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🎶 80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread26 🐇🐣

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 18/03/2021 20:33

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dexterslockedintheshedagain · 05/04/2021 20:17

Ha!

I never thought it would happen
With me and the girl from Clapham

Squeeze - Up the junction

NeedToKnow101 · 05/04/2021 20:17

Bollocks!
70s
You lot won’t get this one. This one is my indulgence. You might guess the band???

Sex Pistols!

FlouncingBabooshka · 05/04/2021 20:17

No New Year’s Day to celebrate
80s

I just called to say I love you, Stevie Womder

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NeedToKnow101 · 05/04/2021 20:18

Me and Dexter got Prince right!!

shinynewapple21 · 05/04/2021 20:18

Hello darkness - sounds of silence Simon and Garfunkel

Along long time ago - don Maclean American pie

Stranded - John travolta Sandy

FlouncingBabooshka · 05/04/2021 20:18

Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
80s

Prince, Let’s Go Crazy

NeedToKnow101 · 05/04/2021 20:18

Well I got it before her actually... 😘

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 05/04/2021 20:19

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor
60s

Knights in white satin - Procol Harum

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 05/04/2021 20:19

Nooooooo,

It's A whiter shade of pale

CoffeeBeansGalore · 05/04/2021 20:19

Stranded at the drive in
70s
Sandy, John Travolta

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FlouncingBabooshka · 05/04/2021 20:20

Bonus points if anyone can name the punk artist who covered it, and what was the next line, that doesn’t appear in the original? Treble bonus points for naming i

It was Sid Vicious - was it the line about kicking a cat?

shinynewapple21 · 05/04/2021 20:20

At first I was afraid - Gloria gaynor - I will survive

When I find myself - let it be the Beatles

Once I had a love - Blondie heart of glass

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 05/04/2021 20:20

@NeedToKnow101

Well I got it before her actually... 😘
Only because my head exploded with excitement and my fingers wouldn't work!
CoffeeBeansGalore · 05/04/2021 20:21

Apologies, I thought of this & jumped too soon!

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97
Wear sunscreen

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FlouncingBabooshka · 05/04/2021 20:21

The Sid Vicious song is My Way

NeedToKnow101 · 05/04/2021 20:21

There Gloria Gaynor I will survive but someone has already probably got that.

RogueMNerKnowsNoShame · 05/04/2021 20:22

@NeedToKnow101

Me and Dexter got Prince right!!
Sorry, yes you both did (I was thinking of you for that one needtoknow).

I was just about to correct it, but you lot are flying! (I knew you all would)

shinynewapple21 · 05/04/2021 20:22

You can tell - bee gees stayin alive

You were working - human league don't you want me

I'm a line man - witchita lineman Glenn caMbell

RogueMNerKnowsNoShame · 05/04/2021 20:22

@NeedToKnow101

Bollocks! 70s You lot won’t get this one. This one is my indulgence. You might guess the band???

Sex Pistols!

No, but correct era/genre
dexterslockedintheshedagain · 05/04/2021 20:22

I’m so tired
Of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow

Glory box -Portishead

FlouncingBabooshka · 05/04/2021 20:23

You walked into the party like you were
Walking onto a yacht
70s

Carly Simon, You’re so Vain

shinynewapple21 · 05/04/2021 20:23

How long is this bloody list ???!

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 05/04/2021 20:23

Don’t start me talking
I could talk all night
70s

Elvis Costello - Oliver's army

RogueMNerKnowsNoShame · 05/04/2021 20:23

@dexterslockedintheshedagain

Nooooooo,

It's A whiter shade of pale

Well corrected dexter
CoffeeBeansGalore · 05/04/2021 20:23

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call?
80s
Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jnr

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