# Play Name that Tune with me again--- 1980's Edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744 "2002-07-31T19:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 31, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/1 "2002-07-31T19:18:03Z")
I like playing name the song from the lyrics game, but I’m a dinosaur and am still living in the past. I wanna play Name That Tune with songs I have a possibility of actually naming. So think back to the time of New Wave, post punk and funkadelica. Give me the artist, the title or more lyrics. Play with me! Here’s my list 'o lyrics: [ol] [li]I got my cat moves[/li]That so upsets them Zippers and buttons Fun to frustrate them [li]Yo, pretty ladies around the world[/li]Got a weird thing to show you so tell all the boys and girls Tell your brother, your sister and your mama too 'Cause we’re about to go down and you know just what to do. [li]Industry don’t pay a price that’s fair[/li]All the common people breathing filthy air Roof caved in on all the simple dreams And to get ahead your heart starts pumping schemes. Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks Religion is a light in the fog I’m not aware of too many things I know what I know, if you know what I mean, oo yeah. [li]I’ll play along with the charade[/li]There doesn’t seem to be a reason to change Y’know I feel so dirty when they start talkin’ cute I wanna tell her that I love her but the point is prob’ly moot [li] [/li]The situations never change Tomorrow looks unsure Don’t leave your destinated trains What are you waiting for?[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/2 "2002-07-31T19:44:08Z")
#4 is Edie Brickell and New Bohemians. I don’t remember the song title. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/3 "2002-07-31T20:04:21Z")
#5 Jesse’s Girl, Rick Springfield #3 Jump, Pointer Sisters ---
**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:** [July 31, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/4 "2002-07-31T20:12:24Z")
**Morgainelf** has scored two points! Yay. But she didn’t leave any lyrics. Boo. **Homebrew** gets 1/2 a point. Yay! But he didn’t leave any lyrics. Boo. The score: Morgain— 1 Homebrew-- -1/2. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/5 "2002-07-31T20:38:56Z")
1. **Word Up** , Cameo. Love this whole album. My car jammin’ tape! 2. **What I Am** , Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians 3. **Jesse’s Girl** , Rick Springfield Now guess mine! 1. Get Thai’d! You’re talking to a tourist Whose every move’s among the purest I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine 2. The Mississippi Delta was shining Like a National guitar I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the Civil War. 3. Here’s a scene You’re in the back seat laying down The windows wrap around To sound of the travel and the engine 4. Those soft fuzzy sweaters Too magical to touch. To see her in that negligee was really just too much. No Googling! ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/6 "2002-07-31T20:43:10Z")
#1 is “I Know What Boys Like” by the Waitresses The title of #4 is “What I Am” New Ones: 6) “I wish I was in Tiajuana/Eating barbecued iguana” 1. “Who do you want me to be/To make you sleep with me” ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/7 "2002-07-31T20:57:20Z")
1. Get Thai’d! You’re talking to a tourist Whose every move’s among the purest I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine One Night In Bangkok, Murray Head, from the musical CHESS. 1. “Who do you want me to be/To make you sleep with me” Don’t You Want Me Baby, Human League. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/8 "2002-07-31T21:00:55Z")
**Ellen Cherry** ’s number 3 is _You Are The Everything_ by REM. (C1) "I heard a girl one day - she had these long tight legs / She said “I get it every night, and he calls me everyday” ---
**Author:** ![Lao\_Tsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lao\_Tsu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lao_Tsu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/9 "2002-07-31T21:07:58Z")
1. Mexican Radio Wall of Vodoo. This number scheme works okay. 2. We don’t follow fashion That would be a joke You know we’re gonna set them So everyone can take note. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/10 "2002-07-31T21:16:13Z")
Eeek! My apologies for goofing up the numbering. ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/11 "2002-07-31T21:17:02Z")
2.) Graceland - Paul Simon 9.) - In the deserts of Sudan and the gardens of Japan From Milan to Yucatan, ev’ry woman, ev’ry man ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/12 "2002-07-31T21:19:42Z")
oops… Ellen Cherry’s 2.) Graceland - Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/13 "2002-07-31T21:20:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen Cherry \* > 2. The Mississippi Delta was shining > Like a National guitar > I am following the river > Down the highway > Through the cradle of the Civil War. “Graceland,” by Paul Simon. > [@](#): > > 1. Those soft fuzzy sweaters > Too magical to touch. > To see her in that negligee was really just too much. “Angel is the Centerfold”, by J. Geils Band ---
**Author:** ![knarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@knarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knarf)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/14 "2002-07-31T21:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lao Tsu \* > \*\*8) We don’t follow fashion > That would be a joke > You know we’re gonna set them > So everyone can take note. \*\* Goody Two Shoes, by Adam Ant 10 - I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record/ Oh yeah well don’t get so distressed/ Did I happen to mention that I’m impressed ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/15 "2002-07-31T21:31:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fish42 \* > \*\*# > 7) “Who do you want me to be/To make you sleep with me” \*\* “Obsession” by Animotion “All I know is that, to me, you look like a lot of fun.” ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/16 "2002-07-31T21:31:26Z")
#9: “Hit Me with Your Rhythm Sitck” by Ian Dury & The Blockheads 11) “He starts to shake, he starts to cough/Just like the old man in that famous book by Nabakov” ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/17 "2002-07-31T21:32:37Z")
**Biggirl’s** #2: “Yo, pretty ladies around the world Got a weird thing to show you so tell all the boys and girls Tell your brother, your sister and your mama too 'Cause we’re about to go down and you know just what to do.” … is from Cameo’s “Word Up” ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/18 "2002-07-31T21:41:00Z")
**Fish42’s** #11 is a cinch – The Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” Forgot to leave lyrics … #12 - Baby, Baby What’s your claim to fame? Got me outta bed When you call my name What’s this crazy place Wanna take me to? Tell me what’s the price If I go with you … ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/19 "2002-07-31T21:53:47Z")
**Bordelond** beat me to it on preview… but I don’t know his. ☹ 1. “We had some good machines But they don’t work no more I loved you once Don’t love you anymore” 1. “If you want to find a cop They’re all hanging out by the donut shop” 1. “Not to put too fine a point on it But if there’s a bee in your bonnet” 1. “We can go where we want to We can leave your friends behind 'Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance Then they’re no friends of mine” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/20 "2002-07-31T22:03:46Z")
bordelond: > [@](#): > > Baby, Baby > What’s your claim to fame? > Got me outta bed > When you call my name > What’s this crazy place > Wanna take me to? > Tell me what’s the price > If I go with you … “Misled” (or possibly “Miss Led”?) by…was it Kool & the Gang? Here’s mine: 1. Yes, he discovered/we are truly lovers/magic from the very start For true love can be proven, every time we’re movin’, even though we danced apart [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744.md?page=2)