because my friends have cool music

I wanna measure mine up too.

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
(That goes for you when transcribing the lyrics, as well as for the guessers! Remember: embarassment is no excuse here.)

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Whew 30 songs take forever. Here are
links to others who've done this recently:
Salmonpi
doxasticpirate
hippie1025
bluekniggit

lyrics meme answers!

1. Africa (Toto)
2. Beep Beep (The Playmates / Dr. Demento)
3. Dancing Fool (Frank Zappa / Dr. Demento)
4. Motorcyle : the significance of the pickle (Arlo Guthrie)
5. Indian Reservation (Paul Revere and the Raiders)
6. Sheraton Gibson (Pete Townshend) -- I don't even recognize this; I might have never played it before!
7. Slap and Tickle (Squeeze) -- another one I don't recall having ever listened to; cool
8. Discussion Percussion (Do Peterson) -- from "My Dissertation"
9. Maria (Blondie) -- I really do like this one
10. Cool for Cats (Squeeze) -- weird song. I don't really like this one =(
11. Cat's in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
12. Only You (Yazoo)
13. Steppin' Out (Electric Light Orchestra)
14. Anna (Machina) -- hope I got that last word right. Even if I wanted to cheat, I don't know anywhere to look up this artist's lyrics. (please tell me if *you* do!)
15. I Don't Like Mondays (The Boomtown Rats)
16. Mockingbird (James Tayor & Carly Simon) -- yes, it's the lullaby treated to a new musical style
17. Rip Her to Shreds (Blondie)
18. Moment in the Sun Clem Snide
19. Give Blood (Pete Townshend) -- is this a song or a red cross ad spot? Ah, whatever, both are good!
20. Space Oddity (David Bowie) -- oh, I am turning up all the cheesy semi-novelty stuff tonight :-/
Well this one's lyrics are such a dead give-away, 100% correct title & artist is required.
21. Hey Nineteen (Steely Dan)
22. It's All Been Done (Barenaked Ladies)
23. So Far Away (Dire Straits)
24. Haya Nechmad (It's been nice) (Kaveret (aka Poogie))
25. The Happiest Days of Our Lives (Pink Floyd) -- are they always totally incomprehensible?
26. Cat's in The Cradle (Harry Chapin) -- AGAIN??
27. Sunday Girl (Blondie) -- not one of my fave Blondie tunes
28. I Can't Get Next To You (Annie Lennox)
29. N Apostrophe T (Tom Lehrer)
30. Hot Rod Lincoln (Johnny Cash) --- :-D !!!!

fyi

A friend pointed out a nice deal on a new laptop. It's expiring at midnight, but since I haven't found a job yet, I have to let it pass. Maybe you don't though.

(I'm amused to note that Office is not installed, so the computer comes with WordPerfect instead... a program I greatly prefer.)