Hey, I said "most from the 80's".......

On 8/29/08, Steve Kelsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK, let me try, since it is Friday, and I AM a state employee.
>
> 1.  Short Bus, by the Window Lickers (British Punk band, not really my
> cuppa)
> 2.  Too Sexy, by Right Said Fred (we used to play this at work for one
> of the docs)
> 3.  Sunglasses at Night, by Corey Hart, 1983
> 4.  Little Red Corvette, by Prince (before he changed his name)
> 5.  Panama, by Van Halen (with the sexy lead singer, David Lee Roth.  I
> wonder what he looks like now)
> 6.  Always Something There to Remind Me, by Naked Eyes (a remake)
> 7.  Rebel Yell, by Billy Idol
> 8.  More, More, More, by Rachel Stevens
> 9.  Shook Me All Night Long, by AC/DC
> 10.  Dancing with Myself, by Billy Idol (the 80's were good to Billy)
> 11.  Spin Me Right Round (like a record baby), by Dead or Alive (this
> song is still one of my personal faves)
> 12.  Missionary Man, by Annie Lenox
> 13.  Relax (don't do it), by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (and a favorite
> in gay bars still)
> 14.  Rock My Kingdom, by Run DMC
> 15.  Mexican Radio, by Wall of Voodoo, 1987
> 16.  Little Pink Houses, by John Cougar (Mellencamp)
> 17.  Pretty in Pink, by the Psychedelic Furs (also a movie)
> 18.  What I Like About you, by the Romantics
> 19.  Sultans of Swing, by Dire Straits
> 20.  Blinded Me with Science, by Thomas Dolby (another personal
> favorite)
> 21.  Sledgehammer, by Peter Gabriel
> 22.  Goody Two Shoes, by Adam Ant
> 23.  Burning Down the House, by Talking Heads
> 24.  Turning Japanese, by the Vapors
> 25.  We're Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister
> 26.  Cuts Like a Knife, by Brian Adams
> 27.  Broken Wings, by Mr. Mister
> 28.  Bang a Gong, by T. Rex
> 29.  Legs, by ZZ Top
> 30.  Rock You Like a Hurricane, by the Scorpions
> 31.  Walk 500 Miles, by the Proclaimers
> 32.  Last Train to Clarksville, by the Monkees (foul!  This song is from
> the 60's)
> 33.  Losing My Religion, by REM
> 34.  Ain't No Sunshine, by Bill Withers (Aw Come On!   1971)
> 35.  Ain't No Mountain High Enough, by Diana Ross (another out of time
> period, and recorded by others previously)
> 36.  Der Kommisar, by Falco
> 37.  Everybody Wants to Rule the World, by Tears for Fears
> 38.  Own Personal Jesus, by depressed - er, um, Depeche Mode
> 39.  Roxanne, by the Police (back before Sting left the group and became
> famous on his own
>
> I probably missed some songs done by Punk bands, because I wasn't into
> them.  And where are works by Duran Duran, Golden Earring, Hall and
> Oates.  Pretty Lame, folks
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 11:07 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: RE: OT: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz
>
> For those of us that were there, all synthesizers (even that cool guitar
> looking one they used) and an electronic drum beat = beginning of
> techno.
>
>
> John W. Cook
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 11:00 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz
>
> "I Ran" was not techno - and that article doesn't say anything about
> them being techno either.  AFAIK, they are "New Wave".  No?
>
> Grated though, the Techno article states that it started in the
> mid-80's:
>
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno
>
> Although, personally, I dont recall the techno classification until
> the 90's.  Sure, its certainly rooted in the late 80's, but was it a
> defined sound/genre then?  Seems a stretch to me.
>
> AFAICR, mid-to-late 80's was House, and Techno wasn't established
> until the 90's.
>
> I'm open to being wrong.  It wouldnt surprise me.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:54 AM, John Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Flock of Seagulls 1979 - 1986
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flock_of_Seagulls
> >
> > John W. Cook
> > Systems Administrator
> > Partnership For Strong Families
> > 315 SE 2nd Ave
> > Gainesville, Fl 32601
> > Office (352) 393-2741 x320
> > Cell     (352) 215-6944
> > Fax     (352) 393-2746
> > MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:35 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: OT: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz
> >
> > Techno = 90's, no?
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:20 AM, John Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Techno ruled!
