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Subject: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Kajagoogootimes on 04/01/07 at 2:10 pm
Okay, not sure if this has been discussed, but I'm starting it anyway.
"It's time we row this ship into the shore, and throw away the ore's forever."
"I Can't Fight This Feeling" REO SPEEDWAGON
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: JamieMcBain on 04/02/07 at 9:39 am
Not sure about worse, what about cheesiest?
"My finger's on the trigger, you're the one I desire."
Loverboy by Billy Ocean
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 04/02/07 at 8:54 pm
"Sometimes when I love you/
I L-O-V-E love you/
I'd do anything to getcha on your knees!
ON YOUR KNEES!"
--A Flock of Seagulls, 1986
The other two wanted "Love on Your Knees" left off the album, but Mike Score got his way.
:P
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Blair on 04/03/07 at 12:42 am
"Shut your mouth. Shut your mouth. Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth."
This from the song World Shut Your Mouth.
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: 80smuzikhead on 04/03/07 at 12:03 pm
"Shut your mouth. Shut your mouth. Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth."
This from the song World Shut Your Mouth.
I love that song! Did Julian cope have any other hits?
I actually have a website called Lyrically Spewful dedicated to bad popular music lyrics. A few 80s songs are featured.
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: karen on 04/04/07 at 3:18 am
I love that song! Did Julian cope have any other hits?
I actually have a website called Lyrically Spewful dedicated to bad popular music lyrics. A few 80s songs are featured.
He also (as part of Teardrop Explodes) has a song called Reward which starts with the wonderful Bless my cotton socks I'm in the news
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: whistledog on 04/04/07 at 3:23 am
The grandaddy of them all ...
Love and Pride - King: "Take your hairdryer blow them all away".
I love the song, but that lyric is just so bad
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: holicman on 04/04/07 at 10:00 am
Only time will tell if we stand the test of time - Why cant this be love by Van Halen.
Easily the worst ever lyric for a band so great in stature.
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: JamieMcBain on 04/04/07 at 8:47 pm
'First kiss was a sweet kiss.
'Second kiss had a twist.
Your third kiss and your fourth kiss,
I aint gonna miss.
"The Right Stuff"
The New Kids on The Block
or how about....
Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance.
Just get on the floor and do the new kids dance.
::)
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Criz on 04/05/07 at 2:09 pm
(This one makes me smile every time!)
'Here in our paper houses, stretching for miles and miles
Old men in stripy trousers rule the world with plastic smiles'
Nik Kershaw - I wont let the sun go down on me
...that's not to say I don't like this song, I love it. BUT...It's so damn cheesy!!
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: zcrito on 04/05/07 at 5:17 pm
The one that always comes to mind with '80s songs is
I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
Careless Whisper -- Wham! ('84 or '85 ?)
I've heard worse since but I'll always remember how bad that sounded when that song was originally out.
Subject: h
Written By: tetratron on 04/06/07 at 4:30 am
:-X
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: whistledog on 04/06/07 at 1:33 pm
I despise Queens Radio Goo Goo.
Baby Talk has no place in top 40.
All I hear is Radio Goo Goo. Radio Ga ga. need I say more.
Freddie Mercury must have snorted some Strawberry Pixie Stix by mistake when he wrote that one.
LOL @ Baby Talk
It's a catchy song, but the lyrics are quite bad yes
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Paul on 04/06/07 at 5:47 pm
Possibly the most deep, meaningful and insightful words of that mad decade...
Step forward, Culture Club...
'War is stupid and people are stupid...'
Right on, guys!
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 04/06/07 at 6:31 pm
The grandaddy of them all ...
Love and Pride - King: "Take your hairdryer blow them all away".
I love the song, but that lyric is just so bad
Ha! I love that song! One of my best of the worst, especially for that line.
BTW, "touching and testing" always sounded to me like "touch an intestine."
:P
Sing
Blue silver!
Sing sing
Blue silver!
--Duran Duran
"Sing sing," always made me think of Sing-Sing, you know, the Big House, Castle on the Hudson!
No no no no no no no!
I don't want you to go!
No no no no no no no!
I don't want to lose your love!
Don't throw our love away...
--Blancmange
"Lose Your Love"
I have a feeling the band was trying to be banal, so I don't know if it counts.
Of course, there's always:
aha
aha
aha
What you will and what you won't
What you do and what you don't
What you can and what you can't
This is what you need to know:
Loved you though it didn't show
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, da da da
da da da
da da da
da da da
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
(whispered)
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht.
