DerekD Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hi All, This was put up by one of my school friends for a bit of fun. Can you work out the 30x 80s songs referenced in this drawing... We think we've worked them out but to date we don't have an official list. Hope you enjoy it. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Well done Derek. Beats Fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Nice mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) This is hard on your phone but this is what I’ve found so far: When Doves Cry Livin’ On A Prayer Africa Walk Like An Egyptian 99 Red Balloons Road To Nowhere Romeo and Juliet Die In Your Arms Tonight Walking On Sunshine Total Eclipse of the Heart Another One Bites The Dust Sweet Dreams Jump Eye of the Tiger Video Killed the Radio Star Blue Monday Edited April 4, 2020 by Berleyguts 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Berleyguts said: This is hard on your phone but this is what I’ve found so far: That is an excellent start. Keep going. I've had it a bit easier as I have a computer to check the image. There were a few false starts in the group I did it with before but I think I have the full list now. Some were outside my listening tastes so I had to look them up. Edited April 4, 2020 by DerekD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undy Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 You spin me round Beat it Ain't no second prize Gold Hammer to fall Don't dream it's over Shock the monkey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 12 hours ago, undy said: You spin me round - Yep Beat it - Not quite. This one was a bit obscure for me although I know of the Stone Roses. Ain't no second prize - Clever answer I'm assuming you are talking about the cups with the 2 between them. There is a better answer. Think cricket. Gold - Yep Hammer to fall - Nice answer but there is a better one. Don't dream it's over - There is a better answer (look within the dream cloud). Baz got it above. Shock the monkey - Not quite. Song is from the Pixies. Hi Undy. Some nice thinking in there. There are some better answers for some of the ones you came up with. I have put together a list of the best answers to date and am including some good alternatives. Keep going. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, DerekD said: Hi Undy. Some nice thinking in there. There are some better answers for some of the ones you came up with. I have put together a list of the best answers to date and am including some good alternatives. Keep going. D. “Shock the monkey - Not quite. Song is from the Pixies.“ The Pixies, huh? A bit outside my listening genre... I was backpacking for 4-5 years during the 80s and didn’t get to hear much radio. Mostly just what was in my Walkman cassettes! After some googling, I’ll go for: Monkey Gone To Heaven which reinforces my other guess: Heaven Is A Place On Earth The Stone Roses is very obscure: She Bangs The Drums and I’ve thought of some more: Ashes To Ashes Abradabracadabra Can’t get the hammer reference yet. The image of the moon throws me. Dark Side of the Moon was 70s. The image of the ghosts seems a bit obscure for Ghostbusters. The shops have got me stumped. Im not sure about the Star Wars stormtrooper either, or the Stonehenge reference. A long shot, as I didn’t really know the song but does the roped off nuclear zone refer to Radioactive by The Firm? Edited April 5, 2020 by Berleyguts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Oh! Stonehenge by Spinal Tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) You are knocking them over @Berleyguts. The Hammer was a pretty popular hit with a pretty clever and slightly weird video clip but aren't most of them. The Starwars character has a second popular culture reference on it. I was feeling really smug when I came up with an answer there. You might need to zoom in slightly for that aha moment. Not Ghost busters. It ties in with the buildings behind it. Excellent guess on Radioactive by the Firm. Not sure if it ever made it downunder - I had to google it. My first guess was dark side of the moon but I believe that was an album from 1973 and not actually a song. There is a better answer. Well done on Stonehenge. Abracadabra is probably the best fit but I came up with Its a kind of magic by Queen and someone else thought of Its magic by the Cars. I've put together a list of the best answers that also feel right which I'll post later. I thought we would have had a lot more guesses from other raiders. Edited April 5, 2020 by DerekD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) Ghost Town - by The