Weird 80s Songs You've Definitely Never Heard Of

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Dive into the quirky and eccentric world of 1980s music with this collection of obscure gems! From funky beats to bizarre lyrics, these songs are guaranteed to surprise and entertain. Join us on a journey through the offbeat side of the 80s and discover some musical treasures you never knew existed.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:24 I Wanna be a Flintsone
02:14 May the Cube be With You
03:22 Get Your Feet out of my Shoes
04:44 Rat in Mi Kitchen
05:49 Charlton Heston
07:50 Bring Me Edelweiss
09:15 Geil
10:11 Woodpeckers From Space
11:06 Kenny the Kangaroo
12:21 Promo
13:06 Star Trekkin
14:04 Atakatakatakata
15:28 To Be or Not To Be (Rap)

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@CyclopsWasRight616 Ай бұрын

Saying we don't know Star Trekkin' is like naming 10 foods we've never heard of and one of them is a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich.

@coyoteartist Ай бұрын

Peanut Butter and Jelly? What is this strange food of which you speak?

@KelsaRavenlock Ай бұрын

It was on Doctor Demento's countdown forever as well as the yearly best of shows.

@UTubeHandlesSuck Ай бұрын

@@KelsaRavenlock Not to mention depending on the DJ, it tended to sneak on radio from time to time. First time I ever heard it I was 19 "teen-driving" my 1967 Mustang around the local bypass. (Meaning of course ripping through the beginnings of afternoon rush at between 80 and 90, deftly dodging all the 60 MPH commuters...man I wonder how I survived to 25 sometimes! 🤣) Yeah...first hearing that at over 80 in traffic? I absolutely had to make haste in getting stopped in the emergency lane- I was laughing and tears streaming so hard I could barely see a thing. 😂😂

@jwb52z9 Ай бұрын

It's not really that well known in most of the US.

@KelsaRavenlock Ай бұрын

@@jwb52z9 Doctor Demento was broadcast across the US and Canada into all markets on the largest radio network there was. It was also available in many larger Mexican radio markets due to the sunday simulcasts between them and US stations. As well the song became popular at Trek conventions. I'd say that covers most of North America with out even going into the shows album releases or all the tapes of the show people made and traded.

@Raggmopp-xl7yf Ай бұрын

Fish Heads! Fish Heads! Eat Em Up Yum!

@amyboone125 Ай бұрын

I totally remember that!

@ShelleyAppell Ай бұрын

That was Matthew Modine in the video

@amyboone125 Ай бұрын

@@ShelleyAppell I believe it's actually Bill Paxton.

@Reelphresh Ай бұрын

I met a fish head, took it to the movies, didn't have to pay for it, it was free.

@paulie6446 29 күн бұрын

In the morning, laughing happy fish heads.. In the evening, floating in the soup.😁

@brentw.2574 Ай бұрын

From the thumbnail, I can say that I have listened to one of these songs more times than I can count. Star Trekkin by The Firm. Bless Doctor Demento.

@Mondomeyer Ай бұрын

YES! I do love the good Doctor!

@JacknVictor Ай бұрын

Anyone who went to a school disco in the late 1980's and early 1990's within the British Isles has definately heard it more than once.

@michaelward5370 Ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVED Star Trekking as a kid, I think I still remember all the words!!

@Robertlynschultz Ай бұрын

Dead Puppies > Star Trekkin… just say’n

@paulsarnik8506 Ай бұрын

I take you aren't referring to The Jimmy Page Paul Rodgers Firm🤷🏼‍♂️🤓😎✌🏼

@Ididnotwanttojoin Ай бұрын

No mention of the fact that "Bring Me Edelweiss" is just new lyrics to the tune of ABBA's "S.O.S."? (Or that the woodpecker laugh is a sample from a Woody Woodpecker cartoon or someone imitating it very well].)

