Intros Quiz – 1986 edition
We continue on our five-yearly cycle of intros quizzes, revisiting 25 years ago: 1986. It was the year the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, US bombing of Tripoli and the Challenger space shuttle explosion. In South Africa the apartheid regime declared a state of emergency, Swedish prime minister Olof Palme was assassinated, Mozambican prrsident Samota Machel died in a plane crash above South Africa, and in the Philippines the tyrant Fernando Marcos was deposed. Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize and the first computer virus, named Brain, starts to spread.
As always, twenty intros to hit songs from that year of 5-7 seconds in length. All were single releases and/or hits that year. The answers will be posted in the comments section by Thursday (so please don”t post your answers). If the pesky number 15 bugs you, go to the Contact Me tab above to request the answers, or better, message me on Facebook. If you”re not my FB friend, click here.
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THE ANSWERS
1. Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
2. Bangles – Manic Monday
3. Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
4. Cameo – Word Up
5. Blow Monkeys – Diggin’ Your Scene
6. Stan Ridgway – Camouflage
7. Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
8. Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone
9. Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off
10. Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes
11. Mr Mister – Broken Wings
12. OMD – If You Leave
13. Berlin – Take My Breath Away
14. Debbie Harry – French Kissin’
15. Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms
16. Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom
17. Swing Out Sister – Breakout
18. Anita Baker – Sweet Love
19. Bruce Hornsby & the Range – That’s The Way It Is
20. The Damned – Eloise