> >> John W. Cook
> >> Systems Administrator
> >> Partnership For Strong Families
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]>
> >> Sent: Fri Aug 29 09:05:31 2008
> >> Subject: Re: OT: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz
> >>
> >> Trick question - there was no music in the '80s!
> >> --------------------------------------
> >> Richard McClary, Grouchy Old Man
> >> ASPCA Knowledge Management
> >> 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL  61802
> >> 217-337-9761
> >> http://www.aspca.org
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sherry Abercrombie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/29/2008
> 07:47:59 AM:
> >>
> >>> Ok, so lets have a little fun here on the last Friday in August.
> >>> There are at least 45 songs mentioned in this story, most from the
> >>> 80's.  The rules:
> >>>
> >>> 1.  Name the song title
> >>> 2.  Name the artist
> >>> 3.  No cheating.  Do this from memory.  Don't Google or use any
> >>> other internet resource for your answers.
> >>> 4.  Have fun!!
> >>>
> >>> I'll post the answers when it looks like all guessing is done.
> >>>
> >>> Disclaimer:  I didn't write this, it is from a gaming forum that I'm
> >>> a member of, but I was the winner because I managed to find all the
> >> songs.
> >>>
> >>
> >>> The window lickers went on strike yesterday.  I was too sexy for
> >>> their shirts...too sexy for my shirt...but not too sexy for my Kia.
> >>> And they didn't like that I wore my sunglasses at night while
> >>> driving my Little Red Corvette.  So they jammed to Panama and told
> >>> me they were coming back to get me.  One window licker pulled his
> >>> tongue off of the windshield and screamed, "If I had a photograph of
> >>> you...there would be something to remind me..."  So, with a Rebel
> >>> Yell I hollered back, "I want more, more, more! And I will shake you
> >>> all night long!"  So I jammed in my fast machine that I keep the
> >>> motor clean, and it looks like I will be dancing with myself for
> >>> awhile.  This situation is spinning right 'round...like a record
> >>> baby...'round, 'round.  You don't mess with a missionary man!  I
> >>> know, I know.  I hear you dudes - I need to relax and don't do it,
> >>> but what if I want to go through it?
> >>>
> >>> The shortbusians need to know that I am the king of rock, there is
> >>> none higher, and all their MC's will call me sire...and that to rock
> >>> my kingdom they must use fire, cause I won't stop rock'in 'til I
> >>> retire!  Until then, they can listen to me on the Mexican Radio as
> >>> they drive to Panama, and listen in stereo.  Besides, they all wear
> >>> pink and live in pink houses.  I know they look pretty in pink, and
> >>> I tell them all of the time "dudes, what I like about you, is that
> >>> you are the sultans of swing.  But I wear my sunglasses at night
> >>> because you freaks are blinding me with science."
> >>>
> >>> Chief window licker stopped the car and pulled out a sledgehammer,
> >>> she is a goody two shoes, but had a look in her eyes that creeped me
> >>> out.  I think she was thinking about burning down the house.  She
> >>> came at me with pure energy, while turning Japanese. One dude turned
> >>> up the radio, and chief let out a war cry.  She howled, "We're not
> >>> gonna take!  No! We ain't gonna take it anymore!" She was coming so
> >>> fast at me I thought, "If she hits me, it will cut like a knife, and
> >>> I wouldn't have the reflex to take these broken wings (I fell
> >>> earlier in the day on my arms), and bang a gong and get it on."  But
> >>> I did notice that she was a pretty woman, and I thought, "She's got
> >>> legs..."  And as fast as she was running at me with her
> >>> sledgehammer, I also thought, "And she knows how to use them..."
> >>>
> >>> In conclusion, I grabbed the little mite, unleashed some TNT on her,
> >>> and said, "I will rock you like a hurricane dude! I would walk 500
> >>> miles on your forehead and toss you under the last train to
> >>> Clarksville!  You are now loosing your religion and there ain't no
> >>> sunshine when she's gone, there ain't no mountain high enough for
> >>> you to be safe!  Ya dig, der kommisar?"
> >>>
> >>> So they turned and went their way, and I my way.  we crossed a
> >>> bridge over troubled waters and will get back to normal soon.  Man,
> >>> everybody wants to rule the world, they want to be their own
> >>> personal Jesus.  We took one last look at each other I, as I smiled
> >>> at her, I said, "Hey chief, good girls don't...got it."  I think her
> >>> name is Roxanne.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sherry Abercrombie
> >>>
> >>> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
> magic."
> >>> Arthur C. Clarke
> >>>
> >>>
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-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke

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