Another Arbitrary Milestone! Plus, point of interest, new icon.

[active_apathy]

It's been a while in the making, but here we go: the quizpost for entry number 400. Wheee!

(Long enough, in fact, that the new icon in the subject line is actually this one:



So, there you go. I now return you to your not-really-scheduled post 400-ness)

Part 1: Haiku!
Haiku is a favourite verse form for the Interwebs, and here it's been applied to the noble pursuit of music quizzing. Your job here is to identify the artist and title.
(Plus, it makes my new icon slightly appropriate, except that I'm not sane and normal, and possibly not harmless)

1 - Red Right Hand / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - deepfishy
Stacks of green paper
Are in the clutches of his
Crimson appendage

2 - Wild Wild West / Escape Club - abberanteyes
On a back street
All living in the same house
Forty seven deadbeats

3 - Everybody's Fool / Evanescence - mrpyro
Perfect by nature
Icons of self indulgence
Just what we all need

4 - Space Oddity / David Bowie - abberanteyes
Papers want to know
The designer of your shirts
But the circuit's dead

5 - Killer Queen / Queen - captainsblog
Möet and Chandon
In an attractive cupboard
Talking like a peer

6 - Better Be Home Soon / Crowded House - riverchild
And I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
And that's why I tell you

7
Dark wings descending
Shadows gathering around
Falling one by one

Part 2: Babble!
Babble is a 'text mixing studio', notably used by Neil Gaiman in writing the short story Diseasemakers Croup. Here, song lyrics have been run through it. Artist and title would be Most Excellent.

8 - Shut Your Mouth / Garbage - abberanteyes
Play it smart girl
They say you're a saint
Guess it doesn't matter people
I waited to say something
What they want to see and you could be something

9 - Nothing Else Matters / Metallica - riverchild
Open mind for a different view
Open mind for what they say
All these words I don't just say
Trust I don't just say
But i know

10
I won't run, someone else will
Things I thought I put behind me to face it
Does it feel right?
But I won't run, there's no turning back from here
Getting stronger, I don't make it, someone else will
Now once it sets its eyes on you

11 - Don't Dream It's Over / Crowded House - deepfishy
When the door of your heart
We know they won't win
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Hey now
While you're traveling with me
To build a wall between us

12 - Kiss / Prince - abberanteyes
You just leave it all up to be cool
I'm gonna show you what it's all about
You can't be to flirty, mama (Not your shoe size)
To be your fantasy
I want to be my girl
You don't have to be your food

13
Blinds on the window and a new set of lies
It's a mystery to meet all sorts
I still can't get used to it
Digging up the dirt
There's always an excuse for it
Plus expenses

14 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / U2 - tears_of_nienna
And you loosed the chains
It was warm in the bonds
It burned like fire
I believe in the hand of a devil

Part 3: First Lines!
Yes, this is a recycled game. You get the first line, and then you give me the traditional information.

15
You wanna make me sick, you wanna lick my wounds, don't you, baby?

16 - Listen to the Music / The Doobie Brothers - captainsblog
Don't you feel it growin', day by day

17 - Enjoy the Silence / Depeche Mode - riverchild
Words like violence

18 - I Think I'm Paranoid / Garbage - abberanteyes
You can look, but you can't touch

19 - The Outlaw Torn / Metallica - mrpyro
And now I wait my whole lifetime

Part 4: Last Lines!
And, lastly, a new one - you get the last line, and work from there. Whee!

20 - Hotel California / The Eagles - deepfishy
But you can never leave

21 - White Wedding / Billy Idol - abberanteyes
It's a nice day to start again

22 - Something So Strong / Crowded House - raptor_au
Could carry us today

23 - Fires at Midnight / Blackmore's Night - palmer_kun
Stars are out and magic is here

24 - Ain't no Sunshine / Bill Withers - riverchild
Anytime she goes away


Aaaaaand... that's it!

Comments

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

Stupid simultaneous commenting; I knew I should have posted the Metallica answer as soon as I saw it.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I could give you half of it, or you can keep the moral victory. Sharing it would be my normal solution, anyway - it's what I do when I can't immediately check answers.

And, really, I'm surprised by how long 3 and 6 managed to hide in plain sight. 3 especially - it's the opening lines verbatim.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

It took me a moment to remember which song 3 was, but I recognised it as familiar when I first saw it.

Also, 19 is Metallica - The Outlaw Torn

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

*nods* It is indeed.