80's one-hit Battle: Come On Eileen vs. Walking On Sunshine

[RetroLounge]

Poll question: 80's one-hit Battle: Come On Eileen vs. Walking On Sunshine

Vote which one you like more (Not which is more annoying)

RL

[givemebackmycountry]

1. Eileen had strings in it...I love strings... n/t

[sundog]

2. come on eileen

on second thought... O8)

[AwakeAtLast]

3. Either one makes me want to poke my eyes with forks.

<poke, poke, poke>

OUCH!

[salin]

4. liked both, but... Come On Eileen by a mile

[Osamasux]

5. Katrina had a few songs.

Mexico was my favorite.

Plus Kevin Rowland of Dexy's is a legendary asshole.

[MercutioATC]

6. A related T-shirt from "T-shirt Hell"...

(warning, sexual overtones)


http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=176

[BurtWorm]

7. Walking on Sunshine by default.

I loooooooaathed Come On, Eileen! To me, it was like a return of the worst of the 1970s. Not that WoS was all that original. But CO,E was unbearable.

[Cornjob]

13. I with 'ya on that one!

Dexy's was wretched!

[JanMichael]

8. Oh dear gods! Stop it, stop it I say!

Come on, comeon, come on, man.

[Wat_Tyler]

9. Dexy's had some great songs - 'Come on...' was not among them.

'This is what she's like', 'Dance Stance' or 'Geno' were half-decent.

[Sufi Marmot]

14. "Academic inspiration, you gave me none...."

(That lyric has a second meaning for all of us who were frustrated graduate students...) The Dexy's are the great lost band of the 80's. Kevin Rowland was a genius, albeit a tortured genius with rampant neuroses, a drug problem, and sexual orientation/gender identity issues. But Searching For the Young Soul Rebels and Too-Rye-Aye are like two of the greatest 80's albums ever. "There, There My Dear" is one of my top 10 favorite songs ever, even though to this day I still have no idea what it's about...

-SM

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. 99 Luftballons (Auf Deutsch, bitte)

[Wat_Tyler]

11. Ca Plane Pour Moi.

[last_texas_dem]

12. I love "Come on Eileen"

"Walking on Sunshine" has always annoyed the hell out of me for reasons I can't quite place.

[WCGreen]

15. I saw Katrina and The Waves live and they

kicked ass.....

Also, isn't Come on Eileen the name of a porno movie.....