Comments on: 20 Random Songs meme

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:45:11 +0000

It sure sounds like “I have to swear” when I listen to it. But the on-line lyrics sites seem to agree with you.

By: Rob Guglielmetti

Rob Guglielmetti — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:40:05 +0000

Oh, I think #1 may be from “Guns of the Roof” by the Clash, from the “Give ‘em Enough Rope” album, but I thought the line was “I swear…”, not “I have to swear…”.

Yes? No?

By: Ayana C

Ayana C — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:50:09 +0000

#6 is “Black Velvet Band”, once covered by the Irish Rovers back in the 60s.

By: Rob G

Rob G — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:20:03 +0000

#19 = “Hateful”, from The Clash’s London Calling…

By: Anthony de Boer

Anthony de Boer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:31:41 +0000

s/Steel/Silver/

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:37:38 +0000

I’m not going to get #14, because I can think of is “Many’s the time I’ve been mistaken, and many times confused”, the opening lines from Paul Simon’s “American Tune”, and it’s not that.

#8 is Stan Rogers or I miss my guess, but I’m never going to come up with the title.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:14:24 +0000

#25 is Yarmouth Town! Probably the Great Big Sea version!

By: Fnord Prefect

Fnord Prefect — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:30:06 +0000

#24 is “The rocky road to Dublin”; I’ve heard it done by several groups, “The Celts” and “Banh Tre”(sp?) being two of them.

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:14:06 +0000

Becca, not bad (modulo the typo where you wrote “No. 5″ instead of “No. 15″). I don’t know if Dropkick Murphys did No. 6, but if they did I don’t have that version. I’ve got two others by other artists, though.

By: Becca

Becca — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:46:53 +0000

No. 6 is the Dropkick Murphys. I’m terrible at song titles, though.

Despite my lack of title knowledge, No. 5 is Jolly Roving Tar. Or Rovin’ Tar? I forget.

Oh, and 21 is Between the Wars — Ian was right, Billy Bragg.