WWTBAM Bored

We’ll even put a 2 point krox bonus on this one – what’s your favorite song (title and artist) from the decade of the 80s that is not on here?

Since no song I know is on here I have a lot of choices. I'll go with Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper.

My record on Fridays this month:

1st week: 0 for 25
2nd week: 22 for 25
3rd week: 0 for 25

1. "good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!"
I -
I don't believe it!
there she goes again!
she's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
all my tubes and wires
and careful notes"

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

2. I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
Two of a billion stars it means so much to me
Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you

3. She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
And my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses

4. Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect, requested data
What will it effect, when all is done

Major Tom - Peter Schilling

5. Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting

6. Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

7. Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose

8. Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

9. There's emptiness behind their eyes, there's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart, but not in

10. There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me

11. What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?

12. The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora Borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view

13. Oh, things that you say
Is it a life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away

14. I see you've sent my letters back
And my LP records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say

15. 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

16. And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

17. The broadcast was spreading
Station to station
Like an infection
Across the nation

Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung

18. Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation, yeah

19. (We should know better) Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(We should see) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human's race
(We should see) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by

20. You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds

21. Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies
The diving man's coming up for air cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair, by the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again

22. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain

23. Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday away from you
It froze me deep inside
Come back come back

24. Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

25. Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight

Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran

I always liked Run Runaway - Slade (certainly one of the finest uses of bagpipes in rock history)

19. I’ll Stop the World and Melt With You
24. Don't You Forget About Me

Bonus: Living on a Prayer, Bon Jovi

1. "good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!"
I -
I don't believe it!
there she goes again!
she's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
all my tubes and wires
and careful notes"

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby (Do any other pub trivia players out there shout "SCIENCE!!" when that particular category is called, or is that just a Wisconsin thing?)


2. I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
Two of a billion stars it means so much to me
Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you

3. She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
And my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses

Lips Like Sugar -


4. Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect, requested data
What will it effect, when all is done

Major Tom - Peter Schilling


5. Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

6. Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys


7. Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose

8. Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

9. There's emptiness behind their eyes, there's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart, but not in

10. There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me

11. What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?

Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds


12. The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora Borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view

13. Oh, things that you say
Is it a life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away

Take On Me - A-ha


14. I see you've sent my letters back
And my LP records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say

15. 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

16. And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

17. The broadcast was spreading
Station to station
Like an infection
Across the nation

18. Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation, yeah

19. (We should know better) Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(We should see) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human's race
(We should see) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by

I Melt With You - Modern English


20. You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds

21. Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies
The diving man's coming up for air cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair, by the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again

22. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain

Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode


23. Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday away from you
It froze me deep inside
Come back come back

In Between Days - The Cure


24. Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds


25. Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight[/quote]


***EDITED: Forfeiting my Krox bonus for this one...how could I screw THAT up? Easy...just pick a song that somehow wound up in my '80s mix despite being released in 1993 ("Laid", by James). My favorite '80s song, for the record - at least the one that would best fit in this mix: "Love Is A Stranger", by Eurythmics.

I always liked Run Runaway - Slade (certainly one of the finest uses of bagpipes in rock history)

Agreed re the bagpipes. Although you do have to give props to this...

1. the obvious one... "She Blinded Me with Science", Thomas Dolby
2. "Rio", Duran Duran
3. nope
4. "Major Tom (Coming Home)", Peter Schilling
5. "Fortress Around Your Heart", Sting
6. "West End Girls", Pet Shop Boys
7. "It's My Life", Talk Talk (You're welcome!)
8. "Love Song", the Cure
9. nope
10. nope
11. "Alive and Kicking", Simple Minds
12. "I Ran (So Far Away), a Flock of Seagulls
13. "Take on Me", a-ha
14. nope
15. "Under Pressure", Queen & David Bowie
16. "Road to Nowhere", Talking Heads
17. "The Politics of Dancing", Re-Flex
18. "Under the Milky Way", the Church
19. "I Melt with You", Modern English
20. "Shout", Tears for Fears
21. "Girls on Film", Duran Duran
22. "Enjoy the Silence", Depeche Mode
23. nope
24. "Don't You (Forget About Me)", Simple Minds
25. "Hungry Like the Wolf", Duran Duran (The "do do"s would have been enough to get this song.)
Krox: Sheesh, you want me to pick one out of a couple of hundred songs from the 1980s as my favorite? I don't have one particular favorite, so I'll just pick a song from my birth year (1980) that probably hasn't been used in any game of LS before. "Hold On to My Love" by Jimmy Ruffin, which was recorded in 1980... but written and originally recorded by Robin Gibb a year earlier.

