Music Poster Books

THE SEQUEL

The motive for creating this quiz sprung from our frustration at figuring out those last few tricky questions from the 118 question quiz. So the four of us began writing smaller 20 question quizzes that had unfamiliar lines from familiar songs. Martin, Jennifer, and Rebecca wrote 2 of them and I wrote 2, then I supplemented these 80 songs with other favorites. Many of these songs are familiar (especially within their subgenre): the lowest ranked song peaked at #67. Whenever you see brackets [ ] in a lyric, it's to let you know that there is another way to hear the words in question or to mark a difference between what's in the song and what's in the lyric sheet. As you move through these selections, our methodology will become more apparent. And, for an extra challenge, try the Extra Credit questions after the regular quiz. Every song on this list charted in the Billboard Top 100 chart: your mission is to name each one along with its artist. Good luck to you.

Dewey Wong, Jennifer Stevens, Rebecca Wade, and Martin Cate

The Questions

1. We know the game and we're gonna play it
2. Get out quick 'cause seein' is believin'
3. The Western Desert lives and breathes
4. They say I better get a chaperone/Because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone
5. Some break the rules and live to count the cost
6. When you go, you're gone forever
7. Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand
8. We don't have the time for psychological romance
9. When will we ever learn/There's nowhere else we can turn
10. It's getting hard to wake up in the morning
11. The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
12. Somewhere between the soul and soft machine/Is where I find myself again
13. Ain't got no gal to make you smile
14. Your life is trite and jaded
15. And I remember how we'd play simply waste the day away
16. Worlds are turning, and we're just hanging on
17. Telegram force and ready
18. Puts a song in this heart of mine/Puts a smile on my face every time
19. I took a page out of my rule book for you
20. Now the mist across the window hides the lines
21. She's as heavy as a Chevy, pure excitement...
22. But now it's over, the moment's gone
23. This is too good to be true/Lucky [or, Look at] me, fallin' for you
24. Eyes that look like heaven, lips like cherry wine
25. Now girl I know the difference between right and wrong
26. For every minute I have to work, I need a minute of play
27. I, wanna take you to my cage, lock you up, and hide the key
28. But I am held in some invisible vice, and I can't get away
29. I'm livin' for givin' the devil his due
30. I know you're not mine anymore-anyway-anytime
31. I'll kick you out of my home if you don't cut that hair
32. She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand
33. Just like Adam and Eve, 'cept you set me free
34. Just pick it up and throw it into shape
35. On the ice blue line of insanity, it's a place most never see
36. I buy you champagne and roses, put diamonds on your finger
37. It's a given L.A. law, someone's faster on the draw
38. As God has shown us, by turning stone to bread
39. I can feel her comin' from a mile away
40. My fantasy has turned to madness and all my goodness has turned to badness
41. Every day is Christmas, and every night is a New Year's Eve
42. The evening had turned to rain, watch the water roll down the drain
43. The tears I cry aren't tears of pain
44. I know your plans don't include me
45. You walked in on the sly, scopin' for love
46. I know you'll soon recover/Me I go from one extreme to another
47. Red roses, temptation, you make the most of an iffy situation
48. I'll be anything you need
49. It happened forever, for a short time
50. The Hollywood Squares are livin' in Disneyland
51. I wake up alone with it all
52. I'm like a boy among men/I'd like a permanent friend
53. Want a big red car, and a big white house, and a blue-eyed girl like you
54. Well they shake their heads and [they] look at me as if I've lost my mind
55. You better listen up, 'cause man this ain't just talk
56. Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief [or release]
57. I'm not hiding the remedy to cure this old heart of mine
58. You're moving in circles, won't you dilate?
59. From frustration, first inclination, is to become a monk and leave the situation
60. Emotions come, I don't why/Cover up love's alibi
61. Tosses her head and flips her hair/She got a whole bunch of nothin' in there
62. We can feel the motions of a thousand dreams
63. She'll let you take her home/It whets her appetite
64. She's tidied up and I can't find anything!
65. Good things might come to those who wait, but not for those who wait too late
66. Drawn into the stream of undefined illusion
67. Do you ever dream of me? Do you ever see the letters that I write?
68. You might think I'm crazy but I'm serious
69. My eyes dilate, my lips go green
70. Now it seems you're telling me/You've changed your wicked ways
71. But it's worth it all to hear them say that they care
72. I can see your face in the mirrors of my mind
73. So put your books aside, loosen up the suit and tie...
74. Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?
75. Love, like a road that never ends
76. The in crowd say it's cool to dig this chanting thing
77. I find myself telling you things I don't even tell my best friends
78. One more bad break, could bring a fall
79. He plays a melody born to tear me all apart
80. Religion is a light in the fog
81. I just have to look good/I don't have to be clear
82. I'm the one who can feel the sun right in the pourin' rain
83. It's gettin' rough, off the cuff, I've got to say enough's enough
84. What does love want me to do?
85. You fell asleep, I stayed awake, and watched the passing cars
86. What else can I do to get closer to you?
87. Well then close your eyes and know the words are coming from my heart
88. Let's talk about second chances
89. When I feel that rockin' beat, I can't sit still up outta my seat
90. Only time will tell if we stand the test of time
91. Happiness is so hard to find
92. It looks so easy, but you know, looks sometimes deceive
93. Red light, yellow light, green light, go!
94. There's so many good ones still around
95. So now I'll go the minstrel road without you
96. ...But I'm frightened of the things I might find
97. Excuse me for the moment, I'm at a loss for words
98. I know I've been wearin' crazy clothes/And I look pretty crappy sometimes
99. We wish you'd all throw in the towel
100. There was a woman in the jungle and a monkey on the tree
101. I'm only lookin' for a fantasy, an interlude from reality
102. From where I stand, you are home free
103. I tell you one time only with my business please don't mess
104. That's right, here's where the talkin' ends
105. She got me rappin' to the beat then I knew that she was hot
106. If you'd stay, I'd subtract twenty years from my life
107. I got nine lives, cat's eyes, using every one of them and runnin' wild
108. Where ye goin'? What you lookin' for?
109. I got a mouth like an alligator
110. A little flesh, a little history
111. By now the fighting will be close at hand
112. We got the words/No one needs to show us how

EXTRA CREDIT

• 1a. What is the connection among numbers 11, 16, 60, and 99 on the original 118 question quiz?
• 1b. After solving part a), find two other songs on this list that match the connection
• 2. What is the connection between number 110 and number 111 in this quiz? [Think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon here]
• 3. Bonus Lyric: I see no harm or danger in escaping if the method suits the style
• 4. Bonus Lyric: Deals dope out of Denny's/Keeps a table in the back
• 5. Bonus Lyric: We're even skanking to Bob Marley/Reggae's expanding with Sly and Robbie
• 6. To show your unyielding commitment to the 80's, figure out this Bonus Lyric: So it's once around the block, and I slide back out the side door

The Answers