♪ (upbeat theme music) ♪
- (FBE) Today we're gonna test you and see how well
you know some songs from the 1980s.
- Oh God. I suck at these so bad.
- I'm not that confident.
I'll recognize the song, but I won't know it.
- I don't really, like, listen to that old '80s stuff.
I'm not a big '80s music guy.
- All right. I have a really big music repertoire,
I'd like to say, so I think I'll do pretty good with this.
- I'm wearing a Metallica shirt right now.
So I kind of feel like I could be really good at this.
- I know the song. Like, I'll know it.
But I won't know the name or the artist.
I'm always up for a challenge, so I'm ready.
- Until I started listening to Green Day in middle school,
I was '80s rock kid my whole life.
Rock, I'm definitely gonna get it.
Pop, ehh, I don't know.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Oh, when that love comes down ♪
♪ Without devotion ♪
- This is-- this is a theme song for a show.
- ♪ ...showing you the door ♪
♪ 'Cause I gotta have faith ♪ - Okay, I know this one.
- ♪ I gotta have faith ♪ - It sounds like Queen.
- ♪ ...faith, faith ♪
- I've heard this song.
- ♪ ...faith, faith, faith ♪ - (giggles)
It's completely '80s.
- (FBE) So do you know it?
- No clue.
- No.
- Not at all.
- The song's name is "Faith," but I don't know who sings it.
- It's "Faith" by George Michael.
- (FBE) So this is "Faith" by George Michael.
- I don't know who that is.
- Oh my god. See, I never would've guessed that.
- I have heard of him. I don't know anything about him.
- I don't know a lot of George Michael songs,
but I know that that's one of the more popular ones.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing ♪
♪ (bouncy dance-pop) ♪
- (chuckles)
- ♪ Oh, you nasty boys ♪ - I've heard this before.
- ♪ Nasty, nasty boys ♪
♪ Don't ever change ♪ - It's so crazy.
I heard this at a party, like, three weeks ago.
- ♪ ...nasty boys ♪
♪ Nasty, nasty boys ♪
♪ Gimme a nasty groove ♪
- Oh my god. I know this. - ♪ Oh, you nasty boys ♪
- It's like an "it" song. Like, you hear it, and it's like,
"That's it, right there. It's a good one."
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- No.
- I don't know the song.
- I've never heard this song before.
- "Nasty Boys" by Madonna?
- "Nasty Boys" by Janet Jackson?
- Janet Jackson, "Nasty Boys"?
- It's "Nasty" by Janet Jackson?
- (FBE) So this is "Nasty" by Janet Jackson.
- Oh no, now I know.
- Janet Jackson. Really?
- I recognize her name,
but I wouldn't know that she sang that song.
- Janet Jackson, I've never heard this before.
But it's very '80s.
- Oh my god! Yes! I was close enough! Woo!!
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Start me up ♪
- I love this song! This is a classic.
- ♪ Never stop ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Never stop, never stops ♪
♪ You make a grown man cry ♪
♪ (imitates bass riff) ♪
- ♪ You make a grown man cry ♪
- It has like a Rolling Stone vibe.
- ♪ You make a grown man cry ♪
- Of course. Everyone knows this song.
- ♪ ...oil, the gasoline ♪
♪ I walk smooth ♪
♪ Ride in a mean, mean machine ♪
♪ Start it up ♪
- This is the kind of '80s music I like.
I like a little bit more of the rock from the '80s
rather than the pop from the '80s.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- No, I don't know it.
- I don't know the title, but I think it's Rolling Stones.
- "Start Me Up," but I have no clue who the artist would be.
- "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones.
- "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones, and that is a classic.
- (FBE) This is "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones.
- Oh shit. Okay.
Yay, I've kinda redeemed myself.
- By the Rolling Stones? Oh man.
- Only the most famous band on Earth.
- Oh my god! The Rolling Stones?
I could've guessed the Rolling Stones?
- I've actually never heard anything from the Rolling Stones.
Sorry, everybody.
- Easily one of the best bands that ever existed.
They have so many albums, so many singles.
It's insane. Their career is still going strong.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Come up off your color chart ♪
- Oh my god. I know this song.
- ♪ Call me (Call me) on the line ♪
♪ Call me ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Call me any, anytime ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Call me ♪ This is such a good song.
- ♪ You can call me any day or night ♪
♪ Call me ♪
- ♪ (imitates instrumental) ♪
Oh yeah. That song's a hit.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - I think it's "Call Me."
But I don't know the artist.
- "Call Me," but I don't know who it's by.
- "Call Me" by Pat Benatar?
- "Call Me" by Blondie.
- That is "Call Me" by Blondie.
- "Call Me" by Blondie.
