80s-music Trivia Quiz # 14
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1980s Music 1st Lines : Volume 1 - 'I was working part time in the five and dime.'
The correct answer is 'Prince'
'Raspberry Beret'
80s Music Question 2
Match the Lyric to the Artist - 80s - I met her in a Kingstown bar,We fell in love I knew it had to end,We took what we had and we ripped it apart,Now here I am down in Kingstown again.
The correct answer is 'Bruce Springsteen'
from 'Hungry Heart'
80s Music Question 3
80s Music: New Wave / Vol. I - Which song by Talking Heads is NOT feaured in the 1986 film "True Stories", written and directed by the band's frontman David Bynre?
The correct answer is 'The Road to Nowhere'
"The Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads was featured in the 1994 film "Reality Bites". "True Stories" stars Byrne along with John Goodman, Swoozie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray. The video for the popular single "Wild, Wild Life" featuring crazy characters performing karaoke is an actual scene taken straight from the film. The soundtrack also includes "Dream Operator", "Puzzlin' Evidence", and "City of Dreams".
80s Music Question 4
Music of the 1980s - 4 - Who sang 'Find Another Fool'?
The correct answer is 'Quarterflash'
From their debut album in 1981.
80s Music Question 5
1980s Artists and Their Hits - "Rock This Town" was one of the hits for whom?
The correct answer is 'The Stray Cats'
The Stray Cats were a classic group. I love their songs. The Stray Cats were under EMI Records and this classic song was written by Brian Setzer. It only made it to Number 9 in 1982.
80s Music Question 6
80s First Lines and Signers - Did I say I wouldn't be hurt if our love just didn't work?
The correct answer is 'Deborah Allen'
80s Music Question 7
Name that 80s Band - "Rebel Yell": Last night a little dancer, came dancing to my door, last night my little angel came pumpin` on the floor.
The correct answer is 'Billy Idol'
On the album "Rebel Yell" in 1984.
80s Music Question 8
UK 80s Who Sang This I - 'Ain't gonna work for you no more'
The correct answer is 'Hue and Cry'
'Labour of Love' - a classic.
80s Music Question 9
80s One Hit Wonders in the USA II - 'Walk The Dinosaur'
The correct answer is 'Was (Not Was)'
Was (Not Was)
80s Music Question 10
Canadian Music from the 1980s - What Toronto artist spent a long time writing songs for other singers before having a hit of his own with 1984's 'Strike'?
The correct answer is 'Eddie Schwartz'
Schwartz's writing credits included Pat Benatar's 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot.'