Name These Love Songs
I’ve spliced together clips of songs to see how many you can all identify. This week’s clips are all love songs. Or at least, they fit my definition of a love song! Some of these might be a little tough.
I’ll give you a day or two to make your guesses, then I’ll post the answers. There are clips from 14 songs this time.
Song clips are in the radio.blog: “Name These Love Songs”
NOTE: You might want to listen and make your guesses before reading the comments, or other people’s guesses might spoil your fun.
UPDATE: I’ll paste the answers in down below. If you haven’t had a chance to make your guesses, don’t click on the “more” link until you have!
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1. Damien Rice – “Cannonball”
2. John Lennon & Yoko Ono – “Woman”
3. Simon and Garfunkel – “Kathy’s Song”
4. Bill Withers – “Ain’t No Sunshine”
5. Replacements – “Kiss Me on the Bus”
6. Aretha Franklin – “You Send Me”
7. Billy Bragg and Wilco – “She Came Along to Me”
8. Dave Matthews – “Stay (Wasting Time)”
9. Spinners – “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love”
10. Carole King – “I Feel the Earth Move”
11. Al Green – “Let’s Stay Together”
12. Ted Leo – “Timorous Me”
13. The Cure – “Love Song”
14. Depeche Mode – “Somebody”
Looks like all guessers together got all the songs except for the title of Damien Rice’s. (Thought that was more popular than it is! It was used in a movie trailer.) Supergenius had the most right this time. Good job!
Posted on October 25, 2006, in Music, Radio.blog. Bookmark the permalink. 21 Comments.
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No time to make a list or to listen more than once, but I heard some John Lennon, Replacements, Dave Matthews, Marvin Gaye, The Cure, Depeche Mode…
1. Damien Rice
7. I can’t believe I can’t come up with this one.
8. Dave Matthews Band
12. Ted Leo
13. The Cure
14. Depeche Mode
I suck, as usual.
2. The Beatles – ?
13. The Cure – ?
14. Depeche Mode (?) – ?
Jeez, I wasn’t going to bother, but given the competition, why not?
1.?
2. Woman – John Lennon
3. ? – Paul Simon?
4. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
5.?
6. You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman (?) – Aretha Franklin
7.?
8. ? _ Dave Matthews
9. Could It Be I’m Falling In Love – the Spinners
10. I Fell the Earth Move – Carole King
11. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
12.?
13. Lovesong – The Cure (I cheated on the title)
14.?
Aha! It came to me this morning. #7 is Billy Bragg and Wilco. It’s embarassing that it took so long, seeing as how Wilco is a fave of mine, but at least I got it.
I love the line I used for that clip, Tom.
“Let’s Stay Together” has to be one of the best songs of all time.
1. ?
2. John Lennon – Woman
3. Paul Simon – St Judy’s Comet
4. Bill Withers- Use Me
5. ?
6. Aretha Franklin
7. ?
8. Dave Matthews
9. ?
10. Carole King, I Feel the Earth Move
11. Al Green, Let’s Stay Together
12. A Finn? Neil?
13. The Cure, Lovesong
14. Depeche Mode, Somebody
1. ?
2. John Lennon – Woman
3. Paul Simon – Kathy’s Song
4. Bill Withers- Ain’t No Sunshine
5. Replacements?
6. Aretha Franklin – You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman)
7. ?
8. Dave Matthews
9. Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
10. Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move
11. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
12. Ted Leo – ?
13. The Cure – Lovesong
14. Depeche Mode – Somebody
7 is Billy Bragg and Wilco, “She Came Along To Me”
12 is Ted Leo, “Timorous Me”
1. ?
2. woman – john lennon
3. kathy’s song – simon & garfunkle
4. ?
5. kiss me on the bus – replacements
6. ?
7. ?
8. ? – dave matthews
9. ?
10. i feel the earth move – carol king
11. let’s stay together – al green
12. ?
13. love song – the cure
14. ?
You know, I just like to come along and edit everybody else’s guesses.
6. “You Send Me,” Aretha Franklin’s cover of the Sam Cooke song.
Answers are posted. I’m gonna upload Damien Rice and Ted Leo to the radio.blog.
DAMIEN RICE!!
I have one thing to brag about: I got Damien Rice and nobody else did. Neener neener.
I’m really liking Damien Rice right now. “Lonelily” and “Unplayed Piano” are fantastic and his new single “9 Crimes” is good, too.
Tom,
I knew Cannonball but that was about it, so I didn’t bother.
His new album (coming out next month) has been my most anticipated release forever now. I’m really hoping he uses some of the abrasiveness of his live show on this release.
Did you see him live? How was he? He’s on my list of artists who if they come within two hours I’m going.
Yes, I saw him in Seattle a couple years ago. He was really, really good. You can read a recap of the show on this thread (should link you directly to my comment):
http://www.kulturblog.com/2004/12/end-of-the-year-lists/#comment-1200
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I am such an ’80s geek. The only ones I can recognize and name are:
Somewhere near the beginning is “On the Bus” by the Replacements. And it ends with “Love Song” by the Cure and “Somebody” by Depeche Mode.
Hmmm, didn’t do so good. I recognized songs by the Cure, Al Green, John Lennon, Simon and Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin, Carole King (not in that order).
The rest (quite a bunch) are pretty much a complete mystery to me.