Because I'm Bored.

[in_the_blue]

All from my shady past. This is the New Wave edition.

1. 'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me there's something going wrong around here



2. But you still mystify, and I want to know why



3. I wish I could be as carefree and wild



4. Fallen leaves in the night, who can say where they´re blowing



5. I see innocence shining through



6. I'll give you television, I'll give you eyes of blue



7. I am like all magic men (yes I know, yes I know) I am all



8. But your empty eyes seem to pass me by



9. I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall



10. the second hand unwinds



11. try to detect it, it's not too late



12. You can watch yourself while you are eating



13. I hear the talking of the DJ, can't understand just what does he say?



14. what worries me then is when I wake up if it might be worse



15. He has his future in a British steel



16. It touches and it teases as you stumble in the debris



17. I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around



18. the one who insists he was first in the line is the last to remember her name



19. Both of us searching for some perfect world we know we'll never find.



20. You can lose a lifetime thinking of it and lose an era daydreaming like I do

Wow. I feel so... retro. Have fun.

Comments

<-- also a child of the '80s

[misslucyjane]

1. Is She Really Going Out With Him, Joe Jackson
6. China Girl, David Bowie
12. Mirrors in the Bathroom, Modern English
13. Mexican Radio, Stan . . . Freeburg?
18. Pretty In Pink, the Psychadelic Furs


I recognize a lot of these lines but my brain's not putting them into context at the moment. Alas.

Re: <-- also a child of the '80s

[misslucyjane]

It's Stan Ridgeway, isn't it, actually? Wall of Voodoo? Argh.

Re: <-- also a child of the '80s

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

I love that song. Yes, it's Stan & Wall of Voodoo. Makes me wish I was in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana.

There. Now it will be stuck in my head all night.

Re: <-- also a child of the '80s

[misslucyjane]

It's better than Manilow.

Re: <-- also a child of the '80s

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

*twitch*

[kelleypen.livejournal.com]

Is 7 by Heart?

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

*cough*
*significant cough*
No, no, I don't think anyone has ever classified Heart as a New Wave band.

You're thinking of their song Magic Man, but that has nothing to do with this one.

[kelleypen.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I'm strictly classic rock.

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Next one will be all classic rock! Just for you. :)

[lostinapapercup.livejournal.com]

Determined not to read comments before guessing, but I'd bet most of these have been correctly guessed already.

Doop de doo:

4. 10000 Maniacs - More Than This
6. David Bowie - China Girl
8. Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
10. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
11. Devo - Whip It
17. Human League - Don't You Want Me

12's vaguely familiar, but I can't place it. And... hmm. 16 is by the Eurythmics, I think, but I can't name the song.

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

She's good.

Except #4 was Roxy Music's first.

[lvblheron.livejournal.com]

**is possibly not as retro as you**
The only ones I know are:
#10--Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
#17--Oh *%&$^! I'm singing it my stupid head, but do you think I can remember the title? I'll get back to you on this...:0)

[lvblheron.livejournal.com]

Wait! "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar..."

"Don't You Want Me!" That's #17. Who the flock sang it though...? Depeche Mode? Human League? Human League! I think...

**wanders off, humming** "don't, don't you want me. You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me..."

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

ivy shoots! She scores! And now has Human League running through her brain endlessly for the rest of time.

[lvblheron.livejournal.com]

"...that much is true..." **dances off in victory**

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

I know some were already gotten but...
1. Is she really going out with him? Joe Jackson
3. Stray Cat Strut - stray cats
4. More than This - roxy music
6. China Girl - Bowie
10. Time After Time - cyndi lauper, backed by the Hooters ;)
11. Whip it! Devo
13. Mexican Radio - wall of voodoo
15. Making Plans for Nigel - xtc
17. Don't you want me! Human League
18. Pretty In Pink - psychadelic furs
19. Ohm, I can sing it but not what comes next! Alas!

[katieowrites.livejournal.com]

Okay, I know I'm late, but without looking at the others --

1. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him. My best friend dated a guy in high school for a while, and they were sort of a strange couple -- we'd hum this song whenever we were around them. :)

10 is Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time.

2 is Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind.

8 is Billy Idol, Dancing With Myself.

11 is Devo, Whip It.

17 is Human League, Don't You Want Me.

Is 19 the Thompson Twins, Hold Me Now?

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

You're good. Yes on #19.

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

1. joe jackson, isshe real ygoign otu with him (hurra yforthe studio versio n of that-one) although..our neighbouring uniit plus their staff adn their messed up last practiceand their FAB renditio non the atual contest nig fo the acappella version..whooo!
10. cindy lauper, tiem after time!
huh?I' mstumpedo nthe rest. strange.i recognize lines...