Okay, time once again for...Name That 80's Song Lyric!

[Common Sense Party]

It's been a long, long while...

Here's how:

Post a line or two from a fairly well-known song from the 80s. Don't make it too hard or something obscure, but don't give us a gimme, either (e.g.: "Might as well JUMP!&quot . Make sure you have the lyric correct.

For the guessers--Rule #1 is NO GOOGLING! You can ask the cluegiver for a hint, but don't just look it up. It should come from the recesses of your spongy grey matter.

When you guess it correctly, why not post a YouTube link so the rest of us can enjoy the tune as well?

Have fun, you Rock of Agers!

[Common Sense Party]

1. I can see your face still shining through the window on the other side n/t

[Systematic Chaos]

3. Toto - Rosanna

[Common Sense Party]

9. Yup.

[Common Sense Party]

2. You just broke out of the danger zone

Be there to show your face
On another dreamy day

[Systematic Chaos]

4. Yes - Cinema/Leave It

[Common Sense Party]

7. Well done!

[Systematic Chaos]

88. I got my very first Walkman-type player in 1983, from a local store called Zody's

It was a little blue and white player with a built-in FM tuner and it sounded amazingly good for only costing about $25 back then.

My first three tapes I bought to go with it were Yes' 90125, Genesis' eponymous 1983 album with 'Mama' and 'That's All' on it, and Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger.

[Common Sense Party]

5. Watched by empty silhouettes

Who close their eyes but still can see

[Common Sense Party]

59. Hmm. Still too hard. Here's more: "Today I don't need a replacement

I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant"

[Systematic Chaos]

87. Peter Gabriel -- Solsbury Hill

This is technically a 70s entry though, but still an awesome song!

[Common Sense Party]

103. That's true.

I still thing of it as 80s, I guess, since that's when I first heard it.

[Systematic Chaos]

6. All those tubes and wires...careful notes! (And antiquated notions)

[Common Sense Party]

13. I took me a while to remember...

[Systematic Chaos]

8. Dealing in multiplication, and they still can't feed everyone.

[Common Sense Party]

11. Electric Ave.

[Systematic Chaos]

10. See the chameleon, lying there in the sun.

[Common Sense Party]

12. Slade - Run Run Away

[Systematic Chaos]

15. I guess you're into this stuff about as much as I am.

Up to 1987 there is just no better top-40 radio than much of the 70s and the early to mid 80s.

[Common Sense Party]

19. I'm hopelessly stuck in the 80s.

You should see my iPod.

[OriginalGeek]

14. I can't get to sleep

I think about the implications...

[Common Sense Party]

18. Men at Work

Love this song

[OriginalGeek]

22. Colin Hay was in studio for a radio interview here a while back and

did a live acoustic version of it by himself. That was a few years ago and it still haunts me.

In a good way. Simply beautiful.

[Common Sense Party]

26. Nice. Is he recording stuff still?

[OriginalGeek]

40. As a matter of fact he is

most recent album was last year
http://www.colinhay.com/?page_id=30

he tours too so I hope he gets back to Florida some time.

[Systematic Chaos]

16. Baby, baby, when I lay with you, there's no place I'd rather be.

[DearHeart]

70. Oooh! I actually know this one!

It's I Feel For You by Chaka Khan

[Systematic Chaos]

80. Bravo! One of my top 5 songs of the decade, for sure.

[Common Sense Party]

17. Like a knife that cuts you

The wound heals but the scar, that scar remains

[Common Sense Party]

60. Here's more: "Instead of makin' love, we both

made our separate ways"

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

223. Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison

It's funny, it was the repetition of "scar" that triggered the memory. And then I heard the guitar solo playing in my head!

[Common Sense Party]

228. I know...that's weird how the brain can piece together disparate chunks of memory and reconstruct

a song.

[Systematic Chaos]

20. We're the hand that writes and quickly moves away.

HINT - moving away from pop with this one.

[Common Sense Party]

61. This one's driving me nuts. It sounds familiar, but

I cannot place it. Hint?

