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Post by behindthebook on Nov 29, 2007 8:18:45 GMT -5
Men at Work's former front man, Colin Hay, is an amazingly talented artist. Check out some of his solo work. I particularly recommend Beautiful World or City by the Sea.
He's the last guy I paid money to see perform live.
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on Nov 29, 2007 9:35:24 GMT -5
Safety Dance, however, is better as the Weird Al version, the Brady Bunch!  To be fair, this is true about most songs that Al parodies.  |
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Post by Trent Lawless on Nov 29, 2007 10:02:34 GMT -5
Men at Work's former front man, Colin Hay, is an amazingly talented artist. Check out some of his solo work. I particularly recommend Beautiful World or City by the Sea. He's the last guy I paid money to see perform live. I had a chance to see him this summer while my family was away and I had nothing to do, and now I'm kicking myself for not going. I've heard that about him from a few people. And yes, the guy's name is Dolby. Thomas Dolby. The Golden Age of Wireless (which "She Blinded Me with Science" is from) is one of my top 5 albums of all time, for sure. Maybe #1 on any given day. |
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Post by JED-SE on Nov 29, 2007 10:03:18 GMT -5
I realize Erasure is regarded as a band for men of certain proclivities. That said, I ain't ashamed to say I like 'em. "Uptown Girl" for me. I'm not a Billy Joel fan in the first place, but that song's particularly noxious to me. A while back (10 years?) I read someplace that Billy Joel refused to ever sing uptown girl again. I dont remember the reason but it might have had something to do with his ex wife being in the video I saw him live about 10 years ago and he performed that song. Actually, he also performed "The Way You Are" Which he said was about his previous ex-wife. (The one before Brinkley, I don't remember her name) |
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Post by daytondave on Nov 29, 2007 14:27:49 GMT -5
Starship rocked back in the day, but We Built This City was AWFUL. In one survey (Billboard?) it took the honors for WORST ROCK SONG OF ALL TIME.
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Post by Trent Lawless on Nov 29, 2007 22:13:21 GMT -5
I think that was the Blender survey, in which case it was just the editors saying what they thought stunk, IIRC.
We Built This City wasn't Stairway to Heaven, but I didn't think it was that bad.
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Post by hogan on Nov 30, 2007 1:29:34 GMT -5
Jesse's Girl by Rick Springfield.
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Post by Trent Lawless on Nov 30, 2007 5:11:28 GMT -5
Jesse's Girl by Rick Springfield. What?!? No way! That song has a killer hook! |
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Post by TDalton on Nov 30, 2007 16:44:27 GMT -5
Take on Me by A-Ha
I just get that stupid keyboard hook playing over and over and over...
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Post by Trent Lawless on Nov 30, 2007 16:55:47 GMT -5
Anybody remember "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q?
"I-I-I-I-I I need-I need you..."
Barf.
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Post by dukedave on Nov 30, 2007 17:21:06 GMT -5
Anybody remember "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q? "I-I-I-I-I I need-I need you..." Barf. "Two hearts that beat as one...." Da-da. |
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Post by Pete Beck on Dec 1, 2007 0:59:16 GMT -5
crap...now i have all of these songs stuck in my head!
actually...i took my daughter roller skating at the rink here in the Springs and they played Come on Eileen. I was waiting for the whole rink to get in a train and start doing the Goldmember skating train! Luckily i don't think any of the kids there had ever heard the song before and all of the adults (all 5 of us) were just laughing that the 16 year old DJ had played the song!
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Post by Trent Lawless on Dec 1, 2007 9:08:50 GMT -5
Here's another one, although a bit more obscure, perhaps. Let's see who knows the artist:
"Shoot that poison arrow through my HEARRRRR-ARRRRT! Shoot that poison arrow!"
In general I actually kinda liked this band, although this song always got turned off when I heard it.
EDIT: And after I posted this, I heard it on XM Channel 44 this afternoon! Argh!
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Post by mikefortune on Dec 4, 2007 16:37:21 GMT -5
What about "Word Up" by Cameo or "God gave rock'n roll to us" now that is a song that gets right in your head like a drill. This poll could have listed about 500 songs. The 80's was like 1 hit wonder nirviana.
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Post by Trent Lawless on Dec 4, 2007 17:33:26 GMT -5
"Living in a Box"
by
Living in a Box
on the album
Living in a Box.
I always loved that one when the credit came up on MTV.
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Post by MikeMcKinney on Dec 4, 2007 17:46:33 GMT -5
Here's another one, although a bit more obscure, perhaps. Let's see who knows the artist: "Shoot that poison arrow through my HEARRRRR-ARRRRT! Shoot that poison arrow!" In general I actually kinda liked this band, although this song always got turned off when I heard it. EDIT: And after I posted this, I heard it on XM Channel 44 this afternoon! Argh! Thats ABC mr. Lawless!! |
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Post by Pete on Dec 4, 2007 18:34:49 GMT -5
I can see the hate for "We Built This City"--namely for the fact that its lyrics try to paint the song and the group as this anti-corporate corps of rebels when the song itself was the worst kind of schlocky, cheesy pop horsecrap from a once-great band.
Anyway, no child of the '80s cannot be reduced to tears by this powerful, expressive, and universal theme:
"Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody Wang Chung tonight"
Eat your heart out, Dylan.
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Post by Werner Mueck on Dec 4, 2007 19:18:30 GMT -5
What I like best about the song is during one of the instrumental bits you can hear somebody faintly sing "can somebody tell me what a Wang Chung is".
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Post by WTIC on Dec 4, 2007 19:39:59 GMT -5
What I like best about the song is during one of the instrumental bits you can hear somebody faintly sing "can somebody tell me what a Wang Chung is".  |
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Post by Trent Lawless on Dec 4, 2007 21:30:50 GMT -5
Here's another one, although a bit more obscure, perhaps. Let's see who knows the artist: "Shoot that poison arrow through my HEARRRRR-ARRRRT! Shoot that poison arrow!" In general I actually kinda liked this band, although this song always got turned off when I heard it. EDIT: And after I posted this, I heard it on XM Channel 44 this afternoon! Argh! Thats ABC mr. Lawless!! That's AOK, Mr. McKinney! Glad someone gave it a shot. |
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