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Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. NO GOOGLING.

I've skipped songs featured previously (if I've remembered to!) and also songs by the same artist, so these are 25 different artists. Four of them include the title! And I haven't updated my iPod in ages (it still has Issues) so nothing brand new is on here.

1) "You can call me a sinner, and you can call me a saint." "Like It Or Not" by Madonna, guessed by lela_s
2) "If I told you he was your brother, we could reminisce. Then you would go about your day." "Beauty of Gray" by Live, guessed by queen_meep
3) "Look at this, it's me, walking away. Look at you drowning, on display." "Boy in the Well" by R.E.M., guessed by rocknrollpixie
4) "Take the light, and darken everything around me." "Rise Above This" by Seether, guessed by albumsontheside
5) "In an ocean of noise, I first heard your voice."
6) "The more you ignore me, the closer I get. You're wasting your time."
7) "Help, I have done it again, I have been here many times before." "Breathe Me" by Sia, guessed by archerstar
8) "You don't know me, but I know who you are. Mind if I sit down?"
9) "Summertime and the wind is blowing, outside in lower Chelsea, and I don't know what I'm doing in this city." "Motorcycle Driveby" by Third Eye Blind, guessed by queen_meep
10) "Listen to what you've got (x3) and then you realize that it's nothing."
11) "Avalanche is sullen and too thin. She starves herself to rid herself of sin." "Bleed Like Me" by Garbage, guessed by rocknrollpixie
12) "Somebody's knockin', should I let him in? Lord, it's the devil, would you look at him!" "Somebody's Knockin'" by Terri Gibbs, guessed by gizzi1213
13) "I had a dream last night 'cause it looked just like a dream." "Whatever (I Had A Dream)" by Butthole Surfers, guessed by callita623
14) "So I ran faster, but it caught me here. Yes my loyalties turned, like my ankle in the seventh grade." "Precious Things" by Tori Amos, guessed by drusilla_malfoy and (close enough!) callita623
15) "In this proud land we grew up strong, we were wanted all along. I was taught to fight, taught to win...I never thought I could fail." "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel, guessed by drusilla_malfoy
16) "I won't be the one to disappoint you anymore, and I know I said all this so that you heard it all before." "Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning)" by the Kaiser Chiefs, guessed by rocknrollpixie
17) "When you were here before, couldn't look you in the eye. You're just like an angel, your skin makes me cry." "Creep" by Radiohead, guessed by elledwen
18) "Didn't hear what you were sayin', I live on raw emotions, baby."
19) "There was a time I packed my dreams away, living in a shell, hiding from myself." "This Is My Now" by Jordin Sparks, guessed by lela_s
20) "The streets are all violent with murderous excitement, the hunter and the prey are dancing everyday."
21) "Check it out, going out on the late night, looking tight, feeling nice, it's a cock fight" "U + Ur Hand" by Pink, guessed by lela_s
22) "In parallel sea, what would I be? My first love said to me:
'Tears out for the world to see' "
23) "I, I went to hell, I might as well learn by my mistakes. I at twenty-four was insecure, do whatever it takes." "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee" by the Cranberries, guessed by rocknrollpixie
24) "There are certain people you just keep coming back to. She is right in front of you."
25) "Late last night I was looking through pictures. Flooded with memories, I lie on the floor and spread them around me like friends at a party."

GO GO GO!

I usually wait to do this until I do a massive update of my iPod but I can't do that very easily at the moment. I just felt like doing this again anyway! Shuffled at work but was a good girl and didn't post there :) Some of these are hard. Happy guessing!

Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. NO GOOGLING.
I'm skipping songs that have been featured previously and, to copy queen_meep, songs by the same artist as well.