[Systematic Chaos]

81. Some other lyrics then....

We're off to the witch;
We may never, never, never come home.

[Common Sense Party]

83. I can't believe I missed that.

I love me some Dio!

I was not thinking headbanging when I was reading that.

[Systematic Chaos]

84. I can cover many genres, but I must admit the latest batch of entries you put up...

...had me totally stumped.

[Common Sense Party]

85. A lot of them are from the early MTV days, and the "Night Flight" era...

If you watched music videos in the 80s, you'll recognize some of those songs.

[Systematic Chaos]

86. Ah I see. I never had cable during the 80s and so only watched...

...very limited amounts of MTV at friends' houses during weekend D&D games and whatnot.

[Common Sense Party]

21. Shiver and say the words

Of every lie you've ever heard

[Arugula Latte]

27. Bring on the Dancing Horses by Echo & the Bunnymen

Love that song!

[Systematic Chaos]

30. Never heard this before. It's cool though!

[Common Sense Party]

32. Yes, indeedy!

[Systematic Chaos]

23. Lit up like a firefly just to feel the living night

[Common Sense Party]

24. Dude. Subdivisions!

[Arugula Latte]

25. I see you slither away with your skin and your tail

[RZM]

44. The Church, 'Reptile'

LOL. Busted out the main riff at band practice the other week. The drummer (we're a two piece) didn't know what the hell was going on . One of my favorite guitar-driven songs of the 80s. Absolute classic!

[Arugula Latte]

47. Right!

Love it!

[Systematic Chaos]

28. So sorry, I never meant to break your heart -- but you broke mine.

[Common Sense Party]

31. Marillion - kayleigh

[Common Sense Party]

29. See the sky, the burning rain

She will die and live again

[Arugula Latte]

34. U2 -- "A Sort of Homecoming"

I love the album Unforgettable Fire...

[Common Sense Party]

36. That is my favorite of theirs.

Joshua Tree was good, but...

[HopeHoops]

33. "Do it in the Butt"

On Edit: No, I don't like that "song".

[Bertha Venation]

35. 80s? There were relevant lyrics in the 80s?

Signed,

Child of the 70s.

[Arugula Latte]

37. Well, nothing could compare to the brilliance of 1971's "I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond

"I am," I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the chair

[Bertha Venation]

89. Touché!

[Arugula Latte]

38. The clocks will all run backwards

All the sheep will have two heads
And Thursday night and Friday
Will be on Tuesday night instead

[sakabatou]

165. Way Down Now Lyrics - World Party

[Arugula Latte]

168. Yes!

[Common Sense Party]

183. I love that album! I can't believe I couldn't place that.

[loyalsister]

39. I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender

...

[Generic Brad]

43. Jackson Browne - "The Pretender"

Yes?

[loyalsister]

79. Indeed

[bluedigger]

45. Amen!

[rppper]

41. Here ya' go....

It's guilt edged, Glamorous and sleek by design...
You know it's jealous by nature
False and unkind...

Good luck!

[Common Sense Party]

53. I think it's

Love is a Stranger - by the Eurythmics...

[rppper]

218. Right on!!!

[Flaxbee]

42. We all know that crap is king

(probably easy, but I'm listening to it now)

[Common Sense Party]

54. Yup.

[think4yourself]

97. Almost 30 years ahead of his time

with this one!

[RZM]

46. You cry like a baby. You cry like a bird. You cry like a lady. You cry like a girl

Bonus hint . . . this might the song that Herman Cain got his tax plan from

[Common Sense Party]

55. I know this one!

The Furs!

This was a good album...but "Forever Now" was one of my favorite albums of the 80s.

[RZM]

67. Yep. Nice job!

[RZM]

48. On a wire betwen will and what will be

[Systematic Chaos]

82. Michael Sembello -- Maniac

[RZM]

100. Nice n/t

[bluedigger]

49. I got some groceries, some peanut butter,

To last a couple of days

[Common Sense Party]

56. We may all be going through this soon. Great song.

Talking Heads:

[petronius]

50. There were times when I could have 'murdered' her,

But you know I would hate anything to happen to her.

