80's music quiz

[James]

Test your knowledge of 80's music chaps with this little test quiz i've put together

if anyone gets 40/40 i'll be amazed

YouTube - 80's Music Quiz

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

King - Love and pride
Erasure - Stop
Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel - White lines
Prince - Kiss
Human League - Fascination
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny come home
Gary Numan - Cars
Howard Jones - What is love
MARRS - Pump up the volume
Mathew Wilder - Break my stride
Men at Work - Down under
Mental as anything - Live it up
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Paula Abdul - Straight up (not sure about this one!)
Roachford - Cuddley Toy
Rockwell - Somebody's watching me
Steve Silk Hurley - Jack your body
Thompson Twins - Love on your side
Yazoo - Situation

[rob1963]

Nice one Darren!

I just missed out on "Stop" by Erasure & "Live it up" by Mental as anything...

...and I'm not sure about "Straight up" by Paula Abdul either.

Respect!

:thumbsup:

[James]

excellent, just got the one wrong, i wont say which one though in case anyone else wants a crack

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

excellent, just got the one wrong, i wont say which one though in case anyone else wants a crack

I think I know which one is wrong. ;)

[James]

Yup, you probably do,

My mrs gave the same answer as you did though, and now when i listen to it it does sound like it

I may have made it a bit easy, maybe i should of done a more obscure 80's one, but then it might be too hard for your average person

I was thinking about putting them up on our site, a bit of fun for anyone who visits

maybe do a 50's 60's 70's 90's & 00's one as well

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I enjoyed it. :thumbsup:

[PropellerHeadCase]

King - Love and pride
Erasure - Stop
Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel - White lines
Prince - Kiss
Human League - Fascination
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny come home
Gary Numan - Cars
Howard Jones - What is love
MARRS - Pump up the volume
Mathew Wilder - Break my stride
Men at Work - Down under
Mental as anything - Live it up
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Paula Abdul - Straight up (not sure about this one!)
Roachford - Cuddley Toy
Rockwell - Somebody's watching me
Steve Silk Hurley - Jack your body
Thompson Twins - Love on your side
Yazoo - Situation

I bow to you sir, i bolded the ones that I would've got, too - I'm also not sure about Paula Abdul, the clip also sounds a little like Dennis Edwards, but the snares aren't crisp enough and the bass riff isn't quite right.

[James]

Just the one to get then chaps

first one, gets a gold star, solitaire has already been crowned 80's champ

[Penfold42]

Good quiz...but even i'm stumped...:)

[rob1963]

Good quiz...but even i'm stumped...:)

On ALL of them? :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Corabar Steve]

I don't think 5 is Fascination, not sure what it is yet though.

I got everything else except Paula Abdul

Edit: Is 5 Stephen Duffy - Kiss me?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I don't think 5 is Fascination, not sure what it is yet though.

I got everything else except Paula Abdul

Edit: Is 5 Stephen Duffy - Kiss me?

Well you didn't get everything as you didn't think 5 was fascination and it is!

The last one is really bugging me now. :mad: :D

[OneSteve]

King - Love & Pride
Erasure - Stop!
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't do it!)
Prince - Kiss
Human League - Fascination
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
FYC - Johnny come home
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock n Roll
Howard Jones - What is Love?
MARRS - Pump up the volume
Mathew Wilder - Break my stride
Men at work - Down Under
Mental as Anything - Live it up
Paul Hardcastle - 19
OMD - Forever live & die
Roachford - Cuddly toy
Rockwell - somebody's watching me
Steve "silk" Hurley - jack your body
Thompson Twins - Love on your side
Yazoo - Situation.

[James]

*ding ding ding* onesteve has got the one wrong answer that solitaire got
it was omd - forever live and die

I'm surprised fascination was so easy, i was laughing to myself putting it together thinking 'he he, no-one will get this' as it's not in the main part of the song, more of a middle eight, also pump up the volume as well as thats not the main part.

ahhhh well, well done everyone, next time i know with you music braniacs to get a lot tougher, the next one boys won't be so easy, hopefuly you'll be scratching your heads for a good while

I'll be digging into the dark side of the eighties, where no man has dared step for at least 20 years

[Penfold42]

On ALL of them? :eek: :eek: :eek:

:moon:

:D :D :D :D :D ....on the one ...you pillock!

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

*ding ding ding* onesteve has got the one wrong answer that solitaire got
it was omd - forever live and die

I'm surprised fascination was so easy, i was laughing to myself putting it together thinking 'he he, no-one will get this' as it's not in the main part of the song, more of a middle eight, also pump up the volume as well as thats not the main part.

ahhhh well, well done everyone, next time i know with you music braniacs to get a lot tougher, the next one boys won't be so easy, hopefuly you'll be scratching your heads for a good while

I'll be digging into the dark side of the eighties, where no man has dared step for at least 20 years

Except for Corabar Steve :eek: ;)

[Corabar Steve]

Bring it on!

[PropellerHeadCase]

also pump up the volume as well as thats not the main part.

To be fair, though, it's fairly unique-sounding breakdown - I picked it immediately, but then it IS one of my favourite tracks from the 80s. The only other track from the 80s that I could even think of with a funk breakbeat and an Eastern-sounding vocal was Eric B & Rakim 'Paid in Full' (Coldcut's 'Seven Minutes of Madness' Mix), but that's a lot slower and Ofra Haza's 'Im Nin Alu', as sampled in the mix, is quite distinctive.