Terribly embarrassing but awesome 80s songs

So is this geared towards music that everyone thinks is embarrassing and that you enjoy?


Or is this geared towards music that you enjoy, but are embarrassed to listen to in front of others?
 
jason10mm said:
Cindi Lauper is the answer to both of your questions :p
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Hey come on now show some respect.


Cindi was the modern female liberal before it was cool.

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This thread is making me realize I'm too emotionally invested in 80's pop music to distinguish between an embarrassing song I happen to like, and just a good song. I don't even know if the ones I just posted qualify as terrible to me, lol.
 
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MastAndo said:
This thread is making me realize I'm too emotionally invested in 80's pop music to distinguish between a terrible song I happen to like, and just a good song. I don't even know if the ones I just posted qualify as terrible to me, lol.
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I know, a glory hole of love.
 
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MastAndo said:
This thread is making me realize I'm too emotionally invested in 80's pop music to distinguish between an embarrassing song I happen to like, and just a good song. I don't even know if the ones I just posted qualify as terrible to me, lol.
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I agree. I think the 80's had a wide range of sounds because there were a lot more ways to hit it big. Could be a soundtrack, make it out of college radio, have that perfect video on MTV, hit just the right sound folks wanted at the beach that summer. It felt a lot more organic without clear channel or like 3 music venues pushing only commercial focus tested crap like today.
 
*Emotional nonsense

This thread reminds me of all my friends lost to AIDS and suicide from 20 years plus ago. Cheers.
 
pramod said:
Hmm...don't they both mean the same thing?

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No. One means you enjoy the music despite people finding it embarrassing and the other is you being afraid to listen to that music in front of others. The first person enjoys it regardless. The second enjoys it, but only in private.



So basically I was wondering if this was a guilty pleasure thread or a "fuck you this shit rocks" kind of thread.
 
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Nobody_Important said:
No. One means you enjoy the music despite people finding it embarrassing and the other is you being afraid to listen to that music in front of others. The first person enjoys it regardless. The second enjoys it, but only in private.



So basically I was wondering if this was a guilty pleasure thread or a "fuck you this shit rocks" kind of thread.
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It's this shits rocks with plenty of tears. You never get back your youth.
 
My first of many contributions. Have had many friends tell me this shit is cringe rock or whatever excuse they use, but I don't care. I love The Cult.





EviLore EviLore and staff I may double post here. Sorry in advance. I have loads of this shit piled up in my playlists. Who knew that my music choices would be as cringe as me. 😊
 
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StreetsofBeige said:
Love it. Ultra cheese and Morton Harket must have the highest pitch voice ever in a guy.

The video is better than the song.

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This is the greatest song and video of the 80s.

there is a new documentary on them called a-ha the movie. It was interesting look at the band.

 
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The outfits alone man lol but the music is fun I don't care what you say
 
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Total Eclipse of the Heart is simultaneously the most awesome and most embarrassing 80s song

I karaoke'd to it once. I'm not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed. Fuck it, I'm proud.
 
GeekyDad said:
Sorry, but I'm not embarrassed by still enjoying Huey Lewis and The News. Those hold up.
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Yeah, I don't think Cyndi Lauper and Huey Lewis belong here. Cyndi is too cool and too hip even after all these years, and both of their hits get tons of airplay on radio, so it's apparent people aren't embarrassed to listen to their songs.

Also not sure if metal hair bands are considered embarrassing these days, are they? Or are we that old?

BTW here are some more songs I would be too ashamed to listen to in public:



 
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This isn't terrible or embarrassing in any wayd, it's just the greatest song ever written, in the 80s. Sorry not sorry for ignoring the rules.

 
No one of these songs are embarassing in the slightest, especially when we have fucking lizzo and nicky minaj or that 69 rainbow clown singing in modern times.
 
I love OMD but it's hard not to vomit when you see the lead singer, Andy McCluskey, do the 80s side-swingin', finger-clickin', head snappin' dance

This song is fantastic and the thinking behind it is awesome but godDamn

 
I suppose only French readers will relate, but you can't mention cheesy 80s videos without thinking "les Démons de Minuit"

 
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