Let's play...Name that 80s Tune Lyric!!! Labor Day Edition!

[Common Sense Party]

The game you know and love!

Here's how you play:

You post a snippet of lyrics--a line or two--from a fairly well-known 1980s song. We try to guess the song and artist.

The rules:

1). When guessing, NO GOOGLING. If you don't know the song, move on and let someone else guess it.

2) When posting a lyric, go ahead and Google--make sure you have the words correct.

That's it! Have fun!

[Common Sense Party]

1. If you're wrapping up the world

'Cause you've taken someone else's girl

[Franzia]

28. 'Abacab' - Genesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoEj_BRAleQ

[Common Sense Party]

29. Bingo!

[Common Sense Party]

2. Cartoon capers happen in reality n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

94. Damn, I had to think about that one a while

That would be the one hit wonder Sly Fox "Let's Go All The Way"

They managed to rip off "I am the Walrus" before anybody ever heard of Tears for Fears OR Oasis!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1DtQldf66E

[Common Sense Party]

101. It was extra tricky, and like my pizza, extra cheesy.

Good job.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Okay.

"Standing at the machine every day for all my life
I'm used to do it and I need it
It's the only thing I want
It's just to rush, push, cash."

[Common Sense Party]

4. Sometimes pushing all the buttons

Sometimes pulling out the plug

[Sebastian Doyle]

95. Rush - Big Money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urmKhAulBqM

Lyrics never more appropriate than now, unfortuantely :evilfrown:

[Common Sense Party]

100. Well done! n/t

[Common Sense Party]

5. Now I see I'm up to no good

And I wanna start again

[Common Sense Party]

104. Need a hint?

Think bubble gum pop.

[Common Sense Party]

6. Over borders, over frontiers

Nothing will its power withstand

[SacredCow]

39. Sting- Love is the Seventh Wave

I'm not 100% on this one, but I think that's right.

[Common Sense Party]

41. You are 100% correct

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvkxle5M2E4

[Common Sense Party]

7. We're flying high

We're watching the world pass us by

[Common Sense Party]

105. Need a hint?

Biggest synth band of the 80s

[Common Sense Party]

8. If you knew how I felt now

You wouldn't act so adult now

[Common Sense Party]

106. Need a hint?

Think mass transit

[Common Sense Party]

9. The leaves start to fall

I hear your voice I remember it all

[Common Sense Party]

107. Need a hint?

Boston, Mass

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. cankle beast fat lady

[Common Sense Party]

16. Are you sure about that lyric?

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. Of course.

datasuspect just reminded me of it.

[Common Sense Party]

27. Huh. I've never even heard the term "cankle" until a couple

years ago. I'm out of it.

[Common Sense Party]

11. You've got a knife in your heart

Don't say that you did it for me

[Common Sense Party]

108. Need a hint?

Hair metal band

[Common Sense Party]

12. And when you live alone you'll find

That it's much harder then
So much harder to believe

[Common Sense Party]

109. Need a hint?

Blown to...

[Common Sense Party]

13. She drives me crazy

She gives me hot and cold fever

[LynneSin]

21. I'll post my answer in white - highlight if anyone wants to see it

Highlight between the < "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen" >

[Moondog]

45. Would you mind posting a short explanation of the technique you used

between the < >s?

[Common Sense Party]

60. Look at the HTML lookup table...right above and to the right of

your subject line when you're posting

It tells you

font color="color"

so put font color="white" between brackets before the invisible words

and then put /font between brackets at the end of the invisible part.

[Moondog]

63. Thanks. I suspected it was simple. n/t

[LynneSin]

62. here you go

<font color='white'> your text here </font>

Replace the <> with brackets

[Moondog]

64. Thank you.

I'm doing an imitation of the old "Oh, wow, I could have had a V8" commercial right now, and smacking my forehead.
:dunce:

[taterguy]

22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Stray Cats

[LynneSin]

25. BOO HISS!!! That's not even their song

Horrible person!

