# 80s Pop Music Trivia (an offshoot of OHWRP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590 "2000-04-04T19:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/1 "2000-04-04T19:23:00Z")
Since Coldfire and JohnLarrigan won’t start a new thread, and since the showdown between myself and Flypsyde in the Three Minute Mystery realm was a dismal failure, I create this thread. Go forth and trivialize. I’ll start. What is the lead singer and visionary behind Devo (_Whip it!_) doing in the movie industry? ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/2 "2000-04-04T19:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles: > \*\*I’ll start. What is the lead singer and visionary behind Devo (_Whip it!_) doing in the movie industry? > \*\* ## **Mark Mothersbaugh** is doing film scores for movies and TV shows. Some of his credits include: _Drop Dead Gorgeous_, _Rugrats: The Movie_, and _The Birdcage_. **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/3 "2000-04-04T19:33:00Z")
damn. Now you have to ask a question, Trout Mask. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/4 "2000-04-04T19:37:00Z")
Hmm. How’s this: What character did Debbie Gibson play in The National Touring Company’s production of _Grease_? * * * **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/5 "2000-04-04T19:40:00Z")
I believe she was going by the name of DEBORAH Gibson at that point, and she played Sandi. She has also played Eponine in Les Mis and Belle in Beauty and the Beast, both on Broadway. Challenge me. ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/6 "2000-04-04T19:41:00Z")
I believe “Deborah” was Rizzon in the National Touring Company’s version, wasn’t she? * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/7 "2000-04-04T19:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by I.M.Kierkegaard: > \*\*I believe “Deborah” was Rizzon in the National Touring Company’s version, wasn’t she? > > \*\* I meant “RizzO” of course… she was Sandy in another version, I think. I’ve been wrong many a time today already, however. * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/8 "2000-04-04T19:43:00Z")
Since SwimmingRiddles led off with a “where are they now” question: What’s the URL for Thomas Dolby’s internet music venture? * * * * * * “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” _–Satchel Paige_ ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/9 "2000-04-04T19:43:00Z")
you might be right. I know she did the touring company and broadway, I could have gotten them confused. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/10 "2000-04-04T19:43:00Z")
My source says that Ms. Gibson did indeed play Rizzo in _Grease_. SwimmingRiddles is right, though, about her going as Deborah nowadays. My bad. 🙂 * * * **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/11 "2000-04-04T19:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by rackensack: > \*\*What’s the URL for Thomas Dolby’s internet music venture? > \*\* [http://www.headspace.com](http://www.headspace.com) * * * **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/12 "2000-04-04T19:54:00Z")
TMR’s right, though not with the answer I had in mind; as you’ll discover if you click on the link, [www.headspace.com](http://www.headspace.com) now points to the new venture, [www.beatnik.com.](http://www.beatnik.com.) ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/13 "2000-04-04T19:58:00Z")
This is an easy one, but I can’t think of anything else at the moment: The group **After the Fire** had their first and only hit with a cover of the song ‘Der Kommissar’. Name the artist who originally performed it. * * * **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/14 "2000-04-04T20:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Trout Mask Replica: > **The group After the Fire had their first and only hit with a cover of the song ‘Der Kommissar’. Name the artist who originally performed it.** Falco. Don’t waste my time. 😉 * * * ## Joe Cool I don’t make sense but I’ve got my pride I need no meaning, I feel no shame I won’t believe that I’ve got no choice I’m out of control…and I love it ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/15 "2000-04-04T20:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The group After the Fire had their first and only hit with a cover of the song ‘Der Kommissar’. Name the artist who originally performed it. Falco? (Or should I say, the _late_ Falco?) You want pop triva? I gotcher damn trivia: what was the name used by British pop group Madness for their first public gig? * * * **Launcher may train without warning.** ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/16 "2000-04-04T20:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Joe\_Cool: > \*\* Falco. Don’t waste my time. 😉 > \*\* Hey, at least I didn’t ask what the first viedo ever played on MTV was. 😛 (For those of you who don’t know, it was ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by the Buggles.) Speaking of the Buggles, Trevor Horn later went on to produce this mid-Eighties one-hit wonder. The lyrics of their one hit allegedly contained references to anal sex. Name the one-hit wonder. * * * **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/17 "2000-04-04T20:12:00Z")
Producer Mitch Easter was responsible for some of the best-known college radio albums of the 80s, including discs by R.E.M., Love Tractor, and of course his own band, Let’s Active. Name Easter’s studio, in which many of these albums were recorded. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/18 "2000-04-04T20:17:00Z")
What song was performed by a band whose name was parodied by a thrash-metal group that featured fierce Tuba solos by Opus the penguin, in the comic strip “Bloom County”? name the band and the show too, if you feel like it. * * * ## Joe Cool I don’t make sense but I’ve got my pride I need no meaning, I feel no shame I won’t believe that I’ve got no choice I’m out of control…and I love it ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/19 "2000-04-04T20:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Joe\_Cool: > \*\*name the band and the show too, if you feel like it. > \*\* I meant to say the band, and the 80s sitcom that launched the song. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590/20 "2000-04-04T20:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Speaking of the Buggles, Trevor Horn later went on to produce this mid-Eighties one-hit wonder. The lyrics of their one hit allegedly contained references to anal sex. Name the one-hit wonder. Hmmm… Frankie Goes To Hollywood? That’s my best guess. > [@](#): > > What song was performed by a band whose name was parodied by a thrash-metal group that featured fierce Tuba solos by Opus the penguin, in the comic strip “Bloom County”? > name the band and the show too, if you feel like it. My best shot in the dark is… _bang_ Billy and the Boingers? * * * The Sleeper has AWAKENED! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-pop-music-trivia-an-offshoot-of-ohwrp/15590.md?page=2)