Worst Songs Ever?
Rolland
a list of songs they personally hate. The fact that the song has been #1 on
the charts for eight weeks only goes to prove humanities collective
insanity.
Maybe the lyrics are so syrupy you feel the need for a stack of pancakes.
Maybe the melody makes "Itsy Bitsy Spider" sound as complex as Toca and
Fugue by comparison. No matter, you just hate it.
All day today I was bombarded by music detrimental to good mental health.
Here are some of my least favorite tunes.
Put De Lime In De Coconut
You and Me and a Dog Named Blue
In the Summertime
The Lion Sleeps tonight
Spill the Wine
The Night Chicago Died
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree
The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia
I have to tell you, this is also a list of my brothers favorite songs.
So, what are your least favorites?
J. Mark Lane
..... My least favorites would have to include basically anything ever
recorded by Neil Young. Especially "Southern Man." Every time I hear that
song I want to take a baseball bat to that guy. Then there's that song
about "look at mother nature on the run" etc. Aaaaaacccccckkkk! What a
pathetic, whiney, snotty-nosed little jerk!
Let's see, was I clear about that?
What else?
I can't stand The Beatles. Just can't stand 'em. What a bunch of
mamby-pamby bubble-gum nonsense. And just about everything Paul ever
recorded on his own is absolute TRIPE.
How's that?
Well, you asked for opinions, right?
Flame away, ye numbskulls. Makes no difference to me, for I have
discovered... what's this stuff.... Tallemore Dew (12). I usually don't go
in for the young ones... but this one was particularly warm, soft, gentle...
inviting... not too sweet... expressive, strong, seductive... where was I?
Whatever.
Mark
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my least favorite: Wildfire. As in, " She ran calling Wildfire"
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> So, what are your least favorites?
Any Jimmy Buffet tune.
I was born in South Florida and spent most of my life there,
until a recent drastic change in geography. The Florida Keys were
my back yard, ever since I was a kid. So, I've heard ENOUGH Jimmy
Buffet tunes to last me a lifetime!!!
My teeth start to grind whenever a parrot-head anthem like
"Margaritaville" rolls around on the Muzak loop in a bar. And
that's ALL the tourist bars in the Keys.... except for a few that
are just for the locals. I'll run screaming from a dockside bar
(margarita carefully held in hand, so it doesn't spill), with the
first rotation of Buffet on the sound system.
It would be nice if some hot new artist would come along and get
down with the Keys/Caribbean theme, so we could replace all those
creaky Buffet "tropical feel-good" tunes. Hey, maybe it's time
for a Harry Belafonte Calypso revival? Now that's something I
could relate to.
Mike Barrs
(definitely not a parrot head)
P.S. I'm sure I've alienated a lot of Buffet fans here, but you
have to spend enough time in the Florida Keys and the 'Crib to
know how bad this is.
Hojo2x
and
"I believe in MIRacles...."
and
"There were GREEN alligators, and long-necked GEESE,
Some HUMPTY-backed camels and some CHIMpanzees.....etc, etc" (The Unicorn
Song)
I could go on, but I'd rather keep my dinner down....
Wade Hampton Miller
Chugiak, Alaska
J. Mark Lane
that song.
Mark (too many nights at the Pennywhistle Pub in Hamilton, Bermuda, where
that song is done every night)
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> "BRANDY! You're a FINE GIRL!! What GOOD
> WIFE you would BE!!"
>
Okay, that belongs in the Top 10, at least.
I enjoyed doing the Buffet rant, but this thread wouldn't be
complete without...
Patches!!!
