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Finish the lyrics from these '80s hits!
Finish these lyrics: "You want to listen to the man? / Pay attention to the magistrate."
"And while I got you in the mood / Listen to your / Own heart beatin' / Own heart beatin'."
The next lines are, "And while I got you in the mood / Listen to your / Own heart beatin' / Own heart beatin'," from "I'm Alright," by Kenny Loggins. The song was the theme to the Bill Murray film, "Caddyshack."
"If it's nobody's bus'ness / It's everybody's game."
"And who is it really / Makin' up your mind?"
"Why you got to gimme a fight? / Can't you just let it be?"
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Finish these lyrics: "We gotta install microwave ovens / Custom kitchen deliveries."
"I shoulda learned to play the guitar / I shoulda learned to play them drums."
"We gotta move these refrigerators / We gotta move these colour TV's."
The next lines are, "We gotta move these refrigerators / We gotta move these colour TV's," from "Money for Nothing," by Dire Straits. Mark Knopfler, lead singer for the band, wrote the lyrics after he overheard delivery men complaining. Sting, of The Police, helped write the song as well.
"Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it / You play the guitar on the MTV."
"I've gotta get out of this place."
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Finish these lyrics: "Gonna use my arms / Gonna use my legs."
"Intention I feel inventive / Gonna make you, make you, make you notice."
"Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat."
"Gonna use my style / Gonna use my sidestep / Gonna use my fingers / Gonna use my, my, my imagination."
The next lines are, "Gonna use my style / Gonna use my sidestep / Gonna use my fingers / Gonna use my, my, my imagination," from "Brass in Pocket," by the Pretenders. "Brass" is British slang for money.
"I'm special, so special / I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me."
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Finish these lyrics: "Some boys take a beautiful girl / And hide her away from the rest of the world."
"When the working day is done / Oh girls, they want to have fun."
"I want to be the one to walk in the sun / Oh girls they want to have fun."
The next lines are, "I want to be the one to walk in the sun / Oh girls they want to have fun," from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," by Cyndi Lauper. Well-known wrestler, Captain Lou Albano, played Lauper's father in the video; Lauper's mother played herself.
"The phone rings in the middle of the night / My father yells, 'What you gonna do with your life?'"
"Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones / And girls they want to have fun."
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Finish these lyrics: "There's no other / Tempted by the fruit of another."
"Tempted but the truth is discovered."
The next line is, "Tempted but the truth is discovered," from "Tempted," by Squeeze. The song was later used in commercials for Burger King and Heineken.
"Saving all my love for you."
"Temptation eyes / Looking through my, my, my soul."
"I've got so much honey the bees envy me."
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Finish these lyrics: "When a problem comes along, you must whip it."
"Crack that whip / Give the past the slip / Step on a crack / Break your momma's back."
"Now whip it / Into shape / Shape it up / Get straight."
"Before the cream sits out too long, you must whip it."
The next lines are, "Before the cream sits out too long, you must whip it," from "Whip It," by Devo. The name "Devo" refers to the regression of Man, or "De-evolution."
"Try to detect it / It's not too late / To whip it."
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Finish these lyrics: "I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark."
"We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks."
The next lines are, "We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks," from "Total Eclipse of the Heart," by Bonnie Tyler. The song was written by Jim Steinman, who also wrote Meat Loaf's hits.
"Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time."
"Turn around bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart."
"Once upon a time I was falling in love / But now I'm only falling apart."
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Finish these lyrics: "I was dreamin' when I wrote this / Forgive me if it goes astray."
"The sky was all purple / There were people runnin' everywhere."
"'Cuz they say two thousand zero zero party over / Oops out of time."
"But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant 2 last."
"But when I woke up this mornin' / Coulda' sworn it was Judgment Day."
The next lines are, "But when I woke up this mornin' / Coulda' sworn it was Judgment Day," from "1999," by Prince. He wrote the song during the Cold War, not during the years when people were concerned that the Y2K bug would crash computers all over the world.
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Finish these lyrics: "If you want to find all the cops / They're hanging out in the donut shop."
"If they move too quick (oh whey oh) / They're falling down like a domino."
"Blond waitresses take their trays / They spin around and they cross the floor."
"They sing and dance (oh whey oh) / Spin the clubs cruise down the block."
The next lines are, "They sing and dance (oh whey oh) / Spin the clubs cruise down the block," from "Walk like an Egyptian," by the Bangles. Songwriter Liam Sternberg got the idea for the song while watching people struggle to keep their balance on a ferry boat.
