Lyrics Quiz

[Romantic Old Bird]

How about a thread where we identify a song from a few lyrics?


Here's one to start:

Love, let me sleep tonight on your couch
And remember the smell of the fabric
Of your simple city dress :conf:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Come on folks, don't be spoilsports, have a go!

Clue number one:

The writer and performer of this died in tragic circumstances in 1997, and IMHO he was a genius!

[kaphc]

Sorry ROB, I don't recognise those lyrics at all! With your clue, I'm thinking Kurt Cobain or Michael Hutchence, but I can't imagine that you would think either of them is a genius?

[Romantic Old Bird]

Absolutely Kaph, I didn't think either of them were.

Perhaps I pitched it a little to obscure.........sorry.

I'll tell you who and what it was, and then give you an easier one, OK?

It was Jeff Buckley from his album Grace (1994) and the track was 'So Real'. Don't know if this will wiork, but if you haven't heard him try this SO REAL (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/recs/radio/krex/-/track/B0000029DD001005/ref=pd_krex_dp_t/002-2140449-1394433#)


OK, now for one you should get!

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind

[kaphc]

I know that one - it's a Beatles song. Is it called "So Tired" or "I'm so tired" or something like that?

I hadn't heard of Jeff Buckley but I've just looked him up and he was the man who wrote "Hallelujah" on the Shrek soundtrack which is a brilliant song!

[Romantic Old Bird]

Absolutely right Kaph!

Well done - your turn now!

[kaphc]

Here you are ...............

Chickety china, the chinese chicken
Have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin X-Files with no lights on,
We're dans la maison
I hope the smoking man's in this one

[Stu xxx]

Barenaked Ladies - One Week

MY COMEBACK IS NEAR!

[Romantic Old Bird]

Good grief Stu!! You have returned - are you not studying??

[kaphc]

Yeah Stu! Nice to see you back and you got the answer right too!

Now you really have got to come back so that you can set the next question.

[Stu xxx]

k here's the next lyric

"Maybe someday
When I look back I'll be able to say
You didn't mean to be cruel
Somebody hurt you too"

Good luck x

[kaphc]

Stu, this has been bugging me for a couple of days. I know it's a Madonna song, but I'm not sure which one. I'll take a guess and say "Like a Prayer" to keep the thread moving!

[Stu xxx]

oooooooooooo your soooooo close!

[Janette]

It's "Oh Father"


Beautiful song!

:thumbs:

[Stu xxx]

It is sooo beautiful x And Rob was so close it was on the same album xxx

Over to you Janette x

[Janette]

"Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach"


Nice easy one for you

:thumbs:

[Stu xxx]

Don Henley's Boys of Summer?

[Janette]

Spot on Stu x


Your turn next

:thumbs:

[Stu xxx]

"And inside we're all still wet
Longing and yearning
How can I explain how I feel?"

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Romantic Old Bird]

Not a huge fan of this lady, in fact if she is on the car cd OH likes to play, I would rather be travelling in the arms of unconciousness myself!

Madonna's Bedtime Stories methinks Stu.

[Stu xxx]

Well I worship that woman - you are correct - over to you xxx

[Kaz]

Thought of something yet, ROB?

Be gentle, please . . . . . . this is yet another game that I'm TOTALLY USELESS at! :blush:

[Romantic Old Bird]

OK this is easy peasy and always makes me think of certain nights in the den.........

I'm really close tonight
And I feel like I'm moving inside her
Lying in the dark
I think that I'm beginning to know her
Let it go
I'll be there when you call

[kaphc]

... Whever I fall
At your feet

etc. etc.

by Crowded House

[Romantic Old Bird]

Spot on Kaph.....all great stuff!

Your turn now!

[kaphc]

Great choice of song ROB!

Next .....

"Drop of a hat she's as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas"

[Romantic Old Bird]

Speaking of a great choice.......

Guaranteed to blow your mind....

(altogether now, air guitar optional)

She's a KILLER QUE....EEE....EEN!:hello::laugh::hello:


http://www.konzert-bilder.de/20%20Jahre%20Brill-Bild/Queen-gross-1.jpg

[kaphc]

Correctamundo ROB!