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"Patches"
(Barry Mann - Larry Kolber)
Intro:
Ab7 [xx4114]
Verse 1:
Db Gb Db/Ab
Down by the river that flows by the coalyards
Db Gb Ab
Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down
Db Fm Gb Db/Ab
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
Db Ab7 Db A7
Patches, my darling, of old Shantytown
[key change to D]
Verse 2:
D G D/A
We planned to marry when June brought the summer
D G A
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
D F#m G D/A
Now I don't see how that ever can happen
D A7 D
My folks say no and my heart breaks inside
Chorus 1:
D A/G A7 [the A/G is probably a mistake]
Patches, oh what can I do
G D
I swear I'll always love you
G D Bm
But a girl from that place will just bring me disgrace
D A7 D Bb7
So my folks won't let me love you
[key change to Eb]
Verse 3:
Eb Ab Eb/Bb
Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
Eb Ab Bb
And pretty Patches there watching the door
Eb Gm Ab Eb/Bb
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her
Eb Bb7 Eb B7
Patches must think that I love her no more
[key change to E]
Verse 4:
E A E/B
I hear a neighbor telling my father
E A B
He says a girl name of Patches was found
E G#m A E/B
Floating face down in that dirty old river
E B7 E
That flows by the coalyards in old Shantytown
Chorus 2:
E B
Patches, oh what can I do
A E
I swear I'll always love you
A E C#m
It may not be right but I'll join you tonight
E [N.C.]
Patches, I'm comin' to you
Hojo2x
and "The Unicorn Song," John Mark Lane wrote:
>Three more of my favorites, especially the green alligators song. I LOVE>that
song.
Let me see - you HATE the Beatles, and you LOVE this crap....
Okay, that does it. Time to confiscate those fine musical instruments you own
and issue you an Ovation shallowbowl acoustic and an Eko electric 12 string in
their place.
Dorgan, you're closest. You and Draper need to converge on Lane's place and do
what's necessary....
Greg Thomas
SNIP> Flame away, ye numbskulls. Makes no difference to me, for I have
> discovered... what's this stuff.... Tallemore Dew (12). I usually don't
go
> in for the young ones... but this one was particularly warm, soft,
gentle...
> inviting... not too sweet... expressive, strong, seductive... where was
I?
Ah, the Irish, they do know what they're doing. Tullemore Dew and Guinness
Greg
Tony Done
One of my favourite songs was/is Karl Denver's version of "The lion..."
from the 50's or maybe early 60's. He called it Wimoweh. I heard it recently
on local community radio, nice yodelling, made me feel a bit nostalgic over
my school days.
Tony D
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SuePHR
me)
Honey
In the Year 2525 (love the tune but damn it's SO depressing)
Sue Risner
Blipvert
specific order:
"Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant
Why? Consider this the dreck of crossover religi-pop, complete with
over-Korged backgrounds and synth solos. This song borrows from not
only the Sesame Street theme, but also delves into the paradigm of
completely meaningless lyrics... as if Amy decided to go for the
almighty dollar, took God out of the lyrics and plugged in "baby".
But.. isn't that the basis of all crossover religi-pop dreck? Along
that same line:
"Can You Take Me Higher" by Creed
This song may well have put the last nail in the coffin of anything
that might have considered itself "Grunge". Creed is a band that
typifies self-importance mated with big label record companies. Masked
behind pseudo-edge is a pop smarm sounding like Eddie Vedder pumped
through the 700 Club. The lyrics are downright scary-evangelical, the
music is pure studio processed pablum, and the result is something the
kiddies all ate up. Why? Kiddies like green ketchup and smelling their
own farts, too.
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey
I formed an opinion about this song at a very young age. Disco was a
wierd age. Without cocaine, this song (among many others) would have
never been made. I use the word "made" in the same definition as "I
just 'made' in my pants". It's disco, sure, and that's bad enough, but
there's nothing redeeming about this song, other than it being a sure
fire way to may anyone hurl-url-url if listened to more than twice
within a short period of time.
"Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
You ever sit down, and listen to the lyrics of Freebird? Basically,
the message relayed by this song is "I'm an uncaring abandoning
redneck, with zero ability to adapt to my surroundings". Couple that
with a slow guitar solo playable with either a beer bottle or leaning
heavily on a mic stand, and you've got a real stinker. It's too bad,
too, since there's a lot more stuff Skynyrd put out that's much more
deserving of recognition.
"The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley
A little voice inside my head said Don Henley's the biggest sellout
since Anthony "Big Tuna" Accardo. Whiney, synthy, meaningless, and a
song without soul. This is perhaps the most caucasian song to escape
the 1980s. This song got praise and accolades during its tenure on the
charts; this is a good indication of the vast musical wasteland which
was the breadth of the 1980s.
-Blip
J. Mark Lane
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this case I'd make an exception (or three).
