80s-music Trivia Quiz # 15
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80s Music Videos - Singer with short, orange hair - other musician 'playing' a typewriter like a piano - a closeup of a cow's eye, very repetitious lyrics. Who's the artist or band?
The correct answer is 'The Eurythmics'
"Sweet Dreams are Made of This" by The Eurythmics, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. Pretty boring song if you asked me. I wonder how popular it would have been if it was more normal looking? Still, they put out some tunes later that I thought were much better.
80s Music Question 2
Music of the 80s: Part II - Public Enemy's 1988 album 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' is considered a classic of 80s music, and one of the best rap albums ever. However, what was the name of Public Enemy's debut album, released a year before, in 1987?
The correct answer is 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show'
In 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show,' the group's signature 'wall of sound' was not yet employed - the album has a sparser sound than 'It Takes a Nation,' with Chuck D.'s powerful voice driving the tracks. If you have not heard 'It Takes a Nation,' you are missing perhaps the best album of the 80s.
80s Music Question 3
1980s Ballads - 'Now this mountain I must climb feels like a world upon my shoulders. Through the clouds I see love shine. It keeps me warm as life grows colder.'
The correct answer is 'Foreigner'
- from the song 'I Want To Know What Love Is' from the 1984 album 'Agent Provocateur'.
80s Music Question 4
80s Volume Three - Who had a hit with 'A Good Heart'?
The correct answer is 'Feargal Sharkey'
80s Music Question 5
Forgotten 80s Tunes - What 80's group featured Mark Hollis as its lead singer?
The correct answer is 'Talk Talk'
"Talk Talk" from 1982 was their first hit. "Talk Talk" by Talk Talk. That's a lot of blabbing!
80s Music Question 6
80s Lyrics "Oh God I Know This!" #1 - 'And ring that bell as loud as you please, it can only make me well, there's only one way to bring a new day.'
The correct answer is 'Ultra Vivid Scene'
'Mercy Seat' was the only chart success for this American band consisting of Kurt Ralske and ... well, erm ... Kurt Ralske really! The album 'Ultra Vivid Scene' was released in 1988.
80s Music Question 7
1980s Tunes - Who performed "Der Kommissar"?
The correct answer is 'After the Fire'
Following a 21 year sabbatical, After The Fire returned in 2004 to play at the Greenbelt festival.
80s Music Question 8
First Lines of 1980s Hits - What song begins with: Sometimes you're better off dead - There's a gun in your hand - And it's pointing at your head - You think you're mad too unstable - Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables...?
The correct answer is 'Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls'
80s Music Question 9
1980s Music 1st Lines : Volume 4 - 'I put my hand on your stockings.'
The correct answer is 'John Parr'
'Naughty Naughty'
80s Music Question 10
Guess the 1980s artist - Who sang this 1981 Eurovision Song Contest winning entry - "You gotta speed it up, then you gotta slow it down"?
The correct answer is 'Bucks Fizz'
This was "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. Bucks Fizz were Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan, Jay Aston and Bobby G. The dance routine for this song had the girls ripping their longer skirts off, to reveal short ones! Katrina and the Waves won the Eurovision in 1997