(repost)

Hilzoy Writes

Violence is not a way of getting where you want to go, only more quickly. Its existence changes your destination. If you use it, you had better be prepared to find yourself in the kind of place it takes you to.

Smart one, she is. Do well to heed her wisdom, the world would. Good reading, rest of post is. Do well to read it, you would.

It’s been a few months since the last one, so…

Each of the following is a first line from a certified Classic rock song (though not all are Classic Rockâ„¢). Without looking them up, how many can you identify ?

Updates
1. Bumped this to the top.
2. As people get them, I’ll mark them off.
3. Marking unclaimed items in red.

1. Every time that I look in the mirror, Aerosmith- “Dream On”(BobbyL)
2. Wednesday morning at five o’clock as the day begins – Beatles, She’s Leaving Home (CharleyCarp)
3. Some folks are born made to wave the flag – Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fortunate Son (CharleyCarp)
4. Please please tell me now – “Is There Something I Should Know” by Duran Duran (RobC)
5. There’s talk on the street; it sounds so familiar – Eagles, New Kid in Town (CharleyCarp)
6. Wait a minute baby, stay with me awhile
7. We had broken up for good just an hour before
8. Saturday night I was downtown – Hollies, Long Cool Woman (CharleyCarp)
9. I’m standing here on the ground
10. You love her, but she loves him – J. Geils Band, Love Stinks (DaveC)
11. Girl I want to be with you all of the time – “All Day and All of the Night” by The Kinks (RobC)
12. Hey lady, you got the love I need – Led Zeppelin, Over the Hills and Far Away (CharleyCarp)
13. They told him don’t you ever come around here
14. I wanna live, I wanna give – Neil Young, Heart of Gold (CharleyCarp)
15. Crazy, but that’s how it goes – Ozzy Osborne, “Crazy Train” (BobbyL)
16. I am just a new boy, a stranger in this town
17. She keeps Moet and Chandon in her pretty cabinet – Queen- “Killer Queen” (BobbyL)
18. Hey ho, let’s go – Ramones- “Blitzkrieg Bop” (BobbyL)
19. Way back when in 67 – Hey Nineteen, Steely Dan (Jigsaw)
20. Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons – “Life During Wartime” by Talking Heads (RobC)
21. See the stone set in your eyes – “With or Without You” by U2 (RobC)
22. Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand – Velvet Underground – “Sweet Jane” (BobbyL)
23. What’s with these homies, dissing my girl? – Weezer, ‘Buddy Holly’ (ChrisR)
24. Dear God, sorry to disturb you – Dear God, XTC (Jigsaw)
25. A man conceived a moment’s answers to the dream
26. You didn’t have to love me like you did – ZZ Top- “And I Thank You” (BobbyL)

Hints

• There are 26 songs.
• They are arranged in alphabetic order by band name, or artist’s first name.
• The latest song is from the mid-90′s. The earliest is from ’67.

You can click here for the answers. But give it a good try, first!

Après la purge, le iPod starts the week with…

1. Miles Davis – Diane. Yummy.
2. The Pixies – No.13 Baby. Yummy.
3. Sonic Youth – Blink. A Kim song…
4. Flaming Lips – Be My Head. From way back in the olden days, before they discovered shiny electronics.
5. Yo La Tengo – How To Make A Baby Elephant Float. Sadly, after the time when they discovered lounge music.
6. REM – Exhuming McCarthy. Never cared for this one.
7. Robyn Hitchcock – The Cheese Alarm (BBC). Never cared much for this one, either.
8. Leon Redbone – Shine On Harvest Moon
9. Son Volt – Windfall. Nice.
10. Superchunk – Cool. Like this one. “Sometimes I fear I neglect to think”.

A pretty typical line-up, I guess.
Coincidentally, I’ve seen the bottom 8 bands live (though the F’lips, just barely): SY 3 times and Robyn H 4 times. And next month I get to see Robyn with Peter Buck from REM (he’s part of Robyn’s latest band).