Mark
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J. Mark Lane
Blipvert <buz...@whatever.org> wrote in message
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> Macarthur Park tops my list of "worst song of all time". Others, in no
> specific order:
Great song. Perfect example of how to write a song that says nothing but
yet is amazingly appealing.
> "Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant
Don't know it.
> "Can You Take Me Higher" by Creed
Don't know it.
> "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey
>
> I formed an opinion about this song at a very young age. Disco was a
> wierd age.
Don't know the song, but you're revealing that you are apparently very young
(by RMMGA standards).
> "Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
>
> You ever sit down, and listen to the lyrics of Freebird? Basically,
> the message relayed by this song is "I'm an uncaring abandoning
> redneck, with zero ability to adapt to my surroundings". Couple that
> with a slow guitar solo playable with either a beer bottle or leaning
> heavily on a mic stand, and you've got a real stinker. It's too bad,
> too, since there's a lot more stuff Skynyrd put out that's much more
> deserving of recognition.
Hey, I like the message. I just can't stand the song. So I guess I'll
agree with you on this on (sort of).
>
> "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley
>
> A little voice inside my head said Don Henley's the biggest sellout
> since Anthony "Big Tuna" Accardo. Whiney, synthy, meaningless, and a
> song without soul. This is perhaps the most caucasian song to escape
> the 1980s. This song got praise and accolades during its tenure on the
> charts; this is a good indication of the vast musical wasteland which
> was the breadth of the 1980s.
Never heard of Anthony whosit, but I agree on Henley. What a pretentious
twit. And he actually purports to have a "philosophy" about the music
industry. Ha ha ha.
Here's my actual nomination for Worst Song Ever Written: "Afternoon
Delight." Words cannot express the loathing I have for that song. Ick.
Mark
Blipvert
<mist...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> "Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant
>
>
>Don't know it.
Trust me, you're better off.
>
>
>> "Can You Take Me Higher" by Creed
>
>
>Don't know it.
>
>
Again... your life is that much richer.
>> "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey
>>
>> I formed an opinion about this song at a very young age. Disco was a
>> wierd age.
>
>Don't know the song, but you're revealing that you are apparently very young
>(by RMMGA standards).
>
I'm a baby... not even 30.
>
>Here's my actual nomination for Worst Song Ever Written: "Afternoon
>Delight." Words cannot express the loathing I have for that song. Ick.
>
See... I have to actually have a soft spot for that song... since it's
*so bad... in a kitchy Hee-Haw prime-time variety ohour kinda way.
It's in the same group as "Tennessee Birdwalk". What an *awful song,
but you end up smiling when you hear it... so its inherent
schadenfreude overwhelms its awfulness, making it a bizarre form of
entertainment.
...that and the scene in the movie "PCU" where they lock the people in
the room and crank "Afternoon Delight" on the stereo.... priceless.
Joe Jordan
Joe
J. Mark Lane wrote:
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Joe D. Jordan
Mobile, AL
Leo Anderson
Leo in Tucson
Rolland
RF
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Joe Jordan
Willis Carswell and the Crimson Cowboys.
Joe
Joe Jordan
>"You Said You'd Die for Me (But You're Still Living)" by
>Willis Carswell and the Crimson Cowboys.
"You Scarred My Soul" off the same album (Willis Carswell
and The Crimson Cowboys Greatest Hits Vol. 2) is a close
second.
And the other 8 songs on the album aren't far behind <g>.
I've got MP3s...
Ed Maier
2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
3. Mule Train
Ed Maier
Blipvert
song, with the verses in C and the chorus in... Ab? Bar chord central.
...that's another one of those songs that is just too damned funny to
be bad. Not inherently funny, just "oh my God, I can't believe they
made that song" funny.
CW McCall's claim to fame too. How'd you like to live THAT one down at
your next Waffle House stop.
Fan: "Hey, you're the Convoy dude!"
CW: "Please kill me now."
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 00:46:06 -0500, Ed Maier <evm...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
Lee D
> Any Jimmy Buffet tune.
>
<snip blah blah this and blah blah that>
>
> P.S. I'm sure I've alienated a lot of Buffet fans here, but you
> have to spend enough time in the Florida Keys and the 'Crib to
> know how bad this is.
