Reply With Quote1. Captain Beaky - Keith Michell
2. Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
6 Knock on Wood - Bowie
51 . Games without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
54 . Centrefold - J Geils Band
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Last one for a while and it's the 1980's. Again all are (fairly) well known songs and made it to the Top 100 for the year in which they charted (there's roughly 6 from each year of the decade).
REMEMBER - song title and artists needed and limit 5 entries per poster before you need to take a 24 hour break to give others a chance and NO GOOGLING, pull the answers from the depths of your brain.
Here's the twist for those who tend to know their stuff, jump in early and tend to polish off the easy ones pretty quickly. I've gone through these and graded them for difficulty, 1 point for the gimmies (roughly 10), 2 points for intermediates (40) and 3pts for the ones I consider the trickiest (10) either because of the lyrics and/or the artist. The twist is I'm not letting on which is which until the quiz ends so before jumping in with your 5 give it some thought as to which ones might garner you the most kudos
1. That's Timid Toad. Reckless Rat. Artful Owl and Batty Bat.
2. You don't need money, don't take fame Don't need no credit card to ride this train
3. P.ussycat, P.ussycat where have you been?
4. Where snakes in the grass are absolutely free
5. She says there's no turnin' back She trapped me in her heart
6. It's like thunder, lightning The way you love me is frightening
7. And if I stare too long, I'd probably break down and cry
8. Every time I think of you I know we have to meet
9. You've got to whip it up And hit me like a ton o' lead
10. That makes me try, try, try, try
11. There's a spy in the sky There's a noise on the wire There's a tap on the line For every paranoid desire
12. It must have been something you said
13. Where the eagles cry On a mountain high
14. It feels so right, so warm and true I need to know if you feel it too
15. C'est la rumba Le vieux rock au mambo
16. A penny for your thoughts my dear A penny for your thoughts my dear
17. "The chances of anything coming from Mars Are a million to one" he said
18. Says something like, "You and me, babe, how about it?"
19. Please, Louise. Pull me off of my knees
20. Take a look up the rail track from Miami to Canada
21. What the hell is wrong with you tonight
22. Shoot it up Shoot it up Shoot it up
23. Laughing like children, living like lovers Rolling like thunder under the covers
24. Who broke my heart, you did, you did
25. I've got to let you know. I've got to let you know
26. People in the park playing games in the dark
27. The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent, to pay our share
28. A statistic, a reminder Of a world that doesn't care
29. Touching the very part of me, it's making my soul sing
30. Liz Taylor is not his style And even Lana Turner's smile
31. Measles' make you jumpy and mumps' will make you lumpy
32. No matter what they take from me They can't take away my dignity
33. Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival
34. At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive
35. Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be
36. I'd make a deal with God And I'd get him to swap our places
37. And you know I'm going straight for your heart
38. One man on a lonely platform One case sitting by his side
39. Want to get on He want to get on He want to get on Want to get on
40. Yeah, I feel alright I said, "Yeah" Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah
41. I must be on my way The time is drawing near
42. Sun and rain Joy and pain There's highs - there's lows We've no way of knowing
43. There's a new headline, there's a new sensation
44. You can try hard (aah-ahh-ah) Don't mean a thing (aah-ahh-ah)
45. And maybe now baby (maybe now baby) Maybe now baby (maybe now baby)
46. I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
47. Step by step, heart to heart, left right left We all fall down
48. They can't have it You can't have it I can't have it too
49. And that's my heart that's breaking Down this long distance line tonight
50. And if I cause a commotion I only end up losing you and that's worse
51. Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt
52. You can't sleep, you can't eat There's no doubt, you're in deep
53. You really don't remember, was it something that he said?
54. My blood runs cold My memory has just been sold
55. I thought I was mistaken And I thought I heard your words
56. And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen
57. I didn't really mean to hurt you I didn't wanna see you go
58. Had a heart Would she give it as a gift
59. That's a kissing good way To mess around and fall in love
60. An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
Last edited by CAMiller; 18-03-2021 at 12:13 AM.
