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Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:12 pm
by FattyLumpkin
It's school hols & whilst the kids attack the X-box, I've some time on my hands...

Lyrics from a bunch of songs - each with a number contained within the title.
& now with a few additional lines. :)

Quiz closed

1. Or leave a bad taste in your mouth - One (U2)
2. Half way home in the parking lot - Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Ian Hunter)
3. Reaching out forever like the river to the sea - Two Strong Hearts - Farnham
4. Thanks for the times you’ve given me - Three Times a Lady (Lionel Ritchie)
5. When your mummy dies - 17 (Sex Pistols)
6. And murmur vague obsecnities - At 17 (Janis Ian)
7. I got a baby’s brain and an old mans heart - I'm 18 (Alice Cooper)
8. Til morphine came and killed the bloody row - Only 19 (Redgum)
9. (the clock on the wall say 3 o'clock) Last call for alcohol - One Bourbon, one Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood
10. I aint got nothing but love girl - 8 Days a Week (Beatles)
11. And if I haver - 500 Miles (Proclaimers)
12. I was dreaming when I wrote this - 1999 (Prince)
13. (We are the youth, and politicians are so sure) We are the youth and we are knocking on deaths door - Anthem for the Year 2000 (Silverchair)
14. Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty - Route 66 (Stones)
15. Panic bells it’s red alert - 99 Red Balloons (Nina)
16. You don’t need to be coy - 50 Ways to leave your lover (Paul Simon)
17. Vacuum cleaner sucks up budgie - Magnificent 7 (Clash)
18. And it’s a silk sash bash - 48 Crash (Suzi Q)
19. Bachelor dandies, drinker of brandies (What do I know of those) - 16 going on 17 (from Sound of Music!!!)
20. You walked out of my dreams and into my arms - Your 16 (Ringo)
21. Take one step left and one step right - Mambo No 5 - Lou Bega
22. Love me one time - Love me 2 Times (Doors)
23. (Jenny) don’t change your number - 867 5309 (Tommy TuTone)
24. I’m going to Witchita - 7 Nation Army (White Stripes)
25. I told her I was a flop with the chicks (Its been that way since 1956) - Love Potion No 9
26. Spent my evenings down at the drive-in - Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)
27. Looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks - 2 out of 3 aint bad (Meatloaf)
28. (I wind up counting sheep, nothing seems to make much sense) Its all just Greek to me - Too low for zero (Elton John)
29. Twice on the pipe - Knock 3 Times (Tony Orlando/Dawn)
30. Old teenage hopes are alive at your door (Left you with nothing but they want some more) - 1234 (Feist)
31. I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha - One way or Another - Blondie
32. Vera, Chuck and Dave - When I'm 64 (Beatles)
33. Gaily they played each summer's day - Two Little Boys (Rolf Harris)
34. There are plenty ways you can hurt a man - Another one bites the dust (Queen)
35. Little young Lady Stardust (hitching a ride and its...........) - 2 4 6 8 Motorway (Tom Robinson)
36. Smiling as the shit comes down - 4 Seasons in One Day ( Crowded House)
37. Ah come on all you lads - Six Months in a Leaky boat (Split Enz)
38. Last year I was 21 (I didn't have a lot of fun) - 1969 (Iggy & the Stooges)
39. And I hate modern music, disco, boogie, pop (How I wish they would stop) - 16 (Buzzcocks)
40. Friday nights have been lonely (Change you plans and then phone me) - 12:51 (Strokes)

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:14 pm
by Pseudo
Good Quiz Fatty.

8 - I was only 19 - Redgum
11 - 500 Miles - the Proclaimers
12 - 1999 - Prince
15 - 99 Red Ballons - Nena
22 - Love Me 2 Times - The Doors
32 - When I'm 64 - The Beatles

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:27 pm
by Lightning McQueen
1. One (U2)
3. Two strong hearts (Farnsey)
10. 8 days a week (Beatles)
20. You're 16, you're beautiful (somone very old??)

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:37 pm
by Footy Chick
21. mambo no. 5 :oops: lou bega
31. one way or another - blondie

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:39 pm
by Turkeywizz
7 Alice Cooper I'm Eighteen
29 Dawn Knock 3 times

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:02 pm
by godoubleblues
Q17 - Magnificent 7 - Clash
Q24 - 7 nation army - White Stripes
Q27 - 2 out of 3 aint bad - Meatloaf

and number 9, I think is a Dire Straits song, cant think of it :?

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:06 pm
by JK
4. Once, Twice, 3 times a lady (Lionel Richie):oops:

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:07 pm
by JK
22. Love Me 2 Times (Doors)

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:08 pm
by JK
26. Summer Of 69 (Bryan Adams)

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:10 pm
by JK
37. 6 Months In a Leaky Boat (SplEnz)

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:30 pm
by redandblack
Constance_Perm wrote:37. 6 Months In a Leaky Boat (SplEnz)


Following that, then, CP

36 is "Four seasons in one day", by Crowded House.

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:37 pm
by Kahuna
2/ Once Bitten Twice Shy ,Ian Hunter
6/ At Seventeen, Janis Ian
16/ 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Paul Simon
18/ 48 Crash, Suzy Quatro
20/ Your 16, Dion (?)
29/ Knock Three Times, Dawn
33/ 2 Little Boys, Rolf Harris :oops:

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:05 pm
by spell_check
godoubleblues wrote:Q17 - Magnificent 7 - Clash
Q24 - 7 nation army - White Stripes
Q27 - 2 out of 3 aint bad - Meatloaf

and number 9, I think is a Dire Straits song, cant think of it :?


It's Your Latest Trick, but there's no number in it, so it may be another song.

And 34 is Another one bites the dust/Queen.

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:17 pm
by Peterxtc
5. 19 - Sex Pistols
14. Route 66

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:38 pm
by FattyLumpkin
Pseudo wrote:Good Quiz Fatty.

8 - I was only 19 - Redgum
11 - 500 Miles - the Proclaimers
12 - 1999 - Prince
15 - 99 Red Ballons - Nena
22 - Love Me 2 Times - The Doors
32 - When I'm 64 - The Beatles


Yep

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:39 pm
by FattyLumpkin
Lightning McQueen wrote:1. One (U2)
3. Two strong hearts (Farnsey)
10. 8 days a week (Beatles)
20. You're 16, you're beautiful (somone very old??)


Yep (Ringo Starr - probably classifies as old!)

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:39 pm
by FattyLumpkin
Falcon Chick wrote:21. mambo no. 5 :oops: lou bega
31. one way or another - blondie


FC - 2 of 2 :D

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:41 pm
by FattyLumpkin
Turkeywizz wrote:7 Alice Cooper I'm Eighteen
29 Dawn Knock 3 times


Yep - a bit of help from Tony Orlando on q 29

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:41 pm
by FattyLumpkin
godoubleblues wrote:Q17 - Magnificent 7 - Clash
Q24 - 7 nation army - White Stripes
Q27 - 2 out of 3 aint bad - Meatloaf

and number 9, I think is a Dire Straits song, cant think of it :?


Yep, yep, yep & nope - no Dire Straights

Re: Fatty's "Numbers add up to nothing" Lyric Quiz

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:42 pm
by FattyLumpkin
Constance_Perm wrote:4. Once, Twice, 3 times a lady (Lionel Richie):oops:


CP - your feminine side coming to the fore :)