YinYang Lyrics #1
Some random song lyrics (taken from my current playlist).
There is no common year, genre, etc. but hey..I like 'em!

1. "I once hid my lust for stardom like a filthy magazine"
(Far side of crazy, Wall of Voodoo) - J.C.

2. "Hare Chrishna said hello to me mum, like Hiroshima said hello to the bomb"
(G-Man, The Tansads) - NOONE!

3. "In our image, let's make robots for our slaves, Imagine all the time that we can save"
(Eighth day, Hazel O'Connor) - J.C.

4. "Nothing is sure but this brand new tattoo"
(Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet) - Crazydon

5. "He's upstairs naked with a weapon drawn"
(Purple pills, D12) - Junior

6. "We held our fire til we seed their faces well, then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ...well..."
(The battle of New Orleans, Johnny Horton) - Crazydon

7. "The last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor Was "Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter"
(Down in the tube station at midnight, The Jam) - NOONE!

8. "You're mad cause I smoke dope, you teachin' any classes in how to cope"
(Heaven is a halfpipe, OPM) - DJ Midas

9. "And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'"
(Eve of destruction, Barry McGuire) - Gis, FB

10. "Your socks smell of angels, but your life smells of brie"
(Don't marry her, The Beautiful South) - Bobo

11. "Hailing Marys left and right, but none of them slow down"
(Something fast, Sisters of mercy) - Bobo

12. "And the telephones on sticks will tell you 999 calls only"
(Midnight on the murder mile, Carter USM) - Gambo

13. "The Martians could land in the carpark and noone would care"
(Nothing ever happens, Del Amitri) - theRealJimA

14. "We've had Cant conformism since 1966, and now subversion's in the air in the shape of flying bricks"
(Trumpton riots, Half man half biscuit) - Bobo

15. "And the generals gave thanks, as the other ranks, held back the enemy tanks...for a while"
(When the tigers broke free, Pink floyd) - MissInformation

16. "Don't give away the goods too soon is what she might have told me"
(Marlene on the wall, Suzanne Vega) - MissInformation

9. Eve of destruction by the bloke who sounds like Rolf from the muppets when he sings!! ;D

interesting lyrics!! filthy, slaves, upstairs naked with a weapon drawn.... ;D

8.  OPM - Heaven is a Halfpipe

5. D12 "Purple Pills" (or "Purple Hills")

15.  When the Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd from the movie The Wall.  Very good movie.

MissInformation

Oh, and 16 is Marlene on the Wall by Suzanne Vega.  I haven't heard that song in years!  I love her song The Queen and the Soldier!

MissInformation
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#4 is "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffett.
#6 is "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton.

#1 Far Side of Crazy -Don't know artist

10 is Don't Marry Her (Have Me) by The Beautiful South, in some form.
14 is Trumpton Riots, by HM/Half Biscuit.

Sisters of Mercy - Something Fast.

Quoting:

11. "Hailing Marys left and right, but none of them slow down"
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13. "The Martians could land in the carpark and noone would care"


Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri

3. Eighth Day-Hazel O'Connor

Don't worry, I thought it was difficult too. Thankfully, I've got a HM-HB thing in my bedroom which I consulted.

Quoting:

Well done, I thought 14 might prove tricky.
I'm gonna have to work harder  ;D
End Quote

Wall of Voodoo

Quoting:
#1 Far Side of Crazy -Don't know artist
End Quote

Some good going overnight
Well done Bobo, J.C. and theRealJimA - All correct

I've added some hints as you seem to be stuck on the last few

Try as I might Taoist (as you have been doing so well in finishing off some of my own long-standing quizzes (thanks  :))), I cannot begin to recognise the ones that are left

But I have been trying !

FB  :(

12.  "Midnight on the Murder Mile" by
     Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

Thank you.

OK, noone seems to know the last 2 so I'll fill them in for you!