Lyrically Speaking - 2/23/24

[littlebeast13]

It's time for that LSWE tradition that you eithee love or you love to hate.... the short snippets game! Below you will find twenty very small samples of lyrics from a reasonably well known song that are most likely unique to that song. Each sample contains just four words or less! Have fun figuring out where you've heard some of these before! You have all weekend....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist...


1. Halftime air

2. A Running bet

3. Miss Mississippi

4. Sleet and rain

5. Cup of Meat

6. West coast kick

7. Wildman wizard

8. Harmless little fuck

9. Real tough cookie

10. Kissing baboons

11. Streetwise Hercules

12. Skeleton choking

13. Mental masturbation

14. Eyes of disarray

15. Brands brands brands brands

16. The desert fun

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump

18. New mowed lawn

19. Weekend squire

20. Ballroom notoriety


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

[ShamelessWeasel]

Spoiler

1. American Pie - Don McLean
2. Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
3. nope
4. nope
5. The mighty Quinn - ???
6. Holiday roads - Lindsey Buckingham
7. Taxi - Harry Chapin
8. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
9. Hit me with your best shot - Pat Benetar
10. Games without frontiers - Peter Gabriel
11. I Need a hero - Jennifer Saunders (from Shrek 2)
12. King of Pain - The Police
13. There's only one way to rock - Sammy Hagar
14. Plush - STP
15. nope
16. Horse with no name - America
17. nope
18. nope
19. Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
20. Big Balls - ACDC


Kroxquo Bonus:
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger "cretins cloning"


Image Bonus:

These weathermen are outta control (Sleet and Rain if I have to specify)

[PanicinDetroit]

Friday

1.
2. DIRTY LAUNDRY - DON HENLEY

3.
4.

5. THE MIGHTY QUINN - MANFRED MANN

6.

7.

8. JEREMY - PEARL JAM

9. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - PAT BENATAR

10. GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS - PETER GABRIEL

11.

12. KING OF PAIN - THE POLICE

13.
14.

15. DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ

16. HORSE WITH NO NAME - AMERICA

17.

18.

19.

20.


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.
WHITE RABBIT - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE hookah-smoking caterpillar

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

[kroxquo]

Spoiler

1. Halftime air American Pie - Don McLean

2. A Running bet Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

3. Miss Mississippi

4. Sleet and rain

5. Cup of Meat

6. West coast kick

7. Wildman wizard Taxi - Harry Chapin

8. Harmless little fuck

9. Real tough cookie Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

10. Kissing baboons

11. Streetwise Hercules

12. Skeleton choking King of Pain - The Police

13. Mental masturbation

14. Eyes of disarray

15. Brands brands brands brands

16. The desert fun Horse With No Name - America

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump

18. New mowed lawn What a Day For a Daydream - Lovin Spoonful

19. Weekend squire Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees

20. Ballroom notoriety


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock "Yardstick for lunatics"

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...
Eyes of Disarray

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1. American Pie, Don McLean

Kroxquo Bonus: The Sound of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel. So many snippets - I’ll pick “silent raindrops.”

Image Bonus:

[BackInTex]

Spoiler

1. Halftime air

The Day the Music Died - Don Mclean

2. A Running bet



3. Miss Mississippi

Black Water - The Dobbie Brothers

4. Sleet and rain



5. Cup of Meat



6. West coast kick



7. Wildman wizard



8. Harmless little fuck



9. Real tough cookie

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

10. Kissing baboons



11. Streetwise Hercules



12. Skeleton choking



13. Mental masturbation



14. Eyes of disarray



15. Brands brands brands brands



16. The desert fun

Horse With No Name - America

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump



18. New mowed lawn

- Billy Joel

19. Weekend squire



20. Ballroom notoriety




Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy
"loaded gun complex"

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

[franktangredi]

Spoiler

1. Halftime air
AMERICAN PIE/DON McLEAN

2. A Running bet

3. Miss Mississippi

4. Sleet and rain

5. Cup of Meat
THE MIGHTY QUINN/MANFRED MANN

6. West coast kick

7. Wildman wizard
TAXI/HARRY CHAPIN

8. Harmless little fuck

9. Real tough cookie
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT/PAT BENATAR

10. Kissing baboons
GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS/PETER GABRIEL

11. Streetwise Hercules

12. Skeleton choking
KING OF PAIN/THE POLICE

13. Mental masturbation

14. Eyes of disarray

15. Brands brands brands brands

16. The desert fun
HORSE WITH NO NAME/AMERICA

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump

18. New mowed lawn
DAYDREAM/THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL

19. Weekend squire
PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY/THE MONKEES

20. Ballroom notoriety

Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

BRASS IN POCKET/THE PRETENDERS
"A new skank"

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

9. Real tough Cookie

[mikehardware]

Spoiler

1. American Pie - Don McLean

7. Taxi - Harry Chapin

9. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benetar

16. Horse with No Name - America


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot - "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral"


Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

For 1. Halftime air:

[Vandal]

Spoiler

1. American Pie - Don McLean
2. Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
4. Wheel in the Sky - Journey
5. The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
9. Hit me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benetar
12. King of Pain - Police
16. Horse With No Name - America
19. Pleasant valley Sunday - Monkees


Kroxquo Bonus:
Libations, Sensations - Steely Dan - Deacon Blues

Image Bonus: Wildman wizard

[Beebs52]

Spoiler

. Halftime air -Cut Off the Beer-Ballgame Hostess

2. A Running bet-Who will piss off whom the most in the Political Lounge-Observers

3. Miss Mississippi-I think free appetizers will bring world peace-Candidate 17 with really new veneers

4. Sleet and rain-Seattle-Bye

5. Cup of Meat-Breakfast-Ungrgh Man

6. West coast kick-How long can I hold onto guardrail-Earthquake 405

7. Wildman wizard-Tommy

8. Harmless little fuck-Who to pick, who to pick...-WB? Is he reading this?

9. Real tough cookie-Earl the Squirrel-Booyah!

10. Kissing baboons-Too Easy-Taylor and Travis

11. Streetwise Hercules-meh

12. Skeleton choking-Are you serious?-Ed G Fantasy

13. Mental masturbation-Hi!-From Here!

14. Eyes of disarray-Wendy Williams-Sorry, had to

15. Brands brands brands brands-Gein Fun Park-Aloe free

16. The desert fun-meh

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump-Dicks in a box-Timberlake

18. New mowed lawn-Shit. You mowed our nandinas-We ain't got a lawn

19. Weekend squire-Come here lil lizard-Boomer

20. Ballroom notoriety-Capote at the baths-Must watch Feud...


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

1. American Pie - Don McLean
2. Dirty Laundry - The Eagles
3. All My Rowdy Friends - Hank Williams, Jr.
4. Man of Constant Sorrow - Joan Baez
5. The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
7. Taxi - Harry Chapin
9. Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benetar
12. King of Pain - Sting
16. Horse with No Name - America
18. Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful
19. Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole - Strangeness in your smile

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

I don't know where it's from but this is the first thing I thought of when I saw 15. Brands brands brands brands

[Hotseat Or Bust!]

Spoiler

5.) The Mighty Quinn - , 8.) Jeremy - Pearl Jam, 9.) Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar, 14.) - Stone Temple Pilots, 16.) Horse With No Name - America, 19.)
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees. Krox Bonus: You're So Vain - Carly Simon - "strategically dipped".

[Earl the Squirrel]

Spoiler

Yes! More prescient points for me!!


1. Halftime air

American Pie - Don McLean

2. A Running bet

3. Miss Mississippi

All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight- Hank Jr

(as opposed to All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down
Fucking Country Music....you????

4. Sleet and rain

Wheel in the Sky - Journey

Wasn't this already in a game? Or maybe it's just been a very Journey-esque Extravaganze...

5. Cup of Meat

Oh, It's Suppertime, Suppertime, Suppertime, Suppertime - Snoopy and Alferd

Alferd Packer, look it up. Then you'll find it high-larious that the CU dining hall was briefly named Packer Hall

6. West coast kick

7. Wildman wizard

8. Harmless little fuck

Jeremy - Pearl Jam

By this point, absolutely nobody should miss this one...

9. Real tough cookie

Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

10. Kissing baboons

The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants - Jane Goodall

11. Streetwise Hercules

Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler

12. Skeleton choking

13. Mental masturbation

There's Only One Way to Rock - Sammy Hagar

14. Eyes of disarray

Plush - Stone Temple Pilots

15. Brands brands brands brands

Dynamite - Taio Cruz

One of Fuse TV's (RIP) favorite artists

16. The desert fun

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump

Country Grammar (Hot Shit) - Nelly

Sorry dude, had to include the parenthetical on this one....

18. New mowed lawn

What a Day for a Daydream - Loving Spoonful

Maybe it's just Daydream, better safe than sorry....

19. Weekend squire

Pleasant Valley Sunday - Monkees

One of my favorite Monkees tunes, not because of the song itself, but the imagery that the lyrics invoke...

20. Ballroom notoriety

Big Balls - AC/DC

from the Bon Scott era


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Your Body is a Wonderland - John Mayer - bubblegum tongue

Just covering my prescient bases.....

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...



Just a harmless little one, no biggie....

[Bob78164]

Exploiting ambiguity in the written word since 1993.

