80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 17

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Thread 17 !!!!

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
@ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf
@Fleamaker123
@FlouncingBabooshka
@shinynewapple2020
@xsquared
@Willow2017
@Iggi999
@ThatLibraryMiss
@CrepuscularCritter
@NeedToKnow101
@ellie1967
@TwigTheWonderKid
@idlevice
@midgebabe
@SimplySteveRedux
@CarnageAtTheGardenCentre
@AJumpedUpPantryBoy
@zaphodbeeble
@everythingisginandroses
@SophieGiroux
@Bluesheep8

Apologies if I have missed anyone. Let me know if you spot any omissions 😊

Btw, FlouncingB, I'd go for the smaller size for joggers because they're elasticated and can stretch. But get a gift receipt!

Aww I’m touched. 😊

First two are Respect - by Aretha and Erasure. Don’t know the third, although it rings a bell and I expect it’s called Respect?!

Wham did indeed donate all their proceeds from Last Xmas to Band Aid in 1984. I thought they were no 2?

Mariah was kept off no1 by East 17’s fake Xmas song, Stay Now. 1994 perhaps?

@ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf - you know I said, "I think I know the key to the theme.."
And you jumped on that and begged me not to tell anyone.. and to give everyone else a chance...
... And then you offered me zillions of points (which I know now are imaginary anyway, and there is no fucking spreadsheet) for keeping schtum...

Well.. I never knew the theme at all, (until Whippersnapper guessed they weren't number ones). I initially thought you'd made an anagram that spelt 'Happy Christmas' or something, realised that was a ridiculous thought, then stopped thinking about it as you'd decided I had guessed the theme anyway. I just sat back and waited for my points to roll in...

(Sorry for essay)

I love you, needtoknow. I totally, totally love you. You can have 12 points for honesty.
No, there is no spreadsheet. (Not even I'm sad enough to have the time or inclination)
But if there was, I'm sure you'd be 2nd!

I thought you might have come across my theme when you were researching yours.

I suppose I should untie you and let you go home now???

Honey. The third one is Respect Yourself.
Obviously they've all been got, so nil points.

Ok, here’s a few from me.

A dream’s a dream
In a dream where I’m reading pages
Pages full of words
It’s getting harder
(1980s. Quite a hard one)

Yeah I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
That you could be in love with almost anyone
(80s)

The ice age is coming
The suns zooming in
Meltdown expected
The wheats growing thin
(80s? Not sure)

Oh! I know that 2nd one

Oh fucking hell! It's the damned!!!!!!!!

I don't expect to get that on here. Its alone again or

Is the 3rd one the damned too? Just can't be happy today

@Honeyroar

Ok, here’s a few from me.

A dream’s a dream
In a dream where I’m reading pages
Pages full of words
It’s getting harder
(1980s. Quite a hard one)

Yeah I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
That you could be in love with almost anyone
(80s)

The ice age is coming
The suns zooming in
Meltdown expected
The wheats growing thin
(80s? Not sure)

A dream’s a dream In a dream where I’m reading pages Pages full of words It’s getting harder (1980s. Quite a hard one)

Is it Blind Vision- Blancmange ? @Honeyroar

Correct the second one is The Damned. The third isn’t.

Are they all???

I think just can't be happy today is 70s.

THANK YOU sweet honey-pie.

Well done @CarnageAtTheGardenCentre I didn’t think anyone would get that one so quickly.

Ironically I thought the third one would go first!

Thank you ElfShelf Love you too ElfShelf Yes Elf Shelf if you could let me go home now that would be nice sane.

Btw Im sure you're not insinuating that I got my theme from Google like you did ❤️

Oh and thanks for the points! Much appreciated 😘

Ah! Threads moved on..,

The third one hasn’t been guessed yet.

@NeedToKnow101

Thank you ElfShelf Love you too ElfShelf Yes Elf Shelf if you could let me go home now that would be nice sane.

Btw Im sure you're not insinuating that I got my theme from Google like you did ❤️

Oh and thanks for the points! Much appreciated 😘

Excuse me, needtoknow. I didn't "get" my theme from google!!!! I had the idea for the theme all by myself. But then I did have to look up what the no 2s were.

Honey, your third is London Calling by The Clash, yes?

@Honeyroar

Wham did indeed donate all their proceeds from Last Xmas to Band Aid in 1984. I thought they were no 2?

Mariah was kept off no1 by East 17’s fake Xmas song, Stay Now. 1994 perhaps?

Stay Another Day, written by East 17 member Tony Mortimer after his brother's suicide.

Yes it was London Calling. 👍

I never knew that was what Stay Another Day was about. How sad.

I missed the Clash???? Gutted!

I didn't know that about E17 either. That is really sad.

Right, I'm bored of my theme now. Also slightly sweating about the fact that I might have admitted on a public forum to the kidnap and torture of one of it's users.
Not to mention the whole breaking of lockdown thing (have you SEEN the coronavirus topic board????)

So, here's my list. I don't think they were all got, so zero points all round.

All the time we were apart
I thought of you
You were in my heart
My love never changed
I still feel the same
Especially for You, Kylie and Jason 1988. No 1 was Miseltoe and Wine, Cliff Richard

No man, does it all by himself
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf
YMCA, The Village People 1978. No 1 was Mary’s Boy Child, Boney M

Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas Day
All I want for Christmas is You, Mariah Carey 1994. No 1 was Stay Another Day, East 17

My friends try and tell me find a man of my own
But each time I try I just break down and cry
'Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue
Saving All My Love For You, Whitney Houston 1985. No 1 was Merry Christmas Everyone, Shakin’ Stevens

I want to go all the time
You'll be my love tonight
Little darling let's walk
let's talk
Under the moon of love, Showaddywaddy 1976 No 1 was When a Child is Born Johnny Mathis

Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again
Last Christmas/Everything She Wants,
Wham! 1984. No 1 was Do they Know it’s Christmas? Band Aid

They said I wouldn't dare, to show how much I care
They didn't know we were just two angels in disguise
70s
Gary Glitter, I love you love me, love 1973. No 1 was Slade, Merry Xmas Everybody

So, I know there was some arguing about the Wham/Band Aid/Frankie one. My source was:
After coming up with the idea for the theme ON MY OWN AND BY MYSELF I googled
www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-official-christmas-number-1-ever-__3618/
which is every official UK no 1.
Then I googled
www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19941225/7501/
where you can put in whatever date you want it and it gives you the charts for that week.
The Power of Love was no 6 that week, btw. Down from no 5.

One final week, coffee/needtoknow/anyone else in education. One final week....

its users.

Not it's users.

Opposite for me. Might be going back to work on Friday if we’re dropped from tier three to two! I’m not on the Covid panic board, but I’m not sure it’s a good plan to relax just yet.

Needtoknow was 2m away from me at all times (I measured the cattle prod)

Good luck with work honey. Hope you get actual Christmas off. And good luck with dropping a tier 🤞