Thursday, September 15, 2005

Lyrics Quiz - Name Droppers


A couple weeks ago I reviewed Tommy Lee’s new album (I’d Rather Play You on My TV) which included the cheesy lyric, “Tommy got tired of Pamela, Ed got tired of Salma, Puffy got tired of J-Lo and Ben did too.” From that I thought that compiling a bunch of other songs that have blatant name dropping would be fun. As always, leave your guesses, artist and title, in the comment section and if you are correct I will un-bold the lyric and give you credit. As an added bonus, for lyrics that only contain a person’s first or last name, you will get an extra point if you guess their full name (i.e. in the lyric above, had you said Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson, Ed Norton, Salma Hayek and Ben Affleck, you would had gotten five bonus points). If the person who guesses such a lyrics correctly but doesn’t get the bonus, you can steal their bonus after, and only after the lyric is guessed. The person with the most points will be added to the winners list on my sidebar.

1. Hi Mr. O’Reilly, hope all is well; kiss the plaintiff and the wife-y. (#! Spot - Ludacris; Bonus Bill O'Reilly both guessed by Dane Bramage)
2. Kate Moss can’t find a job. (Intuition - Jewel guessed by Captain Platypus)
3. I met Ali, he said I’m the greatest. (Gettin Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith; bonus - Muhammed Ali both guessed by Daria)
4. Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis baby. (Man on the Moon - R.E.M.; bonus Andy Kaufman & Elvis Pressley both guessed by Daria)
5. I’m just trying to say the way school needs teachers, like the way Kathy Lee needed Regis. (Jesus Walks - Kanye West; bonus - Kathy Lee Gifford and Regis Philbin both guessed by Solace)
6. Now I’m knocking on heaven’s door, like Bob Dylan. (Gone Till November (Video Version) - Wyclef Jean guessed by Dane Bramage)
7. Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant to be a straight up racist. (Fight the Power - Public Enemy guessed by Brad; bonus - Elvis Presley guessed by Dane Bramage)
8. Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming. (Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young guessed by Captain Platypus); bonus - Richard Nixon guessed by Daria)

9. Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television. (We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel guessed by Daria)
10. Bo knows this, and Bo knows that, but Bo don’t know jack cause Bo can’t rap. (Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest; bonus - Bo Jackson guessed by Daria)
11. Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? (Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel guessed by Dane Bramage)
12. I screamed out, “Who killed the Kennedys?” when after all it was you and me. (Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones; bonus - Robert and John Kennedy both guessed by Dane Bramage)
13. His home was Natchez Mississippi, did it like Miles and Dizzy. (Bridging the Gap - Nas and Olu Dara; bonus - Miles Davis & Dizzy Gilespie both guessed by Solace)
14. I heard Neil Young talk about her. Heard ol’ Neil put her down. (Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd guessed by Dane Bramage)
15. (Expletive deleted) Bush, until they bring our troops home, c'mon. (Mosh - Eminem; bonus - George Bush both guessed by Solace)
16. She swears that she’s artsy, but you could distinguish Miles from Coltrane. (Comfortable - John Mayer; bonus - Miles Davis and John Coltrane both guessed by Dane Bramage)
17. If it ain’t Chuck D. Jam Master J, know what? They’re losing. (Musicology - Prince guessed by Captain Platypus)
18. Just like the old man in that book by Nabakov. (Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police; bonus - Vladimir Nabakov both guessed by Dane Bramage)
19. Stevie Wonder sees crack babies. (Fu-Gee-La - The Fugees guessed by Pure Mood)
20. I wanna be Bob Dylan. (Mr. Jones - Counting Crows guessed by Dane Bramage)
21. It’s not Michael Jackson and this is not Thriller. (King of Rock - Run-DMC guessed by Solace)
22. She said “dad’s the one I love the most, but Stipe’s not too far behind.” (Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish; bonus - Michael Stipe guessed by Daria)
23. I’ve got more hits than Sadaharu Oh. (Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys guessed by Pure Mood)
24. My homey Dr. Dre came through with a gang of Tanqueray. (Gin and Juice - Snoop Doggy Dogg; Dr. Dre nee Andre Young guessed by Pure Mood)
25. A terminator, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Try’n to play me out as if my name was Sega. (Jump Around - House of Pain guessed by Captain Platypus)


Congratulations to Dane Bramage who won this month’s Lyrics Quiz with a total 14 points, be sure you stop by October 15th for the next quiz.

17 comments:

  1. 3. Gettin' Jiggy With It - Will Smith
    4. Man on the Moon - R.E.M.
    9. We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel

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  2. #2 Jewel - Intuition
    #8 Neil Young - Ohio
    #17 Prince - Vibeology
    #25 House of Pain - Jump Around

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  3. For the bonus:

    3. Muhammed Ali
    4. Andy Kaufmann, Elvis Presley

    and for the steal...
    8. Richard Nixon

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  4. 17 Prince, Musicology!

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  5. 5. Jesus Walks- Kanye West

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  6. Oh yeah, Kathie Lee Gifford and Regis Philbin

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  7. 21. Run DMC - King of Rock

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  8. 13. Nas featuring Olu Dara- Bridging the Gap.

    Bonus: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie

    15. Eminem -Mosh

    Bonus: George Bush.


    Okay that's it I'm stopping now. LOL.

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  9. 11. Joe Dimaggio - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson

    12. Robert and John Kennedy - The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil

    14. Neil Young - Lynard Skynard's Sweet Home Alabama

    18. Vladimir Nabakov - The Police's Don't Stand So Close to Me.

    20. Bob Dylan - Counting Crows' Mr. Jones

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  10. This one drove me crazy because I knew the lyric and I just couldn't place it... until now!

    16. Miles Davis and John Coltran - John Mayer's Comfortable! Yeah baby!

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  11. 10. Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest
    Bonus: Bo Jackson

    and I can't believe I overlooked this one!
    22. Let Her Cry - Hootie & the Blowfish
    Bonus: Michael Stipe

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  12. 7. Public Enemy - Fight the Power

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  13. 1. Ludacris' Number One Spot - Bill O'Reilly, Adrea Macris(plaintiff), Maureen McPhilmy(wifey)

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  14. 6. Wyclef Jean, Gone Till November- Bob Dylan (I sometimes forget the Fugees were more than just Lauryn Hill)

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  15. That's Dane Bramage; DANE Bramage, not Dame Bramage. Sheesh I gets no respect :-)

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  16. Sorry Dane, "m" and "n" are too close to each other and I just copy and pasted after that.

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