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Andy's Mini Lyrics Contest Home of the AMLC The AMLC will return on Monday, March 12. Some new issues are listed here, and some existing issues are clarified. Follow for updates.

NEW STUFF:
For the time being, each round of the AMLC will end when someone reaches 50 points. This is intended to keep more people interested – the rounds will go fairly quickly, more people will be able to remain competitive. It won't take long to hit fifty points, because:
Unless otherwise noted in the daily time announcement (such as during a theme week), correct answers will be scored as fo

llows: 2 points for the song title, correctly spelled; 2 points for the artist, correctly spelled; 1 point each for song and artist will be awarded for answers that are "close enough." If someone (including the person who originally answered), corrects the answer, they'll get the second point. For example, Person A is the first to answer, and mis-types "Beatels," they'll get one point. If Person B chimes in with the correct spelling, they will get the second point. Also, if Person A realizes that they've made a typo and can correct it before someone else does, they'll pick up the second point.This is intended to limit the moaning and groaning from the Chuckle Patch. This way, a typo won't cost you an entire answer, but there's still an incentive to get it right the first time. All "close enough" judgements will be made by me, and are final. I'm going to try to incorporate more theme weeks. They may not appear as often as you like, and some participants may feel like they don't have a chance during some particular weeks. This is what we in the business call "life." All daily posts will appear here on the AMLC page, as well as on Twitter. (This has been available for a long time, but I never bothered to tell anyone.) I had also intended to include the daily posts on Google+ but there's no easy way to use one script to make it all happen at the same time. Not easy = not doing it. NOT-SO-NEW STUFF:
The timing of each post will announced her (as it was before) at or around 9:00 am (Eastern). If the week is a theme week, that will be noted. Any change in the method of scoring for that week will also be indicated. The posts will show up (theoretically) between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm (Eastern). Occasionally, something will go wrong. Between my kindergarten-level knowledge of AppleScript, the capricious attitude of my Mac, Facebook gremlins, solar flares, and the intrusion of daily life I'm always (ALWAYS) surprised when the posts appear on time. So if a post is late or doesn't appear at all, or two show up on the same day, just go with it. I'll always try to delete double-posts if I catch them, but if two questions appear on the same day they'll both be worth their normal points. Standings will be available online. I'll post the link to the current Google Docs spreadsheet from time to time. Some songs/artists that have been posted in the past may reappear now and again. Sometimes this will completely accidental because my memory is getting worse every day. Sometimes it will be because I needed a good fit for a theme week, and I just don't care if a song was used in the past. I reserve the right to alter, extend, interpret or disregard all rules as I see fit. Good luck. Enjoy the AMLC.

22/12/2023

Post-Winter Solstice Day (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Say you don't know me or recognize my face; say you don't care who goes to that kind of place; knee-deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight; too many runaways, eating up the night /// Walkin' and talkin' and laughin' about; dreamin' the things that you want will work out; people in places where you want to be; I'm lost in the city, who's got the key?"

21/12/2023

Today! (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"There's a world outside your window; and it's a world of dread and fear; where the only water flowing; is the bitter sting of tears /// Rhymes so loud, I'm proud you hear it; it’s Christmastime and we got the spirit; Jack Frost chillin', the hawk is out; and that's what Christmas is all about; the time is now, the place is here; and the whole wide world is filled with cheer”

20/12/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“Tears are running down; they're all running down your breast; and your friends, baby, they treat you like a guest /// There's an army on the dance floor; it’s fashion with a gun, my love; in a room without a door, a kiss is not enough in”

20/12/2023

Twosday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Said Santa to a boy child, "What have you been longin' for?"; ‘all I want for Christmas is a rock 'n' roll 'lectric guitar’; and then away went Rudolph whizzin' like a shootin' star /// Like a game show contestant with a parting gift, I could not believe my eyes; when I saw through the thoughts of a trusted friend, who needs to humor me and tell me lies; yeah, humor me and tell me lies”

18/12/2023

Mashup Monday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"They're singing "Deck The Halls"; but it's not like Christmas at all; ‘cause I remember when you were here; and all the fun we had last year /// You know that I've seen too many romantic dreams; up in lights, falling off the silver screen”