Your turn again. :hugesmile::thumbs:

[Romantic Old Bird]

OKEY DOKEY

Try this one:

'I worked all through the winter
The weather brass and bitter
I put away a tenner
Each week to make her better
And when the time was ready
We had to sell the telly
Late evenings by the fire
With little kicks inside her'

[Stu xxx]

Goldfinger - Up the Junction?????

[LEE]

It is Up the Junction, but it was by Squeeze from the Cool for Cats album :hugesmile:

[Skip]

Dear oh dear, the Queen one is the first one I've known......but too late. :bawling:

[kaphc]

Well I think it's LEE's turn to set a lyrics question, so maybe if we ask nicely, she might choose something that we can guess!

Over to you LEE .....

[Romantic Old Bird]

Well, Lee was fully right - so indeed, over to you LEE:thumbs:

[LEE]

This is quite an old one, but a classic :hugesmile:



Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going through they can't understand.
Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.

[Romantic Old Bird]

Oh dear, memories Lee - this was already an oldie when OH and I smooched to this the night we met in Spain......

It took me years to realise it was Nights in White Satin and all a bit erotic.

I had girlish romantic dreams of Franco Nero as Sir Lancelot in a white Satin tunic..........

[LEE]

Quite right ROB :thumbs:

Your turn again :hugesmile:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Okeydokey, try this:
[i]
Realms of bliss
Realms of light
Some are born to sweet delight[/1]

[LEE]

That'd be 'The End of the Night' by 'The Doors' ROB :thumbs:



I think this one will be quite easy...........


Once in a while
Two People meet
Seemingly for no reason
They just pass on the street
Suddenly thunder showers everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain
But there's something in the air

[Stu xxx]

Pretenders? Dont get me wrong? xxx Me thinks xxx

[LEE]

You thinks right :thumbs:

Your turn :hugesmile:

[Stu xxx]

K i'll try and not do a madonna one this time xxx

"You kiss me, I'm falling
It's your name I'm calling
You touch me, I want you
Feels like I've always known you"

[LEE]

On a night like this - Kylie

[Stu xxx]

correct LEE thought it would be too easy xxx

[LEE]

What about this one then



I haven't got a clue
I haven't got a thing
but what I give to you
is all that I could bring
I'll give you all my time
that's everything to me
you know my only crime
is this flight of fantasy

[kaphc]

I think you've stumped us all on ths one, LEE!

If I had to guess, I would wonder if it was one of Tony's songs but I don't have a clue which one!

[LEE]

You are sort of right Kaph as it is an old Spandau song.

Let's see if anyone can get which on it is though - come on Janette, I thought you would know this one :hugesmile:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Hello Lee,

I dug out my old Spandau Ballet collection and there it was!

'I'll fly for you' on Parade

[LEE]

At last :hugesmile:

You are quite right ROB and Tony still sings a version of this, though he didn't include it on the last tour.

Over to you :spin2:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Thanks Lee.

Try this one for size:

Well I don't need nobody else
All I need's a single ticket
When I travel on my own
Not afraid to be alone

[LEE]

That's from 'Got my Feet on the Ground' by 'The Kinks' ROB

:dazzler:

OK, what's this then :hugesmile:

The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.

[Romantic Old Bird]

One of my fave's Lee - REM :hello::hello:

Nightswimming.

Now I tried not to answer this one because I am going away for a week, but I did anyway.

So if I am right, can I nominate Kaph c to do the next one, cos I only just beat her to the Queen one.........:hugesmile:

[James]

:shocked:, that was one of the few lyrics I should have been able to get. 'Automatic for the People' is one of my favourite albums.

So near and yet so far...

[kaphc]

OK, this one is an old and a new song:

"Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday – happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen – sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me – no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson
Look right through me – look right through me"

Good luck!

[James]

I know! :shocked:

Mad World by Tears for Fears, also by Gary Jules in the film Donnie Darko.

And now Alex Parks.

I've been listening Alex's album. Considering I'm not really a fan, it's better than I thought it would be. Pretty good actually.

