Verbosely paraphrased lyrics quiz

[undyingking]

My deliberately blank expression is inscrutable, inscrutable; inscrutable to him.

An easy one to start off with...

(I think it was venta who came up with this idea.)

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

No, he can't read my poker face.

Let me have a quick think for another one...

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

There exists a well-bred female of my acquaintance, who is of the considered opinion that everything which sparkles is of the aureate persuasion, and she intends to purchase an ascending flight to the firmament.

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold and she's buy-i-i-ing, a stairway to hea-ven.

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Yup, your turn ;)

[metame.livejournal.com]

Lady Gaga, she say "Can't read my, can't read my, No he can't read my poker face."


The sole causative agent is the one affected. This is the true source of pain

[venta.livejournal.com]

You do it to yourself, you do! And that's what really hurts.

Just

Phew. That took some effort!

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

You would not credit it, I'm certainly not fortuitous, we're being denied recreation.

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

*ponders*

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm struggling with this one, too...

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

It's grungy.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I thought it sounded like it ought to be Nirvana, which is an odd thing to say about a paraphrase :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

I think legally it might have been ChrisC that actually came up with it ;) I'm willing to share the blame for disemination, though.

(That was a comment, not a paraphrased lyric!)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

He really needs a dummy LJ userid if he's to get proper credit for things :-)

(That was also a comment, not a paraphrased lyric...)

[venta.livejournal.com]

In my dreamworld I don't forsee any problems, we're strolling along holding hands.

[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

In my imagination there is no complication, we walk together hand in hand.

(Kylie Minogue, I Should Be So Lucky... and I don't thank you for making me admit that I know it).

The following is not my own paraphraseology, but that of a friend's father. I think it's brilliant though:

Scintilate, scintilate, globule vivific,
Feign would I fathom thy nature specific,
Loftily poised in the ever-capacious,
Strongly resembling a gem, carbonaceous!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Getting it to scan and rhyme is very impressive!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Nice!

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Bah, got it, but clearly not first...

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

Screams Poker Face to me, but something at the back of my brain is whispering about an 80s song that's a better fit....

[venta.livejournal.com]

We're quite ambivalent. Not being of age, we're safe from prison. Fancy a game?

[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

3 hours later, my mind is still blank on this one... Weird how these things read like cryptic crossword clues!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Of course, there's always a risk that you might not know the song! I find it quite interesting noting which bits the mind grasps at to decrypt them.

Or doesn't grasp... I've been mentally rearranging bits of "lucky" and "belive" and such to try and solve gbsteve's above as I feel groundlessly sure I know the song...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty bad at remembering lyrics when I read them as it is (despite being able to sing along when they come on), let alone when they're paraphrased. I guess the reason is that for me, the music is what I latch onto when I hear a song, not the lyrics.

[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

Oh, a very strong chance of that I'd reckon. Of course since the same themes recur in songs again and again, it's easy to get a vague sense of familiarity with the gist of a lyric, even if you don't know the song in question!

Got it!

[killalla]

Hey don't pay no mind, we're under 18, won't be doing any time...

The Offspring, Come Out and Play

[killalla]

And my lyric...

I have a preference for a generous female figure, I will not dissemble.

[chilledchimp.livejournal.com]

I like big butts and I cannot lie? I can't believe I knew that one - I'm so embarrassed!

[chilledchimp.livejournal.com]

How about:

Terminated my relationship due to a lack of emotional support.
The community are concerned as to my mental health displayed in my unhappy physiognomy.

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

"Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time"
- Paranoid

Now:
I am able to discern the outline, albeit of rather limited size, of a human male; will you, famous swashbuckler, entertain us with a lively Andalusian folk dance? The extreme weather conditions are causing me considerable concern. Scientist (scientist), scientist (scientist), scientist, fictional Spanish hair care worker. Brilliant!

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen.

Is that actually more verbose than the original?

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

Debatable. It probably makes more sense, though.:)

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Finished with my woman cause she could not help me with my mind
People think I'm insane bcause I am frowning all the time

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Occasionally it is better if one has already expired. Clutching a firearm aimed at ones own cranium.

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

Haha - West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys):
"Sometimes you're better off dead
There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head"

To continue the theme:
Arrive smeared in soft earth, soaking in generic alkaline cleaning fluid, in the state which I desire of you - in the manner of a fad, in the manner of a valued acquaintance, as a recollection of the distant past. Recollection, oh recollection, oh recollection, oh. (I can assure you with the utmost conviction that I am not currently in possession of a firearm.)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Come as You Are? I only know the words of the first verse, but it sounds right for a later one...

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

Correct! "I swear that I don't have a gun" only comes in after the second verse.

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

My earlier Nirvana effort was the first thing that sprung to mind although chilledchimp didn't know it so it must be obscure.

Won't you believe it, it's just my luck. No recess!
- School by Nirvana from Bleach

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

I'm not a hard core Nirvana fan (more of a Pixies man myself), so I don't know the lyrics for the less obvious ones.