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Subject: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Finished off]
Written By: Henk on 03/01/08 at 2:26 pm
You thought I didn't make them anymore...? Think again! :P
Fifty lines from fifty songs...can you name the tunes? And can you find the (hidden) connection?
I'll give you one (little) hint: in quite a few cases, it's not the original artist I'm after...
Limit = OFF. A point for each correct answer,
and three bonus points for the connection.
Gibbo takes the bonus points!
As usual: please no cheating...
Now go ahead and enjoy! :)
Okay...so maybe you need some hints:
21. A cover version of a Don Williams song, by a US actor of Greek descent, who had something of a singing career (tho' not in US).
Other songs: "If" and "Lovin' Understandin' Man". The actor died on January 22, 1994 - just one day after his 72nd birthday.
28. Two members of 10CC, who had an international hit with "Cry". The song title is identical to a Sting song (about a "legal alien").
47. Singer/actress, best remembered for her cooperation with Meat Loaf. She also had something of a solo career,
which included a #1 in Dutch Top 40 ("We Belong To The Night").
This song (a cover version of a Timi Yuro song, that originally hit #12 in 1962 in US) only got to #92 in US, though...
Scores so far:
7.0 Paul
4.0 + 3.0 gibbo
6.5 loki 13
6.0 ladybug 316
5.0 bookmistress4ever
4.0 Gis / mooster
2.0 CeramicsFanatic / maddog / snozberries
1.0 AnnieBanannie / nicki_morrissey / whistledog / wildcard
0.5 nally
1 You'll see the people of the world coming out to dance
Give Me The Night - George Benson (#8)
2 The slate will soon be clean
Save Me - Queen (#5)
3 Just keep talking mama, I like that sound
An American Dream - Dirt Band (#3)
4 Romantic lady, single baby
Ladies Night - Kool & the Gang (#14)
5 You're just another face that I know from the tv show
Turn It On Again - Genesis (#38)
6 I found the simple life ain't so simple
Running With The Devil - Van Halen (#8)
7 Suddenly I stop but I know it's too late
A Forest - The Cure (#31)
8 Why live life from dream to dream
One Day I'll Fly Away - Randy Crawford (#1)
9 For once in your life, here's your miracle
This Is It - Kenny Loggins (#25)
10 I hate the teachers and the principal
Rock 'n Roll High School - Ramones (#8)
11 You'll look up some day and it will be there
It Will Come In Time - Billy Preston & Syreeta (#8)
12 You make me nervous 'cause the line's engaged
Love On The Telephone - Foreigner (#34)
13 He demands the middle of the room
My Old Piano - Diana Ross (#2)
14 I can say that I'm ecstatic
Master Blaster - Stevie Wonder (#2)
15 Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down
The Harder They Come - Joe Jackson Band (#35)
16 There's someone for everyone and Tommy's love was Becky
Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers (#7)
17 If I'm not mistaken it started last year
Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb (#7)
18 Now all I want is a smile
Love On The Rocks - Neil Diamond (#13)
19 Hey waitress pour me another cup of coffee
Driving My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt (#27)
20 I want you to come back and carry me home
All Out Of Love - Air Supply (#27)
21 A willing woman to hold me tight
22 The set is hot there's people wall to wall
Stomp - Brothers Johnson (#10)
23 I don't even know how to kiss your lips
Yes I'm Ready - Teri DeSario with KC (#18)
24 And it's nice to light a fire when it's cold outside
Desire - Andy Gibb (#20)
25 I've been praying such a long time
What's Another Year - Johnny Logan (#3)
26 Keep on whispering in my ear
What I Like About You - The Romantics (#12)
27 Little by little we meet in the middle
Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (#12)
28 Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eggs
29 Don't know what he looks like
Him - Rupert Holmes (#18)
30 Well I'm not wiped out by this poolroom life I'm living
I Need A Lover - Pat Benatar (#31)
31 Before I met you my sun didn't want to shine
Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown (#8)
32 You think that you're his pet pekinese
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones (#8)
33 Don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song
On The Radio - Donna Summer (#20)
34 Smashing up the woodwork tools
Baggy Trousers - Madness (#4)
35 Mourning in the aerodrome
Army Dreamers - Kate Bush (#36)
36 Thought I could have my cake and eat it too
Working My Way Back To You - (Detroit) Spinners (#2)