>
>
Mike, I must come to your side on this one. As I sit right now I am about 8
miles from Port Aransas, TX. This name will probably not ring any bells
with most (99.8%) of you guys, but the town is some what of a small resort.
This beachy feeling runs rampant in this area and even takes a good hold in
Corpus Christi about 25 miles away, which is the closest thing we have to a
big town here.
I used to like a little Buffett now and then, but enough is enough. It
plays everywhere. And if that was not bad enough, the school that I am
transferring to next semester, Texas A & M University Corpus Christi, is
known as the Islanders. Crap! They play a lot of Buffett tunes every time
they get a chance. I think I will just go to get my degree and miss all the
extra functions. Hey, I'm 27, they don't need me there with all those cute,
young....wait, maybe I'll just go to a few things now and then.
Where was I going with this? I can't remember, but it would be a waste to
not post this after all this typing, so here goes. Oh, yeah, there is such
thing as too much Buffett. I'm sure that it is much worse in the Keys.
Lee D
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Lawrence Lucier
>
> 1. Convoy
> 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
> 3. Mule Train
Yummy, yummy, yummy
You're having my baby
Turn around
A popular song by Dan Hill, the name of which eludes me right now
and quite honestly I hope it does forever.
Ballroom Blitz
Candyman
I am woman
Shattered
I write the music
T-bone
>
> Yeah? It's rare that I actually allow Max to eat an entire person, but in
> this case I'd make an exception (or three).
Any dog that would take a bite out of Draper has no dignity.
Dorgan
T-bone
Now that is a list of stinkers that certainly deserve this recognition!
You should see John Sorell do his version of "I Am Woman" when he's all
gussied up in his finest.
Dorgan
Rolland
Buffet is everywhere. If you go downtown on Wednesday nights, wander the
marina. All the sail boats are loading up for the weekly races. I think
Jimmy crews every boat. I stopped going.
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Sleepy Fingers Jones
wrote:
>Macarthur Park tops my list of "worst song of all time". Others, in no
>specific order:
>
>"Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant
>
>Why? Consider this the dreck of crossover religi-pop, complete with
>over-Korged backgrounds and synth solos.
Speaking of which....'Oxygene' by Jean Michel Whatsisname (that lucky
bastard that's married to Charlottle Rumpling). The single was bad
enough - the album version is 20 minutes of synth IN THE SAME KEY!
Aargh!
Pete
Sleepy Fingers Jones
wrote:
>I write the music
'Copacabana'
P
Roope
"J. Mark Lane" <mist...@worldnet.att.net> kirjoitti
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> ..... My least favorites would have to include basically anything ever
> recorded by Neil Young. Especially "Southern Man." Every time I hear
that
> song I want to take a baseball bat to that guy. Then there's that song
> about "look at mother nature on the run" etc. Aaaaaacccccckkkk! What a
> pathetic, whiney, snotty-nosed little jerk!
>
You sad human being...
>
> I can't stand The Beatles. Just can't stand 'em. What a bunch of
> mamby-pamby bubble-gum nonsense. And just about everything Paul ever
> recorded on his own is absolute TRIPE.
>
> How's that?
>
Even worse (for you) :)
R
Lumpy
I don't think I've run across one that I
haven't played.
Not sure what that means. Except that even
though somebody hates 'em, somebody pays
to hear 'em.
lumpy
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John Sorell
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Lee,
Where is the A&M campus located?
John
John Sorell
Mike Dotson
song is pretty good)
Daydream Believer. Especially as sung by Davy Jones (Monkees)
Anything wherein a record is spun back and forth while a guy with his hat on
backwards babbles out bad rhymes.
JOHNPEARSE
My Way
Little Drummer Boy
Three Bells (Little Jimmy Brown)
John Pearse.
Brent Barkow
<snip>
> Here are some of my least favorite tunes.
> Put De Lime In De Coconut
> You and Me and a Dog Named Blue
> In the Summertime
> The Lion Sleeps tonight
> Spill the Wine
> The Night Chicago Died
> Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree
> The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia
> I have to tell you, this is also a list of my brothers favorite songs.
> So, what are your least favorites?
All very good choices indeed, here are some of mine - you can probably
guess my age.