[kaphc]

Absolutely correct James! I love the version that appears in Donny Darko.

Over to you for the next lyric ...

[James]

Sometimes you're better off dead
There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a West End town
Call the police, there's a madman around
Running down underground to a dive bar
In a West End town

[BusyBee]

I'm normally useless at these, but I think I know this - is it

West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys

[James]

:thumbs:

Correct BusyBee.

Your turn now.

[BusyBee]

Right here's my contribution

Here come old flat top he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
Got to be a joker he do just what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

[AndyJK]

Being a huge Beetles fan I know this one. It's Come Together. :wavey:

Here's mine

I don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care
If ya think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
An' I'm never gonna care
'Bout my bad reputation

Oh no, not me
Oh no, not me

[Janette]

Half Cocked---Bad Reputation


From the wonderful "Shrek"


Did you know they're doing Shrek 2 with john Cleese as Fiona's father?

It's going to be fantastic!


Here's my lyric............

Chance for me to escape from all I know.
Holding back the tears.
There's nothing here has grown.
I've wasted all my tears,
Wasted all those years.
Nothing had the chance to be good

:thumbs:

[AndyJK]

Originally posted by Janette
Half Cocked---Bad Reputation


From the wonderful "Shrek"


Did you know they're doing Shrek 2 with john Cleese as Fiona's father?

It's going to be fantastic!


Here's my lyric............

Chance for me to escape from all I know.
Holding back the tears.
There's nothing here has grown.
I've wasted all my tears,
Wasted all those years.
Nothing had the chance to be good

:thumbs:

Funny you should mention that Janette, I posted the lyrics after watching Shrek the other day (although it was the featured version by Joan Jett :wavey:). And I think John Cleese will be great as the Dad :laugh:.

[BusyBee]

Oh Janette you've picked one of my favourites. Its

Holding Back The Years By Simply Red

[Janette]

One of my faves too busybee!

:thumbs:

Your turn

:hugesmile:

[BusyBee]

I'm feeling quite proud of myself I've got 2 of these right now and I'm usually useless.

Anyway next one:

Well, there aint no luck
In these loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams
And our sad lives
We’ll find a place where the sun still shines

[kaphc]

I know this one! It's Bon Jovi - Always isn't it?

[BusyBee]

Well done Kaph - perfectly correct. Love the new version of this on the new album sounds completely different.

Over to you to test our knowledge.

[kaphc]

This is a classic!

"Last time that we had this conversation
I decided we should be friends
Yeah,
but now we're going round in circles,
tell me will this deja vu never end?"

[LEE]

Hmm, I hope you had your tongue firmly in your cheek there Kaph :shocked:


Say you'll be There - The Spice Girls

[kaphc]

Correctamundo!!

Was that tongue in cheek? You decide!!

[LEE]

What about this one then..



Yes I think I'm okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown

[kaphc]

Hey I'm on a roll today!

Isn't that "Luka" by Suzanne Vega?

[LEE]

It is Kaph :thumbs: Now that is a classic :hugesmile:

Your turn again. :spin2:

[kaphc]

Here comes another:

"I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules"

[LEE]

Abba - The Winner Takes it All


Is there only me and you playing this now Kaph? :spin2:

[James]

Originally posted by LEE
Abba - The Winner Takes it All


Anyone remember Rosie Ribbons' 'interpretation' of this song on Pop Idol 1. :hugesmile:

http://mcms-delivery.virtuebroadcasting.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=BBC8DD60-79D2-4451-9A00-EE250C02052D

[kaphc]

Correct LEE!!

Post up the next lyric and we'll see if anyone else joins in :spin2:

[LEE]

OK Kaph, here goes :thumbs:



How many times have you woken up and prayed for the rain?
How many times have you seen the papers apportion the blame?
Who gets to say, who gets the work and gets to play?
I was always told at school, everybody should get the same
How many times have you been told, if you don't ask you don't get?
How many liars have taken your money, your mother said you shouldn't bet?

[BusyBee]

I've had a go at some of these I'll have you know.

