Friday, May 04, 2007

Song quiz

Here are some lines from some songs. Can you name the artist and title?

One:

You're a little like Miranda
Oh baby, she could name a tune
Oh, could she?
Just flip on any radio station
And like two notes in
She's like that's "so and so" from 'eighty-two


Two:

Plato, they say, could stick it away--
Half a crate of whisky every day.


Three:
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery

Four:
Don't jump before you look
Get hung up on a hook
Before you make a fool out of love.

Five:
So I got myself on a streetcar and it drove right into someone,
You know the driver said: "I was lookin' straight ahead!" But he was reading the Toronto Sun

Six:
in ancient rome
there was a poem
about a dog
who found two bones
he picked at one
he licked the other
he went in circles
he dropped dead

4 comments:

Kelly Peeples said...

I only know number two: The Philosophy Song by Monty Python. I could probably sing you the whole thing. And that is about as much as I know about philosophy, too.

Ben Varkentine said...

Me too. I figured that one was kind of a gimme.

jeopardygirl said...

Number FIVE is something by a little group named Moxy Fruvous. I think it's "The King of Spain."

Other than that, you have me stumped.

Ben Varkentine said...

Half right. It is by Moxy Fruvous, but it's not "King Of Spain."

BTW, Jen, here's a hint that won't do most people any good: One of the songs is on that comp you sent me for my birthday.