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�Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead�
-Lucille Ball
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- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The "seven social sins": Knowledge without character,
Science without humanity,
Wealth without work,
Commerce without morality,
Politics without principles,
Pleasure without conscience,
Worship without self-sacrifice."
--Gandhi
"We have not inherited the world from our forfathers -
We have borrowed it from our children."
--Kashmiri, proverb
(Skip the below, if you do not want to read the answers)
1. billie jean is not my lover, she's just a girl who says that I am the one.
Correct. You get one point.
2. hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry.
Correct. This one's worth two.
3. shout, shout, let it all out.
Right on. Tears from the Big Chair... (1 point)
4. Oh, I wish that I had jessie's girl.
You know your Rick Springfield. 1 point.
5. People are people, so why should it be
Bingo. 1 point.
6. We are living in a material world, and I am a material girl.
Yes. 1/2 a point. Way too easy!
7. I'll love you with all the joy of living until the lights go out in blank blank blank .
Early Erasure... New York City.
8. video killed the radio star.
Been watching MTV I see... 2 points. Most people miss this one.
9. She blinded me with science.
Yes. What a stupid song. 1 point.
10. Gonna dress you up in my love.
More Madonna. All Madonna songs are worth 1/2 point.
11. She told me to walk this way, she told me to talk this way.
Were you as confused by this video as I was? (You got it right, 1 point)
12. who's that sleeping in your bed.
Who ya gonna call when there's an invisible man sleeping in your bed?
13. It's just another manic monday.
Yes. 1/2 a point. Easy!
14. I'm never going to dance again the way I danced with you.
Very good. Wham! for 1 point.
15. sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree.
No one sounds good singing along to this song... 1 point.
16. We're gonna rock down to electric avenue.
You know.. this isn't the electric slide song. 1 point.
17. How long, how long must I sing this song.
Yep. Bono at his most self righteous. 2 points.
18. push it, push it good.
I was going for Devo, but Salt N Pepa is also acceptable. 1/2 point for either push or whip.
19. He turned to me as if to say, " blank , blank it's waiting there for you."
Hurry boy. Everybody misses this. Look up the lyrics to Africa on the cheatsheet.
20.It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
Only one point. Totally overplayed REM.
21. Come on, pour some sugar on me, in the name of love.
What exactly IS sugar, anyway? 1 point.
22. dude looks like a lady.
yep. 1 point
23. Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve
Did Trent mean this to become an S and M theme song?... oh yeah.. 2 points.
24. red, red wine
1 measly point
25. Oh, yeah, we're halfway there, oh, oh we're living on a prayer.
It's tough... sometimes...for love... but you got your 2 points.
26. Make you wonder how the other half lives.
Makes you wonder how the other half die.. from Devil Inside? INXS?
(Editors Note: Don't they also have a line that asks how the other half lives?)
27. time after after If you're lost and you look you will find me.
Time after time?? How did you miss this one?
(Editors Note: I didn't. Their page messed it up, apparently)
28. Don't turn around der kommisar's in town.
Good going... 2 points
29. Our house in the middle of our street.
Yes. 1 point.
30. Wet bus stop, she's waiting, his car is warm and dry.
Sting.. the guy who sings about stalkers AND pedophiles (if you read the lyrics). (2 pts.)
31. She told me to come but I was already there.
And you shook... 1 point out of this question.(I know it's cheesy, but it's hard to come up with 204 smart-assed remarks.)
32. Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You get 2 points for knowing Obsession.
33. I got my first real six - string, Bought it at the five-and-dime.
It was the summer of 69.. I wasn't even born yet, were you? 3 points
34. But if you see me blank blank, and the tears are in my eyes.
If you see Chicago walking by, look away.
35. Like no other, before you know it, you'll be on blank blank.
You'll be on your knees.. she's an easy lover.
36. Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must've been some kind of dream.
Were you part of the 80's? It must have been some kind of KISS.
37. Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this lonely life.
Another tough one. 3 points for you.
38. I don't need to fall at your feet Just 'cause you pushed me to the ground.
you cut me to the bone. ouch.
