Top 5 Shameful Guilty Pleasure Pop Hits of the 80's
I generally don't like pop music, and of all the pop music I've been subjected to, I consider the pop music of the 80's to be some of the worst ever created (only because I stopped listening to and being regularly subjected to such music in the mid 90's - I'm sure there are songs just as bad, if not worse, being produced every year this decade and last).
That being said, there are certain songs that did manage to creep into my consciousness during the 80's and grab hold. Many of these I liked at first listen but never admitted because my friends would have questioned my sanity, my gender, whatever they felt would justify such awful, awful taste. Of course, they were listening to Judas Priest, AC/DC, Triumph, etc. -what the heck did they know?!?
Now, I don't claim to think these songs are good or better than any other pop songs created during the 80's, on the contrary, I think they're just awful, but I like them none the less. When I hear them they take me back in time when having a friend who could drive, getting a girl to notice me for a positive reason, and rolling up a sweet AD&D character were my goals - they are my shameful, guilty pleasure pop hits of the 80's, and if you say you don't have any, I'll bet you're lying.
Corey "toorah loorah toorah loo rye aye" Edwards'
Top 5 Shameful Guilty Pleasure Pop Hits of the 80's"
1. Cars - Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
2. Der Komissar - After The Fire
3. Our House - Madness
4. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
5. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
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I think I need to take a shower.
It's the AD&D comment that probably got to you . . .
The world is waiting for a big guitar version of "Cars." I intend to record it as soon as my basement studio is complete.
here's my top 5:
"Mickey" Toni Basil
"Safety Dance" Men Without Hats
"Mexican Radio" Wall Of Voodoo
"Electric Avenue" Eddie Grant
"Blinded Me With Science" Thomas Dolby
compiled/submitted by Chris "pretty in pink" Gunn.
> The world is waiting for a big guitar version of "Cars."
Of all the ones on my list, this is one song, one very repetitive, simple song, that I still like a whole lot. I can't explain it . . .
> "Electric Avenue" Eddie Grant
> "Blinded Me With Science" Thomas Dolby
Oh, man. I liked those, too.
"Science!"
Re: Mexican Radio
In early 1983 I was a computer science student taking a compiler construction class. Computer time was a scarce resource, allocated in 2-hour increments in a room with about 40 terminals. The last slot was from 10 to midnight, which actually meant that one could stay logged in until 8 AM, making these the most coveted time slots. One night someone left a clock radio turned on. At about 6 AM, "Mexican Radio" crawled out of the little box--tough enough on the early risers, but torture to the unslept. Afraid I'd gone past code burnout and over some edge--this was too weird for the airwaves--I asked if I could turn off the radio. The room exploded with "YES" in unison.
I've said this a million times but my Aunt Cindy sings back up on that album.
I've never owned it.
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