20 First Lines Meme

[wellinghall]

1. Send a message out to Earth control
Starfleet - Brian May & Friends - miss_t_ide
2. A love-struck Romeo, sings a streetsuss serenade
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet - gayalondiel
3. Hey Mr Dreamseller, where have you been
Meet me on the corner - Lindisfarne - miss_t_ide
4. In the half-tone light of a young morning, she sighs and shifts on the pillow
Pussy Willow - Jethro Tull - miss_t_ide
5. Ooo you make me live, whatever this world can give to me
Queen - You're My Best Friend - gayalondiel
6. When I’m gone, don’t stop to wonder if I ever think of you
Queen - Teo Torriate (Let us cling together) - miss_t_ide
7. On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turn back time
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart - niterobin
8. Walked in the cold air, freezing breath on a window plane
Vienna - Ultravox - miss_t_ide
9. Buddy you're a boy make a big noise, playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
Queen - We Will Rock You - gayalondiel
10. I was a post-war baby in a small Scots town, I was three years old when we moved down south
Post World War II Blues - Al Stewart - miss_t_ide
11. Warning lights are flashing down at quality control, somebody threw a spanner and they threw him in the hole
Dire Straits - Industrial Disease - white_hart
12. It's one o'clock and time for lunch, when the sun beats down and I lie on the bench
I know what I like (in your wardrobe) - Genesis - miss_t_ide
13. Goodbye love, didn't know what time it was the lights were low oh ho
Starman - David Bowie - miss_t_ide
14. Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
15. A long, long time ago, I can still remember
Don McLean - American Pie - gayalondiel
16. On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - gayalondiel
17. Easy when you're number one, everybody say you're having fun
Status Quo - Living on an Island - alitalf
18. Night fell fast like it did in the past when the phone rang twice and a voice said, "I think I'm alone"
Living in an island - Boomtown Rats - miss_t_ide
19. I found smog at the end of my rainbow, I found my thoughts shift slowly into phase
20. Grand piano

Comments

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

2 Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet (one of Navyboy and my favourites!)
5 Queen - You're My Best Friend
9 Queen - We Will Rock You
15 Don McLean - American Pie
16 Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth(Hot Summer Night)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

All correct.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

#14 Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles

I'm sure I know #1, but I just can't place it!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

14 - right song, but a look at my past entries might give you a hint as to which version I was actually listening to
1 - this was a bit mean of me, but my FList stands as good a chance of getting it as any group would, I think

[white_hart]

2 Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
7 Year of the Cat? But I can never remember who it's by.
9 Queen - We Will Rock You
11 Dire Straits - Industrial Disease
14 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
15 Don Maclean - American Pie

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

2 yes, but I'm afraid gayalondiel just beat you to it
7 yes, but you need the artist as well
9 yes, but again, gaya got there first
11 yes
14 yes, but as I said to altariel, which version was I listening to?
15 yes

[alitalf.livejournal.com]

17: Status Quo - Living on an Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxGqrEq002s)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Now, I did a bit of googling and discovered that Steve Harley did a version, but given I didn't know that and had to google, you might want to discount my answer!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Correct!

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

1. Starfleet - Brian May & Friends ?? Not sure that's the first line, but I'm sure it's similar...
3. Dreamseller (Meet me on the corner) - Lindisfarne
4. Pussy Willow - Jethro Tull
8. Vienna - Ultravox
9. Post World War II Blues - Al Stewart
12. I know what I like (in your wardrobe) - Genesis
14. Here comes the sun - Beatles
17. Living on an island - Status Quo

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Correct!

[alitalf.livejournal.com]

14: Beatles - Here Comes the Sun. Was that the White Album?

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

#3 is 'Meet Me on the Corner', Lindisfarne - I probably know others if I think, but I really should be working!!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

All right, although for 14 I was listening to a different version, and you were beaten to it on 14 and 17. Well done! - you got some of the less obvious ones.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, although I prefer a different version (and I don't know what album it was).

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, although you were beaten to it

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

18. Living in an island - Boomtown Rats

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

13. Starman - David Bowie

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Correct.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Correct. You've been sneaking a look at my record collection, haven't you? ;-)

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

Shhh! Don't tell!

And no 6. is another Queen one. Teo Torriate (Let us cling together).

Can't think what 20 could be...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Flippin' heck you're good!

20 is - if I've got it right - both pleasingly obscure and hit-your-head obvious ...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Correct!

[deepbluemermaid.livejournal.com]

Well, from a classical music point of view, the first line (or bar) of every piano sonata and quite a few piano concertos would be played on a grand piano ;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Ye-es ...