1.
BALLROOM BLITZ - Sweet 1973
Are you ready Steve? 'Uh huh'
Andy? 'Yeah'
Mick? OK
Alright fellas! Let's gooooooooo!!!!!
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2.
Let me introduce to you, Billy Shears" - With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
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3.
A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night - Roy Orbison - In Dreams
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4.
She's a very kinky girl - Rick James - Superfreak
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5.
Well, she was just seventeen you know what I mean - The Beatles - I saw her standing there
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6.
Don't call it a comeback - LL Cool J - Mama said knock you out
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7.
Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk - Pavement - Stereo
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8.
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee - Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskokee
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9.
You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips - The Righteous Brothers - You've lost that lovin' feeling
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10.
I've been a bad, bad girl - Fiona Apple - Criminal
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Comments:
Yes!!!!!! Best and most memorable opening lyrics of all time! Sooooooo enticing!
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11.
You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar - Human League - Don't you want me
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12.
You got me all screwed up - The outfield - Say it isn't so
It is just funny.
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13.
I was born ina cross-fire hurricane - Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
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14.
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near - The Carpenters - Close to you
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15.
In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey - Beck - Loser
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16.
There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief - Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
A classic we all know.
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Comments:
its a written by Dylan... Experience added the"kind of"
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17.
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
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18.
I was dreaming when I wrote this - Prince - 1999
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19.
Hello, Darkness, my old friend - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
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20.
Go, shorty. It's your birthday - 50 Cent - In Da Club
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21.
Take me out- Franz Ferdinand
So, if you're lonely, You know I'm here waiting for you. I'm just a crosshair, just a shot away from you. And if you leave here, I'll be broken, shot at a line. I'm just a crosshair, just a shot, then we can die. Ahhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhh ah. IIIIIIIIIIIIIII KNOWWWWWW IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII WON"T BE LEAVIN HERE WITH YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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22.
Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go - Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
And never so cool as sung by Elvis.
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23.
Oh, I just don't know where to begin - Elvis Costello - Accidents will happen.
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24.
Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body - George Michael - Faith
Sets the tone for the song.
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25.
There's all kinds of songs about babies and love that goes right - Songs about rain - Gary Allen
Maybe not great spoken, but awesome to hear him sing it.
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