re: Is this &#39;80s rock and roll anthem really the worst song ever?

Posted by Cdawg

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Posted on 9/8/16 at 10:06 pm to CAD703X

I just wish I knew what the reflex was.

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Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 9/8/16 at 10:11 pm to Cdawg

I still stand by ´Careless Memories´. Trash them all you want, I dig that song.

Posted by vandelay industries

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Posted on 9/8/16 at 10:58 pm to RockAndRollDetective

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Fact of the matter is, you could take the EXACT same melody, alter the lyrics a bit, remove the dated 80s sounds and production, bypass the woeful video, plop it into the setlist of some critically acclaimed artist and those same people would fall all over themselves praising it.

So, if you removed what's bad about the song, it wouldn't be a bad song anymore? Well, yeah

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 1:19 am to bleeng

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I didn't realize that Bernie Taupin was involved with this song.

I didn't know it either

Taupin used to have a GREAT show on Sirius where he played classic blues, hillbilly, rockabilly, and other roots music. You'd never know he liked that sort of thing from the songs he writes.

Note: The Peter Wolf who produced "WBTC" is definitely not the Peter Wolf from the J. Geils Band

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 1:21 am to LuckySo-n-So

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MacArthur Park

"Someone left my cake out in the rain...I'll never have that recipe again!"

The arrangement on the original Richard Harris version is great

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 1:23 am to tarzana

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I don't think so. It's not great, but I can name hundreds of songs that are worse.

Mickey Thomas' screeching is indeed painful

but at least it's not rap

Posted by Jester

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 7:20 am to tarzana

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Is this '80s rock and roll anthem really the worst song ever?

No, just parroted hyperbole. It's cheesy as frick and extremely pedestrian, but I could turn this into a shitty song thread and blow it away.

Posted by ItNeverRains

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 5:31 pm to tarzana

Its arguably one of the cheesiest songs to success ratio ever. That single went gold and album went platinum. Thus the hate

Posted by Breesus

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 5:32 pm to RockAndRollDetective

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you could take the EXACT same melody, alter the lyrics a bit, remove the dated 80s sounds and production, bypass the woeful video, plop it into the setlist of some critically acclaimed artist and those same people would fall all over themselves praising it.

Yes. I agree. If you alter the musical compostition, style, lyrics, performers, mix, producer, and everything else about the song it wouldnt be so bad.

Very insightful

Posted by bobbyleewilliams

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 6:49 pm to LuckySo-n-So

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MacArthur Park

quote:
She's Havin' My Baby

Thanks for nothing, man. I had forgotten those
songs...

Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 8:40 pm to tarzana

You forgot about every country song ever.

Posted by Roaad

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Posted on 9/9/16 at 11:14 pm to tarzana

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Is this '80s rock and roll anthem really the worst song ever?
I don't think so. It's not great, but I can name hundreds of songs that are worse.

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Macarena was in the 90's