39. Your moves are so raw I've got to let you know
he made leather pants sexy. 1 point.
40. She'll only come out at night, ooh Here she comes She's a maneater
1/2 a point. no annoying comments b/c it's 12:46 AM.
41. And the full moon that hangs over These blank in the blank
The Video That Used the Most Dry Ice Award goes to Heart for These Dreams. The lyrics is these dreams in the mist
42. Please, blank , Pull me offa my knees
Not up on your Kevin Bacon movies? Her name is Louise.
43. Come on baby, make it hurt so good Sometimes love don't feel like it should
I just don't see Mr. Cougar Melloncamp as a masochist.. (1pt)
44. I walk along the dirty street You used to walk along with me, And every step I take reminds me Of just how we used to be.
city streets. this one would have been worth 4 points if you got it right.
45. If you leave, don't leave now. Please don't take my heart away
Yet another pathetic 80's ballad... which you knew for 1 point.
46. Lay a blank on my pillow Leave the winter on the ground
You're supposed to lay a whisper on her pillow.
47. Sometimes I feel I've got to run away, I've got to get away
One of those songs that get stuck in your head like glue... 1.5 points
48. I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls
49. little red Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast
i wanna know about those jockies that were there before his symbol-ness. (1 point)
50. We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries
I know whose voice is singing 'I want my MTV'... do you? By the way, you got one point for this one.
51. rock me Amadeus
If anyone can tell me why we all bought this song, I'd love to hear it. Half a point for this one.
52. You were born in the city blank under your feet
It makes sense when you know the missing word is 'concrete'
53. My blood runs cold My memory has just been sold
My angel is a centerfold...well, now she'd have a webcam.com ... 1 point
54. She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories
Whatever happened to Axl after that tragic spaghetti incident? Half a point
55. You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
No one ever gets this... 4 points!
56. It's a nice day for a white wedding
I'm still trying to imagine Billy Idol at Any wedding. 2 points!
57. Woke up to blank And found the future not so bright
Unwow. no points. by the way, the answer is reality. I wonder if they thought of that when they were making the female condom... probably not..
58. 'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance; Well they're no friends of mine
There's no better dance, than a Safety Dance. 2
59. For just one moment To be bold and naked At your side
Ok, did you know the song, or did you just figure that if you were bold by someone's side, you oughta be naked? 1 pt, btw.
60. Your heart sweats, your body shakes Another blank is what it takes
Kiss...You must have been born after 1985.
61. Every rose has its thorn Just like every night has it's dawn
Poison, dude! 1 point for this one.
62. 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, you're too unstable. Kicking at chairs and knocking down tables, in restaraunt, in a west end town. Call the police, there's a madman around... okokok I'll stop... 1 pt
63. You spin me right round, baby right round like a record, baby
they'd have to make it 'CD' now. 2 points
64. Remember after the blank after all the rain I will be the blank
I don't know any of the rest of the song, but I know this line. Don't know who wrote it either, but the missing words are fire and flame. (ed. 11/1/3: about 80 people emailed me: Cheap Trick, The Flame)
65. You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away
An actual artist! From the 80's! 1 point
66. All alone I have cried silent tears full of pride in a world made of steel, made of stone.
Exactly how many body doubles did Jennifer Beals have in this movie? 3 points
67. You're a real tough cookie with a long history Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
2 points. Hit me with your best shot...Fire away.
68. fire on the mountain top Burning like a silver flame
She's Venus, therefore she's a Goddess on a mountain top, evidently Bananarama hasn't studied too many Old Master paintings.
69. When I see your face I can face the world, oh oh, you know I can do anything When I see you smile...
70. Let me hear your heart beat
If you knew that this song spawned thousands of women joining aerobics classes, would you have known the missing words were 'body talk'?
71. You could have a blank train if you'd just lay down your tracks
The steam train mushes his head.
72. That the touch of your hand Makes my pulse react
What's with all the Tina Turner songs about prostitutes? Anyway, it's an obscure line, so 4 points
73. Got it bad, got it bad, got it bad, I'm crazy for you
You must not have had MTV or even seen MTV during the Van Halen years. Hot for Teacher.