Will put my thinking cap on and see if I can put a title to these lyrics.

[LEE]

Here's a clue - this band are currently supporting UB40 on their UK tour and a friend of mine went to see them last Thursday and said both bands were brill.

[LEE]

God you lot are hopeless :hugesmile: Janette has asked for another clue, so here it is.

This song wasn't very punk really and it was from a damn good album which people might think was Australian from the title - they'd be wrong though.

[Romantic Old Bird]

It's always the sun.....................

The Stranglers???:hugesmile:

[LEE]

At last :hugesmile:

Your turn ROB :spin2:

[kaphc]

Wow this thread has been really quiet while I was gone. Glad you've stepped in ROB! Looking forward to your next lyric, they're always though-provoking.

[Kaz]

:xyxwave:

Haven't forgotten about this have you, ROB? :thumbs: Can't disappoint Kaphc - she's SO looking forward to the next lyrics. :laugh:

Hows about making it an easier one for those of us (OK then, me!!!) who are less good (i.e. rubbish!!) at this game! :spin2:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Sorry, bit pre-occupied! Only reason I am on now is that I should be studying, LOL!

Here is an easy one - I hope.

What I'd give to run my fingers thru your hair
Touch your lips, to hold you near,
When you say your prayers, try to understand
I've made mistakes, I'm just a man

[LEE]

Always - Bon Jovi :hugesmile:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Well done Lee! Now whose favourite song of all time was that I wonder:conf::conf: :laugh:

Over to you Lee

[LEE]

Hi ROB, no it wasn't my favourite song of all time, but I still remember it well :hugesmile:

This isn't my fave of all time either, but it is one that I seem to be hearing an awful lot of at the moment. :spin2:


I refuse to give in to my blues
That's not how it's going to be
And I deny the tears in my eyes
I don't want to let you see,
That you have made a hole in my heart
And now I've got to fool myself

[Janette]

King Of Wishful Thinking by Go West


:hugesmile:

[LEE]

Quite right Janette :thumbs:

Your turn :hugesmile:

[Janette]

If you're down and confused
And you don't remember who you're talking to
Concentration slips away
Cos your baby is so far away

:thumbs:

[LEE]

Love the One your With - Stephen Stills, of Crosby Stills and Nash fame :thumbs:

[Janette]

Well you're right but it wasn't the version I was thinking of..............

:thumbs:

[LEE]

Well that was the original, I suppose there have been quite a few covers, but can't think of any specific ones at the mo. :spin2:

This song would def be in my all time top three favourite songs, its not terribly well known though, so lets see if any of you have good taste enough to know it :hugesmile:


I pictured a rainbow
you held in your hands
I had flashes
but you saw then plan
I wondered out in the world for years
while you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
you saw .......................

[Janette]

....The Whole Of The Moon


Good song!


:thumbs:

[LEE]

Correct Janette. but who's it by?

[Janette]

The Waterboys & Mike Scott

:hugesmile:

[LEE]

:hugesmile:


Your turn again. :spin2:

[Janette]

Ah sorry, was miles away!!!!!!!!!!


Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal

[Romantic Old Bird]

Janette - I cheated, but it's Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Better than losing the thread I thought!:blush:

[Janette]

It's one of my favourite songs, I'm surprised it wasn't got straight away!!!!!!


Well done ROB, your turn

:thumbs:

[Romantic Old Bird]

ERM, SORRY FOLKS. MY TURN.

I've been misunderstood for all of my life
But what they're saying girl it cuts like a knife
"The boy's no good"
Well I've finally found what I'm a looking for
But if they get their chance they'll end it for sure
Surely would
Baby I've done all I could
Now it's up to you...


Don't you know.......

(It's a classic)...........

[Janette]

Urge Overkill - Girl, you'll be a woman... soon

:thumbs:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Well done Janette.

Only it wasn't
http://photo.sing365.com/music/picture.nsf/SingerPicUnid/48256C71003578A248256B6C002D12AA/$file/Urge+Overkill.jpg

I was thinking about - it was the fantastic Neil Diamond
http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/iris/USUKLP/BangLP/a306.jpg
and the version OH used to (try) to sing to me in 1971 when we met.........:hugesmile:

You were right though!

