June 09, 2006

Name That iTune

My PODxt just got here, so I doubt that I'll be posting anything not related to that for the next couple days, but first, I want to try something I saw on Blather Review that looked kinda fun.

Basically, I'm going to post the first four lines of ten randomly selected (by using the shuffle button and pressing the "next song" thingy) songs from my iTunes library playlist, and it's up to you to name the songs they come from (without Googling, if possible).

I have a mix of extremely mainstream and extremely obscure stuff among the 1,138 tracks in my library (including my own band's demos), so some of these may be very difficult.

As I type this, I have not actually selected any songs, so let's do that now. I may select more than ten and then narrow it down if I got one that doesn't work, but you'll only see the finalists:

1.
I can't imagine to be like you
The pain and the suffering you put me through
I can't imagine to be like you
The pain and the suffering you put me through

2.
The sun rises to another day
My constitution keeps changing 'til it slips away
So I lie awake and stare
My mind thinking, just wandering, is anybody there?

3.
Don't want the sun to shine upon my face
And I see your eyes and their glazy haze
Your lips don't move but I hear what you're saying
I look outside through the razor blades

4.
I lie awake on a long, dark night
I can't seem to tame my mind
Slings and arrows are killing me inside
Maybe I can't accept the life that's mine

5.
Well I wanted you
I wanted no one else
I thought it through
I got you to myself

6.
As I lie tossing in my bed
Lost in my fears remembering what you said
And I try to hide the truth within
The mask of myself shows its face again

7. (NOTE/HINT: Unless you're intimately familiar with the music scene in Syracuse, NY, you probably will not know this one):

When we first met so long ago
I never dreamed we'd last
But as the years rolled past
We'd go on and on

8.
Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd like to but it wouldn't work
Trading off and taking turns

9. (Holy crap, I can't believe it got this one. Practically a freebie for long-time readers!):

Hello, my name is Phil
And I'm not so sure I know what's real
All alone upon the mountainside
I close my eyes and go for a ride

10.
Come and I'll take you under this beautiful bruise's colors
Everything fades in time, it's true.
Wish that I had another stab at the undercover
Was it a change in mind for you?

Wow, that got some good stuff (although 2, 4, and 6 are really thematically similar...). All right, if anyone wants to play, just put your guesses in the comments, and I'll underline anything that's guessed correctly. Go!

Posted by CD on June 9, 2006 07:50 PM | TrackBack
Category: Music
Semi-Intelligent Comments

Well, #2 is a Creed song from their first album. Can't remember the name of the song.

I don't know #9. Is it because I've been out of the loop for so friggin' long?

Posted by: Army NCO Guy at June 13, 2006 08:18 PM

Holy crap, you're alive!

Regarding your comment:

Well, #2 is a Creed song from their first album. Can't remember the name of the song.

You're on the right track...

I don't know #9. Is it because I've been out of the loop for so friggin' long?

*Cough*

Posted by: CD at June 13, 2006 08:54 PM

Wow, it has been a while. Phil's website is completely different from the last time I went there.

And yes, I'm alive. Biz-zee. Four kids is, like, a lot. But Swiss Cake Rolls can get one through anything.

(...sorry... had to mention 'em...)

Posted by: Army NCO Guy at June 13, 2006 09:15 PM

Don't you know any nice songs?!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at June 15, 2006 02:01 AM

Don't you know any nice songs?!

Hey, you've read my lyrics and heard my band. You know that I prefer the dark stuff.

Posted by: CD at June 15, 2006 02:30 AM

#1 is "Illusion" by Creed
#2 is "Bitch" by Sevendust

I didn't search for the lyrics; I already knew them.

Posted by: Ryan at June 16, 2006 10:04 PM
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