3.06.2012

you're stuck in my head like a love song

March 6: adventitious
Romantic advances that are solely adventitious - made only when purely external circumstances make the situation ripe - are hardly "romantic" at all. Out of sight, out of mind.

PUT YOUR MUSIC PLAYER ON SHUFFLE AND ANSWER
  • Song #1
    Artist: Death Cab for Cutie
    Title: "For What Reason"
    What is the very first lyric in the song? "This won't be the last you'll hear from me--it's just the start"
    Is that lyric significant to you in any way? no, it sounds a bit too stalkerish even for me
    What is the 4th line of the song? "When your apologies fail to ring true"
    Does that line make you think of a certain person? not at the moment
    What is your favorite lyric in this song? "I hope that he keeps you up for weeks like you did to me"
  • Song #2
    Artist: Alkaline Trio
    Title: "Eating Me Alive"
    What is the last lyric of the song? "Eating me alive."
    Replace the 2nd word of that lyric with the word "potato": "Eating potato alive."
    What is the 9th line of the song? "And you can sit there and tell me that I didn't try"
    What if that lyric was the new theme song to Sesame Street? the Muppets would be confused.
    What lyric in this song do you relate to the most or find to be the truest? "How the fuck can something be so wrong and so right?
    All the wrong words but all the right parts."
    (Likewise, not too Muppet-y.)
  • Song #3
    Artist: Johnny Cash
    Title: "I Still Miss Someone"
    What is the chorus of this song? "Oh, no I never got over those blue eyes
    I see them everywhere
    I miss those arms that held me
    When all the love was there"

    If someone you like sang the chorus to you would it be romantic? good God, no
    What movie soundtrack would this song be perfect for? something depressing?!
    Pick one word in the title of this song that you could name a pet: Still
  • Song #4
    Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
    Title: "The Boxer"
    What is the first lyric in this song? "I am just a poor boy."
    What if your opinion of the entire song was based on that one lyric? it's not so skewed.
    What if your #2 on MySpace quoted the last lyric of the song to you? since I don't have MySpace (and neither does anyone else that I know), I'd say that if one of my friends sang the last line--"the fighter still remains"--to me, I'd be happy with that.
    If this song title was a movie title, what would the movie be about?...boxing.
  • Song # 5
    Artist: Slipknot
    Title: "All Hope is Gone"
    What is the most offensive/vulgar lyric in this song? "I am the worm of a pure gestation/
    I am the remedy, spit in my face."

    What if the 1st word in the song title was replaced with the word "hooker": it might improve the whole enterprise!
    What is the 10th line of the song? "but we're also the solution"
    Does that lyric remind you of a situation you've been in? oh, sure. It's a sort of diatribe against an unsatisfactory political situation that fails to meet the needs of the songwriter; I've felt that way plenty of times.
    Does this song have a deep meaning, or is it just straightforward? it's, er, pretty straightforward.
  • Song #6
    Artist: Elvis Presley
    Title: "Too Much"
    What if your last name was included in the song title? bizarre to the nth degree...--as it would be in nearly any song not sung by Shakira, or prehaps Charo
    What is the 5th line in the song? "You do all the livin'"
    Would that line be a good catch phrase for a commercial? I suppose? For luxury cars or something similar?
    Is that your favorite? nah, I'm more of a "Suspicious Minds" fan.
  • Song #7
    Artist: Cee Lo Green
    Title: "No One's Gonna Love You"
    What if the 1st word in the Artist name was replaced with the word "poop": Poop Lo Green?! Ha!
    What is the funniest lyric in this song? it's not really that kind of song
    What is the 8th lyric in this song? "And anything to make you smile"
    What if there was a restaurant named from the 1st and 5th word of that lyric: And You wouldn't be a bad name for a restaurant. I'd try it.
    Is the word "heart" anywhere in the entire song? nope, though the entire song's about it
  • Song #8
    Artist: Jim White
    Title: "Use Me"
    What if Marilyn Manson did a cover of this song? it wouldn't surprise me in the least. This song was written and originally recorded by Bill Withers, but has since been covered by a wide variety of artists, including:
    • Better Than Ezra
    • Hootie & the Blowfish
    • Mick Jagger & Lenny Kravitz
    • Grace Jones
    • Liza Minelli
    • Junior Wells
    • Alicia Keys & Rob Thomas
    • Ben Harper
    • Isaac Hayes
    • Al Jarreau
    • Fiona Apple
    What is the chorus of this song? "I want to spread the news
    that if it feels this good getting used
    Oh, you just keep on using me
    until you use me up"

    What if your #5 MySpace friend called you and sang the chorus to you? yeah, still don't have MySpace. But if anybody wants to call me and sing this to me - and mean it - go crazy.
    What is the last lyric in the song? "'Cause I sure am using you to do the things you do/
    Ah ha to do the things you do"

    Is that the best lyric in the song? this song is golden. This version isn't my favorite, but I do love this song - the whole thing is the best.
  • Song #9
    Artist: Prince
    Title: "Head"
    Would the title of this song make a good title for a Stephen King book? yep, total perfection
    What is the 12th line in this song? "So full of spunk"
    Do you even like that lyric at all? erk, not so much
    Do you know all the words to this song? there are no words in this song with which I am unfamiliar...
    What kind of mood does this song put you in? the mood to purge my iTunes
  • Song #10
    Artist: Jim Croce
    Title: "Tomorrow's Going to be a Brighter Day"
    Replace the 3rd word in the Title with the word "beaver": no, thank you.
    What is the 7th line in this song? "And pearls from a summer sea"
    Does that lyric bring up any memories? yep, it reminds me of the the bay city trip. Good times.
    Would this song be good in a fight scene in movie? not even close.
    What is your favorite lyric in this song? upon close inspection, these lyrics look a lot like a repeat offender making excuses for crap behavior. "I'll change - I promise!" I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way.
[part three of many--from The Cat, who got it here; the title quotation is from "Eating me Alive" by Alkaline Trio]

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