OK, chaps and chappesses, I know you've all been tearing your hair out with some of these answers, so I am going to put you out of your misery. Here. They. Are.
1) I don't know how much more of this I can take, she's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Watching The Detectives
2) I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde
Desmond Dekker and The Aces - Israelites
3) I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette
4) On the way the paper bag was on my knee, Man, I had a dreadful flight
Beatles - Back In The USSR
5) There's a new sensation / a fabulous creation
Roxy Music - Do The Strand
6) That natty dread drink at the Sheraton hotel, yeah (where'd ya go?)
The Clash - Safe European Home
7) Seen quite a bit in my twenty-three years, I've been manic depressive and I've spat a few tears
Dexys Midnight Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
8) Mum bought you a fur coat when you were fifteen / You wore it to the disco but everyone was in jeans
The Specials - Hey Little Rich Girl
9) And on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love
The Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes
10) There's a knock on the door and just for a second I thought I remembered you
Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
11) Spit jewels like Eastern riches, junkie fixes / Around here we say 'birds', not bitches
The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward
12) Chain-store chain-smoke, I consume you all / Chain-gang chain-mail, I don't think at all
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!
13) I can't help about the shape I'm in / I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
14) And she's clinging to the nearest passer-by
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
15) Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul / The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock'n'roll
The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
16) Everybody's coming home for lunch these days / Last night there were skinheads on my lawn
Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
17) I can get a train / I don't need no hamburgers, no take-away
Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country
18) It took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead to really really open her eyes
The Smiths - What She Said
19) She did some smack with a Chinese chap / An affair began with Charlie Chan / Well that was just before she really lost her head
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Plaistow Patricia
20) Jane Fonda on the screen today / Convinced the liberals it's okay
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
21) Put another log on the fire for me / I've made some breakfast and coffee
David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things
22) It's got style, it's got class / So strong, I can't let it pass / I gotta tell you all about it / I gotta scream and shout it
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
23) There’s trouble at the fire station, someone’s had the sack / And the lads are going to launch a scheme, get rid of Captain Flack
Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumpton Riots
24) The rude boys are dancing to some heavy. heavy ska
The Ruts - Staring At The Rude Boys
25) I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin / My irritability keeps me alive and kicking
Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards
How did you guys score?
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Have A Lyric Quiz, Chums
Hey folks! Bored? Then try this to keep your mind off the situation we're in for a few minutes. Yes, it's
JEFF'S HARD-AS-NAILS LYRIC QUIZ - aka "THE STUMPER"
Artist and song please... no Googling!
1) I don't know how much more of this I can take / she's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake
2) I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde
3) I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
4) On the way the paper bag was on my knee, Man, I had a dreadful flight
5) There's a new sensation / a fabulous creation
6) That natty dread drink at the Sheraton hotel, yeah (where'd ya go?)
7) Seen quite a bit in my twenty-three years, I've been manic depressive and I've spat a few tears
8) Mum bought you a fur coat when you were fifteen / You wore it to the disco but everyone was in jeans
9) And on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love
10) There's a knock on the door and just for a second I thought I remembered you
11) Spit jewels like Eastern riches, junkie fixes / Around here we say 'birds', not bitches
12) Chain-store chain-smoke, I consume you all / Chain-gang chain-mail, I don't think at all
13) I can't help about the shape I'm in / I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
14) And she's clinging to the nearest passer-by
15) Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul / The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock'n'roll
16) Everybody's coming home for lunch these days / Last night there were skinheads on my lawn
17) I can get a train / I don't need no hamburgers, no take-away
18) It took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead to really really open her eyes
19) She did some smack with a Chinese chap / An affair began with Charlie Chan / Well that was just before she really lost her head
20) Jane Fonda on the screen today / Convinced the liberals it's okay
21) Put another log on the fire for me / I've made some breakfast and coffee
22) It's got style, it's got class / So strong, I can't let it pass / I gotta tell you all about it / I gotta scream and shout it
23) There’s trouble at the fire station, someone’s had the sack / And the lads are going to launch a scheme, get rid of Captain Flack
24) The rude boys are dancing to some heavy. heavy ska
25) I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin / My irritability keeps me alive and kicking
JEFF'S HARD-AS-NAILS LYRIC QUIZ - aka "THE STUMPER"
Artist and song please... no Googling!
1) I don't know how much more of this I can take / she's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake
2) I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde
3) I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
4) On the way the paper bag was on my knee, Man, I had a dreadful flight
5) There's a new sensation / a fabulous creation
6) That natty dread drink at the Sheraton hotel, yeah (where'd ya go?)
7) Seen quite a bit in my twenty-three years, I've been manic depressive and I've spat a few tears
8) Mum bought you a fur coat when you were fifteen / You wore it to the disco but everyone was in jeans
9) And on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love
10) There's a knock on the door and just for a second I thought I remembered you
11) Spit jewels like Eastern riches, junkie fixes / Around here we say 'birds', not bitches
12) Chain-store chain-smoke, I consume you all / Chain-gang chain-mail, I don't think at all
13) I can't help about the shape I'm in / I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
14) And she's clinging to the nearest passer-by
15) Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul / The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock'n'roll
16) Everybody's coming home for lunch these days / Last night there were skinheads on my lawn
17) I can get a train / I don't need no hamburgers, no take-away
18) It took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead to really really open her eyes
19) She did some smack with a Chinese chap / An affair began with Charlie Chan / Well that was just before she really lost her head
20) Jane Fonda on the screen today / Convinced the liberals it's okay
21) Put another log on the fire for me / I've made some breakfast and coffee
22) It's got style, it's got class / So strong, I can't let it pass / I gotta tell you all about it / I gotta scream and shout it
23) There’s trouble at the fire station, someone’s had the sack / And the lads are going to launch a scheme, get rid of Captain Flack
24) The rude boys are dancing to some heavy. heavy ska
25) I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin / My irritability keeps me alive and kicking
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