Specials (a little obscure for me) Edited April 5, 2020 by Berleyguts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undy Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Sledgehammer- Peter Gabriel Hmmm still not convinced with Monkey gone to heaven. Obviously a heavenly reference with the monkey and and heavens gates. But who stands at the gates of heaven ? Peter! As in Gabriel! I agree with @berleyguts with Heaven is a place on earth. We're all just guessing and googling unless we get the official list from your friend! Very hard to see when zooming in on the picture on my tablet. Super trouper? Some others: You can do magic - America Magic - ONJ Moon rocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Berleyguts said: Ghost Town - by The Specials (a little obscure for me) That was the one we agreed on. 51 minutes ago, undy said: Sledgehammer- Peter Gabriel - Yep. Hmmm still not convinced with Monkey gone to heaven. Best answer so far which ties in with the Belinda Carlisle song. Obviously a heavenly reference with the monkey and and heavens gates. But who stands at the gates of heaven ? Peter! As in Gabriel! I agree with @berleyguts with Heaven is a place on earth. We're all just guessing and googling unless we get the official list from your friend! Very hard to see when zooming in on the picture on my tablet. Super trouper? - Well done. Some others: You can do magic - America Magic - ONJ Moon rocks Well done on the Super Trouper. Still only a few to go such as the hearts (two songs there) and the moon (there is a better answer). I'll post the list we worked out a bit later. I don't want to provide the spoilers too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 What about the whole of the moon I just died in your arms all night long the little red heart could be higher love or two hearts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, 61 crusher said: What about the whole of the moon I just died in your arms all night long the little red heart could be higher love or two hearts Hi 61 Crusher. Well done. The whole of the moon is the best answer I've seen come up for that one. Higher love is the best answer for the second and smaller heart to date - also well done. The answer we are using for the larger heart is Total Eclipse of the heart by Bonnie Tyler. I'll put up the full list as a spoiler as pretty well every song has been covered. Regards. Derek Edited April 6, 2020 by DerekD 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) SPOILER: Well done to everyone who contributed. We don't have a list from the people that put together the drawing so I've compiled a list based on answers that fit the best. List is open for discussion but this is what it looks like to date. Eye of the tiger - Survivor 1982 Man sweeping and biting dust: Another one bites the dust – Queen 1980 Blue Monday – New Order 1986 Girl on drums: She bangs the drums – Stone Roses 1989 Guy dreaming: Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics 1983 Girl lying on boy: Probably “(I just) Died in your arms (tonight) – Cutting Crew 1986 or less likely “on his lap” : Jack and Diane – John Mellencamp 1982 Man jumping: Jump – Van Halen 1983 Two urns: Ashes (think the cricket trophy) to Ashes – David Bowie 1980 Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel 1986 Gold – Spandau Ballet 1983 Top with ME written on it: Spin me round – Dead or Alive 1984 3x ghosts in a city: Ghost town – The Specials 1981 The magician: Either Abracadabra –Steve Miller Band 1982 or Its a kind of magic – Queen 1986 or Its magic – The cars 1984 Video Killed the Radio star – The Buggles 1979 (release date) Road to nowhere – Talking heads 1985 Storm trooper with Superman symbol on chest: Super trouper – ABBA 1980 Radioactive symbol at Pond – Radioactive – The Firm 1985 Romeo and Juliet – Dire Straits 1981 Bird crying: Doves Cry – Prince 1984 Raining on the African animals: Africa – Toto 1981 Walk like an Egyptian – Bangles 1986 The henge: Stonehenge – Spinal Tap 1984 99 Luft (or red) Balloons – Nena 1983 Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves 1983 Living on a prayer – Bon Jovi 1986 The whole of the moon - Mike Scott and the Waterboys 1985 Total eclipse of the heart – Bonnie Tyler 1983 Monkey goes to heaven – Pixies 1989 Heaven sitting on earth: Heaven is a place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle 1987 2nd and smaller heart - Higher love – Steve Winwood 1986 Another possibility: Bottom half of the earth: Down under – Men at work 1981 Edited April 6, 2020 by DerekD 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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