“Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico!”
Wow. Just wow.
That Drake guy sure knows how to write em!
Sorry. I could be mistaken. Due to an overnight power failure, I’ve been shoveling snow – without the benefit of coffee – since 4:30 AM. I might be a bit off in the ol’ long-term memory department. I promise to fact check later.
In the meantime, while my trusty iPhone 4 battery still has a last gasp, let’s sally forth…
And cook up a collection of some other, albeit far less complex examples of lyrical genius.
Bust out your trusty TI 84+…
…and see how many you can identify – from just numbers in the lyrics:
1.
“I Saw Her Standing There”
The Beatles (1964)
2.
“1-2-3”
Len Barry (1965)
3.
“Let’s Live For Today”
Grass Roots (1967)
4.
“Born to Run”
Bruce Springsteen (1972)
5.
“You Never Give Me Your Money”
The Beatles (1969)
6.
“Vertigo”
U2 (2004)
7.
“Count to Nine with The Count”
Sesame Street’s Count Von Count (1977)
How’d you do?
Better than this guy?
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4.5 out of 8. The half point is for getting song but not the artist for #3.
Fun quiz!
Got the first 3 and then el zilcho after that.
Got 1, 5 and 6. Totally knew 2 but could not think of the song despite what turns out to be a massive clue in its intro. I’ve heard 4 so many times and even now knowing what it is I still don’t recognise that first second.
3 out of 7 – Must do better.
Did not recognize the Count. Also didn’t know Len Barry. Great job, MT!
I’ll only give myself 4 out of 7. I knew 6 of them, but two of them I couldn’t come up with the name of the song. I feel a little ashamed for not knowing #7, since I’m a pretty big fan of that show.
Very fun! You could do these everyday! (Easy for me to say, right?)
I got all but the last one.
My favorite opening count-off is this one…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94U37bobG4
that last one is just me being a goofball. Everybody gets a pass!
A favorite countoff…(though there are so many examples)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWM_aRMlzqY
Oof. I got numbers 2 and 3, and that’s it. Can’t count on me.
Got all but the last 2. One of my better efforts. Who would’ve guessed that?
4/7 – meh.