- (FBE) This is "Call Me" by Blondie.
- Blondie. Dear gosh.
- Blondie. Okay.
- My mom and my sister listen to this all the time.
I feel so bad for not knowing.
- (growls) I knew I was gonna get one of 'em.
- My dad's band covers that song.
I've heard that song my whole life.
I love Blondie.
- (FBE) So Blondie is a band founded by singer Debbie Harry
and guitarist Chris Stein.
This was their biggest hit in the U.S.A.
and the best-selling single of 1980.
With this single, Debbie also became the first female
in British chart history to pen three number-one hits.
- Aw man, I'm living under a rock.
- It was a really big moment for women right there.
- Wow, so much history behind this music.
- I love that song, and I love finding out things like that,
because then it makes me love it so much more.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Trying hard to make it right ♪
♪ Not long ago, befo' I win... ♪
- It sounds like a boy band.
- ♪ Everybody's ♪
- (mumbling along) ♪ Talkin' all this stuff about me ♪
♪ (humming along) ♪ - ♪ Why don't they just let me live? ♪
♪ (Tell my why) ♪ - I've heard this!
But I have no idea who plays it!
- ♪ (Oh!) ♪
♪ That's my prerogative ♪
♪ It's my prerogative ♪
- It's good. It's got a nice beat.
It's like a classic boy band kinda sound to it.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- No.
It sounds very '80s.
- I feel like it's a boy band, but the only boy bands
I can think of are ones from, I think, the '90s.
- I'm gonna go on a whim and say NSYNC,
but I could be SO wrong.
- "Prerogative" by Bobby Brown?
- (FBE) This is "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown.
- I've never heard of that.
- I've heard "My Prerogative."
Never even heard of Bobby Brown.
- No way!
I knew it was him.
But for some reason, I was like, "I'm thinking of New Edition."
Points to me.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ All that I wanted was you ♪
♪ You made all... ♪
- I don't feel like I know this one either.
- (singing along) ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- Damn it. I've heard this too.
Ugh! - ♪ The right stuff ♪
- This reminds me of, like, Sixteen Candles, the movie at prom.
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ The right stuff ♪
- All of these pop songs sound so '80s.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- I don't.
- No, I don't know it.
- No, I've never heard this song before.
- "You Got It" by New Kids on the Block?
- (FBE) This is "You Got It," also called "The Right Stuff,"
by New Kids on the Block. - See, I know New Kids on the Block.
- I did not know New Kids on the Block were that old.
- I've heard of New Kids on the Block.
-I've heard of New Kids on the Block.
I don't think I've really ever listened to any of their music.
- It's one of those songs. You hear it, and it hits you.
You just gotta move to it.
They're great.
- There are just some signature things, like that little twinkle
and the little bit of synthesizer
or whatever you got going on in the background
that are just telltale sign it's a song from the '80s.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪
♪ (chill dance melody) ♪
♪ Let's dance ♪ - Yeah, this is a classic.
- ♪ ...they're playin' on the radio ♪
♪ (funky interlude) ♪
♪ Let's sway ♪ - This is funky.
- ♪ While color lights up your face ♪
- Okay, I know the song.
- ♪ Let's sway ♪ - ♪ (vocalizes along) ♪
- ♪ Sway through the crowd to an empty space ♪
- Okay, I like this song, and I know the title.
But I won't know the artist, and my dad's gonna kill me,
'cause this is his favorite song.
- (FBE) Last one. Do you know it? - No.
- I have no idea.
- I have no idea. He just sounds like Franz Ferdinand to me.
- "Let's Dance."
But I don't know who it's by.
- "Let's Dance" by blank.
- "Let's Dance"? But I don't know the artist.
- "Let's Dance" by David Bowie.
That beat just makes you want to move your hips and dance.
- (FBE) This is "Let's Dance" by David Bowie.
- (taken aback) Wow.
For some reason, I did not recognize his voice.
- I never really listened to David Bowie.
- David Bowie! Oh man. How did I miss that?
- David Bowie. Oh my god. I'm so sorry, Dad.
- Oh, come on! Oh my god.
I can just imagine that song playing at, like, 1985 prom.
- (FBE) So David Bowie had different characters or personas
throughout his career.
Here he is as Ziggy Stardust and then the Thin White Duke.
- Hearts.
Such a good-looking man.
- This is like the most
recognizable photo of Bowie, like, ever.
- I know him from Labyrinth.
That's a very different image.
Like, he does not look like this in Labyrinth.
He looks a lot scarier.
- He wasn't afraid to step out of the norms and stuff
and to try something different.
And David Bowie was just one of those artists
that was just true to himself.
- This photo is, like, so iconic.
This is his, like, classy persona.
[Bleep] yeah, Bowie.
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