# 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:** 2
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/21 "2002-07-31T22:12:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > [15) > “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” \*\* 15 - They Might Be Giants - Build A Little Birdhouse In Your Soul 16 - Men Without Hats - Safety Dance??? 17.) Everbody’s doin’ it Please don’t let them ruin it om ---
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/22 "2002-07-31T22:55:54Z")
O.K. correction time. My number 3 was not **Jump**. But it is the Pointer Sisters. Now let’s see if I can guess any– **cmkeller** – Wham’s Careless Whisper. **Squish’s** #14 The Bangle’s Walk Like an Egyptian. **Fish’s** #11 The Police Don’t Stand So Close to Me. (I almost posted lyrics to this song in that Pit thread about looking at underaged girls.) ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/23 "2002-07-31T23:09:41Z")
Wrong on mine, Biggirl. Chaim Mattis Keller ---
**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, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/24 "2002-07-31T23:11:39Z")
Now I’m gonna try to see which ones didn’t get answered. Biggirl’s #6 The situations never change Tomorrow looks unsure Don’t leave your destinated trains What are you waiting for? Also #3 Industry don’t pay a price that’s fair All the common people breathing filthy air Roof caved in on all the simple dreams And to get ahead your heart starts pumping schemes. Fibonacci #9 In the deserts of Sudan and the gardens of Japan From Milan to Yucatan, ev’ry woman, ev’ry man knarf’s #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. Squish’s #15 “Not to put too fine a point on it But if there’s a bee in your bonnet” I hope I got 'em all. Here’s one I almost know: Max Carnage’s > [@](#): > > All I know is that, to me, you look like a lot of fun." is You Spin Me 'Round (Like a record). Can’t remember the artist. But he wore a cowboy hat. ---
**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, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/25 "2002-07-31T23:18:27Z")
All righty then, cmkeller’s 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 is still up for grabs! ---
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/26 "2002-07-31T23:32:11Z")
It came to me in a flash! You Spin Me 'Round is **Dead or Alive**. It was niggling at my brain for the last 15 minutes. I _hate_ when that happens. ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/27 "2002-07-31T23:37:56Z")
Biggirl, your # 3 is indeed the Pointer Sisters - but the song is “Neutron Dance”, not “Jump”. Here’s another from me: 1. Love’s the only thing that keeps me here You’re the reason that I’m hanging on My heart’s staying where my heart belongs Chaim Mattis Keller ---
**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:** [August 1, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/28 "2002-08-01T01:31:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > \*\*13) 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 \*\* Shannon’s “Let the Music Play” **Biggirl’s** #6 is Swing Out Sister’s “Break Out” … #19 I know baby It’s hard to be strong Just take the good with the bad And don’t think you’re alone Cause I know All your sad goodbyes Cause I’ve been there before To help you dry your eyes #20 We had broken up for good just an hour before, Uh uh uh - uh uh uh uh UH … And now I’m staring at the bodies As they’re dancing across the floor. Uh uh uh - uh uh uh uh UH … ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/29 "2002-08-01T03:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*Now I’m gonna try to see which ones didn’t get answered. > Squish’s #15 > “Not to put too fine a point on it > But if there’s a bee in your bonnet” \*\* No, **Fibonnaci** got that one right. No one’s guessed my #13: “We had some good machines But they don’t work no more I loved you once Don’t love you anymore” I _knew_ **Max Carnage** ’s–I love Dead or Alive!–but I missed it in his post. ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/30 "2002-08-01T03:30:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by knarf \* > \*\*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 \*\* Kiss Off by the Violent Femmes 1. …Visions of swastikas in my head, plans for everyone. It’s in the white of my eyes… ~V ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/31 "2002-08-01T03:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > #20 > > We had broken up for good just an hour before, > Uh uh uh - uh uh uh uh UH … > And now I’m staring at the bodies > As they’re dancing across the floor. > Uh uh uh - uh uh uh uh UH … \*\* _The Break-Up Song_ by Greg Kihn > [@](#): > > \*\*21) …Visions of swastikas in my head, plans for everyone. It’s in the white of my eyes… \*\* _China Girl_ by David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/32 "2002-08-01T04:02:04Z")
1. Dance with me across the sea And we could feel the motion of a thousand dreams 23) My name is Ted, And one day I’ll be dead yo yo. 24) Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky The lie is over Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/33 "2002-08-01T07:06:21Z")
1. Absolution is out of the question… 2. …all you’re losing is, a little mascara… 3. …all over but the shouting, just a waste of time… 4. …you be me for a while, and I’ll be you. ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/34 "2002-08-01T08:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkWriter \* > \*\*23) > > My name is Ted, > And one day I’ll be dead yo yo.\*\* I wanna be a cowboy(and you can be my cowgirl), by…uh…by…uh, I forgot. 25) Let me tell you what I say when I’m dealing with a funky sidewalk. Let me tell you what I say when I’ve got to do my funky walk. Let me tell you what I say when I’m dealing with a funky sidewalk, I say: SSHHHHHHHHHH -UGA! ~V ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/35 "2002-08-01T13:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkWriter \* > \*\*24) > > Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky > The lie is over > Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over \*\* Asia, “Only Time Will Tell” Lyrics: Then he shoots you dead And he eats your head. And then you’re in the man from Mars. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/36 "2002-08-01T13:34:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sauron \* > \*\*Lyrics: > > Then he shoots you dead > And he eats your head. > And then you’re in the man from Mars. \*\* Blondie’s “Rapture” > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by DarkWriter_ > \*\*Lyrics: > Dance with me across the sea > And we could feel the motion of a thousand dreams . \*\* The Honeydripper’s “Sea of Love” … #26 She took me to her castle And I just couldn’t believe my eyes. She had so many devices, Everything that money could buy … ---
**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:** [August 1, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/37 "2002-08-01T13:46:31Z")
_Originally posted by notcynical:_ There seems to be a theme here … \*\*Absolution is out of the question… \*\* The Replacements’ “Never Mind” \*\*…all you’re losing is, a little mascara… \*\* The Replacements’ “Little Mascara” \*\*…all over but the shouting, just a waste of time… \*\* The Replacements’ “Never Mind” **…you be me for a while, and I’ll be you.** The Replacements’ “I’ll Be You” ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/38 "2002-08-01T14:31:59Z")
#26 Prince, Darling Nikki? #27 There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup #28 cease to resist, giving my goodbye drive my car into the ocean ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/39 "2002-08-01T14:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fish42 \* > [B11) “He starts to shake, he starts to cough/Just like the old man in that famous book by Nabakov” \*\* Don’t stand so close to me by the Police #27 There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup Don’t dream its over by Crowded House My couple: No sex No drugs no wine no women… and Early morning April 4 A shot rings out in the memphis sky ---
**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:** [August 1, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744/40 "2002-08-01T14:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > **#26 Prince, Darling Nikki?** Correct > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > \*\*#27 There is freedom within, there is freedom without > Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup > \*\* Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-name-that-tune-with-me-again-1980s-edition/121744.md?page=3)