@josephwest124 Ай бұрын

Actually, only the chorus comes from "S.O.S." The song also uses InDeep's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" and I'm pretty sure that "laugh" you're referring to is just a bunch of yodeling. (It's not mentioned in the Wiki article about the song but I definitely hear bits of New Order's "True Faith"--and that song's video is definitely referenced in the video for "Bring Me Edelweiss"--the part where the two men are slapping each other? That's from the "True Faith" video.) If the "woodpecker laugh" is referring to "Woodpeckers in Space" (which I hadn't gotten to when I posted the above bit) then, no it's not a sample and it's NOT a good imitation.

@Ididnotwanttojoin Ай бұрын

@@josephwest124 No, the laugh I am talking about is Woody Woodpecker's famous laugh. It was used in the woodpecker song in this video. As for S.O.S. the only parts of this Edelweiss song I heard sounded like ABBA, but then I am not an ABBA fan so I am not sure I remember how the rest of the song goes. In any case, there was no acknowledgement at all of the fact that at least part of it is unmistakably based on S.O.S.

@UTubeHandlesSuck Ай бұрын

_"(Or that the woodpecker laugh is a sample from a Woody Woodpecker cartoon or someone imitating it very well].)"_ Actually it's neither. It's a very mediocre attempt at best. Literally says "ha-ha-ha-HA-ha." In that same time, Woody says it twice at a staccato like a full-auto mag dump. You'd have to dose Woody with a shot glass full of liquid Valium to get him to laugh that slowly. _"No, the laugh I am talking about is Woody Woodpecker's famous laugh. It was used in the woodpecker song in this video."_ No. It wasn't. A Wish/Temu version maybe, but that barely even resembles the real thing.

@MrDman21 Ай бұрын

I was just about to mention that 😂

@beachgrad98 Ай бұрын

I've heard of 'Bring Me Edelweiss" but never made the connection to ABBA. That's cool to know.

@alyfan1 Ай бұрын

Anyone who listened to Dr. Demento in the 80s knows a bunch of these like Kenny and star trekken is a demento staple almost always in his funny five since it's released and on several of his compilations. Great video! Love when you do this type of video!

@adamf1980 Ай бұрын

The most interesting part about Bring Me Edelweiss - The KLF released Doctorin The Tardis under the name The Timelords. They then released a book - "The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way)". Edelweiss used this guide to create their song. Also it's pronounced Edelveiss.

@michaelward5370 Ай бұрын

I was about 8 or 9 years old when Doctorin The Tardis was in the charts and I thought it was awesome!!

@TheDreamtimezzz Ай бұрын

I think we need a part 2 and 3 to this series ❤

@paultreadaway102 Ай бұрын

Like the neverending debate will continue the next parts etc Likewise debates on Vocalists,Bass Players,Drummers and Guitarists even with more research widespread knowledge it's awesome to know but the time and that last forever,strikerates and the World 🌎 it would take some

@UTubeHandlesSuck Ай бұрын

First we need a Part 1 that comes near living up to the title. 🤣🤣🤣

@arishiakoneko Ай бұрын

Wasn't ever expecting to see love for "May The Cube Be With You." Frickin' love Thomas Dolby. His catalog is pretty solid, he's so much more than his one hit. XD

@tobysgamingworld1550 Ай бұрын

His song “I love you, Goodbye” is on every playlist I have and everyone I’ll ever have. Dolby is criminally underrated because “she blinded me with science”.

@tobysgamingworld1550 Ай бұрын

And did we just become best friends?😂😂

@arishiakoneko Ай бұрын

@@tobysgamingworld1550 I think so!! XD Oh man, "I Love You, Goodbye" is so good. Thomas Dolby deserved so much better Stateside, he's extremely underrated. Entire albums of solid music. I also love "Radio Silence" and "Urges" so much XD

@JosipRadnik1 28 күн бұрын

wasn't "may the cube be with you" also sort of a reference to Rubic's Cube? If I remember correctly, the hype around that thing also was in the early 80's...

@arishiakoneko 21 күн бұрын

@@JosipRadnik1 Possibly! I know it's a play on "May the Force be with You" at least. XD I hadn't considered he'd be referencing a rubix cube... but they were pretty big back then.

