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80s and 90s pop quiz - answer one, ask one...

372 replies

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/09/2019 15:47

City of origin of the band ‘they might be giants’... and go...

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xsquared · 30/09/2019 00:29

Whip it good - Divo

xsquared · 30/09/2019 00:56

The song "Shaddup you face" prevented which artist and song from reaching the number one spot in 1981?

custardbear · 30/09/2019 03:37

Vienna

Which band named themselves after a line from a Scritti Politti song?

  • ref the question a while back, Green Gartsides real name is Paul Strohmeyer
custardbear · 30/09/2019 03:38

Ultravox.... (see below)

Bluesheep8 · 30/09/2019 05:51

@custardbear....I will be watching for the answer to the scritti politti question, it's going to bug me all day!

custardbear · 30/09/2019 06:16

😉

isabellerossignol · 30/09/2019 07:02

Wet Wet Wet named themselves after a line from a Scritti Politti song

KatherineJaneway · 30/09/2019 07:50

Which band named themselves after a line from a Scritti Politti song?

There She Was after the song, Boom! There She Was.

Who sang 'You're givin' me the chills, baby, please baby don't'

custardbear · 30/09/2019 08:13

@Bluesheep8 @isabellerossignol got it right - Wet Wet Wet 🥳

KatherineJaneway · 30/09/2019 08:49
Confused
kalinkafoxtrot45 · 30/09/2019 09:10

Toni Basil - Mickey

What was Duran Duran’s 2nd single release?

rosegoldwatcher · 30/09/2019 09:19

@custardbear - correct - Paul Strohmeyer - changed to Gartside. (He lived in my hometown in the early 70s.

custardbear · 30/09/2019 10:20

@rosegoldwatcher - I'm so jealous!! I LOVED Green when I was younger - wish they'd done more stuff!

KatherineJaneway · 30/09/2019 11:10

Careless Memories

Who sang 'If This Is It'?

WildRosie · 30/09/2019 11:14

Huey Lewis and The News.

Who sang I Am The Beat ?

woodhill · 30/09/2019 11:16

The look

Who did "Walk out to Winter"?

bookwormsforever · 30/09/2019 12:31

Aztec Camera! Fantastic track.

Which two bands sang Only You in the 80s?

isabellerossignol · 30/09/2019 12:35

Only You was Yazoo and The Flying Pickets

WildRosie · 30/09/2019 13:00

What was The Flying Pickets' follow-up single ?

KatherineJaneway · 30/09/2019 13:14

When You're Young and in Love

Apart from The Power Of Love, what was the other Huey Lewis and The News song on the Back to the Future soundtrack?

TinDogTavern · 30/09/2019 13:38

Back in Time

What was the surname of the Five Star family?

xsquared · 30/09/2019 13:53

Pearson?

xsquared · 30/09/2019 13:54

Only know because Gary Davies keeps playing an audio clip of her every week on Sounds is the 80s.

xsquared · 30/09/2019 13:58

What is the name of the single and artist in which Ade Edmonson appeared as Durand Durand in the music video of?

WildRosie · 30/09/2019 17:53

Pass. Can I get this going again please ? Sorry, xsquared !

What is the name of Barbra Streisand's 1980 album that has Barry Gibb all over it ?