# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/121 "2005-01-20T20:21:56Z")
> [@Pashnish Ewing](#): > > I can’t figure it out, but there’s something about this thread…that makes me sweat. Well, that’s a new sensation. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/122 "2005-01-20T21:52:15Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Has anyone linked to this [80s lyrics quiz](http://www.yetanotherdot.com/asp/80s.html) yet? Methinks the people in this thread might do pretty well. When I took it a couple weeks ago, I got a score of 85, but there are a couple I would contest due to spelling and whatnot. Bonus: If you get #83 right, it gives you a special Straight Dope shout-out! I sucked at that quiz, and I also got damned (-30%) for being born before Woodstock…46.5. I also got #84 wrong because none of you guys are any fricken help! The max score is 227.3, if you happen to be 10 years old or a big lyin’ cheet-o. Anyways… I might like you better if we slept together. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/123 "2005-01-20T22:45:54Z")
> [@Greg Charles](#): > > Beat it! No, whip it. Whip it good! 😉 I managed a 96 on the test-had a few :smack: moments while reading the answer page, though. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/124 "2005-01-20T23:15:27Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Anyways… I might like you better if we slept together. I know what boys like. I know what guys want. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/125 "2005-01-20T23:31:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Has anyone answered the OP’s question yet? Don’t leave me hanging on like a solo! Can’t stop…must post… “Don’t leave me Han-ning on like a Solo…” Couldn’t stop myself! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/126 "2005-01-20T23:31:41Z")
I got 89.5. It probably would have been worse if I hadn’t liked that Human League song. Also, who picked Whip and who picked Push? I went with Push. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/127 "2005-01-20T23:34:44Z")
I got 89.5. It probably would have been worse if I hadn’t liked that Human League song. And yes, I did have the Miami Vice sound track. Also, who picked Whip and who picked Push? I went with Push. ---
**Author:** ![Pez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5e9695/32.png) [@Pez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pez)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/128 "2005-01-21T00:09:40Z")
Can somebody give the material answer to the **OP** in the material world? ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/129 "2005-01-21T00:31:42Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > No. > Her name was Lola. > She was a showgirl. > > This thread is a rio -t Did you meet her in a pub down in old Soho? Where they drink champaigne and it tastes just like cherry cola? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/130 "2005-01-21T01:04:21Z")
> [@Warnas](#): > > Blame It On Rio, by the way, was an excellent movie for fourteen year old boys who really weren’t seeing enough titties on TV. This was before the Internet, y’know. > > I still have that movie on VHS somewhere… or rather, just the scene where she takes a polaroid of herself on the bed. I like the way her rio sort of duran-durans when she puts her arm over her head. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/131 "2005-01-21T01:27:20Z")
Hah! I hope everyone here got the answer to #83. > [@80s music test](#): > > 1. Warm smell of [] Rising up through the air > Ok either 1)You’ve read The Straight Dope or 2)You are a god. Either way 10 points. 🆒 I only got 64.4 total, but then, when I was born the decade was halfway over. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/132 "2005-01-21T01:29:55Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Bonus: If you get #83 right, it gives you a special Straight Dope shout-out! Oh right. I didn’t see this the first time around, sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/133 "2005-01-21T01:59:48Z")
1. “The '80s are my life”. But y’know, some of those songs were _covers_… ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/134 "2005-01-21T02:27:19Z")
If I tell you it was Rio by Duran Duran … … could we have kippers for breakfast? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/135 "2005-01-21T05:00:19Z")
I dunno, I think it’s **Oir** , by **Narud Narud** , but I could be confused. ---
**Author:** ![Skott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/136 "2005-01-21T08:41:55Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > No. > Her name was Lola. > She was a showgirl. I think you got the lyrics mixed up… _Her name was Rio - She was a dancer With some ice cream in her smile and a mirror, western style She would sand dance and twist a river She saw two billion stars While shining from afar Across a wide expanse She would do her dance She was special and she looked the best Who could ask for more?_ (chorus) _At the Rio, Rio Grande The hottest spot with all of the lawmen At the Rio, Rio Grande Steppin’ and flickin’, they were already stricken Across the Rio Grande… they fell in love_ (bridge) I don’t remember the rest, though… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/137 "2005-01-21T14:03:55Z")
> [@Rhubarb](#): > > If I tell you it was Rio by Duran Duran … > > … could we have kippers for breakfast? No. They gotta have 'em in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/138 "2005-01-21T16:43:58Z")
I got 147.5 on the test but that’s cuz I’m special, so special and I gotta have some of your affection. Give it to me. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/139 "2005-01-21T17:38:37Z")
Working jointly, my wife and I got 122.5, with no age bonuses. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/140 "2005-01-22T02:40:55Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > “Don’t leave me Han-ning on like a Solo…” > > Couldn’t stop myself! [nitpick] Don’t leave me hanging on like a _yo-yo_. 'Cause I’m not planning on going solo. [/nitpick] (I got a 119 on the quiz. Who knew it was spelled “Jessie’s Girl”?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786.md?page=8)