I could do something more interesting with my .sig, but why would I want to?

ObMusicPopQuiz started several years ago, with my friend Marcus and one of his 'child of the 80's' pop music trivia games. You know the ones -- a big huge list of one-liners from big-hair bands that you used to worship. We sat around Marc's place for a couple days, trying to desperately attach name and group to the lyrics, sometimes tasting random brilliance, other times simply having it slip away. It was great fun.

So, just to add a little bit of that random fun-ness to my work day, instead of the staid corporate .sig, I like to keep a running pop quiz going. The musical sources range anywhere from Pink Floyd to Dan Fogelburg to Marilyn Manson to Britney Spears. Oldies, 80's, Ska, Punk, power ballads, radio singles... the sky's the limit.

Okay, so I lied. I can pretty much assure you that there will never be any Mouseketeers in my .sig.

http://people.redhat.com/bharris/popquiz.html

"Yeah it's a big, bright, beautiful world
Just the other side of the door
Six billion beautiful faces
but I saw them all before."

think you know? mail me.

"Is simplicity best or simply the easiest?
The narrowest path is always the holiest."
    Depeche Mode, "Judas"
    from "Songs of Faith and Devotion"
    Who got it: Rob Landry

"and if you go, furious angels will bring you back to me"
    Rob Dougan, "Furious Angels"
    from "Furious Angels"
    Who got it: Dreamgee@aol.com

"When the world ends / collect your things / you're coming with me"
    Dave Matthews Band, "When the World Ends"
    from "Matrix Reloaded Sountrack"
    Who got it: Dreamgee@aol.com

"It's always the fallen ones I think are always going to save me"
    Third Eye Blind, "faster"
    from "Out of the Vein"
    Who got it: Dreamgee@aol.com

"three long years and your favorite man... is that any way to say hello?"
    The Cure, "Cut Here"
    from "Greatest Hits"
    Who got it: noone. (sad, people. sad!)

"what if the artists ran the tv?
all the ads would be for fine scotch whiskey
Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, the whole single malt family..."
    Crash Test Dummies, "When I Go Out With Artists"
    from "God Shuffled His Feet"
    Who got it: noone.

"My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why I.. got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window.. and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'll all be gray.. but your picture on my wall
It reminds me, that it's not so bad.. it's not so bad..."
    Eminem, "Stan"
    (sample is from Dido's "Thank You")
    Who got it: several people

"Careening through the universe, your axis on a tilt..."
    Third Eye Blind, "Motorcycle Drive-By" from 3eb
    Who got it: Todd Masco, Johnathon Opp

"I've gotta be honest / I think you know
We're covered in lies / but that's okay..."
    Vertical Horizon, "You're a God" from Everything You Want
    Who got it: NOONE! (too new, guys?)

"I've elbowed with the Old Ones, Khai of ancient Khem!
They sent me little prezzies, and you're my gift to them."
    The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Unstoppable"
    from Cthulu Strikes Back
    Who got it: yeah, right.

"What's the point of worrying how will things turn out?
 Why spoil the surprise?"
    Clearlake, "Wonder if the Snow Will Settle" Clearlake from Cedars
    Who got it: Jopp

"fires outside in the sky / look as perfect as cats..."
    The Cure, "Let's Go to Bed" from Japanese Whispers
    Who got it: Carole Williams

"Oh the kiss / so alcoholic and slow..."
    The Cure, "The Upstairs Room" from Japanese Whispers
    Who got it: Marty Messer

"We crucify the insincere... tonight."
    Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight Tonight" from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (dawn to dusk)
    Who got it: Mark Loeser

"I stand and hear my voice cry out
A wordless scream at ancient power
It breaks against stone"
    The Cure "Holy Hour" from Faith
    Who got it: Dreamgee@aol.com

"the second time i saw it strike i saw it at sea
it lit up all the fish like rain and rained them down on me"
    The Cure "Hot Hot Hot" from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
    Who got it: don't remember

"Think now if we blow him up to smithereens
We may lose some pieces and then Jack will beat us black and green!"
    The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack, "Kidnap the Sandy Claus"
    Who got it: lynn@sprocket.mine.nu

"It was dark all around; there was frost in the ground..."
    Pink Floyd "When the Tigers Broke Free" from The Wall
    Who got it: Dara Golden

"I never thought that I would find myself
In bed amongst the stones..."
    The Cure "All Cats are Grey" from Faith
    Who got it: Todd Masco

"oh, i didn't realize that you wrote poetry,
i didn't realize you wrote such bloody awful poetry..."
    The Smiths "Frankly, Mr. Shankley" from Singles
    Who got it: Randy Ray

"one little, two little, three little idiots
four little, five little, six little idiots
seven little, eight little, nine little idiots
all in suit and tie..."
    Marcy Playground, "Dog and his Master" from Marcy Playground
    Who got it: Noone. Ya'll suck.

"watchin ballers while they flossing in their pathfinders
these overnight stars become autograph-signers
we're all gonna blow up and leave the past behind us
along with the small frys and average half-pinters"
    Eminem, "Rock Bottom" from 'The Slim Shady LP'
    Who got it: Marty Messer (that's two in a row. go marty.)