If, when, why, what?
If those lyrics are familiar to you, try this quiz.
13 out of 15.
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10 out of 15
Considering that I was born in '82, and have no recollection of almost anything before '91, that wasn't too bad.
Posted by: Alex Moon | February 18, 2004 08:40 PM
12-15, but I wild assed guessed on all but 4.
Posted by: Rodya | February 18, 2004 08:46 PM
13/15
Lousy Donald Fagan tripped me up.
Posted by: Jay | February 18, 2004 09:03 PM
I only got 12 of 15, but I was going to blame my relative youthful naivete. I would have held Michele up as a worldy-wise techie with photographic memory and a couple more years of self-awareness for this quiz, but I guess obscure is obscure, wot?
Posted by: Brian J. | February 18, 2004 09:22 PM
And lest I forget:
How much have you got?
Have you got it together
If so how often
Which will you choose
The hard or soft option?
Yeah, I got that one, but the ultimate PSB song is "It's a Sin". Not only a song, it's a way of life.
Posted by: Brian J. | February 18, 2004 09:25 PM
Jeez Louise...
I got 11 outta 15, and I guessed on 5. I am so disgusted with myself. I mean getting that many right.
And I do love Donald Fagan's "Nightfly". Great album...still got the vinyl..."and we walked, through the raindrops back to your door"..
Posted by: Dave in Texas | February 18, 2004 10:10 PM
Also scored 13/15- missed Fagan and Timbuk3.
Posted by: Kevin | February 18, 2004 10:30 PM
W00t! Perfect score, baby--15!
I RULE!
Michele, what two did you miss? Or, in Prince-speak, what 2 did U miss?
Posted by: david | February 18, 2004 10:42 PM
13 of 15, taken this morning. I know I missed the Donald Fagen one but I can't remember the other I missed.
The test was like the SAT in a way. Even if you had no idea; if you could eliminate the songs you know don't have the lyrics you're got a shot. Eeek it's brought back too many SAT prep memories...
Posted by: Kevin | February 18, 2004 10:52 PM
100%.
Only guessed twice.
BTW, "Sultans of Swing" and "Pop Muzik" are actually '70s songs.
Posted by: Thlayli | February 18, 2004 11:08 PM
Of course, you all knew that about "Sultans" already, because Michele said so in the post immediately preceding this one....
Posted by: Thlayli | February 18, 2004 11:10 PM
i, too, got 13. damned dire straits and donald fagen.
i bet i'd do better at an "80's hair band" quiz...
Posted by: mikey | February 18, 2004 11:30 PM
I only got 7 of 15, but I got Dire Straits and that's all that is important.
Posted by: a different Bill | February 18, 2004 11:44 PM
I apparently live in another world. I only got 3 right, and Donald Fagen was 1 of the 2 that I really knew.
Posted by: DBW | February 18, 2004 11:45 PM
13/15 I missed the Fagan one and unblievably the Kajagoogoo one. I'm slipping.
Posted by: Christine | February 19, 2004 12:39 AM
not enough hair band lyrics...
9 of 15
Posted by: Rob @ L&R | February 19, 2004 07:58 AM
Your final score is 12 out of 15 questions.
who listened to donald fagan anyway....
Posted by: Lisa | February 19, 2004 08:32 AM
11/15 - half those songs didn't make it over to the right side of the pond.
Posted by: Simon Jester | February 19, 2004 08:34 AM
12/15. I was trying to at least tie Michele, but the Kaja got me, which ticked me off because I had (still have somewhere, probably) a 12-inch vinyl of it. Also the one where I chose 'Kyrie', which was wrong.
I agree with everyone on 'Nightfly'. Never far from the CD jukebox at my house. Neither is 'Kamakiriad', though it wasn't as well received.
W
Posted by: WG | February 19, 2004 08:35 AM
14-of-15 -- tripped up by Stevie Windwood, of all things. Kinda ashamed that I knew the Journey one without even looking at the choices, but hey, I was teenager. I was into'em. What can I say?
Posted by: Eddie | February 19, 2004 09:11 AM
6 out of 15. And those were six lucky guesses in a row. The eighties sucked (with very rare exceptions).
But I'll kick everybody's ass on anything between 1955 and 1975.
Posted by: Ken Summers | February 19, 2004 09:11 AM
8 out of 15. Eesh. What can I say, I was a hair metal freak.
Posted by: Lisa | February 19, 2004 10:24 AM
15 out of 15.
And what little 'guessing' I did was based on the fact that I knew (at least most of) the lyrics of the other choices.
Did I say music is my life?...
Posted by: Ferro Lad | February 19, 2004 11:27 AM
Brian J.
How much have you got?
Have you got it together
If so how often
Which will you choose
The hard or soft option?
This is from West End Girls, not It's a Sin.
(14/15)- I guess I didn't know many of the words to Too Shy.
Posted by: Bob SF | February 19, 2004 11:51 AM
12/15 - I have only the vaguest memory of ever hearing Donald Fagen's name before.
Posted by: Dodd | February 19, 2004 02:48 PM
13/15. I can't believe so many people don't know I.G.Y.
Posted by: charles austin | February 19, 2004 02:57 PM
12 out of 15 ...should have had 13...not that easy a quiz.
Posted by: jim f | February 19, 2004 03:11 PM
You can get The Nightfly on CD now? Far out.
Posted by: Dave in Texas | February 19, 2004 09:11 PM