And the Answers...

Here are the answers for last week's lyric game:

  1. 1960:  Elvis Presley, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
  2. 1961:  The Tokens, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
  3. 1962:  The Beach Boys, "Surfin'"
  4. 1963:  The Kingsmen, "Louie Loiue"
  5. 1964:  The Animals, "House of the Rising Sun"
  6. 1965:  The Beatles, "Yesterday"
  7. 1966:  The Temptations, "Get Ready"
  8. 1967:  Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"
  9. 1968:  The Who, "Magic Bus"
  10. 1969:  The Beatles, "Come Together"
  11. 1970:  Led Zeppelin, "Immigrant Song"
  12. 1971:  Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On"
  13. 1972: America, "Horse with no Name"
  14. 1973: Led Zeppelin, "The Ocean"
  15. 1974: Carl Douglas, "Kung Fu Fighting"
  16. 1975: Pink Floyd, "Have a cigar"
  17. 1976:  Thin Lizzy, "The Boys are Back in Town"
  18. 1977: Queen, "We Will Rock You"
  19. 1978: The Who, "Who Are You?"
  20. 1979: Pink Floyd, "Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2"
  21. 1980: Blondie, "Rapture"
  22. 1981: Journey, "Don't Stop Believing"
  23. 1982: Survivor, "Eye of the Tiger"
  24. 1983:  Styx, "Mr. Roboto"
  25. 1984: Queen, "Radio Ga-Ga"
  26. 1985:  Phil Collins, "Sussudio"
  27. 1986:  Berlin, "Take my Breath Away"
  28. 1987:  Michael Jackson, "Smooth Criminal"
  29. 1988:  Bobby McFerrin, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (I know at least one person remembers this one!)
  30. 1989:  Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby"
  31. 1990:  Sinead o'Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 You"
  32. 1991:  Guns and Roses, "November Rain"
  33. 1992:  Kris Kros, "Jump"
  34. 1993:  Radiohead, "Creep"
  35. 1994:  Beck, "Loser"
  36. 1995:  No Doubt, "Don't Speak"
  37. 1996:  Bush, "Machinehead"
  38. 1997:  Hanson, "Mmmbop"
  39. 1998:  Barenaked Ladies, "One Week"
  40. 1999:  Lenny Kravitz, "Fly Away"
  41. 2000:  Everclear, "Wonderful"
  42. 2001:  Staind, "It's been awhile"
  43. 2002:  John Mayer, "No Such Thing"
  44. 2003:  White Stripes, "The Hardest Button to Button"
  45. 2004:  Modest Mouse, "Float On"
  46. 2005:  Wolfmother, "Joker and the Thief"
  47. 2006:  System of a Down, "Hypnotize"
  48. 2007:  Radiohead, "Reckoner"
  49. 2008:  Mother Mother, "Hayloft"
  50. 2009:  Them Crooked Vultures, "New Fang"

2 comments:

  1. Wow. I was miserable at it! I gotta brush up on my knowledge of music...

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  2. Ack! I was going to do that and totally didn't find enough time! Now if I attempt it will just look like I cheated by looking at the answer key. Shucks.

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