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Question: puzzle me this

Stynxno — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:47:42 -0800

Help me make a mix cd about puzzle pieces.

I'm looking for songs like "From Great Heights" by the Postal Service and "Alison's Starting to Happen" by the Lemonheads. I'm looking for songs about two people matching like two corresponding puzzle pieces but any reference to puzzle pieces will work.

Bonus points if the song is very popish and in the vein of Marc Anthony, J Lo, Whitney Houston, etc....

By: NewGear

NewGear — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:09:32 -0800

This probably isn't dead on, but the first thing that popped into my head was "Looking For Clues" by Robert Palmer.

The Rolling Stones have a song called "Jigsaw Puzzle" on Beggar's Banquet, an Dashboard Confesional have one called "This Ruined Puzzle."

By: pombe

pombe — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:29:24 -0800

Tiger Trap has a song called "Puzzle Pieces". The lyrics actually include "we go together like Puzzle Pieces. It's kind of pop/punk.

By: soma lkzx

soma lkzx — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:46:19 -0800

when i read this post, i figured the best answer would be the tiger trap song, again and again. and it is!

By: kimota

kimota — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:48:03 -0800

XTC's "All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)" has one such snippet: "Life's like a jigsaw/ You get the straight bits/ But there's something missing in the middle."

By: Atom12

Atom12 — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:08:11 -0800

What about "We Go Together" from Grease? "We go together, like dip-de-dip-de-dip, be-bop she-booby-do."

I'm sad to say that's the first one I thought of. I'm gonna go wash out my ears now with some Dwarves.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:30:40 -0800

Pick Up The Pieces, uh-huh...
Also, take a look to the first Tuscadero album, where they have a song that references all sorts of board games, including jigsaw puzzles (I can't remember the title right now, but the otehr similar song is The Candy Song, so it might be The Game Song or something. Anyway, the album's worth it. Buy it.)

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:08:12 -0800

Hm, the first thing that came into my head was Pitseleh by Elliott Smith, from the album XO:

i'm not what's missing from your life now
i could never be the puzzle pieces
they say that god makes problems
just to see what you can stand
before you do as the devil pleases
and give up the thing you love
but no one deserves it

By: annoyance

annoyance — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:19:42 -0800

a couple come to mind:

Lou Barlow "puzzle"
Dashboard Confessional "This Ruined Puzzle"
Action Action "Four Piece Jigsaw Puzzle"

By: juggler

juggler — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:22:26 -0800

Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame
"...you can see the summit but you can't reach it. its the last piece of the puzzle but you just can't make it fit. doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain..."

By: Flamingo

Flamingo — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:58:04 -0800

Ashlee Simpson- Pieces of Me
Janis Joplin- Piece of My Heart

By: exceptinsects

exceptinsects — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:15:03 -0800

If you Google "puzzle pieces" lyrics you find some good stuff.