Jaune Chat's Life, the Universe, and Everything

The following songs have been running through my head for the past two days:

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes (a song I haven't listened to in several years)

Stars (by Javert from the musical Les Miserables, and while this is a musical I know very well, I haven't listened to the whole thing in probably a decade)

A little ditty I made up in elementary school about a paramecium. Lyrics as follows:
I have a paramecium,
It lives on my back lawn,
I hit it with a coconut,
And yell when it is wrong.
Oh paramecium, Oh paramecium,
Oh paramecium, you're my best friend!

What connection any of these songs have to each other, or to anything I was doing, is completely up to you, gentle reader. I don't have a clue.

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I don't know if better is the word I'm looking for, but one song does stick in my mind. John Lennon's "Imagine" was covered by A Perfect Circle, who did it in a minor key. It turned the song from a plea for love and peace into something fascinatingly dark and mysterious (though still about love).

One that I thought was definitely covered better was Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," which was covered by Quietdrive. Quietdrive's version is actually something I could listen too over and over again, while I have a limit on how much Cyndi I can take in a session.

So, here's the reveal for the Music Shuffle Name-That-Song Meme! Y'all did a fabulous job, getting 19 out of 30! Give youself a pat on the back. Those with a * were those that stumped the flist.

1. [song title], an old mother cries. - Lightning Crashes by Live
2. * All these nights are catching up to me, I just can't put insomnia to sleep. Crash and Burn by Lifehouse
3. Why do you [song title], baby, just to let me down, mess me around... - Why Do You Build Me Up Buttercup by The Goops (Mallrats soundtrack)
4. I'm just an average man, with an average life, I work from 9 to 5, hell man I pay the price. - Somebody's Watching Me by Mysto & Pizzi
5. There's only two types of people in the world, the ones that entertain, and the ones that observe. - Circus by Briteny Spears
6. A man decides after seventy years, That what he goes there for, is to unlock the door, While those around him criticize and sleep... - Crazy by Alanis Morissette
7. I watched the stars fall silent from your eyes... - The Great Beyond by REM
8. * You know you can't keep letting it get you down, And you can't keep dragging that dead weight around. This Too Shall Pass by Ok Go
9. * On those Saturday when kids go out and play, yo I was up in my room I let the stereo blaze. Click Click Boom by Saliva
10. * Every morning I wake up just the same, another victim of ordinary fame. Everyday Superhero by Smashmouth
11. * When something's dark let me shed a little light on it, when something's cold let me put a little fire on it. The Fixer by Pearl Jam
12. * I used to carry the [song title], but now all I want to do is spread my wings and fly. Weight of the World by Chantal Kreviazuk
13. * You're cynical and beautiful you're nothing that you seem, you're monochrome delirious you're nothing that you seem. Dizzy by The Goo Goo Dolls
14. * Weightless, the feelings all inside here, beside here. Breathing You In by Zircon (feat. Jillian Goldin)
15. At home, drawing pictures of mountaintops, with him on top, lemon yellow sun... - Jeremy by Pearl Jam
16. You from New York, you are so relevant, you reduce me to cosmic tears. - So Pure by Alanis Morissette
17. [Song title] came home to her favorite room, [song name] sat down in the kitchen, opened her book and a box of tools, [song name] came home with a mission... - Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin
18. * You could've been all that I wanted, but you weren't honest, now get in the ground. Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria
19. How about getting off of these antibiotics? How about stopping eating when I'm full up? - Thank You by Alanis Morissette
20. Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone, I hear you call my name, and it feels like home. - Like a Prayer by Madonna
21. * Seems like just yesterday, You were a part of me, I used to stand so tall, I used to be so strong. Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson
22. * You and I got something, But it's all and then it's nothing to me. Here Is Gone by The Goo Goo Dolls
23. If I'm out of touch and need reminding, just tell me I have been found. - Annie Would I Lie To You by Iris
24. When you feel all alone, and the world has turned its back on you, give me a moment please, to tame your wild wild heart. - Crash and Burn by Savage Garden
25. All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out places. - Mad World by Gary Jules
26. [Song title] sat alone in a buggy marsh, totally motionless except for her heart. - Lump by The Presidents of the United States of America
27. Broke into the [song title], this is where we used to live. - Old Apartment by the Barenaked Ladies
28. Your hand on his arm, the hay stack charm around your neck, strung out and thin, calling some friend try to cash some check. - Needle in the Hay by Elliott Smith
29. Never made it as a wise man, couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing. - This Is How You Remind Me by Nickelback
30. [Song title] in [song title], stirring my coffee, I thought of you, and turned to the gate. - Spoon by Dave Matthews Band