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mamamiasweetpeaches
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This category is for when you had a band you really loved and then they did a song that you hated making you wonder "What Were They Thinking???"

I remember being in grammar school and really liking QUEEN.
Then Radio Ga Ga came out.

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Devolution here,

I loved Duran Duran, till they remade white lines.

Oh god.

WE are DEVO

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I am drawing a blank on White Lines????

How about.... oh I cannot think of one single thing!

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I nominate Music Time by Styx. I think Dennis DeYoung was trying to be more like David Lee Roth but that just wasn't going to happen.

Here are some of the lyrics. They might strike a memory. It was a pretty wacky video, more like something Diamond Dave would have come up with than a Styx song.

I like big things
The size of them impresses me
Just give me plenty
Forget about the quality
And I like fast food
The burgers always taste the same
No snotty waiters,
Escargot or beaujolais

And I like daydreams
I’ve had enough reality
My job is boring
I’m overworked and underpaid
I like tv
It stirs up all my fantasies
Girls in tight jeans
Acting so outrageously

Turn me on
Turn me up
Turn me loose
All the way

Turn it on (hey everybody it’s music time)
Turn it up (hey everybody it’s music time)
Turn it loose (hey everybody it’s music time)
Turn it loud (hey everybody it’s music time)
Hey everybody it’s music time!
Hey everybody it’s music time!
Hey everybody it’s music time!

[ 17. June 2005, 08:34: Message edited by: J. Chance ]

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mamamiasweetpeaches
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I dont know the STYX song you mentioned (maybe I didnt realize it was STYX!)

White Lines was a rap song by Melle Mell:

White liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiines
goin through my mind................

A rang dang ding a dang a dang
A rand dang ding a dang dang

It was about being addicted to cocaine. I also thought it was a poor DURAN DURAN choice....but I've seen them in concert 3 times and they always do it!

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The video for Music Time was really stupid.
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R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People."
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quote:
Originally posted by The Horned King:
R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People."

Actually, this was a 90s song. Even if it were an 80s song, I don't think this would count. This song is more of a satire of "happy pop music".

You could always go after the version R.E.M performed on "Sesame Street" (the title was "Furry Happy Monsters"), but then that would have to fit into a "What Were They Thinking?: 90s Songs" post.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff

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mamamiasweetpeaches
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I like SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE. God help me.
I think I heard once they interviewed Michael Stipe and asked him if he had made any mistakes in his career and he said "Three words: SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE.
LOL!!!!
I like that stupid song.

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