Oh, 80s children....a story to test your musical memories
 

Can you figure out where all of the lyrics came from?


I was working part time in a five and dime. My boss was Mr. Magee. He was six foot four and full of muscles and walked like an Egyptian, but I was happy to be stuck with him. One manic Monday, while I was busy working for the weekend, I overheard him make a careless whisper. He told two of my co-workers, Jack and Diane, that I gave love a bad name.

Well, I got so emotional, baby. I told him to say say say what he
wants, but don't play games with my affection. He told me it was hard for him to say he's sorry and not to worry, to be happy. Then he blamed it on the rain. He was so out of touch. It just took my breath away. I couldn't fight this feeling any longer.

I asked him "What's love got to do with it?" He told me to get outta his store and his dreams and into my car. So I figured I might as well jump. I cut footloose, went home and called my girl, Jenny. (You already know the number) She was on the other line with Amanda. They were talking about Mickey and how he was so fine. That blew my mind! Was she really going out with him? I told her that I had just called to say I love her. She told me she had been saving all her love for me, but now she was looking for a new love. Hasta la vista, baby.

I thought "I can't go for that - no can do! Bring me a higher love!" I called up some of my old west end girls, hoping that one of them would want to get physical all night long (all night). First I called Billie Jean - she told me to beat it. I called Rosanna - her sister Christian blessed the rains down in Africa and then hung up on me. Come on, Eileen! ... no answer. Nobody told me there'd be days like these! I was feeling like the owner of a lonely heart. Then, out of the blue, my best friend's girlfriend (she used to be mine) Roxanne calls. Yes, the real Roxanne. She told me she still hadn't found what she's looking for and that she wanted to take on me.

I said "I thought you were Jessie's girl."

She said "Don't you want me? You don't have to put on the red light - I'm on my own."

What a feeling! I had the eye of the tiger. Who was I f-f-f-foolin?
Roxanne drove me crazy like no one else. She's a beauty! She blinded me with science, and weird science at that. There was always something there to remind me of her and I just knew that I'd have the time of my life. I wasn't about to la-di-da-di. I jumped in my little red Corvette and rocked down to Electric Avenue. I got my mind set on her.

When I got to her house (in the middle of her street) I ran. I rapped on her front door and to this rapper's delight, I heard a voice say "Who can it be now?"

"Here I am, the one that you love", I replied. I let my love open the door and was immediately lost in her eyes. I felt like a virgin touched for the very first time.

She loosened her blouse and said "Rock me Amadeus!"

Well, I felt it was my prerogative to bust a move. I told her "I'll
tumble for ya!" as I pinned her on the stairs, hungry like the wolf.

Just then I felt an invisible touch on my shoulder. "Turn around bright eyes!" said a familiar voice. As I did, Jessie hit me with a
sledgehammer of an uppercut that spun me right round like a record. He was hangin' tough and continued to roll with it, knocking the wind from beneath my wings - broken wings by this time. He rocked me tonight, for old time's sake, beating me from head to toe, until my true colors were black and blue and blood was spilling from my mouth like red, red wine.

"You don't owe me money for nothing!" he snarled. At this point I was livin' on a prayer.

I crawled back to my little red Corvette and drove home thinking about how my tainted love had cut like a knife - how it seems that every rose, truly, has its thorn. No longer do I want to know what love is. Love stinks.

TFF!!!!!!! :D :D

OMG! I stopped......I sang......I read on......I stopped......I sang again!

Too funny IAKG!

If we ever had a Pixies party I could picture you and I clinking drinks and singing all evening! Maybe we could get scotz to play guitar (cause I suck at it) and we could start a Pixies band! LOL!

OOOooohhhhh, the fabulous eighties!!! What memories this brings back!!!

SIGH...

What I want to know is...who has time to put something like this together??? :D

Oh, and Lixy Chick--let me know when and where about the party. ;)

Now where did I put that leather tie and how come my jacket won't fit anymore?

I still love to hear John Cougar sing jack and diane, to me it just seemed like a sexually charged song, may just be my perverted mind????

Ok there is
Bangles "Walk like an Egyptian"
Bon Jovi "Shot through the Heart"
Wham "Careless Whisper"
REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight this Feeling"
Tina Turner "What's Love got to do with it"
Pointer Sisters "Jump"
Kenny Logins "Footloose"
Tommy Tutone "Jenny 867-5309"
Steve Winwood "Higher Love"
Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"
Michael Jackson "Beat It"
Toto "Rosanna"
Night Ranger "Sister Christian"
Toto "Africa"
Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Madonna "Like a Virgin"
Durran Durran "Hungry Like a Wolf"
Nicki French "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Mr. Mister "Broken Wings"
UB40 "Red Red Wine"
Bon Jovi "Livin on a Prayer"
Soft Cell "Tainted Love"
Poison "Every Rose has its Thorn"
Foreigner "I Wanna know what Love is"

That isn't all of them but the ones that I could find. And I have just about all of those on my comp.

