Comments on: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’80s http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 15:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tysgnlsggghttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-65838 Tysgnlsggg Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:08:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-65838 the 90's sucked ass!! the 90′s sucked ass!!

]]> By: Sampson29http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-63645 Sampson29 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:00:01 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-63645 Radio Ga-Ga rocks. Big-time. Just like pretty much anything Queen ever did. The best ever! Radio Ga-Ga rocks. Big-time. Just like pretty much anything Queen ever did. The best ever!

]]> By: Yamaha DX-1 Synthesizerhttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-57194 Yamaha DX-1 Synthesizer Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:41:56 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-57194 <strong>Yamaha DX-1 synthesizer only 140 made...</strong>Among Yamaha’s DX line of synthesizers, the Yamah DX-1 is definitely the biggest and most expensive synthesizer out there. Only 140 were made by Yamaha back in 1984 to 1985 but it is rumored that there are maybe 210 made. Expect to find these syn... Yamaha DX-1 synthesizer only 140 made…

Among Yamaha’s DX line of synthesizers, the Yamah DX-1 is definitely the biggest and most expensive synthesizer out there. Only 140 were made by Yamaha back in 1984 to 1985 but it is rumored that there are maybe 210 made. Expect to find these syn…

]]> By: Aishah Bowronhttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-50144 Aishah Bowron Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:42:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-50144 The Worst Decade<br>By : Aishah Bowron<br><br><br>The worst musical era of all times were the Eighties. I disliked that decade. The only good bands and artists that I liked from the Eighties are Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Europe, Guns N’Roses, Michael Jackson and Prince and that’s about it. <br><br>All the best rock bands came out of the Seventies. The Seventies were better than the Eighties in my opinion, producing proper rock bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Trapeze, Free, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Motorhead etc. The Eighties were about synthesizers and poppy little sounds. Synthesizers were boring instruments because you couldn’t jump around with it like you would do with a guitar. Even worse there were all these horrible bands like the Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Depeche Mode, OMD, Kajagoogoo and many similar acts in the Eighties. Then you got the Stock Aitken and Waterman nonsense, which drove me bleeding mad. They were responsible for producing cheeseball hits like Never Gonna Give You Up and I Should Be So Lucky..<br><br>The musical scene in the Eighties was a joke. You had record companies and managers who were more important than the artists. These managers acted like dictators telling you what to do like polishing your music and looking a bit. You had to live by the strict Draconian rules forever doing TV shows , playback performances and photo sessions. It was too nice and too tame. You had no control over your music because you had to play the way the manager wanted you to sound. The Eighties were backlashed against the guitar because the producer toned it down to make room for the synths. That is amongst the reason why I think the Eighties were awful. The Eighties is a decade not worth remembering. The Worst Decade
By : Aishah Bowron

The worst musical era of all times were the Eighties. I disliked that decade. The only good bands and artists that I liked from the Eighties are Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Europe, Guns N’Roses, Michael Jackson and Prince and that’s about it.

All the best rock bands came out of the Seventies. The Seventies were better than the Eighties in my opinion, producing proper rock bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Trapeze, Free, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Motorhead etc. The Eighties were about synthesizers and poppy little sounds. Synthesizers were boring instruments because you couldn’t jump around with it like you would do with a guitar. Even worse there were all these horrible bands like the Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Depeche Mode, OMD, Kajagoogoo and many similar acts in the Eighties. Then you got the Stock Aitken and Waterman nonsense, which drove me bleeding mad. They were responsible for producing cheeseball hits like Never Gonna Give You Up and I Should Be So Lucky..

The musical scene in the Eighties was a joke. You had record companies and managers who were more important than the artists. These managers acted like dictators telling you what to do like polishing your music and looking a bit. You had to live by the strict Draconian rules forever doing TV shows , playback performances and photo sessions. It was too nice and too tame. You had no control over your music because you had to play the way the manager wanted you to sound. The Eighties were backlashed against the guitar because the producer toned it down to make room for the synths. That is amongst the reason why I think the Eighties were awful. The Eighties is a decade not worth remembering.

