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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: daler

LOL! Oh maaan how do those guys have careers? They had one song that was slightly a hit 100 years ago, and one that is mediocre as hell, and they end up having a career for the next 50 years. People to this DAY actually pay money, buy tickets to see them! SEE WHAT exactly? There’s nothing there!!! It’s two effeminate guys singing absolutely nothing! Look at this.........

http://www.airsupplymusic.com/


161 posted on 03/16/2018 3:50:49 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
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To: Vermont Lt
I kept looking at the links to make sure I wasn’t going to get Rick Rolled.

How can you tell without opening them? Youtube links are always gibberish so far as I can tell.

162 posted on 03/16/2018 3:51:19 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: SoFloFreeper

Yeah i’m thinking Take My Breath Away by Berlin. Makes me hurl if I hear the first 3 notes


163 posted on 03/16/2018 3:51:44 PM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: DiogenesLamp; lee martell

“Werewolves of London” can be annoying if played too much, but I always get a chuckle out of the line that I just made my tagline. LOL.


164 posted on 03/16/2018 3:51:49 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“Jack and Diane, I smashed a radio playing that song once,”

I heard that if you call Johnny Cougar “Johnny Cougar”, he flips out. I hope to test that theory some day.

If you hated his 80s stuff and feel like making your ears bleed, check out some of his early 90s stuff. I honestly think his trash and Bruce Springsteen’s abject toxic waste are Soviet sonic weapons of some sort.


165 posted on 03/16/2018 3:52:12 PM PDT by edh
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To: mellow velo

A Trick of the Tail is the best Genesis album, and I’m a fan of the Gabriel-era (especially ‘The Lamb’). Every song on Trick is fantastic.

The problem was when Tony and Mike started letting Phil write.


166 posted on 03/16/2018 3:53:28 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mlo
Anyone that says good music stopped before the 80s or 90s is just a fuddy duddy.

Oh now, be nice. Septuagenarians rolling in their Trans Ams with the t-tops out playing "Foreigner" at high volume on the 8-track are the very epitome of cool and always will be.

167 posted on 03/16/2018 3:53:55 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: scottinoc

“Girls just want to have fun”- Cyndi Lauper and anything by Madonna couldn’t suck too much.


168 posted on 03/16/2018 3:54:12 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: PigRigger

God, yes. Ugh.


169 posted on 03/16/2018 3:54:22 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Add Peter Cetera “The Glory of Love”

“I am a man who will fight for you honor.”

A) Not a man
B) Won’t actually fight


170 posted on 03/16/2018 3:54:50 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: SoFloFreeper

Karma Chameleon. If not the worst song then definitely the worst music video ever.


171 posted on 03/16/2018 3:54:54 PM PDT by hirn_man
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To: Fido969

Well, I would definitely agree with you if you had mentioned “Fly Like an Eagle,” but the 70s had some truly bad music.


172 posted on 03/16/2018 3:55:24 PM PDT by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I agree, most of these are more “sick of hearing them” than “bad songs”.

One addition I’d make to the list is “Captain of Her Heart” by Double. The whole song was inane and repetitive. It’s like they laid down 15 seconds of music, then put it in the repeater for about 5 minutes. YECH!


173 posted on 03/16/2018 3:55:24 PM PDT by ssaftler (Just another sunny day in the land of the fruits, nuts, flakes and illegals.)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Oh now, be nice. Septuagenarians rolling in their Trans Ams with the t-tops out playing "Foreigner" at high volume on the 8-track are the very epitome of cool and always will be.


174 posted on 03/16/2018 3:55:26 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mlo

“Anyone that says good music stopped before the 80s or 90s is just a fuddy duddy.”

Music (as in pop/mainstream/radio music) seemed to completely fall off the radar to me right around 2000. I’ve heard some good songs since then, but it seems like a bulk of the Top 100 (or whatever it is these days) sounds like the same recycled crap of the past 15 years. There are certainly exceptions, but they seem to be fewer and further in between.

Maybe I’m just getting older :-).


175 posted on 03/16/2018 3:55:58 PM PDT by edh
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To: edh
This punk band in California twisted his name and made into a band name LOL! Wonder what he thinks of that?


176 posted on 03/16/2018 3:56:03 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
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To: mlo

fuddyduddy

good Freeper handle if anyone’s looking


177 posted on 03/16/2018 3:56:08 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01
Add Peter Cetera “The Glory of Love” “I am a man who will fight for you honor.” A) Not a man B) Won’t actually fight

Why did it have to be Terry Kath instead of Peter Cetera?

178 posted on 03/16/2018 3:56:23 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Flag_This

“Come on Eileen” wins not just because song is terrible but the video is horrible - dirty looking people wearing overalls with no shirts. The women have bird’s nests under their arms. I just lost my appetite thinking of it.


179 posted on 03/16/2018 3:56:53 PM PDT by Rollee
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I LOLed for about 10 seconds! Excellent!


180 posted on 03/16/2018 3:57:04 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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