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In My "80s" Obscure Lyrics - 2 Quiz

Here's another sample of some of my favorite 1980s tunes. I'll give you the lyrics, and you give me the bands. Thanks to everyone who played Part One, hope you enjoy this one. Cheers all!

A multiple-choice quiz by dantecmdy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dantecmdy

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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247,450

Updated
Dec 02 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I wait here in this hole, playing poker with my soul.
I hold the rifle close to me, it lights the way to
keep me free." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Crowded House

Culture Club

Big Country

Inxs

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Love is a stranger in an open car, to tempt you in
and drive you far away. And I want you, and I want you,
and I want you, so it's an obsession." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Eurythmics

The Sundays

Cocteau Twins

The Cranberries

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Oh baby, you drive a me crazy. You're much too much, I cannot love
you enough. It's all right, hold me tight. When you love me love
me right." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Thomas Dolby

Love And Rockets

Gene Loves Jezbel

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty. Sound of their
breath fades with the light. I think about, the loveless
fascination." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

The Cranes

The Church

The Cars

The Cure

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Question 5 of 10

5. "The virginal brides, file past his tomb. Strewn in time's
dead flowers, bereft in deathly bloom." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Sisters Of Mercy

Bauhaus

45 Grave

Nine Inch Nails

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Question 6 of 10

6. "John Francis Dooley wipe the sleep from your eyes, and
embrace the light. You have slept now for a thousand years,
beneath starless nights." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Dead Can Dance

Faith And The Muse

The Shroud

Placibo

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Question 7 of 10

7. "I started drifting to a different place. I realized I was
falling off the face of your world, and there's nothing left
to bring me back." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

The Jesus And Mary Chain

The B-52's

The Violent Femmes

The Plimsouls

8. "When you cycled by, here began all my dreams. The saddest
thing I've ever seen. And you never knew, how much I really
liked you. Because I never even told you. Oh, and I meant
to." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Spandau Ballet

Tears For Fears

The Romantics

The Smiths

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Yeah, I heard a funny thing, somebody said to me. That you
could be in love with almost anyone. You think people are
the greatest fun". Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Died Pretty

The Damned

New Order

Buzzcocks

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Question 10 of 10

10. "All alone with you, makes the butterflies in me arise. Slowly
we make love, and the earth rotates to our dictates. Slowly we
make love." Who sang these lyrics? Hint

Duran Duran

Hazy Fantazi

Terence Trent D'Arby

Depeche Mode

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I wait here in this hole, playing poker with my soul. I hold the rifle close to me, it lights the way to keep me free." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: Big Country

"Where The Rose Is Sown" was featured on Big Country's third album
"Steeltown" 1984. Forming in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1981, Big
Country's unique blend of guitar effects and riffs resembling bag
pipes made them a popular opening act for bands like The Who and
The Rolling Stones. Sadly singer Stuart Adamson was found dead in
a Honolulu hotel room in 2001. Autopsy revealed he hanged himself.

2. "Love is a stranger in an open car, to tempt you in and drive you far away. And I want you, and I want you, and I want you, so it's an obsession." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: Eurythmics

"Love Is A Stranger" from the Eurythmics' second album "Sweet Dreams
(Are Made Of This)" released in 1983. Forming in 1980, the British
duo of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewert made a visual and innovative mark on early '80s music.

3. "Oh baby, you drive a me crazy. You're much too much, I cannot love you enough. It's all right, hold me tight. When you love me love me right." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: X

"Breathless"; this version can be found on X's fourth album, "More Fun
In The New World", 1983. Forming in Los Angeles in 1977, this punk band
gained a large following in the L.A. punk scene. Songwriter Otis Blakwell's "Breathless" was also made famous by rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis in 1958.

4. "Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty. Sound of their breath fades with the light. I think about, the loveless fascination." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: The Church

"Under The Milky Way". This track was featured on The Church's tenth
and breakthrough album "Starfish" 1988. Forming in Sydney in 1980,
The Church has enjoyed a "cult" like status as one of Australia's most
popular underground bands. Still together and recording new material,
they have yet to repeat the succsess of "Starfish."

5. "The virginal brides, file past his tomb. Strewn in time's dead flowers, bereft in deathly bloom." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: Bauhaus

"Bela Lugosi's Dead". Originally released as a single in 1979, Bauhaus
recorded this gem "live in the studio" in one take. At over nine minutes
long, it did not enter the UK pop charts. It later re-surfaced in 1983s
vampire classic, "The Hunger." The band and the song were featured in
the opening moments of the film.

6. "John Francis Dooley wipe the sleep from your eyes, and embrace the light. You have slept now for a thousand years, beneath starless nights." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: Dead Can Dance

"Ullyses" This song was featured on Dead Can Dance's fourth album, "The
Serpent's Egg", 1988. Forming in Melbourne in 1981, they soon moved to
London and landed a contract with 4AD Records. One cannot put a label
on their sound. Their use of ancient or forgotten instruments and the
vocals of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry were very much ahead of their
time. Breaking up in 1998, they later re-grouped and toured in 2005.

7. "I started drifting to a different place. I realized I was falling off the face of your world, and there's nothing left to bring me back." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: The Plimsouls

"A Million Miles Away". This track was featured on The Plimsouls'
album, "Everywhere At Once", 1983. The song was originally released
in 1981, then re-recorded after the band performed the song in the
motion picture "Valley Girl" in 1983. Though moderate succsess
followed, they soon broke up.

8. "When you cycled by, here began all my dreams. The saddest thing I've ever seen. And you never knew, how much I really liked you. Because I never even told you. Oh, and I meant to." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: The Smiths

"Back To The Old House" was featured on The Smiths album "Hatful Of
Hollow" 1983. Recorded live for a John Peel session, another version
can also be found on "Louder Than Bombs" 1987. From 1982 to 1987 the
partnership of Morrissey and Marr created witty and melancholy anthems
that are still inspiring today. When The Smiths broke up, Morrissey
began a solo career and is still going strong.

9. "Yeah, I heard a funny thing, somebody said to me. That you could be in love with almost anyone. You think people are the greatest fun". Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: The Damned

"Alone Again Or". This track was featured on The Damned's seventh
studio album "Anything" in 1986. Forming in London in 1976, The
Damned were the first punk rock band to release a single, an album
and tour the United States. With as many as seventeen line-up changes
through the years, The Damned are still touring.
This song was originally recorded by the band Love in 1967.

10. "All alone with you, makes the butterflies in me arise. Slowly we make love, and the earth rotates to our dictates. Slowly we make love." Who sang these lyrics?

Answer: Terence Trent D'Arby

"Sign Your Name" was featured on Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album
"Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby" 1987.
Selling one million copies on its first three days of release, it
also earned a Grammy in 1988 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
After a series of dreams he legally changed his name to Sananda
Maitreya in 2001, and still records music today.

Source: Author dantecmdy

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