music quiz

[salixbabylon]

It's true, I have a million things to do and sometimes I still get bored. So I have devised this quiz for you lovely people, should you choose to entertain me.

First one to guess each song wins, well, the satisfaction of knowing the song. Using Google is CHEATING and cheaters will be soundly spanked. :P

The only hint is that the snippets are mostly from songs in the 80s and 90s (because I am OLD) and that at one point, I listened to each song obsessively enough to know the song just from these few words and get it stuck in my head for weeks. So, yeah.

1. I think I thought I saw you try - identified correctly by telesilla, resonant8, londinensa, astrojen, and uinendolothen
"Losing My Religion" by REM

2. I forget what eight was for - identified correctly by bloominbabylon
"Kiss Off" by the Violent Femmes

3. siamese twins writhing intertwined
"Face to Face" by Siouxie and the Banshees

4. more than three times a week
"21 Things I Want in a Lover" by Alanis Morissette

5. strange as angels - identified correctly by resonant8 and astrojen
"Just Like Heaven" by the Cure

6. jesus christ on ecstasy
"Suck" by Pigface with Trent Reznor

7. countless screaming argonauts - identified correctly by telesilla and brigantine1
"Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants

8. looking for this man to sell him to other men
"Headhunter" by Front 242

9. my moral standing is lying down - identified correctly by brigantine1
"The Only Time" by Nine Inch Nails

10. this is what he pays me for - identified correctly by londinensa
"Queer" by Garbage

11. tell me your secrets that no one should hear
"Nasty Habits" by Oingo Boingo

12. your lips touch mine and my eyes go blind
"Pure" by the Lightening Seeds

13. an 18 year old angel and she's all dressed in black
"Eye of Fatima" by Camper Van Beethoven

14. living in a lunar spell - identified correctly by gattodoro
"Bark at the Moon" by Ozzy Osbourne

15. dinosaurs on the quilt I wore with a girl
"Classic Girl" by Jane's Addiction

(Lurkers who I went to college with are forbidden from guessing. :P )comments are screened, so go ahead, make me laugh at how predictable I am

ETA: Comments are screened, so go ahead and ID as many as you like. I'll add your name to the list of smart people who got it. :)

Comments

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

I only got two, but they're two of my favorite songs:

1. Losing My Religion -- REM
7. Birdhouse in Your Soul--They Might Be Giants

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whoo! 2 out of 2! :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

5. is "Just Like Heaven" by the Cure. I love that song. Other than that and the REM, I don't know any of them, maybe because apparently I'm even more ancient than you are.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Yes! One my my favorite songs ever. :)

[londinensa.livejournal.com]

10. Garbage - Queer?

And I knew #1 damnit! :p

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Yes for #10! Tell me what #1 is and I'll add your name! :)

[londinensa.livejournal.com]

REM - loosing My Religion ;p

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Ding ding ding! :)

[astrojen.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I should know more of these but my memory is not what it used to be.
1 = Losing My Religion (REM)
5 = Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

And I KNOW I know 12 but I just can't place it. Aaaargh!

Jen ;->

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Correct! Let me know if you get any more. :)

[bloominbabylon.livejournal.com]

2. I forget what eight was for

oh crap...I know that...Violent Femmes...wait...give me a minute...find my damn iPod...wait...


aeghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

got IT!

Kiss Off!

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Yay! That is correct! :)

[bloominbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whee!

[uinendolothen.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I know #1 and that's it. 'Course, so do a bunch of other people.

It's 'Losing My Religion' by REM.

:)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

That's right! :)

[gattodoro.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed to say that I know #14 - Ozzy Osbourne "Bark at the Moon if I'm not mistaken, though admittedly it sounds more like "bucket of moo" the way he sings it.

I shall blame 'im indoors. Even our Tom-Tom NatSav has Ozzy's voice - mind you its much better than the supercilous cow who comes as standard.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whee! You're right! And I love your interpretation of the song title. :)

[brigantine1.livejournal.com]

Bother. I had to semi-cheat on #9. I remembered that it's NIN, from "Pretty Hate Machine," but I had to grab an old cassette (I really need to get this on CD) and look at the title list on the back to jog my memory as to the actual song title, "The Only Time" - so if that doesn't count, that's okay.

#7 is from They Might Be Giants, the Flood album, "Birdhouse in your soul." I like to sing along with that one. But only when I'm alone. ahem.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Actually, I had to look at the song title for that one, too, beuase I dind't remmeber. ;)

Both are correct! Yay!