For NZ Music Month 2025 I have put together a fun little quiz name the song/artist and see how many you can get out of 100 (there could be clues on twitter/Facebook this coming NZMM stay tuned) at the end of the month I will post the answers (best idea to keep track of your answers is set up a word or google doc and list your answers there so you can compare when I release the answers)
1 But its getting better now he found it in him to forgive he walked the city and he found a place to live
2 It’s just a matter of time before you are mine before you are in my arms again it's just a matter of time before you are mine
3 there's nothing new under the sun its all been done another song gets sung ive got this hope its an anchor for my soul
4 International fame would never beckon as the days curve away to a wondering goodbye
5 im on facebook at a big party on instagram take a quick selfie places to go and people to tweet
6 theres rattling in the ceiling you think it tapping at the window its me outside are you coming out or am I coming in its me outside are you coming out or am I coming in
7 Seems like everybody has found El Dorado but this golden city was hollow and I got so lost
8 You can't have what's yours what's not mine,You can't have everything in sight, and knowing this i know, everything about you
9 That’s not the way the story should end not everyday your lover leaves you like a friend stuck on believing every feeling won't be betrayed
10 You can tell when your days are all the same cos you wake up just to go to sleep again and all the coffee that you drink and think about doesnt help you feel that you're falling out
11 I just want you to know i'm still thinking of you even though im a few miles away cos everyone feels the same about you don’t say you don’t care about
12 ohhh communication lines have crossed between us again no one seems to solve the problem no one seems to hold the same view
13 We can never know Where the high way goes Gotta stop thinking ahead And start living instead
14 How many dollars you wanna earn? How many times 'til you're gonna learn? See where one tank of gas Gets us in this lonely world Hey Lay low
15 I don't know if i am walking blind Take the blindfold from my eyes so that I can see you so that i can see you
16 What if she set me up? Framed me for life? The little me who thought as long as she was perfect she’d be alright It’s not her fault I know that now But I promised I would be the one to save us
17 I want to make this perfectly clear It's not something that you will hear It's something you will feel
18 Cos if you want it bad enough you'll grow some balls and man it up and if she's worth the time of day she is worth the fight
19 Don't sell me out Don't sell me out don't shade the light that's breakingBack It Up Back It Up Get outta My Face,Saddle Up Saddle Up im getting out of this place
20 working on a syllable yeah you know you are beautiful keep me operational take me along on your best friends ride
21 I gotta roll because I got a feeling I gotta keep the sound of the underground reeling And I'm out like bell-bottom trousers Pretty funky, chunky, dropping beats by the hour
22 I know that smile you wear is waiting for the end I see you sitting in the dark scared But I know you never really fight fair
23 Washdyke Temuka Dunsandel Rolleston Templeton Hornby Rakaia I've been thinking about leaving this town Saying goodbye to Caroline Bay Since you left me how can I be happy here
24 Pay to pray spiritual transactions I'll send you the verses reward your loyalty friends will say your walking so much taller
25 Come on and plug me in I want to feel that heat begin Don't move till the morning comes And you can fly up to the sun So come on and plug me in
26Hours of phrases I've memorized Thousands of lines on the page All of my notes in a desolate pile I haven't touched in an age And I can burn the evidence But I can't burn the pain And I can't forget it
27 And the sea was quite lumpy, and the weather was foul And the bloke with the map was as pissed as an owl And the boys called out "Maui, ya clown, let it go"
28 The pepsi kids are tucking down they look so sick everyone watch them try it on for size and try to leave it all behind them
29 Everything is upside down tonight Everything I wanted feels wrong I hear what they’re playing It’s a bad imitation of a love song
30 what defines you now and my memory is quite forgiving and the stories of our past can be quite forgotten
31 Why don't kids have the right to choose their own name? This shit is just not fair,
32 but sigh all you like and fall to the ground your as high as a kite and getting me down getting me down getting me down getting me down
33 And if it works i'll be amazed if it lasts till saturday, saturday don't be surprised if I look into your sunday morning eyes
34 She'll tug on my imagination I wait for an indication Systematic smiles with it She's just so sweet so fine So polite too
35 Yaaa Yaaa Yaaa Yaaa Yaaa Yaaa Yaaa Yaaa Yaaa
36 Don't wanna give you up Should I scream to make you hold my hand? I wonder how I'm gonna hold myself
37 Do you know what the time is is it messing with your mind kid are you hurting all the time and you need a
38 But every song's like Gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
39 Take a typical man put him With a typical woman then Sit back and watch everything slide It's a perfectly natural Expression of ill will but When will hostilities subside?
40 Keeping you on my greeting card file. And if it were different - did you know it ain't? Let's get on with it love...And call me
41 And I'm growing in stages and have been for ages Just singing, and floating - and free dum de dum dum dum de dum dum
42 And behind me on the long Highway Lies all that I've forsaken Cool river, flow I am bound to where ever You go
43 Still hanging on (For what) Can't operate (Fired up) I won't eat and I won't sleep for you, yeah No rest till I (Get Through) 'Cause I'm holding out (For you) Am I the only one who's insane
44 There's a boy in every town No wonder I get around I'm seeing me for the first time I've paid in full for the year Walked through walls like they're not there
45 There's a small boat made of china Going nowhere on the mantelpiece Do I lie like a loungeroom lizard Or do I sing like a bird released everywhere you go
46 Full fathom five Someday I'll lie Singing songs that come from dead men's tongues
47 what am i going to do i need some thoughts that are new dodododododododododododododo dedededededededededede
48 Oh starry eyes am I Knowing that when I try To forget you Love brings me out of my shell
49 I'm programmed to a schedule What will the answer be? Is it suicide run 'til the work gets done 'Cause the matrix grid don't say?
