- Gloria _ U2
(Cos Wim snipped me, … that’s 3)
- Foreigner - I want to know what love is
- Don Henley - boys of summer
- The Cars - drive
Lotta easy ones here. I’ll stop.
I’ll take 16.
Summer of 69. Bryan Adams
I’m back…and so is the quiz…continuing our journey through the 80s
- You were lonely and you needed a friend / And he was there at the right time with the right smile / Just a shoulder to lean on / Someone to tell you it’ll all work out alright
Don’t Let Him Steal Your Heart Away / Phil Collins / Azza78
- I could feel at the time / There was no way of knowing / Fallen leaves in the night / Who can say where they´re blowing
More Than This / Roxy Music / Koala
- When I was a young boy / I wanted to sail around the world / That’s the life for me, living on the sea / Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe
Six Months In A Leaky Boat / Split Enz / wimmera1
- Hey hey, the clouds are whey / There’s straw for the donkeys / And the innocents can all sleep safely / All sleep safely
Senses Working Overtime / XTC / wimmera1
- I’m all out of hope / One more bad dream could bring a fall / When I’m far from home / Don’t call me on the phone
Eyes Without A Face / Billy Idol / Koala
- Who’s on the seventh floor / Brewing alternatives / What’s in the bottom drawer / Waiting for things to give
The Cutter / Echo And The Bunnymen / Captain Jack
- People, wasting away in paradise / Going backward, once in a while / Moving ahead, falling behind / What do you believe, what do you believe / What do you believe is true
Power And The Passion / Midnight Oil / Bloodstained Devils
- It happened one summer, it happened one time / It happened forever, for a short time / A place for a moment, an end to dream / Forever I loved you, forever it seemed
Suddenly Last Summer / The Motels / Koala
- You consider me the young apprentice / Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes / Hypnotized by you if I should linger / Staring at the ring around your finger
Wrapped Around Your Finger / The Police / BAAKKEERRRR
- I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh / What hijacked my world that night / To a place in the past / We’ve been cast out of? Oh oh oh oh
Back On The Chain Gang / The Pretenders / BAAKKEERRRR
- Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal / It was a long march from cadets
I Was Only 19 / Redgum / BAAKKEERRRR
- All around me are familiar faces / Worn out places, worn out faces / Bright and early for their daily races / Going nowhere, going nowhere
Mad World / Tears For Fears / Bruceboss
- I try to sing this song / I…I try to stand up / But I can’t find my feet / I try, I try to speak up / But only in you I’m complete
Gloria / U2 / Bloodstained Devils
- Clean shirt, new shoes / And I don’t know where I am goin’ to / Silk suit, black tie / I don’t need a reason why
Sharp Dressed Man / ZZ Top / Azza78
- I get up in the evening, and I ain’t got nothing to say / I come home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way
Dancing In The Dark / Bruce Springsteen / Bruceboss
- I got my first real six-string / Bought it at the five-and-dime / Played it 'til my fingers bled
Summer Of '69 / Bryan Adams / brem06
- Who’s gonna tell you when it’s too late / Who’s gonna tell you things aren’t so great / You can’t go on / Thinking nothing’s wrong
Drive / The Cars / mrjez
- Kids out driving Saturday afternoon pass me by / I’m just savoring familiar sights / We share some history, this town and I / And I can’t stop that long forgotten feeling of her
Flame Trees / Cold Chisel / Bloodstained Devils
- Nobody on the road / Nobody on the beach / I feel it in the air / The summer’s out of reach
Boys Of Summer / Don Henley / mrjez
- I gotta take a little time / A little time to think things over / I better read between the lines / In case I need it when I’m older
I Gotta Know What Love Is / Foreigner / mrjez
- Phil Collins - Don’t let him steal your heart
- ZZ Top - Sharp dressed man
- Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
- Suddenly Last Summer - Motels?
- Drive - The Cars
I think you’ve found our era, swoodley.
Could have knocked off at least half the quiz myself.
Just two to go…numbers 2 & 6 (I thought that number 6 might be a bit trickier)
- More Than This - Roxy Music
- The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen.