37 Funny, when it's over you really don't remember the warning
The Other Side Of The Sun - Janis Ian (#30)
38 And no one's jamming their transmission
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - The Police (#11)
39 One hot night spent with a stranger
Passion - Rod Stewart (#4)
40 I can never get enough while I got ya near
Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille (#2)
41 And he was just like a great dark wing
Sara - Fleetwwod Mac (#10)
42 I am the rain, he is the sun
Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney (#24)
43 He said he loved me but he loved the beat
On My Radio - The Selecter (#10)
44 What kind of magnetism kept me in this place
No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate (#14)
45 Here's another mess I got myself in
Shandi - Kiss (#34)
46 Roll me in designer sheets I'll never get enough
Call Me - Blondie (#9)
47 My hurt, my hurt, my hurt is just about over
48 I wish my skin could stand the pace
Living In The Plastic Age - The Buggles (#27)
49 In my mind you have taken up a permanent space
Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson (#23)
50 But she made her bed even when the chance was slim
Johnny and Mary - Robert Palmer (#21)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: wildcard on 03/01/08 at 2:52 pm
#46 Call Me Blondie
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: loki 13 on 03/01/08 at 2:57 pm
Hi Henk, I try these two for now and go back and try for the others.
#6...Running with The Devil....Van Halen?
#16...Coward Of The County....Kenny Rogers?
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: loki 13 on 03/01/08 at 3:07 pm
I'm back Henk, the computer is done sweeping. It appears I have a thing for sixes.
#26...What I Like About You....The Romantics?
#36...Working My Way Back To You...Frankie Vallie And The Four Seasons (Maybe)?
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/01/08 at 3:14 pm
#46 Call Me Blondie
That's correct! :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/01/08 at 3:17 pm
Hi Henk, I try these two for now and go back and try for the others.
#6...Running with The Devil....Van Halen?
#16...Coward Of The County....Kenny Rogers?
I'm back Henk, the computer is done sweeping. It appears I have a thing for sixes.
#26...What I Like About You....The Romantics?
#36...Working My Way Back To You...Frankie Vallie And The Four Seasons (Maybe)?
You got 3.5 out of 4, Kevin. :) Although Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons did perform this song they're not the artists I'm looking for (for the purpose of this quiz).
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Gis on 03/01/08 at 4:03 pm
4 Ladies Night - Kool and the gang? not sure of the artist.
17. Take that look off your face - Marti Webb
25. What's another year - Johnny Logan. (my guilty secret I have this album ;D )
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/01/08 at 4:08 pm
4 Ladies Night - Kool and the gang? not sure of the artist.
17. Take that look off your face - Marti Webb
25. What's another year - Johnny Logan. (my guilty secret I have this album ;D )
Three for three, Gis! :)
...and what's wrong with liking Johnny Logan? A man who's won the ESC three times (two times as a singer, once as a composer) can't be wrong. ;)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: nicki_morrissey on 03/01/08 at 4:19 pm
10. "Rock and Roll High School" by the Ramones.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/01/08 at 4:29 pm
10. "Rock and Roll High School" by the Ramones.
One correct answer, Ashley. :) Nice to see you again.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: snozberries on 03/01/08 at 7:13 pm
33 is On The Radio by Donna Summer
is 39 All I Wanna Do by Heart?
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/01/08 at 7:13 pm
#7 'A Forest' by The Cure
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: whistledog on 03/01/08 at 7:16 pm
#3 is An American Dream by The Dirt Band featuring Linda Ronstadt
It's the only one I recognized by title, though some of the others are quite familiar. Cool quiz as usual Henk :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/01/08 at 7:19 pm
#30 I need a lover (that won't drive me crazy) - John Cougar (don't think he was Mellencamp at that point)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/01/08 at 7:28 pm
#24 Desire - Any Gibb
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/01/08 at 7:32 pm
#38 De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - Police??
