How "80s" are you?
Feb. 26th, 2001 09:47 pm"Shall we play a game?" (WOPR/Joshua -- War Games)
I cut a CD the other day of some of my favorite 80s New Wave. I'm curious how many of you can guess the songs just from 3 or 4 lines of lyrics. I included a hint -- if you click the lyrics, you'll get an MP3 snapshot of those lyrics sung by the original artist. Here's the scoring:
Guess the song and artist by the lyrics only -- 2 points
Guess the song and artist after hearing the hint -- 1 point
Can't guess the song and artist at all -- 0 points
Answers and scoring will be in the reply to this post. How did you do?
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Here are the first 10 songs on my 80s New Wave CD:
1) But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
2) I feed you I drink you
By day and by night
I need you, I need you
By sun or candlelight
3) I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand
"I'll love you always" filled my eyes
I remember a night we walked along the Seine
4) Cover me with kisses baby, cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets, I'll never get enough
Emotions come, I don't know why
Cover up love's alibi
5) And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh-a oh
6) They say I better get a chaperone
Because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone
I won't worry, and I won't fret
Ain't no law against it yet
7) Good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!
I don't believe it!
There she goes again!
She's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
8) When i'm flying around the world
And i'm doin' this and i'm tryin' do that and i'm trying to make some girl
Who tells me babybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybaby
Better come back later next week
(No Toddney, it's not the original :-)
9) Reached out a hand to touch your face
You're slowly disappearing from my view
Reached out a hand to try again
I'm floating in a beam of light with you
10) There's a weapon that we must use
In our defense, silent lips
When you look at them, look right through them
That's when they'll disappear, that's when we'll be feared
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Answers and scoring will be in the reply to this post. How did you do?
I cut a CD the other day of some of my favorite 80s New Wave. I'm curious how many of you can guess the songs just from 3 or 4 lines of lyrics. I included a hint -- if you click the lyrics, you'll get an MP3 snapshot of those lyrics sung by the original artist. Here's the scoring:
Guess the song and artist by the lyrics only -- 2 points
Guess the song and artist after hearing the hint -- 1 point
Can't guess the song and artist at all -- 0 points
Answers and scoring will be in the reply to this post. How did you do?
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Here are the first 10 songs on my 80s New Wave CD:
1) But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
2) I feed you I drink you
By day and by night
I need you, I need you
By sun or candlelight
3) I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand
"I'll love you always" filled my eyes
I remember a night we walked along the Seine
4) Cover me with kisses baby, cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets, I'll never get enough
Emotions come, I don't know why
Cover up love's alibi
5) And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh-a oh
6) They say I better get a chaperone
Because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone
I won't worry, and I won't fret
Ain't no law against it yet
7) Good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!
I don't believe it!
There she goes again!
She's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
8) When i'm flying around the world
And i'm doin' this and i'm tryin' do that and i'm trying to make some girl
Who tells me babybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybaby
Better come back later next week
(No Toddney, it's not the original :-)
9) Reached out a hand to touch your face
You're slowly disappearing from my view
Reached out a hand to try again
I'm floating in a beam of light with you
10) There's a weapon that we must use
In our defense, silent lips
When you look at them, look right through them
That's when they'll disappear, that's when we'll be feared
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Answers and scoring will be in the reply to this post. How did you do?