"Foreign types with the hookah pipes say / Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh / Walk like an Egyptian."
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Finish these lyrics: "Let me cover you with velvet kisses / I'll create a look that's made for you."
"All your suits are custom made in London / I've got something that you'll really like."
"Gonna dress you up in my love / All over, all over / Gonna dress you up in my love / All over your body."
The next lines are, "Gonna dress you up in my love / All over, all over / Gonna dress you up in my love / All over your body," from "Dress You Up," by Madonna. The Parents Music Resource Center listed this song as one of their "Filthy 15" in 1985.
"Feel the silky touch of my caresses / They will keep you looking so brand new."
"You've got style / That's what all the girls say."
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Finish these lyrics: "My little China girl / You shouldn't mess with me."
"I'll ruin everything you are."
The next line is, "I'll ruin everything you are," from "China Girl," by David Bowie. He wrote the song with Iggy Pop.
"Plans for everyone / It's in the white of my eyes."
"My little China girl says / Oh baby just you shut your mouth."
"I feel a wreck / Without my little China girl."
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Finish these lyrics: "Hey pretty baby with the high heels on / You give me fever / Like I've never, ever known."
"The way you make me feel / You really turn me on."
"I feel your fever / From miles around / I'll pick you up in my car / And we'll paint the town."
"Just promise baby, you'll love me forevermore."
"You're just a product of loveliness / I like the groove of your walk / Your talk, your dress."
The next lines are, "You're just a product of loveliness / I like the groove of your walk / Your talk, your dress," from "The Way You Make Me Feel," by Michael Jackson. In the video, Jackson's love interest was played by Tatiana Thumbtzen, but sometimes in concert Sheryl Crow played the part. She was not yet famous.
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Finish these lyrics: "Standin' on your mama's porch / You told me that you'd wait forever."
"And if I had the choice / Ya - I'd always wanna be there."
"Me and some guys from school / Had a band and we tried real hard."
"And now the times are changin' / Look at everything that's come and gone."
"Oh, and when you held my hand / I knew that it was now or never / Those were the best days of my life."
The next lines are, "Oh, and when you held my hand / I knew that it was now or never / Those were the best days of my life," from "Summer of '69," by Bryan Adams. Adams wasn't quite old enough to experience everything that happened in the song in 1969, because he was only nine years old then.
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Finish these lyrics: "Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon / You come and go, You come and go."
"Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream / Red, gold and green / Red, gold and green."
The next lines are, "Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream / Red, gold and green / Red, gold and green," from 1983's "Karma Chameleon," by Culture Club. Although the music video depicted a riverboat on the Mississippi River, the scenes were shot on the River Thames.
"I'm a man without conviction / I'm a man who doesn't know / How to sell a contradiction."
"Every day is like survival / You're my lover not my rival."
"When you go you're gone forever / You string along / You string along."
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Finish these lyrics: "If you are confused, check with the sun / Carry a compass to help you along."
"Your feet are going to be on the ground / Your head is there to move you around."
The next lines are, "Your feet are going to be on the ground / Your head is there to move you around," from "Stand," by R.E.M. "Weird Al" Yankovic did a parody of this song, called "Spam."
"Now stand in the place where you work / Now face west."
"If wishes were trees, the trees would be falling / Listen to reason, season is calling."
"So stand in the place where you live / Now face north."
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Finish these lyrics: "You think you're mad, too unstable / Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables."
"If when why what how much have you got / Have you got it do you get it."
"In a restaurant in a West end town / Call the police there's a mad man around."
The next lines are, "In a restaurant in a West end town / Call the police there's a mad man around," from "West End Girls," by Pet Shop Boys. One inspiration for the song was the T.S. Eliot poem, "The Wasteland."
"In a West end town a dead end world / The East end boys and West end girls."
"You got a heart of glass or a heart of stone / Just you wait till I get you home."
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Finish these lyrics: "In my life there's been heartache and pain / I don't know if I can face it again."
"I wanna know what love is / I want you to show me."
"I'm gonna take a little time / A little time to look around me."
"I better read between the lines / In case I need it when I'm older."
"Can't stop now, I've traveled so far / To change this lonely life."
The next lines are, "Can't stop now, I've traveled so far / To change this lonely life," from "I Want to Know What Love Is," by Foreigner. The song featured the New Jersey Mass Choir, which later released another version of the song.
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Finish these lyrics: "Girl, if you can do better than me, go."
"It took some time for me to see / That you give good love to me baby."
"I found out what I've been missing%0DAlways on the run / I've been looking for someone."
