Your least favorite 80's songs

Reply #8 posted 02/06/24 10:04am

TrivialPursuit

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Life Can Be So Nice (noise)

La La La He He Hee (I don't get the hype)

Slow Love (just, no)

Lemon Crush (a mess)

When We're Dancing Close and Slow (just drones on)

When 2 R In Love (something else could've fit in there)

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Reply #9 posted 02/06/24 10:43am

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Lovesexy is my fave album of all time by any artist but I agree When 2 R In Love is the weakest link and it's crazy it survived from Black to LS

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Reply #10 posted 02/07/24 7:21am

themanfromneptune said:

Free

The Arms Of Orion

Both songs are great! smile

And both are my favourites.

My least favourite 80's songs are simply theses;

"I Love U In Me,"

"Bambi,"

"Escape,"

...my least favourties, because I barely listen to them.

So, this is a good reason to pick them up again, and give them a re-listen, to find out why.

[Edited 2/7/24 7:55am]

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)

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Reply #11 posted 02/07/24 7:23am

RODSERLING said:
Lemon Crush Slow Love ( redeemed by the live version) When 2 R in love : what the hell that crap is on 3 albums/ project ? Temptation

What???!

You should be banned! biggrin wink lol

Except for Lemon Crush, the other tow are fan-tas-tic!!!!!!

And I kinda never disliked Lemon Crush...

It fits well on the album tbh.

When 2 R In Love is sublime!

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)

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Reply #12 posted 02/07/24 8:39am

Vannormal said:

RODSERLING said:

Lemon Crush Slow Love ( redeemed by the live version) When 2 R in love : what the hell that crap is on 3 albums/ project ? Temptation

What???!

You should be banned! biggrin wink lol

Except for Lemon Crush, the other tow are fan-tas-tic!!!!!

And I kinda never disliked Lemon Crush...

It fits well on the album tbh.

When 2 R In Love is sublime!

It fits better on The Black Album than on Lovesexy though.
I Always get the impression that the 7 other songs on TBA are black-colored, while When2 R In Love is white.

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Reply #13 posted 02/07/24 8:42am

Vannormal said:

themanfromneptune said:

Free

The Arms Of Orion

Both songs are great! smile

And both are my favourites.

My least favourite 80's songs are simply theses;

"I Love U In Me,"

"Bambi,"

"Escape,"

...my least favourties, because I barely listen to them.

So, this is a good reason to pick them up again, and give them a re-listen, to find out why.

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I didn't know Bambi and Dancing Close and Slow were released in the 80's...
I always thought it was on "Prince" released in 1979.
Because then,one of the worst Prince song ever is Just As Long We Are Together

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Reply #14 posted 02/07/24 8:47am

bozojones

Free
International Lover
The Ladder
The Arms Of Orion

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Reply #15 posted 02/07/24 9:55am

lurker316

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Vannormal said:

themanfromneptune said:

Free

The Arms Of Orion

Both songs are great! smile

And both are my favourites.

My least favourite 80's songs are simply theses;

"I Love U In Me,"

"Bambi,"

"Escape,"

...my least favourties, because I barely listen to them.

So, this is a good reason to pick them up again, and give them a re-listen, to find out why.

[Edited 2/7/24 7:55am]

I didn’t like Escape when I heard the 45 version. But once I heard the full version on the maxi single I decided I love it.

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Reply #16 posted 02/07/24 10:03am

TrivialPursuit

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The only thing I dislike about "Bambi" is that he's in falsetto. The music just drowns out his vocals. It's always better when he's in his regular voice on it.

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Reply #17 posted 02/07/24 10:45am

RJOrion

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RJOrion said:

Paisley Park Jack U Off Delirious Darling Nikki The Cross

you are INSANE

Nah..."INSANE" behavior, is when a total stranger calls you insane, because they dont like or dislike the same songs that you like or dislike...that total stranger is clearly the "insane" one.

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Reply #18 posted 02/07/24 11:24am

leecaldon

Free

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Reply #19 posted 02/07/24 2:11pm

lustmealways

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RJOrion said:
Nah..."INSANE" behavior, is when a total stranger calls you insane, because they dont like or dislike the same songs that you like or dislike...that total stranger is clearly the "insane" one.

