Best Cheezy Songs of All Time

[oliegirl]

All right FOFC, it's time to fess up and publicly admit to the guilty pleasures you listen to. You know, the cheezy songs that we all love to hate. Entertainment Weekly ranked the top 10 Cheezy Songs of all time...were they on target or way off base?

The Flame by Cheap Trick
Love Bites by Def Leppard
Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx
Hold On and You're in Love by Wilson Phillips
Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
Against all Odds and One More Night (tie) by Phil Collins
All my Life by K-Ci and Jo Jo
Have you Ever Really Loved a Woman by Bryan Adams
Crazy for You by Madonna
Somewhere Out There by Linda Rondstadt and James Ingram (From An American Tail OMPS)
Somewhere in the Night/Mandy/Weekend in New England (tied) by Barry Manilow
Lost in Your Eyes by Debbie Gibson
Could Have Been by Tiffany
Glory of Love by Peter Cetera (from The Karate Kid 2 OMPS)
Open Arms by Journey


I'll start:

Hi, my name is Oliegirl (Hi Olie!) and I love cheezy music...especially cheesy 80's music. A couple of my all time favorite songs are on that list - Lost in Your Eyes, The Flame, Iris (which I personally don't consider cheezy). I agree that Bryan Adams should be on the list, but for a different song, the Robin Hood song with Sting and Rod Stewart "All for One (All for Love)". A few other cheezy songs I love:

The Copacabana by Barry Manilow
Do They Know it's Christmas by Band Aid
Candy by Bow Wow Wow

There are countless others...but I'll keep the list short. So come on - share your cheezy favorites!!! Maybe we'll do something super creative like make a play list we can all download, or have Antmeister make an FOFC original song out of all of them...

[MikeVic]

Aww man is that Bryan Adams song cheezy?

[path12]

Aww man is that Bryan Adams song cheezy?

By definition.

First two that come to mind:

I'm Not in Love -- 10cc
Brother Love's Travelin Salvation Show -- Neil Diamond

[path12]

Oh, and Chevy Van.

[MikeVic]

:(

I'm sure there are other cheezy songs I like, but I don't know if they're cheezy.

[Dr. Sak]

Your The Best by Joe Esposito (Karate Kid 1)

[Lathum]

Am I the only one confused by the fact that the top 10 list had about 18 songs on it?

[Schmidty]

I can't think of anything cheesier than "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen. Since I am a huge Queen fan, I love that song even though I hated just about everything they did in the mid-late 80's.

Words and music by Brian May (One of the most underrated musicians ever, and the heart behind Queen)

Theres no time for us
Theres no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away
From us

Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever....?

Theres no chance for us
Its all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us

Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?

Who dares to love forever?
When love must die

But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today

Who waits forever anyway?

[Kodos]

What about "If She Would Have Been Faithful" by Chicago.

[flounder]

(You're) Having My Baby - Paul Anka


The need inside you
I see it showin'
Oh, the seed inside you baby
Do you feel it growin'
Are you happy knowin'
That you're having my baby

[Crim]

Multiple Chicago/Peter Cetera songs.
Multiple Journey songs.
Never Gonna Dance again by Wham!.

Absent entirely from my list: Bryan Adams. Only good thing he's done is the duet w/ Roger Waters on Empty Spaces.

Oh, yeah, and I love almost everything by Seal, and my wife says that most of it's cheesy... we differ on that.

One more: That craptacular song (written by like Richard Marks or something like that) by the Backstreet Boys or Nsync called "This I Promise You" or something. Verrrrrrrry cheesy, but I like it fer some reason. :shurg:

[korme]

I am offended that Iris is considered Cheezy!

[CamEdwards]

How about "I Really Want to See You Tonight" By England Dan and John (I think that's it).

"I'm not talking 'bout moving in/and I don't want to change your life/but there's a cool wind blowing the stars around/and I really want to see you tonight."

[EagleFan]

Journey - Be Gouda to Yourself
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
Celine Dion - It's Sardo Say Goodbye
Hall & Oates - Kesong
Bobby Picket - Munster Mash
Eric Weisberg - Doolin Banjos
Devo - It Doesn't Mato to Me

[Mustang]

I love me some 80s cheese.....

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Down Under - Men at Work
867-5309 - Tommy Tutone

[thesloppy]

I'm Not in Love -- 10cc


Shhhh, big boys don't cry.

[Kodos]

"The Flame" was me and my first girlfriend's song. :)

"Remember, after the fire, after all the rain, I will be the flame."

[stevew]

How could Michael Bolton not be on this list?

And Wilson Phillips are also noticeably absent.

