What about Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon"? I love the song, but I can understand why Boy George finds it embarrasing. :) Oh and that dreadfully little thing by the Rock Steady Crew, what's it called?

Sometimes when men reach middle-age they feel embarassed about things they did when they were young,
lke wearing frilly gowns and singing "Karma Chameleon."
:D

RockSteadyCrew?


There was Motley Crue
2-Live-Crew
Cutting Crew
Jonzun Crew
Club Nouveau
Jeez...I don't know!

Debbie Gibson "Electric Youth"  :D

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Magazine - Don Quichotte (i Love  it)  :D
Laid Back - Don't Ride The White Horse (1983)
Peter Brown - (Love is just) The Game (1984)
Miko Mission - How Old are You
man 2 man - Male Stripper

How about 'We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off' by Jermaine Stewart? :D Or maybe 'Der Kommisar' by After The Fire.

I don't know if I'd call some of these songs (Der Kommissar, Safety Dance, and Lick It Up) "cheesey," if so you would have to add - Space Age Whiz Kids - Joe Walsh and She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby.  I usually think of sappy songs as being cheesey, something like "Walk Like An Egyptian."

Rockin' around the Christmas tree - Mel and Kim (Mel Smith and Kim Wilde)
Love missile - F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
We're not gonna take it - Twisted Sister
Stutter rap - Morris Minor and the Majors
John Wayne is big-leggy - Hayzi Fantayzi
The lion sleeps tonight - Tight Fit
Morning train (nine to five) -Sheena Easton
Physical - Olivia Newton John

What about Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon"? I love the song, but I can understand why Boy George finds it embarrasing. :) Oh and that dreadfully little thing by the Rock Steady Crew, what's it called?


It was called 'Hey you (the Rocksteady Crew)'  ;D

I love that song and yes it's cheesy.

Don't forget "The Superbowl Shuffle", performed by the Chicago Bears! ;D

Don't forget "The Superbowl Shuffle", performed by the Chicago Bears! ;D


OMGAWD! Ultra cheesy!!!  ;D

Who Were You Thinkin' Of - Dandy and the Doolittle Band

What Can You Get A Wookie For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb) - The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir and Chorale
- This was a disco medley based on Star Wars from 1980.  It's a really fun song

OMGAWD! Ultra cheesy!!!  ;D


That reminds me, anyone remember the Raiders anthem that same year 'We Wear The Silver, We Wear The Black'....  :D

What Can You Get A Wookie For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb) - The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir and Chorale
- This was a disco medley based on Star Wars from 1980.  It's a really fun song


I've never heard of this song.  Was it played on the radio?  I wonder if it is available for download -- it sounds like a fun song (along the lines of Dr. Demento's "Star Trekkin").

I've never heard of this song.  Was it played on the radio?  I wonder if it is available for download -- it sounds like a fun song (along the lines of Dr. Demento's "Star Trekkin").


Just to clarify. A group called 'The Firm' did Star Trekkin' (also had a very minor hit called 'Arthur Daley ('Es Alright)'. I am presuming Dr Demento had it on one with his compilations.

I've never heard of this song.  Was it played on the radio?  I wonder if it is available for download -- it sounds like a fun song


What Can You Get A Wookie For Christmas is a very difficult song to find.  I have it on mp3 if you'd like a copy :)

There was another cheesy one from 1985 called Woodpeckers From Space by the Video Kids.  It is very catchy.  You can listen to a sound clip of it here  :)


Another one I forgot about was John Wayne is Big Leggy by Haysi Fantayzee from 1982.  It is quite catchy.  Here is a sound clip of it  :)

I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned these songs:

"Stan Ridgeway - Camouflage" (1986)

"Sir Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll" (1986)

"Mel Brooks - To Be Or Not To Be" (1983)

"Reneé & Renato - Save Your Love" (1982)

I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned these songs:

"Stan Ridgeway - Camouflage" (1986)

"Sir Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll" (1986)

"Mel Brooks - To Be Or Not To Be" (1983)

"Reneé & Renato - Save Your Love" (1982)


I completely forgot about the Mel Brooks one.  That was indeed very cheesy

I've never heard of this song.  Was it played on the radio?  I wonder if it is available for download -- it sounds like a fun song (along the lines of Dr. Demento's "Star Trekkin").


