here's my first quiz!  give the name of the song and performer.  limit three, and duh!, no cheating!

1.  I try so hard not to get upset
    'TIl Tuesday - Voices Carry  Nally


2.  Take it up or leave it, I'm not gonna change a bit
     If it means heart ache then leave it out for your sake
     I tried and I try-tried to take care of my insides.
     Nobody's perfect, so leave me if you object.
    Adam Ant - Friend or Foe Gambo


3. More than you land, spinning around, Lifting your feet right off the ground
    You can't believe this is happening now
    Can You feel it, can you feel it,
    Rushin' through your head,
    Rushin' through your head,
    Can you feel it, can you feel it,

    Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
    Be every color that you are

   HINT:  Only a Disney Channel fan should be able to answer this!
ANSWER:  AJ & Ally - Rush


4.  The disco hotspots hold no charm for you
     Asia - Heat of the Moment  CeramicsFanatic


5.  Some people call it a one-night stand
     Duran Duran - Save a Prayer  Whistledog


6.  Always reaching for you, you were too blind to see
    Erasure - Oh L'Amour  Odyssey


7.  I must be strong and carry on
    Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven  Holicman


8.  You can roll with this or you can roll with that
     Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice  Windbreaker05


9.  Don't always take life so seriously
    Howard Jones - Life in One Day Cornwallis


10.  There must be an angel with a smile on her face
      James Blunt - You're Beautiful  Mooster


11.  There's nothing there for you to prove
       Jet - Look What You've Done  Holicman


12.  We'll leave the tv and the radio behind
      Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out  Cornwallis

13.  Mrs Jackson, keep your daughter away from me, 'cause I'm a definite threat to her purity.
      John Eddie - Jungle Boy  Windbreaker05


14.  Your hand is all I have to keep me hanging on
       Michelle Branch - All You Wanted  Mushroom


15.  Daddy, there's a boy outside
      Mike Douglas - The Men in My Little Girl's Life  Windbreaker05


16.  You should have heard the things she said, You know she hurt my feelings deep
       The Monkees - Gonna Buy Me a Dog  Mushroom


17.  I'm so ashamed, I've been so mean.  I don't know how it got to this point
     I always was the one with all the love
     You came along, I'm hunting you down

      Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight
      And all I wanted was the simple things

  I thought someone would have gotten this one early on!  HINT:  this song is by a group whose lead singer recently went solo.
ANSWER:  No Doubt - Simple Kind of Life


18.  There's emptiness behind their eyes
      The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way  Windbreaker05


19.  Throw my books on the table, pick up the telephone "Hello baby, let's get somethin' goin'"
       Headin' down to the drugstore to get a soda pop.  Throw a nickel in the jukebox, then we start to rock.

    HINT:  this song was recorded in 1958 by the father of popular twins from the 80's.
      Bigger Hint:  One of those twins is now on celebrity fit club on vh1!
ANSWER:  Waitin' in School - Ricky Nelson

20.  Take on the world and be together forever. Heads we will, Tails we'll try again
      (these missing lyrics have the title in it...)  fly to the moon and straight onto heaven.  'Cause without you, they're never gonna let me in.
       Santana featuring Alex Band -  Why Don't You and I  Windbreaker05

Hiya... nice quiz!

8. Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim
15. The Men In My Little Girl's Life - Mike Douglas (on your iPod, eh? Well, somebody has to like it ;))
18. Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs


yes, yes!!  it's on my iPod!  that is a song from my very early childhood (not to date myself or anything!)  i still cry every time i hear it!
and, by the way, you're right on all three!

9.  Howard Jones  "Life In One Day"
12.  Joe Jackson  "Steppin' Out"


---cornwallis
p.s.  I have these two songs on MY ipod too!!!!

9.  Howard Jones  "Life In One Day"
12.  Joe Jackson  "Steppin' Out"


---cornwallis
p.s.  I have these two songs on MY ipod too!!!!




you're correct!  (so i guess we both have good taste in music?? - confidentially, in college, i was voted the music major with the worst taste in music!)

I only recognize one, and it is one of my favorites!

6. Oh L'Amour - Erasure

Hello :)

#5 - Save A Prayer by Duran Duran

1. "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday.

I know 5 and 6, but they've been answered already.

Hi!  :)

4. Heat Of The Moment - Asia

no. 7 is tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton

no.11 is Look what youve done by Jet.

nice quiz  :)

Odyssey, Whistledog, Nally and CeramicsFanatic -

Hello Everyone!  You are all right!

c'mon guys, some of these are not so hard!  i'll add additional lyrics later, if you want!  :)

Hi !  :)


#10  You're Beautiful - James Blunt

hi mooster!  you're right!  thanks for playing!

14:  Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
16:  The Monkees - Gonna Buy Me A Dog

hi mushroom!
i was wondering if anyone else new my favorite monkees song!  you're right on both!

Only other one I know...

13. Jungle Boy - John Eddie

I bought his eponymous album on CD... good stuff!


jungle boy is je's only song that made it (sort of) .  we used to go see him all the time, but i don't really like his newer music.  oh well...you're correct!

2. Friend or Foe - Adam Ant

2. Friend of Foe - Adam Ant


yea!  good job!

20. Why Don't You and I - Santana Featuring Alex Band  (there was the Chad Kroeger one too, but I wasn't a big fan)


you're right!

was there actually one done with chad kroeger also?  i thought people just thought it was him??