"Billy Don't Be a Hero"
"Last Game of the Season"
"Hot Child in the City"
"Tusk"
"Le Freak"
and many, many more....on your choice of LP or 8-track.
Somebody mentioned "Boogie Oogie Oogie" -- I saw them do that on
some variety show back then. Whats-her-name was "playing" the bass
with 3-inch fingernails.
<<<shudder>>>
Brent
George W.
>For me, the three most Godawful songs are:
>
>My Way
>Little Drummer Boy
>Three Bells (Little Jimmy Brown)
Not to take any of this too seriously, but it's funny how we look at
all this differently. While there are lots of songs I don't like (and
some I truly hate) most of this is due to the singer and arrangement.
I guess you have to hear them in the right context, too. As I recall
Jimmy Brown was done in the late 50's, early 60's. That was a
different time.
There's an old Hermans Hermits hit, "Something Tells Me I'm Into
Something Good", that's basically a piece of 60's pop. Good, well
crafted pop, but nothing more. I heard a new version of this by
Marianne Faithful that turns it into something more. I'm not saying
there's hope for "My Way" (though Sid Vicious gave it a good shot) but
I wouldn't rule it out.
Mike Dotson
Mike (Not Sold in Stores!)
http://www.MaricopaGuitarCo.com
jgoska
the all-time champion, the eight track tape they play in hell, Wayne
Newton's rendition of "Dankeshoen," with second place going to
anything at all by Gary Puckett.
Al Evans
<johnp...@aol.com> wrote:
> For me, the three most Godawful songs are:
>
> My Way
> Little Drummer Boy
> Three Bells (Little Jimmy Brown)
Good choices, all three. I'll expand on the last be submitting that
"Three Bells" is just as bad in the original French ("Les trois
cloches", 1946, lyrics Jean Villard, music Marc Herrand).
Still, I'd rather hear Edith Piaf sing it than The Browns:-)
--Al Evans--
Sleepy Fingers Jones
If you're getting into that kind of schmaltz, 'Deck of cards' must be
on the list.
P
Al Evans
<mba...@REMOVE-NOSPAM.nightviewer.com> wrote:
> Patches!!!
ACK! RUN AWAY!
When Patches was popular, I was a "teenage DJ" at a small radio station
in central Louisiana. One of the other (non-teenage) DJs got pissed off
at the management, and locked himself in the control room all one
afternoon, playing "Patches" over and over for three or four hours.
Just another example of the inhuman things that went on in small
southern towns in the early sixties.
--Al Evans--
Tony Weber
foldedpath wrote:
> > So, what are your least favorites?
>
> Any Jimmy Buffet tune.
>
>
> Mike Barrs
> (definitely not a parrot head)
Enough with your sniveling, Barrs. You may have to put up with a Buffet
of Buffet down there, but here in the Pac NW we are still dealing with
the fallout of...
...Grunge!
TW
One more atonal wingeing song, and I'm going up on the roof playing
Steely Dan's "They Won't Take Me Alive!"
Tony Weber
"Rolland
> I forgot to include that @#$% Pina Colada song.
>
> RF
>
Oh, I don't know. I sort of liked it the first 2,000,000 times that I heard
it.
TW
Tony Weber
JOHNPEARSE wrote:
> For me, the three most Godawful songs are:
>
> My Way
> ...
> John Pearse.
I don't know, John. I rather like Sid Vicious' version.
TW
John Sorell
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Of course My Way also brings up, beside stomach bile, the wonderful tune by
Nancy, These Boots are Made For Walking.
Ready boots? Start walking....neerrr, neerrr, neerrr, neerrr, neerrr,
neerrr, neerrr, neerrrr.....
John
Michael Dunnigan
A couple of years ago I heard a lyric that was so appalling it had me in some
pain from laughing:
"Life" by Des'ree
has the unforgettable lines
"I don't want to see a ghost
it's a sight that I fear most.
I'd rather have a piece of toast and ..." etc
jeez that's cruel!
for the full abomination (if you have too much time) see here
http://bestlyrics.ly.free.fr/d/desree_life.htm
Cheers
Michael D
WeeGreenGuitar
Hedberg
<lu...@digitalcartography.com> wrote:
>Out of all the "worst songs" listed so far,
>I don't think I've run across one that I
>haven't played.
