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i got a 103.5.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

152.5.

Fear. Me.

― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 5 December 2003 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Avoid. You.

I don't know most of these songs. 32.5.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i got 127.5, but i'm giving myself an extra two points for the spelling mistakes they wouldn't accept.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Shame on you all (80.5).

Betcha Alex in NYC was hoping for [ ]- I'm living in the [ ] - I push .

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

41.4. I am younger than ten and live in a cultural vacuum. Snivel.

― F. Anthony O'Reilly (Ferg), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

My socks woulda been blown right off if there'd been a Killing Joke question in there. But alas....the socks stayed on.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I got 75 but only because I got bored of it. It's so long, and the songs are the the same old and tired chart hits.

― daavid, Friday, 5 December 2003 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

everyone who has posted here thus far except for me, alex in nyc and joseph are total dags.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

23.5

I am the best!

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

haha you suck

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

81. I rule.

― RobTheSlob, Friday, 5 December 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Quizzes like these always me glad that I a) didn't have MTV as a kid and b) spent my money on Slayer/Celtic Frost/Maiden records.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i didn't have mtv as a kid either. we don't get it in new zealand. i spent my money on 50cent mixtures.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I was born in 80 and strictly forbidden to watch MTV as a child for a while...I didn't realize that my parents truly did do it out of love until much later.

― RobTheSlob, Friday, 5 December 2003 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

*though it is true that my first albums were private dancer by tina turner, wow by bananarama and HOTTEST SUMMER ON CASSETTE '86!!! (featuring don't forget me by glass tiger, oh how i miss that song and wish i still had that tape!!!!!!!)

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

the 80s were the greatest decade ever, cos in 1987 my older sister was the prettiest woman in the world. she looked like the love interest in a warrant video (ie just like jani lane except in an acid wash denim mini-skirt)

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

101.5
I loved most of those songs.

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

91. I could have sworn I would do better, dammit.

Why am I not surprised that Di got a kick-ass score?

Alex, did you get the Metallica one?! Damn that was hard.

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Most of these songs are fucking awful, and daghood proudly accepted -- since the alternative apparently means being versant in Yes and Rick Springfield lyrics.

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Final Score: 146.9

Which is not bad considering it's v. late and I am v. tired.

I like how the answer to the Poison one is "Poison, dude!". That is so ILX in so many ways.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha I never owned And Justic For All so NO I did not.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I got 79.5. Not as good as I would have liked. Goodbye cruel world!

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 5 December 2003 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

34.15

― born in 82, Friday, 5 December 2003 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

91.5, thanks to the five point bonus. Makes me want to break out my Rhino comps.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 December 2003 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

143.5, and I missed lots that I actually should have known. Like my Venus/Goddess mixup Damn!

― Kim (Kim), Friday, 5 December 2003 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

39.9 -- after being deducted 30 PERCENT for being born in '69... And missing out on 5 pts for not telling about ilxor.

― OleM (OleM), Friday, 5 December 2003 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

79 ... hamstrung by the "Now that's what I call MTV USA"-centric nature of the selections (no Adam Ant, Dexy's, Smiths, Dollar, Bucks Fizz, europop ?)

― darren (darren), Friday, 5 December 2003 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

57.85

Prophet not prophets. picky picky

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 5 December 2003 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

What is Church Lady era supposed to mean?

― Schwingung (Damian), Friday, 5 December 2003 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

79.5

A couple of spelling errors in there deducted some points, but I suffered as Darren says from the US-centric nature of it. c.f. getting an astonishing 4 points for a pretty basic Human League lyric.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 5 December 2003 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Schwingung, that's a reference to a popular, ongoing skit that appeared over the course of a few years in the 80s on the "Saturday Night Live" television program here in the States.

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 5 December 2003 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, awfully picky on spelling, which did me in.. 105.5. thank god i got the beyond thunderdome 4-pointer!

― ken taylrr, Friday, 5 December 2003 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

113.5
not too shabby, considering i didnt really notice music much during that entire decade.

― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

74. And I missed the Metallica one!!!

And in what twisted world does Der Kommissar have English lyrics? "Der Kommissar geht um", obviously.

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 5 December 2003 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

119.5.

The point balances are odd - maybe it's just my experience with college a cappella singing, but I have no idea why the lyric from "Africa" gave me 5 points.

― Greg, Saturday, 6 December 2003 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

88. I'm really embarassed by some of the ones I missed.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 December 2003 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

103. I'm not sure about the scoring on "Africa," either, and it's a bit odd that the song from *1976* could net ten points.

― John Fredland (jfredland), Saturday, 6 December 2003 01:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Final Score: 75.85 - Wasn't Church Lady '86? Because I put Monica-Gate and it said I was less than ten years old. Which is wrong.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 7 December 2003 02:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"Der Kommissar" was covered by After the Fire with English lyrics.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 7 December 2003 03:04 (twenty-one years ago)


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