Friday 10: The 🛎️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. 🙃

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:

• No searchin.’
• I need both artist and title.
• Cover versions are acceptable assuming I can find them.

And now go do Glen’s!

This week's lyrics:

1. Miss the Girl — Soul Coughing
   Going down to Baltimore; going in an off-white Honda
   

2. Rader Love — Golden Earring
   The road has got me hypnotized and I'm speeding into a new sunrise
   Guessed by: Glen

3. Rumors — Timex Social Club
   My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door**
   

4. Lawyers, Guns and Money — Warren Zevon
   How was I to know she was with the Russians too?
   Guessed by: Mac Webb

5. Hell — Squirrel Nut Zippers
   I used to think the idea was obsolete until I heard the old man stamping his feet
   Guessed by: Glen

6. Feel It Still — Portugal the Man
   I’m a rebel just for kicks now; let me kick it like it’s 1986 now
   Guessed by: Lazo Hollyfeld

7. Mexican Radio — Wall of Voodoo
   I hear the rhythms of the music, I buy the product and never use it
   Guessed by: Mac Webb

8. Fuck You (An Ode to No One) — Smashing Pumpkins
   Destroy the mind, destroy the body, but you cannot destroy the heart
   

9. Won’t Get Fooled Again — The Who
   I’ll tip my hat to the new Constitution
   Guessed by: Glen

10. Ace of Spades — Motörhead
    And don’t forget the joker
    Guessed by: Mike