Well, very few people jumped on this, so the masses have spoken: no more
quizzes after this. I thought it might be fun, butYou people either
never listened to the radio, are ashamed that you did know these, gave a
flying fuck, or you'd rather argue about Dancing Queen. And then you
don't even know the words to Dancing Queen (see below), so what do you
all know? Maybe I should have thrown in a few big words to get the
brainiacs involved. Or signed it under Cantwell's name...but I'm not
bitter g
Anyway, FWIW, here's the answers:
Name the song and band. 5 points a question.
"Tongue tied or short of breath, don't even try. Try a little harder."
-1982
[Matt Benz] "Too Shy" KajaGoogoo
"Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time; I don't know what
to do and I'm always in the dark."
-1982
[Matt Benz] "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler
"Pretty eyes, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man."
-1971
[Matt Benz] "Tiny Dancer" Elton John
"That rich guy you've been seein' must have put you down..."
-1966
[Matt Benz] "The Poor Side of Town" Johnny Rivers (has anyone
covered this great song?)
"I never cared too much for games, and this one's drivin' me insane;
you're not half as free to wander as you claim."
-1975
[Matt Benz] "I'm Easy" David Carradine
"Johnny and Eddie and me and Jimmy and Jack are gonna do a little
number on the teacher when she turns her back."
-1983
[Matt Benz] "Sexy Seventeen" Stray Cats
"I can't lie, I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not, no matter
how I try. I'll never be able to give you something that I just
haven't got."
-1977
[Matt Benz] "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" Meat Loaf
So I'm on a ride and I want to get off, but they won't slow down the
roundabout. I sold the Renoir and the TV set, don't wanna be around
when this gets out."
-1983
[Matt Benz] "The Reflex" Duran Duran
"...and with her head upon his shoulder his young and lovely financee.
From where I stood I saw she was cryin and through her tears I heard
her say..."
-1973
[Matt Benz] "Billy Don't Be A Hero" Bo Donaldson The Haywoods
or something like that
"Guilty feet have got no rhythm."
-1984
[Matt Benz] um.some George Michael song...
"I see on us the shore beneath the bright sunshine, We walked along St
Thomas beach a million times. Hand in hand. Two barefoot lovers kissin
in the sand."
-1976
[Matt Benz] "I Like Dreaming" who knows, who cares?
"Once in every life, someone comes along, and you came to me, it
was"
-1977
[Matt Benz] "It Was Almost Like A Song" Ronnie Milsap
"On a morning from a Bogart movie in a country where they turned back
time. You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
contemplating a crime."
-1976
[Matt Benz] "Year Of The Cat" Al Stewart
"Look around, be a part, feel for the winter but don't have a cold
heart."
-1978
[Matt Benz] "Lady" Little River Band
"Sun goes down on a silky day; quarter moon walkin thru the Milky Way.
Oh you and me baby, we could think of something to do. It's the"
-1977
[Matt Benz] "It's The Right Time of The Night" Jennifer
Warrens
"And I would've walked head on into the deep end of the river,
clinging to your stocks and bonds, paying your H.P. demands forever.
They're comin in the morning with a truck to take me home."
-1975
[Matt Benz] "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John
"Friday night and the lights are low..."
-1977
[Matt Benz] "Dancing Queen" ABBA
"Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of bein' a king...and then
became one..."
-1971
[Matt Benz] "I Am, I said" And no one heard no not even the
chair. Or cared. Neil Diamond
"Woman you want me, give me a sign and catch my breathing even closer
behind."
-1983
[Matt Benz] "Hungry Like The Wolf" Duran2
"Don't get too tiredfor love. Don't let it end. Don't say
goodnight to love. It may never be the same again. Don't..."
-1979
[Matt Benz] "Don't Say Goodnight (Tonight)" Paul McCartney
Wings
"I see you, you see me. Watch you blowing the lines when you're making
a scene."
-1981
[Matt Benz] "Private Eyes" Hall Oates
"Money talks. But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk. As long
as I can have you hear with me, I'd much rather be."
-1978
[Matt Benz] "Forever In Blue Jeans" Neil Diamond
"When I was young, I never needed anyone. And makin' love was just for
fun."
1975
[Matt Benz] "All By Myself" Eric Carmen
"Just a small town girl on a saturday night looking for the fight of
her life."
1983
[Matt Benz] "Mainac" Michael Sembello
"There was a man, a lonely man who lost his love thru his
indifference. A heart that cared that went unshared until it died
within his silence. And ** the
