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AnswerMug challenge: Lyrics quiz! Part two: 1970s-80s (NO GOOGLING)

I used to do this a fair bit on the old Bag, this is the first time on the Mug.

21. I see a little silhouetto of a man, scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
22. There is no pain, you are receding
23. Heu, heu, heu, heu, I am the king of the divan
24. Voulez-vous couchet avec moi, çe soir?
25. Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk
26. I’m a blue-eyed bitch, and I wanna get rich
27. Screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo, like some cat from Japan
28. Strumming my pain with his fingers
29. Holly came from Miami FLA
30. Well I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damn depressed
31. Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
32. Lying in my bed I hear a clock tick and think of you
33. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dreams
34. Only boys that save their pennies make my rainy day
35. How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer’s deadly toy?
36. He’s bangin’ on the bongos like a chimpanzee
37. And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
38. And she’s lovin’ him with that body, I just know it
39. My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
40. Guilty feet have got no rhythm

Posted - August 15, 2017

Responses


  • 44224
    21...Bohemian Rhapsody...Queen
    22 Comfortably numb...Pink Floyd
    25...Stayin' Alive...BGs

    I remeber a few more but not the titles nor the artists.
      August 15, 2017 3:17 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    Three ticks
      August 15, 2017 6:37 PM MDT
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  • 32656
    21. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
    I see a little silhouetto of a man, scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
    25. Staying Alive
    Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to
    28. Killing Me Softly
    Strumming my pain with his fingers
    32. Cindy Lauper: Time After Time
    Lying in my bed I hear a clock tick and think of you
    34. Maddonna: Material Girl
    Only boys that save their pennies make my rainy day
    36. Dire Straits: That Ain't Workin'
    He’s bangin’ on the bongos like a chimpanzee
    38. Rick Springfield: Jesse's Girl
    And she’s lovin’ him with that body, I just know it
    39. Cars: Angel in a Centerfold
    My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
    40. George Micheal: Father Figure
    Guilty feet have got no rhythm
      August 15, 2017 3:48 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    You obviously know the songs,  but are a little fuzzy on the titles or artists.
    36 - it's not called that
    39 - title close enough, but not The Cars
    40 - right artist, wrong song
    Others correct :-)
      August 15, 2017 6:04 PM MDT
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  • 32656
    36. Money for Nothing
    40. Careless Whisper 
      August 15, 2017 6:22 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    Gold star on your term report!
      August 15, 2017 6:36 PM MDT
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  • 22904
    35 jumped out at me - - I think it might be "The Tide Is Turning" by Roger Waters (from the "Radio K.A.O.S." album).
    If I'm wrong, I know that line is somewhere in my "mind library" of tunes! Ha!
    :)
      August 15, 2017 6:17 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    Nope - I usually don't include the same artist twice in a list, Floyd is already up there.
      August 15, 2017 6:19 PM MDT
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  • 22904
    You're right!! It hit me when you said it wasn't Floyd! It's Sting! Fro the life of me I can't remember the song but it uses prominently an orchestral theme by composer Prokofiev!
    This is fun, ha!
    :) This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at August 15, 2017 6:25 PM MDT
      August 15, 2017 6:24 PM MDT
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  • 22904
    RUSSIANS!!
    :)
      August 15, 2017 6:26 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    Still have the 45 - it's one I managed to salvage when my son, then three, got at my record collection
      August 15, 2017 6:35 PM MDT
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  • 22904
    That's a good one to have rescued! I like that song.
    :)
      August 15, 2017 6:37 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    Hints for those not guessed.

    23. Synthetic. It hovers for me (French)
    24. PL. Female orange spread 
    26.Female bass player. Untamed singular.
    27. Mr Jones. Cosmic powder
    28. Publicity agent 
    29. River plant. Perambulate on an untamed aspect
    30. USA. Blonde sibling.
    31. Freezer. Australia.
    33. Band led by a "gender bender". Lizard gets what it deserves.
    37. Rocky III
    39. JGB

    Answers posted Tuesday (Australian time)
      August 18, 2017 8:18 PM MDT
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  • 16239
    Here are the answers!


    21. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
    22. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
    23. Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi
    24. Patti LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
    25. The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
    26. Suzi Quatro - The Wild One
    27. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
    28. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
    29. Lou Reed - Walk On the Wild Side
    30. America - Sister Golden Hair
    31. Icehouse - Great Southern Land
    32. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
    33. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon 
    34. Madonna - Material Girl
    35. Sting - Russians 
    36. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
    37. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
    38. Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl
    39. J Geils Band - Centerfold
    40. George Michael - Careless Whisper 
      August 22, 2017 11:21 PM MDT
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  • 404
    21bohemion rhapsody-queen
    22comfortably numb-pink floyd
    23 ?
    24?
    25 stayin alive-bee gees
    26?
    27 ?
    28 Killing me softly-roberta flack
    29take a walk on the wild side-lou reed
    30 sister golden hair-america
    31?
    32 time after time-cindy lauper
    33 ?
    34 ?
    35?
    36 money for nothing- dire straits
    37 eye of the tiger- survivor ( did you know he was the singing voice in the bud light real men of genious commercials?)
    38jessies girl- rick springfield ( soap opera star.)
    39 centerfold-j geils
    40 careless whisper not sure if its wham or george michaels solo....imo seether? slaughtered this song
      August 30, 2017 6:10 PM MDT
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