{"id":9006,"date":"2010-05-12T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T17:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2010-05-12T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T17:25:58","slug":"lyrics-quiz-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=9006","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's been ages<\/a> since we last did one of these. So, let's do one now!<\/p>\n

The following are first lines to well-known*<\/sup> songs. Name the song and<\/i> artist.<\/p>\n

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  1. If you're having trouble with your high school head<\/strike> AC\/DC - \"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap\" [Paige]\n
  2. Company, always on the run<\/strike> Bad Company - \"Bad Company\" [Paige]\n
  3. We-hell I see them every night in tight blue jeans<\/strike> Cyndi Lauper \u2013 \"She Bop\" [MikeJ]\n
  4. They tell us that we lost our tails<\/strike> Devo - \"Jocko Homo\" [Platosearwax]\n
  5. Oh it's funny to be seeing you after so long, girl<\/strike> - Elvis Costello - \"Alison\" [MikeJ]\n
  6. Dreamed I was an Eskimo<\/strike> Frank Zappa - \"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow\" [Cris]\n
  7. Do you have the time to listen to me whine<\/strike> - Green Day - \"Basket Case\" [MikeJ]\n
  8. Hear the lonesome whippoorwill<\/strike> Hank Williams - \"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry\" [Paige]\n
  9. I'm trying to tell you something about my life<\/strike> Indigo Girls - \"Closer to Fine\" [Cris]\n
  10. Sleep all day, out all night<\/strike> James Gang \"Funk 49\" [xjmueller]\n
  11. They seek him here, they seek him there<\/strike> Kinks - \"Dedicated Follower Of Fashion\" [RobC]\n
  12. Wanna tell you 'bout the girl I love<\/strike> Led Zeppelin - \"Hey hey what can I do\" [ellaesther]\n
  13. Traveling in a fried-out combie<\/strike> Men at Work \u2013 \"Down Under\" [MikeJ]\n
  14. Where it began, I can't begin to knowin<\/strike> - Neil Diamond - \"Sweet Caroline\" [Cris]\n
  15. How many special people change?<\/strike> Oasis - \"Champagne Supernova\" [Atlantys]\n
  16. \"The problem is all inside your head\", she said to me<\/strike> Paul Simon \u2013 \"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover\" [MikeJ]\n
  17. I've paid my dues, time after time<\/strike> Queen - \"We Are The Champions\" [Atlantys]\n
  18. Her green plastic watering can, for her fake Chinese rubber plant<\/strike> Radiohead - \"Fake Plastic Trees\" [RobC]\n
  19. Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking<\/strike> Smiths \u2013 \"Bigmouth Strikes Again\" [MikeJ]\n
  20. I don't want to work<\/strike> Todd Rundgren \u2013 \"Bang on the Drum All Day\" [MikeJ]\n
  21. Is it getting better, or do you feel the same?<\/strike> U2 - \"One\" [MikeJ]\n
  22. I get up, and nothing gets me down<\/strike> Van Halen - \"Jump\". [Modesto Kid]\n
  23. Fall is here, hear the yell<\/strike> White Stripes - We're Going To Be Friends [dbati]\n
  24. High climbs the summer sun, high climbs the corn<\/strike> XTC - \"Love On A Farmboy's Wages\" [Platosearwax]\n
  25. When I heard the knock on the door, had to catch my breath<\/font>\n
  26. Clean shirt, new shoes<\/strike> ZZ Top - \"Sharp Dressed Man\" [MikeJ]\n<\/ol>\n

    * : or maybe not so well-known. <\/p>\n

    Hint: there are 26 songs.<\/p>\n

    Leave your answers in comments. I\u2019ll cross them off as people get them.<\/p>\n

    You can click here<\/a> for the answers. But give it a good try, first!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It's been ages since we last did one of these. So, let's do one now! The following are first lines to well-known* songs. Name the song and artist. If you're having trouble with your high school head AC\/DC - \"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap\" [Paige] Company, always on the run Bad Company - \"Bad Company\" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyrics-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}