Quoting:
Song title and artist for the following lyrics please. Limit 4.

There is a "solo" theme that should rapidly become apparent.

I've padded out the quiz with some duplicate letters in the A-Z because I couldn't get clues for certain letters.

"J" and "K" are also cheats on my part...

Good luck :)

A.  So you want to be free, to live your life the way you wanna be

B.  I can sense it, something important is about to happen

C.  Poppa woulda’ shot him if he knew what he done

D.  I tear open my shirt I got a Rosie on my chest

E1. Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli

E2. But that’s just me, I’m just obscene

F.  He was the first punk ever to set foot on this Earth

G.  <blank>

H.  <blank>

I.  <blank>

J.  I sing myself to sleep, a song from the darkest hour

K.  There’s a new dance that’s been going around

L.  I can see you want me something in your eyes is sensual

M1. Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone

M2. Step by step, heart to heart, left right left we all fall down

N.  A little loving, a little giving, to build a dream for the World we live in

O.  Sip a glass of cold champagne wine

P.  She wasn't too bright but I could tell when she kissed me she knew how to get her kicks

Q.  <blank>

R.  I’m just an average man with an average life

S1. Be yourself no matter what they say

S2. We move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy

S3. Everybody, summertime love, you’ll remember me

S4. Me stab someone down the lane a licky boom boom down

T1. Trying to get away into the night

T2. I don’t want to go to school, don’t wanna be nobody’s fool

U.  <blank>

V.  <blank>

W.  I feel the air is getting hot, like my baby

X.  <blank>

Y.  Now we may not know where our next meal is coming from

Z.  Make it feel, make it feel so unreal


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D.  The Wonderer-Dion
T1.  I think we're alone now-Tommy James and Shandells/Tiffany

Quoting:


D.  The Wonderer-Dion
T1.  I think we're alone now-Tommy James and Shandells/Tiffany

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L.  Three Times a lady-Lionel Richie

Quoting:
S1.  Englishman in NY - Sting
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Quoting:
P.  Raspberry Beret - Prince
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Both correct cs!

Quoting:
D.  Dion - The Wanderer
E2.  Eminem - Without Me
M.  Madonna - Like a Prayer
M2.  Martika - Toy Soldiers
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4 for 4 Kenny, well done!

Quoting:
D.  The Wonderer-Dion
T1.  I think we're alone now-Tommy James and Shandells/Tiffany
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Right on all counts Mike, unfortunately Kenny just beat you to Dion. Actually, your typo on The Wanderer amused me...

"Now I'm the kinda guy
Who likes to roam around
and wonder....where the hell am I now!?
They call me the wonderer, yeh the wonderer..."


I was after the Tiffany version because the theme should be becoming obvious now....

Quoting:
R. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
S4 Informer - Snow
S2 Smooth Operator - Sade
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All correct Jaqui, well done.

Quoting:
L.  Three Times a lady-Lionel Richie
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This one is incorrect Mike.

The theme is solo artists with "solo" names, i.e. known by one name only.

Quoting:
E1 Orinoco Flow - Enya

N A Little Peace - Nikita
(I think that's her name, won the Eurovision song contest with it)

T2 I Wanna Be Free - Toyah
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I'll give you all 3 karen - well done!
The only slight mistake is that the Eurovision winner in 1982 (from Germany) was Nicole.

Quoting:
Hi Maddog

C is Cher, Gypsies, tramps & thieves

and a guess

K is Kylie, Locomotion?
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Hi Tao
C is correct, K is not  :(

Well, I know this quiz is in trouble when my fellow Brits (karen and Tao) miss out on the ones that I thought only the Brits would get (like most of the remaining ones!)

Quoting:
Rats!  All the ones I know have already been taken!  :(
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Sorry about that CF....I think I'm going to need some heavy hints for the remaining ones (still waiting for FBVP to make his move though).

Quoting:
B. Big Time Sensuality-Bjork
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Spot on Indy :)

Quoting:
S:  Boys - Sabrina
L:  Naked - Louise
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Both correct Spike.
I'm just going to close my eyes and contemplate the videos for both of these songs for a moment.....*sigh*

Quoting:
K - Kenny, The Bump (1974/75)
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Quoting:
J - James, Sit Down
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Hi Paul

You got the both of my "cheats", well done!

I couldn't come up with any uni-named solo artists for J or K so I chose groups that sounded like single people, i.e. James and Kenny.

I didn't know that The Bay City Rollers originally recorded "The Bump" - that's one to store away for pop quiz in the pub...

Quoting:
F Falco and Rock Me Amadeus (or is it just Amadeus?)

I'd worked out some of the other names by thinking of artists with one name but I can't think what the songs are.
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Hi karen, F is correct :)

as for the others...do the hints help at all?

Quoting:
Is W called Saturday Night? by Whigfield
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Yep, that's the one, with the annoying duck quacking noise all the way through it!

Quoting:
Y must be Yazz but I'm afraid I don't know the song
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Yazz it is...now come on Tao, you must know at least one Yazz song and this is probably it! A dance floor filler from the late 80s.

Quoting:

Yazz it is...now come on Tao, you must know at least one Yazz song and this is probably it! A dance floor filler from the late 80s.
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OK, I'll try the only song I know....
The only way is up?

Quoting:
OK, I'll try the only song I know....
The only way is up?
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It's the only one I know too - and it's correct! ;)

Quoting:
A - Adamski, Killer - which featured the voice of Seal

Z - Zoe, Sunshine On A Rainy Day

O - Omar, There's Nothing Like This
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Correct-a-mundo Paul, well done!

Oh, and I had to look up the lyrics to the Falco record myself. Apparently that line about Mozart being the "first punk ever to walk the Earth" is the first line of the song....

I think I've managed (accidentally) to alienate all but the UK board members with this quiz!

Quoting:

I think I've managed (accidentally) to alienate all but the UK board members with this quiz!
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Never mind.  It makes a change from all the obscure Aus or US stuff being asked about.