@KimberlyLetsGo Ай бұрын

I loved I Eat Cannibals by Total Coelo.

@winchestersons6258 Ай бұрын

Bring out the cannibal in me. I eat cannibals. Awesome song

@grumpyz0mbie Ай бұрын

Random fact for you. One of the band's members "Ros Holness" is the daughter of Bob Holness, of Blockbusters TV show fame.

@mournblade1066 4 күн бұрын

Eh, I don't think it's obscure enough for this list. But it IS a really great song.

@michaelmorrow9048 Ай бұрын

FINALLY! Somebody other than Dr Demento gives Screaming Blue Messiahs props. Still love that album

@mondegreen9709 26 күн бұрын

It's yabba-dabba-doo time!

@peterbaker1879 26 күн бұрын

Yes, great band...their debut album was also killer...

@mclees4593 4 күн бұрын

Yep they were killer. Loved em

@gregorysilva2798 Ай бұрын

Close to the Edit - Are of Noise (Instrumental), Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo, White Punks on Dope - The Tubes, Run Runaway - Slade, Why me - Planet P Project - These were fun and unusual songs.

@JosipRadnik1 28 күн бұрын

Another "strange" song of the time that i liked was "pervy in the park" by Demented are Go"

@indianagashauler3377 21 күн бұрын

Down in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana. Love that song!

@frikitiki Ай бұрын

For Bring me Edelweiss, that samples and takes off from ABBA's SOS. "Darling can't you hear me SOS", ""so when you really love me bring me Edelweiss". I missed it back in the day but for some reason YT offered it up and loved watching the various versions.

@Demo-critus Ай бұрын

Did you enjoy the version with Nina Hagen? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbSlfpVyxq3KgZ8.html

@Filmation77 Ай бұрын

Fyi, the Video for "I wanna be a Flintstone " WAS in Semi Rotation for 3 months on MTV it was marketed under "MTV Buzz Bin" and "Bring Me edelweiss " the Melody is sampled from "S.O.S" from ABBA

@TravJam317 Ай бұрын

I know I saw it on MTV's 120 Minutes a few times.

@davegoodwin1848 Ай бұрын

I grew up in the 80's and have heard several of these actually.

@TravJam317 Ай бұрын

A few of these songs got play on MTV's 120 Minutes at some point.

@somnambulnation5681 Ай бұрын

I find no version of "The Golden Age of Wireless" by Dolby to contain "May The Cube Be With You". Instead, it appears as a CD/Cassette Bonus Track on his 1988 album "Aliens Ate My Buick". Also, could have mentioned it was a collaboration with George Clinton.

@tjmcguire9417 Ай бұрын

Based on your voice, you are a youngster. Many of us were adults in the '80s and know all of this first hand. It is SO good that you found these gems. Again. We know them. Good for you and thanks! And now you know why MTV existed... We got lucky. BTW. Thomas Dolby... very well known. Also... you can't listen to any of this (and then) and not smile. Happy smart and idiotic.

@rowynnecrowley1689 Ай бұрын

Back when MTV still had videos, and artists knew what videos were for (hint: not to splice together concert clips, or film yourself singing in a hot tub).

@MultiNotAnti Ай бұрын

Yesss! The Jim Carrey Informer parody Imposter from In Living Color at the end lmao. That show was hilarious and that's one of the best parodies period!!! 👌👌

@user-fr8kf5uu9y 16 күн бұрын

Chocolate Wannabe and the Hot Dog Flavored Hot Dog

@CipherCutie Ай бұрын

I always loved May The Cube Be With You. All of Thomas Dolby's music really.

@michaelward5370 Ай бұрын

No mention of Shuttupa Ya Face by Joe Dolce? I think it was released round about 1981/82, I thought it was awesome, although I was about 6 years old!!

@KevinRiddell-om1gv Ай бұрын

1980

@civicmindedjimthehonest6389 Ай бұрын

also kept vienna from being no.1 😂

@paulie6446 29 күн бұрын

He said weird songs, not shite songs😂

@nebakanezer13 26 күн бұрын

Whatsamatta you?