I remember this song. It was done by a guy named Meco. I have one of his LPs from that era, but I forget which one.

Info here: http://www.comicgenius.com/DiscoFever/disco_profiles/meco/meco_profile.htm

I remember this song. It was done by a guy named Meco. I have one of his LPs from that era, but I forget which one.

Info here: http://www.comicgenius.com/DiscoFever/disco_profiles/meco/meco_profile.htm


That was a different one.  Meco had three hits based on star wars themes:

1977 - Star Wars (Cantina Band Medley)
1980 - The Empire Strikes Back
1983 - Ewok Celebration

:)

There was another cheesy one from 1985 called Woodpeckers From Space by the Video Kids.  It is very catchy.  You can listen to a sound clip of it here  :)


Another one I forgot about was John Wayne is Big Leggy by Haysi Fantayzee from 1982.  It is quite catchy.  Here is a sound clip of it  :)


I remember and love both of those. I have 'Woodpeckers from Space' on CD,

I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned these songs:

"Stan Ridgeway - Camouflage" (1986)

"Sir Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll" (1986)


Two great songs. The video to 'living doll' is priceless.  8) ;D

Living on video - Trans-X
The birdie song - Tweets
Hokey cokey - Snowmen
Time warp - Damien

I remember and love both of those. I have 'Woodpeckers from Space' on CD,


I have Woodpeckers from Space on a fantastic German Compilation CD called Best of Dance '85

http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/drd000/d002/d002405p6bk.jpg

Lots of other classics like Feel so Real by Steve Arrington, More Than I Can Bear by Matt Bianco and the excellent Give Me Your Love by Fun Fun  :)

Living on video - Trans-X
The birdie song - Tweets
Hokey cokey - Snowmen
Time warp - Damien


Is Hokey Cokey the Snowmen any good?  I really like Black Lace's version of it

I have Woodpeckers from Space on a fantastic German Compilation CD called Best of Dance '85

http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/drd000/d002/d002405p6bk.jpg

Lots of other classics like Feel so Real by Steve Arrington, More Than I Can Bear by Matt Bianco and the excellent Give Me Your Love by Fun Fun  :)


I absolutely love 'Baila Bolero' by Fun Fun. Absolutely brilliant.  8)

I absolutely love 'Baila Bolero' by Fun Fun. Absolutely brilliant.  8)


Fun Fun sure were a great group.  I really like their song Colour My Love as well as Baila Bolero  8)

Fun Fun sure were a great group.  I really like their song Colour My Love as well as Baila Bolero  8)


Colour my love is okay. Oh! You can't get more cheesy than Happy Station, lol. Yes I loved that song too.  ;D

Colour my love is okay. Oh! You can't get more cheesy than Happy Station, lol. Yes I loved that song too.  ;D


And there was also the 1987 hit Call Me by Spagna.  She was one of the girls of Fun Fun :)

And there was also the 1987 hit Call Me by Spagna.  She was one of the girls of Fun Fun :)

Didn't Spagna make a song titled "I Wanna Be Your Wife" of something to that effect?

Didn't Spagna make a song titled "I Wanna Be Your Wife" of something to that effect?


Yep.  That was a popular club hit for her in 1988 :)

Mickey - Toni Basil
Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield
Johnny Are You Queer - The Waitresses
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
88 Lines About 44 Women - They Might Be Giants
The Freaks Come Out At Night - Whoudini
Sign Your Name - Terence Trent D'arby
I Saw You & Him Walking In The Rain - Orange Juice Jones

Turning Japanese - The Vapors


You're joking!  I wouldn't class that as cheesy at all...that's classic punk / New Wave in my book.  ;)

I'll raise you guys...

