Fighting the DDoS attack with memeage

[wellinghall]

tree_and_leaf was the first person I saw doing the meme this time round; I snarfed the title from pellegrina.

1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines line or two of the first thirty twenty songs that come up that do not give away the name of the song. Skip instrumentals (and I have also skipped spoken word tracks), but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless LJ denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Least hapless LJ denizen wins admiration. That's right, just like a lobbyist in budget season, the points don't matter.

1. She keeps Moet et Chandon in a pretty cabinet. Killer Queen, by Queen; first guessed by ladyofastolat
2. Lately I am becoming aware of your dark side. Darkside, Al Stewart
3. Paul Gervase picks up the Herald and sees the face of Zelda Fitzgerald. Life Between the Wars, Al Stewart
4. And here's to you. Mrs Robinson, by Simon & Garfunkel; ladyofastolat
5. Here I stand, look around. Now I'm Here, by Queen; hilarityallen
6. I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice. Elected, Alice Cooper
7. Naughty boys in nasty schools. Baggy Trousers, by Madness; philmophlegm
8. Everywhere the sun is shining. Confusion, Electric Light Orchestra
9. Oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again. I'm Mandy, Fly Me, 10cc
10. This is the way I always dreamed it would be. I Can Hear Music, Larry Lurex
11. Another red letter day, so the pound has dropped and the children are creating. Friends will be Friends, by Queen; hilarityallen
12. When I get even more old than I am now, I'll have a house overloking the water. Katherine of Oregon, Al Stewart
13. Sailing away on the crest of a wave, it's like magic. Livin' Thing, Electric Light Orchestra
14. You talk like Marlene Dietrich and you walk like Zizi Jean Maire. Where do you go to my lovely?, by Peter Sarstedt; tree_and_leaf
15. I left my home one day, For the sake of better pay. Rollin' Home, Status Quo
16. Seated one day at the tom-tom. The Reluctant Cannibal, by Flanders & Swann; sally_maria
17. Every day I get in the queue. Magic Bus, The Who
18. You think we look pretty good together. Substitute, The Who
19. When I was a batchelor, I lived all alone. The Foggy Foggy Dew, trad; ladyofastolat
20. Behind the wall, the ears of love are listening. Black and White, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

Some of these are pretty easy; some are really, really obscure. It's just the way they came out.

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I'm never good at these, but here goes:

1. Killer Queen, by Queen

4. Mrs Robinson, by Simon and Garfunkel

19. The Foggy Foggy Dew, though as it's a traditional song, I've no idea who sings your version

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes and yes!

[sally_maria]

1. Queen Killer Queen
2.Simon and Garfunkel Mrs Robinson
16. Flanders and Swann The Reluctant Cannibal

is all I can get at the moment.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes and yes!

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

16. The reluctant cannibal, Flanders & Swann

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[tree_and_leaf]

Of the ones not yet guessed, 14 is "Where do you got my lovely" by - ooh. It's not Jacques Brel. Serg Gainsbourg?

No, Peter somebody.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. Peter Sarstedt.

[hilarityallen.livejournal.com]

11. Friends will be Friends, Queen.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[alitalf.livejournal.com]

14 = Where do you goto my lovely - by - well I could google for it. But I won't.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Indeed yes. And it's by Peter Sarstedt.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

1. What everyone else said.
4. What LoA said.
7. Baggy Trousers, Madness

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yes.

[atreic.livejournal.com]

I got 1 and 16, but obviously much later than everyone else.

19 is the start of the Foggy Foggy Dew, but I doubt that's what it actually is!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yes.

[hilarityallen.livejournal.com]

5, is Now I'm Here, Queen. (This really annoyed me for several minutes, as I could remember it was Queen, but the song title proved curiously elusive.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Well done!