I know why you ran away, aha
Understand you couldn't stay, aha
Wonder where you are today, aha
After all was said and done
It was right for you to run!
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, aha
Ich lieb' dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht, da da da
da da da
da da da
da da da
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
Da da da I don't love you you don't love me
da da da (repeat to fade
--Trio
(worth posting all the lyrics for full effect)
"What happened to Tony?
He dug a whole in the ground when no one was looking
It took him years to be found
Now he's making a living
Selling parachutes door-to-door
And you might have or need one
But then, there's always a war..."
--Men Without Hats
(Folk of the '80s Part III)
MWH, dumb lyrics? Like shooting fish in a barrel!
"So you're on the front lines
Sipping wine
Sipping German wine
from crystal steel
The Last Supper's been served too soon
So I'm gonna need another meal,
Can you deal?"
--Real Life
("Babies")
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Foo Bar on 04/06/07 at 7:13 pm
Ledernacken, Amok, Mogadishu Boogie, and Do the Boogaloo, among others. There was a 1987 LP out called "Boogaloo and other natty dances".
A little random googlage found this blog entry, complete with a link to an MP3 of Amok.
http://pogoagogo.blogspot.com/2007/01/acting-silly.html
Experience the glorious idiocy that was Ledernacken. Shake your boo-tay, shake!
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Class of 84 on 04/13/07 at 10:00 pm
A few songs come to mind, such as (and forgive me if they are not verbatum);
"I didn't mean to miss your birthday baby, wish i'd seen you blow those candles out" or something like that - Bon Jovi
"I love to play the lottery, my favorite number is one, two, three..." - I wanna be rich
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Blair on 04/14/07 at 12:03 am
"Shootin' at the walls of heartache...Bang!Bang!"--The Warrior
"I'll be found when I am lost in your eyes"--Lost In Your Eyes
These lyrics kill me everytime.
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: JamieMcBain on 04/15/07 at 6:11 pm
This has to be the best worst lyrics, ever!
When will I
will I be famous?
You're suitably at one with your body
and the sun
yes
you are!
You've read Karl Marx and you've taught yourself to dance
You're the best by far!
But you keep asking the question
oh
you're not supposed to mention.
When will I
will I be famous?
I can't answer
I can't answer that.
When will I see my picture in the paper?
I can't answer
I can't answer that.
When will I
will I be famous? You keep asking me
babe.
You're a slave to fashion and your life is full of passion
It's the way you are!
You've suffered for your art with the iogging in the park
You know you should go far!
But you keep asking the question
oh
you're not supposed to mention.
When will I
will I be famous? . . .
Oh
I can't tell you when you'll see your name up in lights.
When will I
will I be famous? You keep asking me
babe.
I can't wait!
You won't suffer in silence
You're a talent
you know that I've noticed
You'd like to be a legend
a big star over night!
I can't answer your question
- I can't wait -
it's driving me insane
And you're impossible in patience
tearing at my brain!
When will I
will I be famous?
I can't answer
I can't answer that.
When will I
will I be famous?
I can't answer
I can't answer that.
When will I
will I be famous?
I can't answer
I can't answer that.
;D
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: 80smuzikhead on 04/16/07 at 2:21 pm
I despise Queens Radio Goo Goo.
Baby Talk has no place in top 40.
All I hear is Radio Goo Goo. Radio Ga ga. need I say more.
Freddie Mercury must have snorted some Strawberry Pixie Stix by mistake when he wrote that one.
LOL @ Baby Talk
It's a catchy song, but the lyrics are quite bad yes
Funny y'all should say that. The song was actually written by Roger Taylor. I don't know what he was snorting at the time, but it was inspired by his 3 year old son Felix. The radio came on and Felix exclaims, "Radio poo poo!" ;D
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: zcrito on 04/16/07 at 6:19 pm
"Shootin' at the walls of heartache...Bang!Bang!"--The Warrior
"I'll be found when I am lost in your eyes"--Lost In Your Eyes
These lyrics kill me everytime.
"Shootin' at the walls of heartache...Bang!Bang!"--The Warrior
Yes, that's an '80s lyrics "classic".
;D
Subject: Re: Worst 80's Song Lyrics
Written By: Step-chan on 04/16/07 at 7:32 pm
Dan Baird- I love you period
I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses