I had lyrics, you had answers (some)

[mcroft]

1. Watched by empty silhouettes
   Solsbury Hill, Peter Gabriel, bassfingers
2. Fairy lights and Pit Ponies were the stuff of my dreams
   A Prince Among Men (Only a Miner), Patrick Street
3. I've been good and I've been bad/But common sense I've never had
   Shell Shock, New Order
4. Lunchtime in the USA: Boloney and American Cheese
   Throw the Oak Ridge Boys in the Slammer, Austin Lounge Lizards
5. Gu 'm bithidh buill nach feum a splaghsáil/Ar mo mhaighdean as a thigh'n dhachaidh
   Dheanainn Súgradh, Clannad
6. September found them heading for the West
   Tiger Bay, Ceili's Musebassfingers
7. And 'blackbirding's' easier than whaling.
   The African Trade, Lewis, Pint and Dale
8. Ridin' top the floodway on a Friday night,the landscape's a fine and nat'ral sight.
   Precious and Grace, ZZ Top
9. May they all sleep tight/Down in hell tonight/Or wherever they may be
   Lullaby of London, The Pogues
10. Rusted Mosquitos suck the blood from the ground
    Hometown Boy, Guy Forsyth
11. Within sight are golden days
    Princess Di is Wearing a New Dress, Depeche Mode
12. OK, here we are get the f*ck out of my cab, goodbye
    Taxi Driver, Steven Lynch
13. look someone in the eyes and say you'll satisfy them, Though you both know the way love is, that's a lie
    They're All Out of Liquor, Let's Find Another Party, The Waitresses
14. The goldenrod he has cast in to see what the lake might yield.
    The Witch of the Westmerelands, SixMileBridge bassfingers
15. The philabegs are comin' doon tae gie yer lugs a claw
    The Battle of Falkirk Muir, The Battlefield Band
16. The midnight train runs both ways
    Night Time in the Switching Yard, Warren Zevon
17. He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding doorum
    Maids, When You're Young, Never Wed an Old Man, Tudor Tarts hangingfire knew the song, which is all I asked...
18. You'll awake in a room of steam
    Your Wildest Dreams, Reverend Horton Heat
19. If I had it all to do again, I'd be swinging from the mast.
    Drunkard's Wave, Asylum Street Spankershangingfire
20. Cause her dark angel waits on the corner/With his silver pills and his Spanish charm
    Sleep Tight in New York City, Black 47

So only two participants, but a good turn-out. It's nice for me to see what a representative sample of my music is, at least, and how much of it is shared with my friends... Hey, guys, this is stuff I like...

Comments

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

At least there weren't any where I just said, "Damn, I should have known that one."

Though, did Gordian Knot do "Tiger Bay" after I left the Muse? I only know it as a Muse (and previously, Settler's Match) song...

[mcroft.livejournal.com]

fooey. It was CM. I forgot because I thought it was kinda cheesy. The emotion it tried to evoke was entirely forced. It was sorta like the Whale Song, only the music was better.

[mcroft.livejournal.com]

GK referred to Tiger Bay in "Rusty Plow" which had the huge problem of describing how the poor peasants whose potatoes rotted in the ground were forced to sell their land. Except that they wouldn't have owned any land...