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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread20 🎶

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 16/01/2021 21:55

Thread 20🥂

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
@MNerGoneRogue
@Fleamaker123
@FlouncingBabooshka
@shinynewapple2021
@xsquared
@Willow2017
@Iggi999
@ThatLibraryMiss
@CrepuscularCritter
@NeedToKnow101
@perditaplum
@TwigTheWonderKid
@idlevice
@midgebabe
@WhipperSnapperSteve
@CarnageAtTheJanuarySales
@AJumpedUpPantryBoy
@zaphodbeeble
@everythingisginandroses
@FortunesFave
@Bluesheep8

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

OP posts:
Fleamaker123 · 17/01/2021 14:13

Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can't stand it
When you look at me that way

It used to be so easy, livin' here with you
You were light and breezy, an' I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool

Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door

Carole King
First one is I feel the earth move
Second is It's too late baby
Not sure on third

FlouncingBabooshka · 17/01/2021 14:36

@Fleamaker123

It's wonderful to be here It's certainly a thrill

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time

[many, many covers of this track!]

Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all

This is the Beatles, Sgt Pepper is the first one, I get by with a little help from my friends
Don't recognise the third!

Oh no, I don’t think it is.

In order I think they are:

For the Benefit of Mr Kyte

It’s Getting Better

A Day in the Life

FlouncingBabooshka · 17/01/2021 14:38

@MNerGoneRogue

And one for our FlouncingB (although she'll like the one above as well)

I realize he's there
When I turn the light off
And turn over

I hated you, I loved you too

Touch me, hold me
How my open arms ache
Try to fall for me

70s

Ah, thank you 😘

The Man With the Child in His Eyes

Withering Heights

Moving

All from The Kick Inside

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FlouncingBabooshka · 17/01/2021 14:44

@MNerGoneRogue

Lies the reason Faith or treason Playing a part End concealing Try revealing

A fold in an eyelid brushed with fear
The lines on a compact guide
Pass around
A hat with alignment worn inside

If you're a hard man or if you're a child
It still might get to you

80s

I know Needtoknow has already got the album and Love Action but the other two are Open Your Heart and Sound if the Crowd.
FlouncingBabooshka · 17/01/2021 14:49

Testing - having trouble posting....

AJumpedUpPantryBoy · 17/01/2021 15:38

Nothing fancy.

A terrier cross - possibly fox terrier x JRT
And a rottie cross not sure with what, probably something big!

They are both rescues who had pretty awful starts. LittlePantry is 16 and has learnt to be a good boy BigPantry is 2 and has only been with us nine months and she is a work in progress.
She’s been a bit of a shock to the system as our last Big dog was a beautifully mannered German Shepherd. She’s a mannerless monster but we adore her and can’t imagine being without her.

Honeyroar · 17/01/2021 16:28

I think I got all the Human league ones before Needtoknow.

Aww I love a rescue. That’s all I ever have. Always a work in progress. We have our first little dog- had her six years this year. So different to the big dogs we usually have. Knows she’s cute and plays it!

Fleamaker123 · 17/01/2021 17:07

I'll borrow one of your dogs if that's ok. I'd love one. Guinea pigs only here.

Fleamaker123 · 17/01/2021 17:08

I love it when the thread deviates towards the pets 😍

CoffeeBeansGalore · 17/01/2021 17:28

Me too Flea 😊🐶

OP posts:
MNerGoneRogue · 17/01/2021 17:35

Hurrrumph.

Shouldn't have bothered posting lyrics then.

oops.

AJumpedUpPantryBoy · 17/01/2021 17:36

I think DH would have given BigPantryDog away earlier.
She managed to get stuck in an old farmyard drainage system and he had to climb in to release her while SmallPantryDog and I stood watching and I shouted helpful things like "Don't fall or you'll hurt yourself" and "It's a long way down from the top of that wall" and (apparently most upsetting of all "you're not getting any younger - I don't think you're going to make it over that wall"

shinynewapple2021 · 17/01/2021 17:53

@MNerGoneRogue

And you come to me on a summer breeze Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave

That sweet city woman
She moved through the light
Controlling my mind and my soul

Oh, my child
You got so much
You're gonna take away my energy

70s

How deep is your love
Night fever
Jive talking

The bee gees
Is this the sound track from Saturday night fever?

shinynewapple2021 · 17/01/2021 17:55

@MNerGoneRogue

When you're down and out When you're on the street When evening falls so hard I will comfort you I'll take your part

Up in my bedroom (making love)
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to be
Someone’s taken my place

I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises

70s

Bridge over troubled water Cecilia The boxer

Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge over troubled water

shinynewapple2021 · 17/01/2021 17:56

@MNerGoneRogue

Opposites attract It's physical Only logical

You don't think of them as human
You don't think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money

You make me feel so brand new
I want to spend my whole life with you

[many versions]

80s

What's live got to do with it Private dancer

Tina Turner

MNerGoneRogue · 17/01/2021 20:16

Thank you shiny. I will ensure your efforts are recorded in point form on the spreadsheet. Please feel free to pop up a couple of rungs if you like

MNerGoneRogue · 17/01/2021 20:17
Honeyroar · 17/01/2021 20:26

Why is everyone getting credit for things I’ve already guessed??

Fleamaker123 · 17/01/2021 20:27

@MNerGoneRogue

Aw Rogue there's room for pets AND song lyrics on here 🤣
Fleamaker123 · 17/01/2021 20:29

@Honeyroar

Why is everyone getting credit for things I’ve already guessed??
😂😂
Honeyroar · 17/01/2021 20:31

Well! I should beat the top of that ladder, I should! I’m made for those ginormous knickers...