No, I don't want to see her...

[Common Sense Party]

57. Do you really think she'll pull through?

[Arugula Latte]

114. Oops, wrong place

[petronius]

51. You, strange as angels dancing in the deepest oceans

Twisting in the water, you're just like a dream...

[Common Sense Party]

58. Great song, great band of the 80's.

The Cure.

[kimi]

52. "By day we run by night we dance"

(Hope it's not too obscure.)

[sakabatou]

186. 80s - Killing Joke?

I'm not sure.

[Common Sense Party]

62. Nothin’ more to be said

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Write me a letter instead
I don’t mean to be cruel
But I'm finished with you

[ms liberty]

136. I will answer you thusly:

"The record you are now playing is The Completion Backward Principle. If you can possibly manage the time, please play at one meeting."

My absolute favorite Tubes album, and their greatest.

I do not know how to post the vid...sorry!

[Common Sense Party]

137. Well done! I had forgotten the intro, but will post here:

All you have to do is copy the URL of the video over at YouTube and paste it here.

[ms liberty]

222. And I was just a bit off on the intro....

Strange, because I just listened to this album a couple of days ago. But I was a bit excited...knowing that there is someone else out there who remembers this album!

Thanks for the copying tip...I will make a note of it for the future!

[Common Sense Party]

63. I'm lookin' back at the time that drifted by

But I won't cry for the wasted years

[Common Sense Party]

182. No? Nobody remembers this one? Here are some more lyrics:

I saw you laugh when the knife was twisted
It still hurts, but the pain has shifted
I'm looking back at the time that drifted by

[Common Sense Party]

64. I see no harm or danger in escaping

If the method suits the style
We put the mind on idle

[HughBeaumont]

98. Saga - On The Loose.

I overplayed this song when I was 12.

[Common Sense Party]

101. I still love it.

[Common Sense Party]

65. You can't depend on your teacher

You can't depend on your preacher
You can't depend on politicians
You can't depend on superstitions
Love can rock you

[Common Sense Party]

194. More: Never stop you

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Love is...

You can't rely on Mother Nature

[Common Sense Party]

66. Keepin' it a mystery

It gets to me, running down the length of my thigh

[Eyerish]

91. "My Sharona" - The Knack

Yay!! I know one!
I thought I would know more, but i'm realizing it's hard to figure out the song by just the words...

[Common Sense Party]

93. That's it.

[Common Sense Party]

68. Come to my world

Come away with me
Smile with your eyes
So I can see

[Common Sense Party]

69. And you don't want the emotion

Because the taste it leaves is for real
But nothing's ever real until it's gone

[sakabatou]

164. Husker Du - Too Far Down

[Common Sense Party]

171. Yes

[Common Sense Party]

71. I'll march this road

I'll climb this hill
Down on my knees if I have to

[tXr]

109. "I Still Believe" - The Call

Summer 1986!

[Common Sense Party]

110. One of my favorite summers--that was graduation year.

The Lost Boys version would also have been acceptable:

[Common Sense Party]

72. Beside defying media too fast

Instead of pushing palaces to fall

[Arugula Latte]

113. "Radio Free Europe" by R.E.M.

That was the first song of theirs I heard and it made me a lifelong fan.

[Common Sense Party]

120. Good job!

To be honest, I never knew what the heck Stipe was mumbling in this song, but I liked it.

[Arugula Latte]

128. Me too, but I finally googled the lyrics at some point a few years ago

and thought: "Aaaah, so that's what he was singing all those years."

[Common Sense Party]

73. Have you seen her have you heard

The way she plays there are no words

[Arugula Latte]

112. "She Bangs the Drums" by the Stone Roses

Another favorite ... And the Roses just reunited!

[Common Sense Party]

138. Did they? Good news. I loved this album.

The second one was okay, but this one blew my mind.