Too cool, IAKGirl!! Boy that brings back so many memories!

Here's what I could find, leaving out what nice guy has already found.... and I think there are still a couple more in there. :rolleyes:

I wrote it as: <line from the story> ~ Artist - Song Title

I was working part time in a five and dime. My boss was Mr. Magee ~ Prince - Rasberry Beret
six foot four and full of muscles ~ Men at Work - Land Down Under
happy to be stuck with him ~ Huey Lewis and the News ~ Stuck with You
manic Monday ~ The Bangles - Manic Monday
working for the weekend ~ Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
say say say what he wants, but don't play games with my affection ~ Paul Mcartney and Michael Jackson - Say, Say, Say
not to worry, to be happy ~ Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
blamed it on the rain ~ Milli Vanili - Blame it on the Rain
took my breath away ~ Berlin - Take My Breath Away
get outta his store and his dreams and into my car ~ Billy Ocean - Get Outta my Dreams
might as well jump ~ Van Halen - Jump
Amanda ~ Boston - Amanda
Mickey and how he was so fine ~ Toni Basil - Mickey
Was she really going out with him ~ Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him?
just called to say I love her ~ Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you
looking for a new love. Hasta la vista, baby ~ Jody Watley - Looking for a new love
I can't go for that - no can do ~ Hall and Oates - I can't go for that
west end girls ~ Pet Shop Boys - West end girls
get physical ~ Olivia Newton John - Physical
all night long (all night) ~ Lionel Ritchie - All night long
Come on, Eileen ~ Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Nobody told me there'd be days like these ~ Julian Lennon - Nobody told me there'd be days like these
my best friend's girlfriend (she used to be mine) ~ The Cars - My best friend's girlfriend
roxanne ~ The Police - Roxanne
the real Roxanne ~ The Real Roxanne
she still hadn't found what she's looking for ~ U2 - Still haven't found what I'm looking for
take on me ~ A-Ha - Take on me
I thought you were Jessie's girl ~ Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
You don't have to put on the red light ~ The Police - Roxanne
Don't you want me ~ Human League - Don't you want me
What a feeling ~ Irene Cara - What a feeling
I had the eye of the tiger ~ Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Who was I f-f-f-foolin ~ Def Leppard - Foolin'
She's a beauty ~ The Tubes - She's a beauty
She blinded me with science ~ Thomas Dolby - She blinded me with science
weird science at that ~ Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
There was always something there to remind me ~ Naked Eyes - Always something there to remind me
I just knew that I'd have the time of my life ~ Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - The time of my life
I wasn't about to la-di-da-di ~ Doug E Fresh - La-Di-Da-Di
I jumped in my little red Corvette ~ Prince - Little Red Corvette
rocked down to Electric Avenue ~ Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
I got my mind set on her ~ George Harrison - Got my mind set on you
When I got to her house (in the middle of her street) ~ Madness - Our house
I ran ~ A flock of Seagulls - I ran
I heard a voice say "Who can it be now?" ~ Men at Work - Who can it be now?
"Here I am, the one that you love", I replied ~ Air Supply - The one that you love
I let my love open the door ~ Pete Townsend - Let my love open the door
immediately lost in her eyes ~ Debbie Gibson - Lost in your eyes
She loosened her blouse and said "Rock me Amadeus!" ~ Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
I felt it was my prerogative ~ Bobby Brown - My prerogative
to bust a move ~ Young MC - Bust a move
I told her "I'll tumble for ya!" ~ Culture Club - I'll tumble for ya
Just then I felt an invisible touch ~ Genesis - Invisible Touch
"Turn around bright eyes!" ~ Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Jessie hit me with a sledgehammer ~ Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
that spun me right round like a record ~ Dead or Alive - You spin me round
He was hangin' tough ~ New kids on the Block - Hangin Tough
and continued to roll with it ~ Steve Winwood - Roll with it
knocking the wind from beneath my wings ~ Bette Midler - Wind beneath my wings
He rocked me tonight ~ Billy Squier - Rock me tonight
until my true colors were black and blue ~ Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
"You don't owe me money for nothing!" he snarled ~ Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
had cut like a knife ~ Bryan Adams - Cuts like a knife
Love stinks ~ J. Geils Band - Love Stinks

That's damn impressive, Aqua!!!!

Damn impressive is right, Aqua, and quite scary, to be honest.

Hmmm, tis a bit frightening isn't it... I admit I had to look up a couple of the artists because I only knew the song. The other few I had to find were bands I couldn't recall, but I knew. The songs themselves now, I knew them right off.