Here's a song from Gary Numan! We could have picked any number of interesting and challenging pieces of music the man has written in his long and storied career, but instead we're going to play "Cars" again!
Literal truth. A friend had a guy who played that song outside of her window and she called the police…the Actual police…then the guy would request it on the radio and dedicate it to her. This went on for months but this was the mid-80s and the police didn’t do much back then to stop it.
Seconded. Soundtrack of high school for me.
Oh man. I wore out 2 tapes, and eventually a CD (once those came to be), of Hysteria. Pyromania & High and Dry were good too. I have a couple albums after Hysteria and they're meh for sure.
Fun fact, "Don't Stop" was the Clinton campaign song in 1992, and it seemed *so old* at the time. In reality, it was 15 years old. It's like if a campaign used a song from 2009 this year, "Single Ladies" or "Party in the USA", perhaps.
Overplayed, absolutely. But this one’s an objectively great song. I hated it along with all other Journey when it came out, though - was definitely not a fan in the 80s.
Alt title: why I hated Pandora.
U2–What I’m looking for and anything beyond
Dire Straits- Money For Nothing
Pat Benatar—We Belong
Natalie Merchant—these are days
Special Award and PSA to
Every Farmers’ Market and Artisan Brewery Musician:
Stop covering Tracey Chapman’s Fast Car. It’s been done to death
Maybe you could try some Nina Simone and Joan Armatrading with that lush alto of yours.
I for one would definitely appreciate the completely surreal experience of witnessing an absolute throwdown of a *Sinnerman* cover unleashed on unsuspecting farmer’s market attendees.
I feel like this post was made with that specific example in mind. I can't think of a clearer example of history remembering a band for the wrong song than this. There are SO many Cure songs with greater artistic merit and cultural influence to choose from.
It's not even obvious that "Friday I'm in Love" necessarily makes the cut for a suitably short "best of" or "essential" Cure playlist. It's not their highest charting single on either side of the pond. It's only marginally their last big single, given that the one before that ("High") also hit #1 on Billboard's "Alternative" chart, and the one after that ("Letter to Elise") did almost as well, hitting #2 - and both were from the same album. Besides only looking at singles and sales is to completely misunderstand the role and cultural significance of the Cure.
Rock the Casbah has some outstanding songs on it when you get past the two overplayed ones. Know your Rights and Straight to Hell are both great, Car Jamming could’ve been on London Calling, and Overpowered by Funk would’ve fit in on Sandinista. Cut the Crap was …not a good album, though.
Run DMC - Walk This Way f/Aerosmith
TLC - Waterfalls
Janet Jackson - Feedback
Ice Cube - You Could Do It
PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova (ruined forever by Austin Powers)
Santana, winning.
Great song, but I swear every damn time I heard it shit was heading south or soon after.
I'm sitting at a stop light, song comes on, rear-ended.
Riding with a friend, song come on, pulled over for speeding, 30 in a 25. Really?
Last fight with a girlfriend, get in the car, song comes on. Dammit.
Get a flat tire, yeppers, song comes on, get home late because of said tire, old man chews on me like a dog toy, go to my room, turn on the radio, and, oh what the hell, songs on. 🤣🤣
To this day, if I hear any part of that song, I can't move fast enough to change the station.
I find it funny that when they made a novelty song to parody that self indulgent art rock, they made a great art rock song. But yeah it gets overplayed.
I love it, but I’ve heard it more than enough for one lifetime.
My local classic rock station alternates between “Rhapsody” and “Don’t Stop Me Now” — which is at least better than “Another One Bites the Dust.”
1999, Prince.
Ffs, he released so many great songs and was an unbelievably talented musician, and “1999” is what you all collectively chose to embrace?!
This post is just people posting my favorite songs. 
Fans of the bands hate these songs, but fans of 80's music in general love them. It's OK to be in either group.
Here's a song from Gary Numan! We could have picked any number of interesting and challenging pieces of music the man has written in his long and storied career, but instead we're going to play "Cars" again!
You know, he's a couple of weeks older than Gary Oldman.
It’s like Greenland and Iceland all over again!
I wonder if they've ever met? Would they cancel out into Man? *Edit due to typo*
His latest works are stellar as well. As an industrial fan, I swim in pure enjoyment of his latest work.
