Rolling Stone magazine held an online poll for the readers to vote on the ten worst songs of the '80s. The list as you will see hides many surprises and is subject to commentary by editor Andy Greene.
Counting backwards, in number 10 we find a song that you surely have seen at least once on you-tube as a joke, waiting to see another video. It is of course Never Gonna Give You Up of Rick Astley.
In number nine is a song that personally I like for its theatricality The Putting 'On The Ritz in the cover by Taco. In the next place is deservedly a truly annoying song, Mickey , by Toni Basil. At number seven is the only song a Capella that also belongs to the list of the hundred hottest songs. This is Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin, that seems even the artist himself is bored with it because since then he has not interpret it again.
Next on the list is the only German song that managed to reach the top of U.S. Billboard in 1986. While the performer of Falco has died, the song Rock me Amadeus appears to still rankle the people that participated in the poll. The next spot on the ranks is by the Canadian band Men Without Hats, for their song Safety dance , which according to the editor of Rolling Stone, has been used in many ads since then and still earns money to the composers. For position number four I was really sad. The song Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go) has in my opinion incredible positive energy and reminds me of silly romantic comedies, which were fun.
Position number three belongs to a ballad, which was dedicated by Chris de Burgh to his wife when he saw her in a red toilet and barely recognized her! Since then we've heard thousands of times the song Lady in red. Another surprise-song of the 80s has the number two position. It is Final countdown by Europe, which although a scientific study found to be among the 10 most memorable of all time, still manages to greatly annoy the public.
For the top position, the readers of Rolling stone left the best and thus formed in my mind a big question mark. Why? Why is We build this city as the worst and most irritating song of that era? On the contrary I believe it represents worthily the disco pop with elements of 80 and combined with an incredible cult classic video, where a statue of Abraham Lincoln sings and great dice in Las Vegas chase the band. In the end they escaped the dice, but not by the readers of Rolling Stone. This song is the second time that's being voted against by the public, rather judging the pop shift made by Jefferson Airplane after reunification in 1980 as Starship.
Counting backwards, in number 10 we find a song that you surely have seen at least once on you-tube as a joke, waiting to see another video. It is of course Never Gonna Give You Up of Rick Astley.
In number nine is a song that personally I like for its theatricality The Putting 'On The Ritz in the cover by Taco. In the next place is deservedly a truly annoying song, Mickey , by Toni Basil. At number seven is the only song a Capella that also belongs to the list of the hundred hottest songs. This is Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin, that seems even the artist himself is bored with it because since then he has not interpret it again.
Next on the list is the only German song that managed to reach the top of U.S. Billboard in 1986. While the performer of Falco has died, the song Rock me Amadeus appears to still rankle the people that participated in the poll. The next spot on the ranks is by the Canadian band Men Without Hats, for their song Safety dance , which according to the editor of Rolling Stone, has been used in many ads since then and still earns money to the composers. For position number four I was really sad. The song Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go) has in my opinion incredible positive energy and reminds me of silly romantic comedies, which were fun.
Position number three belongs to a ballad, which was dedicated by Chris de Burgh to his wife when he saw her in a red toilet and barely recognized her! Since then we've heard thousands of times the song Lady in red. Another surprise-song of the 80s has the number two position. It is Final countdown by Europe, which although a scientific study found to be among the 10 most memorable of all time, still manages to greatly annoy the public.
For the top position, the readers of Rolling stone left the best and thus formed in my mind a big question mark. Why? Why is We build this city as the worst and most irritating song of that era? On the contrary I believe it represents worthily the disco pop with elements of 80 and combined with an incredible cult classic video, where a statue of Abraham Lincoln sings and great dice in Las Vegas chase the band. In the end they escaped the dice, but not by the readers of Rolling Stone. This song is the second time that's being voted against by the public, rather judging the pop shift made by Jefferson Airplane after reunification in 1980 as Starship.
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