O/T Mega Poptastic Pop Quiz (26)

[CAMiller]

37. Everybody salsa - Modern Romance?

Correct

[eversleymiller]

To quote any of the Dragons, “I’m out”!

[CAMiller]

To quote any of the Dragons, “I’m out”!

Not familiar with the Modern Romance catalogue then?

[CTMilller]

To quote any of the Dragons, “I’m out”!

Me too. Those categories are not my strong suit.

[great_fire]

"Best Years of Our Lives" was quite catchy.

[CAMiller]

As we seem to be dropping like flies and I don't want your weekends to be ruined thinking "What is the answer to No XX" here's the complete list with the 3 that went unsolved highlighted. It was 1981 in case you didn't realise

1. For in peace, our hearts will sing Thanks to Martin Luther King Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder
2. Why was he holding her hand When he's supposed to be mine? It's My Party Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin
3. I See Carmen Miranda, She's Shuffling On Her Feet She's Just Another Lover Of That Saucy Salsa Beat Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey Modern Romance
4. Uno, duo, tre, quatro! Shaddup You Face Joe Dolce
5. Well I know your love is rough And the road you take is tough Chequered Love Kim Wilde
6. The postman delivers the final reminders She sells off her silver and poodles in China Labelled With Love Squeeze
7. In the morning I awake My arms, my legs, my body aches Grey Day Madness
8. Albert said that E equals M C squared Einstein A Go Go Landscape
9. Don't you ever, don't you ever Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome Prince Charming Adam and the Ants
10. Stepping out from a back shop poster Wishing life wouldn't be so long (Devenir gris) Fade To Grey Visage
11. Bless my cotton socks I'm in the news Reward The Teardrop Explodes
12. All round the world the people know my name In heaven and hell they know me too I Am The Beat The Look
13. In echoed steps I walked across an empty dream I looked across this world, there was no one to be seen Absolute Beginners The Jam
14. She takes a train up to the great big city She knocks a door and steps right in Night Games Grahem Bonnet
15. Freezing breath on a window pane Lying and waiting Vienna Ultravox
16. All the clubs have been closed down Ghost Town The Specials
17. While I tried my best not to leave any clues She would always find out And she said that she used Intuition Linx
18. But this is Phil talking I want to tell you What I found to be true Love Action The Human League
19. Not for all the tea in China Or the corn in Carolina The Land Of Make Believe Bucks Fizz
20. I call you on the telephone My voice too rough with cigarettes You Better You Better You Bet The Who
21. Don't touch me please, I cannot stand the way you tease Tainted Love Soft Cell
22. I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine John Lennon
23. I'm like a square peg in a round hole I don't belong here baby Wedding Bells Godley and Creme
24. "You big fat idle ugly wart" he said Capstick Comes Home Tony Capstick
25. I'm a cancer ridden spectre That's covering the earth I'm another hungry baby I'm an accident of birth One In Ten UB40
26. Midnight one more night without sleeping Watching 'til that morning comes creeping Green Door Shakin' Stevens
27. I never thought I'd miss you Half as much as I do It Must Be Love Madness
28. Quand tu vois ton bateau partir Quand tu sens ton coeur se briser Hold On Tight ELO
29. And she'll tease you, she'll unease you All the better just to please you Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes
30. Well, I'm a man of many wishes I hope my premonition misses Lately Stevie Wonder
31. I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain Jealous Guy Roxy Music
32. Everything's gonna be all right No Woman No Cry Bob Marley and the Wailers
33. And walk right out to the four line track There's a camera rolling on her back On her back Girls On Film Duran Duran
34. Some people are made for each other Some people can love one another for life How 'Bout Us Champaign
35. Looking out a dirty old window Kids In America Kim Wilde
36. Walkin' about with a head full of music Cassette in my pocket and I'm gonna use it Wired For Sound Cliff Richard
37. Now this ain't Puerto Rico this is London E18 Everybody's welcome to my own dream Everybody Salsa Modern Romance
38. You said 'I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die' Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits
39. That's what they call you How long you've waited to get where you are Star Kiki Dee
40. I'm going to turn this world inside out Going to turn suburbia upside down I Want To Be Free Toyah Wilcox
41. You played dead, but you never bled Instead you laid still in the grass, all coiled up and hissin' Keep On Loving You REO Speedwagon
42. Let's get animal, animal I wanna get animal Let's get into animal Physical Olivia Newton-John
43. All the things you do to me And everything you said I Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode
44. A little Catholic girl who's fallen in love A face on a page, a gift from above Joan Of Arc OMD
45. We are the boys from Keithy's army And we're marching off to war Ossie's Dream Spurs FA Cup Final Squad
46. Mm-noom-ba-deh Doom-boom-ba-beh Doo-boo-boom-ba-beh-beh Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie
47. Swing to the left, swing to the right Thrust your hips to the flashing light D-Days Hazel O'Connor
48. As you turned to walk away As the door behind you closes Good Year For The Roses Elvis Costello
49. Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck (Do) The Hucklebuck Coast to Coast
50. Words in papers, words in books Words on TV, words for crooks Wordy Rappinghood Tom Tom Club
51. Do I have to tell the story Of a thousand rainy days since we first met? Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police
52. All I need is Co-ordination I can't imagine My destination Souvenir OMD
53. You got a beautiful chin, You got beautiful skin, You got a beautiful face, You got taste, Rabbit Rabbit Chas & Dave
54. Qua qua da diddley qua qua da diddley Qua qua da diddley qua qua da diddley Stand and Deliver Adam and the Ants
55. Hear their shouts, hear their roar They've probably all had a barrel or much, much more Swords Of A Thousand Men Tenpole Tudor
56. Ain't got time to oil the hinges Nor to mend no window panes This Ole House Shakin' Stevens
57. But now it isn't true Now everything is new And all I've learned has overturned I beg of you Lay All Your Love On Me ABBA
58. Love is the reason Faith or treason Playing a part Open Your Heart The Human League
59. Gimme your heart, gimme, gimme your heart Gimme, gimme Hands Up Ottawan
60. And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?" Once In A Lifetime Talking Heads

Not sure they'd get away with making this video today. How did he get those flash bulbs to work in the shower?

[CTMilller]

Thanks, CAM. Think this was more your hey day than mine. (As Mrs CT said, the first of our four kids was born in 1981. We didn’t have a lot of spare time for music after that!)

[eversleymiller]

CAM I have to admit Mrs Eversley would say I’m not familiar with romance whether ancient or modern!

[jakethemiller]

Cracking CAM and proves we don't cheat. Thanks for Kim Wilde vid, one of my favourites. I loved her on the Tops of the Pops singing with Johnny Jates Jazz.

[CAMiller]

Cracking CAM and proves we don't cheat. Thanks for Kim Wilde vid, one of my favourites. I loved her on the Tops of the Pops singing with Johnny Jates Jazz.

Funnily enough Jake one of the ones you got, Labelled With Love, comes up with the lyrics for the wrong song when you Google it. It gives the lyrics for Tempted.

I'm glad everyone enjoys these.