"Yeah, go, but remember / Good love is hard to find."
The next lines are, "Yeah, go, but remember / Good love is hard to find," from 1982's "You Got Lucky," by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. The music video was unusual at the time, because it featured a desolate opening sequence that ran for over a minute before the song started.
"If you don't feel complete / If I don't take you all of the way, go."
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Finish these lyrics: "You try to scream / But terror takes the sound before you make it."
"'Cause this is thriller / Thriller night."
"And no one's gonna save you / From the beast about to strike."
"There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl."
"You start to freeze / As terror looks you right between your eyes / You're paralyzed."
The next lines are, "You start to freeze / As terror looks you right between your eyes / You're paralyzed," from "Thriller," by Michael Jackson. Vincent Price, star of many horror films, recorded the spoken-word section of the song.
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Finish these lyrics: "We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind."
"Now I gotta cut loose / Footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes."
"Oh, I wanna dance with somebody / I wanna feel the heat with somebody."
"Well, I hear the music / Close my eyes, feel the rhythm."
"Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance / Well they're no friends of mine."
The next lines are, "Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance / Well they're no friends of mine," from "Safety Dance," by Men Without Hats. According to guitarist Stefan Doroschuk, the song is about non-conformity.
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Finish these lyrics: "Cover me with kisses, baby / Cover me with love."
"Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, anyway / Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any day."
"Roll me in designer sheets / I'll never get enough."
The next lines are, "Roll me in designer sheets / I'll never get enough," from "Call Me," by Blondie. Lead singer Debbie Harry was a Playboy bunny years before she delved into music.
"Emotions come, I don't know why / Cover of love's alibi."
"Ooh, he speaks the languages of love / Ooh, amore, chiamami, chiamami."
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Finish these lyrics: "Now you're punching and you're kicking / And you're shouting at me / I'm relying on your common decency."
"So we're different colours / And we're different creeds / And different people have different needs."
"So far it hasn't surfaced / But I'm sure it exists / It just takes a while to travel / From your head to your fist."
The next lines are, "So far it hasn't surfaced / But I'm sure it exists / It just takes a while to travel / From your head to your fist," from "People Are People," by Depeche Mode. The band had no drummer and they played up the fact, sometimes placing their drum machine in the middle of the stage.
"People are people so why should it be / You and I should get along so awfully?"
"I can't understand / What makes a man / Hate another man? / Help me understand."
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Finish these lyrics: "We rock at dawn on the front line / Like a bolt right out of the blue."
"The sky's alight with the guitar bite / Heads will roll and rock tonight."
The next lines are, "The sky's alight with the guitar bite / Heads will roll and rock tonight," from "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)," by AC/DC. The title line is a throwback to what Roman gladiators used to say, before fighting to the death: "For those about to die...."
"Hail hail to the good times / 'Cause rock has got the right of way."
"For those about to rock, we salute you."
"Pick up your balls and load up your cannon / For a twenty-one gun salute."
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Finish these lyrics: "Welcome to the jungle it gets worse here every day."
"You can have everything you want but you better not take it from me."
"Welcome to the jungle we've got fun and games."
"In the jungle, the peaceful jungle / the lion sleeps tonight."
"Ya learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play."
The next line is, "Ya learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play," from "Welcome to the Jungle," by Guns N' Roses. The jungle in question is Los Angeles, but Axl Rose wrote the lyrics when he was in Seattle.
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Finish these lyrics: "Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence / I ain't got enough dough to pay the rent."
"I'm a feline Casanova, hey man that's that."
"But I got cat class, and I got cat style."
"I'm flat broke but I don't care / I strut right by with my tail in the air."
The next lines are, "I'm flat broke but I don't care / I strut right by with my tail in the air," from "Stray Cat Strut," by Stray Cats. The Stray Cats, fronted by Brian Setzer, were leaders in the rockabilly revival of the early '80s.
"Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night / Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry."
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Finish these lyrics: "Now every time I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down / 'Cause I just can't wait till you write me you're coming around."
"Might as well be walking on the sun."
"It's a sunshine day."
"Now I'm walking on sunshine, whoa."
The next line is, "Now I'm walking on sunshine, whoa," from "Walking on Sunshine," by Katrina and the Waves. The band was British, but vocalist Katrina Leskanich is an American.
"I want to be the one to walk in the sun."
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Finish these lyrics: "How can we dance / When our earth is turning?"
"How do we sleep / While our beds are burning?"