1. "He's laughing with another girl and playing with another heart" "Smooth Operator" by Sade. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
2. "When all that's left to do is reflect on what's been done, this is where sadness breathes, the sadness of everyone" "The Dam at Otter Creek" by Live. Guessed by queen_meep
3. "No more trying, too much terribleness these days"
4. "Well, it starts as a joke, like a stick in the spokes"
5. "He's got fasting black lungs made of clove splintered shardes" "The Widow" by the Mars Volta. Guessed by niicoly
6. "I'll sing it one last time for you, then we really have to go" "Run" by Snow Patrol. Guessed by dreadpiratekurt
7. "Look around, everywhere you turn is heartache - it's everywhere that you go (look around)" "Vogue" by Madonna. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
8. "There are many things to talk about, be constructive"
9. "When everybody else refrained, my uncle Johnny did cocaine"
10. "Twenty years it's breaking you down, now that you understand there's no one around"
11. "Make his fight on the hill in the early day, constant chill deep inside" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica. Guessed by queen_meep
12. "You broke the bread, we drank the wine, your lip was bleedin' but it was fine"
13. "Woohoo!" x4 "I got my head checked by a jumbo jet" "Song 2" by Blur. Guessed by elledwen
14. "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?" "(They Long To Be) Close To You" by the Carpenters, though the version I heard here was actually by the Cranberries. Guessed by tartanshell
15. "I go outside to find the middle of nowhere, everyone needs their own empty stage"
16. "Hey now, little speedyhead, the read on the speedometer says you have to go to task in the city"
17. "I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons, finally content with a past I regret" "I'm Movin' On" by Rascal Flatts. Guessed by matchgirl42
18. "Living a different way. You can't expect me to be the same" "Trippin'" by Godsmack. Guessed by queen_meep
19. "How to fight loneliness? Smile all the time, shine your teeth 'til meaningless and sharpen them with lies"
20. "Let me in and let me go, tell me that I need to know, swallow the key, swallow the key" "Swallowtail" by Finger Eleven. Guessed by lela_s
21. "I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad, I got sunshine in a bag" "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz. Guessed by elledwen and sprinkledonut
22. "Why does the sun go on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore?" "The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis. Guessed by wenchcat
23. "I want to hold the hand inside you, I want to take a breath that's true" "Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star. Guessed by jedi_em
24. "Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone. Susanne, the plans they made put an end to you" "Fire And Rain" by James Taylor. Guessed by jedi_em
25. "Happiness is when I, I think of you, and we will get together for a rendezvous - I'll be on time, you bring the wine, and when we lock the door you'll be all mine..."

Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. NO GOOGLING.

1. "To this world I’m unimportant just because I have nothing to give" 3 Doors Down "Duck and Run" guessed by queen_meep
2. "We’re in the door, I get a smile from a fly boy"
3. "Her world collapsed early Sunday morning" R.E.M. "Belong" guessed by rocknrollpixie
4. "Well I was there on the day they sold the cause for the queen" My Chemical Romance "Disenchanted" guessed by rocknrollpixie
5. "Just as you take my hand, just as you write my number down" Radiohead "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" guessed by rocknrollpixie
6. "Some people live for the fortune, some people live just for the fame" Alicia Keys "If I Ain't Got You" guessed by moowithme113
7. "Change, everything you are and everything you were, your number has been called" Muse "Butterflies & Hurricanes" guessed by rocknrollpixie and elledwen
8. "Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place on me or her, cannot find the comfort in this world" Pearl Jam "Immortality" guessed by rocknrollpixie
9. "She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene" Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" guessed by rocknrollpixie and elledwen
10. "I feel like I’ve been locked up tight for a century of lonely nights, waiting for someone to release me" Christina Aguilera "Genie In A Bottle" guessed by elledwen
11. "I might be wrong, I might be wrong, I could have sworn I saw a light coming on" Radiohead "I Might Be Wrong" guessed by rocknrollpixie
12. "Everything is always changing and nothing stays in the same place for too long" Idlewild "Too Long Awake" guessed by rocknrollpixie
13. "Everyday in every way I'm falling, everything that everyone says turns me off" (on?) Travis "Indefinitely" guessed by rocknrollpixie
14. "Haiti, mon pays, wounded mother I’ll never see." Arcade Fire "Haiti" guessed by jedi_em
15. "The deeper you get, the farther you fall down...the closer I get, the more you dissolve"
16. "If the night turned cold and the stars looked down, and you hug yourself on the cold cold ground" Sting "It's Probably Me" guessed by my bro (in person)
17. "I am, I am, I am, I said I wanna get next to you" Stone Temple Pilots "Sex Type Thing" guessed by rocknrollpixie
18. "If something has to change then it always does (x2)"
19. "Somethin’ in the way you love me won’t let me be" Madonna "Borderline" guessed by jedi_em
20. "You sit there on the couch sipping your scotch and ice" Plumb "Boys Don't Cry" guessed by elledwen
21. "When you're weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all" Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" guessed by rocknrollpixie and elledwen
22. "You wake up in the morning and fall out of your bed" R.E.M. "Parakeet" guessed by my bro (in person)
23. "You caught me lingering in another girl's paradise"
24. "Some say, now suffer all the children and walk away a savior" My Chemical Romance "Sleep" guessed by rocknrollpixie and elledwen
25. "Kadut täyttyy ihmisistä ne ei tiedä meistä mitään"

Wendy's not-so-helpful hints:
-3 of those have the title in that first line
-No more than 2 songs are by the same artist. Maybe if people whine I'll give the applicable numbers.
-I'm really sorry about #25! *evil cackle*

Have at it!

