You say the song and artist each is from, and I bake you a cookie.

1. Greggy writes letters and burns his CDs...(Ebontyne-"Pretty Good Year" by Tori Amos)
2. You don't have to watch Dynasty... (ktelqueen-"Kiss" by Prince)
3. They leave suspicious things in the sink...(Sister Morphine-"Help Me Mary" by Liz Phair)
4. Watching landscapes roll out like credits on a blue screen...
5. She's been here for years, much longer than I...(Ebontyne-"The Waitress" by Tori Amos)
6. I wanna talk to ya, I wanna shampoo ya...
7. All his suits are custom made in London...(ktelqueen-"Dress You Up" by Madonna)
8. He goes to college and fills his head with knowledge...
9. I wanted to play football for the coach...
10. Looking for soul food and a place to eat...(Johnny D-"Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed
11. What do you think I'd see, if I could walk away from me?
12. I took a bubble bath with my pants on...
13. I walk him every day into a shady place, and with his lips he says...(nicki morrissey-"Gigantic" by the Pixies)
14. Pulling the wool, playing the fool, like he'd done before...
15. I almost ran over an angel, he had a nice big fat cigar...(Ebontyne-"Leather" by Tori Amos)
16. Just because me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream...(Ebontyne-"Tear In Your Hand" by Tori Amos)
17. Hiding in the dark, hiding in the streets...(Ebontyne-"Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush)
18. I'm up all night in the studio and you're up early on your ranch...
19. Sixteen candles burning on my wall...(Doc Brown-"Take Me To the River" by the Talking Heads/Al Green)
20. An afro, a pharoah, I can't go, you said so...(Ebontyne-"Horses" by Tori Amos)

great quiz,James!  8)

so far..

2.Kiss-Prince

7.Dress You Up-Madonna

3. Help Me, Mary - Liz Phair

10. Lou Reed, Walk On The Wild Side

I'll take mine with chocolate chips & peanut butter. ;)

19. Al Green/Talking Heads, "Take Me To The River"

Your Pal,
Doc
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1 - Pretty Good Year ~ Tori Amos
5 - The Waitress ~ Tori Amos (at least I think it might be... the line is something like "she worked here a year longer than I," which is very close)
15 - Leather ~ Tori Amos
16 - Tear in Your Hand ~ Tori Amos
17 - Hounds of Love ~ Kate Bush
20 - Horses ~ Tori Amos

That line about going to college and filling his head with knowledge sounds very familiar, but I can't quite place it.

:)

Just on a half remembered hunch here, is

#8 At Home He's A Tourist by Gang Of Four?

You say the song and artist each is from, and I bake you a cookie.

1. Greggy writes letters and burns his CDs...(Ebontyne-"Pretty Good Year" by Tori Amos)
2. You don't have to watch Dynasty... (ktelqueen-"Kiss" by Prince)
3. They leave suspicious things in the sink...(Sister Morphine-"Help Me Mary" by Liz Phair)
4. Watching landscapes roll out like credits on a blue screen...
5. She's been here for years, much longer than I...(Ebontyne-"The Waitress" by Tori Amos)
6. I wanna talk to ya, I wanna shampoo ya...
7. All his suits are custom made in London...(ktelqueen-"Dress You Up" by Madonna)
8. He goes to college and fills his head with knowledge...
9. I wanted to play football for the coach...
10. Looking for soul food and a place to eat...(Johnny D-"Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed
11. What do you think I'd see, if I could walk away from me?
12. I took a bubble bath with my pants on...
13. I walk him every day into a shady place, and with his lips he says...
14. Pulling the wool, playing the fool, like he'd done before...
15. I almost ran over an angel, he had a nice big fat cigar...(Ebontyne-"Leather" by Tori Amos)
16. Just because me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream...(Ebontyne-"Tear In Your Hand" by Tori Amos)
17. Hiding in the dark, hiding in the streets...(Ebontyne-"Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush)
18. I'm up all night in the studio and you're up early on your ranch...
19. Sixteen candles burning on my wall...(Doc Brown-"Take Me To the River" by the Talking Heads/Al Green)
20. An afro, a pharoah, I can't go, you said so...(Ebontyne-"Horses" by Tori Amos)


Hint: the other artists in the thread are Joni Mitchell, Belle and Sebastian, Prince, the Pixies, the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Cyndi Lauper, and Liz Phair.

13. "Gigantic"- The Pixies