12/12/2023

Twosday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"You're sailing softly through the sun in a broken stone age dawn; you fly so high /// Cold, late night so long ago; when I was not so strong, you know; a pretty man came to me; I never seen eyes so blue; you know, I could not run away, it seemed; we'd seen each other in a dream”

11/12/2023

Mashup Monday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Where is Santa?; at his sleigh?; Tell me why is it always this way? where is Rudolph? where is Blitzen, baby? /// Time is never time at all; you can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth”

05/12/2023

Twosday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"No more timing; each tear that falls from my eyes;
I'm not hiding, the remedy to cure this old heart of mine /// You better watch what you say; you better watch what you do to me; don’t get carried away; girl, if you can do better than me, go”

29/11/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“I asked her her name, she said ‘blah-blah-blah’; she had 9/10 pants and a very big bra; I took a couple of flicks and she was enthused /// Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night; the first one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my hearts delight; the second one is prison, babe; the sheriff's on my trail and if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail”

27/11/2023

Monday Mashup (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"I didn't know nobody and then I saw you comin' my way; oh, I didn't know nobody and then I saw you comin' my way /// Don't pretend, I think you know I'm damn precious; and hell yeah I'm the mo*********ng princess; I can tell you like me too, and you know I'm right (I'm right, I'm right, I'm right, I'm right)”

20/11/2023

Monday Mashup (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Run and tell all of the angels; this could take all night; think I need a devil to help me get things right /// Let's go and see the stars, the Milky Way, or even Mars; where it could just be ours"

15/11/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches):

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Lying in a den in Bombay; with a slack jaw and not much to say; I said to the man, ‘Are you trying to tempt me?; because I come from the land of plenty’ /// Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty; sound of their breath fades with the light; I think about the loveless fascination”

15/11/2023

Twosday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdo; like some cat from Japan; he could lick 'em by smiling; he could leave 'em to hang /// Same old song; just a drop of water in an endless sea; all we do; crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see”

13/11/2023

Mashup Monday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Trees flew by; me and Del were singin' ‘Little Runaway’; I was flyin' /// The past is gone; it went by, like dusk to dawn; isn't that the way; everybody's got the dues in life to pay"

09/11/2023

Today (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Baby, look at me and tell me what do you see?; you ain't seen the best of me yet; give me time, I'll make you forget the rest /// what you like is in the limo; [Redacted] what you get is no tomorrow; [Redacted] what you need you have to borrow”

08/11/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches):

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"The city's a flood and our love turns to rust; we're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust // And even though the moment passed me by, I still can't turn away; 'cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose got tossed along the way; and letters that you never meant to send get lost or thrown away”

30/10/2023

Monday Mashup (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"They (they), they betray; I'm your only true friend now; they (they), they'll betray; I'm forever there /// You with the sad eyes; don't be discouraged; oh, I realize, it's hard to take courage in a world full of people; you can lose sight of it all; and the darkness inside you can make you feel so small"

19/10/2023

Today? (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"I'm sittin' in the railway station, got a ticket to my destination; on a tour of one-night stands, my suitcase and guitar in hand; and every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band /// And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic; and you learn to accept it, you know you're so pathetic”

18/10/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“Hipsters unite; come align for the big fight to rock, for you; but beware; all those angels with their wings glued on /// And where do we go from here?; which is a way that's clear?; still looking for that blue-jean, baby-queen; prettiest girl I've ever seen; see her shake on the movie screen; Jimmy Dean”

17/10/2023

TwosDay (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“You got me all screwed up; so much I can't turn 'round; and I've been running about with some funny girls; I'm not so tough /// Y'all suckers write me checks and then they bounce; so I reach into my pocket for the fresh amount; see, I'm the long-leaner, Vincent the Cleaner; I'm the illest mo********er from here to Gardena”

12/10/2023

Today (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Can't you see her standing there; see how she looks, see how she cares; I let her steal the night away from me /// Got what I got the hard way; and I make it better, each and every day; so honey, said don't you fret; 'cause you ain't seen nothing yet"

05/10/2023

Today (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Do I have to tell the story of a thousand rainy days since we first met?; it's a big enough umbrella but it's always me that ends up getting wet /// I like to dream, yes, yes; right between the sound machine; on a cloud of sound I drift in the night; any place it goes is right"

04/10/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“I don't wanna talk about things we've gone through;
though it's hurting me, now it's history; I've played all my cards and that's what you've done too; nothing more to say, no more ace to play /// Well, outside in the cold distance, a wildcat did growl; two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl”

