80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 18 🎅

[CoffeeBeansGalore]

Thread 18

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
@perditasugarplum
@TwigTheWonderKid
@idlevice
@midgebabe
@SimplySteveRedux
@CarnageAtTheElfsXmasParty
@AJumpedUpPantryBoy
@zaphodbeeble
@everythingisginandroses
@FortunesFave
@Bluesheep8

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

Glad everyone is still alive, in some form or another. 😁
I believe the general consensus was an awards night for thread 20? At this rate it will be around New Year. I will start sorting the socially distanced entertainment (any offers/suggestions will be gratefully received), unless anyone else fancies a go?

@ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf Thank you. I like little Santa!
Honey, hope cat is recovered & your sofa survived.
Both Tesco & Asda had plenty of Baileys & gin if anyone is desperate. Dd2 convinced me to buy chocolate Baileys. Not sure this will end well . . .

Checking into new thread - thanks Coffee

See you all later - if hangovers allow!

Ps I have some Baileys - will trade for some matchmakers

Gingerbread Baileys (fake Baileys from Tesco and Aldi) are my favourite this year.

The cats in disgrace- I only bought the sofa this week! (it was second hand and the cat obviously didn’t approve!)

@midgebabe

I had to slide down a drainpipe. Most undignified. Then a not so nice policeman suggested I was up to no good, but at least he kindly gave me b&b.

Oh dear.

Still, it was lucky Needtoknow wasn't nabbed. Last thing she needed last night was a fine for breaking lockdown laws.
FlouncingB are you T4 as well? (did you say that last night???)

@CoffeeBeansGalore

Glad everyone is still alive, in some form or another. 😁 I believe the general consensus was an awards night for thread 20? At this rate it will be around New Year. I will start sorting the socially distanced entertainment (any offers/suggestions will be gratefully received), unless anyone else fancies a go?

@ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf Thank you. I like little Santa!
Honey, hope cat is recovered & your sofa survived.
Both Tesco & Asda had plenty of Baileys & gin if anyone is desperate. Dd2 convinced me to buy chocolate Baileys. Not sure this will end well . . .

chocolate baileys sounds like sweetness gone too far. Please report back, Coffee.

I have had some thoughts about awards night....

don't think I know yours, Honey. Powerful female?
Amy Winehouse? Adele? Pink? Please god, don't let it be Britney!

Pink. I am sure it's pink. Can't actually think of any pink songs atm

These still outstanding from yesterday. I've added more lyrics.
Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bob and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the *** go tweet tweet tweet
50s originally, more famous (I think) version in the 70s

For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I’d leap in front of a flying bullet for you.
80s

There’s a dark, thin, winding stairway
Without any banister
Which we'll throw him down, and feed him on
Cockroaches served in a canister

What will he do when he’s turned black and blue?
He will curse the day
Somebody named him
60s

For every Casanova that appears
My sense of hesitation disappears
Love and hate what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers up and down my spine

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn't come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender
And the note attached will read
90s

@Honeyroar

Gingerbread Baileys (fake Baileys from Tesco and Aldi) are my favourite this year.

The cats in disgrace- I only bought the sofa this week! (it was second hand and the cat obviously didn’t approve!)

was probably a comment on mummy's drunken behaviour!

I'm glad coffee's brought up awards night. I've been thinking about this since the last one. I'm sure, like me, you're all furious at the travesty of how the awards were handed out on the night.
I know FINE WELL, and so does coffee, that 10,000 votes for a particular sock puppet were NOT counted in every category.

And I resent the fact that you've blocked me from PM'ing you, coffee. My daily regular comments and suggestions on this thread and how to improve it were well thought out, logical and reasoned. And bringing MNHQ in to threaten me for harassment was just cowedly.

However, I'm not one to bear a grudge. Onwards and upwards.

To the next awards night. I'd like to make some proposals for potential categories (obviously we'll have the usual best guesser, most pipped, puts up the best lyrics, etc. These are NEW categories):

The best keeper of spreadsheets category

There was going to be a "highest point scorer" category, but unfortunately, due to a problem with the algorithm (a la GCSE and A levels back in the summer) this category has had to be cancelled, and everyone is now receiving teacher assessed grades. [I am teacher, for the avoidance of doubt. NOT coffee]. Due to covid, no awards being given out. You'll receive a disappointing certificate by post.

Most regular name-changer with a name relevant to the thread category

Those are my suggestions for now, but I'm sure the rest of you will have more?

Oh yes, there's also the Needtoknow award for someone other than needtoknow finishing a thread category. We were hoping to have a celebrity to hand this award out, but due to new T4 restrictions, needtoknow will NOT be able to attend in person this time. I think we are hoping for a representative. Perhaps FlouncingB might release H from steps for the night? If she hasn't got him polishing her brasses or something?

@ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf

Your first one is Rockin Robin Jackson Five

Christ I’ve just read through all that witter about spreadsheets waiting to say it was Rockin robin and Shiny has whipped in! (I have a horse called Rockin Robbie!)

Yes it’s a Pink song. Might even be an album track, but it sums up last evening/our elf.

Is there a Pink track called Machiavellian, drunken-advantage taking, Thread Stealer?

This one is for all of us... don't know if anyone will remember it though ..

80s
I ain't found what I'm looking for
I ain't found what I'm looking for now
But I've found something
And I'm going to change em

That made me actually laugh out loud, needtoknow.

Honey, you have good pet names!

For the sake of science I will try the Baileys at some point & get back to you. I think it will probably be more suited to the palette of my daughters 😁

Is the Pink track Raise your glass?

No Shiny, it’s an album m track, I think, from Funhouse. I liked it and played it a lot, so it feels like a single. It’s just appropriate!

@Honeyroar

No Shiny, it’s an album m track, I think, from Funhouse. I liked it and played it a lot, so it feels like a single. It’s just appropriate!

😂😂 It is very Shelf Elf!

How very dare you!

Great lyrics, though!

What will he do when he’s turned black and blue?
He will curse the day
Somebody named him
60s

Oliver!

Correct Christmas elf. Surprised you didn't get the other ungot one from that list. I thought of you when I I originally included it

Yikes - how did I miss that one

The Smiths - What Difference does it make?

For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I’d leap in front of a flying bullet for you.
80s

Oh god two elves!