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: ladybug316 on 03/01/08 at 7:40 pm
Yay, a Henk quiz!!
#1 is "Give Me The Night" by George Benson
#5 is "Turn It On Again" by Genesis
#9 is "This Is It" by Kenny Loggins
#14 is "Master Blaster" by Stevie Wonder
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: mandamoo on 03/01/08 at 8:03 pm
Hi Henk :)
#20 All Out of Love - Air Supply
#27 Guilty - Barbra Streisand
#45 Shandi - Kiss
#50 Johnny and Mary - Robert Palmer
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/01/08 at 10:15 pm
23. Yes I'm ready by Teri De Sario and KC (of KC and the Sunshine Band fame) (I don't know his real name though (sorry)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: nally on 03/01/08 at 11:53 pm
You got 3.5 out of 4, Kevin. :) Although Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons did perform this song they're not the artists I'm looking for (for the purpose of this quiz).
Well I know they were the original performers of that song. If you're looking for the band that covered it, then that would be the Spinners (a guess)?
Off to see if I can find others
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: nally on 03/01/08 at 11:54 pm
Well I know they were the original performers of that song. If you're looking for the band that covered it, then that would be the Spinners (a guess)?
Off to see if I can find others
aww rats, I can't figure out any others (except for #38, but someone's already beaten me to it) :-\\ :(
Oh well...better luck for me next time.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:00 am
33 is On The Radio by Donna Summer
is 39 All I Wanna Do by Heart?
Hello Q! :)
Your answer for #33 is spot-on, but I'm afraid #39 is incorrect. :-\\
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:04 am
Hello Peter :)
Let's see what you got...
#7 'A Forest' by The Cure
Correct.
#30 I need a lover (that won't drive me crazy) - John Cougar (don't think he was Mellencamp at that point)
Right title, but I'm looking for another artist.
#24 Desire - Any Gibb
That's correct again.
#38 De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - Police??
Most definitely! 8)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:05 am
#3 is An American Dream by The Dirt Band featuring Linda Ronstadt
It's the only one I recognized by title, though some of the others are quite familiar. Cool quiz as usual Henk :)
You recognized correctly, Jason. :) Now go try any others that may be left. ;)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/02/08 at 1:06 am
Hello Peter :)
Right title, but I'm looking for another artist.
What about Pat Benatar (I need A Lover)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:07 am
Yay, a Henk quiz!!
#1 is "Give Me The Night" by George Benson
#5 is "Turn It On Again" by Genesis
#9 is "This Is It" by Kenny Loggins
#14 is "Master Blaster" by Stevie Wonder
Yay, it's Shannon! :D ...and she's come up with four correct answers! :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:07 am
What about Pat Benatar (I need A Lover)
That would be correct, Peter. :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:09 am
Hi Henk :)
#20 All Out of Love - Air Supply
#27 Guilty - Barbra Streisand
#45 Shandi - Kiss
#50 Johnny and Mary - Robert Palmer
Well hello Amanda! :) Nice seeing you again.
You've got four for four, btw. 8)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/02/08 at 1:12 am
That would be correct, Peter. :)
Gee Henk...you go to all this effort and we starting attacking the quiz like a shark pack. Should be all done in a few days at this rate. :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:15 am
23. Yes I'm ready by Teri De Sario and KC (of KC and the Sunshine Band fame) (I don't know his real name though (sorry)
Well done, Patty! :) You've picked the right artists straightaway. "KC" is Harry Wayne Casey (now don't ever forget!!)
BTW: The original artist for this song is Barbara Mason, who took it to #5 in 1965.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:17 am
Well I know they were the original performers of that song. If you're looking for the band that covered it, then that would be the Spinners (a guess)?
