# I Can Name That 70's/80's Tune in Ten Words! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049 "2005-04-06T16:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 6, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/21 "2005-04-06T18:14:23Z")
42Fish: F1 - Love is Like Oxygen - (The) Sweet F2 - More, More, More - Andrea True Connection ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/22 "2005-04-06T18:31:49Z")
BG12. around with my head hanging down and I wonder ---
**Author:** ![poeticyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@poeticyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poeticyde)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/23 "2005-04-06T19:24:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > BG12. around with my head hanging down and I wonder “Who’s Lovin’ You” by the Jackson 5? Here’s mine: “nobody dreamed that he would try to take it so” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/24 "2005-04-06T19:37:02Z")
> [@RumMunkey](#): > > “Wound up, can’t sleep, can’t do anything right little honey…” _Fire Woman_ - The Cult “…talk about the teachers that you hate…and she says…” ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/25 "2005-04-06T20:50:01Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > “…talk about the teachers that you hate…and she says…” HB: **Good Girls Dont (But** _I’m Not A Girl And_ **I Do) - The Knack** In keeping with the teacher theme: JB: … **His Son Is In High School, There’s Nothing He’s Learning** … ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/26 "2005-04-06T20:56:01Z")
> [@poeticyde](#): > > “nobody dreamed that he would try to take it so” **Oingo Boingo** ’s _Only A Lad_ In Keeping With The ‘Johnny’ Theme: JB2: **And Tonight On Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert A New Phenomenon** ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/27 "2005-04-06T21:07:32Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > JB2: **And Tonight On Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert A New Phenomenon** Blue Oyster Cult - the Marshall Plan My clue: “Clues that you leave behind. Save me from these reminders” ---
**Author:** ![strangecurrencies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@strangecurrencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/strangecurrencies)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/28 "2005-04-06T22:48:25Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > The Clash, “Straight to Hell” > > 1. Is it so frightening to have me at your shoulder? Jethro Tull, “Bungle in the Jungle” ---
**Author:** ![strangecurrencies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@strangecurrencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/strangecurrencies)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/29 "2005-04-06T22:58:37Z")
1. (?) But I can live and breathe and see the sun ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/30 "2005-04-07T00:52:34Z")
What no “We didn’t start the fire clues” ? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/31 "2005-04-07T13:36:27Z")
> [@strangecurrencies](#): > > 1. (?) But I can live and breathe and see the sun “In A Big Country,” Big Country F3: “Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity. We can be…” ---
**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:** [April 7, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/32 "2005-04-07T13:39:36Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > F3: “Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity. We can be…” “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” - Blue Oyster Cult Next: “…and I don’t want to change your life, but there’s…” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/33 "2005-04-07T14:45:37Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Next: > > “…and I don’t want to change your life, but there’s…” “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” England Dan & John Ford Coley F4: “…you own a big chunk of the bloody third world…” ---
**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:** [April 7, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/34 "2005-04-07T14:54:17Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” England Dan & John Ford Coley > > F4: “…you own a big chunk of the bloody third world…” “Middle of the Road” - The Pretenders Next: “A look at her face and there isn’t a trace” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/35 "2005-04-07T16:35:45Z")
Hey you two, get a room! I look at her face and there isn’t a trace. . . is that terrible John Travolta song. Let Her In, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/36 "2005-04-07T17:34:49Z")
My new one: 1. Open up the window sucker, let me catch my breath. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/37 "2005-04-07T18:52:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My new one: > > 1. Open up the window sucker, let me catch my breath. Mama Told Me (Not To Come)- Three Dog Night 1. He said “little girl, you can chop off my legs…” ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/38 "2005-04-07T19:43:43Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > 1. He said “little girl, you can chop off my legs…” Tricky… I think that one is from the 90s… and I _think_ it’s **Phish**? (I could be _really_ wrong on that one, it’s been a long, long time). No one has gotten my clue yet (post 27), are there others that still haven’t been figured out? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/39 "2005-04-07T19:54:50Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > My clue: > > “Clues that you leave behind. Save me from these reminders” That would be “New Moon on Monday” - Duran Duran Here’s mine: “…the Hyatt House. I don’t want to talk about it.” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/40 "2005-04-07T20:08:23Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “…the Hyatt House. I don’t want to talk about it.” “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me,” Warren Zevon F5: “When I say she was cool, she was red hot.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049.md?page=3)