Music meme 1: In the Basement

[jlh]

I've started and put aside this entry about five times. At one point it was about my recent haircut (they cut it curly for once so no one gets a pic of me with straight hair), then about My Dinner with Andre and the Pitchfork Top 100 Albums of the 70s, 80s and 90s and the role of the critic (this may be better suited for an upcoming road trip) and have now ended up with: a music meme.

Changing up some of the rules, though:
Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle. These are fun to do but tricky as a straight "shuffle" on my itunes because it's full of jazz and obscure album tracks and other weirdness that I wouldn't even recognize myself. So, instead, I'm going to do some mixes that I created quite a while back.
Step 2: Post the first one to two lines from the first 37 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing. Mostly first lines from 20 songs; an [*] indicates that the first line is the title, so I've taken the first line of the chorus or other verse.
Step 3: Check off the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly... Well, remakes make this weird, though. These are all original tracks, no covers on this list.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING, and cheating is not allowed! Those of you who have these mixes are DQ'd, though you can comment anon and it will be screened anyway.
Step 5: If you like the game post your own. Enjoy!

One mix a day each day this week, to distract me from the Many Things That Must Be Done.

In the Basement

1. People talking, and they're saying that you're leaving Change | John Waite
   
2. I choose my friends only far too well Perfect Skin | Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
   
3. *You set the fire inside my soul Sweet Sweet Baby (I'm Fallin') | Lone Justice
   
4. If I said I'd lost my way, would you sympathise?
   
5. It's cold outside, it gets so hot in here 11 O'Clock Tick Tock | U2
   
6. What you think of me is hard to tell
   
7. Beautiful girl, lovely dress Gone Daddy Gone | Violent Femmes
   
8. Nice girls, not one with a defect Watching the Detectives | Elvis Costello
   
9. *Don't want to say this but I think that I should
   
10. Sweat my youth away with the rules we have to play Penthouse and Pavement | Heaven 17
    
11. Face to face, my reflection in your eyes Call Me | Go West
    
12. I'm alone, sitting with my empty glass The Metro | Berlin
    
13. *It's five and I'm driving home again Dancing With Tear In My Eyes | Ultravox
    
14. A hungry heart to regulate their breathing One of Our Submarines | Thomas Dolby
    
15. Life is so strange when you don't know Destination Unknown | Missing Persons
    
16. Home is where I want to be This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | Talking Heads
    
17. I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face Tempted | Squeeze
    
18. We're in the basement, learning to print Legal Tender | B-52s
    
19. I'm standing here on the ground Don't Change | INXS
    
20. Watching for a sound to lead me to wherever you are

Comments

[lillijulianne.livejournal.com]

1. People talking, and they're saying that you're leaving- john waite, "change"
2. I choose my friends only far too well- lloyd cole and the commotions, "perfect skin"
3. *You set the fire inside my soul- lone justice, "sweet sweet baby"
5. It's cold outside, it gets so hot in here- U2, "11 o'clock tick tock"
8. Nice girls, not one with a defect- elvis costello, "watching the detectives"
10. Sweat my youth away with the rules we have to play- heaven 17. "penthouse to pavement"
12. I'm alone, sitting with my empty glass- berlin, "the metro"
13. *It's five and I'm driving home again- ultravox, "dancing with tears in my eyes"
14. A hungry heart to regulate their breathing- thomas dolby, "one of our submarines is missing" (i didn't get this last time, but now i remember!)
15. Life is so strange when you don't know- missing persons "destination unknown"
16. Home is where I want to be- talking heads, "naive melody (this must be the place)"
17. I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face- squeze, "tempted"

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

!4. Was driving me crazy! I knew I knew it! I also should have known 1, 2, 8, 10, 12, and 13. It is so hard to get them out of context especially if I only have the song on vinyl and have not yet set up a system to move vinyl into MP3. Also turntable is broken. :/

[lillijulianne.livejournal.com]

oh my, i know. i have a basement full of vinyl and haven't had a turntable for about ten years. it is painful!

several of these wouldn't have clicked had i not written something 80s recently and been fortunate enough to have someone find TONS of songs online...

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I used to be a DJ and one of my old friends sent me CDs of a ton of really obscure 80s stuff, that has helped ease some of the pain. :D

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Yes to all! :D

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

7. Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
14. Destination Unknown by Missing Persons
17. Squeeze - Tempted
18. B-52s Legal Tender
19. Don't change - INXS

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Yes to all! :D

[adjudicated.livejournal.com]

I think #11 is Call Me by Go West?

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Totally right! :D