Off to see if I can find others
Hi Jeff! :) The Spinners (or Detroit Spinners, as they were known outside US) would be correct, yes. 8)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:19 am
Gee Henk...you go to all this effort and we starting attacking the quiz like a shark pack. Should be all done in a few days at this rate. :)
Well, then I've succeeded once again. I aim to please... ;)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/02/08 at 1:23 am
Well, then I've succeeded once again. I aim to please... ;)
....and you never miss
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 1:32 am
....and you never miss
Only occasionally. I have a tendency to use obscure songs - although I think in this case it may be limited to just one or two.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/02/08 at 1:40 am
I'm gonna guess the connection that all these have is all the artists have had hits in the top 200 in the 80s.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: gibbo on 03/02/08 at 2:49 am
I'm gonna guess the connection that all these have is all the artists have had hits in the top 200 in the 80s.
I think you may be on to something. I checked 9 of those songs and they were all in the year 1980. How about it Henk?
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 03/02/08 at 10:46 am
Sorry I'm so late on this, Henk...
..but I did manage to find two that I know! :)
31. Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown
39. Passion - Rod Stewart
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 11:14 am
I'm gonna guess the connection that all these have is all the artists have had hits in the top 200 in the 80s.
Warm...
I think you may be on to something. I checked 9 of those songs and they were all in the year 1980. How about it Henk?
...warmer...
...actually, it's probably as warm as you'll ever get. ;) All songs in this quiz were hits in Dutch Top 40 in 1980. That doesn't necessarily mean they're all 1980 songs...and this also explains why I need cover versions for some instead of the original artist.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 11:15 am
Sorry I'm so late on this, Henk...
..but I did manage to find two that I know! :)
31. Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown
39. Passion - Rod Stewart
Hi Karen! :) I say it's never too late for a special lady... ;)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 03/02/08 at 11:22 am
Hi Karen! :) I say it's never too late for a special lady... ;)
Awww...thanks! :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Paul on 03/02/08 at 11:28 am
Hi Karen! :) I say it's never too late for a special lady... ;)
Ooh! Feel the 'schmooze'! ;)
Hello Henk...yes it is a surprise seeing a lyric effort from you again, but no less entertaining! :)
#34. 'Baggy Trousers' - Madness
#42. 'Together We Are Beautiful' - Fern Kinney
#43. 'On My Radio' - Selecter
#48. 'Living In The Plastic Age' - Buggles
I'll hazard a guess that these were all Dutch hits in 1980...they couldn't have been British, because #43. was a hit in late-79 here...
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 11:36 am
Ooh! Feel the 'schmooze'! ;)
Look who's talking... :P ;)
Hello Henk...yes it is a surprise seeing a lyric effort from you again, but no less entertaining! :)
#34. 'Baggy Trousers' - Madness
#42. 'Together We Are Beautiful' - Fern Kinney
#43. 'On My Radio' - Selecter
#48. 'Living In The Plastic Age' - Buggles
All four are totally spot-on. :) Even the cover by Fern Kinney...her first and only hit...
I noticed Lena Zavaroni also had her go at this song...
I'll hazard a guess that these were all Dutch hits in 1980...they couldn't have been British, because #43. was a hit in late-79 here...
Your hazard guess would be correct, but unfortunately I'd already credited Peter (gibbo)... :(
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Paul on 03/02/08 at 11:37 am
All songs in this quiz were hits in Dutch Top 40 in 1980. That doesn't necessarily mean they're all 1980 songs...and this also explains why I need cover versions for some instead of the original artist.
Honest injun...I never even saw this post! :D
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Paul on 03/02/08 at 11:43 am
Even the cover by Fern Kinney...her first and only hit...
And even then, it started life as the B-side! :D
I noticed Lena Zavaroni also had her go at this song...
That version I've not heard, but the song has done the rounds...it originally charted (in a small way) in 1979 by Steve Allan, but it was originally put on wax by Ken Leray (the composer)...
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 11:50 am
And even then, it started life as the B-side! :D
That version I've not heard, but the song has done the rounds...it originally charted (in a small way) in 1979 by Steve Allan, but it was originally put on wax by Ken Leray (the composer)...
Here she is right now..
