80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 9

[CoffeeBeansGalore]

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. 😊

No, you were right Fleamaker, it was the Opportunity Knocks clue that gave it away 😂

The 70's have a lot to answer for 😂

[quote Honeyroar]@Fleamaker123 your first one is Ebola Gay OMD.
The other one rings a bell. Is it Driving away from home? As usual I don’t know who! Male.[/quote]

That's a new one @Honeyroar Ebola Gay

Glad your first day was good, honey.

What's still outstanding?

These two from my actors category are still outstanding @VictoriousSockPuppet

This one is a mid 70s one hit wonder. I remember the chorus but, to be honest, if someone else had posted these lyrics I wouldn’t have had the foggiest. I’ve added some more lines (which wouldn’t have helped me!)

You feel like Steve McQueen
When you're driving in your car
And you think you look like James Bond
When you're smoking your cigar
It's so bizarre you think you are
The new kind of James Dean
But the only thing I've ever seen of you
Was a commercial spot on the screen

The second one is a bit of a sneaky one. As I mentioned before, this is a song I know really well (well enough to be able to sing every word). You probably do as well. If I’d posted any other lyric you’d know it instantly. This comes at the beginning. I hadn’t heard it until about four years ago. Sometimes it features if you google the lyrics to this song. Sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s definitely there, but, like me, you may not have noticed it. Mysterious, eh..?

70s
Emily...

Haha @shinynewapple2020 Ebola gay must be the later version!

@SingingBabooshkaBadly

Oh I know the first one now - it's called 'Movie Star'

I don't know the singer though .

It really moved me, it really moved me.

I’m in love with a German film star - the Passions.
If no one else has got it.

Sorry @Honeyroar, I see you already got it.
Should have checked the last page.
I love that song, proper 80’s style.

An eighties one from me:

She’s playing the game and you can hear them say
She’s looking good, for beauty we will pay.

@CarnageAtTheGardenCentre

An eighties one from me:

She’s playing the game and you can hear them say
She’s looking good, for beauty we will pay.

That ones 'she's a model'
Was it Kraftwerk?

Was the singer of 'Movie Star' something like Hobo?

Yes @shinynewapple2020, that’s the one 🙂

@shinynewapple2020 well done getting Movie Star. 🌟🌟🌟 I remember the chorus really well but couldn’t have identified anything from the verses.

Close on the singer - it was Harpo.

@CarnageAtTheGardenCentre

Sorry *@Honeyroar*, I see you already got it. Should have checked the last page. I love that song, proper 80’s style.

It’s so good isn’t it @CarnageAtTheGardenCentre? It’s one of those songs that instantly transports me to another time and place. As soon as I hear the intro start it’s like the whole atmosphere in the room becomes so early 80s.

Still no takers for ‘Emily...’?

There are a couple of regulars I’m looking at...

SingingBabooshka

Every time I see your Emily lyric I get Hot Chocolate's Emmaline? in my head, which I know is wrong!

@NeedToKnow101 I spent far too many hours raving and clubbing (Ibiza was amazing), and your song is Raze, Break For Love, I believe...

@Honeyroar

Did anyone get my lanes one from last night?

The lanes were silent
There was nothing,no one, nothing
Around for miles
(80s)

The Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish.

Great your first day went well

@SingingBabooshkaBadly

The only song with Emily in it that I can think of is Sinatra's. But you said 70s, and I'm 90% sure that was 60s...

Fiendishly difficult one...

Well done @SimplySteveRedux ✅

Another from the 80s.

The sparkle in your eyes
Keeps me alive

It is SimplySteve. It's a really sneaky one because, as I said before, although it's there it's very easy to miss and I didn't notice it until I saw the lyrics written down. I mentioned it to a friend who is a massive fan and he confirmed it's in the song and I listened and sure enough it is. But I hadn't noticed it for the thirty odd years I'd known the song.

I know there are fans of the artist or group in question on this thread...

I might have to give more lyrics later but honestly anything more than 'Emily' will have people stampeding to answer...

"The sparkle in your eyes
Keeps me alive"

Grr... I know this. Total brain freeze

You’ll definitely know it.

I know there are fans of the artist or group in question on this thread...

Bah, you're not even slipping up with whether it's a solo artist or group!