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

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/09/2019 15:47

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

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 30/09/2019 17:56

Guilty

What’s the full name of Birmingham all woman band Fuzzbox?

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tommyshaircut · 30/09/2019 18:16

We've got a fuzzbox and we're going to use it ??
Who's first album was Fantastic ?

tommyshaircut · 30/09/2019 18:21

The Ade Emondson one is Fuzzbox- international rescue

wowfudge · 30/09/2019 18:22

Wham!

Who had Love on a Farm Boy's Wages

WildRosie · 30/09/2019 20:11

XTC

Who was the winner of the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest ? What was the song ? Which country ?

tommyshaircut · 30/09/2019 20:12

Was it Nicole from Germany with 'a little peace' ?
What was the uk entry that year ?

WildRosie · 30/09/2019 20:25

Correct. I know the British 1982 entry but I'll let someone else answer.

WildRosie · 30/09/2019 21:13

To hell with it. Waited long enough. It was One Step Further by Bardo ( a kind of Bucks Fizz duo).

What was the name of the short-lived duo formed by Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman ?

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 30/09/2019 21:22

Well it wasn't 10cc...

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woodhill · 30/09/2019 21:34

I know the hit

Building a bridge to your heart?

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 30/09/2019 21:40

Cheryl Baker's real name is Rita I think.

Who is Derek Dick better known as?

SomethingSpecialzz · 30/09/2019 21:45

Derek Dick: Man out of marillion

What style council song started with.... we don’t have to take this crap...

woodhill · 30/09/2019 21:46

Walls come tumbling down

rosegoldwatcher · 30/09/2019 21:48

Derek Dick is Fish from Marillion?
Who did Elizabeth Frazer record with (and what song title) never to be released due to his untimely death?

woodhill · 30/09/2019 21:48

Whose album was Pelican West?

SomethingSpecialzz · 30/09/2019 21:51

Elizabeth f; coctaou twins

Who was billy Bragg talking about politics to on his album...

SomethingSpecialzz · 30/09/2019 21:52

Sorry billy Bragg talking about poetry not politics...

FatLassNumber1 · 30/09/2019 21:58

Pelican West - was that Haircut 100?

Who sang Boxerbeat?

rosegoldwatcher · 30/09/2019 22:04

@SomethingSpecialzz - No!
All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun with Jeff Buckley.

WildRosie · 30/09/2019 22:04

JoBoxers.

Zoom was a 1982 hit for Fat Band.

PloptheBarnOwl · 30/09/2019 22:12

The Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman duo was called Wax. They did indeed have a hit with Bridge to Your Heart.

Which supermodel released a (ruddy awful) hit album in 1994?

xsquared · 30/09/2019 22:20

Naomi Campbell

What was the name of said album?

wowfudge · 30/09/2019 22:23

Zoom - Fat Larry's Band
Naomi Campbell

Name Tight Fit's follow up to The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

CandyLeBonBon · 30/09/2019 22:46

Fantasy island

What was the name of the model in billy ocean's video 'get out of my dreams'?

isabellerossignol · 01/10/2019 08:42

Was Naomi Campbells album called something like Swan. Or The Swan.

Or was that her attempt at breaking into the world of literature?