Music Decades Quiz: Week 6, 1980s

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1. 44/56. And as measly as that is, this quiz has affirmed that the ’80’s were probably the last decade where I was paying much attention to who did what. Or at the very latest, the early ’90’s with “grunge.” There were a couple of songs here that I could hear in my head (“Always Something There to Remind Me,” “Kyrie,” “Hold Me Now,”) but whose band names I wouldn’t get if I stared at it for the rest of my life. And I knew “Rock of Ages” was a metal band, just didn’t know which one. I will have to settle for a consolation prize, realizing that the winners need to get a life. {snort}

   • I think 44 will shake out as pretty respectable for participants this week. We’ll see how it ends up.

     • Yes it’s not a bad score for this week. But we both know it’s a multi-part score. At this point I’ll be happy just to wind up in the top 11.

2. I’m quite proud of myself, I got 79% or 44 out of 56.

   • Great effort! More than just a metal man.

     • I was always open minded about music. It was the 80s where everything started to be put into categories.

3. 49/56! Apparently, the 80s are my decade!

   • Were you born in the 1980s?

     • No. The 70s. But came across music in the 80s.

4. SCORE
   46/56… ran out of time…

   • Who knows what heights you might have scaled with more time. You might have got the Max score.

5. As expected (not in a cocky way but just because those were my high school & college years), I knew I would do pretty well with the ’80s, so I’m pleased with my 54/56. Had they included “Caribbean Queen” or “Get Out Of My Dreams (Get Into My Car)” for a particular aquatically-named artist that would have been an easy one but I didn’t recognize the song titles for him. The other one I missed was an R&B vocal group that I should have gotten but couldn’t quite remember their name. All in all a fun collection of decades-spanning quizzes. My brain needs a rest now.

   • Those are his famous songs in New Zealand too. Great effort.

6. Oooft. 25.

   • It’s like your knowledge starts on 1 January 1990!

7. 39 of 56 – comfortably bringing up the rear going into it – perhaps I can move up a spot or 2. There were a couple where I was driving myself nuts ’cause I was singing the tune but was blanking on the band name!

   Thanks for doing these – these are alot of fun.

   • Good effort. It’s like the easiest blog content ever.

8. “I scored 43/56 – can you beat me?”
   No. But close. Very very close. 42.
   Maybe not the highest total but I’ll settle for the meaning of life.
   (At the end i was typing in random bands and hoping for the best! Never have touch typing skills been so useful)

   • A lot of 40s this week so far.

9. I got 50 here, I actually guessed a couple wrong but the auto-complete element saved me. I’m also getting funny looks as I completed this one in the office and my coffee and humming the songs technique translates well in an open-plan environment.
   As a child most of these were on constant play on the radio in the car etc so some of these are indelibly printed on my mind (not always a good thing)

   • Always something there to remind you?

10. 52 of 56 and there were 2 songs i was singing out loud and the band’s names were on the tip of my tongue and couldn’t do it.

    • You had Cyndi Lauper on the tip of your tongue?

    • Great effort though!

11. 38/56 – I did well enough considering the 80s aren’t my strongest decade.

    • Good effort!