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1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up, with the title, if it appears, redacted. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist. Leeway is also given for traditional ballads, jazz standards, etc.
Where a song began with the backing singers making "doo doo doo" noises, I used the first lines of the lead part. Where the spoken component of a song consisted entirely of backing singers making "doo doo doo" noises, I counted it as an instrumental and skipped it.
One of these is background music from a film that fades in partway through the song in question, so the "first line" is actually from halfway through the first verse. Good luck!
1. Freude, schöner Götterfunken / Tochter aus Elysium
2. [title] / You can't have your love and cheat it
3. If you wanna make me happy / Here's all you gotta do
4.[title] is run with precision / A British home requires nothing less
("A British Bank", from Mary Poppins. Identified byjustice_turtle)
5. [title] / While I still believe the meaning of the word
6. Pa started in a-runnin' / When he heared the whistle blow
7. I feel like a spinning top or a [title] / The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
8. [title] / [title] / Someone's calling
9. My bills were all due / And the babies need shoes
10. You can go, but [title] / You can go, but while you're working
11. Ooh, I've had sleepless nights / Toss and turn / Wake up burning for what you inspire
12. When I see you on the street / I lose my concentration
13.No-one to walk with / All by myself
("Ain't Misbehavin'", Fats Waller. Identified byswordznsorcery)
14. Poor Jacky's on the street with a bottle of grog / [title]
15.Can somebody change? / It's possible
("Reviewing the Situation (reprise)" from Oliver!. Identified bysplanky)
16. After seven years behind these bars together / I'll miss you more than a brother when you go
17.Grr arrgh
(End credits from Once More With Feeling. Identified byswordznsorcery)
18. Sometimes you walk like an angel / Sometimes you walk like a man
19.Have you seen the well-to-do / Up on Lenox Avenue?
("Puttin' On the Ritz", originally Harry Richman, sung here by Fred Astaire. Identified byswordznsorcery)
20. Calling all brothers / The world around
21. [title] and it's growing light / I look out my window and remember the night
22. De la paisible nuit / nous rompons le silence
23.A British nanny must be a general / The future Empire lies within her hands
("The Perfect Nanny", from Mary Poppins. Identified byjustice_turtle)
24.When marimba rhythms start to play / Dance with me, make me [title]
("Sway", originally Dean Martin, sung here by Rosemary Clooney. Identified byswordznsorcery)
25. I found him by the railroad track this morning / I could see that he was nearly dead
26. And if she asks you why / You can tell her that I told you
27. Yeah, baby / Yeah, I been drinking
28.Wise men say / Only fools rush in
("Can't Help Falling in Love", originally Elvis Presley, sung here by Andy Williams. Identified byjustice_turtle)
29. [title] / Left me a mule to ride
30. Hey man / Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand?
justice_turtle)1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up, with the title, if it appears, redacted. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist. Leeway is also given for traditional ballads, jazz standards, etc.
Where a song began with the backing singers making "doo doo doo" noises, I used the first lines of the lead part. Where the spoken component of a song consisted entirely of backing singers making "doo doo doo" noises, I counted it as an instrumental and skipped it.
One of these is background music from a film that fades in partway through the song in question, so the "first line" is actually from halfway through the first verse. Good luck!
1. Freude, schöner Götterfunken / Tochter aus Elysium
2. [title] / You can't have your love and cheat it
3. If you wanna make me happy / Here's all you gotta do
4.
("A British Bank", from Mary Poppins. Identified by
justice_turtle)5. [title] / While I still believe the meaning of the word
6. Pa started in a-runnin' / When he heared the whistle blow
7. I feel like a spinning top or a [title] / The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
8. [title] / [title] / Someone's calling
9. My bills were all due / And the babies need shoes
10. You can go, but [title] / You can go, but while you're working
11. Ooh, I've had sleepless nights / Toss and turn / Wake up burning for what you inspire
12. When I see you on the street / I lose my concentration
13.
("Ain't Misbehavin'", Fats Waller. Identified by
swordznsorcery)14. Poor Jacky's on the street with a bottle of grog / [title]
15.
("Reviewing the Situation (reprise)" from Oliver!. Identified by
splanky)16. After seven years behind these bars together / I'll miss you more than a brother when you go
17.
(End credits from Once More With Feeling. Identified by
swordznsorcery)18. Sometimes you walk like an angel / Sometimes you walk like a man
19.
("Puttin' On the Ritz", originally Harry Richman, sung here by Fred Astaire. Identified by
swordznsorcery)20. Calling all brothers / The world around
21. [title] and it's growing light / I look out my window and remember the night
22. De la paisible nuit / nous rompons le silence
23.
("The Perfect Nanny", from Mary Poppins. Identified by
justice_turtle)24.
("Sway", originally Dean Martin, sung here by Rosemary Clooney. Identified by
swordznsorcery)25. I found him by the railroad track this morning / I could see that he was nearly dead
26. And if she asks you why / You can tell her that I told you
27. Yeah, baby / Yeah, I been drinking
28.
("Can't Help Falling in Love", originally Elvis Presley, sung here by Andy Williams. Identified by
justice_turtle)29. [title] / Left me a mule to ride
30. Hey man / Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand?
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23: I've always thought of this as a reprise or second part of A British Bank? It's the advertisement Mr Banks puts in the Times for a nanny.
28: "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You", Elvis, which I know from Lilo & Stitch. ^_^
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Looking at the track listing, you're right that Mr Banks' part in "The Perfect Nanny" is a reprise of his introductory song. In fact, so is everything he sings until he sees the light near the end.
Where you went wrong is that "A British Bank" isn't the introductory song, but another reprise: it's the one where Mr Banks attempts to confront Mary Poppins about the stories his children have been telling about chalk drawings and floating uncles, and ends up being talked into taking them to work with him at the bank for a day.
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#13 is "Ain't Misbehavin'". Lots of different versions of that, so I can't say whose yours might be by. I'm particularly fond of the Louis Armstrong recording.
#19 is Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On The Ritz".
#24 is "Sway". Again, lots of versions of that. The one from the film "Dark City" is especially good, although my own favourite is Dean Martin's.
Other than that, I'm afraid the only other one that I recognise straight off is Elvis, but that's already been done. #17 just makes me think of the end of a Joss Whedon production!
That all makes me sound very old-fashioned in my listening habits...
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But I'm going to need you to be more specific if you want the point for #17.
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