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The 50 dorkiest songs you secretly love


ROBERT BURKE WARREN, The Weeklings

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/the_50_ ... e_partner/
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10. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

The crown jewel of unashamedly uncool songs. Until January of 2014, when Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive” overtook it, this 80s juggernaut was the top-selling digital download in history. It got a huge boost from its incongruous yet effective use in the Sopranos 2007 finale; the 2009 Glee cover, which copped indie maven Petra Haden’s genius, must-hear all-vocal arrangement, gave it even more Botox. Love it or hate it (or both) you must accept the song’s status as a rule breaker. Pop rules dictate: “don’t bore us, get to the chorus,” yet “Don’t Stop” plows along for over three minutes until, after two guitar solos, it gets to the unforgettable chorus, which takes us out. Along the way, we learn of streetlight people, whatever those are, and a movie that, like this song’s popularity, never ends.

It's unabashedly and unapologetically dorky but that is what makes it so good! It just allow you to dwell in the dork without feeling too much of a nerd because the band sold you into believing that it was an anthem of life!

Kudos to Robert Burke Warren, The Weeklings, for updating/redefining the term "dorky". Gosh, some of the 50 songs he listed really take me back. Good times. Thanks a bunch for the post, Tater. May 2015 bring us new "Dorky"

I don't secretly love don't stop believing'; I openly love it! Since it is routinely sung at stadiums full of sports fans, I don't think anybody else is keeping it secret they love the song either.

Who says its dorky, anyway? The same people who say hip-hop and top forty are cool? Can't say I agree at all.