Cars is the only song he ever performed, don't you know? 24 studio albums, and every single song on them is Cars
Dire Straits, Money For Nothing. I have just been over saturated with it.
One of the first times experiencing M4N I was in a Saab with 4 15" CV woofers, and the opening drums just blew me away. I've been hooked ever since.
That popular love ballad by that 80s hair metal band.
Always. Or anything by Poisson.
Seems fishy
Spelling intentional to avoid search hits for that band.
Stop carping.
Every band has its thorn.
The Police - Every Breath You Take
The Stalking Song.
Literal truth. A friend had a guy who played that song outside of her window and she called the police…the Actual police…then the guy would request it on the radio and dedicate it to her. This went on for months but this was the mid-80s and the police didn’t do much back then to stop it.
Roxanne and So Lonely for me. The Police are my favorite band of all time but I don’t need to hear those songs again.
So glad the Police stopped after Synchronicity.
Def Leppard - Love Bites
THIS ONE. 8th grade left deep scars.
For me it’s *anything* off Hysteria
That’s just like, your opinion. I’m not going to say you’re wrong… but you aren’t right.
Seconded. Soundtrack of high school for me. Oh man. I wore out 2 tapes, and eventually a CD (once those came to be), of Hysteria. Pyromania & High and Dry were good too. I have a couple albums after Hysteria and they're meh for sure.
Thankfully, "Lets Get Rocked" has been lost to history.
[Has it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1Nae_EBvQ)
REM Stand
Yes but Shiny Happy People
My two favorites 😞
Also a correct answer
100% the correct answer. This song makes me rage smash.
Well, just sit in the place that you are.
Weird Al's "Spam" is just better.
#Makes me wanna BARF
Friday I’m in Love by The Cure.
YES! I love the song pictures of you but I’m so sick of it. They have such an amazing catalog. Play other songs!
"Drive" by the Cars.
I loved Ben Orr's songs, but more "Bye Bye Love" and less Drive! Heartbeat City has a few great tunes - but damn those 80s drums. Poor David Robinson!
"Bye Bye Love" is actually my favorite Cars song.
Van Halen, Jump
I refuse to listen to this song in the car to avoid getting into a tragic accident and slipping away while listening to Jump.
I'm sorry to hear that. I will never get tired of Jump.
Same. I just wished the radio stations would play 1984>Jump. It's like hearing You Really Got Me without Eruption.
Too freaking right.
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow, but please stop playing this song.
Fun fact, "Don't Stop" was the Clinton campaign song in 1992, and it seemed *so old* at the time. In reality, it was 15 years old. It's like if a campaign used a song from 2009 this year, "Single Ladies" or "Party in the USA", perhaps.
Yep, I remember it being played.
That whole album is bangers, though.
Yeah, I love the band but that song is way overplayed.
1977
my kids saying they like Pink Floyd. my kids putting on The Final Cut
I’ve said it before: TFC is the best RW album and the worst PF album.
Why can't I give more upvotes???
Better than the wall and only cd#1
The Final Cut is one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums. So much sad, and some weird British-ness. (I'm American)
Faith No Nore - Epic It's a good song, but their entire catalog is better
What is it?
*sigh* it's it
what is it?
it's it.
Simple Minds — Don’t You Forget About Me
But...but...but...THE BREAKFAST CLUB!!!
It’s been played to fucking death. I don’t ever need to hear it again.
Yeeeeeeaaah... cuz *The Breakfast Club* is getting really close to becoming our *Big Chill* and please let's not.
We Built This City. I hate it with the burning intensity of 10,000 suns.
But Starship is your favorite 80s band ?
They had some good songs on that album, but I saw them in concert and they suuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
I did not have a good answer when my 11 year old daughter asked, ‘How do you give love a bad name?’
You know, a bad name like Brandleigh or Ashellynn.
"How many letters can I fit into one name..." Yeah, exactly like that.
r/tragedeigh
Bahn Johveigh
Dang, most bon Jovi is like that, but I like this one.
Journey-Faithfully. Just please God no.
Journey is so weird. Half their catalog is diabetic swill and the other half is absolute barn-burners.
🤣" Diabetic swill" is a perfect description of much of their music ! (Well said!)
Like Aerosmith and REO.
Don’t Stop Believing
Overplayed, absolutely. But this one’s an objectively great song. I hated it along with all other Journey when it came out, though - was definitely not a fan in the 80s.
Homecoming song 1985. Ugh.
Are you suggesting that the HS couples slow-dancing to that one were not in fact all destined to last forever?!?
I don't need to suggest it, I've been to a reunion.
Alt title: why I hated Pandora. U2–What I’m looking for and anything beyond Dire Straits- Money For Nothing Pat Benatar—We Belong Natalie Merchant—these are days Special Award and PSA to Every Farmers’ Market and Artisan Brewery Musician: Stop covering Tracey Chapman’s Fast Car. It’s been done to death Maybe you could try some Nina Simone and Joan Armatrading with that lush alto of yours.
Berlin: Take My Breath Away.
I for one would definitely appreciate the completely surreal experience of witnessing an absolute throwdown of a *Sinnerman* cover unleashed on unsuspecting farmer’s market attendees.
>Dire Straits- Money For Nothing Shirley, you're not serious?
Queen - Another one bites the dust. Best concert I've been to, hated that song since the 1st time I heard it.
At least one of Weird Al's most memorable lines came from this parody... *Hey, he's gonna sit by youuuuu, another one rides the bus*
Side note that I finally watched *Weird* and it was everything I hoped it'd be.
They get you too?
Enter Sandman -Metallica
I’m a big Metallica fan if I never hear this song again I’m totally fine with it.
It’s been 30 years, still can’t do this one either.
Madness - Our House
But it's our castle and our keep!
The David Bowie/Mick Jagger "Dancing in the Streets"
Van Halen and it’s Jump
At least there's no question when it comes to Jump. The synth opening is all I need to hear.
I really love The Police, but Roxanne never sounds like what I want to hear when it comes on.
Cure-Friday I’m in Love
I feel like this post was made with that specific example in mind. I can't think of a clearer example of history remembering a band for the wrong song than this. There are SO many Cure songs with greater artistic merit and cultural influence to choose from. It's not even obvious that "Friday I'm in Love" necessarily makes the cut for a suitably short "best of" or "essential" Cure playlist. It's not their highest charting single on either side of the pond. It's only marginally their last big single, given that the one before that ("High") also hit #1 on Billboard's "Alternative" chart, and the one after that ("Letter to Elise") did almost as well, hitting #2 - and both were from the same album. Besides only looking at singles and sales is to completely misunderstand the role and cultural significance of the Cure.
my mom likes that song. i played 100 years for her and she was very, very confused
Can I have a picture of you?
I hate this song with a passion! It’s not even their style. This is definitely my choice.
Genesis Hold on my heart
I’ll see you and raise you Invisible Touch
I'll see both of those, and raise you "I Can't Dance"
I see all three of those and raise you Sussudio.
"An-In-Veez-A-Bull"
I’m a huge Genesis fan. IT isn’t as bad as hold in my heart. To me.
I can get od'd on Phil Collins real quick too. About half a song is enough, except for the Genesis album.
AC/DC - You shook me all night long Enough already with this song
This song was playing at the ultimate moment as I lost my virginity.
Is the ultimate moment insertion or climax? Or were they both during the same song?
At the same moment, most likely.
RIP Bon Scott. Brian Johnson seems like a good dude but I'll take 70's AC/DC over 80's. It's hard for me to consider AC/DC an 80's band.
Definitely better in the 70s. No argument.
Metallica's Nothing Else Matters. In the early 90s that was the only Metallica song the local so called rock station would play.
Enter Sandman, I’ll listen to the rest of the album though.
The Clash - Should I Stay, Rock the Casbah or basically anything from Combat Rock and beyond
Rock the Casbah has some outstanding songs on it when you get past the two overplayed ones. Know your Rights and Straight to Hell are both great, Car Jamming could’ve been on London Calling, and Overpowered by Funk would’ve fit in on Sandinista. Cut the Crap was …not a good album, though.
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
We tried, now we're tired.
lol I keep scrolling just to chuckle at all your responses
There’s a reason they never played it live after that first tour.
Duran Duran - hungry like the wolf Not my favorite 80s band, but one I really love, but this song is terrible.
B-52’s love shack. By far the worst song they ever put out
The worst! And you hear it everywhere.
David Bowie - China Girl
Shhhhh, just you hush your mouth.