[Common Sense Party]

74. We rock at dawn on the front line

Like a bolt right out of the blue

[tXr]

122. "For Those About to Rock" - AC/DC

One of my favorite terrible movies is "Maximum Overdrive", also summer '86.

Soundtrack courtesy of AC/DC.

[Common Sense Party]

123. Fire!

Hated the Maximum Overdrive movie; loved the soundtrack.

[Common Sense Party]

75. But lovers always come

And lovers always go
And no one's really sure
Who's lettin' go today

[sakabatou]

163. Guns N' Roses - November Rain

[Common Sense Party]

172. Yes

[Paulie]

76. There was a place where all you could do was wish on a four leaf clover.

[sakabatou]

162. Gibson Debbie - Foolish Beat

[Paulie]

190. Good job! :)

http://debbiegibsonofficial.com/2011/foolish-beat/

[Common Sense Party]

77. Waiting on love's sweet charity

AnD I'm gonna hold on
For the rest of my days

[Paulie]

90. Here I go again - whitesnake

[Common Sense Party]

78. Use every alibi and words you deny

That love ain't meant to last

[Eyerish]

92. "Shadows of the night" - Pat Benetar

Never got why the video was set during the WWII era....

[Common Sense Party]

102. Me neither.

[RZM]

107. I've wondered that myself

This came out while music videos and MTV was brand new and everybody was still figuring it out. They started out as mostly low-budget green-screen crap. But as they became more popular, more money was put into them and real directors were hired (think John Landis in 'Thriller'). Eventually people realized that the video was an important part of the whole package and a good/memorable video could help give the artist/song/album wider exposure and higher sales.

I'll bet that some money was budgeted for the video before the concept even arose and they were sitting around wondering what to do. Finally, some brilliant soul said:

'Has anybody done a WWII themed video yet? Like, we could have Pat up there in a fighter plane, shooting down Nazis. We've got the money for it.'

'Yes, but what does that have to do with the song?'

'Who gives a shit? Nobody's going to care about that. Pat up there in a plane is a great image. Let's go for it. Plus we could hire this Bill Paxton guy to be one of the Nazis. This kid is going places!'

[Enrique]

94. and every single meeting with his so-called superior

is a humiliating kick in the crotch.

[cate94]

95. The Police

Synchronicity
?

[Enrique]

126. so close

Synchronicity 2

[sakabatou]

167. Was about to say that

[lame54]

96. Light another cigarette and let yourself go

[Common Sense Party]

105. It's so easy

Play The Game - Queen

[marmar]

99. "This is it boys, this is war"

nt

[RZM]

104. Nena, '99 Luftballoons' n/t

[marmar]

108. Yep.

[lame54]

106. Ok what is it tonight...

At least just tell me what the hell is wrong

[Arugula Latte]

111. "Anything, Anything" by Dramarama.

I freakin' LOVE that song.

[Common Sense Party]

119. I forgot all about that song. Great tune.

[Arugula Latte]

115. Your face appears again, I see the beauty there

But I see danger -- stranger beware

[Arugula Latte]

116. This one's a bit tricky so I'll give more lines:

I can practically see your face
And another revolutionary falls from grace
Hear the thunder in your brain
Not enough sunshine
Too much rain

[sakabatou]

147. Swamp Thing - The Chameleons

[Arugula Latte]

169. You got it!

[HopeHoops]

117. "Slip and slide in your wet delight, let the blood flow."

Hit: 82ish.

[sakabatou]

143. Sex - Berlin

[HopeHoops]

214. DING DING DING!

[Iggo]

118. I know this much is...

[Common Sense Party]

121. Verdad

[benld74]

124. Looking in your eyes, I see a paradise. This world that I found is too good to be true

[sakabatou]

144. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

[Common Sense Party]

154. That's why I couldn't remember that song.

I've tried to repress all memories of Starship.

