Something strange has occurred here. In the first list of rock lyrics I posted (just for a bit of fun), most who responded got nearly all of them right. I see Open Salon still as very much USA-dominated, yet most of the lyrics from the first list were from British artists, yet there was a bit of response.

I then posted the second list, in which I tried to include a lot more American artists, yet I haven't had much response to that post. Plus that jerk qiu smith wasted a lot of my page with his/her totally unrelated list of words. Where are you coming from Qiu?

Anyway, what does this tell me? It appears to suggest that American rock fans are more into British acts than American ones!

If you're interested, here are the answers to list 2...

1. I got this girl beside me, but she's out of reach
The Doors, Cars Hiss by my Window (L.A. Woman)

2. A rich old man, she won't have to worry
Eagles, Lyin' Eyes (One of These Nights)

3. What were those words whispered babe, just as you turned away?
Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise (Tunnel of Love)

4. But for those who love, yes for those who really love
It's a Beautiful Day, Time Is (It's a Beautiful Day)

5. My name's John Lee Pettimore
Steve Earle, Copperhead Road (Copperhead Road)

6. Your love's coming to me like a wolf howling at the moon
Z.Z. Top, I Need You Tonight (Eliminator)

7. Just like me she was a victim of the night
Dire Straits, Tunnel of Love (Making Movies)

8. I don't know, but I've been told, if you keep on dancing you'll never grow old
Steve Miller Band, Dance, Dance, Dance (Fly Like an Eagle)

9. Rooster hits the washboard and people just got to smile
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Down on the Corner (Willy and the Poor Boys)

10. Every time I thought I'd got it made it seems the taste was not so sweet
David Bowie, Changes (Hunky Dory)

11. You're sounding good to me now. Keep talking on
Steve Winwood, Freedom Overspill (Back in the High Life)

12. Jacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcome
U2, Bullet the Blue Sky (The Joshua Tree)

13. All your insides fall to pieces
Radiohead, High and Dry (The Bends)

14. Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive
Travellin' Wilburys, End of the Line (Travellin' Wilburys Vol 1)

15. Say that you won't be leaving my life
Supertramp, Even in the Quietest Moments (Even in the Quietest Moments)

16. There's a band playing on the radio with a rhythm of rhyming guitars
Roxy Music, Oh Yeah (Flesh and Blood)

17. Yeah I love my lady she's long and lean. You mess with her you'll see a man get mean
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pride and Joy (Texas Flood)

18. But the tune ends too soon for us all
Jethro Tull, Life's a Long Song (Living in the Past)