Intros Quiz – Post-Punk Edition
Punk opened the door to whole new brands of popular music. While that genre was short-lived and ill-defined to include all manner of music that wasn’t in any way punk, it helped open doors to (sometimes brief) stardom for a new wave of artists who were dabbling in synth sounds, ska, pub rock and, indeed, punk-influenced pop. This month’s intros quiz celebrates the post-punk wave, incorporating the years 1978-83.
As always, each of the 20 intros is 5-7 seconds in length (if you time them, one recognisable intro is just four seconds long). I will post the answers in the comments section by Thursday, so please don”t post your answers. If you can”t wait till then to find out what the blasted number 8 is, please feel free to e-mail me or, better, message me on Facebook. If you”re not my FB friend, click here and become one.
Way fun. One of the 20 songs was John Peel’s fav song.
Blimey, I could barely get half of them this time around. I think I know #12-15 and a couple of others, but somehow my memory failed me.
1. ?
2. Don’t You Want Me – Human League
3. Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads
4. ?
5. ?
6. Union City Blue – Blondie
7. Don’t Go -Yazoo
8. ?
9. Poison Arrow – ABC
10. Should I Stay Or Should I Go – The Clash
11. Girls On Film – Duran Duran
12. ?
13. ?
14. ?
15. ?
16. The War Song – Culture Club
17. Mirror In The Bathroom – The (English) Beat
18. ?
19. Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics
20. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) – A Flock Of Seagulls
THE ANSWERS:
1. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
3. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
4. Ultravox – Vienna
5. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
6. Blondie – Union City Blue
7. Yazoo – Don’t Go
8. The Look – I Am The Beat
9. ABC – Poison Arrow
10. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
11. Duran Duran – Girls On Film
12. The Jam – Going Underground
13. Simple Minds – Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
14. Aztec Camera – Oblivious
15. Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
16. Culture Club – It’s A Miracle
17. The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
18. Depeche Mode – Everything Counts
19. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
20. Flock Of Seagulls – Wishing (I Had A Photograph Of You)
Oh, Mensch! I did better on this quiz than any of the previous ones, despite (A) being born in 1984 and (B) not particularly loving much of this list. Hmm.