[Galaxy]

How could Michael Bolton not be on this list?

And Wilson Phillips are also noticeably absent.

Wilson Phillips is listed.

[korme]

fuckin a right safety dance

[st.cronin]

I love me some 80s cheese.....

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

You know, that dance wasn't as safe as they said it was.

[stevew]

Wilson Phillips is listed.

doh

[BYU 14]

22 posts and nobody has mentioned "Don't worry be happy" by Bobby McFerrin or "She blinded me with Science" by Thomas Dolby?

[BYU 14]

Dola

"Sausalito summer night" by Diesel

Hot summer night in Sausalito
Can't stand the heat another mile
Let's drop a quarter in the meter
and hit the sidewalk for a while

I'll have a burger and a root beer
You feed the heap some of the grape
A shot of premium to boot, dear
We'll get across the Golden Gate

(chorus)
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard

[MrBug708]

8675309
One Night in Bangkok

[oliegirl]

8675309
One Night in Bangkok

I heard "One Night in Bangkok" on the way home from work yesterday...great song! Doesn't make much sense, but still a great song :)

And yes, the list does have more than 10 songs - I thought when I first saw it that it was a top 10 list, but then I realized it was a just a "Cheezy Song Play List", but I'd already written the post and forgot to go back and edit it...

[JeeberD]

Iris is cheesy? Damn, I've been deluded for years now...

[Raiders Army]

Besides those mentioned:

Always--Atlantic Starr
The Wind Beneath My Wings--Bette Midler
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You--Glenn Mederios
I Swear--All 4 One
The Search is Over--Survivor

Most of all: My Heart Will Go On by Celin Deion

And I'd choose Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams to beat out Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman.

[Mustang]

I heard "One Night in Bangkok" on the way home from work yesterday...great song! Doesn't make much sense, but still a great song :)


Thought it was just about some dude in a chess tournament in Bangkok being tempted by what Bangkok has to offer...

[Neon_Chaos]

I don't know much - Aaron Neville and Linda Rondstadt

[Neon_Chaos]

dola,

She's A Maniac - Hall and Oates

[Neon_Chaos]

triple dola,

I LOVE 80's shit.

[Neon_Chaos]

I have tons of this stuff in my hard-drive.

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac

[Lorena]

Ahh yes, the beautiful 80's with the scrunched up socks and big hair.

How about "The Final Countdown" by Europe

[MikeVic]

And I'd choose Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams to beat out Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman.

They're both good.

[johnnyshaka]

Extreme - More Than Words

[Klinglerware]

Extreme - More Than Words

Not really the love song many people think it is--when you look at the lyrics, the singer is actually delivering a "have sex with me, or else" ultimatum...

[johnnyshaka]

Not really the love song many people think it is--when you look at the lyrics, the singer is actually delivering a "have sex with me, or else" ultimatum...

Regardless of what it's about...chicks love it and in turn will "love" you when they hear it.

Giggidy, giggidy.

[chesapeake]

About 4 years ago, I made a cd of cheesy 80's songs for my wife. She loved it so much, it is now a 3 disc compilation. Disk 1, song 1 is my own personal favorite cheesy song, Rick Springfield's Jessie's Girl. #2 was Tommy Tutone with 867-5309/Jenny.

[FrogMan]

Many, many, many of the 80's hair band ballads, to name a few:

When I See You Smile, Bad English
Heaven, Warrant
Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison

Not too sure if they qualify as cheesy, but quite probably.

And more recently, and if people can list Celine freaking Dion in here, so can I with them...

With Arms Wide Open, Creed

Heh. :)

FM

[Klinglerware]

Regardless of what it's about...chicks love it and in turn will "love" you when they hear it.

Giggidy, giggidy.

Yeah, it's still a cheesy song. I'm just fascinated by the disconnect between lyrics and effect, for some reason...

[Izulde]

I agree that Bryan Adams should be on the list, but for a different song, the Robin Hood song with Sting and Rod Stewart "All for One (All for Love)".


Actually, that was 3 Musketeers, not Robin Hood. :)

[Warhammer]

Walking on Sunshine
Oh What a Night
The Pina Colada Song
Tempted

[Izulde]

I'm sure it's not going to shock anyone that if I listed all my favorite cheesy songs, I'd be here until it was time to go back to the States. :D

But some of my faves off the top of my head:

Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On"
Bryan Adams or Brandy "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" I like both versions.
Wilson Phillips "Hold On"
Amy Grant "Baby, Baby"
Martika "Toy Soldiers"
Roxanne "It Must Have Been Love (But It's Over Now)"

[Klinglerware]

Roxette

[Izulde]

Roxette

I knew I was going to get pwned after my smartass remark. :o

I couldn't remember if it was Roxanne or Roxette.

