Another Music Meme

This one comes from 'Little Red Boat', who can't remember where she got it from. I thought it might keep you occupied whilst I'm away on holiday (which is only a couple of days away).

It's pretty easy. I fired up the some music on shuffle, ignored tracks which were just instrumentals or that were in a foreign language, and noted down the first line of each song. Oh, I also rejected any song which has the title in the first line. The results are below. All you have to do is tell me (via the comments) the title of the track, and the artist. Most of the opening lines are sung - one is spoken. No artist appears more than once. Some are really easy. At least one, I suspect, will be virtually impossible.

It goes without saying that you don't just feed them into Google. You're only cheating yourself, you know.

So here's the list:

1 - Hanging on here until I'm gone

2 - Oh, here we are and here we are and here we go
Rockin' All Over The World - Status Quo (guessed by Minifig. And it's from one of Cei's CDs)

3 - High on the sacred mountain, up the seven thousand stairs
Tai Shan - Rush (Guessed by Darth Phil)

4 - At the local dance, whilst posing by the door, a lady begged: "Would I come on the floor?"

5 - How can I believe this miracle, Where the wind blows dry
Pedestal - Portishead (Guessed by Ian and Stef between them)

6 - Going down, going down; down where my breath is the only sound

7 - He always runs while others walk
Thunderball - Tom Jones (Guessed by Darth Phil)

8 - We got somethin' we both know it

9 - You're first, I'm last, you're thirst, I'm asked to justify
Don't Kill The Whale - Yes (Guessed by Volecouchant)

10 - Mel and me, the railway children, played the disused line

11 - Well, who do you think you`re foolin`? You say you`re havin' fun

12 - I see a dark sail on the horizon, set under a black cloud that hides the sun.
Broadsword - Jethro Tull (Guessed - eventually - by Darth Phil)

13 - Hai! Oh mystical East, on old postcards

14 - So the pierce screwed up your face, 'cos your girlie liked the taste

15 - I was born by the railroad track, well the train whistle wailed and I wailed right back

16 - Look at all the advertising, some kind of show, come if you're going

17 - What I love most about rivers is: you can't step in the same river twice

18 - Watching, waiting, rising, falling

19 - When you want the score, when you need a helping hand

20 - Though you may not drive a great big cadillac
Be Thankful For What You've Got - Massive Attack (Guessed by Stef)

21 - The city streets are empty now, the lights don't shine no more
Turn To Stone - ELO (Guessed by Volecouchant)

22 - Standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland or France.
The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles (Guessed by Minifig)

23 - It's not a crime to be innocent, these things we have not done
Stupid Questions - New Model Army (Guessed by JDE, not unsurprisingly)

24 - (Spoken) "This is only the beginning. We will prepare. We will grow stronger. When the time is right we will emerge and take our rightful place as the supreme power of the Universe!"

Have fun.
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