(UPDATE: Artist names have been added to aid your guessing.)I used to post these things on Facebook, but Facebook notes are awkward. So here we are.
This is a list of proper names taken from the lyrics of my music library. If you can identify the which song the name(s) belong to, leave a note in the comments.
HISTORICAL FIGURES
1. Anastasia screamed in vain2. Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist; James Buchanan, a moderate; Lewis Cass, a general and expansionist. (They Might Be Giants)
3. Chairman Mao4. son of Tricky Dicky (John Lennon)FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
5. we can live like Jack and Sally if we want (Blink 182)
6. Billy Shears7. Kitty Pryde8. Superman or Green Lantern ain't got nothing on mePOP CULTURE ICONS
9. Yo, plug me in just like I was Eddie Harris10. the night Sinatra died and the night Jeff Buckley died and the night Kurt Kobain died and the night John Lennon died11. John Coltrane and the Love Supreme (U2)
12. march down the street like the Duracell Bunny13. Yoko brought her walrus (Ricky Nelson)14. I'm Steve McQueen, I'm Jimmy Dean (REM)
GODS
15. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare RamaWOMEN
16. me and Suzie had so much fun17. Suzanne, the plans they made put and end to you18. a bitch named Mandy May (Dr. Dre)
MEN
19. a roadie named Bart20. I don't know you from Adam21. I'm done with Sergio22. Little Joe was blowing on the slide trombone (Elvis Presley)23. sarcastic Mister Know-It-All (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
24. Mister Beer Belly (Paul Simon)25. Sir Hand, or was it ma'am? (They Might Be Giants)
12 comments:
16. Elton John, Crocodile Rock. YES! I got one!
-Cara
17. James Taylor, Fire and Rain
19. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Into the Great Wide Open
1. Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil"
6. The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
7. Weezer "In the Garage"
21. Jane's Addiction "Jane Says"
- shawn
3) Beatles -- Revolution
9) Beastie Boys -- So Whatcha Want
14) REM, but I can't think of which song!!!
15) George Harrison -- My Sweet Lord
[~jeff.]
10. Badly Drawn Boy, "You Were Right"
12. Elliott Smith, "Rose Parade"
20. Aimee Mann, "Frankenstein"
5. Donovan - "Sunshine Superman"
13. Garden Party
22. Jailhouse Rock
ok... #24 is 'You Can Call Me Al'.
[~jeff.]
is #4 "Gimme Some Truth"?...
[~jeff.]
OK.
2 - "James K Polk"
5 - "Miss You"
11 - "Angel of Harlem". I also would have accepted the live version of "Bullet the Blue Sky"
14 - "Electrolite"
18 - "Bitches Ain't Shit"
25 - "Snail Shell"
Oh, and 23 was "Scar Tissue"
I completely expected 11 to be that weird 2001 grammy moment for U2's Beautiful Day. But then my pop culture sucks.
[amlk]
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