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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

A couple more losers...

The final countdown - Asia

Eye of the Tiger - Suvivor
Su Su Sudio - Phil Collins
Kiss me deadly - Lita Ford


81 posted on 03/16/2018 3:21:04 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Flag_This
“Eileen” - Dexy’s Midnight Runners

Loved that song. Tried singing it at Karaoke once. Much harder than it sounds.

82 posted on 03/16/2018 3:21:27 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: EEGator

*SIGH*

Yep. We were all young and beautiful Once Upon a Time! :)


83 posted on 03/16/2018 3:22:02 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I would like to nominate “Walk This Way” by Run DMC and that big mouth guy that dresses like a loose woman.

Truly awful, and signaled the beginning of the end of everything good.


84 posted on 03/16/2018 3:22:17 PM PDT by chris37 (Laws donÂ’t prevent criminals from committing crimes. Guns prevent criminals from committing crimes.)
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To: dfwgator

“Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes. The worst song ever made.

Copy that!


85 posted on 03/16/2018 3:22:31 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: mindburglar
Mr. Roboto could be the greatest song of the 80s. So multi-cultural.

Judging 80s pop songs by 'multi-cultural' content is a slippery slope.

86 posted on 03/16/2018 3:23:25 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: SoFloFreeper

Do you really want to hurt me... Culture Club


87 posted on 03/16/2018 3:23:33 PM PDT by PigRigger (Satire is near impossible now. Liberals donÂ’t understand it and for conservatives it is reality.)
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To: Pray All Day
I think "Walk Like An Egyptian" at least deserves honorable mention here...

How dare you besmirch the great Susannah Hoffs!



Susannah Hoffs can sing anything she wants!
88 posted on 03/16/2018 3:23:50 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PigRigger
Do you really want to hurt me...

Yes we do!

89 posted on 03/16/2018 3:24:15 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SoFloFreeper

I LOVE these songs! Well, at least most of them, and the others I like pretty well. Don’t hate any of them.

What a bunch of baloney. Undoubtedly a poll of the fringe element who think they are so prominent thanks to the internet connections they make. The kind who like “album-oriented rock”; I.e., the music no one listens to.


90 posted on 03/16/2018 3:24:37 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: PigRigger

When you’re someone people can’t help but want to hurt (preferably without touching), you shouldn’t call your song “Do you really want to hurt me?”


91 posted on 03/16/2018 3:24:42 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Eddie01

Susudio! Forgot about that one!
Turned Brit Christian Bale into an American Psycho.


92 posted on 03/16/2018 3:25:04 PM PDT by mindburglar (I have an above average brain stem)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Tears For Fears - “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”

I’ll totally ‘date’ myself but we did an AWESOME Jazzercise routine to that song!

I like TFT’s ‘Sewing the Seeds of Love’ I like the orchestration.

(Jazz·er·cise: a type of fitness training combining aerobic exercise and dancing to jazz music.)


93 posted on 03/16/2018 3:26:42 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: DCBryan1

GREAT song, weird video.

Which is why I was glad we didn’t have cable then so I couldn’t have MTV ruin my view of songs. My husband showed me that the first time in 2005 or so.


94 posted on 03/16/2018 3:26:49 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: dfwgator

Oh, you’re listening with your eyes!


95 posted on 03/16/2018 3:26:49 PM PDT by Songcraft ("Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
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To: freedumb2003

Sorry, that song was released in Sept 1979.


96 posted on 03/16/2018 3:27:08 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
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To: CatOwner

Guilty feet have got no rhythm


97 posted on 03/16/2018 3:27:18 PM PDT by donna (Chelsea Manning is Obama's legacy.)
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To: PigRigger

Oh BTW, I read Boy George is actually working on the back of a trash truck now. It’s on the internet, so it must be true!


98 posted on 03/16/2018 3:27:18 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: KC_Lion

>>More like the 10 BEST Songs of the ‘80’s!<<

The 80s had Boston, Dire Straights, Stray Cats, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Styx, the B-52s and so many more and you think that list of drek was the best?

Or was that sarcasm and I missed it?


99 posted on 03/16/2018 3:27:20 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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To: SoFloFreeper
4. Wham! - 'Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)'

I nominate that for gayest song and video of all time. That abomination made Liberace look like Chuck Norris by comparison.


100 posted on 03/16/2018 3:28:06 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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