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allrighty, i guess people have had their chance to guess in the 30 first lines of songs game. y'all did well! :)
here are.....
1. I don't hate my parents / I don't get drunk just to spite 'em - "I'm An Adult Now", The Pursuit Of Happiness (jeffkahl)
2. One Saturday I took a walk to Zipper Head / I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead - "Punk Rock Girl", Dead Milkmen
3. Mesdames et messieurs, attention / Je vais vous faire une chanson - "1990", Jean Leloup (burnstwo)
4. It is complete now / Two ends of time are neatly tied - "Tomorrow, Wendy", Concrete Blonde
5. Twenty thousand miles to an oasis / Twenty thousand years will I burn - "Texarkana", REM
6. I took a drink of holy water / It tasted like the pipes were rusty - "Soul Search", Cause & Effect
7. I was born by the railroad track / Well, the train whistle wailed and I wailed right back - "I Ain't Ever Satisfied", Steve Earle (jeffkahl)
8. You're like a goddess / And like a goddess, you need clientele - "SNARPMA", Matt Osborne (delta_november)
9. I've had relations / With girls from many nations - "Sexuality", Billy Bragg
10. You've gotta have something on the bottom, if you want to have a band / You've gotta have a strong foundation if you want to take a stand - "Bass Tribute", Victor Wooten (burnstwo)
11. Some people wouldn't know what they wanted / Some people wouldn't want to know - "Let Me Bite You On The Ass", Tom Glenne (Aaron)
12. I stood in this unsheltered place / Till I could see the face behind the face - "Secret World", Peter Gabriel
13. You don't know how you move me / Deconstruct me and consume me - "Sick Of Myself", Matthew Sweet
14. Bright light city, gonna set my soul / Gonna set my soul on fire - "Viva Las Vegas", Elvis Presley (jeffkahl)
15. Never been near a university / Never took a paper or a learned degree - "The Mayor Of Simpleton", XTC
16. Come with me, into the trees / We'll lay on the grass, let the hours pass - "Stripped", Depeche Mode (delta_november)
17. I'd invite you back to my place / It's only mine because it holds my suitcase - "Man In A Suitcase", The Police
18. Love sees love's happiness / But love can't see that love is sad, that love is sad - "They'll Need A Crane", They Might Be Giants (rhinoscillator)
19. The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin' / That's what I said - "Big Bottom", Spinal Tap (jeffkahl)
20. Punctured bicycle, on a hillside desolate / Will nature make a man of me yet? - "This Charming Man", The Smiths (rhinoscillator)
21. >Bon, y'est enfin cinq heures tapant / J'peux prendre mes chaines pis les enlever - "P'tite Vie, P'tite Misère", Vilain Pingouin (burnstwo)
22. Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC / Didn't get to bed last night - "Back In The USSR", The Beatles (jeffkahl)
23. O, come back, proud Canadians, to before you had TV / No Hockey Night In Canada, there was no CBC (Oh my God!) - "The War Of 1812", Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie (delta_november)
24. When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come / With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun? - "Guns Of Brixton", The Clash (jeffkahl)
25. In the howling wind, comes the stinging rain / See them driving nails into the souls on the tree of pain - "Bullet The Blue Sky", U2 (mykesongs)
26. I was never cool in school / I'm sure you don't remember me - "Underground", Ben Folds Five
27. They tell us that we lost our tails / Evolving up from little snails - "Jocko Homo", Devo (rhinoscillator)
28. To change the world, start with one step / However small, first step is hardest of all - "You Might Die Trying", Dave Matthews Band
29. See that couple over there, a matchmaker's nightmare / You see them everywhere.... - "She Dates Creeps", Tim Cameron (Aaron)
30. Is it all in that pretty little head of yours / What goes on in that place in the dark? - "Veronica", Elvis Costello
thanks for playing along, everybody! :)
here are.....
1. I don't hate my parents / I don't get drunk just to spite 'em - "I'm An Adult Now", The Pursuit Of Happiness (jeffkahl)
2. One Saturday I took a walk to Zipper Head / I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead - "Punk Rock Girl", Dead Milkmen
3. Mesdames et messieurs, attention / Je vais vous faire une chanson - "1990", Jean Leloup (burnstwo)
4. It is complete now / Two ends of time are neatly tied - "Tomorrow, Wendy", Concrete Blonde
5. Twenty thousand miles to an oasis / Twenty thousand years will I burn - "Texarkana", REM
6. I took a drink of holy water / It tasted like the pipes were rusty - "Soul Search", Cause & Effect
7. I was born by the railroad track / Well, the train whistle wailed and I wailed right back - "I Ain't Ever Satisfied", Steve Earle (jeffkahl)
8. You're like a goddess / And like a goddess, you need clientele - "SNARPMA", Matt Osborne (delta_november)
9. I've had relations / With girls from many nations - "Sexuality", Billy Bragg
10. You've gotta have something on the bottom, if you want to have a band / You've gotta have a strong foundation if you want to take a stand - "Bass Tribute", Victor Wooten (burnstwo)
11. Some people wouldn't know what they wanted / Some people wouldn't want to know - "Let Me Bite You On The Ass", Tom Glenne (Aaron)
12. I stood in this unsheltered place / Till I could see the face behind the face - "Secret World", Peter Gabriel
13. You don't know how you move me / Deconstruct me and consume me - "Sick Of Myself", Matthew Sweet
14. Bright light city, gonna set my soul / Gonna set my soul on fire - "Viva Las Vegas", Elvis Presley (jeffkahl)
15. Never been near a university / Never took a paper or a learned degree - "The Mayor Of Simpleton", XTC
16. Come with me, into the trees / We'll lay on the grass, let the hours pass - "Stripped", Depeche Mode (delta_november)
17. I'd invite you back to my place / It's only mine because it holds my suitcase - "Man In A Suitcase", The Police
18. Love sees love's happiness / But love can't see that love is sad, that love is sad - "They'll Need A Crane", They Might Be Giants (rhinoscillator)
19. The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin' / That's what I said - "Big Bottom", Spinal Tap (jeffkahl)
20. Punctured bicycle, on a hillside desolate / Will nature make a man of me yet? - "This Charming Man", The Smiths (rhinoscillator)
21. >Bon, y'est enfin cinq heures tapant / J'peux prendre mes chaines pis les enlever - "P'tite Vie, P'tite Misère", Vilain Pingouin (burnstwo)
22. Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC / Didn't get to bed last night - "Back In The USSR", The Beatles (jeffkahl)
23. O, come back, proud Canadians, to before you had TV / No Hockey Night In Canada, there was no CBC (Oh my God!) - "The War Of 1812", Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie (delta_november)
24. When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come / With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun? - "Guns Of Brixton", The Clash (jeffkahl)
25. In the howling wind, comes the stinging rain / See them driving nails into the souls on the tree of pain - "Bullet The Blue Sky", U2 (mykesongs)
26. I was never cool in school / I'm sure you don't remember me - "Underground", Ben Folds Five
27. They tell us that we lost our tails / Evolving up from little snails - "Jocko Homo", Devo (rhinoscillator)
28. To change the world, start with one step / However small, first step is hardest of all - "You Might Die Trying", Dave Matthews Band
29. See that couple over there, a matchmaker's nightmare / You see them everywhere.... - "She Dates Creeps", Tim Cameron (Aaron)
30. Is it all in that pretty little head of yours / What goes on in that place in the dark? - "Veronica", Elvis Costello
thanks for playing along, everybody! :)