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You lucky people! For your bank holiday pleasure (yes, it's a bank holiday, we're at a loose end again) we offer you our megatastic first lines music quiz.

These are the first lines of the songs on our afternoon's play list. In cases where the first line contains the title of the song, we have offered you another line.

Title and artist, please. Remember! Sometimes it's not the original: you need to guess which version we are most likely to have on our playlist.

1. Everytime you wake in the mornin’/and you start to cry
2. One morning fair/I took the air
3. He was a boy/She was a girl
4. It’s a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
5. I thought I heard her calling my name
6. Now look at them yo-yos/That’s the way to do it
7. A long long time ago
8. Ever since my baby left me/Hey fellas have you heard the news?
9. City girls just seem to find out early
10. My friends know what’s in store
11. His father was a dancer before him
12. We see what comes to pass/You can bury us in your earth, or place us behind glass
13. I wear the same shoes as anyone
14. Just coz I ain’t never ’ad no nothin’ worth havin’ - no, never
15. Let me bring you love from the field
16. Won’t you fetch another white girl to play with in the sand
17. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
18. My daddy left home when I was three
19. See how the child reaches out instinctively
20. Well my heart knows me better than I know myself
21. Radha-ramanahari
22. The devil he taught me to roll
23. And she feeds you tea and oranges
24. People I was sittin this morning with this on my mind/Said there ain’t no livin man who gone around the world three time
25. Well I’m waiting for something to take place/Something to take me away from this race
26. Oh I’m still missing my other half/Ah it must be something I did in the past
27. Big wheels keep on turnin’/Carry me home to my kin
28. Naughty boys in nasty schools/Headmasters breaking all the rules
29. Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
30. Well I woke up today/And the world was a restless place
31. Betty came by on her way/Said she had a word to say
32. Unfolding enveloping missiles of soul/Recall senses sadly
33. It was slow day/And the sun was beating on the soldiers by the side of the road
34. Is happiness real?/Or am I so jaded?
35. Emily tries but misunderstands
36. Oh GI Joe put your gun away
37. If I worked my hands in wood/would you still love me?
38. Ten years living in a paper bag
39. Let us be lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together
40. Said to the man at the railroad station/“I want a ticket, just for one”
41. Young teacher, the subject, of schoolgirl fantasy
42. I’d like to help you doctor yes I really really would
43. O where are you now/pussy willow that smiled on this leaf?
44. I begged her not to go and I begged her on my bended knee
45. Baby here I am/I’m the man on the scene
46. The killer awoke before dawn/He put his boots on
47. I’m the trouble starter/Fucking instigator
48. I see a red door and I want it painted black
49. Shiny shiny shiny boots of leather
50. Then something struck me as if it came from up above
51. I was born long ago/I am the chosen, I am the one
52. Two weeks in a Virginia jail
53. Every day I have to look to the sun/To see where it was that I have come from

Answers on Monday!

Date: 2008-05-03 05:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fallingtowers.livejournal.com
#7 is American Pie!

Date: 2008-05-03 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fallingtowers.livejournal.com
And #48 is the first line of Paint It Black, of course.

Date: 2008-05-03 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fallingtowers.livejournal.com
# 47 = Fire Starter.

And I'll stop spamming now. Sorry.

Date: 2008-05-04 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Yes yes yes!

Date: 2008-05-04 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Yes yes!

Date: 2008-05-04 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I think that one's tricky to recognize out of context!

Date: 2008-05-04 12:28 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-05-03 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-wild-iris.livejournal.com
6: 'Money for Nothing', Dire Straits

23: 'Suzanne', by Leonard Cohen but I hazard a guess that you've got the Judy Collins version

39: 'America', Simon and Garfunkel

52: 'For my Lover', Tracy Chapman

...and all the rest inhabit the realms of my musical ignorance.

Date: 2008-05-04 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Orl Korrect!

23: In fact, it was the Leonard Cohen one we were listening to, although we do have a version by Fairport Convention.

Date: 2008-05-03 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhall1.livejournal.com
People have beaten me to it with numbers 7 (I'm confident that you have enough taste to listen to the Don McLean original rather than the Madonna discoised version), 23 and 48.

9 is "Lying Eyes" by The Eagles.
37 may be "If I Were a Carpenter", but my failing memory can't bring the singer's name to mind.

Date: 2008-05-04 12:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Yes indeed, the Don McLean original, and the long version too.

37 is 'If I Were A Carpenter'. We discussed the relative merits of Joan Baez and Robert Plant, although it was the second we were liestning to.

Date: 2008-05-04 02:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhall1.livejournal.com
But ISTR that the original version was sung by neither of those two, but his name won't come to mind.

Date: 2008-05-04 09:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] temeres.livejournal.com
37 is 'If I Were A Carpenter'. We discussed the relative merits of Joan Baez and Robert Plant, although it was the second we were liestning to.

I've got a version by the Four Tops. It's rather good.

Date: 2008-05-03 05:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] toft-froggy.livejournal.com
3 is Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne! Can I make it any more obvious?

6 is Money For Nothing, Dire Straits
17 is Walk the Line, Johnny Cash
23 is Suzanne, Leonard Cohen
27 is.. oh, I know it... James Taylor? Dammit.
33 is Boy in the Bubble by Paul Simon
39 is America, Simon and Garfunkel
46 is The End, The Doors
49 is by the Velvet Underground, but I can't remember the name - Venus in Furs?

