Friday 10

I give you the lyrics, you tell me the artist and song.

The real reason I wanted to bring comments back is to play this commenting game I used to do back in the days before Facebook. Here’s how it works: every week I list ten lyrics. You tell me in the comments the artist and the song.

These lyrics are hand-picked by me, so the songs can span several decades and come from many different genres. In the past I’ve been surprised by how quickly some of the lyrics I thought were hard ended up being guessed, so I make no claims about any of this being hard. I also make no claims about it being fair.

Update: My brother The Film Optimist has posted his ten! I guessed zero of them!

The rules are:

• No searching.
• I need something reasonably close to the song name.
• I’ll accept cover versions… sometimes.

Good luck, and thanks for playing!

This week's lyrics:

1. Extra Savoir-Faire — They Might Be Giants
   When I walk down the street most guys look like elves
   

2. Extraordinary Machine — Fiona Apple
   If there was a better way to go, then it would find me
   Guessed by: Ovi

3. Bela Lugosi’s Dead — bauhaus
   The bats have left the bell tower, the victims have been bled
   Guessed by: Sidney

4. Werewolves of London — Warren Zevon
   Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair
   Guessed by: Glen

5. Electric Feel — MGMT
   Standing there with nothing on; she’s going to teach me how to swim
   Guessed by: Jordan

6. Golgi Apparatus — Phish
   They call him “Lysosome” ’cause he runs so fast
   Guessed by: Phil

7. So What’cha Want? — Beastie Boys
   Y’all write me checks and then they bounce
   Guessed by: Sidney

8. Give It Away Now — Red Hot Chili Peppers
   I can’t tell if I'm a kingpin or a pauper
   

9. Running Up That Hill — Kate Bush
   You don’t want to hurt me, but see how deep the bullet lies
   Guessed by: Sidney

10. Mutha’uckas — Flight of the Conchords
    Pop an apple in his ass, yeah