Modified to add:
And after listening to that once again, I think I actually prefer her version over the Fern Kinney one.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Paul on 03/02/08 at 11:54 am
Here she is right now..
Hm...good, but it's still Fern's 'song' in my mind!
Pity Lena couldn't control her demons in later years, such a tragedy... :(
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 11:56 am
Hm...good, but it's still Fern's 'song' in my mind!
Pity Lena couldn't control her demons in later years, such a tragedy... :(
For the sake of comparison... here's Fern Kinney. I find her voice rather annoying/nasal... :-\\
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz!
Written By: Paul on 03/02/08 at 12:13 pm
For the sake of comparison... here's Fern Kinney. I find her voice rather annoying/nasal... :-\\
Ah! Backed by the incomparable BBC Orchestra, in the days when some acts had to have 'live' backing due to Union rules!
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40]
Written By: Henk on 03/02/08 at 2:58 pm
OK, so there may be more obscure songs in this quiz than I thought... :-[
Of the ones left, 5 did not chart at all in UK (Top 40) and US, and there's one song that only made #92 in US. The others were nearly all Top 10 hits in either UK or US.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: Henk on 03/03/08 at 4:31 pm
Alright, the limit has been increased and set to 7. :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: loki 13 on 03/03/08 at 4:55 pm
Hi Henk, seeing that the limit has been increased,
#2...Save Me....Queen?
#12...Love On The Telephone....Foreigner?
#15...The Harder They Come....Grateful Dead? (the only version I know.)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: Henk on 03/04/08 at 12:07 am
Hi Henk, seeing that the limit has been increased,
#2...Save Me....Queen?
#12...Love On The Telephone....Foreigner?
#15...The Harder They Come....Grateful Dead? (the only version I know.)
Well Kevin, I can give you 2.5... (and some karma for #12 - a song that, to my knowledge, did absolutely nothing in UK and US). I'm looking for a different artist for #15 though. Might be a tough one, 'cause it didn't chart in UK and/or US.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: loki 13 on 03/04/08 at 4:19 pm
Well Kevin, I can give you 2.5... (and some karma for #12 - a song that, to my knowledge, did absolutely nothing in UK and US). I'm looking for a different artist for #15 though. Might be a tough one, 'cause it didn't chart in UK and/or US.
I thought you'd be looking for a someone other than the Dead but I took a shot anyway. As far as The Foreigner
song goes, When I was dating my wife I heard 3 albums at her house; Foreigner - Head Games, Supertramp -
Breakfast In America and Pink Floyd - Side 1 of The Wall. Every night...the same albums :P
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: Henk on 03/04/08 at 4:44 pm
I thought you'd be looking for a someone other than the Dead but I took a shot anyway. As far as The Foreigner
song goes, When I was dating my wife I heard 3 albums at her house; Foreigner - Head Games, Supertramp -
Breakfast In America and Pink Floyd - Side 1 of The Wall. Every night...the same albums :P
I guess you didn't need Supertramp to tell you to Take A Look At My Girlfriend...
* ducks to avoid flying object *
...Sorry, couldn't resist. :-[
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: loki 13 on 03/04/08 at 4:55 pm
I guess you didn't need Supertramp to tell you to Take A Look At My Girlfriend...
* ducks to avoid flying object *
...Sorry, couldn't resist. :-[
It's all good Henk, it's all good. ;D
Seriously, she would play the album once and then one song off the album over and over. The song:
Lord Is It Mine, to this day I cringe when I hear it. ;D
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: Henk on 03/04/08 at 4:59 pm
It's all good Henk, it's all good. ;D
Seriously, she would play the album once and then one song off the album over and over. The song:
Lord Is It Mine, to this day I cringe when I hear it. ;D
I'm not familiar with that song. Maybe I should keep it that way. ;)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: loki 13 on 03/04/08 at 5:03 pm
I'm not familiar with that song. Maybe I should keep it that way. ;)
It's not really a bad song, if you like ballads. It's just that over and over and over gets annoying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gos1ove7bXY
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: karen on 03/04/08 at 6:55 pm
It's not really a bad song, if you like ballads. It's just that over and over and over gets annoying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gos1ove7bXY
And you still married her?
