cheesy eighties tunes

wiensta

(sorry, couldnt really find a place for this in the music forums)

Hi,
Im makin a cd for my friend and im lookin for some super cheesy eighties songs. Its kind of a private joke weve had for ages, we sing freestyle eighties songs line for line.

Think meatloaf. Gratuitous guitar solos and deplorable lyrics are a must.

Also, if ya have time, some eerily nostalgic early ninties dance tunes, also cringefully bad lyrics.

so far i have "everybody dance now", "ive got the power", "informer" and some scatman john ones.

Thanks guys.

Belle Ende

Wasn't "Informer" by Snow and the various Scatman John songs from the mid 1990s?

Belle Ende

Well if you're looking for 80s cheese, then how about "AGADOO" by Black Lace.....

wiensta

Wasn't "Informer" by Snow and the various Scatman John songs from the mid 1990s?

yep, i said i was looking for those too.

some eerily nostalgic early ninties dance tunes, also cringefully bad lyrics.

that agadoo is pretty cheesy alright, thanks.

mike65

Joe Dolce - Shaddup ya face
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Renee and Renato - Save Your Love

I really should'nt know thosee songs! :eek:

Mike.

[Iramus]

....i like big butts and i cannot lie
that you other brothers cant deny
when a girl walks in with a itty bitty waist and a round thing
in you're face you get
sprung!

*shudder*

walking on sunshine (its time to feel good:rolleyes:)- rockers revenge
everything she wants -wham
eye of the tiger -survivor

[ir]:ninja:

sceptre

99 Red Balloons (German version if possible)

Anything by A-Ha

Karma Chameleon

Wake me up before you gogo

That's all I can think of offhand but they'd make it on to my cheesy 80s CD.

bug

99 Red Balloons

/aside that was on the banned list of some radio station after sept 11th I never got why??/

Anyways, "nothings gonna stop us now"- stardust I think was the band, seriously cheesy.

WhiteWashMan

1. No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate
2. More That I Can Say - Leo Sayer
3. Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie
4. Stars On 45 (Medley) - Stars On 45
5. Kids In America - Kim Wilde
6. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
7. Rain In May - Max Werner
8. Morning Train (Nine To Five) - Sheena Easton
9. Papa Chico - Tony Esposito
10. We Just - Moses
11. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
12. Hymn - Ultravox
13. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
14. Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys
15. Breakaway - Tracey Ullman
16. Imagination - Belouis Some
17. Centerfold - J. Geils Band
18. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
19. True - Spandau Ballet
20. Tide Is High - Blondie
21. Save Your Love - Renee & Renato
22. Sunshine Reggae - Laid Back
23. I Like Chopin - Gazebo
24. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
25. This Is Not A Love Song - Pil
26. Only You - Flying Pickets
27. Star Trekkin - Firm
28. Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
29. Reflex - Duran Duran
30. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultravox
31. Letter From America - Proclaimers
32. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
33. Dictatar - Centerfold
34. Walking In The Air - Aled Jones
35. Hot In The City - Billy Idol
36. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
37. Such A Shame - Talk Talk
38. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
39. Never Ending Story - Limahl
40. Wild Boys - Duran Duran
41. We Belong - Pat Benatar
42. Walk In The Park - Nick Straker
43. Solid - Ashford & Simpson
44. Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
45. Let's All Chant - Michael Zager Band
46. Nineteen - Paul Hardcastle
47. Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
48. Kayleigh - Marillion
49. Maria Magdalena - Sandra
50. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
51. If I Was - Midge Ure
52. Sexy Eyes - Dr Hook
53. Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate
54. Big Apple - Kajagoogoo
55. Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
56. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
57. In The Heat Of The Night - Sandra
58. When The Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean
59. Human - Human League
60. (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
61. Gold - Spandau Ballet
62. Everything I Own - Boy George
63. Living In A Box - Living In A Box
64. Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol
65. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
66. China In Your Hands - T'pau
67. Love Changes (Everything) - Climie Fisher
68. Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby Mcferrin
69. Round And Round - Jaki Graham
70. Cambodia - Kim Wilde
71. Don't Waste Me Time - Paul Hardcastle
72. I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby
73. Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) Mel & Kim
74. I Need You - Bvsmp
75. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
76. Geil - Bruce & Bongo
77. Holiday Rap - Mc Miker G & Dj Sven
78. Santa Lucia By Night - George Baker Selection
79. If Only I Could - Sydney Youngblood
80. Real Thing - Jellybean
81. Respect - Adeva
82. Rich In Paradise - Fpi Project
83. Disco Band - Scotch
84. What Have I Done For You Lately - King Mc
85. I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
86. Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club
87. Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
88. Mated - David Grant - Jaki Graham
89. We Close Our Eyes - Go West
90. Hit Mix - Fun Fun
91. Atomic - Blondie
92. Reckless - Afrika Bambaataa (Ft Ub40)
93. Heart And Soul - T'pau
94. Missing You - John Waite
95. Comin On Strong - Broken English
96. Don't Forget Me - Glass Tiger
97. Mony Mony - Amazulu
98. Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox
99. Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney
100. I Am The Beat - Look
101. Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant
102. Harder I Try - Brother Beyond
103. Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
104. Victims - Culture Club
105. Temptation - Heaven 17
106. Chequered Love - Kim Wilde
107. Respectable - Mel & Kim
108. Turn To Gold - David Austin
109. Sunglasses - Tracey Ullman
110. All Stood Still - Ultravox
111. Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
112. Wishful Thinking - China Crisis
113. Classic - Adrian Gurvitz
114. Power Of Love - Huey Lewis
115. It Started With A Kiss - Hot Chocolate
116. On The Beat - Bb & Q Band
117. Call Me - Blondie
118. I Don't Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant
119. Set Me Free - Jaki Graham
120. I Want To Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner
121. Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band
122. We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
123. French Kissin In The Usa - Deborah Harry
124. Johnny B Goode - Peter Tosh
125. Free Nelson Mandela - Special Aka
126. Golden Brown - Strangers
127. Slippery People - Talking Heads
128. Hey Little Girl - Icehouse
129. Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
130. Some Like It Hot - Power Station
131. C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
132. Chant No 1 - Spandau Ballet
133. Girls On Film - Duran Duran
134. Senses Working Overtime - Xtc
135. Ooh To Be Ah - Kajagoogoo
136. Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News
137. Vienna - Ultravox
138. Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flck
139. Lavender - Marillion
140. Lunatic - Gazebo
141. Room In Your Heart - Living In A Box
142. Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Jimmy Nail
143. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - David Grant - Jaki Graham
144. Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) - Freddie Jackson