Over to you, Janette!

[Kaz]

Janette! :wavey:

Over to you for another lyric that I probably have absolutely no idea about, because I'm totally useless at this! :blush:

[Janette]

Sorry, too many threads to post on and not enough brain to remember!!!!!


Watch the first light kiss the New World
It's a wonder, baby like you and I
All the colours of the rainbow
Going somewhere, baby like you and I
It's going to be alright
But when my clouds sky over

:thumbs:

[Romantic Old Bird]

OK Janette. Sadly I do know the answer to this. It dawned on me when I heard it on the radio. It is not, I repeat NOT in my music collection!:shocked:

Now, can anybody else please get this?

Don't want it to be be just Jeanette and myself playing this game!

[Kaz]

Yay!!! Finally got it . . . . . . I think. :spin2:

'Lift Me Up' by Geri Halliwell.

(and no, ROB - it's not in my collection either! :laugh:)

[Romantic Old Bird]

Cooo-eeeee........can the bride to be spare us all a moment to confirm the answer Kaz has provided????:hugesmile:

[Janette]

Sorry Kaz, of course you're right!


Your turn


:thumbs:

[Kaz]

Thank you!! Can't believe I got one right! :hello:

Ok, here we go . . . . . . . . .

There's only one girl that I will ever love
And that was so many years ago
And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart
She never loved me back, ooh I know
I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her
Not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

Easy peasy. :thumbs:

[Janette]

Two Out Of Three Aint Bad - Meatloaf


Cracking song!


:thumbs:

[Kaz]

Certainly is . . . . . and you're absolutely right, Janette. :dazzler:

Over to you! :xyxwave:

[Janette]

Hans plays with "otte’ "otte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willi’ Willi is happy again
Suki plays with "eo’ Sacha plays with Britt
Adolf builts a bonfire’ Enrico plays with it
’Whistling tunes we hid in the dunes by the seaside
’Whistling tunes we’re kissing baboons in the jungle


:thumbs:

[LEE]

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel


What about this one then - another easy one I think....



Cattle in the marketplace
Scatterlings and orphanages
He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity

[Skip]

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon



If we both were born
In another place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this.

[Janette]

I Honestly Love You by Olivia Newton John

:thumbs:


Hand in his hands through the park
All afternoon
A fine day to fly balloons or tell him a story
Hand in his hand to wonder
Till day is done

[avriljayne]

Is it Barry Manilow - Sunday Father?:conf:

[Janette]

Well done Avril, your turn

:thumbs:

[avriljayne]

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait

[Romantic Old Bird]

That's got to be 'With or Without You' by U2......

Great song.

[avriljayne]

Absolutely ROB - your turn :hello:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Thanks Avril

Try this one folks:

Now jimmy looks sweet ’cause he dresses like a queen
But he can kick like a mule
It’s a real mean team
We can love
Oh yes, we can love
Brother’s back at home
With his beatles and his stones
We never got if off on that revolution stuff
It was such a drag
Too many snags

[Janette]

The wonderful David Bowie with "All The Young Dudes"


Why be afraid if I’m not alone
Though life is never easy the rest is unknown
Up to now for me it’s been hands against stone
Spent each and every moment
Searching for what to believe

[Janette]

Clue - Miami Sound Machine


:thumbs:

[Kaz]

At last!

I knew it had to be Gloria Estefan, but I didn't know which song . . . . . I do now! :hello:

'Coming out of the Dark' :dazzler:


Hope I'm right now! :blush:

[James]

I checked and that is correct Kaz. :thumbs:

I'll ask another because I heard it recently...

I'd try to tell you that the things we had were right

Any more would give it away, and there are two possible answers...

[Janette]

Toto with "I Won't Hold You Back"


:thumbs:

[James]

Correct Janette, the other possible answer was Another Chance by Roger Sanchez...

If I had another chance tonight
I'd try to tell you that the things we had were right

:hugesmile:

[BusyBee]

Now who picked that as their song?:love: