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GlosRFC
25th May 2006, 21:00
This was the music lyric quiz that never really got off the ground. It's quite easy really so no googling. Just tell me the song title and artist for each of these lyrics:

1. "The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky are also on the faces of people going by…"
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - LOUIS ARMSTRONG

2. "So tell me what you want, what you really really want."
WANNABE - SPICE GIRLS

3. "I saw your face in a crowded place and I don't know what to do cos I'll never be with you."
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL - JAMES BLUNT

4. "At long last love has arrived and I thank god I'm alive, you're just too good to be true…."
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - ANDY WILLIAMS

5. "I got all my sisters with me."
WE ARE FAMILY - SISTER SLEDGE

6. "Don't you ever, don't you ever. Stop being dandy showing me your handsome"
PRINCE CHARMING - ADAM & THE ANTS

7. "I have climbed highest mountain, I have run through the fields, only to be with you…."
I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR - U2

8. "Well it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go…"
BLUE SUEDE SHOES - ELVIS PRESLEY

9. "Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase, you're living in a disco, forget about the rat race…."
POP MUSIK - M

10. "Looking back on when we first met, I cannot escape and I cannot forget…."
WHOLE AGAIN - ATOMIC KITTEN

11. "Monday, took her for a drink on Tuesday, we were making love by Wednesday…."
7 DAYS - CRAIG DAVID

12. "The one you warned me all about, the one you said I could do without, we're in an awful mess and I don't mean maybe…"
PAPA DON'T PREACH - MADONNA

13. "My mother said to get things done you'd better not mess with Major Tom…."
ASHES TO ASHES - DAVID BOWIE

14. "You think you're mad, too unstable, kicking in chairs and knocking down tables in a restaurant…"
WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS

15. "The sky was all purple there were people running everywhere trying to run from the destruction…"
1999 - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION

16. "We walked in the cold air, freezing breath on the window pane, lying and waiting…."
VIENNA - ULTRAVOX

17. "Even while we sleep we will find you acting on your best behaviour, turn your back on mother nature…"
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS

18. "As a matter of opinion I think he's tops, my opinion is he's the cream of the crop…."
MY GUY - MARY WELLS

19. "Maniac, braniac, winning the game, I'm the lyrical Jesse James…."
THE POWER - SNAP

20. "How does it feel to treat me like you do, when you've laid your hands upon me and told me who you are…."
BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER

21. "Let me take you to the place where membership's a smiling face, brush shoulders with the stars…"
CLUB TROPICANA - WHAM!

22. "And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid…."
CANDLE IN THE WIND - ELTON JOHN

23. "If you'll be my bodyguard I can be you're long lost pal, I can call you Betty...."
YOU CAN CALL ME AL - PAUL SIMON

24. "Gunpowder, gelatine, dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime…."
KILLER QUEEN - QUEEN

25. "All I needed was the love you gave, all I needed for another day and all I never knew…."
ONLY YOU - YAZOO / FLYING PICKETS
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mathare
25th May 2006, 21:08
2. Spice Girls - Wannabe
5. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
6. Adam Ant (mabe Adam & The Ants) - Prince Charming
7. U2 - Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
8. Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
11. Craig David - Seven Days
13. David Bowie - Space Oddity
14. Pet Shop Boys - West End Boys
15. Prince - Purple Rain
23. Paul Simon - Call Me Al
24. Queen - Killer Queen

sparkyminer
25th May 2006, 21:09
1 Lucy in the sky etc etc Beatles
5 we are family, sister sledge.

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:10
21. Wham! - Club Tropicana
25. Yazoo - Only You
19. S.N.A.P. - I Got The Power?
17. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
16. Ultravox - Vienna

sparkyminer
25th May 2006, 21:10
9 Pop muzik, M

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:11
4. Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

sparkyminer
25th May 2006, 21:12
13 is Ashes to Ashes I think Mat.

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:12
13 is Ashes to Ashes I think Mat.You're quite right it is. I always get those two Bowie songs mixed up

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:13
3 & 22 I can't get. Any more?

Edit: And number 10 it seems. I know I know them but they just won't come to me at the minute

sparkyminer
25th May 2006, 21:15
22 Candle in the wind, Elton John

sparkyminer
25th May 2006, 21:15
10 Atomic Kitten Whole Again

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:16
3 james blunt - your beautiful

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:17
12. Papa don't preach - Madonna

GlosRFC
25th May 2006, 21:19
3 & 22 I can't get. Any more?

Edit: And number 10 it seems. I know I know them but they just won't come to me at the minute

Good...might give others a chance then :D

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:21
I'm playing catch-up

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:22
1. What a wonderful world - don't know who sang it

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:23
I'm playing catch-upAnd filling in the gaps nicely by the look of it :)

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:23
1. What a wonderful world - don't know who sang itLouis Armstrong and many others. Fun Lovin' Criminals do a good version

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:24
4. Cant take my eyes off of you - artist unknown

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:26
10. Atomic Kitten - Whole again

GlosRFC
25th May 2006, 21:26
Only title AND artist accepted

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:27
9. Pop Musik - Talk about pop musik - artist ????

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:32
4 Wasn't Andy Williams then? Or the song title was wrong. Hmm. Aha! I have an idea...

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:34
4 Wasn't Andy Williams then? Or the song title was wrong. Hmm. Aha! I have an idea...No, that is the right artist and title according to my copy of Music To Watch Girls By

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:34
14. Was definately Pet shop Boys west end girls

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:35
15. Not Purple Rain is it? It's 1999 by Prince :splapme

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:36
14. Was definately Pet shop Boys west end girlsYeah, girls not boys. I was close.

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:36
4. the guy from grease

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:37
Frankie someone

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:37
Avalon - thats him or was it Valli

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:37
20. New Order - Blue Monday

GlosRFC
25th May 2006, 21:39
No, that is the right artist and title according to my copy of Music To Watch Girls By

Yeah, missed your original post

Ruby
25th May 2006, 21:41
9. Pop Music...? Sparks
18 Nothing you can do will take me away from My Guy...?Supremes

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:41
20 is bugging me - I know it so well

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:43
New order thats it

TheOldhamWhisper
25th May 2006, 21:45
At the risk of showing my age:

18 My Guy - Mary Wells

GlosRFC
25th May 2006, 21:50
Well done Oldham...that's all folks

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:50
Have we got them all???

mathare
25th May 2006, 21:51
Good quiz that, enjoyed it

samantha1303
25th May 2006, 21:53
Excellent - wish I has have logged on a little earlier