]]> By: Aishah Bowronhttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-39691 Aishah Bowron Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:42:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-39691 The Worst Decade<br>By : Aishah Bowron<br><br><br>The worst musical era of all times were the Eighties. I disliked that decade. The only good bands and artists that I liked from the Eighties are Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Europe, Guns N’Roses, Michael Jackson and Prince and that’s about it. <br><br>All the best rock bands came out of the Seventies. The Seventies were better than the Eighties in my opinion, producing proper rock bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Trapeze, Free, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Motorhead etc. The Eighties were about synthesizers and poppy little sounds. Synthesizers were boring instruments because you couldn’t jump around with it like you would do with a guitar. Even worse there were all these horrible bands like the Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Depeche Mode, OMD, Kajagoogoo and many similar acts in the Eighties. Then you got the Stock Aitken and Waterman nonsense, which drove me bleeding mad. They were responsible for producing cheeseball hits like Never Gonna Give You Up and I Should Be So Lucky..<br><br>The musical scene in the Eighties was a joke. You had record companies and managers who were more important than the artists. These managers acted like dictators telling you what to do like polishing your music and looking a bit. You had to live by the strict Draconian rules forever doing TV shows , playback performances and photo sessions. It was too nice and too tame. You had no control over your music because you had to play the way the manager wanted you to sound. The Eighties were backlashed against the guitar because the producer toned it down to make room for the synths. That is amongst the reason why I think the Eighties were awful. The Eighties is a decade not worth remembering. The Worst Decade
By : Aishah Bowron

The worst musical era of all times were the Eighties. I disliked that decade. The only good bands and artists that I liked from the Eighties are Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Europe, Guns N’Roses, Michael Jackson and Prince and that’s about it.

All the best rock bands came out of the Seventies. The Seventies were better than the Eighties in my opinion, producing proper rock bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Trapeze, Free, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Motorhead etc. The Eighties were about synthesizers and poppy little sounds. Synthesizers were boring instruments because you couldn’t jump around with it like you would do with a guitar. Even worse there were all these horrible bands like the Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Depeche Mode, OMD, Kajagoogoo and many similar acts in the Eighties. Then you got the Stock Aitken and Waterman nonsense, which drove me bleeding mad. They were responsible for producing cheeseball hits like Never Gonna Give You Up and I Should Be So Lucky..

The musical scene in the Eighties was a joke. You had record companies and managers who were more important than the artists. These managers acted like dictators telling you what to do like polishing your music and looking a bit. You had to live by the strict Draconian rules forever doing TV shows , playback performances and photo sessions. It was too nice and too tame. You had no control over your music because you had to play the way the manager wanted you to sound. The Eighties were backlashed against the guitar because the producer toned it down to make room for the synths. That is amongst the reason why I think the Eighties were awful. The Eighties is a decade not worth remembering.

]]> By: Aishah Bowronhttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-11736 Aishah Bowron Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:42:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-11736 The Worst Decade<br>By : Aishah Bowron<br><br><br>The worst musical era of all times were the Eighties. I disliked that decade. The only good bands and artists that I liked from the Eighties are Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Europe, Guns N’Roses, Michael Jackson and Prince and that’s about it. <br><br>All the best rock bands came out of the Seventies. The Seventies were better than the Eighties in my opinion, producing proper rock bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Trapeze, Free, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Motorhead etc. The Eighties were about synthesizers and poppy little sounds. Synthesizers were boring instruments because you couldn’t jump around with it like you would do with a guitar. Even worse there were all these horrible bands like the Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Depeche Mode, OMD, Kajagoogoo and many similar acts in the Eighties. Then you got the Stock Aitken and Waterman nonsense, which drove me bleeding mad. They were responsible for producing cheeseball hits like Never Gonna Give You Up and I Should Be So Lucky..<br><br>The musical scene in the Eighties was a joke. You had record companies and managers who were more important than the artists. These managers acted like dictators telling you what to do like polishing your music and looking a bit. You had to live by the strict Draconian rules forever doing TV shows , playback performances and photo sessions. It was too nice and too tame. You had no control over your music because you had to play the way the manager wanted you to sound. The Eighties were backlashed against the guitar because the producer toned it down to make room for the synths. That is amongst the reason why I think the Eighties were awful. The Eighties is a decade not worth remembering. The Worst Decade
By : Aishah Bowron