50 And you know I'll come running to you If you want me, if you want me to Yes you know I'll come running to you
51 And is there space for every boy and girl in a competitive, material world I guess we'll have to
52 Now, you said it was yesterday, yesterday's another day Had a lot of make believe, I don't know if it's you or If it's me oh, I don't know, I don't know
53 And save your face of changing color And your smile of fading color Cause you'll never find another Who will give you ever after And you shouldn't have to say goodbye And wonder if this way is how It's going to be
54 Cause it's you that I love And it's true that I love and It's love
55 I'm not looking for a new religion I can get it on the television I don't need a man to complicate me I just want someone who stimulates me Need to find a way in this lonely world
56 My baby, my baby Don't you want me anymore My baby, my baby Don't you need me anymore
57 guess I'm running back To you, you in my brain you in my heart; you in my brain you in my heart Long wind jammers sailing on the oceans The cold breeze blowing yeah go to sea man some don't come back
58 I'm fed up with crying My despair is dying Turning into rage, day by day Green before you met me In the pink when you let me love you I was blue when you let me down Black and blue
59 Get yourself into a better place and lift your life Hold your head up high and don't rely on anyone else Make it easier on yourself and don't ask why
60 He’s fat and he don’t run too fast But he’s faster than me Last night at the show we saw him Going out of his tree
61 Jump into the chevy headed for big lights want to know the rest hey
62 i'm living on the edge of a sword and it feels so good I know that ill fall off I know ill lose you
63 Is it you or is it me? Lately I've been lost it seems. I think a change is what I need. If I'm looking for a chance or to dream
64 look around you at all of the wasted at all the food that nobodies tasted this tired old world got to change direction or everybody have to seek protection
65 Here I'm stuck on an island And I couldn't care less If you can't get on with each other This is a mess
66 Jackie came, she went away Deep in the valley I kissed her that day but It seems I'm thinkin' of you But I'm still thinkin' about myself
67 You scream in silence but I can hear you
68 And we're on our way Through the big forest There's a line of cars Coming down the hill Are you going where we're going? Are you going where we're going? I hope you will
69Run me off this road Crash right off the bridge We've only got one life to live! Before we get too old
70 Stranded in June Whistling the same old tune But I do believe I might be having fun I believe I might be having fun
71 The world is wicked And I'm just too weak to ever want to Prey for the best But prepare for the rest
72 Case 1352 A red and green tattoo Eyes cold steel blue
73 Rule without remedy To watch your family die The world loves a sacrifice Prophets longing for the three Honoring the tragedy The hunger for the crime
74 I loved you till it killed me, So my logic wouldn't hurt you. I know you might blame me anyway. Well I'm sorry, I'm so sorry
75 You've got to live a little love a little and give a little too You've got a look you know it How long have I got before you roll it You're the wild that's in my mind You're the one I need to know
76 Beautiful children have come into my life Beautiful people, oh young and bright Beautiful children, longing for life Worldly people, take away the night
77 A fatted lamb take control of the wheel Build a hole that's bigger than Hell itself And blame it on someone else It's surprising what you will find there When you walk on the banks of the quagmire
78 I don't know why sometimes I get frightened You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lying
79 La da de de there aint no place I’d rather be
80 You're just too too obscure for me Oh you don't really get through to me And there's no need for you to talk that way Is there any less pessimistic things to say?
81 Elusive as a thief in the night, she's stealing away She rides the wind, she burn, burns Yeah she rides the wind, she burn, burns
82 That if we run Mama wouldn't let us fall And if we go Won't you take me down the river lay me on your shore, tell me dreams my love, oh
83 I want to stop my crying But she's lying there dying How can I live when you see what I've done?
84 It might be good to tell the boss that I don't give a toss and to stick his lame-arse job But I'm not sure that I can
85 You don't know what you've got Until your world has gone This is why our love is strong Girl, you got me singing with some melody
86 I took you for granted That's no lie I'm never facing the future With a different role And I'm working it out now I just thought you should know I, I, I, Oh I'll never leave I'll never go, I'll never fly
87 He scratched his head, clicked his pen and looked me up and down as he called for Security he leaned towards me slowly with a frown and said
88 I'm a lover I'm a winner I'm a fighter Gonna set your soul on fire. I'm a lover
89 Every night's a night like this Every time that we draw close Every time a perfect miss
90 da da da da da da da da da da hey i got alot of faith in ya ill stick with you kid thats the bottom line
91 I can't offer you the future; I don't know it myself All I can offer you is me I'm all I can offer you right now
92 I wasn't thinking Wasn't looking Til I met you I had no reason I was out of season When I met you Well don't you know that I can't see the end I promised myself it wasn't gonna happen again
93 Now you know me recognise me You don't need to see inside me I'm the fool who has your heart
94 Sometimes days seem to move just like a big fat man Sometimes days seem to end up where they first began I've got my T.V tuned to channel "you" Because there's nothing else that I can do
95 She's up in time to watch the soap opera Reads Cosmopolitan and Alvin Toffler Meeting in the places that she's never been to She's got a mind, but it's the clothes they see through
96 I'm tired of the city life Summer's on the run People tell me I should stay But I've got to get my fun
97 She walks real slow pace She's knows where she be going international Lifestyle Control Amplified by what she knows
98 Asian cigarettes A long talk A few cans If you can Be my bare skinned baby We're in for a long night a strong night You Look what you've done to me You lit me You bit me I'm rapt Oh
99 Put your clock back for the winter she asked when ill be
100 There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you'll never see the end of the road While you're traveling with me
Bonus Let love flow through your soul, Let it in, Let it in Look into your heart, come on play your part Lets begin.
