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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
Remember when MTV used to play music videos? That’s not just a nostalgic question. We’ve taken 10 shots from music videos from the 1980s—can you identify the video?
Take the Quiz: Name That ’80s Video
Relive ’80s Quiz Week.
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Not fair! The videos for “Addicted to Love” and “Simply Irresistible” were so similar that they’re almost indistinguishable. (Ok, I’ll stop sniveling now and take my 80%)
posted by JW on 5-4-2008 at 8:27 am
different coloured outfits on the girls, in 1 they are all in black, in the other, pink
posted by mrbenn on 5-4-2008 at 8:34 am
Yeah 9/10! I totoally guessed right on the Robert Palmer video. For some reason the song popped into my head so I took it as a sign and ran with it. This quiz was, like, totally tubular!
posted by Tricia on 5-4-2008 at 9:22 am
9/10, too! Missed the Run DMC one, but don’t care ‘cos I loathe hip hop, rap etc.
posted by kani on 5-4-2008 at 2:17 pm
8/10! Not bad considering my dad had a rule that MTV could not be playing on a television in a room he was in. Also not bad considering I was born in 1981.
posted by Lindsey on 5-4-2008 at 2:28 pm
9/10! I missed the Cyndi Lauper look-alike. Is it “Papa Don’t Preach” where Cyndi looks all downtrodden as Pat Benatar deceivingly did in her video?
posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 5-4-2008 at 5:13 pm
FUN!
8/10, I too tripped on the Run DMC and Robert Palmer.
AH the good old days..I miss the real MTV!!!!! :(
posted by mrs.djs on 5-5-2008 at 9:05 am
70%. Not terrible. The RUN DMC got me too. I think they wore those shoes for their entire career! :)
posted by AuntShell on 5-5-2008 at 11:21 am