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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 13, 2008 2:29:44 GMT -5
I thought she meant their only song. Period. She may have. Either way, it's funny. Well, I meant both, actually. ;D And I vote for Rio.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 2:30:00 GMT -5
We've been having some good matches for a while now.
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 13, 2008 2:30:01 GMT -5
I thought she meant their only song. Period. I was gonna make that same joke, until I found out they were together for 20 years and made a bunch of albums. Who woulda thunk? Duran Duran, BTW. And DP, has Cruel Summer by Bananarama come up yet this round?
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 13, 2008 2:30:05 GMT -5
Duran Duran - Rio
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 2:31:27 GMT -5
I thought she meant their only song. Period. I was gonna make that same joke, until I found out they were together for 20 years and made a bunch of albums. Who woulda thunk? Duran Duran, BTW. And DP, has Cruel Summer by Bananarama come up yet this round? Not yet... hence my introduction of "Bananarama finally shows up."
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 13, 2008 2:32:08 GMT -5
Not yet... hence my introduction of "Bananarama finally shows up." I didn't see that because... because... *sigh* I never learned to read
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 2:34:59 GMT -5
Duran Duran got all their entries besides Girls On Film on to round 2! ------------------------------------------------------------ Porbably one of the slower matches of late, but still not a terrible one. Kim Wilde - Kids in America"Kids in America" is the debut single by British singer Kim Wilde. The song was recorded in 1980 after RAK Records boss Mickie Most heard Wilde singing on a backing track for her brother Ricky Wilde. He liked her voice and image and expressed an interest to work with her. Ricky Wilde, together with his father Marty Wilde (a 1950s/1960s rock and roll star) wrote the song "Kids in America" for Wilde to record. Once the demo was sent, Most remixed the track himself and released it on RAK as Wilde's first single in January 1981. It was an immediate hit, peaking at number two on the UK singles chart, and repeating that success all around the world. The following year it became a Top 30 hit in the US. In the summer of 1981, the track appeared on Wilde's self-titled debut album. The new wave-flavoured song has since become a pop classic and was the start of a highly successful career for Wilde, in which she would become the highest-selling and most charted British female soloist of the 1980s. Her father and brother continued to write songs for her (with the latter also given production credits), although in later years Wilde herself and her brother would usually be credited with the songwriting. Vs. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" is a song by English pop duo Wham! which was released in 1984 and became their first UK number one hit. It was written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 13, 2008 2:35:58 GMT -5
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 13, 2008 2:36:00 GMT -5
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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Post by Chilly McFreeze on Jan 13, 2008 2:36:05 GMT -5
Wake me up before you go-go.
Don't leave me hangin' on like a yo-yo.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 13, 2008 2:36:13 GMT -5
Wham!
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 13, 2008 2:36:32 GMT -5
Wham!
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jan 13, 2008 2:37:05 GMT -5
WHAM!
I have no idea what the opposition is yet I just wanted to type that out.
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Post by mo on Jan 13, 2008 2:37:11 GMT -5
Wham alhough they've already swept it.
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 13, 2008 2:38:51 GMT -5
Speaking of Wham, did Careless Whisper make it DP?
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 2:39:45 GMT -5
Bam! Thank you mam! ------------------------------------------------ Man At Works second second vs. an early 80's hit that I wonder if many remember. Men At Work - Down Under"Down Under" is the title of a New Wave song of the reggae flavour, written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, recorded in 1981 by the Australian rock group Men at Work and featured on their debut album Business as Usual. This song went to #1 on Australian as well as international charts, including the UK and America. It was reissued in 1982 and is the first and only 'Men at Work' song to get to number 1 in the UK. It has become a popular and patriotic song in Australia. The lyrics are about an Australian traveller circling the globe, getting high, proud of his nationality and about his interactions with people he meets on his travels. One of the verses refers to Vegemite sandwiches, among other things, and this particular lyric has become a well-known phrase. The flute part in the song is based around the tune of Kookaburra, a well-known Australian children's rhyme. Originally, Down Under was released as the B-side to Keypunch Operator, a rare custom-pressed single by Men at Work - some of the guitar melodies from that version were further developed into flute parts on the later release. Vs. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican RadioMexican Radio is a song written and performed by the band Wall of Voodoo, and produced by Richard Mazda. The track was initially made commercially available on their 1982 album Call of the West. The song gained notoriety (and is best remembered) for its line sung and written by lead vocalist Stan Ridgway , "I wish I was in Tijuana / eating barbecued iguana." A video on MTV in 1982-83 helped as well. Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway and guitarist Marc Moreland traced the inspiration for the song to listening to high-wattage unregulated AM border-blaster Mexican radio stations (among them XERF, XEG, and XERB) which, starting circa the 1930s, were received practically around the globe ("I turn the switch and check the number / I leave it on when in bed I slumber"). Some of the stations boasted a million watts, which was 20 times higher than allowed in the US.
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 13, 2008 2:40:05 GMT -5
whamnes.ytmnd.com/And Men At Work by a country mile. Mexican Radio is great, but it's Men At f***ing Work.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 2:40:23 GMT -5
Speaking of Wham, did Careless Whisper make it DP? No. Sorry. No one nominated it, and I didn't think of while doing my own fill ins.
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Post by Chilly McFreeze on Jan 13, 2008 2:40:42 GMT -5
Men at Work
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Post by mo on Jan 13, 2008 2:41:16 GMT -5
Men At Work
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