17 and 25...

1.
2.
3.
4. Major Tom, David Bowie (WAG)
5.
6. Undun, Guess Who
7.
8.
9.
10. We Are the World, USA for Africa
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25. You Can Do Magic, America
Krox: The Best of Times, Styx

1. She Blinded Me With Science/Thomas Dolby

2. Rio/Duran Duran

4. Major Tom/Peter Schilling

5. Fortress Around Your Heart/Sting

6. West End Girls/Pet Shop Boys

7. It's My Life/Talk Talk

11. Who Can You Run To/Heart

12. I Ran/Flock of Seagulls

13. Take On Me/a-ha

16. Road to Nowhere/Talking Heads

19. Melt With You/Modern English

20. Shout/Tears For Fears

24. (Don't You) Forget About Me/Simple Minds

25. Hungry Like the Wolf/Duran Duran

My bonus song: New Song/Howard Jones

1. "good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!"
I -
I don't believe it!
there she goes again!
she's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
all my tubes and wires
and careful notes"
Blinded Me With Science - Mr. Dolby himself

2. I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
Two of a billion stars it means so much to me
Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you
Rio - Duran Duran

3. She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
And my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses

4. Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect, requested data
What will it effect, when all is done
Major Tom - Peter Schilling

5. Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

6. Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
West End Squirrels - Pet Shop Boys

7. Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose

8. Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

9. There's emptiness behind their eyes, there's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart, but not in

10. There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me

11. What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds

12. The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora Borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view
I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls

13. Oh, things that you say
Is it a life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
Take On Me - A-ha

14. I see you've sent my letters back
And my LP records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say

15. 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

16. And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

17. The broadcast was spreading
Station to station
Like an infection
Across the nation
Politics of Dancing - Re-flex

18. Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation, yeah
Under the Milky Way - The Church

19. (We should know better) Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(We should see) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human's race
(We should see) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by
I Melt With You - Modern English (There's a cover of this song that has been on about half of the Mecca CD's now... and it's so awful that I've never bothered to look up who did it...)

20. You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds
Shout - Tears for Fears

21. Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies
The diving man's coming up for air cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair, by the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again
Squirrels on Film - Duran Duran

22. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode (My favorite DM song!!!)

23. Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday away from you
It froze me deep inside
Come back come back

24. Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

25. Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran Duran (Since they must be the triplicate band!)

I'm sure I know many of the songs I didn't get, but this may be the first game in this LS where I was able to crack every set of familiar lyrics...

Note!!!: I'm editing in my Krox after posting since I once again forgot, so feel free to not count this if you think I'm already SOL. I can never remember the Krox since you don't cue it at the end of the game...

Krox: Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris Deburgh

August Lyrically Speaking Day 15 – Pandora Friday

25 songs from my latest weekend with Pandora. The seed for the channel this time was Thomas Dolby, so this is like a trip down MTV memory lane. There are 4 instances of the same group being represented twice, and once where the same group is here three times (it’s not Thomas Dolby, either.) 1 point for title, one point for artist. We’ll even put a 2 point krox bonus on this one – what’s your favorite song (title and artist) from the decade of the 80s that is not on here?

1. "good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!"
I -
I don't believe it!
there she goes again!
she's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
all my tubes and wires
and careful notes"

She Blinded Me With Science-Thomas Dolby

2. I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
Two of a billion stars it means so much to me
Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you

Rio-Duran Duran

3. She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
And my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses



4. Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect, requested data
What will it effect, when all is done

Major Tom (Coming Home)-Peter Schilling

5. Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

Fortress Around Your Heart-Sting

6. Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?

