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Not "Total Eclipse of the Heart"? Or "Ghostbusters" (sorry, Ray, loved your earlier stuff)? Or Huey Lewis and the News entire catalog?

bongodongobob 2y ago
Total eclipse of the heart is a fuckin banger.
- mindcrime 2y ago
  As a self-identified metalhead who hated 80's pop in the 80's, I have to agree. Over the years I've gained a newfound respect for a lot of that stuff. So much great music by Bonnie Tyler, Belinda Carlisle, Meatloaf, Bryan Adams, REO Speedwagon, Carly Simon, The Eurythmics, The Bangles, etc. etc. I wouldn't have been caught dead listening to that stuff in 1989 (my metalhead friends would have crucified me, although I did manage to sneak in liking Madonna all along), but these days I dig quite a bit of that stuff.
danesparza 2y ago
For a teenage boy in the 1980's, Huey Lewis was a god.
rightbyte 2y ago
What are you... Total Eclipse of the Heart is all in power. Were you alive when it was playing on radio all the time? Being played too much doesn't make it bad.
- petersumskas 2y ago
  When you realise the song is about vampires there’s no way this ever goes back on any “worst song” list.
  - defrost 2y ago
    That's a superficial gloss over an even deeper and weirder back story behind the filthiest song ever scrawled on a napkin: https://youtu.be/LGqYnj_Y3CI?t=73 https://youtu.be/LGqYnj_Y3CI?t=73
  - rightbyte 2y ago
    Hah no way. It would seem like a reasonable interpretation. ... I don't know what to do, I'm always in the dark ... Once upon a time, there was light in my life But now there's only love in the dark ...
yazantapuz 2y ago
> Or Huey Lewis and the News entire catalog? Under no circumstances can "power of love" be a bad song
- mixmastamyk 2y ago
  Heart and Soul is probably my favorite. And Sports has more hooks than a tackle shop.
nonameiguess 2y ago
15 years ago when video chat with strangers was still a popular thing to do on the Internet, whenever I hosted a room, I always used the name "NumberOneBonnieTylerFan" and played her hits in the background. That you do not appreciate her music tremendously saddens me.
shiroiushi 2y ago
What's wrong with Ghostbusters? It was a perfect song to go with the movie. On its own, it's probably not something I'd want to listen to much, but while watching the movie, it was fantastic, just like the rest of the movie. It's much like any soundtrack music. The music by Howard Shore on Lord of the Rings probably isn't something you want to listen to by itself while you're jogging or whatever, but in the movie it's a perfect complement.
nineteen999 2y ago
Isn't "Ghostbusters" practically part of the Huey Lewis catalog? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#Lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#Lawsuit
yellowapple 2y ago
> Or Huey Lewis and the News entire catalog? Their early work was a little too "new wave" for my taste, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.

bongodongobob 2y ago

Total eclipse of the heart is a fuckin banger.

mindcrime 2y ago
As a self-identified metalhead who hated 80's pop in the 80's, I have to agree. Over the years I've gained a newfound respect for a lot of that stuff. So much great music by Bonnie Tyler, Belinda Carlisle, Meatloaf, Bryan Adams, REO Speedwagon, Carly Simon, The Eurythmics, The Bangles, etc. etc. I wouldn't have been caught dead listening to that stuff in 1989 (my metalhead friends would have crucified me, although I did manage to sneak in liking Madonna all along), but these days I dig quite a bit of that stuff.

danesparza 2y ago

For a teenage boy in the 1980's, Huey Lewis was a god.

rightbyte 2y ago

What are you... Total Eclipse of the Heart is all in power. Were you alive when it was playing on radio all the time? Being played too much doesn't make it bad.

petersumskas 2y ago
When you realise the song is about vampires there’s no way this ever goes back on any “worst song” list.
- defrost 2y ago
  That's a superficial gloss over an even deeper and weirder back story behind the filthiest song ever scrawled on a napkin: https://youtu.be/LGqYnj_Y3CI?t=73 https://youtu.be/LGqYnj_Y3CI?t=73
- rightbyte 2y ago
  Hah no way. It would seem like a reasonable interpretation. ... I don't know what to do, I'm always in the dark ... Once upon a time, there was light in my life But now there's only love in the dark ...

yazantapuz 2y ago

> Or Huey Lewis and the News entire catalog? Under no circumstances can "power of love" be a bad song

mixmastamyk 2y ago
Heart and Soul is probably my favorite. And Sports has more hooks than a tackle shop.

nonameiguess 2y ago

15 years ago when video chat with strangers was still a popular thing to do on the Internet, whenever I hosted a room, I always used the name "NumberOneBonnieTylerFan" and played her hits in the background. That you do not appreciate her music tremendously saddens me.

shiroiushi 2y ago

What's wrong with Ghostbusters? It was a perfect song to go with the movie. On its own, it's probably not something I'd want to listen to much, but while watching the movie, it was fantastic, just like the rest of the movie. It's much like any soundtrack music. The music by Howard Shore on Lord of the Rings probably isn't something you want to listen to by itself while you're jogging or whatever, but in the movie it's a perfect complement.

nineteen999 2y ago

Isn't "Ghostbusters" practically part of the Huey Lewis catalog? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#Lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(song)#Lawsuit

yellowapple 2y ago

> Or Huey Lewis and the News entire catalog? Their early work was a little too "new wave" for my taste, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.