MUSIC QUIZ NO. 115 HUGE LYRICS QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

SONG AND ARTIST


1. British beatlemania
WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE / BILLY JOEL
2. I feel so helpless like a boat against the tide
THE BEAST OF TIMES / STYX
3. A wounded heart you gave, / My soul you took away /
AGAIN / JANET JACKSON
4. So understanding and so kind, / you're everything to me
DREAMS / THE CRANBERRIES
5. I just never would suspect a thing /'Til that little bell began to ring in my head /
I SAW THE LIGHT / TODD RUNDGREN
6. She wonders how many more hours / her heart will feel broken
I CANT WAIT / STEVIE NICKS
7. So meet me on the edge of town / Won't keep you waiting I'll be around
WHEN THE NIGHT COMES / JOE COCKER
8. Big birds flying across the sky, / throwing shadows on our eyes
HELPLESS / NEIL YOUNG
9. It's loud and tasteless and / I've heard it before /
FASHION / DAVID BOWIE
10. What I thought was fire was only the spark
POISON ARROW / ABC
11. She can take what I dish out, / and that's not easy
SHE'S A LADY / TOM JONES
12. I took you down over the tracks / when you wanted some sin
EVEN IT UP / HEART
13. Every night I get one step closer to the danger zone
DIRTY WHITE BOY / FOREIGNER
14. Choking on the ashes of her enemies
ALL APOLOGIES / NIRVANA
15. When you need a friend, don't look to a stranger
THE PROMISE / WHEN IN ROME
16. But in these new dark ages, / There will still be light
LUNATIC FRINGE / RED RIDER
17. I hang my head down low / and hide my face from the sun
STILL OF THE NIGHT / WHITESNAKE
18. Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye
YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME / BON JOVI
19. She shoots her colors all around / Like a sunset going down
SHE'S A RAINBOW / THE ROLLING STONES
20. Hey JJ! What you been doing? You say your car broke down, the thing just isn't moving
C'EST LA VIE / ROBBIE NEVIL
21. He wanted love with no involvement
PAPER AND FIRE / JOHN MELLENCAMP
22. If you wanna dance / Grab yourself a body
LET THE MUSIC DO THE TALKING / AEROSMITH
23. A good friend of mine saw you / leavin' by your back door'
I NEED TO KNOW / TOM PETTY
24. My eyes saw red, but the card still stayed black
DARK LADT / CHER
25. Hot shoe, burnin' down the avenue
PANAMA / VAN HALEN
26. Love's knockin' on the door of my heart once more
FOOLISH HEART / STEVE PERRY
27. How can a person like you bring me joy
THE SIGN / ACE OF BASE
28. Tomorrow I will change and today won't mean a thing
BITCH / MEREDITH BROOKS
29. She will be sweet on me, just like a mystery
BARREL OF A GUN / GUSTER
30. I don't wanna be a candidate / for Vietnam or Watergate
BICYCLE RACE / QUEEN
31. Another crazy day, you drink the night away
BAKER STREET / GERRY RAFFERTY
32. The men of steel, the men of power
LAND OF CONFUSION / GENESIS
33. Everybody in the car so come on let's ride
MAMBO NO. 5 / LOU BEGA
34. Dropped in the state of imaginary grace
I MET WITH YOU / MODERN ENGLISH
35. I had a dream but it turned to dust
WINNING / SANTANA
36. What I've succumbed to is making me numb
JUST A GIRL / NO DOUBT
37. Heading down, I search for the beat in this dirty town
KIDS IN AMERICA / KIM WILDE
38. So wild, standing there, with her hands in her hair
VALERIE / STEVE WINWOOD
39. I know all about that other guy / The handsome man with athletic thighs
I WILL BUY YOU A NEW LIFE / EVER CLEVER
40. Dance with me across the sea and we / could feel the motion of a thousand dreams
DOCTOR DOCTOR / THOMPSON TWINS
41. War is all around / My mind says prepare to fight
1999 / PRINCE
42. 'Till the sun starts to cry / and the moon turns to rust
I WILL LOVE YOU / FISHER
43. The moon hangs like a question mark
MILES FROM OUR HOME / COWBOY JUNKIES
44. Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP / THE FOUNDATIONS
45. Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
MAN IN THE MIRROR / MICHAEL JACKSON
46. Your mouth is made up / but your mind is undone
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN / ELVIS COSTELLO
47. Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind
HEART OF GLASS / BLONDIE
48. There's emptiness behind their eyes / There's dust in all their hearts
LOVE MY WAY / PSYCHEDELIC FURS
49. Everybody's goin' off the deep end
WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND / LOVERBOY
50. All I can manage to push from my lips / is a stream of absurdities
AUTOMATIC / THE POINTER SISTERS
51. Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
SOUL KITCHEN / THE DOORS
52. And in your voice I hear / a choir of carousels
WEDDING BELL BLUES / THE 5TH DIMENSION
53. Who's gonna come around when you break
DRIVE / THE CARS
54. And I don't see an easy way to get out of this
I JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS / CUTTING EDGE
55. Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
MERCEDES BENZ / JANIS JOPLIN
56. Now that I'm alone again, / I can't stop breaking down again
MY BRAVE FACE / PAUL MCCARTNEY
57. I came along / I wrote a song for you
YELLOW / COLDPLAY
58. But my girl can't get enough of his sullen demeanor
MY BABY'S IN LOVE WITH EDDIE VEDDER / WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
59. She's the wave / She turns the tide
MYSTERIOUS WAYS / U2
60. But I watched the world float / to the dark side of the moon
KRYPTONITE / THREE DOORS DOWN
61. If this is love it breaks my heart
PROMISES PROMISES / NAKED EYES
62. But when the music changed, the plan was re-arranged
LET THE MUSIC PLAY / SHANNON
63. Reach out to me for satisfaction
HOLD ON I'M A COMIN / SAM AND DAVE
64. Throw down the jam till the girls say when
JOSIE / STEELY DAN
65. Turning in my sleep, love can leave you cold
SOMETHING SO WRONG / CROWDED HOUSE
66. All my dreams fall like rain
DOWN TOWN TRAIN / ROD STEWART
67. We just have to face it, this time we're through
KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU / ABBA
68. We fell in love, just like in the movies
HEY BABY THERE'YE PLAYING OUR SONG / THE BUCKINGHAMS
69. Since you've been gone / I feel my life slipping away
SECOND CHANCE / 38 SPECIAL
70. You deserve an award for the role that you played
TAKE A BOW / MADONNA
71. I've been thinking about the way you walk / Baby I like the way you talk
FRESH / KOOL AND THE GANG
72. In your eyes I can see a new horizon
BIGGEST PART OF ME / AMBROSSIA
73. I'm out of vogue, I'm out of touch
INSENSITIVE / JANN ARDEN
74. What in the world is this feeling / to catch a breath and leave me reeling
DIGGING YOUR SCENE / BLOW MONKEYS
75. Love remained a drug that's / the high and not the pill
KISS FROM A ROSE / SEAL
76. And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes / riding shotgun in the sky
WOODSTOCK / CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG
77. Now don't go wasting my precious time / Get your act together we could be just fine
WANNABE / THE SPICE GIRLS
78. I come alive in the neon light
LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT / JUDAS PREIST
79. Day or nighttime you're like a shinin' star
DIAMOND GIRL / SEALS AND CROFTS
80. Tougher than diamonds / and stronger than steel
THE POWER OF LOVE / HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
81. I got a taste of love in a simple way
I'M STANDING STILL / ELTON JOHN
82. Oh please believe me, I'd hate to miss the train
I'VE GOT A FEELING
83. But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
WILD WORLD / CAT STEVENS
84. So strike a pose on a Cadillac
WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN / THE BANGLES
85. In the hard light of an angry sun
TENDER IS THE NIGHT / JACKSON BROWNE
86. And together we can calm a stormy sea
GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I CAN / ANITA BAKER
87. But you still mystify and I wanna know why
CRUEL TO BE KIND / NICK LOWE
88. My only comfort is the night gone black
ONLY HAPPEN WHEN IT RAINS / GARBAGE
89. She had a pleasant elevation
AND SHE WAS / TALKING HEADS
90. I don't know how to cope when you bring out the tears
SAY YOU'RE WRONG / JULIAN LENNON
91. My body burns a gemlike flame
KYLIE / MR. MISTER
92. Words that scream for your submission
DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA / THE POLICE
93. I'm stuck on your heart / and hang on every word you say
SIMPLY THE BEST / TINA TURNER
94. Try and stop my hands from shaking/ Something in my mind's not making sense
YOUR LOVE / THE OUTFIELD
95. Make the warm winds circle round my head just like you do
YOU'RE AN OCEAN / FASTBALL
96. You may get disgusted / and think I'm strange
DOMINO / VAN MORRISON
97. His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
THE FRESHMEN / VERVE PIPE
98. It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO / WHAM
99. There's a log on the fire / and it burns like me for you
SAVE TONIGHT / EAGLE EYE CHERRY
100. Lift your hands and voices / Free your mind and join us
RHYTHM IS A DANCER / SNAP

