Hey, anyone remember the that kerrrazy '80s lyric quiz I posted a week or so ago (and got a slap on the wrist about)? Well here are those answers in (almost) full. If anyone has any comments on this (of the "Huang Chung were great, weren't they?" variety), please do NOT, I repeat NOT post them to the list. Well, that's my disclaimer over anyway. Mum, your shredded wheat is showing! NB You may notice the occasional alphabetic tendencies of the artists, which leads me to believe a spot of reference-book scanning may have gone into the compilation of the quiz... 1) I need your love tonight, not just a hand to hold... Mai Tai - Body & Soul 2) I must have left my house at eight because I always do... Abba - The Day Before You Came (as covered by Blancmange) 3) Welcome to the great republic, guess I should show you round, where once I was a king but now I am a clown... ABC - King Without A Crown 4) Every night she walks right in my dreams since I met her from the start... Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine 5) She goes out every night 'til the morning is light, and she sleeps all day... Matt Bianco - Get Outta Your Lazy Bed 6) Look at my hopes look at my dreams and the currency we've spent.... Pet Shop Boys - Rent 7) All your dreams help you forget, you ain't never danced a step... Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock & Roll 8) I can feel the earth begin to move, I hear my needle hit the groove Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums 9) Why should it be, that my heart's under lock and I can't find the key... Style Council - Wanted 10) I cry in my sleep (cry boy, cry boy)... Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up 11) You don't have to say you love me, you don't have to say you care... Transvision Vamp - Baby, I Don't Care 12) Nobody knows me, but I'm always there... UB40 - One In Ten 13) Arms intwined, the chosen few, the newspaper says.... it's true.... we can break through.... U2 - New Year's day 14) Out of my head to say the things I said, I didn't mean a word... Luther Van Dross - Really Didn't Mean It 15) I said "a fine man", she said "So arrogant - I will decide where I go or I don't go"... Hue & Cry - Looking For Linda 16) The tears I cry aren't tears of pain, they're all to hide my hidden shame... Human League - Human 17) I was standing, you were there, two world collided... INXS - Never Tear Us Apart 18) Laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder, under the covers... Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Booze, Cocaine And Tubs Of Ice Cream 19) Subject me to the truth to the heartache and pain, until my mind is twisted... Johnny Hates Jaz - I Don't Wanna Be A Hero 20) By a tree near a river there's a hole in the ground.... Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 21) I say I think I ought to go, she answers yes, but I say no... The Art Company - Suzannah 22) Here it comes again, chugging like a train, round and round, the same old tune... Level 42 - Hot Water 23) I won't be here when you come home, I'm sorry if you don't understand forgive me if you can... Er..... no, still don't know this one. 24) You got style, that's what all the girls say... Madonna - Dress You Up 25) So now it's over, he's got a heart made out of stone... Mai Tai - History 26) Soldiers of fortune by some other name... Meatloaf - Rock & Roll Mercenaries 27) What's your definition of dirty baby, what do you consider pornography.. George Michael - I Want Your Sex 28) Woah, makes me want to dance, woah, it's a new romance... Best Years Of Our Lives - Modern Romance 29) We're going to find a way, find a way to get a way, this time... England World Cup Squad '82 - This Time (We'll Get It Right) 30) We're no strangers to love, you know the rules and so do I... Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up 31) P.E.R.S.P.E.C.T.I.V.E, is no mystery... Aztec Camera - How Men Are 32) A walk in the park can become a bad dream... Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting 33) Just like that murder in '73, just like that robbery in '62... The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In 34) Nothing is certain in a changing world... Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins 35) It's all the same, only the names have changed... Nob Job Bovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive 36) Tonight I need your sweet caress, hold me in the darkness, Breathe - Hands To Heaven 37) Take a look at me, wired to a machine... Five Star - System Addict 38) When the chips are down, I'll be around, with my undying death defying love for you... Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 39) Change your heart to a little white dove, more than a feeling... Huey Lewis and his News - The Power Of Love 40) If you said jump I'd say "how high", if you said run I'd run and fly... Debbie Gibson - We Could Be Together 41) This could be the last time, I think I said that last time... Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence 42) Now and then when I see her face it takes me away to that special place... Guns N'Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 43) You're out of time, and I'm out of my head when your not around... Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch 44) Here comes the 21st century, it's going to be much better for a girl like me... Debbie Harry - I Want That Man 45) Boys, now the times are changing the going could get rough... Japan - Quiet Life 46) There's only two things that you can't hide from - you and the ground you're walking on... Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk 47) And the music don't feel how it felt when I felt it with you... Womack & Womack - Teardrops 48) I went though some nights concerned by the shadows, I was crippled emotionally George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waitin' 49) You're breathing in fumes I taste when we kiss... Depeche Mode - Stripped 50) Every time in rains, I have you here in my head... Kate Bush - Cloudbustin' RAH! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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