# AUGH, what is this 80's song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786 "2005-01-14T23:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/61 "2005-01-16T02:42:07Z")
Man, an 80’s music joke thread, and not one mention of Flock of Seagulls… tch tch tch tch tch ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/62 "2005-01-16T03:08:06Z")
They ran. That’s why they’re not here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/63 "2005-01-16T03:51:29Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > The older word for **rio** in Spanish is **guadal** - so **Guadalcanal** is really “river canal” - a tautology worthy of… Duran Duran. > I’m just sayin’ So the song we are looking for in Guadalcanal by Duran Duran? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/64 "2005-01-16T04:00:59Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > They ran. That’s why they’re not here. 🙂 A-Ha. Looks like something we need to FIXX before they reach the beach. Because, as you well know, one thing leads to another. And, apparantly, they were’t willing to take on me. What a soft cell. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/65 "2005-01-16T05:53:46Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > They ran. That’s why they’re not here. 🙂 Because they raaaaaan. They ran so far away. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/66 "2005-01-16T05:54:47Z")
But I thought they couldn’t get away? I know this much is true. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/67 "2005-01-16T06:42:58Z")
I think the song is “Where Is My Mind” by The Pixies. _Anyone that spends more than 5 minutes a day at Ars Technica will get that one._ ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/68 "2005-01-16T07:09:04Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > No, her name was Sandy. She was a dancer in Rio at a club called Duran Duran. Oh, yeah. I’ve seen her on the beach, and I’ve seen her on TV. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/69 "2005-01-16T09:39:51Z")
No jokes here, just wanted people to know I’m going to see Duran Duran in May, or it might be March 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/70 "2005-01-16T09:44:37Z")
> [@klintypooh](#): > > No jokes here, just wanted people to know I’m going to see Duran Duran in May, or it might be March 🙂 … …will they be playing _Rio_, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/71 "2005-01-16T09:47:50Z")
No, they only played it once. In 196… No, I won’t do it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/72 "2005-01-16T09:58:48Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > No, her name was Sandy. She was a dancer in Rio at a club called Duran Duran. No. Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl. This thread is a rio -t ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/73 "2005-01-16T12:10:43Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And here I was opening this thread to answer “Fernando” by **ABBA**. That was my first guess, too, when I first saw this thread, and then I wondered how I could be so silly. I guess there was something in the air that night. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/74 "2005-01-16T12:34:25Z")
> [@klintypooh](#): > > No, they only played it once. In 196… > > No, I won’t do it. > > 😃 It was late December back in '63, what a special time for me Oh what a night ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/75 "2005-01-16T12:39:28Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > This thread is a rio -t And now, I am singing “_Her name is Rye-O, and she dances on the sand_…” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/76 "2005-01-17T15:15:24Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > No. > Her name was Lola. > She was a showgirl. But that was thirty years ago when they use to have a show. Now it’s a disco… but do they ever play that song with a three-letter title by that good-looking, well-dressed New Wave group? ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/77 "2005-01-17T16:21:15Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > but do they ever play that song with a three-letter title by that good-looking, well-dressed New Wave group? I think you might be thinking of “Rio” by Duran Duran. I could be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/78 "2005-01-18T00:59:41Z")
> [@](#): > > When come back bring Rio. > [@](#): > > I, for one, welcome our New Wave overlords. Simpsons? You mean Lisa Lisa? No? Ah, que sera, que sera. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/79 "2005-01-18T05:53:54Z")
I think that Black Flag did a song called “Rio by Duran Duran.” It ended with the sounds of the singer getting strangled. I was in a band that covered that song, but only when club owners said that the set was too short and refused to pay us unless we got back on the bandstand. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/80 "2005-01-18T15:22:43Z")
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