West End Girls-Pet Shop Boys

7. Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose



8. Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again



9. There's emptiness behind their eyes, there's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart, but not in



10. There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me



11. What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?

Alive and Kicking-Simple Minds

12. The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora Borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view

I Ran (So Far Away)-A Flock of Seagulls

13. Oh, things that you say
Is it a life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away

Take on Me-A'Ha

14. I see you've sent my letters back
And my LP records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say

Can't Stand Losing You-The Police

15. 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

Under Pressure-Queen and David Bowie

16. And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

Road to Nowhere-Talking Heads

17. The broadcast was spreading
Station to station
Like an infection
Across the nation



18. Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation, yeah



19. (We should know better) Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(We should see) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human's race
(We should see) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by


20. You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds

Shout-Tears For Fears

21. Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies
The diving man's coming up for air cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair, by the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again

Girls on Film-Duran Duran

22. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain

Enjoy the Silence-Depeche Mode

23. Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday away from you
It froze me deep inside
Come back come back



24. Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

(Don't You) Forget About Me-Simple Minds

25. Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight

Hungry Like The Wolf-Duran Duran

KROX: I'm still organizing my iPod playlists, so it would be difficult determining my FAVORITE '80's song without going through the whole durn thing, so I'll select ONE of my favorites from the same general time as She Blinded Me With Science, and could also fit in on that Pandora station...History Never Repeats by Split Enz

1.) She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby, 2.) Rio - Duran Duran, 4.) Major Tom - Peter Schilling or Gale Boetticher!, 6.) West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys, 15.) Under Pressure - David Bowie & Queen, 19.) Melt With You - Modern English, 20.) Shout - Tears For Fears, 24.) Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds, 25.) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran. Krox: You Better You Bet - The Who.

1. She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby
2. Rio - Duran Duran
4. Major Tom - Um um
5. Sting/The Police, um .. um
6. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
7. It's My Life. But the only version I know is No Doubt. So that must be a remake.
8. OK. This is an Adele song. So, again, it must be a remake of an 80s song.
10. Depeche Mode song.
11. Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
12. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
13. Take On Me - A-Ha
15. Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie
17. Politics of Dancing? Can't remember the group
19. I Melt with You - um, um.
20. Shout - Tears for Fears
24. Don't You Forget About Me

Krox: It may not be my favorite BUT, I heard it the other day and can't get it out of my mind ... The Glamorous Life by Sheila E

August Lyrically Speaking Day 15 – Pandora Friday

25 songs from my latest weekend with Pandora. The seed for the channel this time was Thomas Dolby, so this is like a trip down MTV memory lane. There are 4 instances of the same group being represented twice, and once where the same group is here three times (it’s not Thomas Dolby, either.) 1 point for title, one point for artist. We’ll even put a 2 point krox bonus on this one – what’s your favorite song (title and artist) from the decade of the 80s that is not on here?

1. "good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!"
I -
I don't believe it!
there she goes again!
she's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
all my tubes and wires
and careful notes"

She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby


2. I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
Two of a billion stars it means so much to me
Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you

Rio - Duran Duran


3. She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
And my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses

Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen


4. Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect, requested data
What will it effect, when all is done

Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling


5. Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting


6. Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys


7. Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose

It's My Life - Talk Talk


8. Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

Lovesong - The Cure


9. There's emptiness behind their eyes, there's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart, but not in

Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs


10. There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me

No sweep for me


11. What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?

Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds


12. The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora Borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view

I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls


13. Oh, things that you say
Is it a life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away

Take On Me - A-Ha


14. I see you've sent my letters back
And my LP records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say

Can't Stand Losing You - The Police


15. 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

Under Pressure - Queen & Bowie (This was also included in "We Will Rock You" a couple of weeks ago.)


