# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/41 "2004-10-02T14:55:28Z")
Oh yeah, here’s mine. FG1 - “You talk, talk, talk about suffering and pain your mouth is bigger than your entire brain” FG2 - “here’s a ticket one way Cincinnati, I’m sendin’ you home to your ma and your daddy” FG3 -“They don’t care about my inclinations, they’re not frightened by my revelations” FG4 - “I may be greasing the wheels in a noisy factory I may be hunched over metal machines” FG5 - “Samurai they smile never – serious–pretty swords–very clever” ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/42 "2004-10-02T22:27:28Z")
**MR8** : _Face to face/My reflection in your eyes/I was scared to say too much…_ [ul][li]Call Me - Go West[/ul][/li] **SF4** : _Friday night I just got back/Had my eyes closed, dreamin’ 'bout the past_ [ul][li]Million Miles Away - Goo Goo Dolls (but their version was a cover, right?)[/ul][/li] **JBW1** : _O Yeah, the moon beautiful. The sun even more beautiful_ [ul][li]Oh Yeah - Yello[/ul][/li] **NDP 2** : _There’s a city in my mind / Come along and take that ride_ [ul][li]Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads[/ul][/li] **NDP 3** : _The king called up his jet fighters / He said you better earn your pay_ [ul][li]Rock the Casbah - The Clash[/ul][/li] **FG1** : _You talk, talk, talk about suffering and pain your mouth is bigger than your entire brain_ [ul][li]Capitalism - Oingo Boingo[/ul][/li] **FG3** : _They don’t care about my inclinations, they’re not frightened by my revelations_ [ul][li]Little Girls - Oingo Boingo[/ul][/li](Anyone else sense a trend in FilmGeek’s offerings?) > [@MsRobyn](#): > > Half-credit for this one. It is Wang Chung, but it’s not Hypnotize Me. Try again. Argh. I had to drag out the CD. It’s “Let’s Go” which is supposed to have an exclamation point in it, but I’m not capable of being that twee, dammit! So, taking up my self-assigned duties, I think it’s recap time! 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? SF3: Honey why you always smile/When you see me hurt so bad? 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 RN1: And the perverted fear of violence/ chokes the smile on every face DM1: My life’s not over, please get out. I know I’m shouting, I like to shout! NDP 4: Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back / And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac (Tentatively answered but unconfirmed) FG2: Here’s a ticket one way Cincinnati, I’m sendin’ you home to your ma and your daddy FG4: I may be greasing the wheels in a noisy factory I may be hunched over metal machines FG5: Samurai they smile never – serious–pretty swords–very clever ---
**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 3, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/43 "2004-10-03T00:37:57Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > “Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back / And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac” > > Springsteen, Cadillac Ranch? Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/44 "2004-10-03T01:09:15Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > TL2: They say we’re crazy but I just don’t care… “They Don’t Know” - Tracey Ullman ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/45 "2004-10-03T06:55:24Z")
SF3: “Ways to Be Wicked” by Lone Justice. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/46 "2004-10-03T06:57:20Z")
Oops! Forgot the others: DM1: “I Confess” by the English Beat. FG4: “Wild Sex in the Working Class” by Oingo Boingo. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/47 "2004-10-04T13:20:21Z")
TL4: I’m not so tough, but if you let me down… The Outfield, Say It Isn’t So 🆒 ---
**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 4, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/48 "2004-10-04T14:12:51Z")
**Manatee** - yes, you are correct. **TeaElle** - half credit. Originally recorded by The Plimsouls. It showed up in the movie _Valley Girl_, but didn’t get on that soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/49 "2004-10-04T18:08:27Z")
I feel so _old!_ For your amusement for about 14 seconds, the quintessential 80’s song: DR1 - 'Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance Well they’re no friends of mine ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/50 "2004-10-04T18:23:28Z")
A little time with my nearly maxed out iTunes library revealed a few more of these to me. I thought we were sticking with **hit** songs, people. As in, made a chart _somewhere_. Geez. **MG1** : _I’m so afraid I’ll lose you if I can’t seduce you_ [ul][li] **Johnny Are You Queer?** - Josie Cotton[/ul][/li] **RN1** : _And the perverted fear of violence/ chokes the smile on every face_ [ul][li] **Road to Hell** - Chris Rea[/ul][/li]And **Delores Reborn** , you make it too easy! **DR1** : _'Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance /Well they’re no friends of mine_ [ul][li] **Safety Dance** - Men Without Hats[/ul][/li] **Mr. Blue Sky** and **Dung Beetle** ’s responses to TL2 and TL4 were correct. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/51 "2004-10-04T18:37:05Z")
**The heads that turn, make my back burn…** ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958/52 "2004-10-06T04:37:40Z")
**RM1** : _The heads that turn, make my back burn_ [ul] **She Sells Sanctuary** - The Cult[/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-game/266958.md?page=2)