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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 4

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ProseccoBubbleFantasies · 18/06/2020 23:05

Put up a line or two from a song for people to guess.

For example:

Is there anybody out there trying to get through?
My eyes are so cloudy I cant see you

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Iggi999 · 19/06/2020 12:23

Close, right band - song was message in a bottle Smile

Honeyroar · 19/06/2020 12:25

Oh well, I usually get the ding but not who sang it! So it’s a change. 🤣

Honeyroar · 19/06/2020 12:26

song not ding!!

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Iggi999 · 19/06/2020 12:28

I strayed into the 70's for that one Grin

CoffeeBeansGalore · 19/06/2020 14:30

@wowfudge 👍

ssd · 19/06/2020 14:43

@Iggi999 yes, I love it too 😊

ssd · 19/06/2020 14:48

Read while the letters still remain.
Sip from the wine of youth again.
Oaths made in silence still return.

Fleamaker123 · 19/06/2020 14:58

Looking back at the photographs
Those summer days spent outside corner cafes..
Oh, I could write you paragraphs.
About those old.....

(Great thread! This is from '78)

ssd · 19/06/2020 15:17

Parisienne walkways, was this by thin lizzy, or the singer by himself? Great guitar, I remember.

Fleamaker123 · 19/06/2020 16:04

Yes @ssd it was Gary Moore, amazing guitar solo

Fleamaker123 · 19/06/2020 16:06

Like walking in the rain and the snow
When there's nowhere to go
And you're feeling like a part of you is dying

ssd · 19/06/2020 16:17

I'm singing this but what's it called ^^ Confused

ssd · 19/06/2020 16:19

Things we do for love!!

But who sang it, am almost tempted to say Leo Sayer but am sure it's not him?

wowfudge · 19/06/2020 16:40

Wash your mouth out! It's the fabulous 10cc. Though to be fair to Leo he had some good songs and was a great singer.

secretmeetingsundertrees · 19/06/2020 16:44

@SingingBabooshkaBadly

You get under my skin I don’t find it irritating
another girl another planet - the only ones
Fleamaker123 · 19/06/2020 16:48

Yes both correct Smile
Here's another classic..

I feel like a kid with a teenage crush on a school day
(On a school day afternoon)
I feel like the lead in Romeo and Juliet

ssd · 19/06/2020 17:04

The things we do for love again?!?

ssd · 19/06/2020 17:07

Ignore me

I'm singing this too but can't recall the name, I'm better at new romantic stuff Blush

Willow2017 · 19/06/2020 17:54

@Fleamaker123

Yes both correct Smile Here's another classic..

I feel like a kid with a teenage crush on a school day
(On a school day afternoon)
I feel like the lead in Romeo and Juliet

'Never let her slip away' Andrew Gold Yeah I got one😁

Will post and find someone beat me to it!

Willow2017 · 19/06/2020 17:58

So listen to me girl 'Cause I've been there
(Listen to me girl 'Cause I've been there)
And cast aside those feelings of dispair

ProseccoBubbleFantasies · 19/06/2020 18:12

Which ones are outstanding? None I know I don't think.

why not think about times to come?
and not about the things you've done

although you're miles and miles away I see you every day^

Don't know what I want
But I know how to get it
I want to destroy the passerby

Too hot, too greedy

You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you say

Bitter words mean little to me
Autumn winds will blow right through me

All different songs.

Happy Friday, everyone

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Fleamaker123 · 19/06/2020 18:14

Yes @Willow2017
Written by 10cc so that's why it's familiar @ssd

Willow2017 · 19/06/2020 18:15

why not think about times to come?
and not about the things you've done
Fleetwood Mac Dont Stop

although you're miles and miles away I see you every day^

Don't know what I want
But I know how to get it
I want to destroy the passerby

Too hot, too greedy
Wuthering Heights Kate Bush

You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you say

Bitter words mean little to me

Iggi999 · 19/06/2020 18:16

There are so many miserable 70s love songs that I think are great Grin
Here's one from 1979:

You left in the rain without closing the door
I didn't stand in your way
Now I miss you more than I missed you before,
Where I'll find comfort, God knows

Iggi999 · 19/06/2020 18:18

although you're miles and miles away I see you every day^

That's together in Electric dreams isn't it, Georgio Moroder (?) and Phil Oakey