Date: 2008-05-03 05:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] toft-froggy.livejournal.com
Wait, wait, is 27 Sweet Home Alabama? I know the Lynyrd Skynyrd version, but I know another group did it first.

Date: 2008-05-04 12:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Bingo! (And it's the Lynyrd Skynyrd version we were listening to.)

Date: 2008-05-04 01:29 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-05-04 12:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Very proud of you, getting #3! And knew I could rely on you getting the Man in Black.

Date: 2008-05-04 01:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] toft-froggy.livejournal.com
I'm not sure if getting 3 is anything to be proud of... but, yes, SGA has taught me well.

Date: 2008-05-03 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redstarrobot.livejournal.com
13. I wear the same shoes as anyone

Get Myself Arrested - Gomez

18. My daddy left home when I was three

I think you have the quote slightly wrong here. "My daddy, he was a gambler, abandoned Momma when I was four." Hope that helps. ;)

20. Well my heart knows me better than I know myself

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall

21. Radha-ramanahari

Govinda - Kula Shaker

35. Emily tries but misunderstands

See Emily Play - Pink Floyd (There are a lot of covers of this one, but anyone who doesn't have the Floyd version somewhere is somewhat soulless.)

45. Baby here I am/I’m the man on the scene

I can give you want you want, but you gotta come home with me. Black Crowes - Hard to Handle

46. The killer awoke before dawn/He put his boots on

And he walked on down the hall. The Doors, "The End".

47. I’m the trouble starter/Fucking instigator

Firestarter - Prodigy

49. Shiny shiny shiny boots of leather

Venus in Furs - Velvet Underground

Date: 2008-05-04 12:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Everything correct... except for #18! Try again!

Date: 2008-05-03 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] narie.livejournal.com
3. Avril Lavigne - Sk8r Boy
23. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
29. Madonna - Ray of Light
39. Simon & Garfunkel - America
49. The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs

Date: 2008-05-04 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
All correct!

Date: 2008-05-03 06:33 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com
Crikey, you actually picked some songs I know.

4. Ain't Going To Work On Maggie's Farm No More. I expect someone other than Dylan has recorded it but I don't know who.

28. Sounds as if it ought to be part of the list in Madness's Baggy Trousers, but I don't remember the list well enough to know.

35. Is that See Emily Play by Pink Floyd? I vaguely thought it was "can't understand" but I'm probably wrong.

46. The End. The Doors. Unless you have Nico's cover, or something like that.

48. Paint It Black. Usually Jarriere's favourite band (see above), though I know Inkubus Sukkubus did a version omitting the final verse. No doubt others too.

52. For My Lover. Tracy Chapman. Heard her sing this at the Mandela concert.

Date: 2008-05-04 12:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Bang on with all of them, including Baggy Trousers!

Date: 2008-05-04 01:35 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com
I think that's the most I've ever scored in one of these quizzes by a factor of... um... about six. I'm annoyed now I didn't follow my dim feeling that 7. might be American Pie.

Date: 2008-05-03 06:42 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] white_hart
6 - Dire Straits, Money for Nothing
7 - Don Maclean, American Pie
9 - Eagles, Lying Eyes
28 - Madness, Baggy Trousers
33 - Paul Simon, Boy in the Bubble
35 - Pink Floyd, See Emily Play
40 - Destination Anywhere. The Commitments soundtrack version?
41 - The Police, Don't Stand So Close To Me
47 - The Prodigy, Firestarter
48 - Rolling Stones, Paint It Black
49 - Velvet Underground, Venus In Furs
52 - Tracy Chapman, For My Lover

Date: 2008-05-04 12:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Great haul, well done. #40: Yes, it's the version off the Commitments soundtrack, which I like to belt out, although I can't get high notes.

Date: 2008-05-04 12:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iainjcoleman.livejournal.com
43: Syd Barrett, "Dark Globe"

Date: 2008-05-04 12:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Thought you'd get this one. A couple of others in there which I had you pegged for too.

Date: 2008-05-04 07:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raspberryfool.livejournal.com
*Waves* Oh, Miss, I know that one...

3. He was a boy/She was a girl
Skater Boy - Avril Lavine (?)

6. Now look at them yo-yos/That’s the way to do it
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

7. A long long time ago
America Pie - Don Maclean.

9. City girls just seem to find out early
Lying Eyes - The Eagles

17. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I Walk the Line (?) Johnny Cash

18. My daddy left home when I was three
Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash


19. See how the child reaches out instinctively
The Infant Kiss by Kate Bush (?)

21. Radha-ramanahari
Something by Adiemus?

23. And she feeds you tea and oranges
Suzanne by Tom Waits (?)

28. Naughty boys in nasty schools/Headmasters breaking all the rules
Baggy Trousers by Madness

33. It was slow day/And the sun was beating on the soldiers by the side of the road
Boy in the Bubble by Paul Simon (?)

38. Ten years living in a paper bag
A Change Would Do You Good by Sheryl Crow

39. Let us be lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together
America by Simon and Garfunkel

41. Young teacher, the subject, of schoolgirl fantasy
Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police

47. I’m the trouble starter/Fucking instigator
Firestarter by ?

48. I see a red door and I want it painted black
Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones

Ok Miss, did i pass...? :-)

Date: 2008-05-04 08:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
19. See how the child reaches out instinctively
The Infant Kiss by Kate Bush (?)


Oooh... so close...


38. Ten years living in a paper bag
A Change Would Do You Good by Sheryl Crow


Yes!

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