Awesomely Bad Songs
 

C'mon, we all know one of these. Mostly songs released in the '80's, these are songs that you know are bad, but sort of have an undercurrent of badassery running through them. We all have a favourite song of this type, a guilty pleasure in its truest form. Confess yours here and now.

Here's my choice for the top spot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZLKtjATZt0

Unlike many, I don't really have any problems with the Van Hagar phase of this great band, despite most of their output during this period being so-so. This song, however, is something special. The defining song of the Van Hagar period, a period where they embraced synthesisers and stopped being the raunchy, cheeky rockers you didn't like your kids listening to and became the everyman party guys who wanted to be played at football games, lent a shred of conviction by Sammy's howl, Dreams is awesomely bad music at it's most badass.

It's possible that I could rule this thread. But I'll just go here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygb0F-VCTPI

I adore this song.

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LL Cool J - I Need Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEUX-HYRtUA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E34eBjaqmgo

^^That is such a good song.^^

I remember that being played every week on programmes like 120 Minutes and Headbangers Ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4avn34o2Ksw

I remember working in a outdoor clothing shop many years ago. We had shop tapes that we would put on to have music playing in the background, some were good and some were terrible but this was one of the songs that was played:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T6e3GJCjow

Now I am unsure if this was meant to be a joke or if it was meant to be serious but it is just so surreal. Me and a friend in my new work place sing this to each other when we are bored :D

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS8yDlAUzRA

The 80's definitely rule when it comes to great, bad songs. Here's one that's up Tyler's alley-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz5w06Naq0c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I'm a rock guy so this is a major guilty pleasure for me-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLUs91q1eg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHULFO8x8Co

Every Baggy cliche in the book, but I loved it. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In75rgGsp4A

EDIT - On a similar theme: Every Shoegazing cliche in the book.

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

And how it should be done...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7EczYH41dQ

Gotta have a reference point. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZisnZ-RGE

That song kicks ass!

So bad, so good :D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ym3RlvVR9M&list=PL1DC5861012CEDB8A

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNR36fqCGAA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKmG6zkADW8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyIAfEqA220
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKQf8Z5uWQ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvS351QKFV4

and Czech parody of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msQNUzz98D8

The Girl Is Mine by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney.

I seriously love this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbXz2Z5_WN0

I only discovered this a month or so ago, thanks to Danny Baker. Thanks, Danny. :) I love it, but I can understand why others just roll their eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTXYW0nVvn4