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03-22-2014 , 03:01 PM

#101

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03-29-2014 , 01:58 PM

#102

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Some religious material:

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04-08-2014 , 09:13 PM

#103

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LOL. the 80's. what a decade. i was there.

i am grunching, but the following attrocities should be represented:

huey lewis - the heart of rock and roll

dexy's midnight runners - come on eileen... thought i might have seen it scrolling through..

the undisputed champ. the "mike tyson" of horrible songs:

anyway, "we built this city on rock and roll" if i didn't do that link properly.

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04-08-2014 , 09:24 PM

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wow, page 1 of the thread has been good..... i like steve winwood and pat benatar... nice canadian semi-obscure shout-out to red ryder.... i like "i ran" by the flock of seagalls... who knew survivor was known for more than one song?

was just thinking of frank stallone's rocky song ("i am down but i am far from over")

still haven't seen a song i love yet though... on to page 2 and 3.

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04-08-2014 , 09:30 PM

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wow, some good stuff on page 2... another red rider shout-out........

is eddie murphy's "party all the time" 80's or 90's? i know google is my friend.

surprised haven't seen any lionel richie.....

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04-08-2014 , 09:33 PM

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it's funny that this thread make me look up if U2's Beautiful Day is somewhat based on A-Ha's "Life in a Northern Town"... apparently it is but no money or anything changed hands. guess socialist/liberal rock stars held to a different standard

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04-08-2014 , 09:35 PM

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i came up with #1 without having seen the list... 1, 3, 8-10 are horrible.. i somewhat like the rest.

http://perezhilton.com/2011-10-11-ro...s#.U0SjkPldVB0

1. Starship - We Built This City
2. Europe - The Final Countdown
3. Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red
4. Wham! — Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)
5. Men Without Hats — The Safety Dance
6. Falco — Rock Me Amadeus
7. Bobby McFerrin — Don’t Worry Be Happy
8. Toni Basil — Mickey
9. Taco — Puttin' On the Ritz
10. Rick Astley — Never Gonna Give You Up

Read more: http://perezhilton.com/2011-10-11-ro...#ixzz2yLgVvU9h

LOL..... here's a list i like.... http://www.jeffpearlman.com/the-10-w...jeff-pearlman/

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04-08-2014 , 09:48 PM

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http://www.therockczar.com/1980-s-li...ngs-of-the-80s

mr roboto by styx.... i'm speechless. such a terrible song ............. but i like it

.... EDIT: didn't realize the song was already posted. but i seriously LOL'd when i saw it (that's the true measure of bad. that reaction and it's pretty rare.... "we built this city on rock and roll" gets it every time.

nice shout-outs to eddy grant and billy squier

one album/collection of songs which is truly awful but never gets any grief is david bowie "let's dance", "modern love" and "china girl".... such horrible songs

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04-12-2014 , 01:48 PM

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1, 3, 8-10 are horrible..

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04-16-2014 , 01:29 AM

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it's funny that this thread make me look up if U2's Beautiful Day is somewhat based on A-Ha's "Life in a Northern Town"... apparently it is but no money or anything changed hands. guess socialist/liberal rock stars held to a different standard

?!? Not just at the bolded. Following a very general theme doesn't quite count as plagiarism. If it were, we'd have stopped with Chaucer.

Your list is dead-on. Your people have your Heh Delilah.

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04-16-2014 , 01:33 AM

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lol.

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04-16-2014 , 01:41 AM

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http://www.therockczar.com/1980-s-li...ngs-of-the-80s

mr roboto by styx.... i'm speechless. such a terrible song ............. but i like it

one album/collection of songs which is truly awful but never gets any grief is david bowie "let's dance", "modern love" and "china girl".... such horrible songs

Important that we used to "sing" about chess:

Also, we don't express disdain for Bowie except for in hushed tones. His fans will stab you. I will remain silent on Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams. Those fans are pretty much equally as much nuts.

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04-16-2014 , 11:54 AM

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Agree, agree, and agree.

Was a chess player once, true story. Degen ape FTW.

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05-15-2014 , 03:31 AM

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05-16-2014 , 01:16 AM

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You should have tried harder to have been born in the USA.

The girls in the video are pretty hot though.

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05-16-2014 , 03:36 AM

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You should have tried harder to have been born in the USA.

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05-23-2014 , 11:55 AM

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Sometimes stylistic trends can find explanation. Perhaps sometimes they can't or it is beyond anyone to do so or, even if it isn't, others could not understand such an explanation.

My only guess is that the 80's were a botched attempt to pre-game the expected changes of the coming millennium. I mean you see a lot of what peoples' idea of space age looking clothes and synthesizer laden music. It seems like maybe in the 60's people wanted to be there and then. In the 80's people wanted to be into next year, to be ahead of the curve. Spiritualism and personal philosophy took a back seat to the consumer culture.

So what did the 80's people think was in the future? computers and robots and space or something? Not too many people predicted the size and scope of the communications revolution. The 80's seems very muddled compared to other decades or mini eras.

Dunno. Star Wars, Star Trek, Moon landings, Voyager effect?

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05-23-2014 , 06:56 PM

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05-27-2014 , 12:04 AM

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Wealthy celebrities mocking some pleb's appraisal of their lifestyle as 'not working'. Singing their mockery before thronging crowds of similar plebs, eagerly singing along. That is the '80s.

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05-27-2014 , 12:14 AM

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Wealthy celebrities mocking some pleb's appraisal of their lifestyle as 'not working'. Singing their mockery before thronging crowds of similar plebs, eagerly singing along. That is the '80s.

Yep. It was nearly perfect.