Tuesday 3 May 2022

Lost lyrics ... found!

AKA the answers to last week's quiz.

Remember, it's a point for the artist and a point for the song, so the whole thing is out of 100. How did you do? And which ones had you kicking yourself?

  1. The world is your oyster but your future’s a clam.
    The Jam, When You're Young
  2. Why am I soft in the middle? The rest of my life is so hard.
    Paul Simon, You Can Call Me Al
  3. I might walk home alone, but my faith in love is still devout.
    The Smiths, Rusholme Ruffians
  4. If I could only be tough like him, then I could win my own small battle of the sexes.
    XTC, Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
  5. I’m more impressionable when my cement is wet.
    Billy Bragg, Greetings To The New Brunette
  6. You arrived like a day and passed like a cloud.
    The Pretenders, Talk Of The Town
  7. You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
    Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
  8. I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
    Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
  9. Riding through the city on my bike all day, ‘cause the filth took away my licence.
    Lily Allen, LDN
  10. Tennis shoes, don't even need to buy a new dress, If you ain't there, ain't nobody else to impress.
    Beyoncé, Crazy In Love
  11. Jack, he is a banker and Jane, she is a clerk.
    The Velvet Underground, Sweet Jane
  12. Homo sapiens have outgrown their use.
    David Bowie, Oh! You Pretty Things
  13. The boys all loved you but I was a mess.
    Pulp, Disco 2000
  14. Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire couldn't conquer the blue sky.
    Crowded House, Weather With You
  15. We’ll take the tide’s electric mind, oh yeah.
    Suede, So Young
  16. When I am king you will be first against the wall.
    Radiohead, Paranoid Android
  17. I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward.
    Gene, Olympian
  18. Look at me, you know what you see? You see a bad mother.
    James Brown, The Boss
  19. I've seen so much, I'm going blind and I'm brain-dead, virtually.
    Blur, Coffee & TV
  20. With your feet in the air and your head on the ground.
    Pixies, Where Is My Mind?
  21. Have you forgot whatever it was that you couldn't stand about me?
    McAlmont & Butler, Yes
  22. I am so lazy, don't want to wander, I stay at home at night.
    The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset
  23. Jealousy is an essential part of love.
    The Wedding Present, My Favourite Dress
  24. I could be a lot, but I know I'm not.
    The Style Council, You're The Best Thing
  25. I'm so worried about my love - they say, "No, no, it won't last forever."
    Kate Bush, The Man With The Child In His Eyes
  26. It’s more or less the same as the things that you said.
    Ocean Colour Scene, The Riverboat Song
  27. Each day living out a lie, life sold cheaply forever.
    Manic Street Preachers, Motorcycle Emptiness
  28. Your tongue is far too long.
    The Stone Roses, I Am The Resurrection
  29. I found an island in your arms, country in your eyes.
    The Doors, Break On Through
  30. Speech gets harder, there's no sense in writing.
    Talk Talk, Living In Another World
  31. If you're in The Crown tonight have a drink on me.
    The Clash, Stay Free
  32. No longer riding on the merry-go-round, I just had to let it go.
    John Lennon, Watching The Wheels
  33. I just keep on laughing, hiding the tears in my eyes.
    The Cure, Boys Don't Cry
  34. If you don't answer, I'll just ring it off the wall.
    Blondie, Hanging On The Telephone
  35. Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse. Still, it's so much clearer.
    REM, Nightswimming
  36. I'm worse at what I do best, and for this gift, I feel blessed.
    Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
  37. His mind wanders to the office, his telephone, desk and chair.
    Madness, Cardiac Arrest
  38. I don't know if you can hear me, I'm feeling down and can't think clearly.
    Teenage Fanclub, Start Again
  39. I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.
    Elvis Costello, Alison
  40. I laid traps for troubadours who get killed before they reach Bombay.
    The Rolling Stones, Sympathy For The Devil
  41. You lied about your status, you lied about your life, you never mentioned your three children and the fact you have a wife.
    Kirsty MacColl, England 2 Columbia 0
  42. Magically bored on a quiet street corner, free frustration in our minds and our toes.
    The Who, 5:15
  43. You spurn my natural emotions, you make me feel I'm dirt.
    Buzzcocks, Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
  44. I can gather all the news I need on the weather report.
    Simon & Garfunkel, The Only Living Boy In New York
  45. And now my fears, they come to me in threes.
    The Strokes, Someday
  46. Stick or twist, the choice is yours.
    Kylie, Confide In Me
  47. Well, I stand up next to a mountain and I chop it down with the edge of my hand.
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Voodoo Child
  48. I wonder, do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun?
    Madonna, Ray Of Light
  49. I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day.
    ABBA, The Day Before You Came
  50. Smiles await you when you rise.
    The Beatles, Golden Slumbers

14 comments:

  1. I'm too embarrassed to post my score. Suffice to say it will probably be signicantly lower than most.
    A lot of work went into this Martin. Thanks

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    1. No worries. There was even one I struggled to remember myself, when I came to write this answers post.

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  2. Like CC (but whom I suspect has done loads better than me) I'm too embarrassed to let you know how many (few) I got. But I do have a quite delightfully tingly tongue now after having all those songs on the tip of it.
    Fab stuff, Martin, thank you for all your time and effort compiling it.

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    1. You're welcome, of course. Hope there weren't too many "kick-selfs"...

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  3. Another one who didn't do herself proud but thanks for putting it together. As CC said a lot of work went into it.

    Reading the answers, I can hear the songs perfectly in my head but as I already said, without the melody I'm useless.

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    1. In retrospect, I think it might have been quite a hard quiz. What's the saying, only easy if you know the answers...!

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  4. I do like a quiz, and a list - this was both. Thanks for the challenge
    Score = 64, and looking at the answers I could've (should've) been higher

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    1. I reckon anything over half marks is good going!

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  5. The Man Of Cheese3 May 2022 at 22:52

    A mediocre 58-a few that I should have got but could have waited months for them to come to me! Good quiz,thanks.

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    1. I have to say, it was designed with a few "kick-self" songs in mind, the sort that make you groan as soon as you hear the answer...

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    2. Besides, anything over 50% is good going, I reckon.

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  6. I did very poorly at this. Once, I would have done much better. But thank you for doing it, and for saving me the job of looking up the ones I didn't know. I forced myself to keep away from google, that is my only victory.

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    1. Worst of all, I thought #4 was Making Plans For Nigel...

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    2. Keeping away from Google is the only victory that matters in this case. And as for #4, well, that's a point for the artist, at least!

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