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She drove herself to madness with a silver spoon


(an easy one to start the thread. )

Oh good, an 'easy' one. I must just...erm... yeah... back later!

'sus

When in doubt... stall 'em!

'Paula came from Washington with long golden hair, twenty-eight dollars in a fake silk purse and a leather skirt to wear'

'sus

PS Answer to above also partially answers question in Music Trivia quiz http://www.h2g2.com/A173675

15 points at stake!

*blink* ... a miss already?? (Well, two, then, as I missed yours as well. ) Hmm... perhaps another line, in no particular order:

Raven hair, ruby lips, sparks fly from her fingertips.

Not another one of those 'ooh, that sounds familiar' moments!

Okay, I counter attack with the next line of mine...

'Shane came from Dublin town, from the old world so green, counterfeit ticket into JFK, in the land of his dreams'.

Incidentally, the song title is also the album title.

'sus

We seem to be getting a lot of those. Yours is putting me in mind of about three different songs, methinks.. and probably none of those are the right one.

'Nother grab-bag line from mine:

"She's a restless spirit on an endless flight"

OK this is just to get an idea of what music you may be into.
Here's a lyric, if anyone gets it, cool, if not don't worry.
It's quite obscure unless you know it!!

"(title) ah ha
They're never too far
from battlefields so glorious
out in a world of their own
They'll never come down
'til once again victorious"

Not even a bell on that one, Wiz... and my grab-bag is dwindling...

This fits onto the already-laid puzzle matrix (somewhere ):

Crazy laughter in another room

XTC. Generals and Majors??? (Cool or Fool??)

Anonymouse, yours have a sort of 1980:s spirit to it. Is that the right decade?

Bit quiet around here. What if I add an easy one:

'Right now is the way it's going to be from
now until forever,
let's have less of getting clever with me'

Why do I get this terrible sense of dread whenever anyone posts 'an easy one'?! Nope, no idea again.

I think it's got to the point where we need to clear up some of the unsolved lyrics in order to 'move on'. For my part, the Paul McCartney 'there's only one thing that money can't buy...' one, which was in another forum anyway, is called 'All My Trials'.

Whilst it's easy* to recognise a song heard on the radio, it's clearly proving to be more difficult when presented with simply the words. Can I recommend that we stick with 'mainstream'/popular songs (eg Layla, with which NTT started) that people have a chance of guessing (eg by hearing it on the radio!), and perhaps choosing some of the less well-known lyrics from the song (ie not the chorus!!)

'sus

*as in, you find yourself singing along, but couldn't repeat it if someone asked you to!

My ant one was By Jonathan Richman(of Roadrunner fame and the wandering troubadour in "Something about Mary")( Not Phoebe!!although he does sing about his jeans , Chewing gum wrappers etc) My "Silly little sniggers" one was UNCLE SAM !!!!(geddit Uncle Sam?? well i thought it was clever) by Madness (My Riddle "Greater than God, More evil than devil,Poor have it, rich need it, if you eat it it will kill you!" The answer is "NOTHING".. think about it!)I think thats all my unanswered ones cleared up ?, (as if anyone was remotely interested)Never heard "All My Trials" I don't think 'sus

Me neither!

But it's in my guitar book ("words and music for 50 hits"!)

Just to lighten things up, how about this:

Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great, if a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate...

'sus

Probably closer to mid 70's.

"Main Stream" is a bit objective, as it depends on one's musical tastes. All the tunes I've posted from so far were hits in their days, and some are still being played round here. That's another thing.. Mainstream -where- eh?

Rather than give an answer I think I'll give it one more college (alumni) try.

"Raven hair, ruby lips
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night,
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight.

Ooo hoo, [title], see how high she flies
Ooo hoo, [title], she got the moon in her eyes."


(If that don't do it, I give up! )

Oh, one more hint. The artists also did "Hotel California" ... Miss that one, why doncha?

That's the sprit, 'Sus!

And if the sperm is wasted
on the dusty ground
God shall make thee pay for
each sperm that can't be found

That'll be Witchy Woman by the Eagles then! ,thanks for barn size clue!! Ok heres a couple separated by nearly 2 decades and not linked...(hmm.. there's an idea...)
"Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road
But the day breaks instead so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk float blind your mind....."

and
"Things ain't cooking in my kitchen
Strange affliction wash over me
Julius Ceasar and the Roman Empire
Couldn't conquer the blue sky"

OK, that last one was "Weather with you" by those australian fellers. Album name was Woodface, but I can't rember the name of the band.

Hey I'll give you that it was Crowded house, The other one is by someone who started in the 60's was BIG in the 70,s and is still going strong(ish) today and like Peter Gabriel has a strong interest in the internet etc
The first verse may be easier
"Time takes a cigarette,puts it in your mouth
You pull on your finger then another finger then cigarette
The wall to wall is calling, it lingers , but still you forget..