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September 15

she's totally not a spy

What's this story? The protagonist is a young woman whose father was a spy, or the like, and taught her the tricks of the trade: how to shake a tail, find a bug, pick a lock. Though these skills are irrelevant to her chosen career, she is forced to apply them when she finds herself entangled in the plot, perhaps by helping someone in danger.

That's all I remember; can't even say whether it was a book, a movie, a webcomic ... a dream ... —Tamfang (talk) 00:58, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Could be Hanna (film) Wymspen (talk) 14:38, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks but no, that's still deep in my Netflix queue. —Tamfang (talk) 08:20, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

There is a list of Father/Daughter movies here - http://www.allmovie.com/characteristic/theme/fathers-and-daughters-d1616 - have a browse to try and spot the one you want. Wymspen (talk) 11:57, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

I think this one's father is dead. —Tamfang (talk) 03:28, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Song from the 1980's

Resolved

Greetings my friends. I have been around here for eight years and not as active as I used to be, Regardless, I need help identifying a song someone shared with me last year. I gazed the video on youtube just enough that the basic feel got stuck in my head. Here we go. Certainly an 80's band, but not a huge hit song, at least not in the USA. Female lead singer, male band. It is a band, not a solo artist. I want to think they are Scottish, Irish or British. She has blonde hair, caucasian the video is set at night, a campfire. A bit of a US western theme. Mid tempo song, guitars are not loud. Not punk or hard rock, The drum beat is similar to Aerosmith "Walk This Way" but the song is absolutely nothing like that. A nice flowing love admiration type song, she twirls around Stevie Nicks style. The song is upbeat, a groove but not Motown. I consider my self a guru of music knowledge, so this is driving me insane that I cannot place it. Any help is deeply appreciated. ( it is not the Sundays, etc,) 1980's mid to late. Thanks and cheers 10draftsdeep (talk) 01:25, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

The Cranberries ? Irish band formed in 1989, female Caucasian singer, male band-mates. Modest success in the US. She alternates her hair between dark and blond.

Here's a video of one of their songs, Animal Instinct: [1], where she does have blond hair. That doesn't sound much like the video you described, but at least you can decide if that might be the right band. StuRat (talk) 03:29, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

I thought of Texas, but I don't think Sharleen was ever blonde. DuncanHill (talk) 01:03, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

The Darling Buds had a blonde female singer who liked to twirl around a lot. I don't know their videos well enough to comment on the rest but they're a possibility. The Primitives and Transvision Vamp were both blonde female-fronted too. Now and then T'Pau (band) looked a bit Western-y and, although their singer is redhead, she could look blonde in the right light.Keresaspa (talk) 02:46, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Lone Justice was fronted by a blonde woman in the 1980s (her hair is darker now). The Cardigans came a bit later (early 1990s), but Nina Persson was definitely blonde before she dyed her hair. --Xuxl (talk) 21:39, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

That's It! Lone Justice Thanks for the help! It has been so long since I was around I can't recall how to place the nice "Resolved" tag, so someone please feel free. Thanks to you all. 10draftsdeep (talk) 23:16, 20 September 2016 (UTC)