Going against conventional wisdom and common sense I am not going to listen to myself. I am going to do a post about 80's songs I still listen to (or wish that I still listened to because they are awesome). I am also going to repeatedly hit myself in the head. If you see me with bruises on my head, it was my own doing and I did it on purpose (that's what they keep telling me to say).
This list is not going to include any good 80's songs. No Guns N Roses, Van Halen, or anything that people actually really listen to. It's going to strictly be 80's pop. Here they are in no particular order:
When in Rome - The Promise - Napoleon Dynamite breathed new life into this song when it was played during the end credits. I like to throw this song on the ipod and go for a run and think about Napoleon Dynamite lines which make me laugh out loud and then look around embarrassed because I am by myself, running, and laughing, for what looks like no apparent reason.
Animotion - Obsession - An obsessive song. I remember this song on the car radio back in the day. I would tell my brother to step on it and then do really tight circles in the middle school parking lot.
A-Ha - Take on Me - My freshmen year roommate ruined this song for several years for me by overplaying it. It is now making a comeback and the video is truly amazing. The video teaches us a great lesson. If you try hard enough you can make yourself un-animated.
Wang Chung - Everyone Have Fun Tonight - The song is like it reads. It puts me in a mood to have fun tonight. So I am probably going out drinking or staying in drinking.
Tears for Fears - Everyone Wants to Rule the World - Too bad only Blue Steel rules the world. Just kidding! It's not too bad!
Tears for Fears - Shout - Tears for Fears was the best.
Soft Cell - Tainted Love - All love is tainted. This song blows, but I still like it.
INXS - Need You Tonight - Good make out and/or sex song. Not that I would know. Nonetheless this song is awesome. The new hotness is "Never Tear Us Apart," but I still like "Need You Tonight" more.
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance - I forget how this one actually goes.
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) - Makes me think of Grand Theft Auto (damned commercial). So it makes me think of stealing cars and running people over which is a good topic for thought.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax - A song about sex and it was in Zoolander!
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf - Have you ever been this hungry? I know I have.
3 comments:
Wow, most of these songs are uniformly terrible/annoying. To your credit, I still can't tell if the post is a semi-joke, which probably means that you're smarter than I.
They are terribly awesome or awesomely terrible. You be the judge.
Re-reading this post all these years later made me giggle like a school girl and peeps myself just a little. I can now reveal that I don't listen any of these songs or bands. Except for INXS, they rock.
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