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Found this over on rateyourmusic.com. How many do you know?

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Reckon I can name about 35-40 of them; not sure of a few.

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A1 - Nina Hagen
A2 - Sting
A3 - Tony Hadley, Spandau Ballet
A4 - ??? not Simon LeBon, possibly a Wham-era George Michael (if he isn't F6)
A5 - Deborah Iyall, Romeo Void
A6 - Bob Geldof
A7 - Anna Lwin, Bow Wow Wow
A8 - Cyndi Lauper
A9 - Stan Ridgway, Wall Of Voodoo
A10 - ??? Clare Grogan, Altered Images

B1 - Elvis Costello
B2 - Thomas Dolby
B3 - Tom Bailey, Thompson Twins
B4 - Chrissie Hynde, Pretenders
B5 - Cher
B6 - Trevor Horn (The Buggles + producer of several other acts)
B8 - Martin Fry, ABC
B9 - Jim Kerr, Simple Minds

C1 - Nena (of Lutballoons fame)
C2 - Marc Almond, Soft Cell
C4 - Morten Harket (A-Ha);
C5 - Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council);
C6 - Ric Ocasek (The Cars).
C7 - Peter Garrett, Midnight Oil
C8-10 Fred Schneider and the girls from the B-52s

D2 - Roland Orzabal, Tears For Fears
D3 - Mark Hollis, Talk Talk
D4 - Phil Oakey, The Human League
D5 - Kevin Rowland, Dexy's Midnight Runners (Too-Rye-Ay era)
D6 - Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo
D7-8 - the Pet Shop Boys ??
D9 - Bernard Sumner

E1 - Howard Jones
E2 - Lene Lovich
E5 - Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen ??
E6 - Michael Hutchence
E8 - Kim Wilde ?
E10 - ??? Iggy Pop ???

F1 - the bloke from A Flock Of Seagulls
F2 - Mick Jones (Big Audio Dynamite - duh!)
F3 - Madonna
F5-6 - Andrew Ridgley & George Michael, Wham!
F6 - Holly Johnson, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
F7 - Annie Lennox
F8-9 - Andy McLuskey & Paul Humphreys, OMD

G3-4 Alison Moyet and Vince Clark, aka Yazoo
G6-7 Dave Gahan + Martin Gore, Depeche Mode
G5 - Suggs, Madness
G8 - Limahl
G9 - Boy George
G10 - Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat

H1 - Hazell Dean
H2: Midge Ure, Ultravox
H3 - Siouxsie
H4 - Wacko Jacko
H5 - Ian Curtis, Joy Division
H6 - Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo
H7 - Billy Joel ??? or Joe Jackson ???
H8 - Pete Burns, Dead Or Alive
H9 - Steve Strange, Visage

I3 - Morrissey, The Smiths
I4 - Deborah Harry, Blondie
I5 - Billy Idol
I6 - Nick Cave
I7 - either Billy Field, or Andy Partridge from XTC
I8 - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music
!9 - Kate Bush
I10- Roland Gift, Fine Young Cannibals

J1 - David Byrne, Taking Heads
J2 - David Bowie
J3 - Johnny Lydon, PiL
J5 - Robert Smith, the Cure
J6 - Grace Jones
J7 - Adam Ant
J8 - Gary Numan (Telekon era)
J9 - Klaus Nomi
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There's a few that would qualify for Cyndi Lauper or David Bowie.
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Do you think bottom right is meant to be Madonna?
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I know I wouldn't listen to half the shit they made, that's for sure.

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Lightning McQueen wrote:Do you think bottom right is meant to be Madonna?

I don't think so; the earrings to me don't seem to fit.

I reckon she's in the fifth row down, three from the left (next to Mick Jones). I reckon I can just see a gap in her front teeth.
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Booney wrote:#worstdecadeofmusicbarnone

Plenty of shit was recorded in the 80s, but its light years ahead of what's been passed off as pop music over the last ten years.
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Magellan wrote:
Booney wrote:#worstdecadeofmusicbarnone

Plenty of shit was recorded in the 80s, but its light years ahead of what's been passed off as pop music over the last ten years.


Music pretty much stopped in the 90's, slim pickings beyond the turn of the century.
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Booney wrote:I know I wouldn't listen to half the shit they made, that's for sure.

#worstdecadeofmusicbarnone

Hell no. Nothing wrong with a bit of 80's.
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Bum Crack wrote:
Booney wrote:I know I wouldn't listen to half the shit they made, that's for sure.

#worstdecadeofmusicbarnone

Hell no. Nothing wrong with a bit of 80's.


Bit of Culture Club ringing out at Katarapko on the weekend was there?
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Booney wrote:
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Booney wrote:I know I wouldn't listen to half the shit they made, that's for sure.

#worstdecadeofmusicbarnone

Hell no. Nothing wrong with a bit of 80's.


Bit of Culture Club ringing out at Katarapko on the weekend was there?

Na. I had Bronski Beat and Frankie Goes To Hollywood cranking.
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Bum Crack wrote:Na. I had Bronski Beat and Frankie Goes To Hollywood cranking.

So did you hit that perfect beat and relax?
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Magellan wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:Do you think bottom right is meant to be Madonna?

I don't think so; the earrings to me don't seem to fit.

I reckon she's in the fifth row down, three from the left (next to Mick Jones). I reckon I can just see a gap in her front teeth.


Yep, you're on the money.
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Two ways you can approach this puzzle: (a) try to recognise the faces, or (b) think of an 80's pop star and see if you can find their face.

On the latter, I can't seem to locate Feargal Sharkey?
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Magellan wrote:Two ways you can approach this puzzle: (a) try to recognise the faces, or (b) think of an 80's pop star and see if you can find their face.

On the latter, I can't seem to locate Feargal Sharkey?

The closest to him would be second row from the top, second on the left with the gold skivvy, but that’s a stretch.
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Magellan wrote:Two ways you can approach this puzzle: (a) try to recognise the faces, or (b) think of an 80's pop star and see if you can find their face.

On the latter, I can't seem to locate Feargal Sharkey?

A good Fergal these days is hard to find.
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Spargo wrote:
Magellan wrote:Two ways you can approach this puzzle: (a) try to recognise the faces, or (b) think of an 80's pop star and see if you can find their face.

On the latter, I can't seem to locate Feargal Sharkey?

The closest to him would be second row from the top, second on the left with the gold skivvy, but that’s a stretch.

Yeah, he's probably the best candidate, but it's not 100%.
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Magellan wrote:Two ways you can approach this puzzle: (a) try to recognise the faces, or (b) think of an 80's pop star and see if you can find their face.

On the latter, I can't seem to locate Feargal Sharkey?


Same. I tried to find Sting.
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DOC wrote:
Magellan wrote:Two ways you can approach this puzzle: (a) try to recognise the faces, or (b) think of an 80's pop star and see if you can find their face.

On the latter, I can't seem to locate Feargal Sharkey?


Same. I tried to find Sting.

He was easy to find.
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What did Billy Crystal sing?
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Bum Crack wrote:
DOC wrote:
Magellan wrote:Two ways you can approach this puzzle: (a) try to recognise the faces, or (b) think of an 80's pop star and see if you can find their face.

On the latter, I can't seem to locate Feargal Sharkey?


Same. I tried to find Sting.

He was easy to find.

Bottom row, 2nd from the left?
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