[Klinglerware]

I should stop now...

[CamEdwards]

I have tons of this stuff in my hard-drive.

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac

Unless they did a cover, this is actually by Bonnie Tyler.

Yes, I love me some 80's music too.

[Neon_Chaos]

Unless they did a cover, this is actually by Bonnie Tyler.

Yes, I love me some 80's music too.

Oh, you have to hear THEIR version. :)

[Mustang]

Walking on Sunshine


I absolutely fucking hate that song. I imagine that the elevator running between the layers of hell has the Muzak version of that...

[Mustang]

Damn.. forgot to add

Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

[korme]

Dancing In the Moonlight TOPLOADER
I'm All Out of Love AIR SUPPLY

[Kodos]

I need you now!
More than words can say
I need you now!
I've got to find a way
I need you now!
Before I lose my mind
I need you now!

[Kodos]

Gotta have "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic.

Wait by White Lion

[Kodos]

dola,

She's A Maniac - Hall and Oates

Choose, please:

Maneater - Hall and Oates
Maniac - Michael Sembello

[Mustang]

Choose, please:

Maneater - Hall and Oates


Uhhh.. are you a Maneater Beavis?

[path12]

Damn.. forgot to add

Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

That's not cheesy, that's TEH AWESUM!

[korme]

Right Said Fred
I'm Too Sexy


Thread over

[Lorena]

In honor of this thread, I'm listening to 80s and More.

Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited

[oliegirl]

Ahh yes, the beautiful 80's with the scrunched up socks and big hair.

How about "The Final Countdown" by Europe

I thought you Cali girls called it "ruffled" socks ;)


I cranked Monster Ballads at work today...

Heaven by Warrant
Love Song by Tesla (cheezy, but still a kick ass song)
I'll Never Let You Go by Firehouse

How about Smokin in the Boys Room by Motley Crue????

[StarBuck]

Nothing and I mean NOTHING is worse than MacArthur's Park.

Proof (http://linksofdoom.blogspot.com/2007/04/worst-song-evah.html)

[path12]

Nothing and I mean NOTHING is worse than MacArthur's Park.

Proof (http://linksofdoom.blogspot.com/2007/04/worst-song-evah.html)

Damn, and I just baked a cake.

[StarBuck]

You'll never have that recipe again.
Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[path12]

That's OK, it was raining anyway.

[Dr. Sak]

Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited

I'm so excited....I'm so excited...I'm so SCARED!!!

[Klinglerware]

So "The Neutron Dance" isn't cheesier?

[Galaxy]

Eddie Money? "I wanna go back".

[stevew]

I'm so excited....I'm so excited...I'm so SCARED!!!

lol. you ain't getting into stanford bitch.

I get the reference, anyways...

[oliegirl]

lol. you ain't getting into stanford bitch.

I get the reference, anyways...


Man, just when I'd weaned myself off of SBTB by switching to watching Mad About You in the mornings, now you had to go and mention that episode!!!! :mad:

Now I have images of AC calling Jessie "momma" and Kelly with her big ol' poofy hair running through my head...

[Antmeister]

Choose, please:

Maneater - Hall and Oates
Maniac - Michael Sembello

Maneater is not cheesy. Prostitute songs can't be cheesy.

[BYU 14]

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That's not cheesy, that's TEH AWESUM!

Now the Celtic Frost version of Mexican Radio.......That is awesome.

[Glengoyne]

Come On Ilene -- Dexy's Midnight Runners

[korme]

99 luft balloons

[Galaxy]

Eddie Money? "I wanna go back".

Speaking of Eddie Money, he's matured into one funky lookin' dude:

www.eddiemoney.com

[Crim]

I'm so excited....I'm so excited...I'm so SCARED!!!

This is for oliegirl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljtuGoIIKGs

[MJ4H]

If you have ever heard "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by The Carpenters you would agree with my nomination of that tune for Cheeziest Song of All-time.

Man it is awesome.

[Antmeister]

If you have ever heard "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by The Carpenters you would agree with my nomination of that tune for Cheeziest Song of All-time.

Man it is awesome.

I thought you were joiking at first, but then I checked out YouTube. WTF?!?! For them to work that phrase into a song is actually amazing.

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[StarBuck]

I was the "cheesy" version of Bowie's "Starman" (which by the way, rocks).

[thesloppy]

I thought you were joiking at first, but then I checked out YouTube. WTF?!?! For them to work that phrase into a song is actually amazing.

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Wow. That is QUITE the video.