# 80's music game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958 "2004-10-01T00:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/21 "2004-10-01T16:20:08Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > “I met a strange lady/She made me nervous/She took me in and gave me breakfast.” Men At Work ’ “Down Under” SF-1 “Vegetarians against the clan, every woman againnst every man…” ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/22 "2004-10-01T17:13:50Z")
I got a couple more, then I’ll stop until I can solve more than just one: SF-2 “At least you won’t have time to be bored” SF-3 “Honey why you always smile/When you see me hurt so bad?” SF-4 “Friday night I just got back/Had my eyes closed, dreamin’ 'bout the past” ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/23 "2004-10-01T19:24:11Z")
**DB1: Now who’s this Don Juan I been hearing of?** Rick Springfield - Don’t talk to strangers MG1: I’m so afraid I’ll lose you if I can’t seduce you MG2: No sex no drugs no wine no women MG3: I knew at a glance there’ll always be a chance for me ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/24 "2004-10-01T19:28:48Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > MG2: No sex no drugs no wine no women MG2 The Vapors “Turning Japanese” (covered in the '90s by Material Issue w/Liz Phair) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/25 "2004-10-01T19:32:00Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > SF-2 “At least you won’t have time to be bored” Midnight Oil’s _Power & The Passion_. (That charted?) JBW-1 (prompted by a recent thread): _O Yeah, the moon beautiful. The sun even more beautiful"_ ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/26 "2004-10-01T19:53:47Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > “Hazy Shade of Winter” by the Bangles. It’s also a cover of song from the 60’s by Simon and Garfunkel. Oops. :smack: Well ya learn something new every day. > [@TeaElle](#): > > TL2: They say we’re crazy but I just don’t care… Almost sounds like Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Jefferson Starship, but I’m going to kick myself if it’s a different song with a similar lyric. How about: CB2: “Is it cloak and dagger/could it be spring or fall” CB3: “Jennifer’s singing Stand By Me/and she knows every single word by heart” ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/27 "2004-10-01T19:56:28Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Midnight Oil’s _Power & The Passion_. (That charted?) > > JBW-1 (prompted by a recent thread): > _O Yeah, the moon beautiful. The sun even more beautiful"_ Charted? :smack: Well, guess you should disregard all of mine, then. Stupid Sean, not reading the whole OP. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/28 "2004-10-01T23:40:47Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > How about: > CB2: “Is it cloak and dagger/could it be spring or fall” > CB3: “Jennifer’s singing Stand By Me/and she knows every single word by heart” CB2: “These Dreams” by Heart CB3: “Make Me Lose Control” by Eric Carmen Shameless plug alert: Y’all can hear my 80s show tonight at 10 p.m. EDT [on WSYC-FM](http://www.wsyc.org/webcast.html). Robin ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/29 "2004-10-01T23:53:35Z")
**RO1** : _You lift me up, like the sweetest cup I’d share with you._ [ul][li]Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds[/ul][/li] **MR5** : _Meet me in a restaurant/Meet me up on top of the world/Meet me and we’ll talk the language of love…_ [ul][li]Hypnotize Me - Wang Chung[/ul][/li] **CB3** : _Jennifer’s singing Stand By Me/and she knows every single word by heart_ [ul][li]Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen[/ul][/li]Okay, recap time! Still to be answered (I’m sneaking in a couple new ones here TL5 -TL7 to give us an even 15 open): US1: Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams - blinded by me, you can’t see a thing. TL2: They say we’re crazy but I just don’t care… TL4: I’m not so tough, but if you let me down… TL5: Just trust in what we’re feeling / Never leave, ‘cause baby I believe… TL6: You never get any older / I wish that you could be nearer TL7: Don’t leave your destiny to chance, what are you waiting for? MR6: Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce the high-hat… (Answered but unconfirmed) MR8: Face to face/My reflection in your eyes/I was scared to say too much… SF1: Vegetarians against the clan, every woman againnst every man… SF3: Honey why you always smile/When you see me hurt so bad? SF4: Friday night I just got back/Had my eyes closed, dreamin’ 'bout the past MG1: I’m so afraid I’ll lose you if I can’t seduce you MG3: I knew at a glance there’ll always be a chance for me JBW1: O Yeah, the moon beautiful. The sun even more beautiful CB2: Is it cloak and dagger/could it be spring or fall ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/30 "2004-10-02T00:05:59Z")
CB2: Is it cloak and dagger/could it be spring or fall This is Heart’s \* These Dreams\*. I’ll throw out “Jungle life, you’re far away from nothing” ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/31 "2004-10-02T00:17:33Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > Okay, recap time! Still to be answered (I’m sneaking in a couple new ones here TL5 -TL7 to give us an even 15 open): > > US1: Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams - blinded by me, you can’t see a thing. Actually, you already answered that one way up in post #3, oops. > [@](#): > > MR6: Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce the high-hat… (Answered but unconfirmed) This one I’m sure of. (Nenah Cherry) > [@](#): > > CB2: Is it cloak and dagger/could it be spring or fall This one was killing me because I could sing the next line in my head but I couldn’t get past that part. Thank **JSexton** for answering that one and putting my head to rest. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/32 "2004-10-02T00:20:22Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > **MR5** : _Meet me in a restaurant/Meet me up on top of the world/Meet me and we’ll talk the language of love…_ > [ul][li]Hypnotize Me - Wang Chung[/ul][/li] Half-credit for this one. It is Wang Chung, but it’s not Hypnotize Me. Try again. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/33 "2004-10-02T00:20:42Z")
US1: **Metallica** , _Master of Puppets_ RN1 shall be: And the perverted fear of violence/ chokes the smile on every face ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/34 "2004-10-02T00:22:00Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > This one I’m sure of. (Nenah Cherry) It was “Buffalo Stance” by Neneh Cherry. I confirmed that earlier. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/35 "2004-10-02T00:26:37Z")
SF1: Vegetarians against the clan, every woman against every man… Joe Jackson, “One to One.” That should be “Klan,” though. S1: And there’s a woman in the kitchen / Cleaning up the evening slop ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/36 "2004-10-02T00:27:41Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I’ll throw out > “Jungle life, you’re far away from nothing” Baltimora, “Tarzan Boy”. “I feel like I’m callin’ on the telephone; no one can hear the ringing!” ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/37 "2004-10-02T03:02:35Z")
“Hourglass” by Squeeze. “My life’s not over, please get out. I know I’m shouting, I like to shout!” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/38 "2004-10-02T06:04:08Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > S1: And there’s a woman in the kitchen / Cleaning up the evening slop “Pink Houses” by John Cougar Mellencamp Here’s a few more: NDP 2: “There’s a city in my mind / Come along and take that ride” NDP 3: “The king called up his jet fighters / He said you better earn your pay” NDP 4: “Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back / And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac” (BTW, shouldn’t this thread be in Cafe` Society?) ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/39 "2004-10-02T13:56:41Z")
\*\*NDP 3: “The king called up his jet fighters / He said you better earn your pay”[/] The Clash - Combat Rock ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/40 "2004-10-02T14:49:08Z")
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