Dawn of the Meme

[thessalian]

Yes, folks, it's the lyrics meme that will never, ever die, courtesy nightskywarlock. You know the drill by now, so...


1) Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
A-Ha, "Take on Me"; guessed by bibliogirl (and, just moments later, leopard_lady)

2) I'll send you love letters straight from my heart, fucker!
Pop Will Eat Itself, "Pretty, Pretty"

3) I've got to get this crossword done
Of everything you've said
Love Spit Love, "Jigsaw"

4) Gonna chase you 'til your hair turns blue
Spiderbait, "Run"

5) I'm turning it around like a knife in a shell
I wanna understand why but I'm hurting myself
Slipknot, "My Plague" (from the Resident Evil OST)

6) When you find out
It's a big surprise (right between the eyes)
Violent Femmes, "America Is"

7) The waste the and fever and hate
How I wish you were with me now
New Order, "In a Lonely Place"

8) I want to
I want to be someone else or I'll explode
Radiohead, "Talk Show Host", guessed by caira

Extra Credit Track:
Habitavit
Dormivit
Caelo missus rex
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children OST, "Divinity I"

9) Nymphomaniac is back on crack
It's like 'When Animals Attack'
Weird Al, "Jerry Springer", guessed by futuaris

10) Break all the fucking rules and
Go to hell with Superman and
Die like a champion, yeah-hey!
Bad Religion, "Do What You Want"

11) Come here; I split my heart in two
But you don't have it in you, do you?
Katatonia, "Leaders"

12) You say to me I don't talk enough
But when I do, I'm a fool
EMF, "Unbelievable", guessed by bibliogirl

13) Fast track up, no time for cool
There must have been a hole in the Golden Rule
At least you get the week off school...
Frenzal Rhomb, "All The Kids Are Having Kids"

14) Every night they'd share a cigarette
But the ancient, angry gods got in the way
Hoodoo Gurus, "Leilani", guessed by amathela

15) Try to detect it
It's not too late
Devo, "Whip It", guessed by tolshak

16) This is where the ghosts hide (now it's gone)
This is where the truth lies (move along)
Rob Zombie, "Ride"

17) Rocky Picture has lost his gun
Leave him out now; he's having fun
Duran Duran, "Friends of Mine", guessed by bibliogirl, and I think dodgyhoodoo might be kicking himself...

18) They are frightened and they're scared
If you don't stare
Smashing Pumpkins, "Cherub Rock"

19) Half the joy of leaving was the space I left behind
Laika, "Black Cat Bone", guessed by caira

20) We look for answers in these catatonic, dying bloodshot eyes
Ministry, "Bad Blood", guessed by ninja_arzt

It's going to be another one of those situations where people get about four or five of them and I start getting worried about my music collection being too obscure, isn't it?

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

1) Take On Me, A-Ha
17) Friends Of Mine, Duran Duran
12) Unbelievable, EMF

I'm sure I ought to know 6, and I suspect it's the band we saw supporting Iron Maiden just before Christmas, but I can't remember their name nor the track title.

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yes.

And as for 6 ... I seriously doubt it - support bands tend to at least fit in the same essential genre as the main act, right?

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Digging back suggests that I was thinking of Trivium, so I'm sure I'm wrong about the track (and I also discounted a Bowie track while I was at it)

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

1) Take On Me, A-Ha

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but bibliogirl beat you.

[futuaris.livejournal.com]

9) Weird Al - Jerry Springer

[amathela.livejournal.com]

14 - Leilani, Hoodoo Gurus

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Yes! Huzzah! One of the ones I thought no one would get!

[caira.livejournal.com]

8) Radiohead, ‘Talk Show Host’

19) Laika, ‘Kitty Cat Bone‘ (here kitty kitty kitty . . . love that one)

What, a too-obscure music collection? No such thing . . .

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes, but how are you not getting 4?!?

[caira.livejournal.com]

Colossal blonde moment? (I wound up Googling 18 because I knew I knew it, I just didn't know it . . . )

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

I suppose 'colossal blond moment' would cover it, seeing as it's because of you (and Lew, I suppose) that I got into that particular band in the first place!

[caira.livejournal.com]

That, and having looked it up, I don't have that album of theirs . . .

[tolshak.livejournal.com]

#15
Try to detect it
It's not too late
To whip it. Whip it good.

Devo's "Whip It", natch.

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

You are gorgeous. Yes.

[ninja-arzt.livejournal.com]

Would number 20 be "Bad Blood" by Ministry, perchance?

J

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Yes. And dodgyhoodoo's response when he found this out was to smack himself in the forehead, dance around in the dodgyhoodoo patented "I Feel Like A Moron" dance and scream, "ARGH! It's not like I've been listening to that track for ten years or anything...!"

wheeeeee...

[ninja-arzt.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what dodgyhoodoo looks like, but that still has put a very interesting (in a good way) image in my head.

Thank you.

J