Just fun, nothing eserious

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Reply #20 posted 02/07/24 2:32pm

MIRvmn1

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Dance On
Taborine
Jack U Off
Delirious

U are now an official member of the New Power Generation
Welcome 2 The Dawn
Free the SDE now!

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Reply #21 posted 02/07/24 2:40pm

TrivialPursuit

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I love "Jack U Off." I love to do it and I love to listen to it.

don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."

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Reply #22 posted 02/08/24 3:28am

RODSERLING said:
Vannormal said:

Both songs are great!

And both are my favourites.

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My least favourite 80's songs are simply theses;

"I Love U In Me,"

"Bambi,"

"Escape,"

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...my least favourties, because I barely listen to them.

So, this is a good reason to pick them up again, and give them a re-listen, to find out why.

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I didn't know Bambi and Dancing Close and Slow were released in the 80's... I always thought it was on "Prince" released in 1979. Because then,one of the worst Prince song ever is Just As Long We Are Together

Yeah, I also had to go through PrinceVault to find a song I don't like all that much, furthere back than Controversy. wink

Indeed they were released as singles in the 80s, except for the first single.

Bambi was even release in Spetemeber 1980.

I don't know why i never liked Bambi...

Just As Long As We're Together is not a song i dislike. It's in the same disco-style like Kiss Me Quick. Although I like the unreleased one more.

I have grown so entwined with all these albums (that formed the soundtrack of my youth), that it is still hard to pick out separate songs, of which I can say, I don't like them all that much.

They have all earned their place where they are on each album.

I rarely listen to a random playlist or Best-Of compilations. Albums are like long singles to me.

I'm an old school bitch. I never got userd to play lists.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)

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Reply #23 posted 02/08/24 3:32am

TrivialPursuit said:

The only thing I dislike about "Bambi" is that he's in falsetto. The music just drowns out his vocals. It's always better when he's in his regular voice on it.

Exactly.

Musically I never like the semi hard-rock sound.

It sounded like a bad copy between Boston and Tygers Of Pan Tang, or whichever hairband at the time. wink

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Reply #24 posted 02/08/24 3:36am

leecaldon said:

Free

I will never understand what it is that people have against this song. smile

Every one his own taste of course, and I respect that.

For me, the song is really a strong composition.

It has a strong melody. The gospel part towards the end is really good early gospel Prince.

Probably it is the marching style part most don't like...

And to me, it has a really beautiful ending.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)

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Reply #25 posted 02/08/24 5:21am

I love Free. I don't get the hate neither.
I discovered the album and the song back in the spring of 2005.
At the time, MJ risked to be sentenced to jail like for life. So as I was fan of both artists, the lyrics had a special resonance to me.

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Reply #26 posted 02/08/24 6:43am

leecaldon

Vannormal said:

leecaldon said:

Free

I will never understand what it is that people have against this song.

Every one his own taste of course, and I respect that.

For me, the song is really a strong composition.

It has a strong melody. The gospel part towards the end is really good early gospel Prince.

Probably it is the marching style part most don't like...

And to me, it has a really beautiful ending.

For me, it just feels cheesy and predictable, and the melody does nothing for me.

Delirious is the other popular one that I've never really warmed to.

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Reply #27 posted 02/08/24 9:53am

leecaldon said:

Vannormal said:

leecaldon said:

Free

I will never understand what it is that people have against this song.

Every one his own taste of course, and I respect that.

For me, the song is really a strong composition.

It has a strong melody. The gospel part towards the end is really good early gospel Prince.

Probably it is the marching style part most don't like...

And to me, it has a really beautiful ending.

For me, it just feels cheesy and predictable, and the melody does nothing for me.

Delirious is the other popular one that I've never really warmed to.

Delirious is the only song with Insatiable where I prefer the edit single version
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From my understanding, the song got some hype on the US because some DJs on radio used to play the A-side of the album in sequence.
Hence it got huge airPlay and WB capitalized on it.

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Reply #28 posted 02/08/24 10:54am

RJOrion

I like Free too...yes, it has some cheesey elements to it, but IMO the song prevails in spite of them...and the haunting ending is elite musicianship
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Reply #29 posted 02/08/24 11:15pm

leecaldon

RJOrion said:
I like Free too...yes, it has some cheesey elements to it, but IMO the song prevails in spite of them...and the haunting ending is elite musicianship [Edited 2/8/24 10:56am]

I will put it on the good earphones and give it another go this weekend.

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