Ack, my thingie fails at shuffling - there are several repeat artists on here. One with THREE songs!

Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. NO GOOGLING.

1. "Rose, ability. There is no roseability" "Roseability" by Idlewild. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
2. "You wanted a challenge...that's calling you higher" "You're In The Air" by R.E.M. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
3. "Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay" "Black" by Pearl Jam. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
4. "All I wanted was the chance to say I would like to see you in the morning" "The Fear" by Travis. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
5. "To believe or not to believe - that is the question, it just takes a street degree"
6. "Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me" "E-Bow the Letter" by R.E.M. Guessed by rootytheroot
7. "There's a little black spot on the sun today" "King of Pain" by the Police. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
8. "Let the world be the world, let the dream unfurl" "Sun" by Live. Guessed by queen_meep
9. "Never was a cornflake girl, thought that was a good solution" "Cornflake Girl" by Tori Amos. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
10. "You could say I lost my faith in science and progress" "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" by Sting. Guessed by elledwen
11. "I don't want to be crippled, cracked - shoulders, wrists, knees and back" "Bones" by Radiohead. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
12. "What's happened to you? It's obvious you've changed"
13. "Always when we fight, try to make you laugh 'til everything's forgotten - I know you hate that" "The You And Me Song" by the Wannadies. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
14. "Pass the time kickin' as time rips by, neither goose nor the gander fly"
15. "That old dog has chained you up alright...give you everything you need to live inside a twisted cage" "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" by Sophie B. Hawkins. Guessed by callita623
16. "Receiving department, 3 a.m. Staff cuts have socked up the overage" "Daysleeper" by R.E.M. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
17. "One wound up punch of intuition lays flat my whole take on us."
18. "Naked lovers feel the blood beneath their veins, electric nerves communicate" "They Stood Up For Love" by Live. Guessed by queen_meep
19. "Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces passed and I'm home bound" "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
20. "I was blown away. What could I say? It all seemed to make sense." "It's Not Over" by Daughtry. Guessed by queen_meep
21. "This is nothing new to me, it takes more than what you've got to frighten me" "Untouchable" by Garbage. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
22. "In the lush Virginia hills they kept her as long as they could"
23. "You can look but you can't touch, I don't think I like you much" "I Think I'm Paranoid" by Garbage. Guessed by bottled_void
24. "You must understand though the touch of your hand makes my pulse react..." "What's Love Got To Do With It?" by Tina Turner. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
25. "The day's last one-way ticket train pulls in, we smile for the casual closure capturing"

Last round of the year, as soon I'll be listening to Christmas music all day every day at work ^_^ Yay Christmas music!

Rounds 1 and 2 went to my brother and elledwen, respectively. No fabulous prizes to award cuz then some of you would cheat but you do get the dubious honor of having your name mentioned in my journal, see? Yay! The only hint I'm going to provide is that #25 totally reminds me of azurien, and if she doesn't have this song I'm totally sending it to her.

Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. NO GOOGLING.