Modern Talking - Brother Louie
Don Johnson - Heartbeat
Billy Ocean - Get Out Of My Dreams
La Compagnie Creole - C'est Bon Pour Le Moral
Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound
Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love)
Sinitta - So Macho
Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine
Robin Gibb - Juliet
Falco - Macho Macho
Mozzart - Money
B.A Robertson - Knocked It Off
Stefan Dennis - Don't It Make You Feel Good

Yep.  That was a popular club hit for her in 1988 :)

You wouldn't happen to have "I Wanna Be Your Wife" on mp3, I'd love to get a copy.

And there was also the 1987 hit Call Me by Spagna.  She was one of the girls of Fun Fun :)


I love that song, lol. I didn't know she was part of Fun Fun though. Thanks for the info.  8)

You're joking!  I wouldn't class that as cheesy at all...that's classic punk / New Wave in my book.  ;)

I'll raise you guys...

Modern Talking - Brother Louie
Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound
Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love)
Sinitta - So Macho
Stefan Dennis - Don't It Make You Feel Good


Absolutely agree (esp. Sabrina and So macho - both videos are incredibly cheesy  ;D).

Wired for Sound is bizarre, lol (and probably the only time you will ever see Sir Cliff on rollerskates  ;D).

Wired for Sound is bizarre, lol (and probably the only time you will ever see Sir Cliff on rollerskates  ;D).


We can but hope....  :o

I remember a song by 2 females that went " We like the cars, the cars that go boom. We're Tigre and Bunny, and we like the boom."  Singing about car radios ??  Pretty cheesy  :D :D

I remember a song by 2 females that went " We like the cars, the cars that go boom. We're Tigre and Bunny, and we like the boom."  Singing about car radios ??  Pretty cheesy  :D :D


"Cars With the Boom" by L'Trimm


You wouldn't happen to have "I Wanna Be Your Wife" on mp3, I'd love to get a copy.


Unfortunately I don't  :(

How about the John Wayne rap song " Da Ha...Da HA....Da Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha" Don't remember name though

Sorry if any of these are repeats...

Falco: Rock Me Amadeus
Matthew Wilder: Break My Stride
Matthew Wilder: The Kid's American
Nolan Thomas: Yo Little Brother*
Tracy Ullman: They Don't Know (written by Kirsty MacColl)
Aztec Camera: Jump (acoustic version of the Van Halen mega-hit)
Silicon Teens: Memphis Tennessee (Daniel Miller's Casio version of the Chuck Berry song)
Wall of Voodoo: The Far Side of Crazy**
Propaganda: The Nine Lives of Dr. Mabuse ("Zell him your zoul, zell him your zoul!  Never look beck! Never Look beck!")
Time Lords: Doctorin' The Tardis (rockin' version of the Dr. Who theme, Time Lords aka KLF)
Doctor & The Medics: Spirit in the Sky (written by Norman Greenbaum)
Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom: Paranoimia
Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones: Kiss (written by Prince)
Baltimora: Tarzan Boy (One of the worst records ever made!)
Charlene: I've Never Been To Me (THE worst record ever made!)
Barry Manilow: Some Kind of Friend
Iam Siam: She Went Pop (Austrian band)
Opus: Live is Life (another Austrian band)
Extreem: Mama Don't Want to Go to School Today (Same group who did "More Than Words," retch retch retch!)
Peter Schilling: Major Tom (Coming Home)
Howard Jones: Life in One Day (HoJo was always a guilty pleasure of mine!)
Morris Day & The Time: Jungle Love ("Jesse...now Jerome....eeyessss!")
Rockin' Sidney: My Toot Toot (a huge disfavor to Cajun music!)
A Flock of Seagulls: Who's That Girl (1986--talk about not quitting while you're ahead!)
Sly Fox: Let's Go All the Way
Timex Social Club: Rumours
Sheila E: The Glamorous Life (great drummer, cheesy song)
Survivor: The Eye of the Tiger (Butt rock theme to "Rocky III" starring Mr.T)
Saga: On the Loose (Butt rock theme to...butt rock)
Y&T: Summertime Girls (Butt rock with bikini video)
The Scorpions: Rock You Like a Hurricane (Butt rock West Germany)
Paul Lekakis: Boom Boom Boom Let's Go Back To My Room
Scritti Politti: Boom! (There She Was)
ABC: When Smokey Sings
Vangelis: Chariots of Fire (theme from that movie about runners training for the 1924 Olympics)

