NMLQOTM #4

Quiz #4

This time around, the songs date from 1960 to 1998.

Eighteen of the songs charted Top 20, and there are 4 Number One hits lurking within. Five of the twenty-five songs in the body of the quiz never appeared on the Billboard Hot 100. There are also two "hint" songs at the end of the quiz - neither of those songs charted.

As usual, there's a theme that links the 25 songs of the quiz. Just in case you don't spot the theme on your own - perhaps something about the two extra songs at the end of the quiz (H1 and H2) will help you out. Those two songs do NOT fit the theme.

All submissions for this quiz will be due by 11:59 pm eastern on Friday, December 17. Good luck!

Answers, Results & Commentary for Quiz #4

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came, and tore up the tracks again
01>

When ignorance and haste may mourn the dead
It is believing - it is believing
But listen to the color of your dreams
It is not living - it is not living
02>

Those happy hours that we once knew
Tho' long ago, they still make me blue
03>

I followed her to some darkened room
She took my money, she said "I'll be with you soon"
04>

All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
Into one, into one
05>

You have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
06>

Why, when you were only starting to go to kindergarten,
I'll bet you drove the little boys wild
07>

There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
08>

Ooh, you were meant to be near me
Ooh, I really want for you to hear me
Say we'll be together ev'ryday
09>

We couldn't wait 'til graduation day
We took the car and drove to San Jose
10>

The impression that you sell
Passes in and out like a scent
But the long face that you see comes from living close
To your fears
11>

Didn't I teach you right, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best I could, didn't I?
12>

Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None were level on the mind
Nobody up at his word
13>

In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?
14>

His honor is pure and his courage as well
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell
15>

Ain't no doubt about it, we were doubly blessed
'Cause we were barely seventeen and we were barely dressed
16>

Tried Betty Sue
Tried Betty Sue
Tried Betty Sue but I knew she wouldn't do
17>

Oh no, you let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow
18>

She's not home when you call
So you can go to all
The places where she used to go
But she has gone away
19>

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun?
20>

He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows if you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
21>

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass
For your lorryloads pumping petrol gas
And you make them long, and you make them tough
But they just go on and on, and it seems you can't get off
22>

Can we last forever, will we fall apart?
At times it's so confusing
These questions of the heart
23>

It's too late to stop
Won't the heavens save me?
My daddy said the devil looks a lot like you
24>

When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so tall?
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?
25>

Hints:

I got my ticket
And I got a straight road
But I'm passing the same signs
Over and over
H1>

I wanna let you know what I was going through
All the time we were apart
I thought of you
You were in my heart
H2>