;)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: ladybug316 on 03/04/08 at 7:55 pm
Hi Henk,
I'm going to try some more.
#18 is Love On The Rocks - Neil Diamond
#19 Driving My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt?
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: Henk on 03/05/08 at 12:08 am
Hi Henk,
I'm going to try some more.
#18 is Love On The Rocks - Neil Diamond
#19 Driving My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt?
Hi Shannon!
That's a 'yes' and a 'yes '... :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: Gis on 03/07/08 at 3:17 pm
13. My old piano (or something like that!) Diana Ross.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit Now 7]
Written By: Henk on 03/07/08 at 3:24 pm
13. My old piano (or something like that!) Diana Ross.
Correctamundo, Gis! :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit 7 - w/Sound]
Written By: Henk on 03/08/08 at 8:01 am
I've added sound clippings to the remaining questions... But there's still gonna be one or two you don't know, I guess.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit 7 - w/Sound]
Written By: loki 13 on 03/08/08 at 9:56 am
Henk, I listened to the clip for #15...The Harder They Come...and I have to ask,
Is That Joe Jackson?
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit 7 - w/Sound]
Written By: Henk on 03/08/08 at 10:18 am
Henk, I listened to the clip for #15...The Harder They Come...and I have to ask,
Is That Joe Jackson?
It IS Joe Jackson. :) Well done...I was afraid the clipping might be too short.
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Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/09/08 at 12:45 am
Thanks to the audio clues...
I *think* 29. is Him by Rupert Holmes
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Written By: Henk on 03/09/08 at 12:50 am
Thanks to the audio clues...
I *think* 29. is Him by Rupert Holmes
I think you think right, Patty. :)
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Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/09/08 at 12:51 am
32. Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones (I don't *think* Mick Jagger was solo at that point) :-\\
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Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/09/08 at 12:53 am
Man, I'm hitting myself because I SHOULD have known these by the lyrics...but again, thanks to the sound clips
40. Captain and Tenneille - Do that to me one more time
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Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/09/08 at 12:56 am
41. Fleetwood Mac - Sarah
I've come to the conclusion that I must hum these songs and not actually sing the lyrics because I don't know them. ;D
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Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/09/08 at 1:00 am
47. Linda Ronstadt?
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Written By: Henk on 03/09/08 at 1:03 am
32. Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones (I don't *think* Mick Jagger was solo at that point) :-\\
Another one down...You can still answer four more, if you like. :)
Man, I'm hitting myself because I SHOULD have known these by the lyrics...but again, thanks to the sound clips
40. Captain and Tenneille - Do that to me one more time
I was indeed surprised to see it hadn't been answered yet. After all, it was a US #1... so I don't think you're the only one hitting himself. ;)
41. Fleetwood Mac - Sarah
I've come to the conclusion that I must hum these songs and not actually sing the lyrics because I don't know them. ;D
Now you got me curious...What did you think they were singing...?
47. Linda Ronstadt?
No, sorry...that's not correct. It does sound a lot like her, don't it?
This singer (also an actress, in "Tootsie" and "Fatal Attraction" among others) is best remembered for her cooperation with Meat Loaf. ;)
The song is a cover version of a Timi Yuro song.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit 7 - w/Sound]
Written By: Paul on 03/09/08 at 11:12 am
Hi once more, Henk...
#8. 'One Day I'll Fly Away' - Randy Crawford
#11. 'It Will Come In Time' - Billy Preston & Syreeta
#22. 'Stomp' - Brothers Johnson
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Written By: Henk on 03/09/08 at 11:36 am
Hi once more, Henk...
#8. 'One Day I'll Fly Away' - Randy Crawford
#11. 'It Will Come In Time' - Billy Preston & Syreeta
#22. 'Stomp' - Brothers Johnson
Good afternoon, Paul. :)
Those three are all correct. Did you listen to the clippings, or didn't you need them? ???