just looking at that list, i can actually sing about 3 quarters of those. talk about a nostalgia trip.
i think i will go to bed now and quietly weep myself to sleep...

Belle Ende

Originally posted by WhiteWashMan
1. No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate
2. More That I Can Say - Leo Sayer
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143. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - David Grant - Jaki Graham
144. Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) - Freddie Jackson

Yowza! Talk about comprehensive - where did you find this list? Was it just a cut-n-paste from Google, or maybe from your personal mp3 playlist?

bug

sick.. WWM so can I, another good one is the theme from "moonlighting", dunno who sang it, but i remenber all the words.

Ste-

Vice city soundtrack.
The emotion or wave cds in the pack are the cheesiest.

tman

salt 'n' pepper - push it real good (i think that's the title...)
hilarious stuff

Darth Waylander

The entire Rocky soundtracks,1-5.
Van Halen
Transformers the Movies Soundtrack
Video killed the Radio Star.
Bryan Adams
Bon Jovi

Enough said,methinks...

Magic Monkey

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Both US/German versions)

ferdi

Originally posted by bug
/aside that was on the banned list of some radio station after sept 11th I never got why??/

99 red balloons was banned AFTER 9/11 i am guessing becaUse these are the lyrics:

99 Red Balloons (English version)

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, "Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons FLOATING IN THE SUMMER SKY
PANIC BELLS ITS RED ALERT
THERES SOMETHING HERE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE
THE WAR MACHINE SPRINGS INTO LIFE
OPENS UP ONE EAGER EYE
FOCUSING IT ON THE SKY
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 DECISION STREET, 99 MINISTERS MEET
TO WORRY WORRY, SUPER-SCURRY
CALL OUT THE TROOPS NOW IN A HURRY
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE WAITED FOR
THIS IS IT BOYS, THIS IS WAR
THE PRESIDENT IS ON THE LINE
As 99 red balloons go by

99 Knights of the air
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
ITS ALL OVER AND I'M STANDING PRETTY
IN THE DUST THAT WAS A CITY
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here...
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go


still a great song especially goldfingers cover of it

thedrowner

i was gonna suggest too shy by kajagoo goo

but tis been done
so i'll just 2nd it.

sceptre

Originally posted by Darth Waylander
Video killed the Radio Star.

<cough> Seventies methinks. Went into the charts on 22 Sept 1979 (yeah, I'm the kind of saddo who remembers these things, no googling required). Stayed in the charts for 11 weeks so it was still gone by 1980. First vijo on MTV when it launched in the 80s though.

GuanYin

Mel and Kim - Respectable


"Take, take, tetetetaaake, tetetetaaake, take take or leave us, only please believe us We ain't ever gonna be respectable"

byte

Cotton Eyed Joe - Rednex

No Limits - 2unlimited

DeadBankClerk

Two classics from the second decade of the 1980's there byte.

