…and the memories come pouring in… Now I know why people my parent’s age feel so nostalgic about late 50’s/early 60’s music. Man, I had some great times in the 80’s. Thanks for the walk down memory lane - Anthracite et al!
Oops! That should be:
- “Is it worth it? A new winter coat and shoes for the wife, and a bicycle on the boy’s birthday…”
- “I understand, Just a little, No comprende, It’s a riddle…”
***Mexican Radio - Wall of voodoo - “Standing there alone, The ship is waiting, All systems are go, Are you sure?…”
***Major Tom - Peter Schilling - “Sometimes I feel I’ve got to run away, I’ve got to get away, From the pain…”
***Tainted Love - Soft Cell - “And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile…”
** Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads - “I was on a Paris train, I emerged in London rain…”
***Metro - Berlin - “Riding on the range, I’ve got my hat…on, I’ve got my boots…dusty…”
** I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Dont Cry - “Cherry ice cream smile, I suppose it’s very nice…”
***Rio - Duran Duran - “In time it could have been so much more, But time is precious I know…”
**Time - Culture Club - “Sometimes you’re better off dead, There’s a gun in your hand and it’s pointing at your head…”
**West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys - “I don’t see you guys rating the kind of mate I’m contemplating, I’d let you watch, I would invite you, but the queens we use would not excite you…”
*** One Night In Bangkok -0 Murry Head (from the musical Chess) - “I’ve got your picture, I’ve got your picture, I’d like a million of you over myself, I asked the doctor to take your picture, So I can look at you from inside as well…”
** Turning Japanese - The Vapors - “I got a job waiting for my graduation, 50 thou’ and year will buy a lot of beer, Things are going great, And they’re only getting better…”
***Future’s so bright (I gotta wear shades) - Timbuk 3 - “Father gets up late for work, Mother has to iron his shirt then she sends the kids to school, Sees them off with a small kiss…”
*** Our House - Madness - “And a perfect dream of life, Gone, Fragile but free we remain tender together, If not so in love, And it’s not so wrong, We’re only human after all…”
*** Something About You - Level 42 - “If I, I get to know your name, Well if I, could trace your private number, Baby, All I know is that to me you look like you’re lots of fun, Open up your loving arms I want some, want some…”
*** You Spin Me (right round)- Dead Or Alive - “You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, When I met you…”
*** Don’t You Want Me - ??? - “Down in the street there is violence, And a lots of work to be done, No place to hang out our washing, And I can’t blame all on the sun, oh no…”
*** Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant - “You look in his eye, And you’ll know why, The more you live, The faster you will die…”
*** Der kommissar - After The Fire - “Welcome to your life, There’s no turning back, Even while we sleep, We will find you, Acting on your best behavior…”
**Everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears - “I’m all dressed up with nowhere to go, Walking with a dead man over my shoulder…”
***Dead Man’s Party - Oingo Boingo - “Can’t seem to get my mind off of you, Back here at home there’s nothin’ to do, Now that I’m away, I wish I’d stayed…”
*** Vacation - The Go-Go’s - “On Ventura, there she goes, She just bought some bitchin clothes, Tosses her head ‘n flips her hair, She got a whole bunch of nothin’ in there…”
***Valley Girl - Frank and Moon Zappa - “In my mind and in my car, We can’t rewind we’ve gone to far, Pictures came and broke your heart, Put the blame on VTR…”
***Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles - “Make no sound, tiptoe across the floor, If he hears, he’ll knock all day, I’ll be trapped and here I’ll have to stay…”
***Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work - “Modern medicine falls short of your complaints, Ooh, try a little harder, You’re moving in circles, won’t you dilate, Baby try - Hey girl, move a little closer…”
***Too Shy - Kajagoogoo - “Ah we can go when we want to, the night is young and so am I, And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet and surprise 'em with the victory cry…”
***Safty Dance - Men Without Hats - “I was walking up Broadway you know, and there’s this incredible looking Swedish girl having a Cappuccino across the street from Lincoln Center, I started talking to her you know - She said her name was Lola…”
***A-E-I-O-U Sometimes Y - ??
I can’t believe you’d leave out:
- “Jonny, go get your gun… cuz the commies are in our hemispphere today. Ivan, go fly your MiG, Because the yankee imperialists have come to play…”
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“Orange Crush”, REM
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“Hey Now”, Crowded House
And I’ll add this: -
“Cold water in your face, brings you back to this awful place…”
Holy crap, Mr. Hill. I only got three of them.
Many thanks to everyone posting these - I will collect all the Q&A’s, and maybe put them on the web somewhere when this thread does die, yes?
Now BurnMeUp, you’re supposed to post the answer in the other thread, you bad boy!
That French lyric is not from an English song and to my knowledge has never been translated into English. Just a hint.
#1 - Blondie, “Island Of Lost Souls”. The only song I’m aware of that rhymes “buccaneer” with “truck in gear”.
#50 - Animotion, “Obsession”.
#79 - A-ha, “Take On Me”
#83 - The Police, “Invisible Sun”
Perhaps the quizmasters can list the numbers that haven’t been solved yet, make it a little easy on the rest of us? Please?
Anth, if I weren’t married and you weren’t gay, I’d propose right here. This is my kinda music! I KNEW nobody would get #42- Warm Leatherette by The Normal How old are you, BTW?
And if I weren’t in the process of slowly converting pepperlandgirl, I would accept!
I’m 31 BTW. 
OK, this is an old thread but I’ve only just got a computer back and I have some catching up to do 
Rodd, I don’t know a lot of yours, I’m embarrassed to admit (though like you I will probably also kick myself when I look up the answers) but here we go:
- Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon
- Altered Images - Happy Birthday
- Orange Juice - What Presence
- OMD - Enola Gay (I have this as my mobile ringtone!)
- damn - I know this, just can’t think of it right now…
- Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Voice Of The Beehive - I Say Nothing
- Billy Bragg - It Says Here
OK, now I’m going to go look up the ones I missed …
102 is “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” by the Jam.
- “I wanna Be A Cowboy”, ?
- “Just Got Lucky”, Joe Boxers (sp?)
- “Wishing (if I had a photograph)”, Flock of Seagulls
- “Don’t You Want Me, Baby?”, Human League
- “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, Tears for Fears
- “Rock the Casbah”, the Clash
- “Back on the Chain Gang”, the Pretenders
- “Who Can It Be Now?”, Men at Work
- “Safety Dance”, Men Without Hats
- “Look of Love”, ABC
- “Only the Lonely”, the Motels
- “Cool Places”, Sparx w/Jane Wiedlin (sp?)
Had a bunch more, but you guys got 'em already. I love this music!