74. My name is Luka I live on the second floor
No (suposedly) witty comment. 1 point
75. I'm high as a kite and I just might stop to check you out
I've never had a blister pop in the sun. Most people know to GO INSIDE once they turn.. oh lobster red. 1/2 point
76. Like a drifter I was born to blank blank
drifters walk alone in Whitesnake land.
77. And there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonight
if he ain't missing her at all.. why sing about it? Someone's in denial. 1 pt.
78. Think of the tender things That we were working on
Veal? Goose liver? Marinated chicken breasts? Hormel Always Tender Pork? (1 point)
79. Believe it or not I'm walking on air
Pop up videos tonight... they changed the Greatest American Hero's name from Mr. Hinkley to Mr. H after Jodi Foster's # 1 Fan tried to take out Reagan. (1 pt)
80. No need to ask. He's a smooth operator,
Sade has an amazing voice. 1 pt.
81. And I know that I'm right Cuz I hear it in the night
My secrets are all revealed on my web site. No need to eavesdrop on my dreams. 1 pt.
82. I tell you one and one makes three
Synchronicity: History Proff. says the name Stalin and the head jock, the head nerd, and the head druggie all headbang out this lyric at once. Who needs drugs, when you have this reality? 1/2 pt.
83. Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air
Ok either 1)You've read The Straight Dope or 2)You are a god. Either way 10 points. (Editors Note: None...although I am mystified that I got the spelling right)
84. Her name is rio and she dances on the sand
So, I'm thinking Rio is the child of some potted out rich hippies who traveled a lot. 1 pt
85. By order of the underground We ban that boogie sound
Based on the SO's copy of The World's Most Dangerous Places, I wouldn't try to rock the Casbah any time this decade... the missing lyric is prophet.
86. And the southern girls with the way they talk They knock me out when I'm down there
Good. 4 points. Easy song, hard to remember the verses, though.
87. Owner of a lonely heart Much better than - a Owner of a lonely heart
Lonely heart is better than the owner of a broken heart? The songwriter must not have belived tis better to have loved and lost than never loved at all...
88. Why do we scream at each other? This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
Prince lives in the city.. this should be when Pigeons cry. 1 pt.
89. I got me a chrysler it seats about 20
Glitter on the mattress... huh??? (1 pt.)
90. In the name of love
Yes. The Irish mourning one the American Civil Right movement's tragedys. 1 point.
91. In your eyes I am complete
1/2 pt. Easy to guess.
92. Everybody knows blank aint allowed in blank
Smoking/school. I'm still trying to imagine Montley Crue in ANY school.
93. All we want is life beyond the blank
Thunderdome. Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Midgets, Chainsaws, Bungie Cords.
94. Like a knife cutting for the very first time
Surgeon. Weird Al does Madonna.
95. I cannot blank I cannot blank
Metallica. One. A video based on a song based on a book. Johnny Got His Gun. I cannot live, I cannot die.
96. parents just don't understand
Will Smith being goofy. 1 point.
97. Don't push me I'm close to the edge
Did you guess or do you know Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five? 1 pt.
98. Your mom threw away your best porno mag
And white rap... 1/2 a point
99. I come from the land down under
He just smiled and gave me a Vegamite sandwich.. 1 point
100. blank not blank rule my world
You need to listed to more Squiggle. Women not girls rule his world.
Bonus Question 1: Oomp-ba-pa-mou-mou My heart's on fire for elvira
Giddy Up! 2 points.
Bonus Question 2: I've got friends in low places.
Duh. 1/2 point.
Bonus Question 3: Yes, I'm only a bill, And I'm sitting here on capitol hill.
Wow! You remember your School House Rock, too! Bonus: 2
You grew up to this. No Bonus. No penalty.
5 point bonus for telling me where you saw this. Thanks!
Final Score: 110.5
Editor's Note: I don't know whether to be pleased with myself or rather appalled that I know so many lyrics to some of the worst songs ever recorded...
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