* I don't know if anybody elese remembers, but Nolan Thomas was a kid rapper (like a 12-year-old Vanilla Ice).  His video featured kid versions of Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol, and others)

** Thanks to whomever posted Stan Ridgeway's "Camouflage."  A lot of people thought Wall Of Voodoo was finished when Stan Ridgeway left.  Not quite.  "The Far Side of Crazy" featured a great Ennio Marconi-esque guitar riff, and lyrics which began:
I'm Pilot and Jesus
And I wept when Lennon died
Yet I envied his assailant
When I visited the shrine
I cried for all those Beatle Fans
So old so quick they grow
I follow the example to destroy
What I love most....

Yo Little Brother by Nolan Thomas is quite crappy.  It actually made it to #57 on the U.S. charts, which would make for a good story line on Unsolved Mysteries  ;D

Sorry if any of these are repeats...

Falco: Rock Me Amadeus
Matthew Wilder: Break My Stride
Matthew Wilder: The Kid's American
Nolan Thomas: Yo Little Brother*
Tracy Ullman: They Don't Know (written by Kirsty MacColl)
Aztec Camera: Jump (acoustic version of the Van Halen mega-hit)
Silicon Teens: Memphis Tennessee (Daniel Miller's Casio version of the Chuck Berry song)
Wall of Voodoo: The Far Side of Crazy**
Propaganda: The Nine Lives of Dr. Mabuse ("Zell him your zoul, zell him your zoul!  Never look beck! Never Look beck!")
Time Lords: Doctorin' The Tardis (rockin' version of the Dr. Who theme, Time Lords aka KLF)
Doctor & The Medics: Spirit in the Sky (written by Norman Greenbaum)
Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom: Paranoimia
Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones: Kiss (written by Prince)
Baltimora: Tarzan Boy (One of the worst records ever made!)
Charlene: I've Never Been To Me (THE worst record ever made!)
Barry Manilow: Some Kind of Friend
Iam Siam: She Went Pop (Austrian band)
Opus: Live is Life (another Austrian band)
Extreem: Mama Don't Want to Go to School Today (Same group who did "More Than Words," retch retch retch!)
Peter Schilling: Major Tom (Coming Home)
Howard Jones: Life in One Day (HoJo was always a guilty pleasure of mine!)
Morris Day & The Time: Jungle Love ("Jesse...now Jerome....eeyessss!")
Rockin' Sidney: My Toot Toot (a huge disfavor to Cajun music!)
A Flock of Seagulls: Who's That Girl (1986--talk about not quitting while you're ahead!)
Sly Fox: Let's Go All the Way
Timex Social Club: Rumours
Sheila E: The Glamorous Life (great drummer, cheesy song)
Survivor: The Eye of the Tiger (Butt rock theme to "Rocky III" starring Mr.T)
Saga: On the Loose (Butt rock theme to...butt rock)
Y&T: Summertime Girls (Butt rock with bikini video)
The Scorpions: Rock You Like a Hurricane (Butt rock West Germany)
Paul Lekakis: Boom Boom Boom Let's Go Back To My Room
Scritti Politti: Boom! (There She Was)
ABC: When Smokey Sings
Vangelis: Chariots of Fire (theme from that movie about runners training for the 1924 Olympics)



Totally and utterly disagree with:

Matthew Wilder: Break My Stride
Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom: Paranoimia
Howard Jones: Life in One Day
ABC: When Smokey Sings
Sly Fox: Let's Go All the Way

I think if you took those out of your list, I certainly wouldn't disagree with the rest.  ;D

The tracks I listed above, in my opinion were very good tunes - especially Matthew Wilder.  I personally don't detect much of a cheesy odour emanating from any of those...... ;)

