mythix

I'm trying to avoid working this afternoon.........

Which top ten song from the 80's mentions a Subaru?

Artist and title? Extra point for who wrote it originally!

Bubba po

Blondie, Rapture. Can't get the extra points though.

GaryCat

Pink Cadillac. Performed by Natalie Cole and Bruce Springsteen. No idea who wrote it.

n one

iTrader: (5)

Dah, you beat me.

mythix

Well done. You win a choice of all the old rubbish I keep in my boot

Springsteen wrote it, I think....

WR1

Didn't Blondie write Rapture themselves? Great song BTW.

Taken from the net somewhere...

Toe to toe
Dancing very slow
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotised
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in Rapture

Back to back
Sacrailiac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack

Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture

Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high
DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
Francois sez fas, Flashe' no do
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and you drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night, eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subarus
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then, when there's no more cars
You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe
Don't move to slow, 'cause the man from Mars
Is through with cars, he's eatin' bars
Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour, through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
I said don't stop, do punk rock

Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's on
And now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up!

mythix

Also correct, but I don't think it made top ten?

WR1

Okay, and another one then. Bringing back childhood memories now...


You may think I'm foolish
For the foolish things I do
You may wonder how come I love you
When you get on my nerves like you do
Well baby you know you bug me
There ain't no secret 'bout that
Well come on over here and hug me
Baby I'll spill the facts
Well honey it ain't your money
'Cause baby I got plenty of that
I love you for your pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what you do there in back
Of your pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac

Well now way back in the Bible
Temptations always come along
There's always somebody tempting
Somebody into doing something they know is wrong
Well they tempt you, man, with silver
And they tempt you, sir, with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures
That the flesh does surely hold
They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
But man I ain't going for that
I know it was her pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money
On a Saturday night
Honey I just wonder what it feels like in the back
Of your pink Cadillac
Now some folks say it's too big
And uses too much gas
Some folks say it's too old
And that it goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a Honda
It's bigger than a Subaru
Hey man there's only one thing
And one car that will do
Anyway we don't have to drive it
Honey we can park it out in back
And have a party in your pink Cadillac

mythix

24 January 1981 Rapture - Chart Position No.5, 8 weeks on chart*

shows what I know...ok, 2 answers then!!!

any more?!

WR1

Those who bought this single back in 1981 put on your shades...

Okay, showing my age now

GaryCat

It didn't make the top ten but I like the lyrics from Kottonmouth Kings - 3 Horny Devils

"Well this is for the bitchez and the bitch boyz too
I'm Saint Dog from that Kottonmouth Krew
Ya sister go inside to drink a 40 oz brew
Gettin' laid in the back of a Subaru
A Subaru, I thought you knew
I did her doggy style like Scooby Doo"

mythix

Now THAT, is class.

WR1

Wasn't that late nineties as well rather than eighties

WR1

BTW I didn't add the lyrics to the 3 horny devils or the thread would probably get deleted...

Or moved into the Suspension section to discuss the merits of the lyrics

gregjd

Bruce definitely wrote Pink Cadillac. It's on the Tracks boxset and I do have it as a B-side on vinyl somewhere. The Natalie Cole version of Pink Cadillac was pants but Rapture was cool... playing it through ITunes now

Sloaner

Not quite the answer to the question but a very cool song - Scooby Snax - Fun Lovin Criminals

cactus jim

did subaru exist in 81 then? what models were availabel for an extra bonus!!