[kj] OT: The Damned now random thread

[Karen Weil]

I am in full agreement about "Money for Nothing." That song was everywhere back in '85, and by far the worst of that year. Hated the video, too.


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  From: sade1 
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  > I like "My Sharona" (and so does Killing Joke -- listen to "Tension" why don'tcha?)

  I hear the drum similarities, but the drums aside I'd still say it feels/sounds more 
  like Bay City Rollers' Saturday Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utt7i8ugnA8&feature=related
  Tension http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWyUByNNiLY
  My Sharona http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg
  but then, i am biased towards the 1st two.

  While on Soft Cell, "It's a Mug's Game" is also very good, something to have ringing around your head as you're slumped in some doorway sobering up in the morning. 
  One of THEE WORST songs ever, to my ears, is this horrid abuse of 
  soundwaves by Dire Straits, Money for Nothing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag


   


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  From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
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  Sent: Sun, April 25, 2010 5:51:09 PM
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  Every about "Footloose" was utter, utter, utter CRAP, ...... BUT...


  I like "My Sharona" (and so does Killing Joke -- listen to "Tension" why don'tcha?)

  I like Yes (and so does Killing Joke, although admittedly "Owner of Lonely Heart" wasn't their finest hour)


  "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is fucking brilliant, as is "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dobly (as is much of the rest of the album that spawned it).


  Remember: Pop music is not the enemy. BAD pop music is the enemy.


  Alex in NYC






  On Apr 25, 2010, at 8:26 PM, folk devil wrote:


    I like My Sharona, Tainted Love AND She Blinded Me With Science.


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    From: gregslawson at msn.com
    To: gathering at misera.net
    Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:51:38 -0400
    Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned

    For example, one of the worst songs ever, actually one of the worst pieces of music ever in any
    genre, actually one of the worst SOUNDS ever since humans evolved to be able to hear, is obviously "My Sharona" by the Knack. Runners up--Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes, 
    Tainted Love, She Blinded Me With Science, and of course the theme song to the movie Footloose. Boy, the 80s have left some scars in terms of bad music!!
     

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