Music Quiz: 1980s Music Videos

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1. I am so mad. I got a 24/25. That was my decade of music so I should have scored a perfect score!!

   • Only one wrong though – what did you miss?

     • I picked the white wedding pic rather than the cross burning for like a prayer.

       • I can see how you could mix those up.

2. 19 for me… and a few guesses in there, too.

   • I had to guess quite a bit too.

3. 25/25 for me with just under 3:00 to go. Although I didn’t have cable TV at home in the early 80s (hence no MTV), I made up for lost time when I was in college (’84-’88) and saw the majority of classic videos from that era…many many times. Clearly they are indelibly stamped on my brain.

   • Perfect score! I think I’ve probably seen about half of them, mostly by seeking them out on Youtube.

     • Your score was excellent considering you’ve only seen half of those videos. I’ve seen all of them multiple times, even if I wasn’t a fan of the song or artist. You watched them on YouTube while I watched them when TV was still called the “boob tube.” 😀

       • There are a few that are pretty obvious artist shots – Police, Bangles, Janet Jackson are all pretty recognisable from the featured picture.

4. 23.

   Fun memories from a bunch of those.

   • And a good score too.

5. 24/25. I can’t believe I screwed up Walk this way!

   • That’s one of the few that I saw in the late 1990s when we got MTV. It’s pretty iconic.

6. 23/25. I recognized most of them, a few were too unrecognizable (You Gotta Fight) for me to get. Interestingly I just heard that song on the radio the other day. “Your mom busted in and said, “What’s that noise?”
   Aw, Mom, you’re just jealous it’s the Beastie Boys.” Love it.

   • It’s pretty remarkable how they grew from snotty young men into responsible citizens.

     • Can’t stay the angry (or snotty) young man forever.

7. Proud to share a score with James.

   • And I’m proud of both of you.

8. 24/25. Higher than my usual score in these quizzes. Apparently the big 80s hits I know quite well. White Wedding was the one I got wrong. Couple of lucky guesses for Legs (is it the ZZ Top song?) and Hungry Like the Wolf.

   • Yeah, I’m pretty sure Legs is the ZZ Top song.

9. 22 – which exceeded my expectations.
   I’m hopeful there’s a 90s edition, I’ll ready for that one!

   • I had a search, but I couldn’t find a good one.

10. 25/25 here. Had no idea for You Might Think but managed to skip that and save it until last

    • You joined Rich on full marks.