#188149 - 05/11/2003 09:48
Were you a product of the 80s?
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pooh-bah
Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Found this in the UserFriendly comment board.
How good are you at 80s lyrics? (fill in the blanks)
/Michael
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#188150 - 05/11/2003 10:06
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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Registered: 13/04/2001
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Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
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15 measly points
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#188151 - 05/11/2003 10:19
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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I got something like 93 while I was sitting at Lindbergh Field waiting to come home Saturday night. Sadly it gave me "wrong" on an answer I got right, probably managed to insert an unprintable character or something. So it's probably 93.5-95. Still not great.
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#188152 - 05/11/2003 10:36
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: Daria]
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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<grumble>
A very disappointing 41.4%.
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#188153 - 05/11/2003 10:37
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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old hand
Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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42.8, should have used the spell checker... Could've had a few more.
It all comes back to me when I read the lines with the answers in them, though. I can't believe I missed some of them...
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#188154 - 05/11/2003 10:41
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5682
Loc: London, UK
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33.5 points if I don't enter where I found it.
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#188155 - 05/11/2003 10:50
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: Roger]
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old hand
Registered: 01/05/2003
Posts: 768
Loc: Ada, Oklahoma
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36.5... also without telling where I heard about it.
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#188156 - 05/11/2003 10:59
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mwest]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5682
Loc: London, UK
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My score's a little disappointing -- I thought I'd get more than that.
In my defense, I had some other music playing at the time, and I can never remember the names of songs when something else is playing.
On the other hand, I'm probably a product of the 90's. Yeah, that's it. Bring on the 90's lyrics quiz.
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#188157 - 05/11/2003 11:00
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: Roger]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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...Ditto for the 70s...
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#188158 - 05/11/2003 11:37
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: pgrzelak]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3583
Loc: Columbus, OH
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46.5 due to several misspellings and tranpositions.
not bad for being 12 when the 80's ended. I could have sworn that it was Jesse's girl...who spells it Jessie?
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#188159 - 05/11/2003 11:43
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: JBjorgen]
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old hand
Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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I could have sworn that it was Jesse's girl...who spells it Jessie?
Same thoughts here, but according to AMG it's "Jessie's Girl"
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#188160 - 05/11/2003 11:48
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: davec]
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
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85, and I am dissapointed in that, there were several I really should have gotten.
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#188161 - 05/11/2003 11:48
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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90 without the "where did you find this" question.
I like some of the responses... "1 point to you for getting this one right. -600 for style to Peter Gabriel for putting sperm in a video. " hehe.
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#188162 - 05/11/2003 13:08
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: davec]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Got 38 something myself - and that was with quite a few of the multipoint "obscure" ones correct. Lot's of flashbacks when I checked the answers, but also not all that few that I had no recollection of whatsoever...
/Michael
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#188163 - 05/11/2003 13:24
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
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42.35, should have done better.
-Mike
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#188164 - 05/11/2003 13:38
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mcomb]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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should have done better. Yeah, but that's the beauty of this quiz. I'm sure a lot of us would have gotten more of them if we had at least a portion of the melody of the song to jog our memory... But at least for me, with just the words sitting there, it becomes hard to get the song constructed in my mind, and I can't get the blank words. I got a pretty high score, simply because I love 80's music and I have all but 3 or 4 of the songs on this list on my empeg... But there were many songs that I know every word to, were on this quiz, but still couldn't get because I couldn't place the song to the limited number of words. (Full-text searches of my brain's lyrics subsystem are scheduled for the next release, though.)
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#188165 - 05/11/2003 13:42
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 30/04/2000
Posts: 3810
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I got 88.5 points (with the 5 point bonus), but the web page also said Hi, Mom. Mom bonus of 20 points. Anybody else gotten that?
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#188166 - 05/11/2003 13:55
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: DWallach]
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
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I liked the Weird Al and School House Rock reference.
79
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#188167 - 05/11/2003 14:04
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: DWallach]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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Wow, didn't get that on mine. Maybe you use the same ISP as her mom or something?
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#188168 - 05/11/2003 14:09
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: DWallach]
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old hand
Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
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but the web page also said Hi, Mom. Mom bonus of 20 points. Yeah, that is weird. Somehow she thought you were her mom. hhhhh.
83. Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air
Ok either 1)You've read The Straight Dope or 2)You are a god. Either way 10 points. I can't believe an Eagles song was worth 10 points. But she was right about The Straight Dope
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#188169 - 05/11/2003 14:45
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: ninti]
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Registered: 03/12/2002
Posts: 119
Loc: Stratdord-upon-Avon, UK
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80 and also a bit disappointed, especially with the forehead-slappingly "of-course" ones when you read the answers.
