Bored meme

[alpharaposa]

step 1: listen to all your songs on random
step 2: post the first line from the first 20 songs
step 3: let everyone you know guess and post what song and artist the lines come from.
step 4: cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly
step 5: looking them up on google is cheating

EDIT: Pencils down! Time's up! Answers for the unguessed in bold.

1. People livin' their lives for you on TV, they say they're better 'n' you and you agree. Jewel, Who Will Save Your Soul? (drewtiggy)
2. A single thread in the tapestry, though its color brightly shines... Prince of Egypt soundtrack, Through Heaven's Eyes (anher)
3. Where did you leave your baby? Fastball, Which Way to the Top?
4. Don't let me down. The Beatles, Don't Let Me Down
5. Peaches in the summertime; apples in the fall. Tobasco Donkeys (anher) Shady Grove (aefenglommung)
6. I've been thinkin' 'bout the good old days. Fastball G.O.D. (Good Old Days) (siege)
7. Let us agree that we will be signs of the life to come. Lost and Found (anher) Fruit We Bear (aefenglommung)
8. Write myself a simple song, get the whole world to sing along. I'll call it a love song for you. Kenny Rogers, Love Lifted Me (aefenglommung)
9. And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson. Jesus loves you more than you will know. Simon and Garfunkel, Mrs Robinson (anher)
10. I hear the drizzle of the rain; like a memory it falls. Simon & Garfunkel, Kathy's Song (ariston)
11. A woman came up to me and said, "I'd like to poison your mind..." They Might Be Giants, Whistling in the Dark (anher)
12. I wanna be a new creation. Lost and Found (anher) New Creation (aefenglommung)
13. Let the phone ring; let's go back to sleep. Jewel (anher) Morning Song
14. These here days, they count for something. Lost and Found (anher) These Days (aefenglommung)
15. The mama pajama rolled out of bed, and she ran to the police station. Simon and Garfunkel, Me and Julio (Down by the Schoolyard)
16. Pressure pushin' down on me, pressin' down on you... Queen (w/ David Bowie), Under Pressure (anher)
17. Here we are; born to be kings. Queen, Princes of the Universe (xaq)
18. I wish I had a coat of silk the color of the sky. The Great Gonzo, The Wishing Song
19. Whenever life gets you down, Mrs Brown... Monty Python, The Galaxy Song (anher)
20. Pulled into Nazareth; was feelin' 'bout half past dead. Tobasco Donkeys, The Weight (anher)

Comments

[xaq.livejournal.com]

Dang, I know that I know a bunch of these, but only one's coming to mind.

17. Queen - Princes of the Universe.

[anher.livejournal.com]

2. Through Heaven's Eyes
5. Tobasco Donkeys
7. Lost & Found
9. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
11. Whistling in the Dark - They Might Be Giants
12. Lost & Found
13. Jewel
14. Lost & found
16. Under Pressure - Queen (w/ David Bowie)
19. The Galaxy Song - Monty Python
20. The Weight - Tobasco Donkeys

[yechezkiel.livejournal.com]

10. Simon & Garfunkle, Kathy's Song

[aefenglommung.livejournal.com]

No. 5 is "Shady Grove."
No. 8 is "Love Lifted Me," Kenny Rogers.

[drewtiggy.livejournal.com]

1: Jewel, "Save Your Soul"

[stryck.livejournal.com]

Any particular reason for the icon? Is that irked or bored?

[drewtiggy.livejournal.com]

Not really, went for a different picture (this one), but didn't remember I had to re-upload it.

[zeeth_kyrah]

6: "Good Old Days", by Fastball
18: I'm going to guess "Jacob's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", from the play (I forget who wrote the music). I'm probably wrong.

[aefenglommung.livejournal.com]

7. "Fruit we bear"
12. "New creation" ?
14. "These here days" ?