Lyrics quiz - the extremely evil version

[ckd]

Random? Shuffle? First lines? Bah.

It's time for a themed lyrics quiz. The theme? You'll see. Bwahahaha!

Okay, some of them will be easy. Some of them were sure a pain in the butt to transcribe, though.

1. Daht da-da dit, daht da-da dit, da da da-da da da da dit "Tom's Diner", DNA featuring Suzanne Vega, kjc007
   
2. Tra-da-lan-da, tra-da-lan-da, tra-da-lan-da, tra-da-lan-da, da-da-da-un-diddle-un-diddle-un-diddle-ah-da-da. "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", The Proclaimers, timprov
   
3. Doo doo de do do, de do do, de do do, de do do do do do do-do do do doot.
   
4. Naa, na na na na, na na na na, na na na na-na nah, na na na nah. "Land of 1000 Dances", Wilson Pickett, neonnurse
   
5. Oh! Oh ee oh ee oh. "Jungle Love", The Time, amberdine & moof
   
6. Do-do do do, do-do do do, do-do do do do do do do.
   
7. Laaa, la la la la laaa, la la la la laaa, la la la la laaaa.
   
8. Ah, yla-ah-ya-ah, la-ya-yah, yla-ah-ya-ah, la-ah-aa-ah. "Dreams", The Cranberries, siderea
   
9. De do do do, de da da da. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", The Police, tober
   
10. Oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla-walla bing bang. "Witch Doctor", The Music of David Seville, tober
    
11. Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", Bananarama, neonnurse
    
12. Coo coo ca-choo "Mrs. Robinson", Simon and Garfunkel, tober
    
13. Goo goo ga joob "I Am The Walrus", The Beatles, tober
    
14. Coo loo coo coo coo coo coo-coo, coo loo coo coo coo coo coo-coo. "Take Off", Bob & Doug McKenzie, neonnurse
    
15. Yipyipyipyipyipyip, sha-na-na-nah, sha-na-na-na-na, ba-doom. "Get A Job", The Silhouettes, tober
    

ETA: minor transcription change to #3.

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

I think Dave Barry once wrote that the reason they play that "Hey, hey, goodbye" song at ballparks is that most of the crowd can remember most of the words.

[tober.livejournal.com]

I recognize more than I can name, but I think the following are right:
9. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", The Police
10. "The Witch Doctor", David Seville
12. "Mrs. Robinson", Simon and Garfunkel
13. "I Am The Walrus", The Beatles
15. "Get A Job", Sha Na Na (?)

[xthread.livejournal.com]

Doo wa ditty, ditty dum, ditty doo...

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

A number of years ago, a friend made me a CD that he called "Aphasia." It contains such songs as "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" and "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm."

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

4. Land of 1000 Dances
10. Witch Doctor
11. Kiss Her Goodbye
12. Mrs. Robinson
13. I Am the Walrus
14. Theme from the Great White North

I probably should know more, but I'm hindered by the cold medication.

[carbonel]

The first one sounds rather like the beginning of Beethoven's 5th, but I rather assume not.

[ckd]

9, 10, 12, 13: correct
15: the version I have is by the Silhouettes, but yes.

[ckd]

4, 10, 12, 13: correct
11: close enough, I have the Bananarama cover
14: full credit (also used in "Take Off", which is the one I have)

[ckd]

No, all of these are actually sung. (Though an acapella version of Beethoven's 5th would be an interesting experience....)

[kjc.livejournal.com]

No no no! It's Tom's Diner!

[amberdine.livejournal.com]

5: Prince - "Jungle Love"

[secretagentmoof]

Morris Day and the Time, actually.

[amberdine.livejournal.com]

Sorry. ;)

[mg4h.livejournal.com]

Friends of mine came up with something similar for just Yes songs, nothing else. They called it the profound lyrics quiz. Heh.

[siderea]

8. "Dreams" by the Cranberries?

[siderea]

BTW, this is the coolest lyrics quiz ever. :)

[timprov.livejournal.com]

#2 is "1,000 Miles" by The Proclaimers, yes?

[ckd]

Yup!

[ckd]

Half right; as moof noted; not Prince, but The Time.

[ckd]

Right-o!

[ckd]

The song's official title is "I'm Gonna Be", but yes.

[timprov.livejournal.com]

Whatever it's called, it's the one with the mohels.

Is #7 "Self-Esteem" by The Offspring?

[ckd]

Is #7 "Self-Esteem" by The Offspring?

Nope.

[mdyesowitch.livejournal.com]

Where's:
Too rah loh rah too rah loo rah ayyye!
I can hear 7 but I can't put the rest of the words to it. Which is very irritating.

But I had a question for you, so I'm going to post anyway. How do you feel about card games?

[ckd]

Which ones? I like card games in general, though I haven't necessarily learned them all (like bridge, never figured out the whole bidding thing).

[mdyesowitch.livejournal.com]

Specifically, how do you feel about betatesting a card game.
See, I had this dream....
/begin flashback

/end flashback

Anyway, I dreamt about telling my mother and grandmother about this great new game I'd thought up. It was a Rummy varient that featured a wildcard "bar" that you could put over any card to turn that card into a wildcard.
Every player had two bars to start the game.

[siderea]

3. Mhna-mhna. The only version I know is on Sesame Street.