lyric quiz



Appropriated from John, here's a lyrics quiz. Maybe one or two are hits, all are songs I own on some audio medium, and all are from my lifetime. Only one is a song from the past 18 months. Many can be, or would have been, heard on the nebulous format known as "college radio."



UPDATE: this is stale now, so here are all the answers. If you got them, give youself points on the honor system.



1. A country that even persecuted The Weavers "Home of the Brave," Naked Raygun

2. Can you stand me on my feet? "Color Me Impressed", the Replacements

3. A pack of franks and a big bag of Frito-Lays "Cold Lampin' With Flavor," Public Enemy

4. I suspect there'll be gerrymandering at the singles bar "I'm the Bomb," Electric Six

5. I'm not the best believer; not the most deserving"Sympathy," Sleater-Kinney

6. And you love me 'til my heart stops; love me 'til I'm dead "Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)," Talking Heads

7. [E]very white face is an invitation to robbery "Safe European Home, " The Clash

8. And getting out of school meant getting out of hand "Celebrated Summer, " Husker Du

9. What's your favorite dish? I'm not gonna cook it but I'll order it from Zanzibar "F*** Her Gently," Tenacious D

10. And if I was Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single "If I Had A Boat," Lyle Lovett

11. Skateboards--I've almost made them respectable! "I'm the Man," Joe Jackson

12. Never needs winding, never needs winding, never needs winding "Step Right Up," Tom Waits

13. I was the walrus! Paul wasn't the walrus! I was just saying that to be nice but I was actually the walrus! "Magical Misery Tour," from the National Lampoon Radio Dinner album. That's Tony Hendra, of Spinal Tap infamy, as John Lennon

14. Well, listen, Buster-- you'd better start to move your feet "One Step Beyond", Madness

15. While my JVC vibrates the concrete "I Can't Live Without My Radio," LL Cool J

16. Me and Lucy opened it when Cynthia wasn't around "Starfish and Coffee," Prince

17. They didn't win another 'til 1962, the year he was discovered "Fifty Mission Cap", Tragically Hip

18. Well, I thought it was already as heavy as could be "Waitin' for a Superman," Flaming Lips

19. He covered me with tomatoes, hummus, chickpeas, and some strips of skin "Balloon Man," Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians

20. He could have scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky "Jesus Was Way Cool," King Missile