03/10/2023

Twosday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night; you see us together, chasing the moonlight /// I love you so much, can't count all the ways; I've died for you girl and all they can say is, ‘He's not your kind’”

02/10/2023

Mashup Monday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"All the hip young things tryin’ to make a scene; living out forbidden dreams; star-spangled banner flutters in the sky; time hustles those who wait to die /// Come around to my way of thinkin'; don't you want to, want to get along?; every day’s just like a vacation with you; when I'm watchin' you and Fidel Castro in the sand”

29/09/2023

SupaFly Day (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink; and, times when you're alone, well, all you do is think /// You turn me on; you lift me up and like the sweetest cup I'd share with you; you lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you”

28/09/2023

Today (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"I shoulda learned to play the guitar; I shoulda learned to play them drums /// Not a dime, I can't pay my rent, I can barely make it through the week; Saturday night I'd like to make my girl, but right now I can't make ends meet”

26/09/2023

Twosday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains; carried the cross of my shame, of my shame /// There's something happening here; but what it is ain't exactly clear; there's a man with a gun over there; telling me I got to beware”

21/09/2023

Today (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“I've seen people turn their heads and quickly look away; like a newborn baby it just happens everyday /// Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'; Ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name; catfish are jumpin', that paddle wheel thumpin'”

18/09/2023

Mashup Monday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“I'm in the dark, I'd like to read his mind; but I'm frightened of the things I might find; oh, there must be something he's thinking of to tear him away (a-ay) /// Masquerading as a man with a reason; my charade is the event of the season; and if I claim to be a wise man; well, it surely means that I don't know”

15/09/2023

SupaFly Day (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"You have to show them that you're really not scared; you're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare /// Peace, remember peace, is how we make it; here within your reach; if you're big enough to take it"

13/09/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“The night is calling, I have to go; the wolf is hungry, he runs the show; he's licking his lips, he's ready to win; on the hunt tonight for love at first sting /// Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties; are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise; while Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell; an innocent man in a living hell”

13/09/2023

Guess the Movie Quote (no googling or internet searches):

“How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles, ya eu**ch jelly, thou!”

13/09/2023

Twosday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“If you're down and confused; and you don't remember who you're talkin' to; concentration slip away; because your baby is so far away /// My hands are tied; my body bruised, she got me with; nothing to win and nothing left to lose”

12/09/2023

Monday Mashup (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“I've built walls; a fortress deep and mighty; that none may pe*****te; I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain; it's laughter and it's loving I disdain /// Couldn't stop moving when it first took hold; it was a warm spring night at the old town hall; there was a group called ‘The Jokers,’ they were layin' it down; ‘cause ya know I'm never gonna lose that funky sound”

07/09/2023

Today? (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“Oh, I'm never gonna be the same again; now I've seen the way it's got to end; sweet dream, sweet dream /// Cold, late night so long ago when I was not so strong you know; a pretty man came to me, I never seen eyes so blue; you know, I could not run away it seemed; we'd seen each other in a dream”

06/09/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“I'm not tryin' to be your hero; ‘cause that zero is too cold for me (Brr); I'm not tryin' to be your highness; ‘cause that minus is too low to see, yeah /// Not a dime, I can't pay my rent; I can barely make it through the week; Saturday night, I'd like to make my girl, but right now, I can't make ends meet, no”

30/08/2023

The Day in the Middle (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

“Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got; I can't compete, with the riders in the other heats /// Bring a song and a smile for the banjo; better get while the getting's good; hitch a ride to the end of the highway; where the neons turn to wood”

28/08/2023

Mashup Monday (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"Sleight of hand and twist of fate; on a bed of nails, she makes me wait /// I got your body right now on my mind but I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T.Rex; to the sound of old T.Rex"

25/08/2023

SupaFly Day (No googling or internet searches)

Two songs combined together. The only way to get points for the song titles is to combine them. (E.g., Everything About You Got Lucky)

4 points for the correctly spelled combined song title. (No individual song name entries allowed) 2 points each for the correctly spelled original artist.

"In platform double suede, yeah, there she was; like disco lemonade /// So their eyes are; growing hazy 'cause they want to turn it on; so their minds are; soft and lazy; well, hey, hey, give 'em what they want”

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