@mournblade1066 4 күн бұрын

Not nearly obscure enough.

@stevepierce2457 Ай бұрын

So there were 2 bands called The Firm in the 80's

@paultreadaway102 Ай бұрын

Yes Supergroup Rock The Firm who did Radioactive mint song.This Firm is novelty act with Star Trekkin yes their are 2Firms

@dehydratedwater9806 Ай бұрын

Yep. Paul Rogers and Jimmy Page.

@jeffthomas3707 Ай бұрын

Edelweiss, Star Trekkin & Rat In Mi Kitchen are all very well known. They all had high chart sucess in the UK

@justindenney-hall5875 Ай бұрын

The way they sang "If you really love me bring me Edelweiss" sounds like it's to the tune of the chorus from "S.O.S." by "Abba".

@JamesStewart-lx5wb Ай бұрын

It is. And ABBA was furious about it. They wanted to sue, but it turns out their manager, Stig Anderson sold the rights to Edelweiss. Stig wrote the melody, so he legally owns it. ABBA wanted the contract to be null and void. But it was done and was completely legal. ABBA, minus Frida of course, sued Stig and won. But the damage he caused was done. Nothing ABBA could do about Edelweiss.

@justindenney-hall5875 Ай бұрын

@@JamesStewart-lx5wb I'm surprised he didn't bring that up.

@mickm6309 Ай бұрын

Geil by Bruce and Bongo sounds a little like David Bowie's Magic Dance in the Labyrinth. Both were from 1986 so hard to say if one influenced the other.

@UTubeHandlesSuck Ай бұрын

It IS.

@Mandiness Ай бұрын

My dad had I Wanna Be A Flintstone on a mix tape. I thought it was pretty catchy lol.

@billyjo316 Ай бұрын

The hitler rap was for to be or not to be movie and only Mel brooks could be hitler for a rap and make it work.

@KevinRiddell-om1gv Ай бұрын

And it wasn't controversial. Back then we knew it was comedy

@MrKaywyn Ай бұрын

I really like the ABBA reference in Bring Me Edeilwess.

@bishdizzle67 Ай бұрын

SOS

@herbcraven7146 Ай бұрын

The Mel Brooks number brought back a lost memory of hearing that once on Dr. Demento.

@mysticwolf75 Ай бұрын

Actually I did know May the Cube be With You (because I was a huge Thomas Dolby fan) and Rat In Mi Kitchen (because I was also a UB40 fan). I thought I Wanna be a Flintstone came out in the 90s since it was on the soundtrack for the 1994 movie. Never heard it in the 80s.

@Richard_the_lionheart75 Ай бұрын

Michael Barry more is more known for a swimming pool incident now

@coyoteartist Ай бұрын

Edelweiss is a pretty cool song mostly because of how it manage to mix so many samples and still be interesting.

@StefanSchrock-eo7jp Ай бұрын

Greetings from Germany, Edelweiß was geil :) I know this 2 nice Songs!, Also Woodpeckers from Space, it was so funny

@Sabrina79 Ай бұрын

The chorus of "Bring Me Edelweiss" sounds just like the ABBA song "S.O.S." Why was this factoid not mentioned?

@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 Ай бұрын

My guess is that the narrator needs to be introduced to ABBA, and specifically the song SOS, to be able to recognize that particular factoid. The title of this video seems to apply to current teens & young adults, and not those of us who lived through the 80s, if the comments are anything to go by.

@chrisnemec5644 Ай бұрын

TBH, I've heard of almost all of them. Well, if you do a part two of this, you should have the following on it: 1. "I Eat Cannibals" by Toto Coleo (1982) - their best-known song, a dark subject handled with a feel-good synth pop from a band labeled as the mothers of the Spice Girls by later critics. 2. "Dracula Waltz (Sucker for Your Love)" by Toto Coleo (1982) - the follow-up song to "I Eat Cannibals " is just as weird and even less well known. 3. "Rappin' Rodney" by Rodney Dangerfield 91983) - 80's comedian Rodney Dangerfield does a rap tune about how he's just not respected. It was quite a leap for an older white male to do a song in a genre dominated by an ethnic minority at the time. Another song on the EP, "Rodney Continues Rappin'" is over15 minutes of the same thing. 4. "No Tengo Dinero" by Righeria. (The title translates to "I Don't Have Money") A song in Spanish lamenting how they don't have the money to do things in a bouncy, upbeat music.

