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Subject: A short lyric quiz
Here are some lyrics that don't follow any theme at all :
What song and who sung them ?
NOTE : IN LINE WITH ZELLA'S EXCELLENT IDEA, QUESTIONS ALREADY ANSWERED CORRECTLY WILL BE MARKED WITH A ##
## 1. THE PUMPS DON'T WORK 'COS THE VANDALS TOOK THE HANDLES
## 2. SHE CAN TELL YOU 'BOUT THE PLANE CRASH WITH A GLEAM IN HER EYE
3. HOLD ME UP FOR MY MONEY, PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME HONEY
4. DOCTORS FINDING MANY WAYS OF WRAPPING BRAINS IN METAL TRAYS
## 5. DANCE INTO THE FIRE, THAT FATAL KISS
6. A SPECIAL FACE, A SPECIAL VOICE, A SPECIAL SMILE IN MY LIFE
## 7. I'VE NEEDED YOU TO CRY ON, I'VE WRITTEN TO YOU NEARLY EVERY DAY
## 8. ON THE BLACK SATIN SHEETS WHERE HE STARTED TO FREAK
## 9. THE MAN COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY
## 10. WE CAN ACT REAL RUDE, TOTALLY REMOVED, AND I CAN ACT LIKE AN IMBECILE
That's a pretty good cross-section I think ! ;D
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
#5 "A View To A Kill" by Duran Duran
#10 "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats
#2 looks awfully familiar..... :-/
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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#5 "A View To A Kill" by Duran Duran
#10 "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats
#2 looks awfully familiar..... :-/
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Well done Karen M - 2 winners.
#2 looks familiar to me too !
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
#2 is "Dirty Laundry"-Don Henley.
#9 is "Who Can It Be Now?"-Men at Work
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Well done Karen M - 2 winners.
#2 looks familiar to me too !
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Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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Here are some lyrics that don't follow any theme at all :
What song and who sung them ?
1. THE PUMPS DON'T WORK 'COS THE VANDALS TOOK THE HANDLES
2. SHE CAN TELL YOU 'BOUT THE PLANE CRASH WITH A GLEAM IN HER EYE
3. HOLD ME UP FOR MY MONEY, PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME HONEY
4. DOCTORS FINDING MANY WAYS OF WRAPPING BRAINS IN METAL TRAYS
5. DANCE INTO THE FIRE, THAT FATAL KISS
6. A SPECIAL FACE, A SPECIAL VOICE, A SPECIAL SMILE IN MY LIFE
7. I'VE NEEDED YOU TO CRY ON, I'VE WRITTEN TO YOU NEARLY EVERY DAY
8. ON THE BLACK SATIN SHEETS WHERE HE STARTED TO FREAK
9. THE MAN COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY
10. WE CAN ACT REAL RUDE, TOTALLY REMOVED, AND I CAN ACT LIKE AN IMBECILE
That's a pretty good cross-section I think ! ;D
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#8 is from "Lady Marmalade".
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
1. "Subterranian Homesick Blues" - Bob Dylan
7. "My World" - Bee Gees
9. "For What it's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
Drat! I only knew #8 and #10 and everyone beat me to them! >:( #3 sounds vaguely familiar. Like maybe something by Rod Stewart in his "blonde" days? :D
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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#2 is "Dirty Laundry"-Don Henley.
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That's it, that's it! Now how come I couldn't remember it? ???
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
Yeah, that's what I meant to say, not that
Men at Work crap. ;D
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9. "For What it's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield
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Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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#2 is "Dirty Laundry"-Don Henley.
#9 is "Who Can It Be Now?"-Men at Work
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# 2 is correct-a-mundo
# 9 was incorrect but I see that that Wicked Wicked Lester put you on the straight and narrow !
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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#8 is from "Lady Marmalade".
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Correct junior !
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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1. "Subterranian Homesick Blues" - Bob Dylan
7. "My World" - Bee Gees
9. "For What it's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield
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3 outta 3, Wicked Lester, but you already knew that didn't you ? ;)
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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Drat! I only knew #8 and #10 and everyone beat me to them! >:( #3 sounds vaguely familiar. Like maybe something by Rod Stewart in his "blonde" days? :D
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This sounds like begging !
# 3 was sung by a British guy who was big in the mid to late 70's
His surname is the same as the name of a one-hit wonder group from the 60's (at least over here)
I gotta tellya Zella, that stilll leaves it easier than Oleander, Disengaging and the like !!! :) ;)
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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I gotta tellya Zella, that stilll leaves it easier than Oleander, Disengaging and the like !!! :) ;)
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Oleander Disengaging sounds like a good name for a rock group! ;D
I can't believe I didn't get Buffalo Springfield (banging her head repeatedly against the wall).
Still don't know #3. Too many brain cells gone.
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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I can't believe I didn't get Buffalo Springfield (banging her head repeatedly against the wall).
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I'm in the same boat with you, Zella! :-[
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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I'm in the same boat with you, Zella! :-[End Quote
With the exception of Lady Marmalade, I thought he was on a real "80s" roll, so I just assumed I wasn't going to know them :'(
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
Just testing to see whether my lost post to this thread will show up. Well, wherever it is, I hope I got a penguin point for it! ::)
.................
There it is! It showed up now. Glitch glitch glitch glitch glitch.
:D :D :D :D :D
Subject: Re: A short lyric quiz
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Oleander Disengaging sounds like a good name for a rock group! ;D
I can't believe I didn't get Buffalo Springfield (banging her head repeatedly against the wall).
Still don't know #3. Too many brain cells gone.
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I can't believe you didn't either ! :o