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[labellementeuse]

Aaaaand it's been awhile since I did the lyric meme, and I'm booooored. So! You know the drill, 20 songs, random select, favourite lyrics, I post 'em, you guess artist & title.

1. I'm asking you please no!
It isn't right, it isn't fair,
there was no parking anywhere!
The Parking Ticket/No Parking - OMWF
sennical promptly followed by a good half dozen others including the information that Marti Noxon sings this, which I never knew!

2. Now when the radical priest come to get me released
We was all on the cover of Newsweek.
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon
manic_subbie

3. And if I seem awful distrusting I am
You said you wouldn't do it again,
You said we wouldn't do it again.
Time that you go,
Time for you to see,
You're not helping yourself by hurting me.
Better - Brooke Fraser
shoeless_girl

4. Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gaberdine suit was a spy;
I said, be careful, his bowtie is really a camera.
America - Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel

5. No man could understand,
My power is in my own hands
Ooh- people talk about you,
People say you've had your day.
Princes of the Universe - Queen
botrytis

6. Dreamin' awhile, schemin' awhile,
you're sure to find happiness,
and I guess, all of those things
you've always pined for.
I Can't Give You Anything by Love - The NZ Secondary Schools' Choir
-- Catherine D, who saw this and actually texted me in her glee; congrats, Cat. :P

7. Love ends in a fire,
Fire through the streets,
Set them alight.
Say After Me - Bic Runga
chattycheese

8. Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight,
Gotta kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight.
Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies
nenfea

9. Baby's good to me,
You know she's happy as can be,
You know she said so.
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
nenfea

10. Snakes in the grass beneath our feet,
Rain in the clouds above,
Some moments last forever,
and some flare out in love.

11. And as for me, as for me
I made my mind up back in Chelsea,
When I go I'm going like Elsie!
Cabaret - Liza Minelli (Cabaret OST)
keymash

12. So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen.
Your Song - Ewan McGregor et al (Moulin Rouge OST)
keymash

13. And sappy songs about sex and cheating
Bland accounts of two lovers meeting
Make me want to give mankind a beating.
And you might say it's self-destructive,
But you see I'd kick the bucket
Fifty times before I'd kick the habit.
Bad Habit - The Dresden Dolls
manic_subbie

14. To be together in this air we breathe,
You say forever, but I know you've gotta go
What is it you are, are you a dream?

15. And though you say that it's OK with you
Although today has run away from you
I won't believe you tonight.

16. But now she might leave
Like she's threatened before
Grab hold of her fast
Before her feet leave the floor
And she's out the door
'cause you want
to keep her in your pocket
You've Got Her In Your Pocket - The White Stripes
manic_subbie

17. Her whole world's come undone
From looking straight into the sun.
Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith
keymash

18. Blood loss in a bathroom stall
Southern girl with a scarlet drawl
Wave good-bye to ma and pa
Scar Tissue - RHCP
chattycheese

19. Things ain't cooking in my kitchen,
Strange affliction wash over me.
Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire
Couldn't conquer the blue sky.
Weather With You - Crowded House
manic_subbie

20. With the lights on, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us.
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
keymash

Every time I do this meme I remember just how much Simon & Garfunkel I have on here (about one and a half gigs, which is not insignificant on a 40G harddrive.) I, um, cheat with this meme, and only put on the first two S&G songs. :P Otherwise it would be about half them - I don't know why, as I do have another 15 or so gigs of, you know, different artists. Just one of those things, I guess.

Comments

[sennical.livejournal.com]

1) "The Parking Ticket" - Once More With Feeling (Yay Buffy!)

And... I don't know any of the others. Heh.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Heh. But correct!

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

7: Bic (yay!). Er, whats it called- Stay after me? Somehting like that. Yeah.

18: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Scar Tissue (I love that song)

...and that last one sound really familiar. But I can't place it. Erm.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Correct, correct, and the last one is awfully famous so, probably. :P

WHERE IS DAWSON'S CREEK, TUI. WHY ARE YOU IGNORING ME. >:o

[keymash.livejournal.com]

11. "Stepping Out/Cabaret" - OK, I confess, I only know this because Me First & The Gimme Gimmes did a version :P

12. "Your Song" - Elton John (and I only know this one from Moulin Rouge!)