>
>Not sure what that means. Except that even
>though somebody hates 'em, somebody pays
>to hear 'em.
>
>lumpy
How about "Knocking on Heaven's Door," or whatever the name of that
song is? Ever played that one? It gets my vote for the worst
successful song ever.
Harold
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>
> foldedpath wrote:
>
> > > So, what are your least favorites?
> >
> > Any Jimmy Buffet tune.
> >
> >
> > Mike Barrs
> > (definitely not a parrot head)
>
> Enough with your sniveling, Barrs. You may have to
> put up with a Buffet of Buffet down there, but here in
> the Pac NW we are still dealing with the fallout of...
>
>
> ...Grunge!
Oh sure, rub it in.
I moved to the Pac NW to get away from Florida. So now I have to
listen to ambient Buffet culture when I go back to visit
relatives (or I need a blue water and Stone Crabs fix), and
post-Grunge up here.
I just don't turn on the radio any more.
Mike Barrs
(not a grungy parrot head)
Gozy
"Hedberg" <hhed...@swbell.net> wrote in message
>
> How about "Knocking on Heaven's Door," or whatever the name of that
> song is? Ever played that one? It gets my vote for the worst
> successful song ever.
>
> Harold
>
You mean the one written by Bob Dylan?
Gozy
disappointed.
misifus
> Third Rate Romance (Tom is practicing this for song circle at TX# just to annoy
> me)
> Honey
Anything by Bobby Goldsboro (even though he was nice enough to let me use his
recording studio for free)
>
> In the Year 2525 (love the tune but damn it's SO depressing)
> Sue Risner
Another, a horrid blast from my past, is "Teen Angel". Also, any of the other
saccharine teenage death songs spawned from it.
-Ralph
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Misifus-
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http://www.ralphandsue.com
MikeK
misifus
>
>
> Here's my actual nomination for Worst Song Ever Written: "Afternoon
> Delight." Words cannot express the loathing I have for that song. Ick.
A couple of years ago, a contestant on "Jeopardy" revealed that she was the
product of "Afternoon Delight". Her parents wrote and recorded that tune.
Oddly, she seem almost normal.
misifus
> 1. Convoy
> 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
Come on now, Ed. The song is the pits, but wasn't Theresa Brewer
just the cutest little thing?
-Ralph
>
> 3. Mule Train
>
> Ed Maier
MikeK
nuff said
JD Blackwell
"misifus" <rsei...@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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> Ed Maier wrote:
>
> > 1. Convoy
> > 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
>
> Come on now, Ed. The song is the pits, but wasn't Theresa Brewer
> just the cutest little thing?
>
> -Ralph
>
Don't know. That was before my time<g>
JD
MikeK
PaulC <PaulC_...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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The worst song ever recorded:
Afternoon Delight (Starland Vocal Band)
============
I don't consider this song itself too bad. After all, it's about nookie in
the daytime, which is not a bad thing. HOWEVER, after you've seen the BAND
perform it (one of those VH1 "One Hit Wonders"), THEN you come to hate the
song.
misifus
Whipper-snapper!
-Ralph (Geezer)
John Sorell
> "J. Mark Lane" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Here's my actual nomination for Worst Song Ever Written: "Afternoon
> > Delight." Words cannot express the loathing I have for that song. Ick.
>
> A couple of years ago, a contestant on "Jeopardy" revealed that she was
the
> product of "Afternoon Delight". Her parents wrote and recorded that tune.
> Oddly, she seem almost normal.
>
> -Ralph
>
>
> --
Bill and Taffy Danoff.
John
John Sorell
> Ed Maier wrote:
>
> > 1. Convoy
> > 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
>
> Come on now, Ed. The song is the pits, but wasn't Theresa Brewer
> just the cutest little thing?
>
> -Ralph
I believe it was Patti Page that made HMITDITW famous. Theresa Brewer did
Music, Music, Music (as in....Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon)
among other inane tunes.
John
Bob Alman
> the daytime, which is not a bad thing. HOWEVER, after you've seen the BAND
> perform it (one of those VH1 "One Hit Wonders"), THEN you come to hate the
> song.
