Inspired by Zella's recent return to quiz setting, here's a long overdue offering from me.

Someone once said that there was no good reason for a pop song to be longer than 3 minutes (was it Pete Shelley?).
Anyway, all of these lyrics are from songs that are no longer than that, at least not according to iTunes!

Limit 3 for now.

OK it seems to have gone quiet on this one, so the limit is off!

Final throw of the dice guys, extra lyrics are added....

1. And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
Windbreaker05 - American Idiot - Green Day - 2:53

2. Confucius has a puzzling grace
Paul - Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees - 2:53

3. While we walk the street too chicken to even try it
loki 13 - White Riot - The Clash - 1:58

4. You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
Paul - Going Underground - The Jam - 2:56

5. They're generating steam heat
Paul - Blitzkreig Bop - The Ramones - 2:11

6. I need excitement oh I need it bad
Paul - Teenage Kicks - The Undertones - 2:25

7. I go walking down to your house,tell me baby that's not good for me Your Ma and Pa, they just wanna kick me

8. Only me, skating fast
FBVP - Under Ice - Kate Bush - 2:21

9. Your mother told you stories, you substitute with girls that tell you more, Suddenly your sycophants are chanting slogans at your door

10. I can't see much of a future unless we find out what's to blame and we won't be together much longer unless we realise that we are the same

11. And then it's three A.M. and I'm on the corner, wearing my leather
whistledog - United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch - 1:31

12. She spent her twenties between the sheets, Life limped along at sub-sonic speeds

13. Don't ask us to attend 'cos we're not all there
jaytee - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols - 2:46

14. You win some, lose some, all the same to me
Paul - Ace Of Spades - Motorhead - 2:51

15. I'm gonna meet the boys on floor number two!
FBVP - Smokin' In The Boys Room - Brownsville Station - 2:59

16. Well come up to the corner gonna buy a diamond ring
Paul - Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard - 2:06

17. We got chicken in the barn
Gaylon - Whole Lotta Shakin' - Jerry Lee Lewis - 2:38

18. Over men and horses hoops and garters
Gaylon - Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite - The Beatles - 2:43

19. When I come back to bed someone's taken my place
Windbreaker05 - Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel - 2:56

20. Yes I'll admit that I'm a fool for you
Gaylon - I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash - 2:45

1. American Idiot - Green Day
19. Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel

#11 is the fantastic song 'United States of Whatever' by Liam Lynch

Egads! I only recognized one of these...and it was already taken    :\'(

1. American Idiot - Green Day
19. Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel

Yep to both WB, quick work :).

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Egads! I only recognized one of these...and it was already taken    :\'(


Don't feel bad, Zella...I'm completely stumped on all of them!  ???

Egads! I only recognized one of these...and it was already taken    :\'(

Sorry to hear that Zella. It's a pretty mixed bag of US / UK stuff, from a variety of eras. I'm sure you'll recognise more when you see the answers.

Don't feel bad, Zella...I'm completely stumped on all of them!  ???

Aw come on now CF, look hard at #18 why doncha?

Aw come on now CF, look hard at #18 why doncha?


I looked again and it's not ringing any bells... :-\\

#7 looks horribly familiar, but I got nothing. Just posting 'cause I was in a hurry before and didn't get a chance to say, good quiz :)

Marvellous return to form, Graham...good to see you back...

In less time than it takes to boil the kettle...three classics!

#2. 'Hong Kong Garden' - Siouxsie & The Banshees

#4. 'Going Underground' - The Jam

#6. 'Teenage Kicks' - The Undertones

Marvellous return to form, Graham...good to see you back...

In less time than it takes to boil the kettle...three classics!

#2. 'Hong Kong Garden' - Siouxsie & The Banshees

#4. 'Going Underground' - The Jam

#6. 'Teenage Kicks' - The Undertones



Ha ha! I had a feeling these would tumble like dominoes when you got your eye in Paul, I suspect there's many more that you know ;). Good work.

At least have a 'karma' point for inserting The Undertones into a quiz, Graham...superb group!

^ Yeap you both deserve a clap each!  dos points on the karma-o-meter  ;D

^ Yeap you both deserve a clap each!  dos points on the karma-o-meter  ;D

And you Babooshka should really know #8 !!

And you Babooshka should really know #8 !!


Is it Kate Bush  ;D  looks like her type of lyric but I don't recognise the song  :-[

17. Whole Lotta Shakin' - Jerry Lee Lewis
18. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite - the Beatles

Don't feel bad, Zella...I'm completely stumped on all of them!  ???


me too :-[

17. Whole Lotta Shakin' - Jerry Lee Lewis
18. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite - the Beatles

Excellent Gaylon :).

me too :-[


Sorry ladies, looks like I've inadvertently created a "boys" quiz!
But talking of "boys" I am sure you will all kick yourselves over #15.

Sorry ladies, looks like I've inadvertently created a "boys" quiz!
But talking of "boys" I am sure you will all kick yourselves over #17.


OK seeing as you've mentioned that, here's my wild guess  ;D I wonder it the Kate Bush record could be
'Man with the Child in his Eyes?'

OK seeing as you've mentioned that, here's my wild guess  ;D I wonder it the Kate Bush record could be
'Man with the Child in his Eyes?'


Sorry Jules, that's not it. It is a Kate Bush song at #8 but it was never a single, it's a short song from the "Hounds Of Love" album.
I tried to put a clue in the lyric I chose, ahem, like "skating", hint hint ;).

Giving a lot of clues here because it's probably the most obscure song on the list.

I realise it's Saturday night and I may have had a glass too many of chardy but these are too hard Graham!  :o :)

I realise it's Saturday night and I may have had a glass too many of chardy but these are too hard Graham!  :o :)


Sheesh, sorry Janine but I was sure that you would know #3 and #13....think punk!

Hi Maddog  :)

# 8  Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

# 15 Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station

:D

Hi Maddog  :)

# 8  Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

# 15 Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station

Hi there FBVP :)

#15 is correct, well done, but I'm afraid #8 is not the correct song :(.

Hi there FBVP :)

#15 is correct, well done, but I'm afraid #8 is not the correct song :(.


OMG what was I thinking ?  I know, I was too fazed by your comment to Baboushka that she should know the song.  That had me thinking it must be "Babooshka" but I knew it wasn't !  You confusded me ha ha  ;D

Change it to "Under Ice" then  :-[  :P

Change it to "Under Ice" then  :-[  :P

Correctamundo :) !

#13  Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (obviously two too many chardonnays!!) :-[

#13  Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (obviously two too many chardonnays!!) :-[


Well done Janine :).

I have only one guess.

#3...White Riot...The Clash

I have only one guess.

#3...White Riot...The Clash



That one guess is a good one!

Yep! Back again, Graham...you'd never have guessed, would you?!!

#5. Hey-ho! 'Blitzkreig Bop' - Ramones

#14. 'Ace Of Spades' - Motorhead
Perfect for waking up the neighbours...

#16. 'Good Golly Miss Molly' - Little Richard
I think the Swinging Blue Jeans' version is even shorter!

20. I Walk the LIne- Johnny Cash

saw him sing it last night on a CMT special from San Quentin (from 1969)

#5. Hey-ho! 'Blitzkreig Bop' - Ramones

#14. 'Ace Of Spades' - Motorhead
Perfect for waking up the neighbours...

#16. 'Good Golly Miss Molly' - Little Richard
I think the Swinging Blue Jeans' version is even shorter!


....knew I could rely on you Paul ;)

20. I Walk the LIne- Johnny Cash

saw him sing it last night on a CMT special from San Quentin (from 1969)


Good work Gaylon :).