17. "Janie's Got A Gun" - Aerosmith (this one was legit knowledge!)

20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana (kind of hate the first two people who commented here for not knowing this one.)

Re: WHERE IS DAWSON'S CREEK, TUI. WHY ARE YOU IGNORING ME. >:o

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I ASSURE YOU I AM NOT IGNORING YOU except in the sense of not replying to your comments because I am HUGELY HUMILIATED. I keep ringing my brother (from my actual cellphone so you can comfort yourself that I'm costing myself money, or something) and he keeps being a spaz BUT he will either take it in in the next two days OR I will when I visit wellington on Friday. PROMISE.

Next time: postal service.

Also, those are all correct, and since #12 is actually the moulin rouge version that is totally legit knowledge. :P

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

4. America - don't know if it's Simon and Garfunkel or Paul Simon solo, but I had to play it for guitar lessons back in the day ^_^
9. She's A Woman - the Beatles

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

It'ds S&G. and 9 is beatles but no-one seems to know the title! IT IS A MYSTERY.

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

OI I do!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

... Well, it's not "She's a Woman," honey. :P

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

Dammit!

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

1. The No Parking song from BTVS, sung by Marti Noxon.
2. Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
9. Er, I know it's The Beatles and I can sing quite a bit of it, but I have no idea what it's called. *facepalm*
12. My Song
13. The Dresden Dolls, Bad Habit (man, I haven't listened to them in aaaages!)
16. The White Stripes. I can't quite remember the title. You've Got Her In Your Pocket? Something Something In Your Pocket.
18. RHCP - Scar Tissue
19. Weather With You - Crowded House
20. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (or possibly Richard Cheese, I bet he's done a cover)

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

12. Your song. *facepalm again* I'm very selfcentred this morning. ;)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Hee, all correct. :D

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

2. Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Simon

19. Weather With You - Crowded House

3 is on the tip of my tongue - or fingers - but I just can't quite remember the title. Dammit.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

right and right. :)

[shoeless-girl.livejournal.com]

Most of the ones I knew have already been guessed, but number three is Brooke Fraser's first release, which I love, but can't think the name of. (Which was brilliant English).

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's "bette", btw. :P

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*better* (I am smrt.)

[dryadwoman.livejournal.com]

#9 being "She said so" by the Beatles
Although I doubt I'm the first to get it!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

It is the Beatles, but no-one seems to know the title, I'm afraid! :D heheh.

[dryadwoman.livejournal.com]

Gah.

Is it "I feel fine"?

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Bingo! :D

[dryadwoman.livejournal.com]

*Bounces* I WIN!

[nenfea.livejournal.com]

#8 is Lovers in a Dangerous Time...I know the Barenaked Ladies did a cover of it, but I'm not sure who did it originally. #9 is I Feel Fine by The Beatles.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

XD Both correct! (It was the BNL version.)

[botrytis.livejournal.com]

#5 is Princes of the Universe, Queen?

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Yay! Good job. :P

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

Ok, feeling like a huge asshat for not being able to get any of the songs that are left...and here I was thinking I do a good impression of a music geek! :P Might have to try again later...

But, I must comment on your fantastic taste in music, in regards to song number 16! The White Stripes= hot love. I am going to marry Jack White. You've Got Her In Your Pocket is an awesome song...so chilling and creepy and posessive, but yet Jack sings it so sweetly and tenderly and you can't help falling for him all the more. Actually Elephant as a whole is a brilliant album.

"It's quite possible I'm your third man, girl. But it's a fact I'm the seventh son...." Awesome.

Ooooh, and buy the way I now have Dear Catastrophe Waitress on my iPod. Absolutely. Freaking. Brilliant.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*grin* Well, there's only three left, so I'll forgive you if you don't get them (especially because none of them are exactly, you know, smash hits.)

I like Elephant a lot too, actually, although I'm not an obsessive WS fan or anything.

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

Aw, and Lovers in a Dangerous Time is originally by a Canadian singer/songwriter dude called Bruce Cockburn. I only know that cos there's a sneaky wee reference to it in a song called God Part II by U2, from the Rattle and Hum album.

No, I'm not obsessed at all...*snerk*

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Hey, obsession is a-OK by me! :D