Music quiz

These are the first lines from some relatively popular songs. Can you identify the songs (without looking them up) ?

  1. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
  2. I walked along the avenue, I never thought I'd meet a girl like you
  3. Loving you isn't the right thing to do
  4. Tommy used to work on the docks
  5. Don't think me unkind
  6. I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long
  7. God money, I'll do anything for you
  8. Old pirates, yes, they rob i
  9. It's allright if you love me, it's allright if you don't
  10. I met her in a club down in old Soho

One hint: they are all sung by men.

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4 thoughts on “Music quiz

  1. Rob Caldecott

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    4. Some Bon Jovi tune – Living on a Prayer perhaps.
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    8. Redemption Song by Bob Marley.
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    10. Lola by The Kinks.

    Pretty poor show. How obscure are some of these really? :)

  2. cleek

    not obscure at all. i’d say they’re all “classics”.

    and, you got one of what i thought would be the more difficult ones.

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