I give in

[jaina]

I'd like you all to know that I set up iTunes on my new laptop *just* so I could do this meme.

Stolen from everyone on my flist:

Rules
1. Put your playlist on shuffle.
2. Post the first lines to the first 25 songs to come up (along with these instructions).
3. Have people guess the songs and artists in comments to the post.
4. Post the answers to the ones people guessed correctly. A couple of days later, post the first two lines of the ones no one got and get people to guess again.
5. Repeat, adding the next line to the unguessed songs each time, until they're all guessed/you've posted the whole song/you've gotten bored/no-one's going to get the damn thing if you don't tell them.

I'm copying someone, I don't remember who, and striking out the lines as people get them. As most have done, I skipped all the spoken stuff, instrumental stuff, stuff that has the title in the first line, etc. Sadly, this meant that I couldn't put up "Rubber Duckie" when it came on. :( Or Chris Rock, or Celebrity Jeopardy.

1. I have wandered far and wide / for something real something to die for anony-mouse

2. We are ten years old / We are holding our breath underwater schneck128

3. Each time you’d pull down the driveway / I wasn’t sure when I would see you again anirt
(unfair bonus question: who's singing the version I have?) schneck128

4. Joseph's luck was really out / his spirit and his fortune low bluefaith

5. There's no one in town I know / You gave us someplace to go thedan
(repeat unfair bonus question here) schneck128

6. The seaweed is always greener / in somebody else's lake tristmasjedi

7. Everybody's got a water buffalo / yours is fast but mine is slow jedijeffp

8. Is it the wind / over my shoulder portnoyslp

9. Oh me name's Able Rodgers / a share man am I rhi_silverflame

10. Down in Minneapolis it's eleven o'clock / one eye on the moon and my money in my sock schneck128

11. She's into superstitions / black cats and voodoo dolls bluefaith

12. Oh won't you come along with me, love / come along with me fenchurche

13. Another turning point / a fork stuck in the road bluefaith

14. It's been two weeks three days long / I'm all alone since you've been gone

15. Got the data in this morning / seems this whole time I've been rash thedan

16. It'll all click when the mortgage clears / all our fears will disappear thedan

17. I'm goin' out tonight / I'm feelin' all right / Gonna let it all hang out kelbebop

18. All the old paintings on the tombs / They do the sand dance don't you know profsparky

19. He called us slobbering / Said we were mangy kelbebop

20. Oh, my love, my darling / I've hungered for your touch sonata960

21. When the train rolls by / I'm gonna be ready this time rhi_silverflame

22. Why are there so many songs about rainbows / and what's on the other side bluefaith

23. Have you heard the story of / a girl named Beth now known as Tex sirrogue

24. Miren el pepino / Watch the cucumber jedijeffp

25. He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor / stood up to the man and he gave 'em whatfor portnoyslp

Comments

[sonata960.livejournal.com]

20. Unchained Melody. Not sure who - it's been covered a lot. Righteous Brothers, maybe?

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Yep, the version I have is Righteous Brothers.

[tristmasjedi.livejournal.com]

6 is "Under the Sea," by Sebastian the crab.

In the interest of saving face, insofar as the only one I can name is from a Disney chick flick for kids, I know what 23 is, I just couldn't tell you the title or the responsible parties to save my life.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[rhi-silverflame.livejournal.com]

9: "Wave over Wave," Great Big Sea.

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

8) You Walk With Me, The Full Monty. :-)

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

:-D

[bluefaith.livejournal.com]

4. Go go go Joseph - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

11. Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky someoneorother

13. Time of Your Life - Greenday

22. The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog(The Muppet Movie)

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

11. La Vida Loca. My bet is that it's the one from the Shrek 2 soundtrack.
22. Rainbow Connection, Muppet Movie
25. The Hero of Canton (the man they call...Jayne). Firefly, "Jaynestown" episode.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

11. Actually, it's the original. I've had it for ages.
25. Yep...but who's singing the one I've got?

[(Anonymous)]

Adam Baldwin?

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

In all his tone-deaf gloriousness.

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

I've heard that there's a version somewhere on the web of Adam Baldwin actually singing that tune. So, I'm going to guess it's him.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

It's an Easter egg on the Firefly DVD. Go to the extras and scroll down until "Joss Sings The Firefly Theme" is highlighted. Then press left and enter. Ta-da!

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

I believe he's wearing the hat, too, right?

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Yeppers!

[profsparky.livejournal.com]

11. Livin' La Vida Loca -- Ricky Martin
13. Time of Your Life --by...um. Greenday? The Seinfield Song, anyway.
18. Walk Like an Egyptian-- The Bangles

And now all three songs are stuck in my hea at once. :\

[profsparky.livejournal.com]

Damn! Beaten on two of them. And I can't type. :\

[(Anonymous)]

1. Wanted - Vanessa Carlton

[jedijeffp.livejournal.com]

7) The Water Buffalo Song
24) The Dance of the Cucumber

[kelbebop.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh! I know 19! It's "Chow Down" from The Lion King Broadway cast album. Sung by the hyenas, of course. :)

[anirt.livejournal.com]

#3 was originally the Indigo Girls. Dude, I could sing you the whole song but I can't think of the title. Wait. (Sings mentally to self) Aah! Mystery.

Well, can I cheat and Google to find out who's sung it besides the Girls?

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Google likely won't help you with that one. That's why I said it was unfair. :)

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Of the unguessed songs, I only got one:

12) "The Jolly Butcher" by Great Big Sea

Some of the others tickled my brain a bit, but I couldn't place them.

[rhi-silverflame.livejournal.com]

Oh! 21 is "Ready to Run" by the Dixie Chicks.

Another one...

[kelbebop.livejournal.com]

#17 is "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" by Shania Twain.

[thedan.livejournal.com]

5 - Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me
15 - Some Hack - Rose-Colored Glasses
16 - The Servant - Cells (looooove that song)

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Hee. Some hack, indeed.

Okay, I waited long enough

[sirrogue.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd give it some time to see if anyone else got it, but...

23. A Girl Named Tex - Trocadero

I skipped this for my own playlist, as I felt it came close enough to the "title in the opening line" condition...

Re: Okay, I waited long enough

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I wanted to use it. Because, Tex!

[wendyhouse.livejournal.com]

aw man, finally a list I knew several of but I wasnt fast enough!
darn you. jedijeffp especially :)

[schneck128.livejournal.com]

of course I get the ones originally from my playlist :oP

2. Garrison Star - Superhero

10. Billies - Wichita (sp?)

unfair bonus question 3 and 5: why, the Chorallaries of MIT, of course!

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

YEAH BABY! :-D

I was hoping you'd see this, cause you're the only person who was going to get the unfair bonus questions.

You know I always think of you everytime "Superhero" comes on, right?

[bluedaisy.livejournal.com]

11: Wichita My version is a cover by Brandeis Voicemale, but I have no idea who the original artist is.

[(Anonymous)]

14. Without You, Justincase