Monday Meme -- iTunes Song Lyrics

[the_other_sandy]

Grabbed from all over my flist.

You know the drill: Put your iTunes on shuffle and for the first 20 songs that come up, list the first line. Post them and see how many of them your flist can get.



1. I'm the one natural one, make it easy, we can take it inside
Guessed by viridian5 -- "Natural One" by Folk Implosion

2. Well I live with snakes and lizards and other things that go bump in the night
Guessed by bit_boy -- "Everyday Is Halloween" by Ministry

3. There was a guy, an underwater guy who controlled the sea
"Monkey Gone to Heaven" by The Pixies

4. Two dozen other dirty lovers must be a sucker for it
"Save It For Later" by The English Beat

5. Love your hate, your faith lost, you are now one of us
Guessed by bit_boy -- "Miseria Cantare- the Beginning" by AFI

6. Grand pianos crash together when my boy walks down the street
"When My Boy Walks Down the Street" by Magnetic Fields

7. Until she comes again, I can hear the things she said
Guessed by bit_boy -- "Until She Comes" by The Psychedelic Furs

8. There's a new dance that's going around, when the hits start flying, you gotta get down
"The Bottom Line" by Big Audio Dynamite

9. How does it feel like to wake up in the sun?
"Let Forever Be" by The Chemical Brothers

10. I feel so extraordinary, something's got a hold on me
Guessed by viridian5 -- "True Faith" by New Order

11. Well, you can't place faith in material things, material things will fail you
Guessed by viridian5 -- "Butterfly Wings" by Machines of Loving Grace

12. Saturday night I was downtown, working for the FBI
Guessed by mrwhat -- "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" by The Hollies

13. What you say, what you mean, and the space in between those words
Guessed by bit_boy -- "Anymore Time Between" by Bob Mould

14. How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Guessed by viridian5 -- "Blue Monday" was originally recorded by New Order, then later by Orgy. I have both versions in iTunes, but Orgy's version is the one that came up on shuffle.

15. Well, I hear you're driving someone else's car now
Guessed by viridian5 -- "Caroline" by Concrete Blonde

16. Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Cherise, she was sharin' Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease
"Pepper" by Butthole Surfers

17. The stars that shine and the stars that shrink in the face of stagnation, the water runs before your eyes
"Dazzle" by Siouxsie & the Banshees

18. When routine bites hard and ambitions are low and resentment rides high but emotions won't grow
Guessed by cowshark -- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division

19. Another time, time after time, you make me feel so helpless I
"Helpless" by Sugar

20. When I die and they lay me to rest, gonna go to the place that's best
Guessed by sgflutegirl -- "Spirit in the Sky" was originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum, but the version I have in iTunes is by Doctor & the Medics. I would've accepted either answer.



If any songs remain unguessed when I put up next week's meme, I'll post the answers then.

ETA: Done.