The next lines are, "How do we sleep / While our beds are burning?" from "Beds Are Burning," by Australia's Midnight Oil. The song was written in support of returning native land to the Pintupi tribe in Australia.
"The time has come / To say fair's fair / To pay the rent / To pay our share."
"Four wheels scare the cockatoos / From Kintore East to Yuendemu."
"Might as well be walking on the sun."
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Finish these lyrics: "You used to tell me we'd run away together / Love gives you the right to be free."
"I've got to get ready just a few minutes more / Gonna get that old feeling when you walk through that door."
"A few stolen moments is all that we share / You've got your family and they need you there."
"Though I've tried to resist being last on your list / But no other man's gonna do / So I'm saving all my love for you."
"You said be patient, just wait a little longer / But that's just an old fantasy."
The next lines are, "You said be patient, just wait a little longer / But that's just an old fantasy," from "Saving All My Love for You," by Whitney Houston. Her mother, singer Cissy Houston, had reservations about the song, because it is about adultery.
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Finish these lyrics: "Oh I think that you're wild / And so uniquely styled."
"You might think I'm crazy / But all I want is you."
"But I think that you're wild / And inside me is some child."
"And it's so hard to take / There's no escape without a scrape."
"You might think it's foolish / This chancy rendezvous."
The next lines are, "You might think it's foolish / This chancy rendezvous," from "You Might Think," by The Cars. The video for this song won the very first Video of the Year Award for MTV, over Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
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Finish these lyrics: "I can't stand this indecision / Married with a lack of vision."
"Help me make the most / Of freedom and of pleasure / Nothing ever lasts forever."
"In the paper today tales of war and of waste / But you turn right over to the T.V. page."
"Say that you'll never, never, never, need it / One headline, why believe it?"
"Everybody wants to rule the world."
The next lines are, "Everybody wants to rule the world," from 1985's "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," by Tears for Fears. Joe Strummer of The Clash demanded a five pound note from Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears, because the line "Everybody wants to rule the world" was a line in The Clash's earlier song, "Charlie Don't Surf." Orzabal paid up.
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Finish these lyrics: "I check my look in the mirror."
"I want to change my clothes, my hair, my face."
The next lines are, "I want to change my clothes, my hair, my face," from "Dancing in the Dark," by Bruce Springsteen. The song is about the angst of always trying to come up with the next great song. In the video, Courtney Cox played the fan who got to dance onstage with The Boss.
"I said to my reflection / Let's get out of this place."
"I'm starting with the man in the mirror / I'm asking him to change his ways."
"I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book."
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Finish these lyrics: "Because my love for you / Would break my heart in two."
"You could look into my eyes / Let's sway, under the moonlight, this serious moonlight."
"If you say run, I'll run with you / And if you say hide, We'll hide."
"Let's dance / Put on your red shoes and dance the blues."
"If you should fall into my arms / And tremble like a flower."
The next lines are, "If you should fall into my arms / And tremble like a flower," from "Let's Dance," by David Bowie. His "Serious Moonlight Tour" was inspired by another line in the song.
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Finish these lyrics: "Who's gonna pay attention / To your dreams?"
"Who's gonna hold you down / When you shake?"
"Who's gonna tell you when / It's too late?"
"Who's gonna plug their ears / When you scream?"
The next lines are, "Who's gonna plug their ears / When you scream?" from "Drive," by The Cars. Although Ric Ocasek sang lead on most Cars songs, bass player Ben Orr sang this one.
"You can't go on / Thinking nothing's wrong."
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Finish these lyrics: "The reflex is a lonely child / Who's waiting by the park."
"The reflex is a door to finding / Treasure in the dark."
The next lines are, "The reflex is a door to finding / Treasure in the dark," from "The Reflex," by Duran Duran. Band member Simon Le Bon said he has no idea what this song means.
"Every little thing the reflex does / Must be answered with a question mark."
"Why don't you use it? / Try not to bruise it?"
"And watching over lucky clover / Isn't that bizarre?"
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Finish these lyrics: "Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace / I dream at night, I can only see your face."
"Oh, can't you see you belong to me / How my poor heart aches with every step you take."
"Every move you make and every vow you break / Every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I'll be watching you."
"I look around but it's you I can't replace / I feel so cold and I long for your embrace / I keep crying, 'Baby, baby, please.'"
The next lines are, "I look around but it's you I can't replace / I feel so cold and I long for your embrace / I keep crying, 'Baby, baby, please.'" Some people think this song, "Every Breath You Take," by The Police, is a love song. Actually, it's about a stalker.
"Every breath you take and every move you make / Every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you."
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