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Written By: Paul on 03/09/08 at 11:46 am
Good afternoon, Paul. :)
Those three are all correct. Did you listen to the clippings, or didn't you need them? ???
Didn't need #8., but the audio prompts for the other two came in useful! ;)
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Written By: Henk on 03/09/08 at 11:52 am
Didn't need #8., but the audio prompts for the other two came in useful! ;)
That Billy Preston & Syreeta song didn't make Top 40 in UK, if I'm not mistaken... ???
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Written By: Paul on 03/09/08 at 12:02 pm
That Billy Preston & Syreeta song didn't make Top 40 in UK, if I'm not mistaken... ???
It didn't, though not for want of trying...it was ideal for the more middle-of-the-road radio stations, who played the thing to death!
Sadly, the public thought otherwise...but it's a nice piece of fluff...
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Written By: snozberries on 03/09/08 at 4:21 pm
Thanks for adding the sound clips...just when I thought you were nuts and had songs left that I've never heard in my life I get to #49 and by george I think I actually know another song from list...
Could that be Let's Get Serious by Jermaine Jackson? I think it might be... 8)
oh and thanks now the song is stuck in my head! :D
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit 7 - w/Soun
Written By: Henk on 03/09/08 at 4:30 pm
Thanks for adding the sound clips...just when I thought you were nuts and had songs left that I've never heard in my life I get to #49 and by george I think I actually know another song from list...
And it took you this long to find out...? :D ::)
Could that be Let's Get Serious by Jermaine Jackson? I think it might be... 8)
It might not only be, it is... :) A Top 10 hit, both in UK and US.
oh and thanks now the song is stuck in my head! :D
I aim to please... ;)
Let's get serious
Let's get serious
Let's get serious and fall in love...
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Limit 7 - w/Soun
Written By: maddog on 03/10/08 at 11:00 am
Hi Henk
I just listened to the sound clip of #35, it's "Army Dreamers" by Kate Bush.
I'm a big fan of Kate Bush, I am kicking myself that I did not recognise this earlier!
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Written By: maddog on 03/10/08 at 11:03 am
...and #44 is "No Doubt About It" by Hot Chocolate, which I seem to remember was all about alien abduction, or something ???
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Written By: Henk on 03/10/08 at 2:10 pm
Hi Henk
I just listened to the sound clip of #35, it's "Army Dreamers" by Kate Bush.
I'm a big fan of Kate Bush, I am kicking myself that I did not recognise this earlier!
Hi Graham! :) Glad you made it in time... 8)
Well, it was an exceptionally short line from the lyrics...And it wasn't her biggest hit either, so don't kick yourself too hard. ;)
...and #44 is "No Doubt About It" by Hot Chocolate, which I seem to remember was all about alien abduction, or something ???
What can they be? Illusions? Oh no...No doubt about it... :D
Whacky stuff from Errol Brown and company...totally out of line with the rest of their work - and yet it hit #2 in UK.
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - with hints & stuff]
Written By: Henk on 03/10/08 at 2:59 pm
Final round: limit's off, and hints are out. :)
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Written By: AnnieBanannie on 03/10/08 at 3:05 pm
Hi, Henk...coming in late here...
Is #37 "Other Side of the Sun" by Janis Ian?
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Written By: Henk on 03/10/08 at 3:32 pm
Hi, Henk...coming in late here...
Is #37 "Other Side of the Sun" by Janis Ian?
Yay! :D Annie's back - with a vengeance! ;)
You're absolutely right. Karma for you. :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - with hints & stuff]
Written By: Henk on 03/15/08 at 5:31 pm
Time to wrap this one up... Here are the final answers:
21. A cover version of a Don Williams song, by a US actor of Greek descent, who had something of a singing career (tho' not in US).
Other songs: "If" and "Lovin' Understandin' Man". The actor died on January 22, 1994 - just one day after his 72nd birthday.
Watch here and find out...
28. Two members of 10CC, who had an international hit with "Cry". The song title is identical to a Sting song (about a "legal alien").
Watch here and find out...
