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Readers' Poll: The 10 Worst Songs of the 1980s
rolling stone ^ | 10/6/2011 | Andy Greene

Posted on 03/16/2018 2:50:37 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

A few weeks ago we asked our readers to vote for their least favorite songs from the 1990s, so it was the obvious next move to dial it back 10 years and see what you guys hated in the 1980s. The results are sure to infuriate a lot of people. For the record, I personally disagree with most of these selections. In fact, I love a lot of these songs...

10. Rick Astley - 'Never Gonna Give You Up'...

9. Taco - 'Puttin' On The Ritz'...

8. Toni Basil - 'Mickey'...

7. Bobby McFerrin - 'Don't Worry Be Happy'...

6. Falco - 'Rock Me Amadeus'...

5. Men Without Hats - 'The Safety Dance'...

4. Wham! - 'Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)'....

3. Chris de Burgh - 'Lady In Red'....

2. Europe - 'The Final Countdown'...

1. Starship - 'We Built This City'...

(Excerpt) Read more at rollingstone.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: 1980s; 80s; bevisandbutthead; chat; freeperlore; mtv; musicvideos; oldtimers; radio; the80s; veteran; veterans; videos
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To: SoFloFreeper

Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant.

HORRID!


281 posted on 03/16/2018 5:25:02 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: dfwgator
Hoffs

You mean HAWT!?

At 60, she looks incredible. I'd hit it!


282 posted on 03/16/2018 5:25:03 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
My favorite lyrics of all time:

Gliddy glub gloopy, nibby nabby noopy la, la, la, lo, lo

Sabba sibby sabba, nooby abba nabba, le, le, lo, lo

Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba naba

Early morning singing song

Can't beat that for musical inspiration!

283 posted on 03/16/2018 5:29:08 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: thescourged1

Hehehe...I used to have a friend who was one of those guys who would deliberately mangle words and descriptions...and everyone seemed to pick up on it and ape him...

He called REO Speedwagon “REO Meat Wagon”...

He was always twisting up lyrics, Journey’s “Open Arms” became “...come to you with broken arms...”

He was a funny guy...he looked so much like Ric Ocasek of The Cars, and his name was “MIck” that people called him “Mick Ocasek”...

Those were fun times.


284 posted on 03/16/2018 5:29:22 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: OldMissileer
Goodbye to you pretty bad:


285 posted on 03/16/2018 5:29:28 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: edh
Bruce Springsteen’s abject toxic waste

Oh, relief to hear someone else feels that way. I loved his first two somewhat introspective albums, "Asbury Park" and "E Street Shuffle." I went to see him several times in a high school auditorium and in tiny clubs at the Jersey shore hardly bigger than my living room, when he had David Sancious on the grand piano. But from the inception of "Born to Run" and the slamming beat and the six speakers each the size of sports cars stacked up beside the stage, I was done.

And of course, he subsequently started spewing his leftwing drool all over the place.

Still later, he revealed he suffers from depression. Duh! One listen to "Nebraska" made that clear.

286 posted on 03/16/2018 5:32:26 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
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To: scottinoc

>> They stopped making good music after 1979. <<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That’s right. Stones last great album, “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll” was 1974.

Zeppelin crashed after 1976 (literally, Plant in wreck).


287 posted on 03/16/2018 5:32:53 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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To: dfwgator

ping to post 279


288 posted on 03/16/2018 5:33:52 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
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To: SoFloFreeper
....anything by Adam Ant...


289 posted on 03/16/2018 5:34:32 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Anything by Flock Of Seagulls.


290 posted on 03/16/2018 5:35:46 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: hirn_man
Karma Chameleon. If not the worst song then definitely the worst music video ever.

I hadn't read your post before I posted almost the same thing word for word.

291 posted on 03/16/2018 5:36:06 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
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To: Calvin Locke
but “Brand New Key”?

Junior High, 7th Grade typing class. The darned teacher put that stupid song on a record player and repeated it for the entire hour of class, the ENTIRE half year! She said it had the right rhythm to type by.

By the end of that half year and that class I not only completely detested that horrid song but I also detested typing.

292 posted on 03/16/2018 5:36:40 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Hoffs

Bananrama girls are still hot too methinks:


293 posted on 03/16/2018 5:36:51 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Love that one!


294 posted on 03/16/2018 5:37:27 PM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Bow wow wow-I want candy should have made the list


295 posted on 03/16/2018 5:39:36 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: PigRigger
Do you really want to hurt me... Culture Club


296 posted on 03/16/2018 5:41:06 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: Bonemaker

Good point.


297 posted on 03/16/2018 5:42:54 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: mindburglar
Turning Japanese was a metaphor for the face you make when having sex.

Don't know when I've laughed so loud!!

My cat makes that face when I scratch her back where the tail joins the backbone.

298 posted on 03/16/2018 5:43:11 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
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To: Flag_This
“Eileen” - Dexy’s Midnight Runners

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

I'd crash FR if I posted as many zeros as I'd like, agreeing with you. Damn I hate that song, and that bouncy little f@g front man.

299 posted on 03/16/2018 5:44:08 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: Alberta's Child

They are awesome in concert.


300 posted on 03/16/2018 5:44:12 PM PDT by Trillian
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