Answers to the lyrics quiz

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Answers to yesterday's lyrics quiz. Thank you to everyone who played!



1. It's got nothing to do with your Vorsprung durch Technik, you know
Parklife // Blur - lonelywalker

2. Oh, the body swayed to music, oh, the lightning glance
Ramalama Bang Bang // Róisín Murphy

3. Rather than kiss me you said you'd rather die
One Angry Dwarf // Ben Folds Five - mundungus42

4. I prayed my bones weren't brittle, for the air we float on can feel dense
Memories and Dust // Josh Pyke
Okay, my ulterior motive for having a lyrics quiz was to post this excellent Josh Pyke song, and further the cause of Aussie boys who sing sweetly and whimsically:
Memories and Dust // Josh Pyke
And for good measure, here's his incredibly sincere cover of Wuthering Heights:
Wuthering Heights // Josh Pyke

5. Refuse to surrender, strung out until ripped apart
Mysterons // Portishead

6. That people overseas suffer just like we, bad leadership and egos unfettered and free
Weapon of Mass Destruction - Faithless

7.And when you go, when you slam the door, I think you know that you won't be away too long. You know that I'm not that strong.
Mamma Mia // ABBA - quenbolyn

8. They tell you that this rain can sting
Red Rain // Peter Gabriel

9.She's getting kicked out of school cause she's failing. I'm kinda nervous, cause I think all her friends hate me
The Rock Show // Blink 182 - lonelywalker

10. Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before
Nights in White Satin // The Moody Blues - quenbolyn

11. Is there a time for first communion, a time for East Seventeen?
Miss Sarajevo // U2

12. While his wife rough-wrestles with a puppy, all aquiver on a wine-soaked strobe lit Asiatic hall of mirrors, and a dash of loneliness
No Aphrodisiac // The Whitlams - andrastewhite

13. I have to tell you just how I feel, I won't share you with another boy
Roxanne // Sting - kindkit

14.Do you know that hue of my new blue jeans? Can you judge the mood of the preteens?
Indigo // Moloko
Is it cheating to put a Róisín Murphy track and a Moloko track in the same quiz?

15. It was the Violent Femmes and the Del Fuegos, before they had a record out, before they went gold
My Sister // Juliana Hatfield

16. Well, the wider your eyes, the bigger the lies, yes it's true
Pumping on Your Stereo // Supergrass

17. Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion? Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
Lust For Life // Iggy Pop
I would never have guessed that that word at the end there was 'gimmick'. Iggy Pop has such a big mouth, you'd think he'd open it a little more when he's singing.

18. Yeah, I'm your lover, I could scale your city walls
Here comes September // Waikiki

19. This is a place where eternally, fire is applied to the body
Hell // Squirrel Nut Zippers

20. Eyeholes in a paper bag, greatest lay I ever had
Nancy Boy // Placebo


And in honour of our new Russian overlords:

21. There lived a certain man in Russia long ago, he was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Rasputin // Boney M

22. To Russia I flew but there and then, I suddenly knew you'd care again
From Russia With Love // Matt Monro - lonelywalker

23. Oh I saw you by the wall, ten of your tin soldiers in a row
Nikita // Elton John

24. Mr. Krushchev says "We will bury you," I don't subscribe to this point of view
Russians // Sting, or if you prefer: the LJ version

25. Being with you has opened my eyes, could I ever believe such a perfect surprise?
All the Things She Said // tATu