[Common Sense Party]

26. Not Stray Cats

unless they covered it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrelPOP518g

[Dr Fate]

68. Not to weird to make that mistake- the song certainly has a 50's vibe. n/t

n/t

[Common Sense Party]

70. Definitely. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

96. Yeah, but.....

Confusing Freddie Mercury for Brian Setzer??

[Common Sense Party]

14. Now with my one hand loose I aim to satisfy

You like my loving machine, I like your bloodshot eyes

[Sebastian Doyle]

97. Robert Plant - Tall Cool One

Accompanied by numerous samples of his "other" band....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgvbsCCmue0


....BTW this is from the Atlantic records 40th anniversary party, so the other band was there too.

[Common Sense Party]

102. Sweet.

[Common Sense Party]

15. I can sleep in till noon anytime I want

Though there's not many days that I do

[taterguy]

19. I'm An Adult Now, TPOH

[Common Sense Party]

24. Yes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSDF8VvU13M

[Common Sense Party]

17. Come on baby, close your eyes, let go

This can be everything we dreamed

[Common Sense Party]

110. Need a hint?

new lead singer

[Common Sense Party]

18. Billy stands all alone

Sinking sand

[Common Sense Party]

20. The U.S.A., the U.S.S.R., with their six-guns to their side

I see the message, written on the wall, too much anger deep inside

[Common Sense Party]

30. One thing led to another we were young

And we would scream together songs unsung

[Franzia]

44. 'Heat of the Moment' - Asia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTvWvfEMxE

[Common Sense Party]

31. A harbour in the tempest

But all the promises we make

[SacredCow]

34. U2- All I Want Is You

[Common Sense Party]

36. Yep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-TssRlmmBE

[Common Sense Party]

32. And now we meet in an abandoned studio.

We hear the playback

[Arugula Latte]

46. Video Killed the Radio Star?

[Common Sense Party]

48. Yes! I wasn't sure if anyone knew those lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtHEmVjVw8

[Common Sense Party]

33. Then good luck it finally struck like lightning n/t

[Common Sense Party]

35. There's a club if you'd like to go

You could meet somebody

[SacredCow]

37. The Smiths- How Soon Is Now

[Common Sense Party]

40. !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

[Common Sense Party]

38. I need a love that's strong

I'm so tired of being alone

[Justyce]

81. Foolish Heart - Steve Perry.

Good one!

[Common Sense Party]

82. What a voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-A8MSEB9rg

[Justyce]

85. Definitely. By the time we ever got to

go see Journey in concert, Steve Perry was no longer with them. We're supposed to see Journey for our second time at the end of this month with their latest Steve Perry replacement -- it'll still be fun! :)

[Common Sense Party]

87. Same here. I saw them when they had the Augeri guy.

I watched a concert online from Chile with the new kid from the Phillipines. He's good...but nobody is Steve Perry.

[Justyce]

88. That's who was with them the first

time we saw them -- Steve Augeri. He's no Steve Perry, but I thought he was really good. From what I remember anyway, I was pretty drunk by then, LOL ;)

[Common Sense Party]

42. Watching shadows move across the wall, I feel so frightened

I wanna run to you, I wanna call

[SacredCow]

43. "The times she cried,"

"Too frail to wake this time."

[Common Sense Party]

52. At first I thought it was a tune by Cause and effect

Is it New Order? I don't know the song, though...

[SacredCow]

58. You are sort of correct on the band....

Which is a hint in and of itself. That band did record it, and it is a song that they are noted for. But writing credits typically go to another band.

On edit: Another useless hint- The song is currently being used in an ad campaign for Absolut vodka.

[Common Sense Party]

65. I'm guessing Joy Division, but only because of your hint.

I don't know my Joy Division, though.

[Arugula Latte]

113. Oooh -- The Absolut hint did it. "Ceremony" by New Order ...

So CommonSenseParty wasn't too far off, as Joy Division gave birth to New Order.

[Arugula Latte]

47. I can already hear your tune / Calling me across the room

When the world and his wife are on my back again
Not enough pleasure, too much pain

[shawmut]

49. In winter 1963

it felt like the world would freeze

[SKKY]

51. "Life in a Northern Town"

Great F'n song!