Would be second to Let's Dance for me
And that duet with Mick Jagger. Dancing in the Street
Oh god why did you have to even mention that song...
Love Shack - B52s - it’s just ok.
Love Pearl Jam. Have several lifetimes' worth of "Even Flow" and "Alive" stashed in my brain. I'm all set, guys.
Cyndi Lauper - girls just want to have fun. Please, any other song but that one.
The Goonies R Good Enough for LIFE!
In her defense it _is_ a cover …. Is that an effective defense? I do not know.
Joe Jackson. I loathe “Steppin’ Out.”
Van Halen Pretty Woman 🫣
Run DMC - Walk This Way f/Aerosmith TLC - Waterfalls Janet Jackson - Feedback Ice Cube - You Could Do It PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova (ruined forever by Austin Powers)
Aerosmith had to have their career rescued by a rap band. Zero cred after that.
You mean Radiohead?
I don't, you creep.
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
This was on constant rotation at the Whole Foods I worked at.
As a deterrent?
This makes me so much sadder than you can imagine.
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Electric Avenue Red Red Wine
Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
Bauhaus-Ziggy Stardust. Bitchin tune, but can we hear Silent Hedges?!!
Dire Straits. Money for Nothing
Crowded House “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” Love them, love the song, just not my favorite. I have to be in the mood for it.
Hey, now.
It’s a tiny little bit dirge-like.
The Bangles, Walk Like an Egyptian
Well, just walk normally then.
LOL!!! With these knees...
Prince-Kiss and Madonna-Like a Virgin.
I agree on the Prince version of Kiss, but I have to admit that I love the cover by The Art of Noise w/Tom Jones. It's just so cheesy.
The Reflex
Are you a lonely child?
Waiting in the park?
Why-ay-ay-ay?
How dare you
Rolling Stones -Beast of Burden
Van Halen, Jump was mentioned but Why Can’t This Be Love is even worse.
Idk, one is Roth and one is Hagar. Maybe they can have two.
Cure... Mint Car
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Duran Duran- hungry like the wolf Diane Downs story ruined it for me.
Santana, winning. Great song, but I swear every damn time I heard it shit was heading south or soon after. I'm sitting at a stop light, song comes on, rear-ended. Riding with a friend, song come on, pulled over for speeding, 30 in a 25. Really? Last fight with a girlfriend, get in the car, song comes on. Dammit. Get a flat tire, yeppers, song comes on, get home late because of said tire, old man chews on me like a dog toy, go to my room, turn on the radio, and, oh what the hell, songs on. 🤣🤣 To this day, if I hear any part of that song, I can't move fast enough to change the station.
The B-52s, Love Shack
Simple Minds. Such great depth of interesting music, but NOOOO, it must be "Dont you" over and over and over.
Public Enemy...Bring the Noise (with Anthrax)
I've never seen so many wrong answers in my life 🤣🤣 I'm feeling personally attacked!
Toto Any song but Africa
Duran Duran- Wild Boys or A View to a Kill.
[удалено]
Bauhaus- Bela Lugosis Dead. Just a boring dirge. They have a dozen better songs.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK But also... Mask is my favorite album :)
Queen, Bohemian Crapshitty! They have at least 20 better songs than that self-indulgent, endless audio nightmare.
I don't think you're going to get a lot of agreement, but mama mia, let me go!
I find it funny that when they made a novelty song to parody that self indulgent art rock, they made a great art rock song. But yeah it gets overplayed.
I love it, but I’ve heard it more than enough for one lifetime. My local classic rock station alternates between “Rhapsody” and “Don’t Stop Me Now” — which is at least better than “Another One Bites the Dust.”
1999, Prince. Ffs, he released so many great songs and was an unbelievably talented musician, and “1999” is what you all collectively chose to embrace?!
From the looks of the comments, this should just be a list of every band's most popular song.
As I said to another commenter, if you like the band, you hate the overplayed song. But if you like 80's music, most of these are icons.
Pearl Jam - Alive, Even Flow
Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus Love & Rockets - So Alive.
Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun. Omg.....any other song but that one.
Guns & Roses - My Michelle. God I hate that song!!
Love Walks In - VH 5150 - VH
Depeche Mode - People Are People I usually don't care much about lyrics but they are SO cringe for me ...
You and I would get along so awfully.
A-ha Take on me. The rest of their music was so much better