As promised, below are the answers to the 100 Essential New Wave Song Lyrics Quiz.
The first number corresponds to the alphabetically listed song lyric from last month, while the second numbers represents the songs listed in my Top 100 New Wave Songs list (SEE BELOW post).
For example, lyric #1 corresponds to Song 97 (Free Nelson Mandela by the Specials AKA), lyric #2 to Song 27 (Warm Leatherette by the Normal) etc....
RATING:
This was not an easy Quiz, so if you scored 30 correct answers, that is GOOD, you are aware of several New Wave gems. If you scored 50 correct answers, that is VERY GOOD, you grew up during this era. If you scored 70 or more, congratulations, that is EXCELLENT and you are a dedicated follower and fan of New Wave music (and could challenge my knowledge of this fascinating genre).
Please send me a comment with you scores. It will be helpful in developing future blogs!!!
1 97 21 years in captivity, shoes too small to fit his feet
2 27 a tear of petrol is in your eye
3 29 always get it up from the touch of the younger kind
4 36 better think of the future, or else you’ll wind up in jail
5 34 Bobby OD’d on Drano on the night that he was wed
6 68 boy meets girl, and love, love is on its way
7 22 but all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash
8 32 but I want nothing this society’s got
9 90 but shoot it in the right direction, making it your intention
10 87 chance is buried just below the blinding snow
11 69 don’t make a sound, just move out
12 80 dreams stay with you, like a lover’s voice across the mountainside
13 44 feel the rain like an English summer
14 83 flying through hyper-space in a computer interface
15 91 Gloria, the last taboo was shattered by her tongue one night
16 19 he has his future in a British steel
17 45 here we are stranded, somehow it seems the same
18 76 hielten sich far Captain Kirk, das gabein grosses Feuerwerk
19 51 I believe in truth though I lie a lot
20 4 I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my brain
21 40 I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened
22 43 I feel safest of all, I can lock all my doors
23 55 I know I’m only fifteen, I like to kick, I like to scream
24 56 I might like you better if we slept together
25 11 I need excitement, oh I need it bad
26 41 I want a doctor to take your picture, so I can look at you from inside as well
27 65 I wish I was in Tijuana
28 10 I won’t share you with another boy
29 46 I’d drive a million miles, I wanna test them with you
30 12 I’d like to take her home that’s understood
31 15 I’m damned pretty angry young man, and it’s no good to shout
32 63 I’m floating in a beam of light with you
33 96 I’ve asked myself, how much do you commit yourself?
34 78 ich lieb’ dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht
35 95 if a girl walks in and carves her name in my heart, I’ll turn and run away
36 35 It makes me cream my jeans when she comes my way
37 88 it’s so hard to get old without a cause, I don’t want to perish like a fading horse
38 74 it’s tearing apart my blue, blue heart
39 37 just a thousand reflections of my own sweet self, self, self
40 49 look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life
41 58 me I go from one extreme to another
42 9 me, myself and I is all I’ve ever know
43 79 move out of my way, it’s time to make it happen
44 38 my job is very boring, I’m an office clerk
45 20 Na Na Na Na, NaNaNaNa
46 93 O, why can’t I live a life for me?
47 33 oh maybe, maybe, I’m gonna have a baby
48 52 Once I ran to you, now I run from you
49 7 one day maybe next week, I’m gonna meet you
50 23 phone whispering in my ear, tell me all the things that I wanna hear
51 13 phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
52 89 pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
53 48 questions questions, give me no answer
54 42 right now I can’t afford the gas, a brand new convertible is out of my class
55 71 rolling and falling, I’m choking and calling, name after name after name
56 99 see I’ve already waited too long, and all my hope is gone
57 2 see my tailor, he’s called Simon, I know it’s going to fit
58 25 she drove a Plymouth Satellite, faster than the speed of light
59 67 she is the one in front of me, the siren and the ecstasy
60 92 she moves among men, they would seek to have her as a prize
61 6 she’s been a bad girl, she’s like a chemical
62 3 she’s got me going up and down
63 59 slip and slide in your wet delight, feel the blood flow
64 72 so sweet you make my mouth water
65 70 so the FBI they rewarded him, because they like a guy who will stab a friend
66 85 some boys take a beautiful girl, and hide her away from the rest of the world
67 73 some of them want to abuse you, some of them want to be abused
68 39 step on a crack, break your momma’s back
69 81 straight off the boat, where to go?
70 66 take away my right to speak, take away my dignity
71 77 tell me how does it feel, when your heart grows cold
72 17 tell me what they’re wearing this year
73 75 the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
74 94 the grass is always greener over there
75 61 the more you live, the faster you will die
76 54 the one who insists he was first in line, is the last to remember her name
77 14 the record shows, I fucked a bloke
78 18 the silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload
79 100 there’s a world outside your window, and it’s a world of dread and fear
80 28 they think I’m crazy, so I tell them “oh ya”
81 24 they took the credit for your second symphony
82 16 this ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco
83 21 this is the heavy heavy monster sound, the nuttiest sound around
84 47 this kiss you give, it’s never ever going to fade away
85 82 we bite and scratch and scream all night
86 64 We can act like we come from out of this world, leave the real one far behind
87 50 we slip and slide as we fall in love
88 1 we’re the flowers in the dustbin
89 84 well Cleopatra died for Egypt
90 53 well I wait so long for my love vibration
91 30 when routine bites hard, and ambitions are low
92 57 why can’t I get just one screw, baby I know what to do
93 62 why don’t they do what they say, say what they mean
94 98 words are so cheap, but they can turn expensive
95 60 you in that dress, my thoughts I confess, verge on dirty
96 5 you only seen me for the clothes that I wear
97 86 you pull back the curtains, and the sun burns into your eyes
98 8 you’ve got your nuclear boots and your drip drop glove
99 31 your eyes make a circle, I see you when I go in there
100 26 your love gives me such a thrill, but your love won’t pay my bills
