Lyrics meme

[koganbot]

The return of the First Lines meme, my mp3 player set on shuffle. RULES: Identify the song and performer, no googling.

Song titles and other obvious spoilers are replaced with characters on TV detective shows. Hints are in italics. I predict the first to be guessed will be 12, 7, 5, 20, 3, and 4, in that order, unless Lex shows up early, in which case 3 will go in a second, and I hope he gets 8, 14, and 16, the last of which is one of my two favorite tracks on here (the other is 7). Xhuxk will have the best shots at 2 and 6 (unless Tim H. appears unexpectedly), Xhuxk and Dave may have shots at 18 and 19, and I'm counting on Hazel to come through on 17.

I had trouble deciding what counts as a first line.

1. "Hey Mo, let's go [inaudible] that go, that go, that go, who put this shit together? Me, that's who. I started this hyphy shit..."

2. "THOMAS MAGNUM I'm a little too gone" Toby Keith "A Little Too Late," identified by cis

3. "Bounce bounce bounce bounce keep it movin', bounce, keep it movin', bounce, keep it movin', bounce, keep it movin', bounce, once again, nothin' jumpin' up in yo place, sick o' your 'Berry buzzin' all in my face" Mariah Carey f. T-Pain "Migrate," identified by alexmacpherson

4. "A scream, a shout far in the distance"

5. "You, you know how to get me so low" Gwen Stefani, "Early Winter," identified by piratemoggy

6. "I must look like a fool, here in the middle of the road"

7. "It's strange to think the songs we used to sing, the smiles, the flowers, everything is gone" Taylor Swift "Should've Said No," identified by cis

8. "To every block, every streets, every gully side, every community, every garrison, JONATHON HIGGINS, every change, na na na noooo no, yea yeaaaahhhh, never change, and even if we left the gully, I'll be going back, na na na noooo no yea yeaaaahhhh" Mavado "Don't Worry," identified by alexmacpherson

9. "You don't need a T.C. CALVIN, I got bruises you can't see"

10. "Your face, I'm a mess, all I know is not enough" (famous performer but bonus track) Ashlee Simpson, "I'm Out," identified by weasel_seeker

11. "Leave your dishes in the sink, leave the ice cubes in your drink" (this song and the previous song constitute one of the rare instances where this person's track is better than person #10's track)

12. "Diamond life, lover boy, he move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy" Sade "Smooth Operator, identified by alexmacpherson

13. "Stone cold sober, 'bout to get knocked out (are you ready for me?) wanna party hard, wanna get real loud (tonight I'm feeling sexy!)" (see #11)

14. "People are turning so mad, the place is turning so bad, the streets are flowing blood red" The Bug f. Ricky Ranking "Murder We," identified by alexmacpherson

15. "[RICK WRIGHT and variants on RICK WRIGHT repeated a whole hunk of times until 1:15 in] And I can make you [try?], and I can make you [try?]" (famous performer but bonus track)

16. "Now this here's the bom diggy diggy, diggy dang the Don's with me, killa, he'll kill it, ya think about harmin' me"

17. "I know, who's behind the door" Devin Townsend Band "Depth Charge," identified by piratemoggy

18. "This one is for LANCE WHITE there's some money to be made, there's some bitches to be laid, hurry up I gotta get paid"

19. "Ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh JIM ROCKFORD JIM ROCKFORD JIM ROCKFORD JIM ROCKFORD JIM ROCKFORD JIM ROCKFORD in a middle of the night with a hella sarcastic grin you ask me to innovate"

20. "Is it too late, nothing to salvage, you look away, clear all the damage"

Comments

[koganbot]

HURRAH! I knew you'd triumph on #17.