You actually watch that crap?
--
Bob Alman
Steve
Honey
Hell, ANY of the Bobby Goldsboro tunes...
And I actually hated those 'high school death' tunes (Johnny's Last Touchdown,
and so on) until I realized how damned funny they actually are.
SEFSTRAT
solo webpage: http://members.aol.com/sefstrat/index.html/sefpage.html
band webpage: www.timebanditsrock.com
Ed Maier
>
> Ed Maier wrote:
>
> > 1. Convoy
> > 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
>
> Come on now, Ed. The song is the pits, but wasn't Theresa Brewer
> just the cutest little thing?
>
> -Ralph
>
> >
> > 3. Mule Train
> >
> > Ed Maier
Sure she is, but when that song came out, I had no way to know.
It would be a few more years before we could afford a TV set.
We were so poor, we got C.A.R.E. packages from Bosnia.
John Sorell just reminded me of one *worse* than my three
choices all put together: Nancy Sanatra's "These Boots are
Made For Walking". Ultramajor suckage there. Now I need to
return to my hypnotherapist to help me forget it once more.
Ed Maier
JD Blackwell
"Tom Reese" <tomr...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Anything Tim McGraw ever recorded. I quit listening to country radio
because
> of him.
>
> Tom Reese
>
>
Cledus T. Judd and the Dixie Chicks couldn't bring you back? <fx/ sarcastic
humor mode/ on>
JD
Tony Muscarella
<rolland1<SPAM>@cableone.net> wrote:
>All day today I was bombarded by music detrimental to good mental health.
>Here are some of my least favorite tunes.
>
>Put De Lime In De Coconut
Watch it! "Coconut", by my idol Harry Nilsson, certainly isn't one of
the worst songs ever (okay, it gets annoying after awhile), but it has
the distinction of being one of the easiest songs in the world to play
on guitar. I know, because I can do a passable version of it...
>The Lion Sleeps tonight
This not only wouldn't be on my list, but I think it's also a crowd
favorite, if the crowd is over 40 (okay, maybe 45). Try doing it on
guitar as a novelty song, complete with falsetto.
>The Night Chicago Died
>
This is worse than "Billy, Don't Be a Hero"?
>Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree
>
This is worse than "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?"?
Add to the list
I Am Woman (anything by Helen Reddy)
Alone Again, Naturally
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart (possibly the worst arranged song of all
time)
Disco Duck
Glory of Love
And the #1 worst song of all time
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(envelope please)
Muskrat Love (with honorable mention to anything by Captain & Teneille
P.S. One song that many would put on this list, "I Write The Songs",
is pretty bad, but somewhat misunderstood. Barry is singing the song
in the 3rd person, even though he doesn't actually use he/she. He
states that, basically, Music writes the songs. What was truly funny
was when Frank Sinatra would do his take, changing it to "I Sing the
Songs".
P.P.S. Most unintentionally funny song was Desiderata. Try listening
to this song with a straight face AFTER you've heard National
Lampoon's take on it, Deteriorata. You'll fall off your chair,
pounding your fists on the floor in near total hysteria...
Kevin Goodsell
wrote:
>
>"Billy Don't Be a Hero"
>"Last Game of the Season"
>"Hot Child in the City"
>"Tusk"
>"Le Freak"
>
Hm, I kind of like "Tusk." I'd substitute "Little Lies" for an awful
Fleetwood Mac song.
My list would include pretty much everything by John Denver (this
should be a bit controversial here, but I can't understand how anybody
can tolerate him).
Another that comes to mind is one that I don't think I've ever heard
in its entirety, just a clip on a TV add for one of those compilation
CDs (the title of the compilation is "Once Upon a Song"). The song is
"Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley. I have to change the
channel when they play that clip.
-Kevin
Hedberg
wrote:
Is there another? I know you consider him to be the "voice of a
generation," but the boy has written some clinkers.
Harold
Eric A Holeman
Bob Alman <g...@sonic.net> wrote:
>You actually watch that crap?
I do--or rather, I will whenever I can. I own VH1's "One Hit Wonders" CD and can
smile at pretty much every cut on it. Even "Seasons in the Sun," oddly enough.
