I Love the 80's

How about you?

Published on August 22, 2004 By chiprj In Music

I love 80's music (It helps that I was born in 70's). I just took an 80's music lyrics quiz over at yetanotherdot.com Link. I scored a 93. Take the quiz and let me know how you did.

Comments (Page 2)

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 22, 2004

I actually lost 15 points for forgetting to enter that part...meaning my score coulda been even higher

trina_p

on Aug 22, 2004

OH - right - I know him - but only from reruns on Fox8 -- We don't get Saturday Night Live in Australia - unless you have cable - we had our own live variety program - Hey Hey it's Saturday - and Red Symons (Skyhooks) was in it

And just say No was like 1980 or 84 or something -- was that the ad with the Grim Reaper - how many people are you sleeping with when you go to bed with someone .. no wait that was like 1992

Where do I fit in? Dana Carvey was on SNL early 90's -- like Waynes World was what... 1992?

chiprj

on Aug 22, 2004

I actually lost 15 points for forgetting to enter that part...meaning my score coulda been even higher

HAHA! I didn't get a point modifier because I was born in the right time frame according to the quiz creator. But I was mad because I missed a single point for not spelling Billie Jean right! I spelled it Billy and the quiz creator dinged me specifically for it!

Gene Nash

on Aug 22, 2004

And just say No was like 1980 or 84 or something -- was that the ad with the Grim Reaper - how many people are you sleeping with when you go to bed with someone .. no wait that was like 1992

"Just Say No" was Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign from the early to mid-80s. (Can't remember exactly when it began.)

chiprj

on Aug 22, 2004

And just say No was like 1980 or 84 or something -- was that the ad with the Grim Reaper - how many people are you sleeping with when you go to bed with someone

That's the right timeframe. It was Nancy Reagan's thing when Ronald Reagan was President so sometime between 1980-88. But it was an anti-drug campaign, not safe sex. I can't seem to find an exact year for the start of 'Just Say No' (I must not be googling right) but I think it may have been after 83.

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 22, 2004

I was also born in 1970, so my adjusted score would have been an even more impressive 120

chiprj

on Aug 22, 2004

I can't seem to find an exact year for the start of 'Just Say No' (I must not be googling right) but I think it may have been after 83.

OK, found it! Wouldn't you know, the best place to find the answer to this question was marijuana.com -

*1984 Nancy Reagan's (REPUBLICAN) "Just Say No" Movement begins.
Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign becomes a centerpiece of the Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign. The movement focuses on white, middle class children and is funded by corporate and private donations.

chiprj

on Aug 22, 2004

I was also born in 1970, so my adjusted score would have been an even more impressive 120

I was born in 1970, but I didn't get a bonus. It said I wasn't eligible. Maybe I clicked the wrong box for what I was born between...

Gene Nash

on Aug 22, 2004

For what it's worth, Microsoft Bookshelf '96 claims "Just Say No" began in 1983.

Medicine, 1983

"Just Say No" is the slogan for a new program to combat drug use unveiled by First Lady Nancy Reagan in October. Critics say she has picked up the issue to counter her negative image as a woman of wealth.

The People's Chronology is licensed from Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Copyright © 1995, 1996 by James Trager. All rights reserved.

trina_p

on Aug 22, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/reagan/stories/speech.archive/just.say.no.html

I found this through google - September 14 1986

But I was definitely born After Woodstock so I think I chose the right one when I said Church Lady - Dana Carvey was on SNL from 1986-1993 - eh I was just flawed I recognised so many songs and I spelt Chrysler (crysler) wrong so I didn't get that one which was dodgy. And I'm glad they didn't ask for anything after I live on the second floor - cause after I live upstairs from you - I loose the song.
And I'm glad the cranberries were missing cause I like the cranberries but I can't sing them -- and that french song - good thing it wasn't there.

I put DOWN UNDER - not that it mattered but I was proud there was some Australian songs in the list (inxs, rick springfield and men at work)

chiprj

on Aug 22, 2004

I put DOWN UNDER - not that it mattered but I was proud there was some Australian songs in the list (inxs, rick springfield and men at work)

I didn't know that Rick Springfield was from Australia! I was a huge fan of his music. I wanted to see him in concert in 84(?), but I was only 13(?) and my mom said no. I did go to the mall and stand in line for hours to get autographs from his opening act - 'Til Tuesday (another group featured on the quiz)!

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 22, 2004

I was born in 1970, but I didn't get a bonus. It said I wasn't eligible. Maybe I clicked the wrong box for what I was born between...

No, I was saying I LOST 15 points because I neglected to answer accidentally.

Had I answered, I wouldn't have lost those points.

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 22, 2004

I put DOWN UNDER - not that it mattered but I was proud there was some Australian songs in the list (inxs, rick springfield and men at work)

yeah, come to think of it, where was Midnight Oil? Dammit, they did that quiz wrong, I tells ya!

chiprj

on Aug 22, 2004

No, I was saying I LOST 15 points because I neglected to answer accidentally.Had I answered, I wouldn't have lost those points.

Aha! I see now.

Texas Wahine

on Aug 22, 2004

chiprj: You find the coolest stuff!

My score was a crappy 51. When I say the answers I was so mad because I knew a lot of them, but just couldn't pull them out of my head for the quiz. It also denied me a birth bonus since I said I was born before "Just Say No" (1979). I should get extra points because I have a bad memory and I can never remember anything!

I was robbed!

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