I decided I'd do this meme again, and since I have about five times as many songs as I did last time I tried it, it seemed reasonable to limit things to one playlist. So - Geography, which has 84 songs in it currently, all with names of places or types of places or geographic features or just place-related ideas. The meme goes:
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty songs that come up that do not give away the name of the song (note: I interpret this as "skip the songs that have the name in the first few lines"). Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless flist guess the song names and artists (where artists are not multiple in possibility). Google is cheating.
So if you'd like to guess, chime in. Some of these are really easy and some I'd be surprised if anyone got, but who knows. [Editing to add correct guesses as they come in.] [Now edited to reveal answers.]
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1. Some folks have the same song and dance, downtown bars and cheap romance, getting off not getting far alone. "Ohio," honeyhoney.
2. Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name? Your way and my way seem to be one and the same. "Country Road," James Taylor, guessed by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ailis_fictive.
3. Well, east coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear. "California Girls," The Beach Boys, guessed byarduinna and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
penwiper26.
4. Down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines daily on the mountaintop. "Jamaica Farewell," Harry Belafonte, guessed byisis.
5. We lived our little drama, we kissed in a field of white. "Stars Fell on Alabama," awesome version with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
6. Up in the highest of heights, O'Hara blinks and fights, this land is yours, this land is mine. "No Man's Land," Sufjan Stevens.
7. Start tearing the old man down, run past the heather and down to the old road. "Omaha," Counting Crows, guessed byyunitsa.
8. I come from the moor and the mountain, from the waterfall and stream. "The Plainsman," Fairport Convention.
9. It was a cold and wet December day when we touched the ground at JFK. "Angel of Harlem," U2.
10. I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside. "Where the Streets Have No Name," U2.
11. I sold my piano, it couldn't come with me, I locked up my bedroom and I walked out into the air. "Washington Square," Counting Crows: another of those "makes me think of Person of Interest" songs.
12. Those mountains in the distance might be our salvation, if we could just get through tonight. "Guatemala," Randall Williams.
13. Alabama, Arkansas, I do love my ma and pa, not the way that I do love you. "Home," Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, guessed byarduinna.
14. When you were a child, you were a tomboy, and your mother laughed at the serious way that you looked at her. "Home Life," Shearwater.
15. You were so smart then, in your jacket and coat; my softest red scarf was warming your throat. "Goodbye England," Laura Marling, guessed byraven and yunitsa.
16. Brooklyn, I'm broken, I'm breaking apart; Greenpoint pins down my hand, Red Hook pierces my heart. "Tourniquet," Hem. Oh, this is gorgeous, people. Makes me wish I lived in Brooklyn.
17. As a young girl, Louis Vuitton, with your mother on a sandy lawn. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," Vampire Weekend.
18. Sitting in a park in Paris, France, reading the news and it sure looks bad. "California," Joni Mitchell, guessed bykivrin.
19. Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC, didn't get to bed last night. "Back in the USSR," the Beatles, guessed bypenwiper26.
20. Along the trail you'll find me loping, where the spaces are wide open, in the land of the old AEC. "The Wild West is Where I Want to Be," Tom Lehrer.
21. I believe, I believe, I believe I'll go back home; I believe, I believe, I believe I'll go back home. [sorry!] "Western Horizon," Robert Junior Lockwood, and anyone who thought "probably a blues song" scores here. :)
22. Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you; Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama. "Kokomo," The Beach Boys, guessed bygiandujakiss and penwiper26.
23. To lead a better life, I need my love to be here. "Here, There, and Everywhere," Beatles (or Paul McCartney in this case). I mean, come on, people.
24. It's over, hang your gun down and eat this simple fare. "Walk Your Valley," Indigo Girls.
25. Away with the buff and the blue, and away with the cap and the feather. "The Hexhamshire Lass," Fairport Convention.
26. Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes, traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies. "Marrakesh Express," Crosby, Stills & Nash.
27. The circus is falling down on its knees, the big top is crumbling down. "Raining in Baltimore," Counting Crows.
28. Often she has gazed from castle windows o'er, and watched the daylight passing within her captive wall. "Fotheringay," Fairport Convention.
29. Summer journeys to Niagara and to other places aggravate all our cares. "Manhattan" (Rodgers and Hart), sung by Ella Fitzgerald.
