My vote: Rock and Roll Fantasy by Bad Company Just heard this driving and was wondering what they were smoking when they wrote the lyrics to this song.
Rocket River, notice that Drewdog capitalized the word "ROCK" in the thread title...Of course Toni Basil was cheesy! EVERYTHING from the 80's is cheesy, that's what makes 80's pop so cool...The video had a bunch of fat cheerleaders in it! For my money, "I Wish You Were a Beer" by The Cycle Sluts From Hell is the ultimate cheesy song... Yes, that is a real band and song...They showed it on Beavis and Butthead one time...I even have an MP3 of it on my computer
Warrant: Cherry Pie Hot Chick...terrible song...terrible riffs, terrible lyrics, but I'll be damned if I didn't crank it up in my '72 Skylark when it first came out.
Oh yeah my second selection is: Poison's "Ride the Wind" The chorus goes something like this: "Ride the wind, never coming back until I touch the midnight sun" YIKES!!!! and to think in 8th grade I thought that was good music.
I'm not saying this is the cheesiest song ever, but I always found "Jump" by VanHalen to be VERY cheesy...
anything by REO Speedwagon... I can't remember the actual song title (thank goodness)... Cory Hart- I wear my sunglasses at night...
Funny, I like both "I don't want to miss a thing" and "I wear my sunglasses at night" a lot... I think songs by Bonnie Tyler are quite cheesy...if anyone could consider that "rock"...
I think the song by REO Speedwagon you are referring to is "Keep on loving you"... I used to like that song, too .
Try the Soundtrack to Dazed and Confused parts I & II. Part 1 Part 2 Highlights include: Low Rider and Why Cant We Be Friends by War No More Mr. Nice Guy and School's Out by Alice Cooper Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo by Rick Derrenger Show Me The Way and Do You Feel Like I Do by Peter Frampton and I Just Want To Make Love To You by Foghat There is enough cheese between these two albums to make Wisconsin feel inadiquate.
You know Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll (Part 2)"? The "Hey!" song from every sporting event in the last 10 years? (Not to be confused with the "Woo-hoo!" or "Yeah!" songs by Blur and 2 Unlimited.) Well, there's a Part 1. Just like the second, except with inane lyrics on top of the horns. Chorus: "Rock-n-rooo-ool! Rock-n-roll..." repeated 3-4 times. The verse lyrics are fairly unintelligible, and I can't seem to find them on the Web, so you'll have to make them up yourselves. (I'm sure they'll be an improvement.) For some reason, my otherwise favorite radio station has a nasty tendency to play this. A now-defunct local alternative station would occasionally play the far superior Time Lords version of the song, which had unauthorized samples of the Doctor Who theme and Dalek chatter integrated into it. (Of course, the Time Lords got sued so badly that they changed their name to the Kopyright Liberation Front -- later abbreviated to KLF, under which name they released "3 AM Eternal" and "Justified and Ancient".) As to the other choices, Drewdog and BrianKagy are pretty dead on IMHO.
Wow, always wondered what KLF stood for. Never realized they were the same ones that did the Doctor Who song. (anything to break the monotony of the "Hey" song... next time you hear it played somewhere, sing along "It's the only song they know, It's the only song they know") Around 1992 when that other KLF stuff came out, I thought it was a little too weird, but now I kind of miss it. As for cheesy "rock" songs... warning, do not read this post if you have a weak stomach: Spandau Ballet ("You know this much is true...") "Who can it be now?" (repeat ad nauseum) from Men At Work Any old tragedy song (there were a bunch of them in the 70's... I don't think you want to be reminded of their names) Who was that other REO Speedwagon-sounding band... oh yeah, Foreigner! "I want to know what love is... I want you to show me..." That song that goes "Fly like an eagle, to the sea." There was a really horrible song on our local "K-WUSS" radio one time called "Another Auld Lang Syne." Maybe it thought it was lite rock, though it was... easy listening, or rather unlistenable. I think the target audience was over 50. Can't believe I haven't thought of more... I will as I'm subjected to them on the radio.
One song that has always made me want to regurgitate my lunch is "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis. This song was the beginning of the end of Oasis being taken seriously as a Brit-pop contender. Definitly Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory (excluding aforementioned track) are both great. Everything since then has been ****e. Most revolting is the following line: Slowly walking down the hall, Faster than a cannonball. Good job Noel, you got it to rhyme!
Put down the crack pipe. Every one of those songs are all time greats....but that's just my opionion of course...and maybe anyone that is over 30.
Foreigner was outstanding. I saw them in 87 along with ZZTop. As far as "Fly like an eagle, to the sea"....how dare you criticize Steve Miller Band that way. You have no idea what you missed if you can't appreciate these songs or groups. Wish you could have been there man!
