it ain't easy to be seen.
When you see me ride by they can see the glean
And my shine on the deck and the TV screen.

46. SPIDERWEBS
47. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
48. STAND
49. I WANT IT THAT WAY

50. I looked at the skies,
Running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed,
Hurting my head from things that I'd said.

51. SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT
52. AMERICAN IDIOT
53. TIN MAN
54. OVER AND OVER
55. WHO'S JOHNNY
56. IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY
57. JACK AND DIANE
58. GIVE IT AWAY
59. SECRET AGENT MAN
60. GANGSTA'S PARADISE
61. THROWING IT ALL AWAY
62. YELLOW BIRD

63. Seven o'clock in the morning
And the rays from the sun wakes me.
I'm stretchin' and yawnin'
In a bed that don't belong to me.

64. And what I'd like for you to say
Is you'll come home to me each day.

65. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
66. MONY MONY
67. MMMM MMMM MMMM
68. LEATHER AND LACE
69. LIVING IN AMERICA
70. LUMP

71. You're so consumed with how much you get
You waste your time with hate and regret.
You're broken
When your heart's not open.

72. LUCILLE
73. MY SHARONA
74. ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS
75. BEAUTY'S ONLY SKIN DEEP
76. CALIFORNIA HERE I COME
77. SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY

78. I guess I’ve learned
To question is to grow,
That you still have faith
Is all I need to know.
I’ve learned to love
Myself in spite of me,
And I’ve learned to
Walk on the road I believe.

79. LOSE YOURSELF
80. THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST
81. HAPPY
82. SIDE SHOW
83. HIP TO BE SQUARE
84. JEOPARDY
85. DON'T FORGET MY NUMBER
86. LADY IN RED
87. WILD THING (Tone Loc)
88. MIND GAMES
89. EYES WITHOUT A FACE
90. WALK THE DINOSAUR
91. BAD
92. FANCY
93. IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR
94. COLD SHOULDER
95. PIANO MAN
96. AMERICAN PIE

[littlebeast13]

Well, so much for it being a current consolidation....

lb13