Guess the '70s Hit Song From its Opening Line Quiz

[RHB]

Ok you seventies children, see how many right answers you can muster from this quiz. All you have to do is name the song from the opening line. You get three potential answers, one of which is correct. Easy? I only managed 22/30.

http://quizzes.howstuffworks.com/qu...ning+Line.+Can+You+Score+Higher+Than+Average?

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Got bored by q.21.....up to then 18/21 woo hoo

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

22/30...I can't believe I didn't recognise the first line to Heroes...shame on me!

 

[wivs]

I managed 24 out of 30, but thought there was some quite obscure ones in there, Andy Gibb ffs!

 

[wivs]

I managed 24 out of 30, but thought there was some quite obscure ones in there, Andy Gibb ffs!

I also didnt recognise Heroes! Creepy :winking:

 

[OldBlueLady]

I managed 24 out of 30, but thought there was some quite obscure ones in there, Andy Gibb ffs!

I also didnt recognise Heroes! Creepy :winking:

24 out of 30 also, though I did get Heroes.

 

[C C Csiders]

24 out of 30 also, though I did get Heroes.

I got 27/30 and got Celebrations - not sure that was too much of an upgrade to be honest

 

[GNH]

Stupid webpage froze on me when I was on 22/22 with only one guess!

Didn't have the will power to go again

 

[ozzie]

20-30...sadly no Slade,Wizzard....or David Cassidy,Osmonds or musical youth(or was that the 80s?)

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

20-30...or David Cassidy,Osmonds or musical youth(or was that the 80s?)

How the hell did we ever become mates!

 

[Blueronron]

22/30...I can't believe I didn't recognise the first line to Heroes...shame on me!

Your not the only one , nearly gave up when I got it wrong :sad:

21/30 for me

 

[MK Shrimper]

I must have an odd version of Heroes on my Ipod as it starts midway through with....

I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim

and then reverts back.

 

[Seasick Steve]

I must have an odd version of Heroes on my Ipod as it starts midway through with....

I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim

and then reverts back.

This one troubled me so I reverted to the original lyrics sheet supplied with the 1977 album. This gives.....
I
I will be king
And you
You will be queen .......

The lyrics 'we can hide away in daylight' don't appear anywhere!


So those of you who felt bad about getting it wrong can feel a little better about yourselves.

Incidentally, I think the song may have been cut back for the single release, hence the 'dolphins' version.

 

[Ricky Otto]

easy, 25/30 and I wasn't born until the 80's

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

I must have an odd version of Heroes on my Ipod as it starts midway through with....

I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim

and then reverts back.

Thank Gawd! That is the opening lyrics I had in my mind.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Thank Gawd! That is the opening lyrics I had in my mind.

Must be the album version. The single version is almost 3 mins shorter.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Haha, I must have had some far distant half remembered memory that was more of a lucky guess then! :smiles:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

20/30.Didn't get Heroes either.Not bad for a 50's child I suppose.

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

Must be the album version. The single version is almost 3 mins shorter.

No you are right it does start with king etc...last week was the 40th anniversary of it's release and they played it all day on Radio6 and now I think about it 'I could be king' was always the first line, but for some reason the dolphin line sticks in my head. It must be an age thing.

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

Problem solved. The 'We can hide in sunlight' is the first line in a song called Heroes (We can be) by Alesso, but none of the lyrics even remotely resembles the Bowie song and I demand a stewards inquiry on my score, immediately! I knew watching the Inspector Morse boxset would eventually pay divdends.