Totally and utterly disagree with:

Matthew Wilder: Break My Stride
Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom: Paranoimia
Howard Jones: Life in One Day
ABC: When Smokey Sings
Sly Fox: Let's Go All the Way

I think if you took those out of your list, I certainly wouldn't disagree with the rest.  ;D

The tracks I listed above, in my opinion were very good tunes - especially Matthew Wilder.  I personally don't detect much of a cheesy odour emanating from any of those...... ;)

Ah, Chasey, you misunderstand me.  "Cheesy" does not necessarily equal "bad" in my book.  There's good cheesy and bad cheesy.  For example, Howard Jones, Wall of Voodoo, and  Art Of Noise are "good cheesy," and Baltimora, Falco, and Saga are "bad cheesy."  There are many more songs on that list I like even though I call them "cheesy."  I like lots of cheesy music.  I loved Sly Fox, "Let's Go All The Way."  The first ABC album, "Lexicon of Love" is superb from start to finish, and so are many songs from their two subsequent albums.  By the time they did "Smokey Sings" they had "jumped the shark."  And Matthew Wilder...can you say "Arnold Horshack"?  'Nuff said!
::)

Yo Little Brother by Nolan Thomas is quite crappy.  It actually made it to #57 on the U.S. charts, which would make for a good story line on Unsolved Mysteries  ;D

;D
There was always a parade of the horribles lurking in the lower half of the Hot 100!
I found the Nolan Thomas 12" at a flea market some years ago.  I bought it just to hear it again, yep it was quite crappy, indeed.  I passed on Baltimora's followup to "Tarzan Boy," "The Woody Boogie." 
:P

;D
There was always a parade of the horribles lurking in the lower half of the Hot 100!


There was around 4,126 songs that peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 in the 80's.  I know what every single one sounds like and that parade would span atleast 16 cities  ;D

There was around 4,126 songs that peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 in the 80's.  I know what every single one sounds like and that parade would span atleast 16 cities  ;D

Wow! Sounds like we'd have lots to talk about!
;)

Ah, Chasey, you misunderstand me.  "Cheesy" does not necessarily equal "bad" in my book.  There's good cheesy and bad cheesy.  For example, Howard Jones, Wall of Voodoo, and  Art Of Noise are "good cheesy," and Baltimora, Falco, and Saga are "bad cheesy."  There are many more songs on that list I like even though I call them "cheesy."  I like lots of cheesy music.  I loved Sly Fox, "Let's Go All The Way."  The first ABC album, "Lexicon of Love" is superb from start to finish, and so are many songs from their two subsequent albums.  By the time they did "Smokey Sings" they had "jumped the shark."  And Matthew Wilder...can you say "Arnold Horshack"?  'Nuff said!
::)


Thanks Maxwell, I know where you're coming from.  I still don't think those songs highlighted were cheesy though.  :D

Ah, Chasey, you misunderstand me.  "Cheesy" does not necessarily equal "bad" in my book.  There's good cheesy and bad cheesy.  For example, Howard Jones, Wall of Voodoo, and  Art Of Noise are "good cheesy," and Baltimora, Falco, and Saga are "bad cheesy."  There are many more songs on that list I like even though I call them "cheesy."  I like lots of cheesy music.  I loved Sly Fox, "Let's Go All The Way."  The first ABC album, "Lexicon of Love" is superb from start to finish, and so are many songs from their two subsequent albums.  By the time they did "Smokey Sings" they had "jumped the shark."  And Matthew Wilder...can you say "Arnold Horshack"?  'Nuff said!
::)


I guess I like the wrong sort of cheesy, lol.

ABC frontman, Martin Fry was combating Hodgkins Disease by the time 'When Smokey Sings' came out in 1987 - I love that song.  8)

I love 'Tarzan Boy' by Baltimora but I also like 'Let's go all the way' by Sly Fox so I am not totally unredeemable.  ;) ;D

Make a Circuit with me- The Polecats
If you leave me, can I come too?- Mental as anything (actually LOVED this tune)