When I have nothing interesting to report...

[shirenomad]

You get memes!

Run your playlist on random and pick your favorite lyric from each of the first 20 songs that come up. Then see who can guess the songs in question.

For obvious reasons, any songs without lyrics were ignored. Also, I have a lot of Christian music on my playlist, so some of these may be tricky for all you heathens out there. ;P

1) Daylight is fading, why are we waiting?
2) Made sumo wrestlers look like Kate Moss: Weird Al Yankovic - Grapefruit Diet (guessed by wattsu)
3) Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it: Daft Punk - Technologic (song title guessed by shadykins for half credit; artist by bugen for the other half)
4) Don't you think it's 'bout time, please won't you call and ease my mind?: Cowboy Bebop - Call Me Call Me (guessed by jadedsoul)
5) Dark sky all around, I can't feel my feet touching the ground: Jars of Clay - Flood (guessed by westmarked)
6) The anchor holds though the ship is battered, the anchor holds though the sails are torn: Ray Boltz - The Anchor Holds (guessed by starmiekn)
7) I'm playing GameBoy standing in the middle of the Grand Canyon
8) I have to celebrate you, baby: Fatboy Slim - Praise You (guessed by urbankotq)
9) No more waiting for illusive tomorrows
10) And somewhere while you're sleeping, someone else is dreaming too
11) I gotta be ready if the Commies attack us tonight: Weird Al Yankovic - Trigger Happy (guessed by thunderphoenix)
12) This day burns away every indecision
13) Just as well they never see the hate that's in your head: Les Miserables - Lovely Ladies (guessed by eternalism)
14) For the faint of heart, those driven to their knees, those who live with scars
15) Many mighty rivers have I crossed, many barren deserts have I seen, and still my heart beats strong for you, oh Lord: Sonicflood - I Have Come to Worship (guessed by starmiekn)
16) You might think that I can't take it, but you're wrong: Britney Spears - Stronger (guessed by matadin)
17) There's many lost, but tell me who has won?: U2 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (guessed by the_entity)
18) After the rain you can look to the sky again: Aaron Jeoffrey - After the Rain (guessed by starmiekn)
19) Kono sora wo daite kagayaku shounen yo shinwa ni nare: Neon Genesis Evangelion - Cruel Angel Thesis (guessed by chime)
20) Stepping out on nothing and finding something there

Yes, I have #16 on my hard drive. Stop laughing.

If you're not responding purely because you don't recognize most of them, let me know and maybe, the next time I run this, I'll stick to relatively well-known songs.

EDIT After 24 hours, my first hint: #4 is from a soundtrack. All the other unguessed songs (save #3) are modern Christian music of some kind.

EDIT 2 Second clue: the artists remaining unguessed, in no particular order, are Newsboys, Point of Grace, Steven Curtis Chapman, Geoff Moore, Avalon, and Carman. If you count carefully, you'll realize this means one of them has two songs up.

Comments

[chime.livejournal.com]

19. Cruel Angel Thesis (NGE)

I feel like I should probably know more of 'em, but, eh.

[cassaclyzm.livejournal.com]

I KNEW I recognized that. Which was a little weird, because I don't speak a lick of Japanese (except for the odd bit of fanboy japanese, naturally.)

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

I had the same reaction. o_o

[eternalism.livejournal.com]

13) Lovely Ladies, from the Les Miserables soundtrack

[scribe-of-stars.livejournal.com]

8. Fat Boy Slim -- Praise You.

Number 16 rises in my mind like a giant mental wave, yet refuses to crest. ;p

[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

11) Trigger Happy, "Weird Al" Yankovic (I think. Half of these look like they may be Weird Al). I have a good Trigun AMV with this song.

[shirenomad]

In addition to #11, which you got correct, there is exactly one other Weird Al song on the list.

[surgo.livejournal.com]

I have absolutely no idea. I also had no idea how to pronounce #19 until someone answered it.

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

Actually, chime got "Cruel Angel Thesis," not me.

But here is one you CAN credit me for... I think. Is 16 Britney Spears's "Stronger"?

[wattsu.livejournal.com]

Aha! A heathen, I may be. But I know my Yankovic, and #2 is definitely from Grapefruit Diet.

[mountainranger.livejournal.com]

Beat me to it. :( Though I'm not sure I would have remembered the title.

[the-entity.livejournal.com]

(17) is "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" by U2, off their "War" album.

[westmarked.livejournal.com]

Drat, getting to this late ... #5 is "Flood" by Jars of Clay.

No comment on #16. None is necessary.

[shadeykins.livejournal.com]

3) "Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it"

Is the Technologic song that that Osaka sings in that Flash but I dunno who really sings it. :P

17) "There’s many lost, but tell me who has won?"

Sunday, Bloody Sunday, U2.

[shirenomad]

Partial credit for #3, none for #17 because Entity was faster to the buzzer.

Oooh oooh!

[starmiekn.livejournal.com]

6) The Anchor Holds! But...several people have done that. I can't remember who has. :x Is...Ray Boltz one?
15) SonicflOOd! :D They rock. "I Have Come to Worship"
18) "After the Rain"? Aaron Jeoffrey?

That is all I can think of. Fun. :D

Re: Oooh oooh!

[shirenomad]

After westmarked could only name "Flood", I thought for sure the rest of the Christian songs were doomed to remain unguessed; thanks for giving these three a home. ^^

<3

[starmiekn.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! :D I wish I could identify the others...but they must be songs I haven't heard before. Lyrics usually stick pretty easily. :) *count* WOO I'm WINNING. 8D ;)

[bugen.livejournal.com]

I want to say the artist for #3 is Daft Punk. I thought I saw their name connected with the song before (maybe in an iPod commercial?), but the only thing I actually know about them is that they did some collaboration with Leiji Matsumoto, the title of which had a lot of 5s in it. :p

[shirenomad]

You probably want to say it because it's correct.

[jadedsoul.livejournal.com]

4. Call Me Call Me from Cowboy Bebop

I have much love for that song. =)