16. And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads


17. The broadcast was spreading
Station to station
Like an infection
Across the nation

The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex


18. Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation, yeah

Under the Milky Way - The Church


19. (We should know better) Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(We should see) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human's race
(We should see) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by

I Melt with You - Modern English


20. You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds

Shout - Tears for Fears


21. Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies
The diving man's coming up for air cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair, by the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again

Girls on Film - Duran Duran


22. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain

Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode (KROQ played so much Duran Duran and Depeche Mode in the 80's, I'm surprised they had time to play anything else. But they did.)


23. Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday away from you
It froze me deep inside
Come back come back

In Between (Inbetween) Days - The Cure (Oh, yeah! Them too. KROQ!)


24. Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds


25. Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight

Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran


Krox:

All You Ever Think About Is Sex - Sparks (I don't really have a favorite band from any era - there's always quite a few. My favorites from the 80's were always Squeeze, Midnight Oil and Peter Gabriel. I could have easily used U2, INXS, Split Enz/Crowded House or (more locally) Berlin, Motels or Missing Persons. I chose Sparks because they came to mind as Dolbyesque, perhaps their late 70's stuff more than what they were doing by the 80's.)

1. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
2. Rio - Duran Duran
13. Take On Me - Aha
16. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
24. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

Krox: Higher Love - Steve Winwood

I never watched MTV and it shows!

1. She blinded me with Science - Thomas Dolby
2. Rio - Duran Duran
3. Lips like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen
4. Major Tom - Peter Schilling
5. nope
6. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
7. I'ts my life - Talk Talk
8. Love Song - The Cure
9. Love my Way - Psychedelic Furs
10. nope
11. Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
12. I ran - Flock of haircuts....errr....Flock of Seagulls
13. Take on Me - Aha
14. Can't stand losing you - The Police
15. Under Pressure- Davie Bowie & Queen
16. Road to Nowhere - Talking heads
17. The politics of Dancing- ReFlex
18. Under the Milky Way- The Church
19. Melt with you- Modern English
20. Shout - Tears for Fears
21. Girls on Film - Duran Duran
22. Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
23. In Between Days - The Cure
24. Don't you forget about me - Simple Minds
25. Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran

Krox - Uncertain Smile - The The

August Lyrically Speaking Day 15 – Pandora Friday

25 songs from my latest weekend with Pandora. The seed for the channel this time was Thomas Dolby, so this is like a trip down MTV memory lane. There are 4 instances of the same group being represented twice, and once where the same group is here three times (it’s not Thomas Dolby, either.) 1 point for title, one point for artist. We’ll even put a 2 point krox bonus on this one – what’s your favorite song (title and artist) from the decade of the 80s that is not on here?

1. "good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!"
I -
I don't believe it!
there she goes again!
she's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
all my tubes and wires
and careful notes"

"She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby

2. I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
Two of a billion stars it means so much to me
Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you

"Rio" - Duran Duran

3. She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
And my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses

4. Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect, requested data
What will it effect, when all is done

"Major Tom (Coming Home)" - Peter Schilling

5. Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

"Fortress Around Your Heart" - Sting

6. Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?

"West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys

7. Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose

8. Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

"Lovesong" - The Cure (or Adele or 311)

9. There's emptiness behind their eyes, there's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart, but not in

10. There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me

11. What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?

"Alive and Kicking" - Simple Minds

12. The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora Borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view

"I Ran" - A Flock of Seagulls

13. Oh, things that you say
Is it a life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away

"Take On Me" - a-Ha

14. I see you've sent my letters back
And my LP records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say

15. 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

16. And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out

17. The broadcast was spreading
Station to station
Like an infection
Across the nation

"The Politics of Dancing" - Re-Flex

18. Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation, yeah

19. (We should know better) Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(We should see) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human's race
(We should see) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by

"Melt With You" - Modern English

20. You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds

"Shout" - Tears for Fears

21. Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies
The diving man's coming up for air cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair, by the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again

"Girls on Film" - Duran Duran

22. Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain

23. Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday away from you
It froze me deep inside
Come back come back

24. Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds

25. Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight

"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran

So many great songs from the '80s it is hard to pick just one for the Krox bonus. I guess I'll go with a song by one of the most under-rated bands of the '80s: "Stand or Fall" - The Fixx