Verbosely paraphrased lyrics quiz - B

[undyingking]

How would you assess my inferior musical performance -- would you boycott it?

And for a bonus:

A wealthy metropolitan appreciated his fortune but found his life generally hollow and unhealthy.

Comments

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

That second one's more an encapsulation of the whole thing, "City dweller, successful fella, thought to himself, oops, I've gotta lot of money..." Blur, Country House

Ah ha, and now I've got the first one,

"What would you do if I sang out of tune, would you stand up and walk out on me" Beatles, With a little help from my friends.

Guess I need to come up with some now...

[metame.livejournal.com]

I totally had the Beatles one on the tip of my tongue. Amazed I couldn't quite get my brain to give me the song it clearly knew...

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

They're actually less verbose than the originals :)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, it's only when thinking about this that I've realized how verbose some artistes are. Might have to change the name of the quiz...

[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

Circumlocution in the name of scansion.
We've all done it! ;-)

(That's not a lyric BTW)

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

53°35'N, 02°26'W
53°34'N, 01°27'W
53°50'N, 02°13'W
53°50'N, 02°11'W

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

They all seem pretty close together... I don't think it's "New York, London, Paris, Munich" :-)

[metame.livejournal.com]

That'd be "It's Grim Up North"

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, of course. Good one!

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

...Manchester Airport, Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne... somewhere else in Ashton-Under-Lyne?

Is this a rare Half Man Half Biscuit B-side?

Before I looked them up, I thought it might be 'A13' by Billy Bragg, which lists a load of towns in Essex.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

What a great song that is. "It starts down in Wapping / There's no stopping".

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Go motoring on the A Thirting... genius

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Hmm, one of us has been misled by the interweb. The locations should be Bolton, Barnsley, Nelson, Colne

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

No Grimsby? Certainly a set of grim towns...

[metame.livejournal.com]

She gave me instruction on perambulation and elocution

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

She told me to walk this way, talk this way.
-- Aerosmith

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

We are three times abbreviatedly conducting ourselves on a foreign dual-carriageway limited access highway with grade separated junctions designed and built solely for motorised traffic, ahead lies a great depression with predominant extent in one direction.

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

I want this to be 'Road to nowhere' but I'm pretty sure it isn't. Indeed I can't think of any reason why it would be to be honest...

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

heh!

Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn
Vor uns liegt ein weites Tal

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Should have thought of that really, shouldn't I...

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Good one!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I really really should have recognised that, shouldn't I?

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

gbsteve is very good at this verbosity; anyone would think he worked for the government :-)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*grins*

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

News has reached me of a well ordered mobile arms cache, suitable for rapid deployment. A number of ossuaries have also been mentioned to me as reachable by vehicle, although their location remains a mystery.

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

"Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway
a place where nobody knows"
- Life During Wartime, Talking HEads

Class choice, sir.

In reponse -
Could it be that I am indulging in fantasy, or have I at long last discovered a concept or cause which I can use to justify my existence? Initially my object was to enjoy some exciting experience; however, the sole reward for my efforts has proved to be a quantity of pre-rolled tobacco and a selection of intoxicating beverages.

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Cigarettes and alcohol, Oasis. Need to come up with something good now.

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Upon receipt of the latest communique from my elected representatives, I removed it from it's packaging, perused the content and expressed my opinion of them out loud.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

They were naively attempting to recruit me for military service -- an unlikely ambition, and I refused firmly.

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

This country has shown insufficient appreciation for one such as myself. However as this thought ran through my mind I was reminded of this fact; those who I was mocking do in fact hold a position of considerable power.

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

Corey Taylor to a trip to the Italian capital, and saw the Pontiff. The Pontiff was confused and had to ask for more information from a bishop.

[triskellian]

Wow, that's the entire song.

(Not that I'd ever heard the name Corey Taylor before, but I can work out from context who he is.)

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

This should have read:

"Corey Taylor went on a trip to the Italian capital, and saw the Pontiff. The Pontiff was confused and had to ask for more information from a bishop; and whether it required him to be an early riser on this particular day."

Then it's the whole song :)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

I am not intent on finding a new place much like the one I am from, not do I want a revolution, instead, I'd like to find a more suitable and harmonious relationship with a person on a specific gender.

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

"I don't want to change the world. I'm not looking for New England, I'm just looking for another girl..." - Billy Bragg

Violently reject all fruit preserves, you who practice incest in the maternal line!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I positively intend just such a rejection.