@Poizenne Ай бұрын

I remember "Rappin' Rodney". Funny song.

@czars694 Ай бұрын

Yeah, I had heard of maybe half of them.

@phillipbruno4443 Ай бұрын

I thought I was the only person who thought Toto Coleo were similar to the Spice Girls. When the Spice Girls came out I did think visually there was similarities. I Eat Cannibal could have been done by the Spice Girls.

@chrisnemec5644 Ай бұрын

@@phillipbruno4443 Well, I've seen more than one retro critic call them that.

@villain5873 Ай бұрын

6:07 Charleston Heston by stump video looks like an altered devo whip it

@moranjackson7662 Ай бұрын

Edelweiss, Geil, Woodpeckers from space and Star Trekking are well known to me. I'm an avid collector of 80's samplers, to get as many songs as possible. And since I'm german, some of these songs were played a lot on german radio. The other stuff looks to be more local songs, which didn't experience much success in other countries. Being a Star Trek fan helps knowing Star Trekking as well 😊😊

@allisalie101 Ай бұрын

I was a teenager in the 80's and Star Trekkin and Hitler Rap were really well known.

@Leyanna69 Ай бұрын

Star trekkin was (and still is) a big party dance song on holiday parks in the uk

@geographyinaction7814 Ай бұрын

I turned 12 in 1980, and none of these are a surprise.

@jons.6216 Ай бұрын

I once made a mix tape to send to the Cincinnati office of my former company containing music I listened to including "Bring me Eidelweiss" and one of the gals there said "... this was the kind of music they play on MTV at 2 am when nobody's listening!" Haha! I fully understand how frustrating music search engines can be with song titles and lyrics - one in particular is the song "You and Me, You and Me, Babe" (arm in arm naturally, babe) without getting sent to that annoying Ringo Starr song instead!

@timacrow Ай бұрын

Wow! I had forgotten The Screaming Blue Messiahs! I remember hearing that sone on the radio!

@license2kilttheplaidlad640 Ай бұрын

Edelweiss video also featured a very young Kyra Sedgewick .

@user-zf2ru4eq4w Ай бұрын

The Flintstone's song I was always under the impression that it was specifically made for the live action movie. I did not realize the song was made before the movie came out. And I never knew about that Mel Brooks song. Learn something new every day.

@Desirsar Ай бұрын

I never saw the movie, so hearing the song, I immediately thought "they wrote this assuming that if they ever make a movie, it will be licensed." Good to know this can work, my band is about to change focus!

@thefunnychiptuneman Ай бұрын

i knew woodpeckers from space from a pingu episode where hes listening to it on a record player

@Tarabara Ай бұрын

I was little in the 80s, so I only recognize I Wanna Be A Flintstone and Star Trekkin, but I didn't hear that one until I was an adult. Loved the ABC "after these messages" ditty! I remember those fondly.

@martincolvill5453 Ай бұрын

As a Disk Jockey of the 80s I can safely say I've never played nor heard of any of these. And I was always getting in trouble with the program director and even the owner once for playing some quirky song NOT on the Playlist. This was back when vinyl was what we played except when we threw in a cart for spots.

@DanT271 Ай бұрын

The 80s were the best in All ways

@FatDave2112 Ай бұрын

They really weren't. It was a largely vapid and politically conservative decade full of overproduced bubblegum synth pop (or overproduced glam metal) on the radio and shallow cold war patriotism in theaters. The arcades were cool, though.

@KimberlyLetsGo Ай бұрын

I know. Why doesn't anyone do parody songs anymore? Even Weird Al hasn't done one in years and years.

@John-wg6xw Ай бұрын

The Motown era will never be surpassed.

@ChirumboloFilm Ай бұрын

Almost. The 80’s sucked at being a different decade. I’m really fun at parties.

@erictoro6519 Ай бұрын

You wouldn't know you were born in a very boring time sorry you feel that way that your favorite movie is called ass by now 🤡 nothing beats the 80s song .you just can't stand it I bet you like it more though . It's okay it's not your fault you were born and raised in a more demoralized woke era that you find normal music weird @@FatDave2112

@billmittenzwey3021 Ай бұрын

i remember Geil being played over and over on the radio in germany back in the 80’s. the important thing is that it doesn’t just mean “cool”. it’s sort of a double entendres considering the older version meaning horny or randy.

@rowynnecrowley1689 Ай бұрын

That's probably why it didn't catch on stateside. Best case scenario, people would've been thinking "Guile" from Street Fighter.

@verybighomer Ай бұрын

The song caused quite a few discussions and was even banned in some radio and TV stations (e.g. in Bavaria). For us kids it was great to have something naughty to annoy the parents with.

@billmittenzwey3021 Ай бұрын

yeah, apparently radio 3 from Stuttgart didn’t have a problem with it. i’m pretty sure that’s where i was hearing it (in Heidelberg)

@tres6198 Ай бұрын

More of this...I've heard maybe 3 outta this list and definitely would love to hear more

@MrDman21 Ай бұрын

Woodpeckers from Space? I had never heard that song back in the 80s 😂

@bobina05 Ай бұрын

I still have I Wanna Be A Flintstone on 45. I love that song.

@Kihsiimawa Ай бұрын

The chorus of "Edelweiss" is originally from ABBA's song, "SOS".

@Millwall77 Ай бұрын

Everyone got that from the first time they hearded even back then...

@ChrisEstey Ай бұрын

Digging your deep dives! I only knew two or three songs and I was an 80s weirdo. Bravo and salute!

@fantasticsound2085 Ай бұрын

You had me until Star Trekkin. I was 13 in 1980 and I can tell you I'm never heard any of the songs before Star Trekkin on your list. But you're way out of line on this one. Nerd culture was certainly not what it is today, but the Dr Demento radio program was syndicated across the country and it featured a lot of very weird songs. Had it not been for Dr Demento, you might never have heard of "Weird" Al Yankovic. But although "Weird" Al is possibly the only superstar to come out of that program, most every popular-on-the-show song is a cult classic and Is well known by a lot of people. Star Trekkin, outside of "Weird" Al's early hits, is one of the biggest songs to come out of the Dr. Demento show.

@shaunepegrum Ай бұрын

I was kinda expecting was not was, walk the dinosaur, and I wanna be a cowboy, and there’s a couple of others that have just slipped my mind. Kool list tho. Star trekkin had to be one of my favs tho back then

@CodyTheBeerBear Ай бұрын

I remember 5 that you played, I remember really well lol

@michaelparylak5649 Ай бұрын

Executives and producers back then wanted to make money but they didn't always know what was going to hit the mark. Or strike a chord with the public. That's probably how some of these got made I vaguely remember The Flintstones one I probably heard it because I had a computer teacher in junior high school who loved the Flintstones.

@gregsmith9183 Ай бұрын

The only songs I know from the list are Rat in Mi Kitchen, Bring Me Edelweiss, Star Trekkin & To Be Or Not To Be. Which were all fairly popular and got plenty of airplay when they were originally released. Everybody probably knows Thomas Dolby more for his hits She Blinded Me With Science (1982) & Hyperactive! (1984).

@milkywimpshake4610 Ай бұрын

What is the song in the into?

@trendingrightnow21stcentur66 Ай бұрын

I’d like to know that to , Shazam doesn’t recognize iy

@DaRozeman Ай бұрын

I was a huge fan of Dolby back in the day.

@TheDopekitty Ай бұрын

Looking for Pac-Man Fever

@TravJam317 Ай бұрын

Pac-Man Fever is probably too well-known. Maybe Do the Donkey Kong from the same album?

@toughbutsweet1 Ай бұрын

Was Shaddapa You Face too well known for this list?

@TravJam317 Ай бұрын

@@toughbutsweet1 Probably not. That's a good one. Forgot about that one.

@jonathanlandau-litewski7405 28 күн бұрын

@@toughbutsweet1oh I'd say that's pretty well known, maybe too well known for this.

@squirrelsarepeopletoo6678 3 күн бұрын

Why ?

@louwclaassens4988 Ай бұрын

Born in 72. Two songs I do know from the list are Woodpeckers from space and Star Trekkin.

@MPWEST83 11 күн бұрын

Rat in Mi Kitchen has been one of my favorite reggae songs for a long long time. Nice to see it get some airplay!

@loboblanco4426 Ай бұрын

Thomas Dolby had a great lyric with They call her a dumb blonde, they don't know she dyes her hair.

@JamesStewart-lx5wb Ай бұрын

Bring Me Edelweiss, Woodpeckers in Space, and Star Trekkin are the only 3 of these songs I have heard.

@GodzillasaurusJr Ай бұрын

I was a kid in the 1980's, so Woodpecker in Space was probably my most played song. (edit: at the time, that is)

@upfrontbear74 Ай бұрын

I am in the UK and have all of those om7 inch apart from Stump & Mink (which I have never heard of)

@danialwilker Ай бұрын

15:00 you just made my phone play Bawla Hu Main Bawla by Jaspinder Narula

@BarryAce Ай бұрын

You’re right I never heard of any of these songs!

@mnky75 29 күн бұрын

Thanks mate! My Google Home went nuts!

@kakauling Ай бұрын

Is it me, or does the rat in the kitchen look like Rattus from Horrible Histories? 🤔

@tmamone83 13 күн бұрын

Me before watching this video: "Weird '80s songs I've never hear of? Ha, try me!" Me after watching the video: "Alright, you got me. I'd never heard any of these songs until today."

@spencergroup Ай бұрын

I was well familiar with Thomas Dolby's May the Cube Be With You. Great snappy, poppy, funky tune. Quirky as Dolby does it. I've also heard Bring Me Edelweiss and Woodpeckers From Space.

@MPbmfm Ай бұрын

I've heard Rat in Mi Kitchen, Bring Me Edelwiess and Star Trekking more than 100 times in my youth (Denmark)

@ShelleyAppell Ай бұрын

Rat in Mi Kitchen is a banger! (Texas)

@arghsonofcliff Ай бұрын

Ya I got a dozen songs you never heard, we played them in my basement one summer in the late 80's

@rowynnecrowley1689 Ай бұрын

I may not have heard these particular songs growing up in the 80s, but most songs in the 80s sounded like this, so I probably wouldn't have noticed anyway.

@raygrooves2666 Ай бұрын

The Chicken Song by Spitting Image springs to mind. The guy in UB40 who sang Rat in my kitchen was my m8’s Unkle. Also Edielwiess was made after the band read the KLF’s book how to have a number one the easy way and they followed it and indeed had a number one in the UK.

@alexiscole1982 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video so many songs i have never heard of !! its questionable on how i feel about most of them, but i appreciate hearing the tracks. The one i adore is The Firm my dad use to play it on car journeys and we would all be singing along 😀😚

@tannakilber6798 Ай бұрын

Some of the funny ones were on Dr. Demento.

@shadodragonette Ай бұрын

I did know "Star Trekkin", I am a fan of Dr Demento. The rest, I am glad I missed. I still really like Dr Demento and "Star Trekkin'". I also like "Boot to the Head", also on Dr Demento...

@waituntilthebeep 10 күн бұрын

There was a ton of 80's tunes that never went anywhere but the disco's and the odd mix tape passed on from person to person via sneakernet. Edelweiss was played to death on the local dance radio station when it was released in '88. I recall a 12" remix single on cassette as well. Kenny and Star-Trekkin was played to regularly By Demento.

