# 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:** 3
**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 7, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/41 "2005-04-07T20:20:18Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > F5: “When I say she was cool, she was red hot.” _The Boys Are Back In Town_ “…movie or a measure? I’ll have a cup of tea…” ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/42 "2005-04-07T20:26:34Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > No one has gotten my clue yet (post 27), are there others that still haven’t been figured out? Just to consolidate the unsolved into one post (And renumbering to avoid ahalf dozen 11’s): Posted by **Biggirl** : U1. lost the key. So little left for you and me. U2. Carried your books from school playin’ make believe you’re married U3. to me you’re worth what you have within. I don’t U4. .Just one touch. Just one look. A dangerous dance. One Posted by **woodstockbirdybird** U5. Bacon and cigarettes, a lousy dinner Posted by **Mr. Blue Sky** U6. tonight, a little wine, a little candlelight, just for you U7. Things that they say, Just don’t make it right, If U8. not get another chance, You know the night is fallin’ Posted by **Futile Gesture** U9. Semaphore out on the floor messages from outer space deep Posted by **John BckWLD** U10: …His Son Is In High School, There’s Nothing He’s Learning… Posted by **Airman Doors USAF** U11. He said “little girl, you can chop off my legs…” ---
**Author:** ![Arhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@Arhat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arhat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/43 "2005-04-07T20:30:47Z")
“…movie or a measure? I’ll have a cup of tea…” [/QUOTE] Dreaming - Blondie A1: Why don’t you split the squares and love me instead? ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/44 "2005-04-07T20:50:03Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Posted by **Biggirl** : > U2. Carried your books from school playin’ make believe you’re married Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You > [@](#): > > U8. not get another chance, You know the night is fallin’ Steve Miller Band - Swingtown > [@](#): > > Posted by **Airman Doors USAF** > U11. He said “little girl, you can chop off my legs…” Did I get this one wrong? I very probably did, and I might have been thinking of another song. Be back in a moment with new clues. ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/45 "2005-04-07T20:58:40Z")
Er… I suppose I should make a more official guess at U11: Phish - Esther (I _think_). My new clues: “with next-door’s school every term, that is the rule” “seem to get from me but just like a child” “I only know what to discuss of for anything but” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/46 "2005-04-07T21:45:51Z")
Well , WTH? I’ll toss a few out there: “…the winter looked the same as if it never had…” “…and the first thing that I saw was a rainbow…” “…died for somebody’s sins but not mine! Melting in…” “…lying in the grass and she could hear the highway…” ---
**Author:** ![CatsCradle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cab0a1/32.png) [@CatsCradle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatsCradle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/47 "2005-04-07T23:12:02Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > U4. .Just one touch. Just one look. A dangerous dance. One **I’ve Been In Love Before** - Cutting Crew I’ll throw in: _When all faith is gone, I fight myself to carry…_ ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/48 "2005-04-07T23:17:33Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > “…lying in the grass and she could hear the highway…” And She Was – Talking Heads And mine: “…anger, I know your dreams. I’ve been everything you want…” ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/49 "2005-04-07T23:33:24Z")
No answers, but more: “…to be in England in the summertime with my love…” “…like a sportscar, God I want you, like a fuel…” “…the years went by, the times had changed, I grew…” “…oh, he blew his lines facing the camera, he suffered…” “…I didn’t notice but it had got very dark and…” ---
**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, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/50 "2005-04-07T23:33:47Z")
Thank you **42fish**. I kinda like the numbering convention started by— I don’t remember-- where everybody numbers their own with an initial. It’s easier to keep track. I was going to suggest this in the OP, but it seemed like hubris to think there’d be a bunch of replies. Like this: > [@42fish](#): > > Just to consolidate the unsolved into one post (And renumbering to avoid ahalf dozen 11’s): > Posted by **Biggirl** : > > BG1. lost the key. So little left for you and me. > BG2. Carried your books from school playin’ make believe you’re married > BG3. to me you’re worth what you have within. I don’t > BG4. .Just one touch. Just one look. A dangerous dance. One > > Posted by **woodstockbirdybird** > WB5. Bacon and cigarettes, a lousy dinner > > Posted by **Mr. Blue Sky** > MBS6. tonight, a little wine, a little candlelight, just for you > MBS7. Things that they say, Just don’t make it right, If > MBS8. not get another chance, You know the night is fallin’ > > Posted by **Futile Gesture** > FG9. Semaphore out on the floor messages from outer space deep > > Posted by **John BckWLD** > JB10: …His Son Is In High School, There’s Nothing He’s Learning… > > Posted by **Airman Doors USAF** > AD11. He said “little girl, you can chop off my legs…” If **Mr. Blue Sky** adds another clue, it would be numbered MBS9. Mine would be BG5. Sounds good? ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/51 "2005-04-07T23:43:37Z")
**FG9** Hyperactive— Thomas Dolby. I lurve my GTA:VC disc set. ---
**Author:** ![Arhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@Arhat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arhat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/52 "2005-04-07T23:43:46Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > “…I didn’t notice but it had got very dark and…” Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin A2: on fire don’t touch me I’m a real live wire ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/53 "2005-04-07T23:45:04Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > **FG9** Hyperactive— Thomas Dolby. > > I lurve my GTA:VC disc set. Dammit! I meant to include the clue: Semaphore out on the floor messages from outer space deep ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/54 "2005-04-07T23:50:41Z")
A2:on fire don’t touch me I’m a real live wire Talking Heads’ Psyco Killer kiss kiss say. Please don’t correct me. I know it’s French. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/55 "2005-04-08T01:03:26Z")
Hey, Biggirl? It’s French. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Arhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@Arhat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arhat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/56 "2005-04-08T01:28:42Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Please don’t correct me. I know it’s French. I wouldn’t dream of correcting you. I’m just pleased someone responded to my submission. Mercy buckets. ---
**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 8, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/57 "2005-04-08T01:32:23Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > A2:on fire don’t touch me I’m a real live wire > Talking Heads’ Psyco Killer kiss kiss say. Holy Shit! I’ve done gone made a smilie. Kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/58 "2005-04-08T02:59:16Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > “…and the first thing that I saw was a rainbow…” I’m thinking this is Joni Mitchell’s “Chelsea Morning,” but it’s not quite the way I remember it. Here’s what I recall: _Woke up, it was a Chelsea Morning, and the first thing that I saw Was the sun through yellow curtains and a rainbow on the wall…"_ Of course, it could be something else entirely, too, in which case, I’ll do an imitation of Emily Latella: “Never mind.” Aside to **Biggirl** : I always liked these lyric games of yours. Thanks for starting another one! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/59 "2005-04-08T13:14:16Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > “…died for somebody’s sins but not mine! Melting in…” ooh! ooh! “Gloria” by Patti Smith. (what an awesome song!) ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049/60 "2005-04-08T13:47:48Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > No answers, but more: > > “…to be in England in the summertime with my love…” “Close to the Edit” The Art of Noise F6: “I didn’t know you wrote such bloody awful poetry.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-70s-80s-tune-in-ten-words/298049.md?page=4)