The answers:<\/p>\n
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- Won’t you stop and remember<\/dt>\n
- Simon and Garfunkel: Hazy Shade of Winter<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Read me like a book<\/dt>\n
- 10cc: I’m Mandy, Fly Me<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Silver Spoons<\/dt>\n
- Bob Wirth and Rik Howard: Together<\/em><\/dd>\n
- With old-fashioned flavor in every bite<\/dt>\n
- A Hostess jingle<\/a> from the mid-1960s. This one took Leigh the longest. But ah, the feeling of satisfaction when she finally found it! <\/dd>\n
- San Astrapi<\/dt>\n
- Manolis Lidakis: San Astrapi (Like Lightning). <\/em>Hooray for puns in Greek. Ka-chow! <\/dd>\n
- White Noise<\/dt>\n
- Everclear: White Noise<\/em> (the full lyric is “You live in white noise.” Spooky.) <\/dd>\n
- Eat It<\/dt>\n
- Weird Al Yankovic: Eat It<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Feed me, Seymour<\/dt>\n
- Feed Me,<\/em> from the musical Little Shop of Horrors<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Back in the USSR<\/dt>\n
- The Beatles: Back in the USSR<\/em><\/dd>\n
- The Melting Point of Wax<\/dt>\n
- Thrice: The Melting Point of Wax<\/em><\/dd>\n
- I’ve searched everywhere<\/dt>\n
- I’m Looking For Something,<\/em> from the play The House of Blue Leaves<\/em> by John Guare. This is the impossible one. It’s a ringer; if you go to a lyrics search engine and search for “I’ve searched everywhere,” all of your results will be other people’s queries. It was mean of me to include it. <\/dd>\n
- Cat People<\/dt>\n
- David Bowie: Cat People<\/em><\/dd>\n
- The Golden Age<\/dt>\n
- Beck: The Golden Age<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Rocket Man<\/dt>\n
- Elton John: Rocket Man<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Friendly Fire<\/dt>\n
- UB40: Friendly Fire<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Hair<\/dt>\n
- from the musical Hair<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Heavy Metal<\/dt>\n
- Sammy Hagar: Heavy Metal<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Hey, Miss, understand me.<\/dt>\n
- Too Much Joy: Crush Story<\/em><\/dd>\n
- The Story Goes On<\/dt>\n
- from the musical Baby. <\/em>This is my favorite musical of all time. Amazon sells the original cast recording;<\/a>
their sample of this track is pretty good. To quote from their review: “In the emotional centerpiece of the show, The Story Goes On,<\/em> Callaway reacts after feeling her baby kick for the first time.” <\/dd>\n
- Though I’m far away<\/dt>\n
- Sophie B. Hawkins: As I Lay Me Down<\/em><\/dd>\n
- He set them all in motion<\/dt>\n
- The Lads: Creator<\/em><\/dd>\n
- The Drops From The Faucet<\/dt>\n
- Nanci Griffith: Drops From The Faucet<\/em><\/dd>\n
- I want a new drug<\/dt>\n
- Huey Lewis & the News: I Want A New Drug<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Living my life in yesterday<\/dt>\n
- Barbra Streisand: Heart Don’t Change My Mind<\/em><\/dd>\n
- In other words<\/dt>\n
- Frank Sinatra: Fly Me to the Moon<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Let nothing you dismay<\/dt>\n
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen<\/em> (traditional)<\/dd>\n
- Baby Likes Burping<\/dt>\n
- Weird Al: Baby Likes Burping<\/em><\/dd>\n
- i think of you day<\/dt>\n
- Blur: Birthday<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Holiday Road<\/dt>\n
- Lindsey Buckingham: Holiday Road<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Tradition<\/dt>\n
- from the musical Fiddler on the Roof<\/em><\/dd>\n
- They keep things loose, they keep things light<\/dt>\n
- King Harvest: Dancing in the Moonlight<\/em><\/dd>\n
- They’re meaningless and all that’s true<\/dt>\n
- The Police: De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da<\/em><\/dd>\n
- You are not alone<\/dt>\n
- No one is alone,<\/em> from the musical Into The Woods<\/em><\/dd>\n
- oh God can’t you keep it down<\/dt>\n
- til tuesday: Voices Carry<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Sweet Caroline<\/dt>\n
- Neil Diamond: Sweet Caroline<\/em><\/dd>\n
- The Water is Wide<\/dt>\n
- traditional Irish song<\/dd>\n
- And that laugh that wrinkles your nose<\/dt>\n
- Frank Sinatra: The Way You Look Tonight<\/em><\/dd>\n
- When you wish upon a star<\/dt>\n
- from the Disney movie Pinocchio<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Come Sail Away<\/dt>\n
- Styx: Come Sail Away<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Sominex<\/dt>\n
- from the musical Little Shop of Horrors<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Smile, and maybe tomorrow<\/dt>\n
- Nat King Cole: Smile<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme<\/dt>\n
- Scarborough Fair,<\/em> traditional English ballad<\/dd>\n
- Are you experienced?<\/dt>\n
- Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Independence Day<\/dt>\n
- Elliot Smith: Independence Day<\/em><\/dd>\n
- And the seasons, they go round and round<\/dt>\n
- Joni Mitchell: Circle Game<\/em><\/dd>\n
- Waiting to sail your worries away<\/dt>\n
- Hushabye Mountain,<\/em> from the Disney movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. <\/em>Sarah used to sing this lullabye to Nate when he was an infant. Even then, I couldn’t listen to it without tearing up.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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