Volume Three: The Life and Times of Tom Musial

This weekend is Carnegie Mellon University’s Spring Carnival.

It’s the one time of year that all the nerds, dorks, geeks, and dramats on campus loosen up and act like regular college students.

(Although, in typical CMU fashion, they can’t have a party without incorporating a series of engineering problems, like designing elaborate midway games, building aerodynamic human-powered vehices, and racing robots.)

Nevertheless, as a two-time CMU survivor, I always feel a deep urge each April to spend some time in party-mode.

In that vein, the theme of this week’s lyrics quiz-slash-playlist is Party Time.

(And by the way, if you want to have a crazy good time this weekend, check out Ali Spagnola’s Power Hour concert tonight. 60 songs about drinking in 60 minutes!)

Lyrics:

1. We don’t really need a crowd to have a party
2. Down to party hearty and have a good time. All I need is a partner in crime.
3. After the party, it’s the hotel lobby.
4. First of all, get off the wall. It’s time to party so have a ball.
5. Did you hear about the party? (Yeah…) I think I’m gonna go, but my friends don’t wanna go.
6. If the party is where you at, let me hear you say ‘uh oh’
7. Pulling up to the parties, trying to get a little bit tipsy
8. OK, smarty, go to a party
9. Parties, ball in the park, nothing but girls after dark
10. I rock the body that rocks your body

Don’t know the answers? Check out the playlist.

Back in the day, Tom Musial Dot Com used to feature Friday lyrics quizzes. It was a way for me to show off the breadth of my musical knowledge, which ranged from New Jack Swing of the mid 1980s all the way up to popular rap songs of the early 1990s.

I’m reviving the sentiment of those bygone days, but instead of a quiz, I’m basically giving you an answer key. A bunch of video, preceded by the lyrics I would have used in a lyrics quiz if I was still doing lyrics quizzes.

In honor of Tiger Woods’ return to golf, here are nine songs about infidelity.

Continue reading Friday Playlist: Tiger Woods Edition

Here are the answers to the final Tom Musial Dot Com lyrics quiz.

Congratulations to Tahishia for posting two correct answers. As a prize, she wins a lifetime pass to Tom Musial Dot Com.

1. Drop your glasses, shake your asses.
   Eve, Let Me Blow Ya Mind
2. Girl, u got an ass like I never seen
   Prince, Little Red Corvette
3. I’ll serve your ass like John McEnroe
   House of Pain, Jump Around
4. If you ain’t got no money, take your broke ass home
   Fergie, Glamorous
5. But when you shake your ass they notice fast
   George Michael, Freedom 90
6. I busted ass off the front of the stage
   Ben Folds, Hiroshima
7. If I don’t keep tappin’ that ass, then you ain’t gonna let me pass
   Gym Class Heroes, Scandalous Scholastics
8. It’s time to take your ass on another kind of trip
   Coolio, Fantastic Voyage
9. He was the nazz, with god-given ass
   David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust
10. Let me just revel and bask in the fact that I got everyone kissing my ass
    Eminem, Without Me

PS: Check me out at the Smiling Moose open mic comedy show tonight.

The people have spoken (via their indifference), and the Tom Musial Dot Com Lyrics Quiz is going on indefinite hiatus.

To commemorate the occasion, I’m stretching the boundaries of what’s acceptable at Tom Musial Dot Com, and venturing into PG-13 territory! That means the use of mild vulgarities.

If you are under thirteen, or are simply not used to seeing anything offensive on the internet, I recommend you immediately click on this link.

If you’re still here, enjoy the quiz. As always, post your answers to the comments. Have fun trying to determine the theme of this week’s quiz!

1. Drop your glasses, shake your asses.
2. Girl, u got an ass like I never seen
3. I’ll serve your ass like John McEnroe
4. If you ain’t got no money, take your broke ass home
5. But when you shake your ass they notice fast
6. I busted ass off the front of the stage
7. If I don’t keep tappin’ that ass, then you ain’t gonna let me pass
8. It’s time to take your ass on another kind of trip
9. He was the nazz, with god-given ass
10. Let me just revel and bask in the fact that I got everyone kissing my ass

… is the posting of the lyrics quiz answers on TomMusial.com

1. Look both ways before you cross me
   The Love You Save (with the Jackson 5)
2. Just take it slow. We’ve got so far to go.
   I Wanna Rock With You
3. Tenderoni, you’ve got to be
   P.Y.T.
4. Then let me take a bite
   Human Nature
5. Too high to get over, too low to get under
   Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
6. I think I told you, I’m a lover, not a fighter
   The Girl Is Mine
7. I’ll pick you up in my car and we’ll paint the town
   The Way You Make Me Feel
8. Most people would turn you away
   Ben
9. I’ve giving you to the count of three
   Beat It
10. I wish you love and good will. I wish you peace and joy
    Happy Birthday, Lisa from The Simpsons

Because there is no greater tribute than being featured on the pages of TomMusial.com

1. Look both ways before you cross me
2. Just take it slow. We’ve got so far to go.
3. Tenderoni, you’ve got to be
4. Then let me take a bite
5. Too high to get over, too low to get under
6. I think I told you, I’m a lover, not a fighter
7. I’ll pick you up in my car and we’ll paint the town
8. Most people would turn you away
9. I’ve giving you to the count of three
10. I wish you love and good will. I wish you peace and joy

PS: Billy Elmer & Friends Comedy Cookout: tomorrow, Sunny Jim’s on Camp Horne Road, 9:30-ish.

Answers to last week’s lyrics quiz (GO PENS) are after the link.

GO PENS.

Continue reading GO PENS. Lyrics Quiz Answers. GO PENS

This week’s lyrics quiz them is parts of the body. Enjoy!

1. With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight
2. What the world needs now is another folk singer like I need a hole in the head
3. Open my mouth and out pops something spiteful
4. A little box with a mirror and a tongue inside
5. I got problems up to here, I got people in my ear
6. I felt fingertips on the small of my back, so i had to react
7. She took it from his lily white hand
8. I’ll kiss you from your feet to where your head begins
9. She turned around and gave that big booty a smack.
10. Where’d you get that body from?

Thanks to first-time responders Jeff and Trish.

This quiz seemed to stump a lot of people. Admittedly, there were a few trick lyrics in there. Well, at least one.

Answers after the jump.

Continue reading Lyrics Quiz Answers

Hey! It’s the first Tom Musial Dot Com lyrics quiz in over six months!

Is this a new trend? Who knows?

Today’s lyrics feature members of the animal kingdom.

As always — put your answers (title and artist) in the comments. And no internet research!

1. Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?
2. I use antlers in all of my decorating.
3. Remember what the dormouse said.
4. I saddle up my horse and I ride into the city
5. Birds and snakes and aeroplanes.
6. The squirrels and the birds come.
7. No barking from the dog.
8. Bring in the dog and put out the cat.
9. Three little birds sat on my window
10. A piggy we stole from the shed