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Okay, how to decipher these clues? I know there's a band named Spirit, who did "I've Got a Line on You". The name of the song - Skin???? So, Skin by Spirit? That's all I got...

No, not Lord of the Flies. Here's two more quotes: "They were dying slowly--it was very clear. They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they were nothing earthly now--nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom. Brought from all the recesses of the coast in all the legality of time contracts, lost in uncongenial surroundings, fed on unfamiliar food, they sickened, became inefficient, and were then allowed to crawl away and rest". "Near the same tree two more bundles of acute angles sat with their legs drawn up. One, with his chin propped on his knees, stared at nothing, in an intolerable and appalling manner: his brother phantom rested its forehead, as if overcome with a great weariness; and all about others were scattered in every pose of contorted collapse, as in some picture of a massacre or a pestilence. While I stood horror-struck, one of these creatures rose to his hands and knees, and went off on all-fours towards the river to drink. He lapped out of his hand, then sat up in the sunlight, crossing his shins in front of him, and after a time let his woolly head fall on his breastbone."

New quote: "... and there it was, black, dried, sunken, with closed eyelids, —a head that seemed to sleep at the top of that pole, and, with the shrunken dry lips showing a narrow white line of the teeth, was smiling too, smiling continuously..."

"I Saw Her Standing There" - The Beatles Video of 1964 performance - OMG, the screaming! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNsmrd-aR1c New Song: When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,

I believe this is an Irish author, and a good friend of Tolkien, by the name of C.S. Lewis

Dooj: Yes - "Devil with a Blue Dress On" which goes into "Good Golly Miss Molly" without missing a beat. By Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels Your turn! P.S. So, GSG, did you know it?

No, not "Get Ready" - but a lot the same tempo Here's some more: Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum Look at Molly now, here she comes Wearin' her wig hat and shades to match This song segues into another with Golly another Molly!

GSG I bet you know this song, here's a little bit more. I almost included it when I first posted, so I'll do it now. Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum Look at Molly now, here she comes

"She's Not There" - Santana (my favorite), The Zombies, and I think Vanilla Fudge did it too. New Song: Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum Look at Molly now

Waysider: Thanks for reminding me of that song. It was a great way to start off the morning! New Song: I bet you're wondering how I knew

Rooster Cogburn John Wayne True Grit

"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - The Temptations, and I think the Stones did it too. Man, that's a great song...I've got to go listen to it now.

"All I Wanna Do" - Sheryl Crow

Wrds, that's correct - Dracula by Bram Stoker. Your turn.

No, not Anne Rice. Here's another clue: How shall I describe what we saw? On the bed lay two women, Lucy and her mother. The latter lay farthest in, and she was covered with a white sheet, the edge of which had been blown back by the drought through the broken window, showing the drawn, white, face, with a look of terror fixed upon it. By her side lay Lucy, with face white and still more drawn. The flowers which had been round her neck we found upon her mother's bosom, and her throat was bare, showing the two little wounds which we had noticed before, but looking horribly white and mangled. Without a word the Professor bent over the bed, his head almost touching poor Lucy's breast. Then he gave a quick turn of his head, as of one who listens, and leaping to his feet, he cried out to me, "It is not yet too late! Quick! Quick! Bring the brandy!"

Jeast: You did fine. I clicked on the link, and went right to it. Great song, and beautiful voices - Thanks.

While I'm not particularly fond of Jane Austen (or the Bronte sisters, for the matter), I can't go as far as Mark Twain, who is quite brutal in his assessment of her work. Wrds, I liked the short piece on your blog. Do I understand correctly that your example is from a textbook? If so, that is a disgrace. The editors should have caught that mistake, even if the author was not well-versed in 18th century English grammar. But I will short-circuit my rant and continue on with the game. Here's the next quote: All three had brilliant white teeth that shone like pearls against the ruby of their voluptuous lips. There was something about them that made me uneasy, some longing and at the same time some deadly fear. I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips.

I remember hearing something about the booing off stage...but I was never a big fan of Dylan. Now, I'm waiting for the song writing team of Lennon/McCartney to get the Pulitzer that they so richly deserve (IMO anyway)!

WW, are you saying that this song would bring you down? Okay, here's the first and second line: You got me running goin' out of my mind You got me thinkin that I'm wastin' my time

"A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can." "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Ah, just the quotes I needed. I believe this is Jane Austen.

dmiller: I agree with you - Dylan was a folk singer. It actually made me chuckle when I read that about rock n' roll. Maybe a young kid wrote it that doesn't even know who Dylan was, or the type of songs he sang and wrote. But I still think it's pretty cool.

NEW YORK - Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall. Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone brought rock from the streets to the lecture hall, received an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, cited for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." It was the first time Pulitzer judges, who have long favored classical music, and, more recently, jazz, awarded an art form once dismissed as barbaric, even subversive. "I am in disbelief," Dylan fan and fellow Pulitzer winner Junot Diaz said of Dylan's award. Read full story here - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_en_ot/pulitzers_arts

It seems like it would be something from the 17 or 1800's. I'm going to take a stab in the dark here... Mark Twain - cuz' it sounds like something he would say. Of course, he was usually calling politicians stupid, not gentleman and lady.

GSG: Ah, had a little problem with those pesky declensions? I remember that, also with conjugations, but in a way that's what makes translating Latin fun. It's like solving a puzzle, and I was always so happy when I got it right! Thanks for the correction, and I don't think it's scary - the sub-conscious works in strange and mysterious ways. Speaking of our regularly scheduled program: I think it may be time to move on - Robert Falcon Scott wrote the quoted matter in a letter entitled "Message to the Public" which was found on his dead body, along with a few personal letters. The letter was printed in Scott's Last Expedition. The explorer who beat Scott to the South Pole by a month was Roald Amundsen from Norway. So, I would like to pass this on to Wrds...if Wrds wants to take the next turn. But, no pressure!

"Season of the Witch" -Donovan