You know that game kids play on long car rides? The one that goes something like " I went to the beach and brought…" then they list various things people have said plus their own up through the letter they’re up to at their turn. Person E would need to remember the list up until that point to say " I’m went to the beach and brought: an apple, a brat, a cat, a doorand an earwig"
I thought it might be fun to play that here after a fashion. Let’s pretend we’re listening to the radio for this game, and our task is to list the first song we were exposed to by an artist. (you didn’t actually have to have heard it on the radio, of course, but it should be the first song you remember hearing by the artist.) When it’s your turn, you pick an artist or band (either the first word starts with that letter if it’s a band - articles excepted- or the last name of an artist) who starts with whichever letter we’re up to, and give the single you first heard.
But, instead of “remembering” what the people before you said, you fill in your own first song by the artists they chose before picking your artist and listing the single. I think it would be interesting to see who was exposed to what first, too
Try to remember to underline or bold your artist and song so it stands out, please. And yes, you have to repeat the sentence before listing your responses too, just like people force you to in the verbal game
Oh, and feel free to take more than one turn, but don’t change your previous answers, of course. If people like this, we can start another round(s) once we get to artist/band Z.
" I turned on the radio and first heard: Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos .
(Aren’t we supposed to be pulling the other responses before adding our own, and also changing the songs to songs we know by those artists? This is gonna be hard…how many Commander Cody fans do we have here? )
“I turned on the radio and first heard: Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos, Bye Bye Bye by the Backstreet Boys, Riot in Cell Block #9 by Commander Cody and the Last Planet Airmen (thank you, Google!), and Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.”
Hmmm. This has been more complicated than I anticipated. Looks like gallows fodder got the idea, though. Shall we try another childhood tatic, and call for a do-over? (Please try not to pick really obscure bands so it doesn’t keep others from playing. If I promise not to pick P is for Possum Dixon, don’t pick C is for Neco Case)
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I turned on the radio and first heard Dude Looks Like a Lady byAerosmith.
I turned on the radio and heard: Same Old Song And Dance by Aerosmith I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys Dreams by the Cranberries and She Blinded Me with Science! by Thomas Dolby
I turned on the radio and heard: Dream On by Aerosmith As Long as You Love Me by the Backstreet Boys Linger by the Cranberries She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby
and Novocaine for the Soul by Eels.
I turned on the radio and heard:
Dude Looks Like a Lady by Aerosmith,
Everybody(backstreet’s back) by the Backstreet Boys
Linger by the Cranberries
She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby
Novocaine for the Soul by Eels
and Big Me by The Foo Fighters
I turned on the radio and heard:
Walk this way by Aerosmith
As long as you love me by The backstreet boys
Linger by The cranberries
She blinded me with science by Thomas Dolby
Going over to Suzie’s house by The eels
Learn to fly by The foo fighters
I turned on the radio and heard:
Dude Looks Like a Lady by Aerosmith,
Everybody(backstreet’s back) by the Backstreet Boys
Linger by the Cranberries
She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby
Novocaine for the Soul by Eels
Big Me by The Foo Fighters
Basket Case by Green Day
and Doll Parts by Hole
