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Intros Quiz – Post-Punk Edition

August 3rd, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

nme_80s_originalsPunk 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.

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  1. Eric
    August 3rd, 2009 at 21:01 | #1

    Way fun. One of the 20 songs was John Peel’s fav song.

  2. Boogieman
    August 5th, 2009 at 08:13 | #2

    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

  3. August 6th, 2009 at 16:18 | #3

    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)

  4. August 6th, 2009 at 17:36 | #4

    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.

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