Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Lost lyrics II

I'm all out of posts, so am recycling something I did once before that was semi-popular (for me, at least - all things are relative).

So here's a quiz. No, wait, come back! Fifty little snippets of lyrics that have become detached from their songs ... all you have to do is identify them. There's a point on offer for the song and another for the artist, making a predictable one hundred points up for grabs.

Clues? Pah! There's nothing obscure and no surprises either... all the usual suspects are here, let's put it that way. If you'd rather print a question sheet, there's one here, and there's only one rule: no Googling, AI or other technological help. This is old-school, to make you blow the dust off your hippocampus and fumble around in the memories of your youth. Sound good?

Answers will be published at the end of the month. Have fun.

  1. Oh, in your council home, he jumped on your bones.
  2. He has his future in British Steel.
  3. I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing.
  4. Cut your hair and get a job.
  5. He ain't too hip 'bout that new breed, babe.
  6. You'll find me in the lavatory.
  7. I said, "Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera."
  8. Sir, it's the troops, jealous of youth.
  9. Times were so tough, but not as tough as they are now.
  10. Well, did I tell you before when I was up? Anxiety was bringing me down.
  11. I don't need to fight to prove I'm right.
  12. Can you picture what will be? So limitless and free.
  13. Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup.
  14. We don't talk about love, we only want to get drunk.
  15. Boy, it's more than I dare to think about.
  16. It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been.
  17. Let's put our heads together and start a new country up.
  18. By order of the prophet we ban that boogie sound.
  19. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world to right.
  20. It's like I got this music in my mind sayin', "It's gonna be alright".
  21. Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth.
  22. Just when you think you've caught her she glides across the water.
  23. Spinning on that dizzy edge, kissed her face and kissed her head.
  24. I hated you, I loved you too.
  25. Well, we drank champagne and danced all night.
  26. Thought of you as my mountaintop.
  27. Oh my friend you haven’t changed, you're looking rough and living strange.
  28. Let all the children boogie.
  29. The way she plays, there are no words to describe the way I feel.
  30. But tell me, does she kiss like I used to kiss you?
  31. Too much time's been wasted, so come and get my plateful.
  32. All I need is a pint a day.
  33. So in the absence of a way of life, just repeat this again and again and again.
  34. And I went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse.
  35. I'll see you baby when the clans rise again.
  36. One and one and one is three.
  37. They get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow.
  38. In Chinatown, hungover, you showed me just what I could do.
  39. Don't wanna end up like no nine-day wonder.
  40. Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know.
  41. Sad days add to confusion, sad ways end in delusion, yeah.
  42. She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak.
  43. I'm a sex machine ready to reload like an atom bomb.
  44. Looking back, she made us want her.
  45. I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul.
  46. I was half in mind, I was half in need.
  47. Mother has to iron his shirt, then she sends the kids to school.
  48. You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats just miles away.
  49. Lost your love of life? Too much apple pie.
  50. The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear.

P.S. No answers, clues or spoilers in the comments please! Thanks.

10 comments:

  1. Take the list numbers out and you've got a Dadaist story right there.

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  2. Thanks for doing this too. As with last time, I keep thinking: ooh, it sounds familiar but I just can't place it... I'm just no good with lyrics. But I had some help and between us Mr SDS and I managed (I think) to get ten of them. Look forward to seeing if we were right, and what we missed!

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    1. Ten is a great start. You've got loads of things to get more too, as the answers are scheduled for posting towards the end of next week...

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    2. Loads of time I meant, of course. Damn predictive text.

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  3. I think I have even fewer than C so far. Is 51 'Shattered Dreams' by Johnny Hates Jazz?

    PS If you are looking for further intellectual stimulation I would welcome your participation in the next edition of my song pun competition. A man with your level of erudition would bring some much needed quality.

    https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2025/11/pun-fun-1-contenders.html

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    1. Both you and C are going to be sore from kicking yourselves when the answers are posted.

      Erudite? Ha! But yes, will vote on the pun-fight later today.

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    2. I'll keep working on it - up to 12 definite so far and a couple I'm not sure about. Regrettably now have to put it down and go and do some work.

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  4. The Man Of Cheese19 November 2025 at 22:36

    18 so far but a few will hopefully come to my ever slowing mind,probably waking me triumphantly in the early hours. The days of instant recall left years ago.....

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    1. My recall is still pretty good - it's just everything else that's knackered...

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