[sakabatou]

166. XD

[benld74]

179. That Starship I will never forget - Our song at our wedding reception!

[KamaAina]

125. We're no strangers to love

You know the rules, and so do I

[Nye Bevan]

127. ARRRRRRGH! Earworm! (nt)

[KamaAina]

129. If you guess it, you're supposed to post it

[Arugula Latte]

130. Contempt in your eyes as I turn to kiss his lips

Broken I lie
All my feelings denied
Blood on your fist

[sakabatou]

141. Why - Bronski Beat

[Arugula Latte]

170. Props to you.

[geardaddy]

131. Here you go:

You've got to pick up the pieces, come on sort your trash,
Better pull yourself back together, maybe you've got too much cash.

[lame54]

132. hello bonzo...

[geardaddy]

135. Indeed.

[emmadoggy]

133. "Through the storm we reach the shore. You give it all but I want more."

Probably too easy...

[Common Sense Party]

139. That is pretty well-known. But a great song no matter what.

[ocd liberal]

134. Have you seen my girlfriend?

She lives in a pigpen
Have you seen my girlfriend?

[sakabatou]

140. Oingo Boingo - Whole Day Off

[Common Sense Party]

142. You wore white

smiling as you took my hand
so removed

[sakabatou]

145. Berlin - The Metro

[Common Sense Party]

149. You are gggood.

sakabatou on a roll over here!

[Common Sense Party]

146. Never had that feeling

Until I first met you
Never felt like kneeling
Now I do

[sakabatou]

156. ABC - Be Near Me

[Common Sense Party]

175. How do you remember all these without Googling?

Wow.

[sakabatou]

192. I have ways

That and my sister-in-law.

[Common Sense Party]

148. No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark

Everyone around me is a total stranger

[sakabatou]

161. The Vapors - Turning Japanese

[Common Sense Party]

173. Yes

[Common Sense Party]

150. When they saw you kneeling

Crying words that you mean
Opening their eyeballs

[sakabatou]

160. Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant

[Common Sense Party]

174. Yup.

[Common Sense Party]

151. But if looks could kill

There's a man there who's marked down as dead.
Cause I've had my fill

[sakabatou]

159. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him

[Common Sense Party]

176. Yes.

[Common Sense Party]

152. Close your eyes don't run and hide

Easy love is an easy ride

[sakabatou]

158. Foolin' - Def Leppard

[Common Sense Party]

177. f-f-f-f-foolin', indeed

[Common Sense Party]

153. The stars were out and shinin' against the moonlit hour

The wolves were out and howlin', most of the time

[sakabatou]

157. Krokus - Screaming in the Night

[Common Sense Party]

178. Yes

[sakabatou]

155. Taste the stardust in my mouth

chase the clouds until they disappear

[OnyxCollie]

180. You can relax on both sides of the tracks

And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no one kills the children anymore.
And no one kills the children anymore.

[sakabatou]

184. Pink Floyd - Gunner's Dream

[OnyxCollie]

189. Correct.

[OrwellwasRight]

181. Great thread!

So with a smile on your face,
you disappeared
without a trace

[sakabatou]

185. Belly of the Whale - Burning Sensations?

[OrwellwasRight]

188. Woot woot!!

Yup!

[OnyxCollie]

187. in a sluggish economy

inflation,recession
hits the land of the free

[sakabatou]

191. When the Shit Hits the Fans - Circle Jerks

[sakabatou]

193. We are living, living in the eighties We still fight, fighting in the eighties

[Arugula Latte]

201. Killing Joke -- The Eighties?

[sakabatou]

207. Nope

[Arugula Latte]

216. I googled KJ's "Eighties" and in my own defense they do have similar lyrics

Eighties - i'm living
Eighties - eighties - i'm living
Eighties - i'm living in the eighties - i push
Eighties - push, push, struggle

[sakabatou]

221. Yes, very similar

[6000eliot]

237. Is this the Village People?

[sakabatou]

240. Nope

[Common Sense Party]

195. Divinity throws you a curve

Sticks you and then you go beserk
As life goes by you in a blurr.
I'm looking for the joke with a microscope

[Common Sense Party]

230. No? Nobody? Here's a hint: Emilio...

[Common Sense Party]