@princessinvidia Ай бұрын

Well, you got me. You said I'd definitely never heard of these songs, and I thought "Hold my beer." But you were right. I remember Bring Me Edelweiss and Star Trekkin, but the other ones I really never did hear them. Great job!

@TheJillianRussell 19 күн бұрын

We had a Rednex style band in the 80's? Who knew! I'm an 80's kid, and I've never heard any of these songs. Well done.

@adamf1980 Ай бұрын

Also, excellent video. I only knew of 3 of these. Your voice worked on my Google device lol.

@user-zh7zq8um2y Ай бұрын

If Charlton Heston gets a mention, why not John Wayne? "John Wayne is Big Leggy" by Haysi Fantayzee (1982) FTW!

@peacexlove Ай бұрын

I was racking my brain trying to remember where I heard Bring Me Edelweiss until I realized it sampled SOS by ABBA 😂

@xxpoohxxxxbearxx5626 Ай бұрын

I have I wanna be a Flintstone on picture vinyl!

@askaryanpulse5755 11 күн бұрын

How is weird science and safety dance not in this list! They were huge!!! The younger generations would love these, though...

@mournblade1066 4 күн бұрын

Because neither are obscure. They are both quite well known (especially "Safety Dance").

@ashotofwhiskey219 Ай бұрын

1 - I remember this one; it was one of my favorites back then. 2 - Sounds amusing; I'd give it a listen. 3 - Sounds painful. 4 - ...huh. 5 - That's... kinda funny. 6 - Now that's really funny. 7 - ...that should stay in Europe. 8 - It sounds like they were taking all the drugs. 9 - This might be my favorite one on this list. 10 - I remember this song! Great stuff! ...never knew about the video, though. 11 - Disco sucks. 12 - Unfortunately, I have heard this one.

@bigp3006 29 күн бұрын

Definitely heard a few of these.

@mournblade1066 4 күн бұрын

Ha! I had "Woodpeckers From Space" on a mix tap someone gave me when I was in 10th grade (circa 1985). It took me YEARS to discover its source. I mean, talk about obscure!

@tobysgamingworld1550 Ай бұрын

You forgot “I want to be Marlon Brando” by Russell Crowe pre acting fame. A lost 80’s classic and the second greatest song about an actor right behind PM Dawn’s “Set a drift of Memory Bliss (Christina Applegate) “ in the 90’s.

@RajaReign78 Ай бұрын

That Set A Drift song also samples True by Spandu Ballet. 😉

@CarmaSpence Ай бұрын

I have two Screaming Blue Messiahs albums, and totally remember I Wanna Be a Flintstone.

@TheNollaigo Ай бұрын

i had 4 of them on 12 inch and would have had the mel brooks one but no shops would stock it

@KevinRiddell-om1gv Ай бұрын

Where was that? America? Here in Australia it wasn't controversial

@TheNollaigo Ай бұрын

@@KevinRiddell-om1gv Ireland just wasn't stocked at the time

@MP-fw4ub Ай бұрын

"Yon Yonson" Dave Howard Singers is pure gold

@andyhowlett2231 21 күн бұрын

Star Trekkin' was a big hit! It spent two weeks at number one in the UK pop chart. The band 'The Firm' was British and made up of various random performers including Tony Thorpe, previously of the Rubettes.

@superturtle61177 Ай бұрын

It's funny to think that this band in the 80s was wishing for simpler times, yet here we are 3+ decades later wishing for the simpler times of the 80s.

@x64600 14 күн бұрын

The chaptered structure is appreciated.

@tinaweaver9821 12 күн бұрын

I love Star Trekkin listened to it on the Dr. Demento Show every Saturday night.

@CornvilleConsigliere87 Ай бұрын

Man i loved Hardware wars .... .. anytime I watch anytime I watch a Star wars movie in the name Obi-Wan Kenobi comes up I always think of Augie 'Ben' Doggie. 😅 It was like a sampling parody that had to be some kind of inspiration to Spaceballs.