Saturday, April 15, 2006

Lyrics Quiz - Tax Day

Hints Added

Its tax day today, I hope everyone has there stuff sent in already, although I don’t think they are due until Monday because of the Easter holiday. But I’ll still keep that as this month’s theme on the lyrics quiz so all songs will have to do with taxes, money, or lack there of. As always leave your guesses in the comment section, both song title and artist. If you are correct, I will un-bold the lyric and give you credit. Now on to the quiz:

Hints:
1. Mostly known for pop songs in the 60's, he became more socially conscience in the 70's after his brother came home from Vietnam.
4. Mostly know for his overtly sexually song and eccentric personality, some forget his many socially conscience songs like this one.
7. This one hit wonder's problem isn't a lack of money; it's not being able to use it as depicted in the extremely long title.


1. Natural fact is, honey, that I can’t pay my taxes.
2. You got the brawn, I got the brains. (Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys; guessed by The Catapiller)
3. People will steal from their mother. (For the Love of Money - The O'Jays; guessed by Doug)
4. One more card and its 22, unlucky 4 him again.
5. He makes his living off of the people’s taxes. (Take the Money and Run - The Steve Miller Band; guessed by Shelly)
6. No info for the DEA, federal agents mad cause I’m flagrant, tap my cell and the phone in the basement. (Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G.; guessed by Shelly)
7. If I die before I learn to speak, did money pay for the days I lived awake but half asleep.
8. Cash rules everything around me. (C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan; Guessed by Doug)

9. You can call us Aaron Burr by the way we’re dropping Hamiltons. (Lazy Sunday - Andy Sanburg and Chris Parnell; guessed by Angie)
10. I see you’re out of aces, for a taste of your whisky I’ll give you some advise. (The Gambler - Kenny Rodgers; guessed by Shelly)
11. They passed a law in ’64 to give to those who ain’t got a little more, but it only goes so far. (The Way it Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range; guessed by Angie)
12. I got a plan to get us out of here, been working at a convenient store, managed to save just a little bit of money. (Fast Car - Tracy Chapman; guessed by Doug)
13. But when the taxman comes threw the door, the house looks like a rummage sale. (Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival; guessed by Scottage)
14. It was a brown wallet, it had props numbers, it had my jimmy hats. (I Left My Wallet in El Segundo - A Tribe Called Quest; guessed by Doug)
15. The bill collectors they ring my phone and scare my wife when I’m not home. Got a bum education, double digit inflation. (The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five; guessed by Doug)
16. He works his hands to the bone to give her money every payday. (Why Don't You get a Job? - The Offspring; guessed by Shelly)
17. I don’t have much money, but boy if I did, I’d buy a big house where we both could live. (Your Song - Elton John; guessed by Angie)
18. Get a job with good pay and you’re okay. (Money - Pink Floyd; guessed by Scottage)
19. You’re just a step on the bossman’s ladder but you got dreams he’ll never take away. (9 to 5 - Dolly Parton; guessed by Shelly)
20. Say money, money, won’t get you too far, get you too far. (Rich Girl - Hall and Oates; guessed by Jelly)
21. The best things in life are free, but you can keep 'em for the birds and bees. (Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong; guessed by Doug)
22. We got 1000 Points of Light for the homeless man. (Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young; guessed by Jelly)
23. Come back home to the refinery, hiring man says, “Son if it were up to me.” (Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen; guessed by Angie)
24. I'd buy you some art a Picasso or a Garfunkel. (If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies; guessed by Angie)
25. His father works some days for fourteen hours and you can bet he barely makes a dollar. (Living for the City - Stevie Wonder; guessed by Scottage)

11 comments:

  1. Yay! A Scooter lyrics quiz!


    11."That's Just the Way it is" Bruce Hornsby
    17. "Your Song" Elton John
    23. "Born In the USA" Bruce Springsteen
    24. "If I Had a Million Dollars" Bare Naked Ladies


    I know a few more..but can NOT place both song title AND artist. So, I'll leave it at these guesses.

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  2. 3. For The Love Of Money (Apprentice theme song-The O'Jays

    6. Notorious BIG- Hypnotize

    8. Wu-Tang Clan-C.R.E.A.M.

    12. Tracy Chapman-Fast Car

    16. Wham-Everything She Wants

    21. Money (What I Want- Barrett Strong

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  3. #6 - right artist, wrong song
    #16 is wrong
    everything else is good.

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  4. I love when you have these!

    #5 - Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run

    #6 - Notorious BIG - Mo Money Mo Problems

    #10 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

    #16 The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job

    #19 Dolly Parton 9 to 5

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  5. 2. You got the brawn, I got the brains - Opportunities (lets make lots of money, The Petshop boys

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  6. #16 Why Don't You Get a Job - Offspring
    #20 Rich Girl, Hall & Oates
    #22 Rockin in the Free Word, Neil Young

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  7. #9 has been driving me CRAZY! is it.."The Chronic-what!-cles Of Narnia" by Sandburg and Parnell from SNL??

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  8. Oops..otherwise known as "Lazy Sunday" :)

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  9. I think I have 3:
    #13: Fortunate Son, CCR
    #18: Money, Pink Floyd
    #25: Living For the City, Stevie Wonder

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  10. Ok...based on your clues..I'm going to say

    14. A Tribe Called Quest- I Left My Wallet In El Sugundo

    15. Grandmaster Flash-The Message

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  11. Is #4 Prince? But I don't know the name of the song...

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