music quiz

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Bozoette's music quiz inspired me to make one of my own - and I had so much fun that I made two more sets. For the first one I tried not to do anything too obscure (that was a little tricky to evaluate, since I suspect that to my flist, Britney Spears' lyrics are much more obscure than Dar Williams'). That got a little boring, so the next ten are harder. The third list is really obscure (I think): either little-known artist, or lesser-known song, or lyrics buried deep within the song.

The questions come from the lyrics of a variety of songs; the same lyrics also contain the answer. Leave your answers in the comments; I'll mark the ones that have been guessed.

1. When do I want to see your smiling face? (Stan Rogers) GUESSED - tjekanefir
2. How long will oak logs burn? (Bill Morrissey)
3. Why am I gonna marry Mari Mac? (Great Big Sea) GUESSED - tjekanefir
4. Why not stand in the rain with me? (Oklahoma) modhousewife
5. Memories that come at night take me where? (Jim Croce)
6. He stared at me, and I felt the change. What did time mean? (Rocky Horror)
7. What is the Internet for? (Avenue Q) GUESSED - lauradi
8. Where do I go after I get to the bottom? (the Beatles) modhousewife
9. What kind of motorcycle has a soul? (Richard Thompson) GUESSED - lauradi
10. What do all my friends drive? (Janis Joplin) GUESSED - lauradi

11. Perhaps I had a wicked childhood - but somewhere in my miserable youth, what must I have had? (Rogers & Hammerstein) GUESSED - lauradi
12. Any time of year you visit me would be all right. How do you get to my house? (Anne Hills)
13. Is your love a lord, or is he a laird, or is he but a caddie? (trad)
14. I can offer a little redemption. Where do I keep it? (Bruce Springsteen) GUESSED - tjekanefir
15. I'd be tender, I'd be gentle, and awful sentimental, if I had what? (Harburg) GUESSED - tjekanefir
16. Sal LaBiche put her hound on the leash and a timer on what? (Dar Williams) GUESSED - modhousewife
17. Last Sunday, we got in the car and we drove - to where? (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
18. I've given my heart to the place I was born, and forgiven whom? (Stan Rogers) GUESSED - tjekanefir
19. Tried to lift it, couldn't even shift it, we were getting nowhere. And so we had a cup of what? (Mangsen and Gillette, or Kallet and Bok) GUESSED - antisoppist
20. What does it take to build an arch? (Sweet Honey in the Rock)

21. What songs does May Smith sing? (Mary Zikos - don't know who originally wrote it)
22. What if I don't know the words? (Alex Bevan)
23. I go by the name of Henri LeBlanc. What's my game? (Bill Staines)
24. Where do the bums drop dead and the dogs go mad? (Billy Joel) GUESSED - alexjay
25. When will I pay the piper? (George & Ira Gershwin) GUESSED - modhousewife
26. I walked across Old Main Street, down a flight of stairs, and looked into a room. Who was there? (Robert Earl Keen) GUESSED - modhousewife
27. You can't ride the range on what? (Kimberly M'Carver)
28. My uncle in Oregon could identify every tree, just like who? (Pete & Maura Kennedy)
29. If I could give you three things, I'd give you sun, laughter, and what? (Gordon Bok)
30. Why did I get my last tattoo? (Richard Thompson - second hint: this is appropriate, considering where I got the idea for this quiz!)