Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
“Boy in the Box” – Corey Hart
This one was gotten already. And they beat me to it. But to repeat:
“Friday, I’m in Love” – The Cure
All I can think of is “99 Red Balloons/99 Luftbalons” due to the fact that they cause WWIII, but I don’t think that actual lyric shows up. (Nena is the group.)
Also already solved: “Just a Friend”–Biz Markie
“Batdance” – Prince
“Beat It” (beat it, beat it, no one wants to be defeated)–Michael Jackson
P8_2: What if this singer were a famous lover in denim pants of a nontraditional color? What if this singer were a ripoff of Garfield the cat? It is not a commonly-held misbelief.
Thin Lizzy were a great band. Sadly, Phil Lynott died before they made it big in the US, so people here only know them as “that band that did The Boys Are Back In Town”, and maybe for Whisky In The Jar. Give Dedication or Jailbreak a listen if you like hard rock.
Alice In Chains - Man In the Box
Sorta. Batdance is a mishmash of lyrics from other songs on the Batman soundtrack… the line (“If a man is considered guilty for what goes on in his mind, give me the electric chair for all my future crimes”) is really from Electric Chair, which is on the same album.
Beat It is correct for RN2.
ETA: I see somebody else got TJ4 already and I was wrong anyway.
JQ11: I will repair your damage and liberate you. I’m the messiah on MDMA.
Thompson Twins - King for a Day
*If I was king for just one day
I would give it all away
I would give it all away to be with you *
Good recap, thwartme, but you forgot one (unless someone got it and I missed):
R3: During the hours that preceded this morning first person narrator’s mind conjured images involving a rendezvous with a notable terrorist and writer of Celtic descent.
Which, if I can give a hint, is very closely related to this other paraphrase of mine:
R6: I command you to exit your dwelling places, men bedecked in two-tone uniforms, and to engage me in masculine physical combat.
If somebody gets them, and gets the connection, I’ll, I dunno, think you’re really cool.
Bingo.
Nevermind - thought I had Here Comes The Sun to myself
I can hum the tune, after which I must punch myself in the head because I hate it, but all I know is that it’s by Sean Penn’s brother and the line is something like:
“What if I was Romeo in black jeans. What if I was Heathcliff, it’s no lie.”
On more very easy one from me (I think it should be easy anyway):
JB3: I am aware that those under a suggestive spell always tell the truth.
TJ2: Females, vehicles, and the battle for global domination between the second and fourth battles for global domination.
Chicks, cars and the third world war - James Colin
A1 The man loudly exclaimed, “I am completely in your ownership, granny”
A2 We are not sufficiently advanced in age to terminate our physical existance
A3 Make a continual percussive noise on the structure built into the doorway. (I am unable to audially detect that you are doing so.)
A4 Rouse me from my slumber prior to your exiting this place
A5 I am abrubtly placed into a supine position. Subsequently, I resume standing. You will be unable to prevent this from happenning.
Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
RN7: Female canines adore me because they are aware I am able to spin verse in which the ends of each line utilize similar sounds
RN8: Allow the luminescence from our nearest star to strike my visage
RN9: Tiny floating particles of recently combusted matter over the dihydrogen oxide
A3: Love Shack by the B-52s.
A5 I am abrubtly placed into a supine position. Subsequently, I resume standing. You will be unable to prevent this from happenning.
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
(I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down.)
RN9: Tiny floating particles of recently combusted matter over the dihydrogen oxide
Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple
(Do I even need to say what the lyrics is?)
You did.
I was going to wait until my last two were answered before posting more, but it looks like they’re harder than I thought. >_>
Gu5 - One of our protagonists was male, the other female - I’m sure you can see where this is going.
Gu6 * - I get aroused when the man I’m speaking of imitates Jesus Christ using a part of a lighting fixture.
Gu7 ** - Thank you, AI-san.
Gu8 *** - Young females have a single, simple desire, and that is to amuse themselves.
Gu9 - I view the group of you, and make note of the dormant affection. Meanwhile, I play a stringed instrument in such a way as to make it sound mournful.
- Probably really, really hard, since neither the original artist, or the artist that I know of who covered it, are really top-10 artists.
** Should be really easy…but perhaps I’ve gotten too clever for my own good.
*** If this one’s not easy, I give up on trying to judge the difficulty of these.
Cindy Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles.
"I look at you all, see the love that lies sleeping … "