# Shitty Songs from Your Teen Years that You Still Sorta Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139 "2009-05-12T05:16:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/41 "2009-05-12T21:28:46Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > My contribution: Glenn Campbell, **Rhinestone** Fucking **Cowboy** > [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > OK, you’re right. See my post above! Now this holds true to the OP. Definitely shitty and I can sing every frickin’ word! But Glenn is a homey 'cause he did “ **By the time I get to Phoenix** ”…another shitty song but we always squeeed when it came on the radio 'cause it was a shout-out to the hometown team! ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/42 "2009-05-12T21:29:59Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Somehow when people talk about bad music from back in the day, they always seem to forget about all that New Jack R&B and dance from the late 80s / early 90s. > > [Jeremy Jordon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV05oji5doc) > [Marky Mark](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHcPksqIwtw) > [Bel Biv Davoe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMzZYTZnfzI) > [C&C Music Factory](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b714Wi4CDsQ) I see all those and raise you one [\*\*Color Me Badd \*\*-- I Wanna Sex You Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgqY5F67ja0) To the uh, tick-tock, you don’t stop ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/43 "2009-05-12T21:33:31Z")
[Turn Down Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE6CQkyXoFI) (YouTube), by The Cyrkle. Dig it: _“things that are waiting to mess my mind will just have to wait till tomorrow”_ ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/44 "2009-05-12T23:14:54Z")
> [@PeacePlease](#): > > Yay! A 70s music-athon. Someone bring the weed! **Bad Blood** …there’s another good one. And how could I have forgotten **Kung Foo Fighting**? Then we can’t forget ‘Incense and Peppermints’ by The Strawberry Alarm Clock. ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/45 "2009-05-12T23:45:34Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Then we can’t forget ‘Incense and Peppermints’ by The Strawberry Alarm Clock. And Bob Dylan’s **Rainy Day Women #12 & 35**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/46 "2009-05-13T00:14:02Z")
Graduated HS in 1979 I’ll second _Do you think I’m sexy_ and add Saturday Night Fever Short People ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/47 "2009-05-13T00:29:43Z")
Most any song on my iPod. I came home drunk one night years ago and saw the Time/Life Hits of the 70s ad and said: I gotta get that! So now I have a bunch of bad songs from the 70s - and I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Lily\_Milliner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8edcca/32.png) [@Lily\_Milliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lily_Milliner)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/48 "2009-05-13T00:47:10Z")
I’m in the 80’s camp with MeanJoe. I always go running with tons of 80’s music on the iPod–was out today, as a matter of fact. These are the the ones that always make me smile most when I’m out there: Ti Amo (Laura Branigan) Footloose (?) St. Elmo’s Fire (?) I’m going to use this thread for inspiration of more songs to download! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/49 "2009-05-13T01:07:10Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > I see all those and raise you one [\*\*Color Me Badd \*\*-- I Wanna Sex You Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgqY5F67ja0) > > To the uh, tick-tock, you don’t stop Well played sir. [But allow me to raise the stakes with some dance hits from the 90s.](http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/music_pulse.html?gid=) Technically I was in my 20s by this point, but we can let that slide. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/50 "2009-05-13T01:49:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Riding on the range I’ve got my hat. On. > I’ve got my boots. Dusty. > I’ve got my saddle. On my horse. > His name is Trigger. Of course. I know I’m supposed to hang my head in shame every time I even think of that song but I can’t help myself; the [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s05jcrJw0as) makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/51 "2009-05-13T01:58:10Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Most any song on my iPod. I came home drunk one night years ago and saw the Time/Life Hits of the 70s ad and said: I gotta get that! > > So now I have a bunch of bad songs from the 70s - and I love it. I’ve got it too! Only I wasn’t drunk, I was oddly excited. 1978 is the best. You must come to our 70s rock-a-thon, **Khadaji**!! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/52 "2009-05-13T02:21:00Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Most any song on my iPod. I came home drunk one night years ago and saw the Time/Life Hits of the 70s ad and said: I gotta get that! > > So now I have a bunch of bad songs from the 70s - and I love it. I bought the **whole damned series**. 10 CDs, one each from every year of the decade. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/53 "2009-05-13T03:17:59Z")
These threads make me cry. Blinded by the Light… shitty? Baker Street… shitty? Now baby Jesus is crying - man, y’all are in for it now! ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/54 "2009-05-13T03:32:39Z")
A lot of songs from the 80’s that I grew up listening to–well, they’re so deep in my brain that I don’t actually know if they’re good or bad. Some are obviously bad, but, say, _Talking Loud and Clear_ by OMD; I’m pretty sure it’s not a great song. But I love that song, I know every note, and it reminds me of an old friend, and I have no idea whether it’s good or terrible. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/55 "2009-05-13T03:33:10Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > As mannered and affected as those acts were, “I Ran,” “Obsession,” “She Blinded Me With Science”-- that’s some great pop music right there. You use “mannered and affected” like they were BAD things. It was the style, like Oscar Wilde’s comedy. Great art can be created within strictures of taste, something modern artists tend to forget. As for “Kung Fu Fighting,” I’ll quote, or paraphrase, Flo, or Eddie, “Who the hell bought that shit? I didn’t buy it. YOU didn’t buy it. So who the fuck bought it?” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/56 "2009-05-13T04:26:24Z")
> [@PeacePlease](#): > > Now this holds true to the OP. Definitely shitty and I can sing every frickin’ word! But Glenn is a homey 'cause he did “ **By the time I get to Phoenix** ”…another shitty song but we always squeeed when it came on the radio 'cause it was a shout-out to the hometown team! You should listen to Isaac Hayes’ cover of the song–all 23 minutes and 48 seconds of it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/57 "2009-05-13T06:58:46Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > [Groove is in the Heart](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1sskq_groove-is-in-the-heart-deelite_music) D’oh. You owe me one brain - Dee-lite has taken over my old one. I see your GnR and raise you some Cinderella [Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUA0ai0XxRU). Gotta love the sensitive glam-rock. 😃 And how about them Divinyls? [I Touch Myself](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/58 "2009-05-13T07:06:10Z")
Tammy…Debbie Reynolds Tell Laura I Love Her…I forget How Much is that Doggy in the Window?.. again I forget Summer the first time…Bobby Goldsboro’ (I think) * * * When I was a sprog many moons ago, there were so many shitty songs It’s unbelievable…yet we bought 'em ::smack:: ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/59 "2009-05-13T07:26:15Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Tell Laura I Love Her…I forget Would that be Tell Lori I Love Her by Keith Whitley, about Lori Morgan? God, I do not know that :o. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139/60 "2009-05-13T07:27:19Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > I see your GnR and raise you some Cinderella [Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUA0ai0XxRU). Gotta love the sensitive glam-rock. 😃 OMG it’s so deliciously bad, I love it! I also like that in the comments a guy felt inspired: [QUOTE=Some dude on YouTube] “let me say that yesterday was a very bad day for me and i was blaming everyone including God for my mistake. I remand ( take back) my comment about God and have since made things right with Him and others so my appologies to all that i offended” [/QUOTE] Cinderella heals all wounds! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-songs-from-your-teen-years-that-you-still-sorta-love/496139.md?page=4)