Music Meme - updated with answers
From cj_23:
"Open your music player and set it to shuffle. Write down the first
line of lyrics from each of the first 25 songs that come up. (Skip
any instrumental pieces.) Let people guess, and then underline or
strike out songs as they are correctly identified."
UPDATED: I put the answers next to those songs that had not been guessed.
1. I wrote a letter to the devil, and I sealed it in an envelope of fire - I Am So Important, Logan Whitehurst and the Jr. Science Club
2. I see you from my spy-plane, baby, I see you walking on the ground - Spy, They Might Be Giants
3. Did you ever get the feeling that the truth is less revealing than a downright lie? - Shangri-La, The Rutles
4. I am Murray, the mighty demonic skull! I am Murray, the mighty demonic skull! - CJ
5. The lights are on, but you're not home, your mind is not your own - CJ
6. Everything is catching, yes, everything is catching on fire - Fingertips, They Might Be Giants
7. It's time to kick on back, toss your cares away - It's Just That Kinda Day, The New Main Street Singers
8. Say, whaddya get when you take a bunch of hay--? - A Hay Bale, Volvo Maroon
9. I'm gettin' wise to you, you're gonna see - Mean Disposition, Rolling Stones
10. He fights the law, but he also fights the crime, but not as much - caramida
11. If you change your mind, I'm the first in line - CJ
12. Everything you say to me, I need a little room to breathe - One Step Closer, Richard Cheese and the Lounge Against the Machine
13. From my heart and from my hand, why don't people understand my intention - Weird Science, Oingo Boingo
14. This was gonna be the night tonight, I was gonna get to hold you tight - There's No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car, Elvis Presley
15. We're leaving together, but still it's farewell - CJ
16. Join us, leave your field to flower, join us, leave your cheese to sour - Magic To Do, Pippin
17. I never thought I'd miss you half as much as I do - CJ
18. We're goin' fishin' for what the captain's wishin' for - The Present, Moby!
19. Teacher stop that screamin', teacher don't you see? - Hot for Teacher, Richard Cheese and the Lounge Against the Machine
20. Beethoven's gone, but his music lives on, and Mozart don't go shoppin' no more - caramida
21. They repossed my car, I said "I'll get it back again" - Little Bit Late, Lewie Wickham
22. Summer, it turns me upside down - Magic, The Cars
23. There, out in the darkness, a fugitive running - Stars, Les Miserables
24. Gee, it's great to be back home, home is where I wanna be - CJ
25. High on the hill sits a big old house with something wrong inside it - House Upon the Hill, The Secret Garden
Weird mix of songs, that.