Sandra Dodd

No sunburn!

I'm linking my lyrics game again, partly because I know there are
some families (mine included) in which family discussions of the
current category or past categories, or the words, has been fun.

Holly wouldn't play "Let the sun shine, let the sun shine in" from
Hair on "sunshine" because she said it wasn't the word
"sunshine." (Someone else played it and that's fine.)

Without getting heavy into grammar at all, we've discussed word forms
and homonyms and such. The current word is "does" but it was
written down on a game card out of context, so the word "does" (NOT
a homonym--a... what's the word for looks the same but isn't
pronounced the same? Homoglyph? Homograph?) as in a female deer
can't be ruled out.

http://lyricsgame.blogspot.com

Other recent words are heaven (which has a playlist of most of the
songs people named), teen, church, tired...

You can play on any of the older words too. With your family you can
play the words that weren't chosen (because usually the whole card
shows, and it's more fun in person with real singing, generally).

You'll probably hear some songs you've never heard if you listen to
the playlists (past playlists are linked in the sidebar), and your
kids might hear some they'll really like that wouldn't have come to
light otherwise.

It's a kind of strewing and thought-shuffling thing that will surely
lead to other topics and ideas. Maybe it will remind you of movies
you had forgotten, or books, or games.

Sandra

Schuyler

> Holly wouldn't play "Let the sun shine, let the sun shine in" from
> Hair on "sunshine" because she said it wasn't the word
> "sunshine." (Someone else played it and that's fine.)


Jeez, and I was thinking about playing "parsley, sage, rosemary and time"
for the time round <grin>.

Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com

Sandra Dodd

-=-Jeez, and I was thinking about playing "parsley, sage, rosemary
and time"
for the time round <grin>.-=-

In a real-life game, you SO could've played that and gotten a big
laugh and then someone on your team could've played a "real" one.
The game in writing is oddly a little more serious, and it's
different, but I'm really liking it, and my kids and I have had some
great interactions.

Yesterday I was walking around the house saying "What's that song
that goes 'Teenage wasteland, teenage wasteland"'? I think it's by
The Who or Led Zeppelin or someone I never really listened to."
Holly didn't know. Marty didn't know. Keith was on a conference call
at work and couldn't help me. Using google is cheating. Finally
Kirby woke up (he works a very-late shift, until 3:00 a.m.) and I
said "What's that song that goes 'Teenage wasteland, teenage
wasteland'?" (I sang...)

Kirby said, "You mean 'Teenage Wasteland'?" and with two flicks of a
mouse on iTunes, it started playing, and there it said "The Who." So
I got my eight words and played it. And I had a cute and fun few
moments with Kirby. And I knew that if I'm ever on Jeopardy, do NOT
pick a category that says "The Who," because only one question will
be about Tommy.

Sandra



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riasplace3

--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:

> Yesterday I was walking around the house saying "What's that song
> that goes 'Teenage wasteland, teenage wasteland"'? I think it's
by
> The Who or Led Zeppelin or someone I never really listened to."
> Holly didn't know. Marty didn't know. Keith was on a conference
call
> at work and couldn't help me. Using google is cheating. Finally
> Kirby woke up


I SO thought I had one today for "does" (or doesn't). I was thinking
of the Sea Witch's song on The Little Mermaid where she's talking her
into signing over her life for legs, and I was thinking it said, "It
doesn't cost much, just your voice". I was in the car, going to a
doctor's appt. and couldn't do anything about it, so as soon as I got
home this evening I checked and it says "It WON'T cost much...". I'm
so dissappointed, and can't think of a single song for does. Reading
the other songs played made me think I MUST have one in my head
somewhere, but I can't find it.
: )
Ria

Kathleen Whitfield

--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd
<Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> Kirby said, "You mean 'Teenage Wasteland'?" and with two
flicks of a
> mouse on iTunes, it started playing, and there it said "The
Who."

Lovely story.

The name of the song on the album is actually "Baba O'Riley,"
but "Teenage Wasteland" works, too!

Kathleen
in SoCal, USA