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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: DCBryan1

Stay out da Bushes!


461 posted on 03/16/2018 8:30:23 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Heh....another odd one for us odd ones:

Blinded me with science


462 posted on 03/16/2018 8:34:18 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: DCBryan1

Or one for when an ex was caught her catting around....

Oran Juice Jones- The Rain

*I saw you (and him)
walking in the rain
You were holding hands
and I’ll never be the same.

Tossing and turning another sleepless night
The rain crashes against my window pane
Jumped into my car didn’t drive too far
That moment I knew I would never be the same.

Chorus

Chorus

Now here you are begging to me
To give our love another try
Girl I love you and I always will
But darling right now I’ve got to say goodbye ‘Cause

Chorus

Chorus

(I saw you)
Hey hey baby how ya doin’ come on in here
(Walking in the rain)
Got some hot chocolate on the stove waiting for you
Listen first things first let me hang up the coat
(You were holding hands and I’ll)
Yeah how was your day today
Did you miss me
(Never be the same)
You did? Yeah? I missed you too
I missed you so much I followed you today
(I saw you)
That’s right now close your mouth
‘Cause you cold busted
(Walking in the rain)
Now just sit down here, sit down here
I’m so upset with you I don’t know what to do
(You were holding hands and I’ll)
You know my first impulse was to run up on you
And do a Rambo
(Never be the same)
I was about to jam you and flat blast both of you
But I didn’t wanna mess up
this thirt-seven hundred dollar lynx coat
So instead I chilled — That’s right chilled
I called up the bank and took out every dime.
Than I cancelled all your credit cards...
I stuck you up for every piece of jewelery
I ever bought you!
Don’t go lookin’ in that closet
‘cause everything you came here with
is packed up and waiting for you in the guest room.
What were you thinking?
You don’t mess with the Juice!
I gave you silk suits, blue diamonds and gucci handbags.
I gave you things you couldn’t even pronounce!
But now I can’t give you nothing but advice.
Cause you’re still young, yeah, you’re young.
And you’re gonna find somebody like me one of these days
Until then, you know what you gotta do?
You gotta get on outta here
with that alley-cat-coat-wearing,
punch-bucket-shoe-wearing crumbcake I saw you with.
Cause youdismissed!
That’s right, Silly rabbit,
tricks are made for kids, don’t you know that.
You without me is like corn flakes without the milk!
This is my world.
You’re just a squirrel trying to get a nut!
Now get on outta here.
Scat! Don’t touch that coat...


463 posted on 03/16/2018 8:38:13 PM PDT by CharlesMartelsGhost
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One of the best songs of the 80s:

Photograph-Def Leopard


464 posted on 03/16/2018 8:38:43 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: BenLurkin

They kept saying it couldn’t get any worse -— an it kept getting worse.....


465 posted on 03/16/2018 8:39:47 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: DCBryan1
Blinded me with science

IMHO one of the weaker songs on one of the best albums of the 80s, "The Golden Age of Wireless".

466 posted on 03/16/2018 8:39:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: CharlesMartelsGhost

Good lord,and I thought that Mairzy Doats was as bad as it could get.

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467 posted on 03/16/2018 8:41:40 PM PDT by Mears
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To: dfwgator
IMHO one of the weaker songs on one of the best albums of the 80s

True...just like the Thomson Twins, Simple Minds, and definitely Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons (another hot hawt hotty in her day)

468 posted on 03/16/2018 8:42:04 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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Joe Jackson put out some good songs but this one was his most popular in the 80s.
469 posted on 03/16/2018 8:44:08 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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...and Talk Talk was on top of their game in the early 80s. Great UK sound that most of their good songs never made it state side.


470 posted on 03/16/2018 8:45:48 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: Mears
Good lord,and I thought that Mairzy Doats was as bad as it could get.

I have once worse:

Neneh Cherry-Buffalo Stance


471 posted on 03/16/2018 8:50:21 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: DCBryan1

I remember the song “It’s My Life” by Talk Talk, then they kind of vanished.


472 posted on 03/16/2018 8:52:55 PM PDT by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: DCBryan1

That was one, almost as bad “Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’” by Journey.


473 posted on 03/16/2018 8:54:31 PM PDT by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: wise_caucasian

That song title was the answer to the 80s question,

What’s grosser than grease on Olivia Newton John?


474 posted on 03/16/2018 9:03:19 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
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To: Intolerant in NJ

I like the mumble rap. But Ben, Jr. considers it inferior to the more sophisticated spoken word artists.


475 posted on 03/16/2018 9:09:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: DCBryan1

I figured I’d listen to this before heading off to bed-——BIG MISTAKE. :-)

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476 posted on 03/16/2018 9:26:03 PM PDT by Mears
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To: freedumb2003

I like this one of his much better;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3htKBVO59A

Rupert Holmes also wrote the song “Timothy”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=OqDu5LBT8_Y

Not many songs about cannibalism.


477 posted on 03/16/2018 9:26:46 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s a good many of the words they speak that gives me heartburn......


478 posted on 03/16/2018 9:27:00 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: JoeProBono

I love Paul McCartney but I cringe every time I hear this song. It’s awful


479 posted on 03/16/2018 9:29:10 PM PDT by murron
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To: SoFloFreeper

Not a fan of Van Halen’s music, especially anything by David Lee Roth.


480 posted on 03/16/2018 9:33:19 PM PDT by murron
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