[shawmut]

56. ...

:thumbsup:

[SKKY]

50. "Strobe lights pump and flicker. Dry lips cry out for more."

[Common Sense Party]

53. You'll have to take me just the way that you find me

What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn

[Common Sense Party]

54. But I can feel it coming

If you leave tonight keep running

[Common Sense Party]

55. Shallow figure, winners paid

Eleven shadows way out of place

[Arugula Latte]

57. God damn your confusion

She's got

[SacredCow]

59. REM- Pretty Persuasion....

From Reckoning- my favorite REM album!

[Common Sense Party]

61. Yeah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLODwr4BnSs

[Arugula Latte]

77. OMG, look at Stipey's beautiful angelic curls.

*sigh*

[Common Sense Party]

66. Baby ain't it somethin'

How we lasted this long
You and me
Provin' everyone wrong

[Dr Fate]

67. Do you remember Jerry Lee? n/t

n/t

[Tikki]

74. Maybe "Rock N Roll Radio"....RAMONES...

Tikki

[Dr Fate]

75. Not maybe- but YEAH! LETS GO!!!

[Common Sense Party]

69. You see I wanted her real bad and I was about to give in n/t

[Dr Fate]

71. That's when she started talking 'bout true love, started talking 'bout sin...

;)

[Common Sense Party]

73. Yee haw!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ur45vTtw0

[Common Sense Party]

72. You'd better think of something else instead

You're so afraid of being honest with yourself

[Tikki]

76. "Ooh, he speaks the languages of love....

Ooh, amore, chiamami chiamami.
Oo, appelle-moi mon cherie, appelle-moi
Anytime anyplace anywhere anyway ....."




Tikki

[Common Sense Party]

83. Took me a while

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3Q_CZy968

[Tikki]

84. Blondie was such a grand band from the 80's.

also, the late 70's.

I thought the French lyrics might be a give-away...

:)


Tikki

[Common Sense Party]

86. Nah, I always hummed through that part, so I never paid attention

to the fact there were French lyrics

[Arugula Latte]

78. Won't you show me something true today

C'mon and show me anything but this

[Arugula Latte]

79. Outside there's a box car waiting

Outside the family stew

[Common Sense Party]

114. This one took far too long.

Haven't listened to this song in years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spbsToryawY

[Arugula Latte]

80. Oh, I said "I'm so happy, I could die."

She said "Drop dead", then left with another guy.

[Sebastian Doyle]

92. Elvis Costello - The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EFVahdJiiw

[Arugula Latte]

93. Yes indeed.

:toast:

[snailly]

89. Watching in a trance

The crew is certain
Nothing left to chance

[Common Sense Party]

99. Major Tom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60p1LH3_LCo

[Catshrink]

90. 80's music sucked.

[Common Sense Party]

98. Thank you for not playing.

[CBHagman]

91. I don't believe it's all for nothing.

It's not just written in the sand.

[Common Sense Party]

103. Nothing had the chance to be good

Nothing ever could

[Mad_Dem_X]

119. "Holding Back The Years" - Simply Red

[Common Sense Party]

122. Well done! n/t

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w

[Sebastian Doyle]

111. We made the mountains shake

With laughter as we played
Hiding in our corner of the world

[Common Sense Party]

116. Arggh. I lost some hair over this one.

And I used to love this cassette.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhEE-ma-3ng

[Sebastian Doyle]

112. i'd heard a noise that made me startle

but I kept on walking down the corridor

[Arugula Latte]

115. Sir leads the troops / Jealous of youth

Same old suit since 1962

[Jade Fox]

117. If you judge a book by the cover, can you judge a look by the lover?

Song by an 80s one hit wonder group.

[Mad_Dem_X]

118. "The Look of Love" by ABC?

They actually had other hits - "Poison Arrow" and "When Smokey Sings," among others. :)

[Jade Fox]

120. Right! I forgot about Poison Arrow....

but I don't remember 'When Smokey Sings'.

[Common Sense Party]

123. They had a few minor hits.

[Arugula Latte]

121. There's nothing to stop the thief of time

Stealing the hours that keep you away