1. Halftime air

2. A Running bet

3. Miss Mississippi

4. Sleet and rain

5. Cup of Meat

6. West coast kick

7. Wildman wizard

8. Harmless little fuck

9. Real tough cookie

10. Kissing baboons

11. Streetwise Hercules

12. Skeleton choking

13. Mental masturbation

14. Eyes of disarray

15. Brands brands brands brands

16. The desert fun

Horse with No Name, America

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump

18. New mowed lawn

19. Weekend squire

20. Ballroom notoriety


Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points. Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, "crystal visions"

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

--Bob

[mrkelley23]

littlebeast13

It's time for that LSWE tradition that you either love or you love to hate.... the short snippets game! Below you will find twenty very small samples of lyrics from a reasonably well known song that are most likely unique to that song. Each sample contains just four words or less! Have fun figuring out where you've heard some of these before! You have all weekend....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist...


1. Halftime air

American Pie -- Don McLean

2. A Running bet

Dirty Laundry -- Don Henley

3. Miss Mississippi



4. Sleet and rain

Man of Constant Sorrow -- Bob Dylan

5. Cup of Meat



6. West coast kick



7. Wildman wizard

Taxi -- Harry Chapin

8. Harmless little fuck



9. Real tough cookie

Hit me with your Best Shot -- Pat Benatar

10. Kissing baboons



11. Streetwise Hercules



12. Skeleton choking

King of Pain -- Police

13. Mental masturbation



14. Eyes of disarray



15. Brands brands brands brands



16. The desert fun

Horse with no Name -- America

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump



18. New mowed lawn



19. Weekend squire

Pleasant Valley Sunday -- Monkees

20. Ballroom notoriety




Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that has a short lyrical snippet (4 words or less) that is probably unique, and include the snippet for three points.

Vampire -- Olivia Rodrigo (Bloodsucker, famefucker)

Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

[littlebeast13]

1. Halftime air
Ameican Pie - Don McLean (One of those songs I could put in this game every year and not run out of unique phrases for a couple decades at least....)

2. A Running bet
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

3. Miss Mississippi
All My Rowdy Friends - Hank Williams, Jr. (Mecca earworm, and the only place I've ever heard it outside of the old MNF version...)

4. Sleet and rain
Wheel in the Sky - Journey (Or Man of Constant Sorrow by Bob Dylan, as melly and mrk pointed out. Really surprised this one wasn't unique!)

5. Cup of Meat
The MIghty Quinn - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

6. West coast kick
Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham

7. Wildman wizard
Taxi - Harry Chapin

8. Harmless little fuck
Jeremy - Pearl Jam (Because I probably already used "Recess Lady's breast")

9. Real tough cookie
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

10. Kissing baboons
Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel (Another Mecca earworm like about half the songs in this game. At some point, I hear the phrase and think "That's short snippet game material!" And then conveniently forget about it when I get home...)

11. Streetwise Hercules
Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler

12. Skeleton choking
King of Pain - Police

13. Mental masturbation
There's Only One Way To Rock - Sammy Slacks (Yes, it's a Mecca earworm too, and no, they don't censor this line!)

14. Eyes of disarray
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots

15. Brands brands brands brands
Dynamite - Taio Cruz (I first heard this at Target Field on my 2011 baseball trip. And as much as I love this song, it doesn't forgive that atrocity he did with Ludacris which, like this song, is also a Mecca earworm...)

16. The desert fun
A Horse With No Name - America

17. Bill Gates, Donald Trump
Country Grammar - Nelly

18. New mowed lawn
Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful

19. Weekend squire
Pleasant Valley Sunday - Monkees

20. Ballroom notoriety
Big Balls - AC/DC (I say this every year, you only have yourself to blame if you can't identify this song. I use it almost every year...)


Image Bonus: Take any one of the twenty lyrical snippets from the game and show me something that describes it...

I can't believe I forgot to mention to identify which snippet you were using, though I was able to figure them all out (except BiT's, who did it wrong). That said, 25 years of stocking brands brands brands brands made me love melly's brand flow chart, so she gets the IBB!

[littlebeast13]

JJC Points


Weasel gets 3 JJC points for sleet and freezing rain donuts...

Panic gets a JJC point for Mississippi queens...

Krox gets 2 JJC points for surreal eyes of disarray...

BiT Gets 2 JJC points for missing American Pie, and then Image Bonusing the song...

frank gets a supermax for the cleverness of One Tough Cookie...

mikeh gets 3 JJC points for that Katy Perry shark thing...

Vandal gets 2 JJC points for a wildman Wizlet...

Beebs gets a supermax for humor...

melly gets 3 JJC points for all those brands...

Earl gets 2 JJC points for trying to claim preciency when I usually run this game on the second to last Friday of the LSWE every year, and for a harmless little fuck...

Bob gets 2 JJC points for a different kind of brands (and I'd thought someone might go there...)

mrk gets 3 JJC points for making me do actual research, just like a teacher would...


Points:

Weasel 36+3
Panic 24+1
Krox 24+2
jarnon 10
BiT 8+2
frank 26+5
mikeh 16+3
Vandal 24+2
Beebs 5+5
melly 30+3+5
Hottie 13
Earl 34+2
Bob 10+2
mrk 24+3