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grahams - - 3 mins read

The music quiz from the other day was a partial success, with you guys guessing 7/20 correctly. I’ve put the correct answers below the cut, so don’t click that link if you’re still playing. Of course, if you’re reading this via an RSS feed you will just have to avert your eyes.

This quiz (and the lack of variety in the “random” songs) inspired me to finally refill my iPod. I was drawing from a hastily chosen (by dragging random artists to the iPod) 10 gigs when I made the quiz. Now all 30 gigs are filled with hand-chosen albums. Maybe I’ll make a new quiz with the newly-filled iPod… Or I could just use iTunes instead of my iPod and draw from 90 gigs.

  1. Smearing wet concrete and swearing you’ll never be caught - Caffeine by Faith No More ()
  2. A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me - Oh! You Pretty Things by David Bowie ()
  3. The Patty Duke the wrench and then I bust the tango - Shake Your Rump by Beastie Boys
  4. A shallow pond slow descending so slow to drown - Last Call by Skinny Puppy ()
  5. They say it’s your birthday; We’re gonna have a good time - Birthday by The Beatles ()
  6. My brother wants a ride to the liquor store - Thirsty and Miserable by Black Flag
  7. Just an inch between striking out and striking rich - Got That Feeling by Faith No More
  8. And a woman hot with worry slyly slipped a tin of stewing steak - God Knows I’m Good by David Bowie ()
  9. If the illusion is real; Let them give you a ride - Good Times Roll by The Cars
  10. When they play tunes, when they play tunes, when they play riffs of the hard rock beat - Simple Pages by Weezer
  11. Strung out until ripped apart; Who dares, dares to condemn - Mysterons by Portishead
  12. She’s sleepin’ with her head in the kitchen; And her feet’s out in the hall - She Caught the Katy by Blues Brothers
  13. Wicked waits the torturer - Inquisition by Skinny Puppy ()
  14. Though the hunter in the night; Fills your childish heart with fright - Night of the Hunger by Fantomas
  15. He-li venco -de-ho; Chi-le venco de-ho - Warszawa by David Bowie
  16. Tell me wife I love her very much she knows - Space Oddity by David Bowie ()
  17. Dont u know straight hair aint got no curl (no curl) - Pop Life by Prince
  18. He’d like for her to roll and rock him; Turn his life around - Pretty Girl by Ween
  19. I’ve done my best to live the right way; I get up every morning and go to work each day - The Promised Land by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
  20. You know you will have little time to stop and think; when engaging in hand-to-hand combat. - Aktion F1413 by Tomahawk