1. "You can dance...for inspiration... come on, I’m waiting!" "Get Into the Groove" by Madonna. Guessed by elledwen
2. "You just stood there screaming, fearing no one was listening to you" "My Friend of Misery" by Metallica. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
3. "I wanna feel, I wanna try, I wanna rock in the city tonight"
4. "You and me, we’re made, it’s impossible to say to me to be together always" "Born to Be a Dancer" by the Kaiser Chiefs. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
5. "Close your eyes, have no fear, the monster’s gone, he’s on the run and your daddy’s here" "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" by John Lennon. Guessed by matchgirl42
6. "I’m serving time, all for a crime I did commit. You want the truth?" "The Well and the Lighthouse" by Arcade Fire. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
7. "I got a picture of a photograph of a wedding and a shell" "Big Bang Baby" by STP. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
8. "You tell me you don’t love me over a cup of coffee" "Cup of Coffee" by Garbage. Guessed by my brother.
9. "My life is brilliant, my love is pure, I saw an angel, of that I’m sure" "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. Guessed by elledwen
10. "It’s easier not to be wise and measure these things by your brains" "I Alone" by Live. Guessed by my brother.
11. "Don’t you think you oughtta rest? Don’t you think you oughtta lay your head down?" "All Those Yesterdays" by Pearl Jam. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
12. "She shone up bright like a knife, wearing tennis shorts made of stripes"
13. "When there’s nowhere else to run, is there room for one more son?" "All These Things That I've Done" by the Killers. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
14. "Girl, the only thing that matters in my life, is that I’m down with you and treat you right"
15. "Leave me out, get away, I gotta go, long way home" "Long Way Home" by STP. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
16. "I’m stressed but you’re freestyle, I’m overworked but I’m undersexed" "Hammering in my Head" by Garbage. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
17. "When the time comes, you’re no longer here, fall down to my knees, begin my nightmare"
18. "It’s not that complicated and you ain’t gotta believe, they’ll put me down in a hole before I’ll let you succeed"
19. "Take... take all you need, and I’ll compensate your greed" "The Small Print" by Muse. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
20. "Freezin’, rests his head on a pillow made of concrete" "Evenflow" by Pearl Jam. Guessed by aaronisthebest
21. "That was some revealing light that you shined(shone?) on me last night" (I can't quite make out that one word)
22. "What if I wanted to break, laugh it all off in your face, what would you do?" "The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars. Guessed by my brother.
23. "This could be the saddest dusk I’ve ever seen, turn to a miracle, high alive, my mind is racing" "Half a World Away" by R.E.M. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
24. "They got three in the front and four in the back of a Civic, camped out all night on the sidewalk just to get tickets"
25. "She hangs around the boulevard, she’s a local girl with local scars" "L.A. Song" by Beth Hart. Guessed by matchgirl42

Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. NO GOOGLING.

My brother won the last round -- and he didn't even get a turn until like, a week after you LJers had seen it. Come on, you can beat him! I would offer fabulous prizes except I think that might lead some of you to cheat. No cheating!

The only ones I skipped this time were one that came up last time (out of 1300 songs you wouldn't think that would happen, but yeah) and a Radiohead song that I couldn't make out the intro by listening to it and my online lyrics source was just blatantly WRONG on that one. Good luck!

1. “I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know -- please don't say you're sorry” "Sorry" by Madonna. Guessed by elledwen
2. “The waiting drove me mad – you’re finally here and I’m a mess” "Corduroy" by Pearl Jam. Guessed by strangealchemy
3. “Bat your eyes girl, be otherworldly, count your blessings, seduce a stranger.” "Warning" by Incubus. Guessed by rocknrollpixie
4. “I'm tired of being what you want me to be, feeling so faithless, lost under the surface” "Numb" by Linkin Park. Guessed by elledwen
5. “Oh, when you walk by every night, talking sweet and looking fine, I get kinda hectic inside” "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey. Guessed by strangealchemy
6. “Hotter than a Puerto Rican mama, suckin' on ice in a sauna, hotter than a little cheerleader, throwin' back cheap tequila” "Nikki Don't Stop" by Low Millions. Guessed by elledwen
7. “I will stop, I will stop at nothing. Say the right things when electioneering, I trust I can rely on your vote.” "Electioneering" by Radiohead. Guessed by rootytheroot
8. “If I were the betting kind I bet you thought the easy life was the one you thought you'd live by.”
9. “She leads a lonely life, she leads a lonely life.” "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
10. “Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be” "Come As You are" by Nirvana. Guessed by elledwen
11. “Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire?”
12. “Down, down, down in your heart -- find, find, find the secret. Turn, turn, turn your head around, baby we can do it, we can do it all right”
13. “There was a game we used to play, we would hit the town on Friday night, stay in bed until Sunday.” "Just My Imagination" by the Cranberries. Guessed by my bro.
14. “Finally I've met you, the day has come, you're more than beautiful, and you're my son.”
15. “Baby we can talk all night, but that ain’t gettin’ us nowhere.” "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" by Meat Loaf. Guessed by rootytheroot
16. “Cryin' on the corner, waitin' in the rain, I swear I'll never ever wait again.”
17. “I can just imagine you and me, running out of steam, going through the motions.”
18. “Your heart is not open, so I must go, the spell has been broken, I loved you so.” "The Power of Goodbye" by Madonna. Guessed by strangealchemy
19. “I don't wanna work in a building downtown, no I don't wanna work in a building downtown, I don't know what I'm gonna do ‘cause the planes keep crashing always two by two”
20. “This night, walk the dead in a solitary style and crash the cemetery gates.”
21. “There’s spiders in your room but there always will be.”
22. “When you’re alone and life is makin’ you lonely you can always go downtown.” "Downtown" by Petula Clark. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
23. “In the middle of a gun fight... in the center of a restaurant... they say, 'Come with your arms raised high!' " "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison" by My Chemical Romance. Guessed by designmusic
24. “It seems so obvious, there’s something up with us, I swear I feel it from across the room.” "Inside of You" by Hoobastank. Guessed by sweet_panda
25. “When the laughter fades away, ma vie, tout ma vie - when there's nothing left to say, ma vie... my oh my” "The Last Laugh of the Laughter" by Travis. Guessed by rocknrollpixie

Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. NO GOOGLING.

Man, some of these are hard! I wouldn't even get them myself. I swear the only ones I skipped were instrumentals (two). And my iPod really does like to pick songs by the same artist multiple times. See, I didn't skip to make myself look more diverse or whatever.

Whoever guesses the most may or may not get a fabulous prize! Have fun!

1) "Don’tcha know... they’re talkin’ about a revolution" "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" - Tracy Chapman. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
2) "What will grow quickly that you can’t make straight – it’s the price you gotta pay" "Black Swan" - Thom Yorke. Guessed by rootytheroot
3) "Yellow bird flying, get shot in the wing" "Little Earthquakes" - Tori Amos. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
4) "Now I know that I can’t make you stay, but where’s your heart?" "Famous Last Words" - My Chemical Romance. Guessed by elledwen
5) "Someone’s knockin’ on my kitchen door, leave the wood outside" "Cloud on my Tongue" - Tori Amos. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
6) "How long before I get in, before it starts, before I begin"
7) "Are you cut up, or do you easily forget?" "Karma Killer" - Robbie Williams. Guessed by elledwen
8) "You think your head’s achin’, I’m not finished yet"
9) "I was so high I did not recognize the fire burning in her eyes, the chaos that controls my mind" "This Love" - Maroon 5. Guessed by elledwen
10) "I’ll lay me down tonight, much further down, swim in the calm tonight, this art does drown" "Girl's Not Grey" - AFI. Guessed by elledwen
11) "I think I’m drownin’, asphyxiated, I wanna break this spell that you’ve created" "Time is Running Out" - Muse. Guessed by elledwen
12) "Monkey see, monkey do – I don’t know why I’d rather be dead than cool" "Stay Away" - Nirvana. Guessed by my bro.
13) "In our hand an old old old thread, trail of blood and amens"
14) "Hanging by threads of palest silver, I could have stayed that way forever"
15) "Two-faced! I feel you crawlin’ under my skin, sickened by your face"
16) "‘Howdy, lem,’ my grandfather said with his eyes closed, wiping the eastbound dust from his sunburned brow, a life before doubt"
17) "Don’t cut out my paper heart, I ain’t dyin’ anyway" "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - STP. Guessed by my bro.
18) "I’m wishin’ on a star to follow where you are" "Wishin' on a Star" - the version that came up on the shuffle is by Jordin Sparks, but the Cover Girls one is more popular, of course, so I'll give it to my bro. (I have that one on here too). I don't remember who did the original song.
19) "I’ll tell you somethin’, I am a wolf but I like to wear sheep’s clothing" "Temptation Waits" - Garbage. Guessed by jellybellys
20) "Even through the darkest phase, be it thick or thin, always someone marches brave here beneath my skin" "Constant Craving" - K.D. Lang. Guessed by wenchcat
21) "Pleased to meet you, nice to know me, what’s the message? Will ya show me?" "Down" - STP. Guessed by my bro.
22) "Moderation is masturbation, what is what, and what makes you feel good" "Unglued" - STP. Guessed by my bro.
23) "Have you seen? Have not will travel, have I missed the big reveal?" "I've Been High" - R.E.M. Guessed by my bro.
24) "I gave you all the love I got, I gave you more than I could give…I gave you love" "No Ordinary Love" - Sade. Guessed by drusilla_malfoy
25) "Bury me softly in this womb -- I give this part of me for you" "Down in a Hole" - Alice in Chains. Guessed by my bro.