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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 16

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 21/11/2020 21:33

Thread 16 !!!!

Come on over

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
@Bluesheep8

OP posts:
NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 22:43

@Honeyroar

Racing car one is Queen. Don’t stop me now.
Yes and yes honey.. you can do guessing after all Grin
Honeyroar · 05/12/2020 22:45

Listen girl one is Prince- If I was your girlfriend
Ooh is it royals?

NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 22:48

@Honeyroar

Listen girl one is Prince- If I was your girlfriend Ooh is it royals?
Yes and yes honey.. you're cleaning up!!! Got a feeling no-one will guess the first one though....

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NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 22:52

@ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf

Only 1 of those statements is true...
😂🤪😍😘
shinynewapple2020 · 05/12/2020 22:52

I know the first one . It's got a chorus that goes something like 'I can feel it all over '

shinynewapple2020 · 05/12/2020 22:53

I know it's stevie wonder Sir Duke

NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 22:55

@shinynewapple2020

I know it's stevie wonder Sir Duke
You got dat Grin
shinynewapple2020 · 05/12/2020 23:07

And the last one is Prince Charming Adam and the Ants

NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 23:15

@shinynewapple2020

And the last one is Prince Charming Adam and the Ants
Correct! Only one to go .. for the punks among us.
Honeyroar · 05/12/2020 23:18

Well it’s gotta be God bless the queen, on this theme?

Honeyroar · 05/12/2020 23:19

Sorry, God save the Queen! Sex pistols?

ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf · 05/12/2020 23:24

Gah! Missed the lot.

Midge, at the risk of sounding like a pillock., could you just explain your theme? How is smooth operator linked to maths? I guessed it based on 2 Blush

ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf · 05/12/2020 23:28

Sulks at missing a punk one.
Sulks some more at missing an adam and the ants

Just sulks generally

And glares generally for good measure

Honeyroar · 05/12/2020 23:30

I guess the Sade one is Your Live is King?

Honeyroar · 05/12/2020 23:31

Love even!

Honeyroar · 05/12/2020 23:33

Thought I’d guessed that wrong previously when the points inventor said that, but I’d guessed Your Live is King anyway!
Going to bed, I’m getting confused! Night all. 😘

FlouncingBabooshka · 05/12/2020 23:36

Still some outstanding songs/artists here and lots of bonus points on offer Grin

I’ve annotated to show which have been identified.

90s
I rise as the morning comes
Crawling through the blinds
I shouldn't be up at this time
But I can't sleep with you there by my side
Wake up Boo by The Boo Radleys (Boo Radley - character in To Kill a Mockingbird)

80s
Reckless and so hungered
On the razors edge you trail
Still to Be Guessed. You’ll all know the song but the connection is hard and therefore there are many bonus points on offer

60s
It's a dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
Paperback Writer - The Beatles

80s
Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Kate Bush, Sensual World - connection established by @ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf - 50 bonus points for knowing it was based on a soliloquy from James Joyce’s Ulysses.*

90s
All human life is here
From the feeble old dear to the screaming child
Song, band and link still to be identified

70s
I'm looking for a vehicle, I'm looking for a ride
I'm looking for a party, I'm looking for a side
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
Still to be indentified

80s
New beginnings, new surroundings, new love
Another world to dream of
New beginnings, new surroundings, new love
It's a xxxxxx xxx xxxxx
Brave New World, Torah
70s
let me grab your soul away
Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights

80s
It's been such a long week
So much crying
I no longer see a future
Still to be identified

60s
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Born to be Wild, Steppenwolf

90s
You said that you'd never been
But all the things that you've seen
Slowly fade away
Oasis, Don’t Look Back in Anger - identified but - bonus points available for the play and playwright this links to.

70s
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Rocket man identified but how does this relate to the theme? Big bonus points up for grabs.

80s
Don't tell me you don't know what love is
When you're old enough to know better
Really surprised this is still sitting unclaimed

60s
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good
And this. A really well known song and group but a tricky link to the theme - and we know that means big, big bonus points!

60s
And my dear mother left me
When I was quite young
When I was quite young
Not yet identified

80s
And I forget, I forget the movie song
Romeo and Juliet, Dire Straits.

80s
The fire still burns at night
My memories are warm and clear
But everybody knows it's hard to be alone at this time of year
Winter’s Tale, David Essex

The connection to the theme for the next three is neither a performer nor a title, but each one connections to the theme in the same way...

Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel

While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love

Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain

All three identified but still bonus points available for the link to the theme. (this in addition to the huge award of bonus points for Coffee identifying a complex and purely accidental additional link)

Apologies if some of these have been guessed this evening - it’s taken me hours to complete this post 🙄🙄🙄

NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 23:38

@Honeyroar

Sorry, God save the Queen! Sex pistols?
😂😂 that's the one! 🙌🏼😘
NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 23:40

@Honeyroar

Thought I’d guessed that wrong previously when the points inventor said that, but I’d guessed Your Live is King anyway! Going to bed, I’m getting confused! Night all. 😘
Night night you had already got it. Pipped yourself to the post 😘
NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 23:42

@FlouncingBabooshka - Joe Orton I think.. it's his autobiography or maybe a play.. ?

FlouncingBabooshka · 05/12/2020 23:45

yes @NeedToKnow101 Look Back in Anger by Joe Orton (play) - have 100 bonus points 😊

NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 23:48

@FlouncingBabooshka

yes *@NeedToKnow101* Look Back in Anger by Joe Orton (play) - have 100 bonus points 😊
Thank you @FlouncingBabooshka most generous of you 😘
shinynewapple2020 · 05/12/2020 23:49

The 60s song my dear mother left me etc

On the road again

NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 23:50

@ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf

Sulks at missing a punk one. Sulks some more at missing an adam and the ants

Just sulks generally

And glares generally for good measure

Just to complete your night ShelfElf, check out the last post on the 'Do you like... part 2' thread....
NeedToKnow101 · 05/12/2020 23:52

Actually just realised I totally didn't make the most of a valuable opportunity there..