Lyrics meme answers

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Answers to the music lyrics -- and yes, I would be pleased to have all of these on my iPod if I ever get one! Congrats to atdelphi and ozma_katiebell with seven each, which is more than I usually get in these things. :) YouTube links added for many (I'm amazed that people have actually done videos for some of these).

1. All that I possess is my existence, vagrant more or less -- Joe, Inspiral Carpets
2. You ain't been blue, no, no, no, you ain't been blue -- Mood Indigo, Duke Ellington (answered by ozma_katiebell)
3. I stand in the distance I view from afar -- Confide in Me, Kylie Minogue
4. She's got a smile that it seems to me -- Sweet Child o' Mine, Guns 'n' Roses (answered by atdelphi)
5. I was born in a cross-fire hurricane -- Jumpin' Jack Flash, the Stones (answered by a_t_rain)
6. For a while we must part, but remember me sweetheart -- Till the Lights of London Shine Again, Joe Loss and his Band
7. Whenever I need you, you give me such a run around -- The Harder I Try, Brother Beyond
8. If I could make a wish I think I'd pass -- The Air That I Breathe, Hollies (answered by lucie_p)
9. First I was afraid I was petrified -- I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor (answered by atdelphi, nineveh_uk, ozma_katiebelland lucie_p)
10. Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go -- Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, Ramones
11. We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout [recentish version] -- Jackson, Joaquin Phoenix/Reese Witherspoon version from Walk the Line (answered by atdelphi and lucie_p)
12. Um, I've noticed you around. I find you very attractive -- Would You?, Touch & Go
13. There's something wrong with the world today, I don't know what it is -- Livin' on the Edge, Aerosmith (answered by atdelphi and ozma_katiebell)
14. The way she walks, the way she talks -- Girl of My Best Friend, Elvis version
15. Doesn't take much to make me happy and make me smile -- Best Of My Love, Emotions
16. You got a nasty reputation, we're in a sticky situation -- Raise Your Hands, Bon Jovi
17. Over and over, I try to prove my love to you -- Personality, original Lloyd Price version
18. Wait until the clock hits midnight, minute past I'm out the door -- Jumpin', Liberty X
19. I wasn't jealous before we met, now every woman I see is a potential threat -- Lay All Your Love On Me, Abba (answered by ozma_katiebell and lucie_p)
20. I want you to know that I'm happy for you -- You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette
21. Cut my life into pieces -- Last Resort, Papa Roach (answered by atdelphi and ozma_katiebell)
22. Where it began, I can't begin to know when -- Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond (answered by atdelphi and ozma_katiebell)
23. Downtown, we'll drown, we're in our never splender -- I'll Tumble 4 Ya, Culture Club
24. Help comes when you need it most, I'm cured by laughter -- Waltzing Along, James
25. Close my mind shut out the world, walk into my private Harlem -- Memories Don't Leave Like People Do, Tom Jones
26. I was alone I took a ride I didn't know what I would find there -- Got To Get You Into My Life, Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers version (answered by a_t_rain)
27. Boul ma sene, boul ma guiss madi re nga fokni mane -- 7 Seconds, Yousou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry (the language is Wolof apparently, and no I'm not claiming I knew that)
28. Here's the thing, we started out friends, it was cool but it was all pretend -- Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson (answered by virginia_bell and ozma_katiebell)
29. You're sailing softly through the sun, in a broken stone age dawn -- Strange Magic, ELO
30. Outside another yellow moon punched a hole in the nighttime -- Downtown Train, Tom Waits (answered by atdelphi)

Comments

[ozma-katiebell.livejournal.com]

Hee! It seems that atdelphi and I have similar musical histories!

[snorkackcatcher]

Looks like it! :)