I knew this would be difficult, but the results were even more dismal than expected. Since most of you know most of these songs, I suppose it’s the result of how lyrics lose their mnemonic qualities when separated from the music.

The rest of the scores are as follows:

Senior de la Loyola – 7
Nancy – 6
Doug – 6
MB – 5
Laura – 4
Johann – 4
LFS – 1
AC – 1
Occula – turned on the Drive-by Truckers around Q9

Here are the results. I put the number of correct answers in ( )s.

1 She picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been.
Eleanor Rigby (10) by the Beatles – I started with a gimme and everyone but Josh knew it.

2 Will Smith doesn’t have to cuss in his raps to sell records, but this guy does and he doesn’t give a damn about a Grammy.
Slim Shady (4) from the Real Slim Shady by Eminem – If you’d paid attention to the rules you’d have known that Eminem or Marshall Mathers couldn’t have been correct.

3 She gave good face.
Rita Hayworth (6) from Vogue by Madonna – If I were taking this quiz, I would have gotten the song, but possibly would have guessed the wrong old starlet.

4 He had a dream one night that the tree had lost its middle so he built a trunk of chicken wire.
Wendell Gee (3) by REM – One of the more obscure songs in the quiz, but I’m still surprised at some of you.

5 She’s a lover, baby and a fighter.
Dani California (5) by the Red Hot Chili Peppers – I wanted something recent. If I had used "mourn ya" in the clue would you have gotten it?

6 He sounded sad upon the radio and moved a million hearts in mono.
Johnny Ray (4) from Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Kevin Rowland’s falsetto is somewhat difficult to decipher. Clearly you know this song.

7 She was poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town.
Jackie Brown (0) by John Mellencamp – Although this was a Top 40 hit, the lyric is pretty generic. I would have missed this one, as did all of you.

8 Children by the million scream for him, when he comes ’round.
Alex Chilton (4) by the Replacements – Somewhat obscure, but this is about as close to a hit as the Mighty Mats had. Again, some of you lost your indie cred by not getting it.

9 He was named the same as his daddy and his daddy before.
John Lee Pettimore (0) from Copperhead Road by Steve Earle – I’m absolutely flabbergasted no one got this. "My name’s John Lee Pettimore. Same as my daddy and his daddy before. You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here. He only came to town about twice a year." No? Nothing?

10 This poor boy was told to hang his head and cry.
Tom Dooley (4) traditional – You had music class in grade school, right?

11 She left a note on the door for her son, Anthony.
Mama Leone (7)  from Movin’ Out (Anthongy’s Song) by Billy Joel – Mr. De La Loyala wishes to quibble with the clue, claiming that there’s no definitive evidence that Anthony is Mama Leone’s son. I suppose he’s correct, but she does call him sonny and she’s Mama and De La L. answered correctly anyway, so I don’t see what the big deal is. Overrruled!

12 He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack.
Johnny B. Goode (7) by Chuck Berry – Another gimme, I thought.