Mercury_Tilt

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CombatCow

Im surprised no1 said rick astley yet

Never gonna give you up, and together forever,

The Rah band - clouds across the moon ,

Marc almond & jene pitney - something's gotten hold of my heart

Los lobos - La Bamba

Christopher cross - st. elmo's fire

Bonnie tyler - I need a hero

Adam ant - goodie two shoes & stand and deliver

Four tops - going loco down in acapulco

Prefab sprout - cars and girls & the king of rock 'n roll

And to top it off Village people - YMCA & kung fu fighting

Squeeze - cool for cats & tempted by the fruit of another

some of my favourites, Thats some good $hit there WWMan

CombatCow

( O yeah and Depeche Mode - Just cant get enough )

Ruu_Old

When will i be famous - Bros (think that was the 80's) was a big fan of them .. sad very sad looking back on it.

Rick Astley was cool

WhiteWashMan

i ,ust admit, a simple search on google threw up some class albums withthose on them.
if i were to spend all day i would come up with some interesting ones. most likely stuff by spandau ballet, tears for fears, depeche mode, duran duran, sig sig sputnik, kylie, jason, all the other neighbours people who made crap songs, abc, fergal sharkey, the (late) specials, queen, bros, paul young, lara branigan, pat benitar, starship, yazoo, alison moyet, erasure, petshop boys, a-ha, blinda carlisie, tiffiny (god i fancied her rotten!) debbie harry, OMD, ultravox, t'pau, frankie goes to holywood.

bloody hell, just singing songs of each of those in my head.
thats ia trip down memory lane.
and there are so many others.
remember paul king from mtv fame? dead or alive?

ahhhhhhhh!
i have to stop!
80 tastless music overload!
i love it!

daveg

remember paul king from mtv fame?

King - love & pride... great song...

Wasn't Paul King from Galway ?

Nemici

Men at work - I come from the land down under !!

and dont forget TOTO

meep

Originally posted by bug
sick.. WWM so can I, another good one is the theme from "moonlighting", dunno who sang it, but i remenber all the words.

OMG - I knew this instantly. It was Al Jareau.

Where was that information stored for the past 20 years ?????

Sarky

ManOWar.

Kings of Metal is unbelievably cringeworthy, but most of their stuff is really, REALLY cheesy. I still kinda like it, though.

tman

this thread has reminded me of some great tunes:D

99 red balloons, girls on film, africa & land down under are all well worth a d/l.

the adventures of stevie v - dirty cash. is another good one

cheers wwm & co

Mossy Monk

you spin me round round baby right round like a record baby.......

Ruu_Old

The Clash were awesome think im in the right era

wiensta

thanks ppl, gettin some great suggestions here.

can i suggest "push it to the limit"

do a search on kazaa, this song epitomises cheese.

Makaveli

From Scarface.
Yeah cheesetastic.

Senor_Fudge

Alright!
It's 80's recommendations time again

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger {general consensus - Rocky}
Paul Hardcastle - 19 {personal opinion - great tune}

Suzanne Vega - Luka " my name is Luka, I live on the second floor " {europop i think}

S express - theme from S express
{ forget where it came from, great tune i say}

ABC - the look of love (vive los 80's)

Bonny Tyler - I need a hero
(what a fantastic 80's video indeed, smashing lyrics tambien )

" where have all the good men gone...wheres the street wise hercules...isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed (oooooo) late at night i toss and turn and dream of what i need"

Chaka Khan - I feel for you {classic 80's video too }

De la Soul - me,myself and I
{reputed to be the first hip hop song - unclarified at this time...}

Don Henley - boys of summer
{80's, Big american cars etc summer etc good song}

Maybe I shall think of more..


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"He joined the special forces...and his methods, ideas, became unsound.."

hells angels

Van Helan - Jump

Europe - The final countdown(me likes the solo though)

cournioni

Originally posted by hells angels
Van Helan - Jump

Europe - The final countdown(me likes the solo though)

Jump has a good solo too. All 80's solos are fairly good tbh.


Above is one of the cheesiest. Yngwie Malmsteen. Good guitarist but a total fag.

Belle Ende

( Yes there are some bad songs here but .... )

I ain't pointing fingers, but it strikes me that some people are embarrassed for liking "80s" music and seek to justify their mp3 collection of said as 'ironic'. Or equally, taking a stance of sneering elitist disdain. Just looking back at the many 80s songs posted here and I see a large selection of good songs and songs with original, catchy hooks.

No wonder the present day crop of pop 'artists' are ransacking them for remixes / covers / hip-hop choruses.

Apols for going a bit off-topic, but what do others here think?

oeNeo

Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round!! \o\ /o/ \o/

Crash

10CC - Dreadlock Holiday tbh.