New Wave 80's Lyrics Answers

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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As promised:

  1. Blondie - Island of Lost Souls
  2. Devo - Freedom of Choice
  3. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
  4. Howard Jones - New Song
  5. Lindsey Buckingham - Dancin’ Across the USA
  6. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
  7. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
  8. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
  9. Berlin - The Metro
  10. Boys Don’t Cry - I Wanna be a Cowboy
  11. The B-52’s - Private Idaho
  12. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
  13. Duran Duran - Rio
  14. Bananarama - Shy Boy
  15. Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)
  16. The Tubes - Prime Time
  17. Spandau Ballet - True
  18. Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over
  19. Joboxers - Just Got Lucky
  20. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
  21. Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
  22. Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing
  23. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
  24. Timbuk 3 - My Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
  25. Madness - Our House
  26. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
  27. Level 42 - Something About You
  28. Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
  29. A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing
  30. Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind
  31. Human League - Don’t You Want Me
  32. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
  33. Falco - Der Kommissar (yes, “After the Fire” is also an acceptable answer)
  34. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
  35. Pete Shelley - Homosapien
  36. Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat
  37. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man’s Party
  38. Go-Go’s - Vacation
  39. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
  40. Frank and Moon Unit Zappa - Valley Girl
  41. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
  42. The Normal - Warm Leatherette
  43. Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas?
  44. The Pretenders - Back On the Chain Gang
  45. The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
  46. Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
  47. Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now?
  48. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
  49. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
  50. Animotion - Obsession
  51. EBN-OZN - AEIOU and Sometimes Y
  52. Oxo - Whirly Girl
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  1. Pet Shop Boys - Go West
  2. Nena - Ninety-Nine Red Balloons
  3. Nena - Neunundneunzig Luftballöne (trick question!)
  4. Mylene Farmer - Désenchantée
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“56. Mylene Farmer - Désenchantée”

As I did this for the other thread, might as well do it here. The literal translation of “désenchantée” is disenchanted. If I weren’t so damned lazy I would go find a better word for it, but I am so I’m not (yeah . . . ).

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this’ll be out of order since mattk didn’t post his answers here (ahem, matt ;))

61 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
62 The Bluebells - Cath
63 The Bangles - Hero Takes A Fall
64 Aztec Camera - Oblivious
65 Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
66 Orange Juice - Louise Louise
67 The Bodines - Therese
68 Felt - Primitive Painters
69 The Fun Boy Three - The Tunnel Of Love
70 Everything But The Girl - Native Land

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  1. Todd Rundgren - Time Heals (I know he’s not New Wave, but the song is)
  2. The Fixx - Stand or Fall
  3. ABC - The Look of Love
  4. Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
  5. Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
  6. Roxy Music - More Than This
  7. The Motels - Only the Lonely
  8. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
  9. Aha - Take On Me
  10. Sparks - Cool Places
  11. Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
  12. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
  13. The Police - Invisible Sun
  14. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
  15. The Kinks - Come Dancing
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Anthracite, you are my new lesbian hero for picking a Tubes song, and from that best of all possible albums Remote Control.

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It’s a great song, one of my Top 20 80’s songs. The Tubes were kinda underappreciated, so you’re probably the only one that got that one.

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Shoot! I’ve just now come across this 80s music thread by accident! I’m a DJ at a college radio station and my show is “The Spandex Years” - all 80s music! In fact, I’m doing a Laurie Anderson special this Wednesday. Would anyone like to make a requst?

Patty

http://radio.cwru.edu

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And just how many lesbian heroes (heroines?) do you have in your life right now? :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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Just one, and you are it. I deliberately left the ‘hero’ in the unisex (though some would say masculine, I find that outdated) form because I don’t know if you are butch or fem.

Oh, and Fee is back with the Tubes and they tour now - they totally kick ass, I can’t recommend them highly enough. I also saw Fee had some solo stuff on mp3.com

OK, enough fan grovelling. Back to the lesbian hero[ine] worship.

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  1. “Shipbuilding” Robert Wyatt (written by E Costello);
  2. “Jeanette” The (English) Beat;
  3. “No Bulbs” The Fall (I’ll be very surprised if you got that!);
  4. “Just Like Honey” the Jesus and Mary Chain;
  5. “Grass” XTC;
  6. “From a Whisper to a Scream” Costello & Tillbrook;
  7. “Killing Moon” Echo & the Bunnymen;
  8. “Happy Birthday” Altered Images (bonus points for knowing the connection to “Red Dwarf”!)
  9. “What Presence?” Orange Juice. Coolest single of the 80s;
  10. “King Car” The 3 Johns;
  11. “Your Girlfriend is What I Like Best About You”, the Special AKA;
  12. “Enola Gay” Orchestral Manoevers in the Dark;
  13. “W.O.R.K.” Bow Wow Wow;
  14. “Kiss Me on the Bus” Replacements;
  15. “Wot!” Captain Sensible;
  16. “Love Will Tear Us Apart” Joy Division;
  17. “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” The Jam;
  18. “Didn’t You Kill My Brother?” Alexi Sayle;
  19. “I Say Nothing” Voice of the Beehive;
  20. “California Kid” The Beat Farmers (RIP Country Dick Montana);
  21. “The Man With the Lightbulb Head” Robyn Hitchcock;
  22. “It Says Here” Billy Bragg.
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Sorry, don’t mind me.

I thought this was a music thread.

I return you now to your early MTV lives.

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The Tubes are playing a free show at the taste of Minnesota today. I told my boss I needed to cut out early to see 'em. I saw Modern English last night and Frankie Goes to Hollywood the previous night. Gotta love free shows, especially bands that you wouldn’t really pay to see now, but that you go to and enjoy oneself

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Since you asked, fem in dress and attitude in general, but butch if I get pushed around by people.

Rodd Hill, when I get home I’ll find some more, including some Kid Creole and the Coconuts.

Thanks everyone for reading!