Megatastic results

[altariel]

Here are the megatastic results! I have listed everyone who guessed a song correctly, with the first to guess correctly listed, um, first. You missed out on only 17 (out of 53), you clever people. Missing ones in bold.

1. Everytime you wake in the mornin’/and you start to cry
Pleasantly Blue, 4 Non Blondes
(dberry)

2. One morning fair/I took the air
Blackwaterside, Bert Jansch

3. He was a boy/She was a girl
Sk8er Boi, Avril Lavigne
(BE PROUD toft_froggy!; narie; raspberryfool)

4. It’s a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
Maggie’s Farm, Bob Dylan
(kalypso_v)

5. I thought I heard her calling my name
Hush, Deep Purple

6. Now look at them yo-yos/That’s the way to do it
Money for Nothing, Dire Straits
(the_wild_iris; toft_froggy; white_hart; raspberryfool)

7. A long long time ago
American Pie, Don McLean
(rivrea; white_hart; raspberryfool)

8. Ever since my baby left me/Hey fellas have you heard the news?
Heartbreaker Hotel (At the End of Lonely Street), Dread Zeppelin
(toft_froggy got the first line and temeres got the second, but synthesis eluded them... Surely y'all could have guessed that an Elvis impersonator doing Zeppelin in a reggae style would be "where we're at"?)

9. City girls just seem to find out early
Lyin’ Eyes, The Eagles
(jhall1; white_hart; raspberryfool)

10. My friends know what’s in store
Would I Lie to You? Eurythmics

11. His father was a dancer before him
The Dancer, Fairport Convention

12. We see what comes to pass/You can bury us in your earth, or place us behind glass
The Game Pieces, Fairport Convention
(Call yourself music fans, not getting those last two...)

13. I wear the same shoes as anyone
Get Myself Arrested, Gomez
(redstarrobot)

14. Just coz I ain’t never ’ad no nothin’ worth havin’
Clever Trevor, Ian Dury and the Blockheads

15. Let me bring you love from the field
Songs from the Wood, Jethro Tull
(astrogirl2)

16. Won’t you fetch another white girl to play with in the sand
Sons of Freedom, Page and Plant

17. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
Walk the Line, Johnny Cash
(toft_froggy; raspberryfool)

18. My daddy left home when I was three
A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash
(raspberryfool; thanatos_kalos)

19. See how the child reaches out instinctively
Reaching Out, Kate Bush
(forodwaith)

20. Well my heart knows me better than I know myself
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, KT Tunstall
(redstarrobot)

21. Radha-ramanahari
Govinda, Kula Shaker
(redstarrobot)

22. The devil he taught me to roll
Nobody’s Fault But Mine, Led Zeppelin

23. And she feeds you tea and oranges
Suzanne, Leonard Cohen
(the_wild_iris; toft_froggy; narie)

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
Happy Blues for John Glenn, Lightnin’ Hopkins

25. Well I’m waiting for something to take place/Something to take me away from this race
Skin It Back, Little Feats

26. Oh I’m still missing my other half/Ah it must be something I did in the past
Goodnight Ladies, Lou Reed
(redstarrobot)

27. Big wheels keep on turnin’/Carry me home to my kin
Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
(toft_froggy)

28. Naughty boys in nasty schools/Headmasters breaking all the rules
Baggy Trousers, Madness
(kalypso_v; white_hart; raspberryfool)

29. Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
Ray of Light, Madonna
(narie)

30. Well I woke up today/And the world was a restless place
Song For Ten, Murray Gold
(dberry)

31. Betty came by on her way/Said she had a word to say
River Man, Nick Drake

32. Unfolding enveloping missiles of soul/Recall senses sadly
Feel Flows, Teh Beach Boiz

33. It was slow day/And the sun was beating on the soldiers by the side of the road
The Boy in the Bubble, Paul Simon
(toft_froggy; white_hart; raspberryfool)

34. Is happiness real?/Or am I so jaded?
The Changingman, Paul Weller
(temeres)

35. Emily tries but misunderstands
See Emily Play, Teh Pink Floidz
(redstarrobot; kalypso_v; white_hart)

36. Oh GI Joe put your gun away
Yankee, Go Home, Richard Thompson
(ninebelow)

37. If I worked my hands in wood/would you still love me?
If I Were A Carpenter, Robert Plant
(jhall1)

38. Ten years living in a paper bag
Change Would do You Good, Sheryl Crow
(raspberryfool)

39. Let us be lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together
America, Simon and Garfunkel
(the_wild_iris; toft_froggy; narie; raspberryfool)

40. Said to the man at the railroad station/'I want a ticket, just for one'
Destination: Anywhere, The Commitments
(white_hart)

