What the hell, let's meme

[yendi]

Since I've spent much of the afternoon with the headphones on while composing MySQL queries, I've hit a fair chunk of my iTunes database. Here's a block of fifteen of them. You know the rules here: Name the artist and song, and don't use Google or other search engines (really -- growing the size of your e-penis isn't worth it). Naturally, I'm skipping instrumentals, mashups,, and anime material here. I'm also skipping repeats artists, even if iTunes puts two songs by the same artist in one fifteen-song block. Assume that all songs are the originals (not covers).

1. Acolytes all somersault on a blue-green disco ball.

2. Lovers laughing in their amateur hour. "High Fidelity," by Elvis Costello, guessed by hangingfire

3. I'm the butt of the worst joke in history. "Incomplete," by Bad Religion, guessed by losgunna

4. Well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps," by Lynnard Skynnard, guessed by endora

5. I'll shoot the shot - bang! - that you hear 'round the world. "One Girl Revolution," by Superchic(k), guessed by museumfreak

6. Day in, day out, all week long, things go better with rock. "Turn up the Radio," by Autograph, guessed by lunaris1013

7. Can I get away again tonight?

8. I limit the straddles. "No Cheap Thrill," by Suzanne Vega, guessed by omnia_mutantur.

9. Without me rockin' , it's incomplete.

10. Steel-toe Doc Martens on my feet.

11. It's a dram that's still attainable for kids like you and I.

12. Then he got himself a job on a tator tot farm. "The Weird Al Show Theme," guessed by feste_sylvain

13. His ear lobe fell in the deep. "Rock Lobster," by the B-52s, guessed by feste_sylvain.

14. I warned you, and now you're caught.

15. I wish we had a laugh, but you're just not funny.

Comments

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's some set of obscurity you've got there.

The only one which pops to mind is #12: "The Weird Al Show" theme song. By Weird Al Yankovic, of course.

(And I'm pretty sure you misspelled "Doc Martens" in #10.)

[yendi]

Correct, and fixed.

(And I know for a fact that you've heard a few more of these, at least. I'd bet money on 2, 7, and 13.)

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Oh, duh! #13 is "Rock Lobster", by the B-52s!

hangingfire already got #2.

Now #7 can just bug me for a while. I will not figure it out until "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonite" gets out of my head.

[yendi]

Rock Lobster, indeed!

[endora.livejournal.com]

4. "Gimme Three Steps", by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. D'oh! feste_sylvain beat me to it!!!!!!

[yendi]

Correct!

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Is #4 _Three Steps_ by Lynyrd Skynyrd? (Feel free to laugh a whole lot if that's utterly off-base.)

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Crap, endora got there first ;)

[yendi]

Alas, 'tis true.

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

2. Elvis Costello, "High Fidelity"

[yendi]

Of course!

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

#14 "The Playground" by The Gossip, and you my friend have gained +1 cool if it's true.

[yendi]

Right group (and song, really), but not the right title, I'm afraid.

[lunaris1013.livejournal.com]

#6 Autograph - Turn Up the Radio (and I saw them play it live back in the 80's, too!)

[yendi]

I'm jealous! I actually bought the song on iTunes a few years back -- as one hit wonders go, they're one of my favorites.

[museumfreak.livejournal.com]

#5 is "One Girl Revolution" by Superchick from the Tank Girl Soundtrack

[yendi]

Correct (except for the album -- they weren't around when Tank Girl came out).

[omnia-mutantur.livejournal.com]

8 - susanne vega, no cheap thrill

[yendi]

Yup. Most of the other lines are much more quotable, but also very obvious. :-)

[omnia-mutantur.livejournal.com]

The only reason I remember the lyric is because I remember pulling out the liner notes to make sure that I'd heard it right.

[losgunna.livejournal.com]

#3 - Incomplete - Bad Religion (Fabulous album!)

[yendi]

Yup. I adore that album a lot.

[brujah.livejournal.com]

5.) Superchick, One Girl Revolution
8.) Suzanne Vega, No Cheap Thrill

I think.

Really not sure on 5. :D

[yendi]

Correct (but second, alas) on both.

[brujah.livejournal.com]

There was another I wasn't sure about, too: 14

The Gossip? And I'm not *sure* but I think it to be Listen Up.

[blitheandbonny.livejournal.com]

#10 - "Thank You For Not Moshing" - Reel Big Fish

[skitty.livejournal.com]

7. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

Yeah, that's it.