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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 9

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 08/08/2020 10:00

Ok folks here we go again!

Post a few lines of lyrics with the decade & let the rest of us have a go at guessing the song & artist.
Songs from 70s, 80s 90s. 😊

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VictoriousSockPuppet · 09/08/2020 02:43

@Honeyroar

It’s Let’s Groove Tonight, isn’t it? Don’t know the artist as usual!

@VictoriousSockPuppet I haven’t heard Trumpton Riots for ages. My friend loved them. I wasn’t that keen!

I LOVE HMHB.

Seen them live.

VictoriousSockPuppet · 09/08/2020 02:49

@TwigTheWonderKid

Two of mine *@VictoriousSockPuppet*:

So far, so good, so close, yet still so far

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Well the truth may need some
Re-arranging
Stories to be told
And, plain to see, the facts are changing
No meaning left to hold

Both 1983

top one is waterfront. Simple Minds. Still gutted it got cancelled.

Is the second one Human League. Not sure which one. Fascination???

Honeyroar · 09/08/2020 05:08

The truth may need some rearranging one makes me think Human League - Keep feeling fascination?

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Honeyroar · 09/08/2020 05:10

Beaten by victorious sock puppet!

SingingBabooshkaBadly · 09/08/2020 08:31

@VictoriousSockPuppet

Don't kid yourself, they belong to you They're the start of the coming race The earth is a bitch We've finished our news Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use

70s

I should be in bed!

Morning.

David Bowie, Oh You Pretty Things

KatherineJaneway · 09/08/2020 08:46

@VictoriousSockPuppet

Your heart has called me closer to you I will be all that you need

80s

Anita Baker- Sweet Love?
KatherineJaneway · 09/08/2020 08:47

You can try hard (aah-ahh-ah)
Don't mean a thing (aah-ahh-ah)

80's

SingingBabooshkaBadly · 09/08/2020 08:59

Well done Twig, yes, Sexy Boy by Air.

Here’s more of the two no one got - there’s a connection between the three:

There seem to have been a gazillion versions of this but the one I remember was a big U.K. hit in 1977s 70s.

If I had my way she’d be back today
But she don’t intend to see me again
What can I do?
‘Cause I, I’m feeling blue
I can’t choose
It’s too much to lose.

This next one you may not know remember/know. It was a top ten hit mid 70s but a sort of Radio 2 type song, male singer, only U.K. hit as far as I know. My mum loved it so much that we played it at her funeral (it’s not a sad song) My best work friend, who had come along to support me, despite never having met mum and not knowing a sole there except DH and me, said it was a song he’d completely forgotten but that it had been his favourite song when he was five years old so it could ring a bell for someone here!

It makes me think of my mum and happy childhood days so it’s now a happy-sad song for me...

Each night my voice happens to sneak
Through your transistor radio, ho-ho-ho
I'm just a secret you can keep
And no one ever needs to know
You're in that city far away
I'm on the ship way out at sea
You got some problems you can't face
So leave them behind, any place

SingingBabooshkaBadly · 09/08/2020 09:04

@KatherineJaneway

You can try hard (aah-ahh-ah) Don't mean a thing (aah-ahh-ah)

80's

That’s It Ain’t What You Do It’s the Way That You Do It, Fun Boy Three and Bananarama, Katherine.
KatherineJaneway · 09/08/2020 09:17

Yes @SingingBabooshkaBadly 👍

KatherineJaneway · 09/08/2020 09:19

I ask you the questions but you tell me lies
'Cause all of the time, you're just full of surprise
Please tell me, please tell me if all this is true
'Cause deep down inside, all I wanted was you

80's

Honeyroar · 09/08/2020 10:02

@KatherineJaneway that’s Modern Romance - Best Years of our Lives! I loved it back in the day!😃

TwigTheWonderKid · 09/08/2020 10:04

Yes, @VictoriousSockPuppet and @Honeyroar, Simple Minds Waterfront and Human League (Keep feeling)! Fascination.

TwigTheWonderKid · 09/08/2020 10:40

My baby's in there someplace, love's rating in the sky
70s

shinynewapple2020 · 09/08/2020 11:05

@SingingBabooshkaBadly

Is your first song Black is Black ?

CoffeeBeansGalore · 09/08/2020 11:09

Morning all

I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine and I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
1970s

@SingingBabooshkaBadly It's lovely that you have a song which brings back sweet memories of your mum. Sorry for your loss Flowers

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Honeyroar · 09/08/2020 11:12

@CoffeeBeansGalore
I don’t know yours @SingingBabooshkaBadly but that’s a lovely story.

Honeyroar · 09/08/2020 11:13

@CoffeeBeansGalore that’s Queen - You’re my best friend (wrote it on the post above but it’s gone!!

CoffeeBeansGalore · 09/08/2020 11:17

@Honeyroar Correct 👍😊

@SingingBabooshkaBadly Didn't know yours but googled it & then found on YouTube for a listen. Made me smile. The singer was the voice of Pepe Le Peu!

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TwigTheWonderKid · 09/08/2020 11:40

Jumble sales are organized
And pamphlets have been posted
Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted
80s

NeedToKnow101 · 09/08/2020 11:42

Morning just checking in a bit hungover Confused

Honeyroar · 09/08/2020 12:09

Morning @NeedToKnow101. Hope you had a good night then!😃

NeedToKnow101 · 09/08/2020 12:47

@Honeyroar

Morning *@NeedToKnow101*. Hope you had a good night then!😃
@Honeyroar thanks! I did, but am paying for it now! EnvyConfused
KatherineJaneway · 09/08/2020 13:01

[quote Honeyroar]@KatherineJaneway that’s Modern Romance - Best Years of our Lives! I loved it back in the day!😃[/quote]
@Honeyroar

Me too Smile I still have the 7" inch vinyl

SingingBabooshkaBadly · 09/08/2020 16:36

@shinynewapple2020 -yes that’s right 🌟

@CoffeeBeansGalore thanks for the kind words and I’m so glad it made you smile - it’s a sweet little smile-inducing song (the person commenting on YouTube is wrong about Pepe Le Pew though 😊)