Lyrics Quiz

Recreation Fun & Games
1

These should be easy, once you figure out the theme. Name these songs and tell me what they all have in common. None of these songs are obscure - in fact, the contrary; I guarantee nearly everyone here has heard most of, if not all of them. And no, “10 Songs I Wish I’d Never Hear Again” is not the correct answer!

  1. You called out to your country,and you whispered to those in pain.

  2. If I should stay I would only be in your way.

  3. Que tu cuerpo es pa’ darle alegria y cosa buena

  4. Wave your hands in the air
    Shake the deriere
    These three words mean you’re gettin’ busy

  5. Well don’t you know that its a fool who plays it cool
    By making his world a little colder

  6. When they said you was high classed,
    Well, that was just a lie.

  7. How do I, get through one night without you?

  8. Look into my eyes - you will see
    What you mean to me

  9. As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
    I take a look at my life and realise there’s none left

  10. Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show
    I laced the track, you locked the flow
    So far from hangin on the block for dough

2

They are all lyrics from songs that appeared on the sountrack of high-grossing movies, I think.
2 is from “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston on The Bodyguard, 5 is “Desperado” by the Eagles (movie?), 6 is “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley from Forrest Gump, 7 is “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion from Titanic (I think), 8 is “Everything I Do (I Do It for You)” by Bryan Adams from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 9 is “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio from Dangerous Minds. The rest I don’t know. Am I close, ML?

Can I try one?

Can you match numbers 1-5 with letters a-e and find the link that connects them all? (Bonus: name all of the artists, songs, and albums…no Googling)

  1. [quote]
    You could be walking down the street
    And who should you chance to meet
    But that same old smile that you’ve been thinking of all day[/quote]

2.[quote]
You’ve got your mama’s style but you’re yesterday’s child to me[/quote]

3.[quote]
Now you’ve given me the will to survive
When we’re hungry…love will keep us alive[/quote]

4.[quote]
You could be my silver spring
Blue-green colors flashing
I would be your only dream
Your shining over ocean crashing[/quote]

5.[quote]
I’m afraid of Americans
I’m afraid of the world[/quote]

a.[quote]
Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent
Said my get up and go musta got up and went.
[/quote]

b.[quote]
Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies[/quote]

c.[quote]
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They’re quite aware of what they’re going through[/quote]

d.[quote]
Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes it’s not so easy
To be the teacher’s pet[/quote]

e.[quote]
Well, I’m a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It’s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
slowin’ down to take a look at me[/quote]

3

(1) is Elton John’s “Good-bye England’s Rose”

(7) is NOT Celine Dion, it’s Leann(sp?) Rimes

4

Sorry, ImaniOU, you got some of the songs right, but didn’t get the connection. Those are lyrics from the Top 10 selling singles of all-time in the U.S. as certified by the RIAA. You’ve all heard those songs a jillion times more than you’d want to, but answers in white font if you didn’t pay any attention to the verses:

  1. Candle in the Wind 97

  2. I Will Always Love You

  3. Macarena

  4. Whoomp! (There It Is)

  5. Hey Jude

  6. Hound Dog

  7. How Do I Live Without You

  8. Everything I Do (I Do It For You)

  9. Gangsta’s Paradise

  10. I’ll Be Missing You (Puff Diddy’s slaughter of the old Police song)