[TheBigB]

Good grief. You simply can't rank songs as "best" or "worst." Everything about them is subjective. I loved We Built This City, and I enjoyed most of the music of the 80s, my formative years. My CD collection has everything from the Rolling Stones to Creedence Clearwater Revival to Britney Spears to Poison to Neil Diamond to Barry Manilow to Clay Aiken to etc. etc. If you like it, listen to it.

[presidio9]

I loved We Built This City, and I enjoyed most of the music of the 80s, my formative years.

You might want to lower your voice when you say that.

[AmishDude]

You simply can't rank songs as "best" or "worst."

Yes you can. MacArthur Park is the worst song. Ever. Since caveman days.

[Moleman]

I also grew up (well aged) in he 80's. I liked the eye candy of the times such as Debbi Gibson and Tifany, not really the music though.
Big haired heavy metal video sluts ruled :-)

[the OlLine Rebel]

I'm w/you.

I visit a nostalgia forum, where most talk revolves around music. No matter where you go on line, it seems the people are all fringe types who think they are so cool not liking what was obviously popular at the time (and often, later, too). They knee-jerk "hate" everything that is most popular.

Hey, I myself am a rather "different" person - alot of hobbies *no1* identifies w/ (I need the net to find comrades, almost invariably). But just cuz I don't fit in w/the peers didn't mean I didn't like pop music as it was. I don't feel the need to conform to anything - either the pop culture --- or those who just want to be contrary to it for contrariness' sake. I'm convinced there are too many people who are "counter-culture" just for the latter.

And why is it every generation says some popular thing or trend "killed R&R"? Or imply, for that matter, that we can only listen to R&R? What is it w/these uptite people who have such a narrow view?

[4mycountry]

Is it bad that I've never even heard of these songs before? :]

[Johnny Gage]

I enjoyed most of the music of the 80s, my formative years....... If you like it, listen to it.

Preaching to the choir for me..

Long live the 80's

: )