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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 14

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 24/10/2020 20:30

Thread 14 here we go!

Post some lyrics of a song from 70s, 80s, 90s (may push slightly either way 😄) with the decade & we will try & guess the song & singer

@Honeyroar
@FlouncerInDenial
@Fleamaker123
@FlouncingBabooshka
@shinynewapple2020
@xsquared
@KatherineJaneway
@Willow2017
@Iggi999
@ThatLibraryMiss
@CrepuscularCritter
@NeedToKnow101
@ellie1967
@TwigTheWonderKid
@idlevice
@midgebabe
@SimplySteveRedux
@CarnageAtTheGardenCentre
@AJumpedUpPantryBoy
@Torvean32
@everythingisginandroses
@SophieGiroux

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shinynewapple2020 · 01/11/2020 16:02

And the third one you take my breath away - Berlin

CoffeeBeansGalore · 01/11/2020 16:23

Well done @shinynewapple2020, both correct 👍😊

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FlouncerInDenial · 01/11/2020 16:42

Is the middle one queen?
If it is, its I was born to love you

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 01/11/2020 18:16

@FlouncerInDenial Yes, Queen. Well done 👍😊

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Honeyroar · 01/11/2020 19:47

@FlouncerInDenial my hair is a medium, reddy brown, but it seems to lighten and get natural hi lights in summer, even though it’s dyed nowadays because of all the blinkin grey!

Did you ever get my previous posting from a couple of days ago - the raspy voice one? (F N M)? And I’ve an indie Halloween one outstanding.

shinynewapple2020 · 01/11/2020 20:28

@shinynewapple2020

Our love wasn't perfect I know I think you know the score If you say you love me , oh boy I can't ask for more

Early 90s

Outstanding Halloween one . Definitely pop!

@FlouncingBabooshka put up a few yesterday I don't think were got . I certainly don't know outstanding ones from lyrics given .

Honeyroar · 01/11/2020 20:47

Ooh @shinynewapple2020 is that Better the Devil you know by Ms Minogue?

Honeyroar · 01/11/2020 20:50

Oh she came on with an alligator smile
Dynamite lover. Scorpion child
Trying to get to heaven
Before the sun goes down
(90s?)

My Halloween one. Good indie track. Also a fairly recent advert soundtrack.

FlouncerInDenial · 01/11/2020 21:02

[quote Honeyroar]@FlouncerInDenial my hair is a medium, reddy brown, but it seems to lighten and get natural hi lights in summer, even though it’s dyed nowadays because of all the blinkin grey!

Did you ever get my previous posting from a couple of days ago - the raspy voice one? (F N M)? And I’ve an indie Halloween one outstanding.[/quote]
No Haloween Sad
You said shouty and I thought American.
My mind went blank

shinynewapple2020 · 01/11/2020 21:10

It is @Honeyroar Smile

Honeyroar · 01/11/2020 21:12

I can’t even give you a clue as nearly every line in the song starts with the title! The initials above are the group’s initials (FNM).

Here’s one of their other BIG songs...

Can you feel it, see it, hear it today?
If you can’t then it doesn’t matter anyway.
You will never understand it
Cause it happens too fast
(80s)

FlouncingBabooshka · 01/11/2020 22:03

Yes, Shinynewapple, most of my Halloween ones are still up for grabs. I’ve added some extra lyrics below. For the first two it’s the group names, rather than the songs, that fit the Halloween theme. For the others it’s the songs.

The first one is really tough I think. I wanted to do something for the group, just because of their name, but I don’t actually know any of their stuff and had to look it up. Maybe no one else here knows them either...🤔.

There are a couple there FlouncerD should know...

90s
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, believe

00s
Why would you speak to me that way?
Especially when I always said that I
Haven't got the words for you
All your diction, dripping with disdain
Through the pain, I always tell the truth

80s
Well, I'm feeling nervous
And I find myself alone
The simple life's no longer there
Once I was so sure
Now the doubt inside my mind
Comes and goes but leads nowhere

80s
Listen to me, listen to me, baby. Listen, baby, help me,
baby! Help me, help me! Listen to me, talk to me!
You won't burn."
"Red, red roses."
"You won't bleed."
"Pinks and posies."
"Confess to me, girl."
"Red, red roses,"*
"Go down!"

70s
He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
You better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor

70s
White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box

70s
They've got the stars for the gallant hearts.
I'm the replacement for your part.
But all I want to do is forget
You, friend.

shinynewapple2020 · 01/11/2020 22:19

The hairy handed gent is weir wolves of London , already guessed but I don't have a clue about any of the others .

Bluesheep8 · 02/11/2020 16:28

*20:50Honeyroar

Oh she came on with an alligator smile
Dynamite lover. Scorpion child
Trying to get to heaven
Before the sun goes down
(90s?)*

That's little devil by The Cult

Bluesheep8 · 02/11/2020 16:32

70s
White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box

That's Bela Lugosi's Dead by the inimiitable Bauhaus

Bluesheep8 · 02/11/2020 16:34

Listen to me, listen to me, baby. Listen, baby, help me,
baby! Help me, help me! Listen to me, talk to me!
You won't burn."
"Red, red roses."
"You won't bleed."
"Pinks and posies."
"Confess to me, girl."
"Red, red roses,"

"Go down!"*

Kate Bush killing the witch

Bluesheep8 · 02/11/2020 16:35

Well, I'm feeling nervous
And I find myself alone
The simple life's no longer there
Once I was so sure
Now the doubt inside my mind
Comes and goes but leads nowhere

Is that Ghosts by Japan?

Honeyroar · 02/11/2020 18:27

Correct @Bluesheep8 for little devil

CoffeeBeansGalore · 02/11/2020 22:44

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

I have a picture
Pinned to my wall
An image of you and of me and we're laughing,
we're loving it all

I'm not proud, I was wrong
And the truth is hard to take
I felt sure we had enough
But our love went overboard

All 1980s

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shinynewapple2020 · 02/11/2020 22:51

Your middle one is Thompson Twins
Hold me now

Know your first one too

CoffeeBeansGalore · 02/11/2020 22:56

@shinynewapple2020 Correct to Thompson Twins 👍😊

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Fleamaker123 · 02/11/2020 23:16

I'm not proud, I was wrong
And the truth is hard to take
I felt sure we had enough
But our love went overboard

Coffee, Level 42, lessons in love?

CoffeeBeansGalore · 02/11/2020 23:17

@Fleamaker123 Yes to Level 42 😊👍

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Iggi999 · 02/11/2020 23:29

First one.. midnight oil? Beds are burning, though I don't think that's the title..
Good selection!

FlouncingBabooshka · 03/11/2020 00:03

Yes to all three @Bluesheep8 👏👻 🎃 👏

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