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💖 80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 35 💘

999 replies

CoffeeBeansGalore · 22/01/2022 21:06

Come on in.
Post a few lyrics of a song from 70s, 80s, 90s with the decade & we will try to guess the artist

@Honeyroar

@RogueMNer1001

@Fleamaker123

@FlouncingBabooshka

@shinynewapple2022

@Willow2017

@Iggi999

@NeedToKnow101

@anothersmashedmug

@CrepuscularCritter

@SelfAppointedCarnageCauser

@AJumpedUpPantryBoy

@dexterslockedintheshedagain

@BlueSheep8

@AllTheYoungGoodyTwoShoes

@Turnitupto11

@BowerofBramble

Apologies if I've missed anyone. All welcome to come & play!

OP posts:
Honeyroar · 26/02/2022 20:41

@AJumpedUpPantryBoy

There is no historical precedent To put the words in the mouth of the president? There's no such thing as a winnable war It's a lie we don't believe anymore
Is it Sting - Russians?
shinynewapple22 · 26/02/2022 21:30

@mudgetastic

Which makes me think

To a simpler place and time oh yes he is

70s

Is this leaving on a midnight train to Georgia Not sure who sings it Gladys Knight possibly
shinynewapple22 · 26/02/2022 21:32

@Rogue1001MNer can we have an 'anything outstanding with more lyrics' from the bits you posted last night please ?

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mudgetastic · 26/02/2022 21:33

Given the clue I think the full artistes titles is required shiny

Rogue1001MNer · 26/02/2022 22:14

I need to turn the main computer on for that, shiny.
Is tomorrow ok?

AJumpedUpPantryBoy · 26/02/2022 22:47

Yes to Sting @Honeyroar

shinynewapple22 · 26/02/2022 23:43

@mudgetastic

Given the clue I think the full artistes titles is required shiny

I didn't see the clue! Gladys knight and the Pips !

shinynewapple22 · 26/02/2022 23:44

@Rogue1001MNer

I need to turn the main computer on for that, shiny. Is tomorrow ok?
Of course ! I am otherwise distracted with an annoying word game !
Rogue1001MNer · 27/02/2022 18:08

From Friday night:-
These all got

Got
Not for all the tea in china
Land of make believe, Buck’s Fizz, got by Honey and then shiny

I'm a big boy now
Dexness, Welcome to the House of Fun, got by shiny then by Honey

Texture like sun
Stanglers, Golden Brown, got by shiny

Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko, Iko, The Belle Starts, got by Honey

And I’m telling it to you straight
Annie, I’m not your daddie, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, got by midge-mug

Write it on a pound note
Good Two Shoes, Adam and the Ants, got by midge-mug

When this boy started following me
Really saying something, bananarama, got by Honey

See right through them
Our Lips Are Sealed, Fun Boy 3 and Bananarama, got by Honey

Does she walk, does she talk?
Centrefold, J Giles Band, got by Honey then by YoungGoody

Clap clap
Clapping Song, Belle Stars, got by Honey

Every night, every day
It Must Be Love, Dexness, got by YoungGoody and then Dexter

Oh Lord, why can’t we
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder got by shiny

She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time
She’s a Model, Kraftwek, got by shiny

Rogue1001MNer · 27/02/2022 18:10

Still outstanding, all 80s

No expression

The latest book by Barbara Cartland – 2 bands

Hide in a tree

Prance and flutter stride down that green escalator, yeah

I’m close to the edge
Tabasco007 got Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, but no one got the title

Is this just a feeling
That comes between us
When I see your face

Rock n roll and brew

Don’t you know that it’s true
Shiny guessed look of love, ABC, but this was incorrect

I knew he must’ve been about 17

I thought you loved me, but it seems you don’t care
Honey guessed don’t you want me by the Human League, but this was incorrect

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:20

Rick and roll and brew

Dead ringer fir love
Meatloaf and Cher ???

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:21

Hint fir someone

All I want to do is ? Call you
Don't you know that it's true

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:23

I knew he must have been about 17

I love Rick snd roll put another dine in the jukebox baby

Joan jet and the ? Black hearts ?

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:23

Rock not Rick

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:25

It's see you not call you in the hint lyrics below .. N2K or shiny surely will get it now ?

Rogue1001MNer · 27/02/2022 18:25

Typotastic, midge.

All correct and take a bonus point for making me laugh

Rogue1001MNer · 27/02/2022 18:27

@mudgetastic

It's see you not call you in the hint lyrics below .. N2K or shiny surely will get it now ?
Ah, but they have to check the thread first, midge-mug
mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:28

You mean I got the title ???

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:29

No expression is bugging me

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:30

I'd hide in a tree wild in the country by any chance?

mudgetastic · 27/02/2022 18:31

Is not I'd

Big finger trouble it seems tonight

Rogue1001MNer · 27/02/2022 18:33

@mudgetastic

You mean I got the title ???
No
Rogue1001MNer · 27/02/2022 18:35

@mudgetastic

I'd hide in a tree wild in the country by any chance?
I don't think so
fanifanakapants · 27/02/2022 19:39

Prance and flutter stride down that green escalator, yeah
Is it Fantastic Day by Haircut 100?

fanifanakapants · 27/02/2022 19:42

I thought you loved me, but it seems you don’t care
Poison Arrow - ABC ?