The glitz, the glamour, the big...everything. Here are the top '80s trends as worn by our favourite Countdown performers
They were popular in their day but looking back on them now, some songs were just plain cringe-worthy. Tell us about the worst songs of the 70s and 80s.
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I'm not sure of the name of
I'm not sure of the name of it but everyone seems to be getting Rick Rolled these days, so i'd have to say that's a pretty bad song. I even heard it playing in one of the hotels in rome that I stayed at in an elevator thinking this must be some kind of joke
Baked Beans
Does anyone remember that song Baked Beans by Mother Goose? I thought it (and its video) were hilarious way back then, but now I think OMG that's bloody awful!
Another springs to mind. That
Another springs to mind. That "Ain't no age for rock n roll", it was sung by The Veterans but it really scares the crap out of me.
The worst ever
It's got to be Chris De Burgh - Don't Pay the Ferry Man.
For starters, it's just bad advice. You should at least work out how much it's going to cost to get to the other side or you're stuffed.
Soppy Love Songs...
How about "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" by Glenn Madeiros? Very soppy, and a dodgy video of a teenager in a white suit walking along a beach.
Mind you, the horror of "Charlene" mentioned above comes very close.
I've been to paradise but i've never been to me!
I've never been to me-Charlene. I still have the single in my mediocre record collection (thanks mum:-)
Ok, I liked it when i was little but i didn't realise how bad it actually was.
I'd put that Dr Hook "Baby makes her blue jeans walk" as well haha.
Oh that Da Da Da song by Trio
Oh that Da Da Da song by Trio and I Wanna Be Straight by was it Ian Dury and the Blockheads...I wanted to throw the radio when it came on.