1. Wouldn't like to get my love caught in the slammin' door.
Ans : Paula Abdul - Straight Up - 1

2. Got a love, a love that kills, I got twenty-four hours to live.
Ans : The Alarm - Sold Me Down The River - 50

3. In the distance I hear a sound, is that you coming around?
Ans : Bangles - Be With You - 30

4. Space junk, laser bombs, ozone holes - better put up my umbrella!
Ans : The B-52's - Channel Z - track from "Cosmic Thing"

5. Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks.
Ans : Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am - 7

6. No moneyman can win my love, it's sweetness that I'm thinking of.
Ans : Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance - 3

7. Every little look inside your eyes is all it takes to make me realize.
Ans : Chicago - We Can Last Forever - 55

8. The spiderman is having me for dinner tonight.
Ans : The Cure - Lullaby - 74

9. What do you care? What do you dare? What does your heart say now?
Ans : Duranduran - All She Wants Is - 22

10. Without any love, there's nothing at all, so I'm on my way home.
Ans : The Escape Club - Walking Through Walls - 81

11. I'd drive my car, but I haven't got a car to drive.
Ans : Fine Young Cannibals - Don't Look Back - 11

12. Yeah, I admit that I'm at fault, but, no, you've done it too.
Ans : Kon Kan - Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin') - 58

13. You can tear a building down, but you can't erase a memory.
Ans : Living Colour - Open Letter (To A Landlord) - 82

14. Your legs are strong, and you're so, so long.
Ans : Love And Rockets - So Alive - 3

15. Romeo and Juliet, they never felt this way I bet.
Ans : Madonna - Cherish - 2

16. Hey, pretty pretty from across the room, got something sticky sweet for you.
Ans : Motley Crue - Slice Of Your Pie - track from "Dr. Feelgood"

17. I could leave you, say goodbye, or I could love you, if I try.
Ans : Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices - 84

18. Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around.
Ans : Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down - 12

19. I know you, I knew you, I think I can remember your name.
Ans : R.E.M. - Pop Song '89 - 86

20. If it's just a lull, why'm I bored right outta my skull?
Ans : The Replacements - I'll Be You - 51

21. Let me know where the hurt is and how to heal.
Ans : 10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me - 44

22. You say you'll give me a highway with no one on it.
Ans : U2 - All I Want Is You - 83

23. I'll send the message in a bottle, trust in the mercy of the sea.
Ans : Van Halen - Feels So Good - 35

24. Take us higher to the things that we know, that's the only place we can go.
Ans : Steve Winwood - Hearts On Fire - 53

25. Never been near a university, never took a paper or a learned degree.
Ans : XTC - Mayor Of Simpleton - 72

Bonus questions:

B1. Two of the above groups got their band names from movies, one from a character in a sci-fi movie, the other the slightly-changed title of a low-budget horror movie. Name both bands and the movies from which they got their names. (2 points)
Ans : Duranduran got their name from a character in the sci-fi movie _Barbarella_ starring Jane Fonda. 10,000 Maniacs took their name from a horror film called _2000 Maniacs_ about a Southern U.S. town that commemorates the U.S. Civil War by killing visiting Yankees. There was actually a third group on this quiz with a movie-based name. Fine Young Cannibals took their name from _All The Fine Young Cannibals_, a drama starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood.

B2. Prior to 1989, two of the bands on this quiz had suffered the death of one of their members. Name both bands, the band members they've lost and the cause of death. (3 points)
Ans : In 1978, Chicago lost guitarist Terry Kath to an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. In 1985, the B-52's lost guitarist Ricky Wilson to AIDS.

B3. Of the solo artists and lead singers of the lyrics above, one had appeared on a Hot 100 single before another had even been born. Name both singers and the single the older one sang on before the second one's birth. Note that the older singer wasn't necessarily solo or with the above band at the time. (5 points)
Ans : On March 5, 1966, Steve Winwood, age 17, appeared on his first Hot 100 single, "Keep On Running" by the Spencer Davis Group. Five days later, March 10, 1966, Edie Brickell was born.