Memesheepage: First lines of songs

[asterroc]

Occurred to me that despite the many iterations of this meme, I'd never actually done it. Well, been listening to music all day while doing laundry, so I figured it was about time I did it.

Put your music on shuffle, post the first line of the first ten songs that come up. Well, I'm posting the first line of the last ten songs that I played without skipping. If the first line contains the song title, put the next line that doesn't. If it's instrumental, skip it. Everyone else comment w/ the song names and titles - don't use teh intartubes, just your memory.

10) Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh - "Message in a Bottle" by The Police (the particular version I was listening to was a live version by Sting), jrtom
9) All of my purple life I've been looking for a dame
8) ...It seems to leave this troubled world behind
7) All the fear has left me now, I'm not frightened anymore - "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" by Sarah McLachlan, jrtom
6) Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band - "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John, jrtom
5) The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful stop me and steal my breath - "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain, best_ken_ever
4) I miss you confuse you make it easy - "Satisfy" by Guitar Vader, oh_chris
3) I'm back on board that '49 Ford in 1956
2) I've seen your face somewhere before I swear
1) Traveling in a fried-out combie - "Down Under" by Men at Work (punk cover by ???), best_ken_ever

Comments

[best-ken-ever.livejournal.com]

1) "Down Under" - Men at Work
5) "I'll Be" - Edwin McCain (wow, I didn't notice the name similarity to the Senator until now. I also can't find in preliminary Google searches if they actually are related. I'd look more, but I don't want anyone else to beat me!)

Yay, I love these.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

1) The version I had was a punk cover with the band unnamed. Google gave me a likely name of the band, but I don't suppose you'd be able to confirm it independently?

5) Hm, this appears to be the problem with the Napster era in the late 1990's - early 2000's. The version I have is labeled as being by the Goo Goo Dolls, however it is now clear to me (through very minimal searching) that you are correct and the label was wrong.