Hall Of Fame
1. Captain Beaky - Keith Michell
2. Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
6 Knock on Wood - Bowie
51 . Games without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
54 . Centrefold - J Geils Band
Last edited by CAMiller; 18-03-2021 at 01:10 AM.
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4. Wild in the country- bow wow wow
6. Knock on wood - Amy Stewart
17. The eve of the war- Jeff Wayne
28. One in ten - UB40
38. Fade to grey - visage
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I'll give you No 2 BM although you put it as No 3 (I edited your post). 6 is wrong, the other 4 are right but only score 5pts as you picked 3 of the gimmies (2, 51, 54)Originally Posted by BramleyMiller58
Last edited by CAMiller; 18-03-2021 at 03:38 AM.
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5 correct. 8pts Brin. 2 gimmies (6,28)
Last edited by CAMiller; 18-03-2021 at 03:38 AM.
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9 down 51 to go. All the high rollers are still left but 5 of the gimmies gone already.
3. P.ussycat, p.ussycat where have you been?
5. She says there's no turnin' back She trapped me in her heart
7. And if I stare too long, I'd probably break down and cry
8. Every time I think of you I know we have to meet
9. You've got to whip it up And hit me like a ton o' lead
10. That makes me try, try, try, try
11. There's a spy in the sky There's a noise on the wire There's a tap on the line For every paranoid desire
12. It must have been something you said
13. Where the eagles cry On a mountain high
14. It feels so right, so warm and true I need to know if you feel it too
15. C'est la rumba Le vieux rock au mambo
16. A penny for your thoughts my dear A penny for your thoughts my dear
18. Says something like, "You and me, babe, how about it?"
19. Please, Louise. Pull me off of my knees
20. Take a look up the rail track from Miami to Canada
21. What the hell is wrong with you tonight
22. Shoot it up Shoot it up Shoot it up
23. Laughing like children, living like lovers Rolling like thunder under the covers
24. Who broke my heart, you did, you did
25. I've got to let you know. I've got to let you know
26. People in the park playing games in the dark
27. The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent, to pay our share
29. Touching the very part of me, it's making my soul sing
30. Liz Taylor is not his style And even Lana Turner's smile
31. Measles' make you jumpy and mumps' will make you lumpy
32. No matter what they take from me They can't take away my dignity
33. Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival
34. At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive
35. Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be
36. I'd make a deal with God And I'd get him to swap our places
37. And you know I'm going straight for your heart
39. Want to get on He want to get on He want to get on Want to get on
40. Yeah, I feel alright I said, "Yeah" Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah
41. I must be on my way The time is drawing near
42. Sun and rain Joy and pain There's highs - there's lows We've no way of knowing
43. There's a new headline, there's a new sensation
44. You can try hard (aah-ahh-ah) Don't mean a thing (aah-ahh-ah)
45. And maybe now baby (maybe now baby) Maybe now baby (maybe now baby)
46. I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
47. Step by step, heart to heart, left right left We all fall down
48. They can't have it You can't have it I can't have it too
49. And that's my heart that's breaking Down this long distance line tonight
50. And if I cause a commotion I only end up losing you and that's worse
52. You can't sleep, you can't eat There's no doubt, you're in deep
53. You really don't remember, was it something that he said?
55. I thought I was mistaken And I thought I heard your words
56. And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen
57. I didn't really mean to hurt you I didn't wanna see you go
58. Had a heart Would she give it as a gift
59. That's a kissing good way To mess around and fall in love
60. An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
Hall Of Fame
7. Sweet. child o’ mine - Guns ‘n Roses.
23. I guess that’s why they call it the blues - Elton John
24. Poison Arrow - ABC
43. Hey you rocksteady crew - The Rock Steady Crew
60. Here I go again - Whitesnake
Hall Of Fame
13. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker (maybe plus Jennifer Warnes?)
20. Letter from America - Proclaimers
27. Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
32. Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
45. Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue
Last edited by sota; 18-03-2021 at 03:39 AM.
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5 right and 10pts eversley. 1 gimmie (23) and one toughie (43)
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5 correct Sota. 10pts. 1 gimmie (13) and 1 toughie (45)
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