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.
Intros Quiz – post-punk edition.mp3
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.