I saved Latin.

1. I don't know why I love you like I do after all the changes that you put me through Take Me to the River, Al Green (Talking Heads also acceptable). Guessed by auntbijou, conjurdude, and westernredcedar

( etc. )

Because I'm bored. Comments screened.

1. I don't know why I love you like I do after all the changes that you put me through
2. Who knows how long I've loved you? You know I love you still
3. Sittin' in the morning sun, I'll be sittin' when the evening's done
4. Operator, number please, it's been so many years
5. I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be, a-you're gonna give-a your love to me
6. I close my eyes, only for a moment then the moment's gone
7. I lived in a place called Okfuskee, and I had a little girl in a holler tree
8. Me and my baby on a February holiday cause we got the news, yeah, we got the news
9. A love-struck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
10. We were born before the wind, also younger than the sun
11. I feel a sudden urge to sing the kind of ditty that invokes the spring
12. Must be getting early, clocks are running late
13. Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as the northern star"
14. And now I know Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say
15. And in the midst of the explosion coming down you sit barefoot on your porch
16. Two days past eighteen, he was waiting for the bus in his army green
17. Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
18. Kenesaw Mountain Landis was a bad mother fucker
19. Love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring
20. L.A. proved too much for the man so he's leaving the life he's come to know

( Clearly, I made these too easy... )

And the winner, with 10 correct guesses, is letmypidgeonsgo! Runners-up are ragdoll with 9, westernredcedar and auntbijou with 8 each, and ozma_katiebell with 7. For the record, the most popular song is Bohemian Rhapsody, with 13 correct guesses. Also, special props to westernredcedar, reallyreally, ragdoll, and floweringjudas for guessing songs that no one else guessed!

I give you a line, you tell me who is being sung to. Title doesn't matter (though some of them are the title), artist doesn't matter. Good luck! [And as usual Googling = cheating!]

1. I'd rather lose my limbs than let you come to harm
2. No, I ain't goin' down on the border with you tonight
3. Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble
4. I've come to talk with you again
5. They didn't know that you were freakin' awesome
6. I want you to love me, to kiss and to hug me, debrief and debug me
7. Rather than kiss me you said you'd rather die
8. I need you here with me, not way over in a bucket seat
9. Sweet greens and blues are the colors I choose
10. You fill up my senses
11. Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?
12. You are making me crazy, I'm in love but I'm lazy
13. Don't let 'em pluck guitars and drive them old trucks
14. You didn't stop to make me feel better by leaving me a card or a letter
15. Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood
16. You saw me standing alone
17. Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
18. We're not the fortunate ones
19. have you and her been taking pictures of your obsessions?
20. Who counts the money when you pay the rent?

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1. You're gonna see the reason why when they're spittin' in your eye, they'll be spittin' in your eye April March, Chick Habit, guessed by fairegoddess, reallyreally, and joeyjames
2. I want my money back! And don't forget... Ben Folds Five, Song for the Dumped, guessed by acejillian
3. Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea Barry Louis Polisar, All I Want is You (Juno Soundtrack), guessed by kirashapedgirl
4. Oh, I love you, girl, oh, I love you Simon and Garfunkel, For Emily Whenever I May Find Her, guessed by celandineb
5. Sunday's on the phone to Monday, Tuesday's on the phone to me The Beatles, She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, guessed by celandineb, westernredcedar, and kirashapedgirl
6. Hush, hush, don't tell me 'cause it hurts No Doubt, Don't Speak, guessed by freaking everybody acejillian, blackfury, celandineb, fairegoddess, letmypidgeonsgo, reallyreally, joeyjames, secretsolitaire, and kirashapedgirl
7. Lose your face, lose your name, then get fitted for a suit of flame Squirrel Nut Zippers, Hell, guessed by letmypidgeonsgo and black_fury
8. You belong somewhere you feel free Tom Petty, Wildflowers, guessed by secretsolitaire
9. He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever Belle and Sebastian, If You're Feeling Sinister, guessed by reallyreally, who rocks.
10. What would be the answer to the answer man? Grateful Dead, St. Stephen, guessed by nobody!

The Winner is reallyreally only because he gets an extra point for being the only one to guess Belle and Sebastian! celandineb and kirashapedgirl also got three each!

GOD, I have been posty lately!

Okay, so. Here is my different version of the song lyrics meme. You all still guess, but I'm going to post the last line of the first ten songs that come up on iTunes. ...Except, wow, I sure had to skip a lot of songs. It's shocking how many songs have the title as the last line.

Ready, go!

1. You're gonna see the reason why when they're spittin' in your eye, they'll be spittin' in your eye
2. I want my money back! And don't forget...
3. Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea
4. Oh, I love you, girl, oh, I love you
5. Sunday's on the phone to Monday, Tuesday's on the phone to me
6. Hush, hush, don't tell me 'cause it hurts
7. Lose your face, lose your name, then get fitted for a suit of flame
8. You belong somewhere you feel free
9. He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever
10. What would be the answer to the answer man?

I am rather disappointed in you, flist! Is there really no Hedwig love out there? And no props for Tenacious D, or Ben Folds, or the Ramones? *stern look*

1. As I walk through this wicked world, searching for light in the darkness of insanity Elvis Costello, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding? guessed by letmypidgeonsgo
2. Early one morning while making the rounds, I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Johnny Cash, Cocaine Blues guessed by foretinterdite
3. I woke up this morning, I had a scone and a large house blend Jonathan Coulton, First of May, guessed by fairegoddess
4. There is a young cowboy who lives on the range James Taylor, Sweet Baby James, guessed by westernredcedar
5. I noticed you today, you didn't repulse me right away Draco and the Malfoys, Pansy (You Are the Girl of My Dreams)
6. On nights like this, when the world's a bit amiss, and the lights go down across the trailer park Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Wig in a Box
7. Make a hole with the gun perpendicular to the name of this town in a desktop globe They Might Be Giants, Ana Ng guessed by westernredcedar and foretinterdite
8. I met this girl, she looked like Axl Rose Ben Folds Five, Julianne
9. Well, the kids are all hopped up and they're ready to go, they're ready to go, now The Ramones, Sheena is a Punk Rocker
10. This is a song...for the ladies. But fellas...listen closely. Tenacious D, Fuck Her Gently

1. As I walk through this wicked world, searching for light in the darkness of insanity
2. Early one morning while making the rounds, I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
3. I woke up this morning, I had a scone and a large house blend
4. There is a young cowboy who lives on the range
5. I noticed you today, you didn't repulse me right away
6. On nights like this, when the world's a bit amiss, and the lights go down across the trailer park
7. Make a hole with the gun perpendicular to the name of this town in a desktop globe
8. I met this girl, she looked like Axl Rose
9. Well, the kids are all hopped up and they're ready to go, they're ready to go, now
10. This is a song...for the ladies. But fellas...listen closely.

Comments are screened. Have fun!

Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line (unless the first line reveals the song title) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

( 30 Songs )