[godoubleblues]

Q1 - London Calling - The Clash
Q30 - Bicycle Race - Queen
Q37 - Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Q84 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Q99 - Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

[Footy Chick]

100. Rhythm is a dancer -SNAP, which happened to be playing as I saw this!

[Footy Chick]

18. You give love a bad name - Bon Jovi
20. Ce La Vie - Robbie Neville
32. Land of Confusion - Genesis
83. Wild World? - Cat Stevens?

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - London Calling - The Clash.........INCORRECT
Q30 - Bicycle Race - Queen
Q37 - Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Q84 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Q99 - Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

OTHERS CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

100. Rhythm is a dancer -SNAP, which happened to be playing as I saw this!

CORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

18. You give love a bad name - Bon Jovi
20. Ce La Vie - Robbie Neville
32. Land of Confusion - Genesis
83. Wild World? - Cat Stevens?

CORRECT FC

[Footy Chick]

I've been listening to most of these songs at work today, so they're sorta coming easy at the moment!

33. Mambo no.5 - lou Bega

[The Real Number 3]

57. Coldplay - Yellow

[The Real Number 3]

77. Spice Girls - Wannabe

[godoubleblues]

Q1 - London Calling - The Clash.........INCORRECT
Q30 - Bicycle Race - Queen
Q37 - Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Q84 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Q99 - Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

OTHERS CORRECT GDB

oops, that was phony beatlemania for London Calling
how about We Didnt Start the Fire by Billy Joel

[magpie in the 80's]

I've been listening to most of these songs at work today, so they're sorta coming easy at the moment!

33. Mambo no.5 - lou Bega

correct fc

[magpie in the 80's]

57. Coldplay - Yellow

correct trn3

[magpie in the 80's]

77. Spice Girls - Wannabe

correct trn3

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - London Calling - The Clash.........INCORRECT
Q30 - Bicycle Race - Queen
Q37 - Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Q84 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Q99 - Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

OTHERS CORRECT GDB

oops, that was phony beatlemania for London Calling
how about We Didnt Start the Fire by Billy Joel

correct gdb

[spell_check]

9) Fashion - David Bowie
10) The look of love - ABC
49) Working for the weekend - Loverboy
89) And she was - Talking Heads
93) Simply the best - Tina Turner

[magpie in the 80's]

9) Fashion - David Bowie
10) The look of love - ABC.........INCORRECT SONG CORRECT ARTIST
49) Working for the weekend - Loverboy
89) And she was - Talking Heads
93) Simply the best - Tina Turner

all others correct spelly

[Footy Chick]

28. Bitch -Meredith Brooks
47. Heart of Glass? Blondie

53. Drive - the cars
55. Janice Joplin... not sure what is called...mercedes Benz?
59.Mysterious Ways - U2?
60. Kryptonite - 3 doors down?
67. Knowing me, knowing you - Abba
73. Out of Touch - Hall and Oates?
80. Power of Love - huey lewis and the News?
98. Wake me up before you go-go - Wham

[magpie in the 80's]

28. Bitch -Meredith Brooks
47. Heart of Glass? Blondie

53. Drive - the cars
55. Janice Joplin... not sure what is called...mercedes Benz?
59.Mysterious Ways - U2?
60. Kryptonite - 3 doors down?
67. Knowing me, knowing you - Abba
73. Out of Touch - Hall and Oates?..........incorrect
80. Power of Love - huey lewis and the News?
98. Wake me up before you go-go - Wham

all others correct FC

[JK]

6. I Can't Wait - Stevie Nicks
7. Bryan Adams I reckon but can't pick the song
25. Panama - Van Halen
28. Bitch - Meredith Brooks
53. Drive - The Cars
54. Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
60. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
75. Kiss From A Rose - Seal
80. Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News