The return of: Guess the Lyric!
Dec. 12th, 2006 05:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tahnanJust 'cause I can. I was thinking about the last time I posted a lyrics meme, in which I'd scrambled words, and it was clear (from one solver's comments on mine, and from my own experience with marfta's version) that in some cases, a single word or two was enough to give away the song (e.g. "Stockbridge"). Sometimes a single word doesn't actually uniquely identify a song (e.g. "Stockbridge"), but perhaps with two words, you can manage a lyricwhack: like a Googlewhack, two words that only appear together in one song.
It's amazing how many of the following words aren't unique on their own (for instance, my graduate school colleague Bridget had a mix tape with two different songs containing the word "miscreation"), but with luck, each one of the following is a lyricwhack. And I mostly stayed away from obscure words: no Sinead Lohan, no Nickel Creek.
Post what you like; people who care to "solve" this, you've been warned that the comments may contain spoilers.
- psychosomatic, streptococci
- insomnia, miscreation
- cocky, rowboat
- overcome, transistor
- mono, verge
- merengue, refined
- continental, louses
- chunder, vegemite
- archetype, geographic
- baffled, outdrew
- shimmering, steely
- fruitless, survival
- champagne, masculine
- kaleidoscope, plasticine
- concoction, shaker
- cloister, waistline
- tantric, wasabi
- disciples, replay
- illusions, stargazing
- narwhal, noseguard
- antiquated, chemicals
- cobblestones, tenement
- astounding, voyeuristic
- flashback, unwinds
- potions, sculptor
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Date: 2006-12-12 09:53 pm (UTC)8. "Land Down Under"?
14. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
19. "The Rainbow Connection"
23. "Time Warp"
24. "Time After Time"?
There are a couple others I feel I should know but am not coming up with immediately.
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Date: 2006-12-12 10:00 pm (UTC)17. One Week, Barenaked Ladies
Yes, looking at saxikath's comment, 24 must be Time After Time.
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Date: 2006-12-12 10:07 pm (UTC)Dang, I feel like I know quite a few of these,but...
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Date: 2006-12-13 02:10 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_My_Stride
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Date: 2006-12-12 10:20 pm (UTC)In addition to several already correctly guessed, I know:
22. The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
25. Your Song, Elton John
And, yeah, a lot of these others seem familiar, but I can't place them (yet).
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Date: 2006-12-13 05:31 am (UTC)8. Down Under - Men At Work
10. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (I don't think the Leonard Cohen version includes those verses...)
11. Hotel California - Eagles
12. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
14. Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds - Beatles
17. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
22. Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
23. Time Warp - Rocky Horror cast
I feel close on some of the others, but those are the only ones that leapt out at me. I'm pretty sure I don't know 20, but I think I want to!
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