80s-music Trivia Quiz # 12
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80s Cover Tunes - True or False: Martika, Tiffany, Joan Jett, and Billy Idol all had hits in the 80s with songs by Tommy James and the Shondells?
The correct answer is 'False'
Tiffany, Joan Jett, and Billy Idol had hits with Tommy James' songs, but Martika did not. Tiffany did 'I Think We're Alone Now', Joan Jett did 'Crimson and Clover', and Billy Idol did 'Mony, Mony'. Martika had a hit with Carole King's 'I Feel The Earth Move'.
80s Music Question 2
80s Music - What group sang the song "Forever Young"?
The correct answer is 'Alphaville'
This band from Germany also had a hit with the song Big in Japan.
80s Music Question 3
1980s Music 1st Lines : Volume 4 - 'It was homecoming night at my school.'
The correct answer is 'Julie Brown'
'The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun' (too bad she didn't use it when they started singing this song!)
80s Music Question 4
80s Lyrics "Oh God I Know This!" #1 - 'I take my aim and I fake my words, I'm just you long time curse.'
The correct answer is 'The Jesus and Mary Chain'
Famed for their sub-15 minute sets at the start of their career, the 15 minutes on stage consisted of not much more than feedback. The Jesus and Mary Chain released the top selling 'Darklands' album in 1985. The lyric is from the track 'April Skies', performed on Top of the Pops by William and Jim themselves. I wonder if they were charged for that wrecked mic stand?
80s Music Question 5
80s Behind the Lyrics VII - Nick Lowe said you had to be "Cruel to Be Kind", and some of the lyrics go like this: "You say you're love is bona fide,/But that don't coincide with the things that you do." What does the Latin term Bona fide mean?
The correct answer is 'in good faith'
Nick seemed to think his lover was a bit on the sadistic side because she'd treat him poorly but vow her love. "Cruel to be kind means that I love you,/Baby, you've gotta be cruel to be kind."
80s Music Question 6
1980s Music 1st Lines : Volume 1 - 'I had a friend who was a great baseball player, back in high school.'
The correct answer is 'Bruce Springsteen'
'Glory Days'
80s Music Question 7
Rock of Ages; 1980s Music - Way before Van Halen peaked with "1984", they considered which of the following names for the band before settling with VH?
The correct answer is 'Rat Salade'
Thank goodness they didn't. They once called themselves "Mammoth" before they learned another band claimed ownership of that name.
80s Music Question 8
No 1 Albums of the 1980s II - Who recorded 'Make it Big' and made it big on the charts in the mid-1980's?
The correct answer is 'Wham!'
Number one on the Billboard charts in March 1985.
80s Music Question 9
Andy Gibb Trivial Quiz - What variety-musical show did Andy co-host in the early 80s?
The correct answer is 'Solid Gold'
Solid Gold brought Andy's music and face into living rooms all across America.
80s Music Question 10
80s Cover Tunes - Rudy Clark, writer of 'Good Lovin' by The Rascals, wrote this song recorded by George Harrison.
The correct answer is ''Got My Mind Set On You''
This reworked song was Harrison's comeback hit from his album 'Cloud 9'.