Although 5 points for "Africa" and 4 for Human League?? - not exactly obscure 80s stuff there!
And a welcome appearance for "Safety Dance" without embarrassment 
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#188170 - 05/11/2003 15:26
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: trs24]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31583
Loc: Seattle, WA
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I can't believe an Eagles song was worth 10 points. But she was right about The Straight Dope I'm sure it was 10 points because of the spelling.
I actually typoed Billie Jean even though I knew how to spell it right.
over 50 points for me. Some of those songs are among my all time favorites. Others are ones that I loathed more than anything.
Very fun quiz, thanks for the link!
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#188171 - 05/11/2003 15:28
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31583
Loc: Seattle, WA
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God, and I got the line wrong on an INXS song that my band used to cover. And well, too.
God, I'm so pathetic.
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#188172 - 05/11/2003 15:31
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31583
Loc: Seattle, WA
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I love this comment:
Sting.. the guy who sings about stalkers AND pedophiles (if you read the lyrics). (2 pts.) Too cool that he brings it up. "Every Breath You Take" is about a stalker, yet people think it's this romantic love song... enough so that people play it at weddings. Don't people ever read lyrics?
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#188173 - 05/11/2003 16:09
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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Don't people ever read lyrics? Umm, no. Have you ever asked anyone if they know what "Red Barchetta" is about when it comes on the radio?
". . . it's about this guy and he drives this car . . . but it's set in the future where it's illegal . . . oh never mind."
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#188175 - 05/11/2003 17:05
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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Are you kidding? They play it on the radio all the time! . . or at least they did in Houston in my pre-empeg days.
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#188176 - 06/11/2003 03:19
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: Roger]
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enthusiast
Registered: 28/03/2002
Posts: 230
Loc: Dudley, UK
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On the other hand, I'm probably a product of the 90's. Yeah, that's it. Bring on the 90's lyrics quiz Yeah, right....... just leave all the answers blank and get 100%  (if you're into dance music genres anyway)
Cheers, Sim
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#188177 - 06/11/2003 11:20
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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I'm not sure if I should be ecstatic or depressed -- I got 28.
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#188178 - 06/11/2003 15:28
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: JeffS]
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Registered: 01/05/2003
Posts: 768
Loc: Ada, Oklahoma
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Don't people ever read lyrics?
My favorite is I Will Always Love You at a Wedding...
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#188179 - 06/11/2003 15:50
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mwest]
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Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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My favorite is I Will Always Love You at a Wedding...
Yeah that would be more appropriate at the courthouse after the divorce papers are filed...
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#188180 - 06/11/2003 16:05
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mwest]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4174
Loc: Cambridge, England
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My favorite is I Will Always Love You at a Wedding... Some very good friends of mine wanted Sit Down by James for the first dance at their wedding, until I told them what the lyrics were. ("Now I've come back down again, it's worse than it was before / If I hadn't seen such riches, I could live with being poor...")
Peter
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#188181 - 06/11/2003 16:10
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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old hand
Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
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I really don't know how to feel about this. I got a 98, without telling it where I found the link. I think just the fact that I knew "Thunderdome" puts me in line for mercy-killing, though....
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#188182 - 13/11/2003 07:56
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: tonyc]
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Registered: 18/12/2000
Posts: 342
Loc: South-West-Germany
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I'm sure a lot of us would have gotten more of them if we had at least a portion of the melody of the song to jog our memory...
same for me. Got 43,85 (-30% for being a yuppie, +5 points for telling where i found it)
I lived and still love the 80s, but many of them (which i know well) didn't find the matching melody. And, as a german, i often ignore difficult lyrics, if i just like the sound. I just sing some phantasy-words for the parts i don't understand.
Surprisingly i have many songs right with high points but missed much more of the "easy" ones.
cheers, Thomas
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#188183 - 13/11/2003 08:58
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: speedy67]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Surprisingly i have many songs right with high points but missed much more of the "easy" ones.
Same for me - might be that those songs were more popular/common in Europe than in the US...
/Michael
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#188184 - 13/11/2003 14:10
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: mtempsch]
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Registered: 28/01/2002
Posts: 970
Loc: Manassas VA
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sweet! I got a 67...
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#188185 - 14/11/2003 04:53
Re: Were you a product of the 80s?
[Re: speedy67]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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I just sing some phantasy-words for the parts i don't understand. We do it here, too. I was so set to enter "Soup and Salad Bar" in there somewhere...
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