First Line Lyrics Meme

[rj_anderson]

Gacked from infiniteviking:

Step 1: Put iTunes/your music program of choice on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

Rules:
1: No skipping songs because they're embarrassing! (Unless they're just music/a movie)
2: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is cheating!

1. I opened up the pathway of the heart, the flowers died embittered from the start - "I Surrender" by David Sylvian
2. It wasn't rain that washed away, rinsed out the colour of your eyes - "I've Been Losing You" by a-ha
3. Wish you'd never even loved me, it makes it so hard to live without love now - "Wheels" by Lone Justice
4. I never saw sunlight burn as bright, I never felt darkness the way I feel it tonight - "Little Black Heart" by a-ha
5. Opaline through her hair, born on an April tide
6. How did he come here? Who gave him the key? - "A Pagan Place" by The Waterboys
7. Talking about stealing the show, no one would know
8. What did I tell you before when I was up, anxiety was bringing me down - "(All You Do To Me Is) Talk Talk" by Talk Talk
9. Naked girl, don't let the world degrade you - "Bitterness" by the Wild Swans
10. Every day that you pull me under, I don't know what to believe
11. Oh hell, trouble is coming, out here panicking along - "In The Lowlands" by Crowded House
12. I don't know your face no more, or feel the touch that I adore - "We Might As Well Be Strangers" by Keane
13. Some sign of forgiveness, some form of release - "Solace" by a-ha
14. The wounds on your hands never seem to heal - "Forbidden Colours" by David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto
15. That certain night, the night we met, there was magic abroad in the air - "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square", performed by Harry Connick Jr.
16. Hey, what is it with you today?
17. They've stolen the moon, the magic is gone - "Midnight Sun" by David Sylvian
18. He gambles on the saddle, he's pulling at the mane - "Jean the Birdman" by David Sylvian
19. You said that you would carry the torch - "I Will Not Follow" by The Waterboys
20. The hunted look, the haunted grace, the empty laugh that you cultivate - "Who Do You Think You Are?" by Elvis Costello with the Brodsky Quartet
21. If I could only see straight, I wouldn't be lonely these days - "Bittersweetheart" by Ed Harcourt
22. Ooh, ants in my pants
23. Take a look, ask what it's worth and tell me you're a man
24. Waning moon, harbouring a meadowland, I've been waning too
25. No such thing, I'm sure you've mistaken me

Seriously, the majority of these are so obscure that I will be shocked, I tell you, shocked, if anyone gets more than three. In fact I am so sure that nobody will guess three answers that are not all by the same artist, that I promise to write a ficlet for the fandom/character of your choice (assuming it's a fandom I know about) for anyone who does. That's without Googling, remember...

Comments

[peacockharpy.livejournal.com]

2. "I've Been Losing You," a-ha

... ummm, that's all I got.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Got it, yep!

[peacockharpy.livejournal.com]

That was my very first concert... *misty*

That reminds me, I need to rip those CDs. :)

[penwiper26.livejournal.com]

Drawing blanks, unfortunately. But I have a question/request, speaking of music.

Do you happen to have The Secret of Time on file? Because my cassette tape is wearing out and I will not be able to LIVE OMG without "The Secret of Time," "Dear Friend," and "Experience." *clasps hands* Can you help me?

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Alas, I do not. I only ever owned the cassette and I haven't had that for years.

I've got "Big Man's Hat" and "Put the Love Back Into Love", but that's it.

[kneesroverrated.livejournal.com]

If you've got a soundcard that you can connect to a tape player, Audiograbber (http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/) will let you rip wave/mp3 from cassette. Sound quality can be a little dodgy, depending on your equipment and the state of your tapes, but it's better than nothing.

Aw c'mon - it's not THAT hard!

[(Anonymous)]

3. Wheels - Lone Justice
6. A Pagan Place - Waterboys
9. Bitterness - Wild Swans
11. Lowlands - Crowded House
14. Forbidden Colours - Sylvian/Sakamoto
19. I Will Not Follow - Waterboys
21. Bittersweetheart - Ed Harcourt

Re: Aw c'mon - it's not THAT hard!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Ladies and gentlemen, my brother Pete, with whom I share a musical brain. Give the man a hand!

[avarill.livejournal.com]

#13 - "Solace" by Aha... ?

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yep! I knew people would get the a-ha ones...

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

Number four looks suspiciously like Lady in eEd - Chris de Burgh - although I shouldn't even admit to recognising it!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

EW NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*scrubs eye sockets with brillo pads*

That would only be my MOST HATED SONG OF ALL TIME. And it starts "I've never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight", so I can see why you might have made the association, but... ech.

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

Ha, yes, you're right. I feel good now I coudln't remember the first line!!


(and typos!! Lady in Red!)

[celisnebula.livejournal.com]

#1 is I surrender by David Sylvian
#20 is Who do you think you are by my favorite Elivs... Elivs Costello

All the other ones I know are taken :oS

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Good-oh! I'm glad somebody got the Elvis. *marks them down*

[sibylle]

18 - Jean the birdman?

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yes! Well done! I was surprised none of the other Sylvian fans caught it.

[cepage.livejournal.com]

#15 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
I know Harry Connick Jr. sang this, and I'm pretty sure others did too...I should probably google the original composer at some point.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

You got it, and it was the Harry Connick Jr. version too! Well done.

[(Anonymous)]

12--Sunshine, by my mostest favoritest band of all time, Keane!

Love that song, too. ^_^

ISJ

[(Anonymous)]

EEK! Only it's not Sunshine!! It's "We Might as Well Be Strangers"!! Sorry, I was taking a random guess off the back of the case...

And may I just say, for one really geeky moment, that the melody line and chord progression at the end of the first verse made me nearly cry the first time I heard the song...

ISJ, embarrassed

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

It is lovely, isn't it? And yes, you were right the second time around. :)

[stmarysalice.livejournal.com]

I'll take a stab at this.

#4 "Little Black Heart" (A-Ha)
You say it's getting better you say it's all right But I never felt darkness like I feel it tonight Little Black Heart. I haven't heard that song in ages.

#8 "The Party's Over" (Talk-Talk)? It's been a while but I'm pretty sure that's right.

#17 Midnight Sun (David Sylvian)

That's all I know.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Fabulous! And for that, you win a fur-lined soap dish ficlet! Just let me know what fandom/characters you'd like to see.

[stmarysalice.livejournal.com]

Really? I won? Let's see, for a ficlet I think I want to see something with the new Doctor Who. You can use which ever characters want to be written, I'm not particular.

(Every time I read or think of a "fur lined soap dish" I have to wipe my hand off because I can feel it and it is just that gross. I'm so glad I didn't actually win one.)

[infiniteviking]

Wow, I don't know any of these! They sound interesting, though -- might check some of them out.

[nia-starr.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* I didn't even get a single one on your list! That's ok, I liked the meme so much I grabbed it from you and posted my own! I'm intrigued by all the David Sylvian on your list--you'd recommend him?

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

I adore him, but his music is quite unusual and avant-garde at times... I mostly prefer his lyrical stuff, as it tends to be less experimental and more accessible than the instrumental pieces. Though not always.

Secrets of the Beehive and Dead Bees on a Cake are probably his most readily listenable albums.