10 Worst Music Lyrics Of The '80s

10. Gold - Spandau Ballet

Like most of their contemporaries from the dreaded new romantic era, Spandau Ballet were big on style, image and production. Sure, they had a ton of big hits, with big glossy videos to match. What they didn't have was lyrics that stood up to the slightest scrutiny. With an air of self-importance that was rife in the era, they seemed to believe that anything they wrote bore weight and significance purely because they'd written it.

In common with a number of entries on this list, Spandau have more than a handful of contenders for the bad lyrics crown. 'Gold' has a couple of masterful lines, 'It's only two years ago the man with the suit and the face, you knew that he was there on the case', and 'Sorry that all the chairs are worn, I left them here, I could have sworn'.

Lest you think that this was a one-off moment, how about, 'Sand's a time of its own, take your seaside arms and write the next line' from 'True', or 'Reasons, reasons were part of the art, it's my instinction', from 'Instinction'. Guys, besides making no sense - there is no such word as Instinction.