Care to Try Again?

[shanmonster]

No one ever did identify the songs from which these lyrics spring. Care to make another attempt? A few of these really ought to be easy!

1. "X, Y, and Z, Xerox your zombies then there's nothing here but life 101." - "Life 101" by Call Me Alice (fairinamorata)
2. "But the gentlemen friends who used to call, they never did seem to mind at all--they came to the wrong side of the track." - Two Little Girls From Little Rock by Marilyn Monroe (fairinamorata)
3. "Over the ground there comes a sound; it is the drum, drum, drum of hoof-beats in the sand."
4. "Monday she got me arrested, On Tuesday up in jail, Wednesday my trail was attested, Thursday she posted my bail." - Tom Jones - Black Betty
5. "Old man swearing at the sidewalk. I am overcome."
9. "You want to cuss and fight in the basement. The kid want to cuss and fight in the basement." - Black Rooster by The Kills (fairinamorata)
16. "As he went to turn his head, Little Bobby shot him dead."
17. "I'm trying to land this aeroplane of ours gracefully, but it seems just destined to crash." - So Broken by Bjork (fairinamorata)
18. "Be quiet. I just need to hear myself think."
19. "Swallowing diamonds a cutting throat your teeth when you grin." - Dazzle by Siouxsie and the Banshees (goth_hobbit)

Comments

[o-lucky-man.livejournal.com]

#4 is Leadbelly's On A Monday. I don't know if it's the Leadbelly, Johnny Cash, or Ry Cooder version, though. I don't know the rest. :(

I'm sure when you post the answers I'll have a few "Oh yeahs" though.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever heard that song. Maybe it does share some common lyrics. But that ain't it! Sorry....

[o-lucky-man.livejournal.com]

hm okay--maybe it's just a different title. What is #4, then?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Tom Jones - Black Betty

[o-lucky-man.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks! I should have got that--I love Tom Jones.

Maybe I'll stick to games I'm better at! :D

Taking a stab

[fairinamorata.livejournal.com]

1. Is Life 101 but darned if I can remember the artist. Think it's Call Me Alice

2. The lovely Marilyn Monroe ... Two Girls from Little Rock from Gentleman Prefer Blondes.

9. The Kills - Black Rooster

17. Bjork??

18. Siouxsie and the Banshees

Perhaps all those years of managing a music store did pay off. So teacher ... how'd I do???

Re: Taking a stab

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Not too shabby!

1. is "Call Me Alice" by Rasputina.

You correctly identified 2 and 9.

17. is "So Broken" by Bjork.

18. is not Siouxsie, but 19 is....

[23od.livejournal.com]

I just added you. Hope you don't mind...

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Not at all! Welcome....

Darn it.

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

It's not that I don't want to play, but I don't know any of those. You've stumped me! Congratulations.

Re: Darn it.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Granted, it is a highly eclectic bunch of songs I listed, and a good portion of them are very uncommon.

[goth-hobbit.livejournal.com]

#19 -- "Dazzle"; Siouxsie & the Banshees. I love that song.
Actually, I love just about everything that Siouxsie and the boys have set to vinyl.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Right you are!

[palacia.livejournal.com]

Number one is not actually by rasputina, it just got labelled as them on a download a long time ago and spread. Call me Alice is the band and the songs title is 'life 101'.
A lot of people make that mistake, I did for a while until I got told off by someone.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That's good to know! Call Me Alice does sound a fair bit like Rasputina to me, though, so I guess it's no surprise so many people have fallen for the misinformation.