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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:34 AM
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Poll question: What is the quintessential 1980s Schlock-Pop song?
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 11:39 AM by PeterU
Howard Jones--Things Can Only Get Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJE5cBGgTSU

Rick Astley--Never Gonna Give You Up (a.k.a. The RickRoll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

Spandau Ballet--True
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYb83KM4at4

Human League--Don't You Want Me Baby?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUqoKjU3D4&feature=related

OMD--If You Leave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJfKyHR5-1M
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:36 AM
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1. If You Leave--OMD
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:38 AM
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3. Good choice. I'll add it. nt
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:37 AM
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2. 80s schlock is certainly the worst.....

Hair bands? YUCK!

There was so much crap in the 80s.

The good stuff was really good, but the bad stuff was HORRID.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:46 AM
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4. I was so not connected to music in the eighties I don't recognize any of those artist or their work
Well, I was introduced to the Rick Roll number this year, but I didn't even know the name to the song let along Rick Astley's last name. I had a good laugh when I discovered that dork, Rick, was a real 'artist'. :rofl:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:57 AM
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5. Other.
For me it's gotta be something by the Culture Club. Or Wham. Or Duran Duran.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:24 PM
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6. "Too Shy" by kajagoogoo, "Love Plus One" by Haircut 100, "Mickey" by
Toni Basil

mikey_the_rat
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:26 PM
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7. "Take On Me" Aha
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:29 PM
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8. "Take On Me"
A-Ha

catchy, insipid, with a video that's equally intellectually offensive...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzUD7FKcBk
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:34 PM
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9. There was a lot of suckage back then, so here's another.
Berlin "Sex (I'm a...)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXc8lxXP59c
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:38 PM
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10. Wow, you've got me worried about my memory.
I was still listening to top 40 radio and looking at MTV and VH1 for most of the 80's, and I recognize hardly any of these songs. Just as well, I'm guessing....
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:56 PM
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11. Hard to beat the crap factor of this one.
Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwdAc1Dzfg&feature=related
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:59 PM
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12. So much dreck.
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 12:59 PM by MilesColtrane
More Berlin: "Take My Breath Away" aka Love Theme from Top Gun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQpPe_xvihA

Got to stop....can't...take...much...more...
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 03:57 PM
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13. Well then don't listen to Jessica Simpson's version of that song!
:puke:
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