The worst musical era of all times were the Eighties. I disliked that decade. The only good bands and artists that I liked from the Eighties are Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Europe, Guns N’Roses, Michael Jackson and Prince and that’s about it.

All the best rock bands came out of the Seventies. The Seventies were better than the Eighties in my opinion, producing proper rock bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Trapeze, Free, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Motorhead etc. The Eighties were about synthesizers and poppy little sounds. Synthesizers were boring instruments because you couldn’t jump around with it like you would do with a guitar. Even worse there were all these horrible bands like the Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Depeche Mode, OMD, Kajagoogoo and many similar acts in the Eighties. Then you got the Stock Aitken and Waterman nonsense, which drove me bleeding mad. They were responsible for producing cheeseball hits like Never Gonna Give You Up and I Should Be So Lucky..

The musical scene in the Eighties was a joke. You had record companies and managers who were more important than the artists. These managers acted like dictators telling you what to do like polishing your music and looking a bit. You had to live by the strict Draconian rules forever doing TV shows , playback performances and photo sessions. It was too nice and too tame. You had no control over your music because you had to play the way the manager wanted you to sound. The Eighties were backlashed against the guitar because the producer toned it down to make room for the synths. That is amongst the reason why I think the Eighties were awful. The Eighties is a decade not worth remembering.

]]> By: CHART ATTACK!: 8/19/89 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-8919 CHART ATTACK!: 8/19/89 | Popdose Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:28:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-8919 [...] things that could be said about this awful, awful song — Jon mentioned a number of them in his excellent Popdose post — but right now, there’s only one thing I’m thinking [...] [...] things that could be said about this awful, awful song — Jon mentioned a number of them in his excellent Popdose post — but right now, there’s only one thing I’m thinking [...]

]]> By: JonCummingshttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-11735 JonCummings Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:23:13 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-11735 I hear you, but ... despite the horror of Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie writing about "saving their own lives" ... and despite the unwanted, hopefully not-to-be-repeated sight of Huey Lewis and Cyndi Lauper singing a duet ... "WATW" failed to make the cut simply because of the story about how Stevie Wonder had to teach Bob Dylan how to sing "like Bob Dylan" on his own chorus. I hear you, but … despite the horror of Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie writing about “saving their own lives” … and despite the unwanted, hopefully not-to-be-repeated sight of Huey Lewis and Cyndi Lauper singing a duet … “WATW” failed to make the cut simply because of the story about how Stevie Wonder had to teach Bob Dylan how to sing “like Bob Dylan” on his own chorus.

]]> By: Ehttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-11734 E Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:32:15 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-11734 You clearly forgot about the existence of "We are the World", which was bad on a level rarely achieved by anyone. You clearly forgot about the existence of “We are the World”, which was bad on a level rarely achieved by anyone.

]]> By: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’90s | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/comment-page-2/#comment-6822 Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’90s | Popdose Mon, 05 May 2008 15:30:41 +0000 http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-the-worst-number-one-songs-of-the-80s/#comment-6822 [...] I’ve got a headache. Maybe it’s a hangover from the most recent installment in this series, when so many readers joined me in sifting through the effluvial of the ’80s that I [...] [...] I’ve got a headache. Maybe it’s a hangover from the most recent installment in this series, when so many readers joined me in sifting through the effluvial of the ’80s that I [...]

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