Poll #382279

[jawnbc]

I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Of course that’s Waterloo by Abba from Sweden (to quote Terry Wogan)! Yay gfrancie and unclemike

I shot my mouth off and you showed me what that hole was for
That would be Precious from The Pretenders’ eponymous debut. Trust Chrissie Hynde to not ever mince words . . .good job cornekopia; close one unclemike

the time has come for closing books and long last looks
Hard to believe that Lulu didn’t hit #1 in the UK with To Sir With Love, though she topped the charts nearly everywhere else, including the US (she had her first UK #1 in the 1990s with Relight My Fire (with Take That). Woo hoo for unclemikechefxhdavomatic

Mary, why you buggin?
Mary Mary by Run-DMC. I was afraid that It’s tricky; apparently not for unclemikeschilleriumnotitleyetdavomatic

All that you fashion, all that you make
I’m suprised no one got this . . . Walk On by U2 (from All That You Can’t Leave Behind)

Me and crazy Janey were making love in the dirt, singing our birthday song
Yay ! It is indeeed Spirits in the Night from Bruce Springsteen’s debut album Greetings from Asbury Park. I recommend his early stuff--truly poetic. logisticslad is my new best friend for getting what was the hardest of the lot! And, for the record I did briefly date a girl named Janey in high school . . .

I drew a map of Canada. O Canada
Yup, her Sunshiney Coast (BC, not Queensland) goodness Joni Mitchell and A Case of You. A strong Canucklehead prescence here: bitterlawngnome & schillerium, though stivalineri & logisticslad also got it good

you played me, you even gave him head
Wow this was a toughie so woot for ! It’s by a current no-talent named Eamon (from Staten Island), Fuck it (I Don’t Want You Back). Personally Frankie’s response track (Fuck You Right Back) is more clever. Ouch! notitleyet got it right, though gfrancie had what is perhaps the best answer given on this quiz . . .” sounds like me about the age of 19”

Give me my profits when you get home
RESPECT by Aretha. OK I never wholly understood what she sang on this one. Sorry I forgot the G in give. Yay to cornekopia!

Two hearts in need of one another--give me wings to fly
The first international hit (en anglais) for The Chin that Wins, Céline Dion: Where Does My Heart Beat Now. Still one my favourites, and apparently logisticslad and notitleyet like it too! Hey Mikey

Comments

[chefxh.livejournal.com]

Give me my profits when you get home

OHHH! Give me my propers (i.e. due respect)

[stoplabelingme.livejournal.com]

I always thought it was "give me my propers," meaning "the respect due to me."

But then I haven't been able to listen to that song since Mom made Jen, Jess, Marty and I dress up in matching, varicolor hip-hop clothes and lip-synch it for "Putting On the Hits" at St. Camillus when we were kids.

::represses::

[clauditorium.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd seen this quiz when you posted it - I know a lot of those!

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

It's not possible to grow up in Philadelphia and not know about The Boss! Happy to meet another fan. In fact recently WXPN, the Philly not-for-profit radio station, counted down the best all time songs and Bruce's "Thunder Road" was No 1. I recognized the U2 one, but I kept getting it confused with The Beatles' "The End" which I knew wasn't it. Thanks for the fun time, and BTW, I also know that your quote on the top "I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine" is from Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok" from the musical Chess. Way cool.