411mania's "worst 80s songs":
 

I dont know how much stock you wanna put into this? I personally think they're fulla **** 98% of the time. But, they may/may not be here, read on and see for yourself and comment:

411mania.com: Music - The 411 Music Top Five 09.24.08: Absolute Worst Singles Of The 1980s

thats what i think of as bubble-gum pop

too cutesy and formulaic

i agree -- those were some of the worst songs of the '80's

I like at least 30-40% of the songs they mentioned. And the person who listed "She's Blinded Me With Science" as one of the worst deserves a smack upside the head.

I can't stand that song.

Songs I like on the list:

Men Without Hats- "Safety Dance"
Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
B-52s- "Love Shack"


That's it. Everything else I agree with

the Heathen that put Rick Astley on his list should be shot

I dunno...I kind of like Duran Duran. And a-ha. Hell, I even like that Toto song!

Yeah, I'd say on average two songs on each list were not bad at all.

Also, I'm curious why the first author would describe "Don't Worry Be Happy", an a cappella song, as "electronically devoid of life". The same guy describes Georgia Satellites as rockabilly. We are obviously not dealing with very knowledgeable people here.

One by Metallica?
:crazy:

Though that Dan Ayckroyd/Tom Hanks music video is possibly the single greatest thing I've ever seen.

The fact that hardly any of them could name 5 songs that were actually from the 80s tells you everything you need to know.

Heh. Good point. I LOL'd at "YMCA" being on a list of 80s songs.

i agreed with the authors and my criteria for deciding if the song was any good were:
would you buy this album?
would you pay for this song?
would you spend the time to d/l it for free?

my answer to each was not really or no

on the other hand
i wouldnt just get up and walk out if any of them played within my hearing

well again my answer is "Da Da Da"

Yes, I noticed that too.

Best line on the site:

BEST 80's: 1. "Cars" by Gary Numan- great synth tune, and more than a one-hit wonder. The album is very good and Gary Numan himself was a pioneer in the electronic genre.

They really have'nt got a clue. The worst record of the 80's was easily 'Shappad You Face' by Joe Dolci or 'The Birdie Song' by The Tweets or 'Agadoo' by Black Lace or............I could go on for ever.

You mean in the sense that that song isn't really from the 80s? Or in the sense that they don't seem to know very much about Gary Numan?

In the sense that Gary Numan was about as much as a pioneer in electronica as I am in nuclear physics I would imagine.

Or thats how I read it anyway.

They don't know nothing about Electronic music full stop.

Interesting. I do think that he is generally regarded as something of a pioneer though.

He made it more commercially acceptable maybe but he was'nt doing anything particularly original TBH.

I think it's debatable. There certainly was plenty of electronic music being produced before he came along, but his particular take on it seems like it was somewhat unique for the time. Of course that time was the 70s not the 80s so we're still in agreement that the person who wrote that piece didn't know what they were talking about.

I don't think it was that unique.

The Human League & Japan were ripping off Low just as much as he was at the same time.

The only difference was he wrote a hit single before they did.

Agreed. Even bands such as Punishment Of Luxury were using similar templates and adding guitars before Numan decided to strip it down a little and replace the guitar riffs with keyboard riffs.

*shug*. I'm no big Gary Numan booster, I'm just saying I don't think someone is wildly off base for thinking of him as an early electronic pop pioneer. Considering the level of retardation in these lists I don't think it's that big a deal. I mean the same person who mentioned Gary Numan also claims "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel to be one of the top five songs of the 80s FFS.

Quite possibly one of the worst tracks I have ever heard althouh how dare they put in Duran Duran. Part of my childhood that :D

I don't mind Gary Numan.

I just think he's one of those artists where you can buy a greatest hits album & that pretty much covers anything you want to hear from him.

Yeah, I'd say that's pretty much true.

Who are you talking about?