Hello,
Rolling Stone has released another Top 200 Best 80s songs list, however for some reason there are only 199 songs? I’m going to post the songs from 199 to 181 and review. I’m not a big fan of Rolling Stone’s rankings as they include songs that I’ve never heard of or songs that were only popular to a very select group of people. My Top 200 80s songs would look completely different. (Updated I checked Rolling Stone’s website and it seems like there’s 200 songs now.)
With MTV at its peak and radio stations playing multiple genres back in the day, if I had never heard of a song it’s truly obscure. I have neither heard of the song or artist for songs 192 and 190.
In an era that included Tone Loc and Young MC there was also Biz Markie. Three rappers who looked at things from a funny angle. 200) Biz Markie “Just A Friend”:
If you’re only going to have one hit, make it be a song this good. This should be much higher. 199) Nena “99 Luftballons”:
198) My Bloody Valentine “Feed Me Your Kiss”:
197) Bobby Brown “My Prerogative”:
196) The Fall “New Big Prinz”:
195) The Bangles “Hero Takes A Fall”:
194) a-ha “Take On Me”:
This song is at least three minutes long and extremely repetitive. This must have been a regional hit where the people compiling this list lived in the 80s. 193) Debbie Deb “Lookout Weekend”:
One of the greatest songs of all-time is Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. However before tonight I wouldn’t have been able to tell you any other songs he had written or sang. This is a perfectly acceptable ditty, but not even worthy to be considered a Top 1500 80s song. 192) Leonard Cohen “Tower of Song”:
191) The Jungle Brothers “Tribe Vibes”:
190) Falco “Rock Me Amadeus”:
More coming later….
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