Fleamaker123 · 17/01/2021 20:39

I'm not on the ladder either, not even got any points either! Rogue won't give me any 😝

Honeyroar · 17/01/2021 20:45

She just steals your points Flea. If you can really make fleas I’d put some down her pants! That’ll teach her.

FlouncingBabooshka · 17/01/2021 20:54

@Honeyroar

Why is everyone getting credit for things I’ve already guessed??
Sorry @honeyroar - I missed your Human League post (though I don’t think you got the first one right)

@Fleamaker123 - apologies to you too - of course you were quite right about Sgt Pepper - I had a bit of a brainstorm about Mr Kyte.

MNerGoneRogue · 17/01/2021 20:57

Oh, but I'm proud of you, but I'm proud of you
Gold guessed by Honey

Neither has the ghost of a chance
Those decisions only can be made once
You never really know just what you're giving
Lifeline guessed by Honey

Listening to Marvin (all night long)
True guessed by Honey

80s
True by Spandau Ballet guessed by Honey for the full 5 points, and the bonus takes it to 10. Super quick, Honey!

It's wonderful to be here
It's certainly a thrill
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts club Band guessed by Flea. Babooshka thought it was For the Benefit of Mr Kyte Only one of them is right. But who????

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time
[many, many covers of this track!]
With a Little Help from My Friends guessed by Flea Babooshka thought it was It’s Getting Better. Again, one is right the other is wrong. Who’s right???

Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
A day in the life guessed by FlouncingB

60s
The Beatles guessed by Flea, but (stunningly didn’t recognise the album title), and FlouncingB didn’t suggest it either.

Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can't stand it
When you look at me that way
I Feel the Earth Move guessed by Flea

It used to be so easy, livin' here with you
You were light and breezy, an' I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool
It’s too Late guessed by Flea

Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door
70s
Carole King guessed by Flea, but didn’t know the album name so this is still up for grabs.

Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling off a church
And killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story
Is tellin you somebody died
Sign o’ The Times guessed by Needtoknow and then later by Honey (no points Honey)

Color u peach and black
Color me taken aback
Crucial, I think I want ya
U Got the Look guessed by Needtoknow and, again, later by Honey

Not that you're helpless
But sometime, sometime those are the things that bein' in love's about
If I was your Girlfriend guessed by Needtokow

80s
Prince guessed by Needtoknow, but she didn’t name the album, so only 4 points. And then she did. But she called it Sign of the Times, when it’s CLEARLY Sign o’ the Times. Only 4 points, no bonus.

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave
How Deep Is your Love Guessed by Needtoknow and then by Shiny

That sweet city woman
She moved through the light
Controlling my mind and my soul
Night Fever guessed by Shiny

Oh, my child
You got so much
You're gonna take away my energy
Jive Talkin’ guessed by Shiny

70s
Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gees guessed by Shiny. Extra points because it’s actually a compilation album.

War, children
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

She said, my breasts, they will always be open
Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me

And I went down to the Chelsea Drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
Yeah man, did he look pretty ill

60s
Album and band? This is probably my favourite album of all time. A LOT of points available to this, and potential points wiping for anyone who doesn't know it.

This speech is my recital, I think it's very vital
To rock (a rhyme), that's right (on time)

Said you ain't seen, nothin'
Til you're down on the muffin
And there's sure to be a change in ways
Now there's a cheer, leader
That's a real big, pleaser
As far as I can reminisce

Listen party people here's a serious song
It's right not wrong, I should say right on
I gotta tell you somethin' that you all should know
It's not a mystery it's history and here's how it go

80s
Album and group? The third song is harder, but the other two are well-known classics of the genre.

Lies the reason
Faith or treason
Playing a part
End concealing
Try revealing
Honey guessed Love is the reason. This is NOT the name of this song. Needtoknow said Fascination. Also wrong! FlouncingB knew it was Open Your Heart

A fold in an eyelid brushed with fear
The lines on a compact guide
Pass around
A hat with alignment worn inside
The Sound of the Crowd guessed by Honey and Babooshka

If you're a hard man or if you're a child
It still might get to you
Love Action guessed by Honey, Needtoknow and Babooshka but the proper title is Love Action (I Believe in Love)

80s
Dare by The Human League guessed by Honey and FlouncingB and Needtoknow. No bonus!

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
BOTW guessed by Shiny

Up in my bedroom (making love)
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to be
Someone’s taken my place
Cecilia guessed by Shiny

I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
The Boxer guessed by Shiny

70s
Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel guessed by Shiny for the full set of points.

Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
What’s Love Got to Do With It? Guessed by Honey and then by Shiny

You don't think of them as human
You don't think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Private Dancer guessed by Honey and then by Shiny

You make me feel so brand new
I want to spend my whole life with you
[many versions]
Surprised no one got this.

80s
Tina Turner stated by Shiny but didn’t name the album???

Sunday Morning
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all

It's not hard to realize
Just look into her false colored eyes
She builds you up to just put you down
What a clown

I’ll be your mirror
I find it hard to believe you don't know
The beauty you are
But if you don't let me be your eyes
A hand to your darkness, so you won't be afraid

60s
The Velvet Underground and Nico by the Velvet Underground and Nico

More Than This
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

Yes the picture's changing
Every moment
And your destination
You don't know it
Avalon guessed by Honey

While My Heart is Still Beating
Walk on air
Am I still dreaming
Words to spare
Lost in their meaning
I'd better be strong now

80s
Avalon by Roxy Music

I realize he's there
When I turn the light off
And turn over
The Man With The Child In His Eyes guessed by Babooshka

I hated you, I loved you too
Wuthering Heights guessed by Babooshka, although she wrote Withering, which is unacceptable for a KB fan, and loses her the bonus

Touch me, hold me
How my open arms ache
Try to fall for me
Moving guessed by Babooshka

70s
The Kick Inside by Kate Bush guessed by Babooshka

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