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Friday 10: The šŸ›Žļøing words are awfully strong

Some of these they play over and over and over on the radio…

Time to guess another ten lyrics!

Last week again we had three people guess six songs. The remaining lyrics were a couple of disco songs, a mid-70s hit that had a minor resurgence in the 90s thanks to a cover with more conventional instrumentation, and a Bob Dylan classic I mostly know through a Rage Against the Machine cover.

It’s such a shame when a good band like RATM gets all political. šŸ™ƒ

With the exception of Dylan, all the songs were from the 1970s. Kinda strange for songs that old to not be identified considering my regular crowd.

Big changes are coming to the pop charts thanks to changes in the music industry. Billboard is going to let songs age out, since some of the ones in the Hot 100 have been there for several years. Radio stations won’t stop playing them and neither will streaming algorithms. Will this get us more variety? At least in the Hot 100 it will. Spotify? Probably not.

The rules:

And now go do Glen’s!

This week’s lyrics:

  1. Lyric
    Going down to Baltimore; going in an off-white Honda
    Song & Artist:
    Miss the Girl, Soul Coughing
  2. Lyric
    The road has got me hypnotized and I'm speeding into a new sunrise
    Song & Artist:
    Rader Love, Golden Earring
  3. Lyric
    My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door**
    Song & Artist:
    Rumors, Timex Social Club
  4. Lyric
    How was I to know she was with the Russians too?
    Song & Artist:
    Lawyers, Guns and Money, Warren Zevon
  5. Lyric
    I used to think the idea was obsolete until I heard the old man stamping his feet
    Song & Artist:
    Hell, Squirrel Nut Zippers
  6. Lyric
    I’m a rebel just for kicks now; let me kick it like it’s 1986 now
    Song & Artist:
    Feel It Still, Portugal the Man
  7. Lyric
    I hear the rhythms of the music, I buy the product and never use it
    Song & Artist:
    Mexican Radio, Wall of Voodoo
  8. Lyric
    Destroy the mind, destroy the body, but you cannot destroy the heart
    Song & Artist:
    Fuck You (An Ode to No One), Smashing Pumpkins
  9. Lyric
    I’ll tip my hat to the new Constitution
    Song & Artist:
    Won’t Get Fooled Again, The Who
  10. Lyric
    And don’t forget the joker
    Song & Artist:
    Ace of Spades, Motƶrhead

Your guesses