47. Singer/actress, best remembered for her cooperation with Meat Loaf. She also had something of a solo career,
which included a #1 in Dutch Top 40 ("We Belong To The Night").
This song (a cover version of a Timi Yuro song, that originally hit #12 in 1962 in US) only got to #92 in US, though...
Watch here and find out...
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Finished off]
Written By: Henk on 03/16/08 at 5:54 pm
Hello..? Anybody there...? :-\\
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Finished off]
Written By: snozberries on 03/16/08 at 6:09 pm
Hello..? Anybody there...? :-\\
I am!
why did you come up with another song I might actually have heard of???
just kidding it was a good quiz!
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Finished off]
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/16/08 at 7:33 pm
It was a great quiz Henk. I really enjoy them alot.
I *did* hear of Godley and Cream (or at least of the song "Cry" I remember the video had computer morphs of a bunch of people crying.)
I've also heard Sting/The Police's version of Englishman in New York and I really like that song. I'm surprised I didn't recognize it in this quiz. :( :-[
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Written By: snozberries on 03/16/08 at 9:22 pm
It was a great quiz Henk. I really enjoy them alot.
I *did* hear of Godley and Cream (or at least of the song "Cry" I remember the video had computer morphs of a bunch of people crying.)
I've also heard Sting/The Police's version of Englishman in New York and I really like that song. I'm surprised I didn't recognize it in this quiz. :( :-[
since the quiz has concluded I suppose it's safe to "mini-jack" this thread.....
so, to Patti, um What exactly is that woman doing to that cat in your sig pic??? ??? ;D
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Finished off]
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/16/08 at 10:17 pm
since the quiz has concluded I suppose it's safe to "mini-jack" this thread.....
so, to Patti, um What exactly is that woman doing to that cat in your sig pic??? ??? ;D
lol Hopefully we won't be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for threadjacking...but anyways...
That is supposed to be me (yeah on a good day), It's a mini-program called "Meez" http://photobucket.com/meez there is one on the front page that I think would be perfect for Erin/Quirk. Anyways...my "meez" is me from the 80s in the arcade hugging/loving my cat. Yeah, I know there is a fine line between loving your cat and loving your cat, trust me, I have not crossed the line. ;D
What you can't seen in the picture is that I am wearing a denim skirt and purple leg warmers too. I couldn't figure out how to make the picture smaller and still animated. I'm not that good at photo editing. :-http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/mz_040408_10027304339.gif?t=1205723905
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Written By: Henk on 03/17/08 at 1:08 am
I've also heard Sting/The Police's version of Englishman in New York and I really like that song. I'm surprised I didn't recognize it in this quiz. :( :-[
That's prolly 'cause the Sting song and the Godley & Creme song are entirely different...They don't even share the same lyics (and that includes the title, because the title does not appear in the actual Godley & Creme song).
Anyway...Thanks Patty and Q. :)
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Finished off]
Written By: snozberries on 03/17/08 at 2:56 pm
lol Hopefully we won't be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for threadjacking...but anyways...
That is supposed to be me (yeah on a good day), It's a mini-program called "Meez" http://photobucket.com/meez there is one on the front page that I think would be perfect for Erin/Quirk. Anyways...my "meez" is me from the 80s in the arcade hugging/loving my cat. Yeah, I know there is a fine line between loving your cat and loving your cat, trust me, I have not crossed the line. ;D
What you can't seen in the picture is that I am wearing a denim skirt and purple leg warmers too. I couldn't figure out how to make the picture smaller and still animated. I'm not that good at photo editing. :-http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/mz_040408_10027304339.gif?t=1205723905
lol....I am totally quoting the movie The Truth About Cats and Dogs right now!!!!
Cool.. I'm going to check it out! thx
Subject: Re: Henk's Surprise Lyrics Quiz! [1980 hits from Dutch Top 40 - Finished off]
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/18/08 at 11:11 pm
lol....I am totally quoting the movie The Truth About Cats and Dogs right now!!!!
I love that movie. I've felt just like Janeane Garofalo's character in that movie...many many times. ;D