30. Alabama's got me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest. "Mississippi Goddam," Nina Simone, guessed bynnozomi.
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty songs that come up that do not give away the name of the song (note: I interpret this as "skip the songs that have the name in the first few lines"). Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless flist guess the song names and artists (where artists are not multiple in possibility). Google is cheating.
So if you'd like to guess, chime in. Some of these are really easy and some I'd be surprised if anyone got, but who knows. [Editing to add correct guesses as they come in.] [Now edited to reveal answers.]
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1. Some folks have the same song and dance, downtown bars and cheap romance, getting off not getting far alone. "Ohio," honeyhoney.
2. Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name? Your way and my way seem to be one and the same. "Country Road," James Taylor, guessed by
ailis_fictive.3. Well, east coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear. "California Girls," The Beach Boys, guessed by
arduinna and penwiper26.4. Down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines daily on the mountaintop. "Jamaica Farewell," Harry Belafonte, guessed by
isis.5. We lived our little drama, we kissed in a field of white. "Stars Fell on Alabama," awesome version with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
6. Up in the highest of heights, O'Hara blinks and fights, this land is yours, this land is mine. "No Man's Land," Sufjan Stevens.
7. Start tearing the old man down, run past the heather and down to the old road. "Omaha," Counting Crows, guessed by
yunitsa.8. I come from the moor and the mountain, from the waterfall and stream. "The Plainsman," Fairport Convention.
9. It was a cold and wet December day when we touched the ground at JFK. "Angel of Harlem," U2.
10. I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside. "Where the Streets Have No Name," U2.
11. I sold my piano, it couldn't come with me, I locked up my bedroom and I walked out into the air. "Washington Square," Counting Crows: another of those "makes me think of Person of Interest" songs.
12. Those mountains in the distance might be our salvation, if we could just get through tonight. "Guatemala," Randall Williams.
13. Alabama, Arkansas, I do love my ma and pa, not the way that I do love you. "Home," Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, guessed by
arduinna.14. When you were a child, you were a tomboy, and your mother laughed at the serious way that you looked at her. "Home Life," Shearwater.
15. You were so smart then, in your jacket and coat; my softest red scarf was warming your throat. "Goodbye England," Laura Marling, guessed by
raven and yunitsa.16. Brooklyn, I'm broken, I'm breaking apart; Greenpoint pins down my hand, Red Hook pierces my heart. "Tourniquet," Hem. Oh, this is gorgeous, people. Makes me wish I lived in Brooklyn.
17. As a young girl, Louis Vuitton, with your mother on a sandy lawn. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," Vampire Weekend.
18. Sitting in a park in Paris, France, reading the news and it sure looks bad. "California," Joni Mitchell, guessed by
kivrin.19. Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC, didn't get to bed last night. "Back in the USSR," the Beatles, guessed by
penwiper26.20. Along the trail you'll find me loping, where the spaces are wide open, in the land of the old AEC. "The Wild West is Where I Want to Be," Tom Lehrer.
21. I believe, I believe, I believe I'll go back home; I believe, I believe, I believe I'll go back home. [sorry!] "Western Horizon," Robert Junior Lockwood, and anyone who thought "probably a blues song" scores here. :)
22. Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you; Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama. "Kokomo," The Beach Boys, guessed by
giandujakiss and penwiper26.23. To lead a better life, I need my love to be here. "Here, There, and Everywhere," Beatles (or Paul McCartney in this case). I mean, come on, people.
24. It's over, hang your gun down and eat this simple fare. "Walk Your Valley," Indigo Girls.
25. Away with the buff and the blue, and away with the cap and the feather. "The Hexhamshire Lass," Fairport Convention.
26. Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes, traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies. "Marrakesh Express," Crosby, Stills & Nash.
27. The circus is falling down on its knees, the big top is crumbling down. "Raining in Baltimore," Counting Crows.
28. Often she has gazed from castle windows o'er, and watched the daylight passing within her captive wall. "Fotheringay," Fairport Convention.
29. Summer journeys to Niagara and to other places aggravate all our cares. "Manhattan" (Rodgers and Hart), sung by Ella Fitzgerald.
30. Alabama's got me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest. "Mississippi Goddam," Nina Simone, guessed by
nnozomi.