No # 6 was easy enough, l just hadn’t seen the quiz. l have been in transit once more, time out for a couple of days. Back to Baguio for trip # 5.
No # 6 was easy enough, l just hadn't seen the quiz. l have been in transit once more, time out for a couple of days. Back to Baguio for trip # 5.You may be right CJ...but nobody else got it :)
6. The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen.
Well fkn done CJ … new respect. There aren’t too many Echo &The Bunnymen fans around.
A little trivia for those that haven’t heard them, “Echo” was the drum machine.
Psych Furs CJ???
No # 6 was easy enough, l just hadn't seen the quiz. l have been in transit once more, time out for a couple of days. Back to Baguio for trip # 5.
Yeah, saw that one after my self imposed 3 limit.
Can’t quote my own post, but I got #17 on the last page, haha.
Can't quote my own post, but I got #17 on the last page, haha.yeah...my bad...fixed it now though
No probs.
Continuing through the 80s (I’m finding this quite fascinating as I look back at the music I liked during this period…so different to what I listen to these days):
- Watch the world argue / Argue with itself / Who’s going to teach me / Peace and happiness
Dancing On The Jetty / INXS / wimmera1
- I choose my friends only far too well / I’m up on the pavement, they’re all down in the cellar / With their government grants and my I.Q. / They brought me down to size, academia blues
Perfect Skin / Lloyd Cole And the Commotions / McGoved
- Some boys kiss me / Some boys hug me / I think they’re ok
Material Girl / Madonna / wimmera1
- Up there on the platform / He is speaking to the people / The people are responding / With clapping and a’cheering
When The Generals Talk / Midnight Oil / Bloodstained Devils
- We are young / Heartache to heartache we stand / No promises, no demands
Love Is A Battlefield / Pat Benatar / Bargey
- Dearly beloved / We are gathered here today / To get through this thing called life / Electric word life
Let’s Go Crazy / Prince / Koala
- He’s laughing with another girl / And playing with another heart / Placing high stakes, making hearts ache / He’s loved in seven languages
Smooth Operator / Sade / Azza78
- Layin’ in the after glow / I only want to learn what you know / But now you’re leavin’ / How many hearts must you break
Only When You Leave / Spandau Ballet / wimmera1
- Sittin’ right behind me / I could smell her perfume / It was somethin’ I’d smelled before
Drive, She Said / Stan Ridgway / BAAKKEERRRR
- I have a picture / Pinned to my wall / An image of you and of me and we’re laughing and loving it all
Hold Me Now / Thompson Twins / Bargey
- One man come in the name of love / One man come and go / One man come, he to justify / One man to overthrow
Pride (In The Name Of Love) / U2 / Bargey
- Move yourself / You always live your life / Never thinking of the future
Owner Of A Lonely Heart / Yes / Bloodstained Devils
- I’ve waited hours for this / I’ve made myself so sick / I wish I’d stayed asleep today / I never thought this day would end
Close To Me / The Cure / mrjez
- These mist covered mountains / Are a home now for me / But my home is the lowlands / And always will be
Brothers In Arms / Dire Straits / Captain Jack
- I try not to stand too close to myself / I try not to listen to the things I say / They say there’s no such thing as self-abuse / But you wonder how I can be trusted
Man Overboard / Do Re Mi / swooper
- Now there was a time when they used to say / That behind every - “great man” / There had to be a - “great woman”
Sisters (Are Doing It For Themselves) / Eurythmics / Captain Jack
- I’ve been lonely / I’ve been waiting for you / I’m pretending and that’s all I can do
What About Love / Heart / Koala
- I kiss the ground on which you walk / I kiss the lips through which you talk / I kiss the city of New York / Where I first met you
Like Wow - Wipeout / Hoodoo Gurus / Bloodstained Devils
- A winter palace / From the Arabian nights / White waves on an ocean / Gems from a golden age
No Promises / Icehouse / wimmera1
- I could see it was a rough-cut Tuesday / Slow-motion weekdays stare me down / Her lipstick reflex got me wound / There were no defects to be found
Freeze Frame / J. Geils Band / Koala