To make this last - can you limit yourselves to 3 answers at a time :) The person who comes up with the right answer first will appear next to the quetion. Here goes - have fun:

1. The Wham! boys used to stuff something down their trousers, what were these objects? POPTRASH ;D

2. Which lead singer of a popular 80's band used to be in Siouxie and the Banshees? chris

3. How many Taylors were there in Duran Duran, and can you name them? ( Hairspray, will you get there first? :) ) Bobo

4. Who used to sing in shopping malls? Screwball54

5. Name the two bands that Paul Wellar was a part of in the 80's. chris

6. ''He thinks its not kosher''. What is the next line in the song? J.C - ''Rock the Casbah''

7. What was the first video to be played on MTV? Screwball54 - The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

8. Name the artist and song from the video described: Artist is walking along the street, lighting up the pavement with his steps ( easy!) Jonman

9. Which album conatins such songs as 'Some Girls and Bigger than Others' and 'Never had No-one Ever'? Gambo

10. Which Police song is about a student teacher relationship? Screwball54 - Don't stand so close to me ( not really a trick question, its pretty much the same song!)

11. And which is about a stalker? Bobo

12. And finally, which is about a prostitute? ( Sorry about The Police tangent - but they really are fantastic as many will agree :)) Jonman

13. ''There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost.'' What is the next line in the song? FB

14. What links Human League, Heaven 17, Joy Divison, New Order, Yazoo and Erasure together? (I sure hope I've got this right!) Cornboy98

15. Which girl band who have recntly covered Eternal Flame have now covered The Tide Is High? ( Such bad covers - what is the world coming to!) Bobo

16. Who recorded the original version of Jealous Guy? Gambo

17. What is the name of Billy Idols late 70's band? J.C - Generation x

18. What do the songs 'If you buy this record' by the Tamperer, 'Music Sounds Better With You' by Stardust, 'Everybody' by Progress feat Boy Wunder and 'El Paraiso Rico' by Deetah all have in common? DJ Midas

19. Who has recently covered Berlin's 'The Metro'? ( Clue, the song has been featured in a movie - so a bonus point for naming the film) Cornboy98

20. Who co-wrote 'Our Lips Are Sealed' with the Go Go's? Gambo

21. ''Pass the pub that wrecks your body, and the Church all they want is your money.'' What is the next line in the song?Gambo ( I'll give this to you beacuse you got the first bit right, the next bit is 'its so lonely on a limb...'

22. In which Madonna video did the infamous 'cone bra' first appear? DJ Midas

23. Both Annie Lennox and Third Eye Blind have covered which 1980 Clash song? J.C - Train In Vain (fantastic song IMO)

24. What is the connection between the songs, 'Time After Time', 'Back To The Old House' and 'I Don't Want To Talk About It' ? DJ MIdas

25. Name two 80's artists who have the same song title as the artist (Clue: One begins with 'L' and the other with 'T' - although there may be others) Cornboy98

26. ''Now she's gone, and I'm back on the beat''. What is the next line in the song? Cornboy98

27. A Destinys Child song ( from their first album) is a remake of an 80's song - what is the name of it, and who is the original artist? DJ Midas

28. The writers of 'The Chicken' Song' also wrote which popular British sci-fi comedy? Gis

4. Tiffany

7. "Video Killed the radio star" - the Bugles

10 trick question: two songs "Don't stand so close to me", and "Dont stand so close to me '86"
                               

6. Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
17. Generation X?
23. Train In Vain

3) As it happens, I wish to get there first... There were three Taylors in Duran Duran, Roger, John and Andy.

32. Prince

12. Roxanne
32. Prince (under the psuedonym Christopher)
40. "But you can give them to the birds and bees, I want money!"

11 is Every Breath You Take.
15 is Atomic Kitten (I agree, I much prefered the other vershes - but you've heard Louise's Stuck In The Middle, haven't you?)
40 - The best things in life are free
You can give them to the birds and bees - The Beatles' Money.

PS. I'm kicking myself over the last one, 40 is not the answer you require.

Oops...JC beat me to #32 so I'll answer #8

8. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson

2 Robert Smith of The Cure
33 The Housemartins
5 The Jam and The Style Council

29.  Rio
34.  a-open your heart, b-like a virgin, c-like a prayer, d-cherish
37.  George Michael

Hey Criz !

# 13  "But you'll never see the end of the road while you're travelling with me" - from 'Don't Dream It's Over' by Crowded House

# 29  has been answered, but I thought it was 'Wild Boys', where the windmill he was tied to broke down when his head was underwater...

# 40  has also been answered, but I thought the lyrics were "But you can keep them for the birds and bees, I want money"


FB  :)

39.  I am making a guess-  "Thriller"?

36. "Lifeboat lies lost at sea"

25.  Living in a Box, Talk Talk
26.  A Stain on my notebook says nothing to me.  Now she's gone, and I'm back with a friend.  Black coffee in bed.  (Squeeze  "Black Coffee in Bed")
34.  a.  Open Your Heart
     b.  Like A Virgin
     c.  Like A Prayer
     d.  Cherish


---cornboy98

3- JOHN TAYLOR, ANDY TAYLOR, ROGER TAYLOR

1- OH MY GOD SHUTTLECOCKS!!!!!!!!! I HAD TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT

2.   Robert Smith of The Cure.
5.   The Jam and the Style Council.
9.  "The Queen is Dead" by the Smiths.
11.  "Every Breath you Take."
12.  "Roxanne."
13.  "But you'll never see the end of the road
     while you're traveling with me."
16.  John Lennon.
20.  Terry Hall.
21.  "The Queen is dead, boys`
     you can trust me, boys."
31.  "And I had a feeling that I belonged."
33.  The Housemartins.

Some answers which were given were incorrect, so if you don't see your name by an answer, this is the case :) Anyway, keep going guys - your doing great! (No-one seems to be getting the 'link' questions though!) :)

Hmm - the last 12 questions seemed to have disappered - how did that happen ???

28.Red Dwarf

19.  System of a Down, the movie was "Not Another Teen Movie"
27.  STYX  "Show Me the Way"??????

OK, I have a partial answer for 14, I think.  Here goes:

Human League and Heaven 17 both had Martin Ware and Ian Marsh.

Joy Division and New Order both had Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Morris and Ian Curtis.

Yazoo and Erasure both had Vince Clark.

---cornboy98

18. I was going to say they all sample Madonna songs but I was thinking of the Tamperer's "If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Much Better)."  Oh well...

22. Open Your Heart  ???

27. Just An Illusion - original artist is Imagination

24. Breaking up

They were all covered by Everything But The Girl.


--Midas

your cleanup pinch hitter ;)

24.  They've all been covered by Everything but the Girl.