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[marcmagus]

Step 1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play
Step 2: Pick your favorite lines from the first 25 songs that play
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

Well, after about a day of working on it, I've listened to 25 songs and am ready to post. The last few days I've been listening to the mp3s from a backup CD I found a couple weeks ago. I'll be highly interested to see who recognizes what.


1. I see them through a crystal haze, and hear their sweet sounds bouncing 'round a neverending coral maze. Phish — "Bouncing Around the Room" (penguinkraft)
2. Say unto me, Is it better to be safe or sorry? A-Ha! — "Take On Me" (soulchanger and selftoken together)
3. I'll take your part, oh, when darkness comes, and pain is all around. Simon and Garfunkel — "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (soulchanger)
4. You say, 'I only hear what I want to.' Lisa Loeb — "Stay" (penguinkraft)
5. I was last in my class, barely passed at the institute; now I'm tryin' to avoid, yeah I'm tryin' to avoid a malpractice suit. "Weird" Al Yankovich — "Like a Surgeon" (selftoken)
6. Oh, I've had it up to here! No Doubt — "Just a Girl" (soulchanger)
7. The angel opens her eyes, the confusion sets in. Live — "Lightning Crashes" (penguinkraft)
8. I was feeling part of the scenery, I walked right out of the machinery, my heart going boom, boom, boom. Peter Gabriel — "Solsbury Hill" (andrianna)
9. People always told me, 'Be careful what you do, don't go around breakin' young girls' hearts.' Michael Jackson — "Billie Jean" (soulchanger)
10. I stopped an old man along the way, hoping to find some long-forgotten words or ancient melodies. He turned to me as if to say, 'Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you.' Toto — "Africa" (selftoken)
11. ...and pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'cause there's bugger all damned here on earth. Monty Python — "The Galaxy Song" (deyaniera)
12. Like anyone would be, I am flattered by your fascination with me. Alanis Morissette — "Uninvited" (soulchanger)
13. And what it all boils down to, is that there's somethin' that I haven't figured out just yet: Is that a pickle in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
14. ...so I can, so I can keep track of visions in my eyes. Cory Hart — "Sunglasses At Night" (selftoken)
15. He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking. Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding. They Might Be Giants — Your Racist Friend (andrianna)
16. You can't run away forever, but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head-start. Meatloaf — "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" (penguinkraft)
17. You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run. Kenny Rogers — "The Gambler" (soulchanger)
18. I close my eyes and fly out of my mind into the fire. Shawn Colvin — "Sunny Came Home" (soulchanger and penguinkraft together)
19. Over on the corner, there's a happy noise. People come from all around to watch the magic boy. Credence Clearwater Revival — "Down On the Corner" (penguinkraft)
20. ...and she dances on the sand, just like that river twisting through the dusty land. Duran Duran — "Rio" (soulchanger and penguinkraft together)
21. ...and I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself. Gloria Gaynor — "I Will Survive" (soulchanger)
22. You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere. Aqua — "Barbie Girl" (soulchanger)
23. We sit outside and argue all night long about a god we've never seen but never fails to side with me. Primitive Radio Gods — "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (deyaniera)
24. And all her boyfriends used to come and call, "Why not come dancing? It's only natural." The Kinks — "Come Dancing" (selftoken)
25. It's poetry in motion, and when she turned her eyes to me, as deep as any ocean, as sweet as any harmony. Thomas Dolby — "She Blinded Me with Science" (selftoken)

Special bonus song, because it came on right after the last one, and I couldn't resist including it:

26. Jungle life, you're far away from nothing. It's all right, you won't miss home. Baltimora — "Tarzan Boy" (Jaye)