According to Donna, it’s an old meme. I’ve never seen it before, and in anycase I haven’t done it before, so here goes.
Step 1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play.
Step 2: Write down the first line from the first 20 songs that play or close to it. (I skipped those where the first line mentioned the name of the song.)
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly
(Btw – using google is cheating. Honor system, no cheating!)
It occurs to me that it’s the sort of thing one should only do with a long list of regular readers/commenters, but what the hey. I’m skipping the songs in Norwegian, btw. Perhaps I’ll do another one with just Norwegian songs later.
1. You can keep the good times, righteousness
2. Never knew I could feel like this, like I’ve never seen the sky before
3. I can’t stop this feeling
4. Girl when you hold me, how you control me
5. I met my love by the gas works wall
6. Come on, Virginia, don’t let me wait
7. When you rise in the morning sun
8. All these little rejections, how they add up quickly
9. You’re a song written by the hands of God
10. What would you think if I sang out a tune (if you also manage to guess whose cover version, I’ll be seriously impressed)
11. The blue around the morning moon, the colour of your eyes
12. I had a dream late last night, the water was running low
13. All my lazy teenage boasts are now high precision ghosts
14. I saw my love walking down the aisle
15. Happiness, it’s been no friend to me, but forever after ain’t what it’s all cracked up to be
16. You were full and fully capable, you were self-sufficient to a point
17. You can dance every dance with the guy who gives you the eye
18. I met a devil woman, she took my heart away
19. Hey, man, it’s been a while, do you remember me?
20. For a long time I was in love
hey, you have a new blog!
10. “With a Little Help From My Friends” – Beatles
18. “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” – BTO
Yes, I do :)
Both correct – except for the cover, but as you so succinctly pointed out in your list, expecting anyone to get that would just be ridiculous.
Hey you!
I find myself doing everything but what I’m supposed to do these days, guessing your songs is much more fun than job hunting.
3. Hooked on a feeling – Bj
Correct, though 3 is the Ally version, i.e. it’s Vonda Shepard singing. 17 was actually Bruce, I think, though I have two versions of the song on my random list.
And no, it’s not Praising. But the internet seems to agree with you on the “a/of” business…