Archive for October, 2006


80’s Silly Acts

Last week I asked people to list the top 5 silly acts of the 1980’s

There was a little confusion between group and act. I also don’t think people got the idea of ranking them #1 most silly, #5: 5th most silly.

But none the less I got 80 votes. The ranking went as such:

For each vote you got a point
Then for each #1 you got 5 pts, #2 you got 4 pts, etc…

Below the cut are the 19/32 silliest acts (acts that got at least 2 votes, or 1 “most silly”)

In the comment field, I’d love to hear what people think of the ranking and if they’d like to see this expanded a bit.

But first, the acts that were considered Silly, but not silly enough to make the top 32:

A-Ha, ABC, B-52’s, Baltimora, Bananarma, Beastie Boys, Cameo, Cinderella, Dead Milkmen, Depeche Mode, Doctor & The Medics, Duran Duran, El Debarge, Elmo & Patsie, Europe, Eurythmics, The, Family, The, Flirts, Debbie Gibson, Glass Tiger, Go-Go’s, Haircut 100, Jefferson Starship, Jets, The, Kix, Kool Moe Dee, Cyndi Lauper,Huey Lewis & The News, Loverboy, Megadeath, Olivia Newton-John, Oingo Boingo, Ollie & Jerry, Pet Shop Boys, The Plastics, Quiet Riot, Right Said Fred, The Scorpions, Skid Row, Spinal Tap, Stray Cats, Stryper, T’Pau, The Talking Heads, Tiffany, The Time, Wang Chung, Weird Al Yankovic, ZZ Top

And now the top 19/32:

Found this propogating again this week. Click on the link for the original post and how to use it if you like.

Voice Post

In the 80’s I paid my way thru college (or more properly earned a couple of bucks on the side) as a professional DJ playing “Top 40” music with an Urban emphasis.

What this means is that I know “Buffalo Dance” and “Cherry Pie” by heart whether I want to or not.

I found myself listening to one of my compilation discs last night on the ‘drive home.’

I realized… You know this stuff was big and popular.. I really loved some of these songs… but in retrospect… They’re really silly. The whole group was just, really… silly.

So, I’m curious… It’s a top 5 list.

What are the 5 acts of the 80s that you liked, loved, knew were popular… but… 15-25 years later… Wow. What were they thinking. What were we thinking?!?!

Results.. next week 🙂

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