196. I drink whiskey, you say goodnight

I'll put an end, to this here fight
You're a human target, In my eyes

[Common Sense Party]

197. The clock strikes midnight

She's lookin' louder and louder

[Common Sense Party]

198. Broken, at the bitter end

Wasted, sacrifice for a new nirvana
Night time, send us on our way

[Common Sense Party]

199. Life's such a treat and it's time you taste it

There ain't a reason on earth to waste it

[Arugula Latte]

219. Icicle Works -- "Whisper to a Scream"

[Common Sense Party]

229. Yeppers. I love this song.

[Arugula Latte]

241. Me too. It has a very distinctive, ringing sort of sound.

Still holds up 30 years later.

[Common Sense Party]

200. It's an illusion, It's a game,

Or reflection of someone else's name.
When you wake in the morning,

[OnyxCollie]

205. Genesis, Abacab

[Common Sense Party]

211. Bingo.

[Arugula Latte]

202. There's nothing to stop the thief of time

Stealing the hours that keep you away
It rushes through my veins
Straight to my head
My mind is a planet
For you to roam

[Arugula Latte]

242. No one got that one. It's INXS -- Black and White

Great, underrated song, me thinks.

[Arugula Latte]

203. She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake

[daleanime]

209. Costello

Watching the detectives-Saturday Night Live changed my world!

[Arugula Latte]

215. All right!

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[Arugula Latte]

204. Cowboy Number One/A born-again poor man's son

On the air America
I modelled shirts by Van Heusen -- yeah

[Arugula Latte]

243. This one was "Two" Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood

[pa28]

206. Mind control the easiest way Sponsored by the CIA

I'm kind of cheating here because it might be a little on the obscure side but I'll bet somebody gets it.

[OnyxCollie]

208. She Tortures Taxi Drivers Just For Fun

[daleanime]

210. Dire Straits

Skate away.

[TexasTowelie]

212. Close your eyes, give me your hands.

[coyotespaw]

213. Eternal Flame?

The song that the same drunk keeps asking me to play every time I start playing up-tempo music every Thursday and Saturday?

[TexasTowelie]

217. You won the prize!

My sympathies regarding the drunk.

[Arugula Latte]

220. Monkeys in the trees just thumbing their nose

At the bull-riders riding on rhinos

[Arugula Latte]

244. This one was "Watusi Rodeo" by Guadalcanal Diary

&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL2D10E4F6B63207E7

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

224. Remember dancing on the pier last night?

Got drunk and fell into the water

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

225. Droplets of yes and no in an ocean of maybe

From the bottom it looks like a steep incline
From the top another downhill slope of mine
But I know the equilibrium's there

[coyotespaw]

232. Falling to pieces!

Wow, someone else who remembers more than Epic.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

234. Correct!

Actually "The Real Thing" is the Faith No More album that I listen to the least (except for the non Patton stuff). I like "Angel Dust" the best, and ,although "King For A Day" and "Album of The Year" are somewhat hit and miss, they're awesome when they get things right.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

226. As the madmen play on words

And make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions
To make a better kind of gun

[Common Sense Party]

231. This is killing me.

I know I know the song...

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

233. Think of the "The hands that threaten doom"

Here's some more lyrics:

Kill for gain, shoot to maim
We don't need a reason
The Golden Goose is on the loose
Never out of season

[Common Sense Party]

238. Thank you. Now I got it. 2 Minutes to Midnight by the Maiden.

I knew I knew it, but the synapses weren't making the connection.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

245. Exactly.

That's even the version I was thinking of! When I was a kid I wore out my "Live After Death" tape!

[Common Sense Party]

246. I only had Powerslave.

I kind of stopped listening to them after that album for a long while.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

227. I built a little empire

Out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now their calling me "Your Highness"

[6000eliot]

235. "Moving sidewalks, I don't see under my feet"

[Common Sense Party]

239. I Can Dream About You

[6000eliot]

236. "Food goes to waste ! So nice to eat, so nice to taste"