41. Young teacher, the subject, of schoolgirl fantasy
Don’t Stand So Close to Me, The Police
(white_hart; raspberryfool; astrogirl2; bill_leisner)

42. I’d like to help you doctor yes I really really would
Blood Makes Noise, Suzanne Vega
(katlinel; sugoll)

43. O where are you now/pussy willow that smiled on this leaf?
Dark Globe, Syd Barrett
(iainjcoleman)

44. I begged her not to go and I begged her on my bended knee
One After 909, The Beatles

45. Baby here I am/I’m the man on the scene
Hard to Handle, The Black Crowes
(redstarrobot)

46. The killer awoke before dawn/He put his boots on
The End, The Doors
(toft_froggy; redstarrobot; kalypso_v)

47. I’m the trouble starter/Fucking instigator
Firestarter, The Prodigy
(redstarrobot; white_hart; rivrea; raspberryfool)

48. I see a red door and I want it painted black
Paint it Black, The Rolling Stones
(rivrea; kalypso_v; white_hart; raspberryfool)

49. Shiny shiny shiny boots of leather
Venus in Furs, The Velvet Underground
(toft_froggy; redstarrobot; narie; white_hart)

50. Then something struck me as if it came from up above
Fortune Teller, The Who
(redstarrobot)

51. I was born long ago/I am the chosen, I am the one
Are You Gonna Go My Way? Tom Jones and Robbie Williams

52. Two weeks in a Virginia jail
For My Lover, Tracy Chapman
(the_wild_iris; kalypso_v; white_hart)

53. Every day I have to look to the sun/To see where it was that I have come from
Traveller in Time, Uriah Heep

If you have not had a chance to play yet, you can still have a go and I will believe that you haven't cheated. Despite the obvious honours attached to getting a question right.

Comments

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

14. Just coz I ain’t never ’ad no nothin’ worth havin’
Clever Trevor, Ian Dury and the Blockheads

D'oh!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Gosh, you really were hanging around waiting for the answers!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

PS We are up to 'The Aztecs' in our episode-a-day Who rewatch, and I have been disliking the performance of Tlotoxl so much that today I ended up shouting: "OH JOHN RINGHAM NO!"

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

D'oh for 10, for me too (I only came in yesterday, but those two I know).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I was surprised nobody got that: perhaps I should have included the "uh-huh uh-huh"s ;-)

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

*headdesk* for #20-- I'm actually supposed to be learning that song. Must find more time to practice...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

And what about #30?! I had you pegged for that one!

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know about that one, sadly! I've since found a recording, though, and I'm going to see if the sheet music is available...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

You missed it on 'The Christmas Invasion'?

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that's what it was called, or that it'd been written specially for DW. I thought it was just a UK Christmas song that I'd never heard. :(

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's on the CD of music they released, sung by wotsisname (Neil Hannon?) from the Divine Comedy. But it's Murray Gold singing on 'The Christmas Invasion', IIRC.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Can I be a pedant and point out that Hard to Handle was originally by Otis Redding?

No? Thought not...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I direct the Honourable Member to the text of the question posed: "Sometimes it's not the original: you need to guess which version we are most likely to have on our playlist."

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

*holds hands up*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Argh. #17, 18 and 46 are all on my playlist, too, and I should definitely have recognized #30 as well.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think this game is a lot trickier than it looks.

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

8 - OH COME ON. FOUL!

[mraltariel.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Runs out of the room, madly

*bwahahahahah*

Runs further away

*..........*

even further

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[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME, GADGET!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hee hee hee!

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

See if I ever play with you guys again!

*flounces off*

[ETA - have you ever heard 'Doctor Ammondt'? Elvis' greatest hits - in Latin. The awesomeness can't even be described.]

[raspberryfool.livejournal.com]

Ah, well i guessed Kate Bush - but the wrong song! It seemed familiar and seemed to fit 'The Infant Kiss', which i haven't listened too in a whilst.
I have to admit my musical ignorance. D'oh!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It was a really good guess, though.

(Opening lines to 'The Infant Kiss': "I say good night-night I tuck him in tight. But things are not right. What is this? An infant kiss...")

[temeres.livejournal.com]

I make 34 of those being lines from songs I have never heard, plus others from tracks I've heard maybe once, or just bits of, and mostly a long time ago. I actually correctly identified 10, but was a bit late getting in on the act.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

There were a couple I heard for the first time yesterday, this being a combo playlist with mraltariel.

[sugoll.livejournal.com]

I got 42, but give how shamefully few others I got, it really wasn't worth posting.

Mind you, some of the answers still leave me competely baffled, too...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I was really surprised nobody got 42 before you and katlinel, I thought it was one of those 'gift' ones. Some of the answers left me baffled too: this was our combined playlists!