--
---
Eric Holeman eholem1 at uic,edu Chicago Illinois USA
Eric A Holeman
Kevin Goodsell <good...@bridgernet.com> wrote:
>My list would include pretty much everything by John Denver (this
>should be a bit controversial here, but I can't understand how anybody
>can tolerate him).
John could put some pretty personal stuff in a song; this was alternately his
great gift and his great curse--sometimes, not everybody wants to know your
innermost thoughts. But it worked often enough to result in some very
good songs, including a few great ones. "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a fine tune,
though somewhat better in the Peter Paul and Mary cover, and "Rocky Mountain
High" has some pretty nifty guitar work, IYAM. It does a pretty good job at
conveying his feelings about the mountains, too.
George W.
In fairness, "Heaven's Door" was written for the film "Pat Garrett and
Billy the Kid" and in that context it makes sense. Odd that it became
sort of a hit. None of the songs from that film stand very well on
their own but taken as a whole they work pretty weel, IMO.
George W.
>their own but taken as a whole they work pretty weel, IMO.
Or "well". Your call.....
George W.
Knockin' on Heavens Door
Tusk
Coconut
These Boots are Made For Walking (Come on, you know you love it)
Most Buffet Songs
Highway to Hell (Most ACDC songs. I have no idea why.)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Spill the Wine
Most Neil Young songs
Third Rate Romance
Baby, Baby (Amy Grant. Yeah I know, I just can't help it...)
The Boys of Summer (The only Henley song I like)
Macarthur Park (This one worries me...)
It's My Party (Rock's first feminist: "You don't Own Me")
Dar S
Tony Muscarella <ton...@cpanow.com> wrote in message news:9d2hquc9q2v0vi08k...@4ax.com...
I haven't turned on my radio for about 5 years.
Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney, and most everything he did after the Beatles.
Sting, after the Police.
A lot of dreadful stuff by Bill Nelson (in the smarmy pop category)that you
will fortunately never hear . At least he makes up for it by making some of my
favorite music(that you will unfortunately never hear) as well.
Maybe not all music is good.
Dar
Hedberg
wrote:
>>None of the songs from that film stand very well on
>>their own but taken as a whole they work pretty weel, IMO.
>
>Or "well". Your call.....
Yeah, I know that the song was for that movie, but I still think it
sucks as a song. It may be perfectly good as music for the movie
(which I don't think I have ever seen), though. dylan's written some
other really bad songs, too. One, which I actually like and play, is
"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go." I guess I find the lyric
writing in that song so outrageously awful that I can't help but like
it.
Harold
SnowSteps
Bev
J. Mark Lane
Dar S <darsh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney, and most everything he did after the
Beatles.
> Sting, after the Police.
Dead on about McCartney. As for Sting, I mostly have disliked the guy from
the get-go. I did, however, see a special about him on some TV channel not
long ago, and I was impressed. Although most of the pop stuff he's done is
awful, IMO, he is actually a fairly knowledgeable musician, and a good
composer and guitarist, as well as bass player. He apparently has a
following in Europe, where he seems to be involved in the jazz scene. I
took him more seriously after seeing that show. McCartney, there is no hope
for. Total schmuck.
Mark
Brad St Clair
Hedberg <hhed...@swbell.net> wrote:
Quinn the Eskimo is dylan's worst clinker IMO.
Rolland
RF
"George W." <geow...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Rolland
"Mike Dotson" <ter...@aol.comNoSchpam> wrote in message
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> This list would make a great K-Tel compilation album!
>
> Mike (Not Sold in Stores!)
> http://www.MaricopaGuitarCo.com
mcdonald
> You actually watch that crap?
He even reads this newsgroup. Obviously he's not a person of particularly
high standards.
mcd
--
With the radio squawking that a 4711 was in progress at 37th and 127th,
Murphy knocked car 495 into 3rd and headed up 5th at 70, little reckoning, as
he thumbed his .38, that this would be the day his number came up.
Richard Nelson
Bulwer-Lytton "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" Contest Entry
Rolland
Well, at least it has lots of Doo Doo.
"Michael Dunnigan" <michaeld...@aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:20021012130105...@mb-ft.aol.com...
> >Some serious contenders have been mentioned
>
> A couple of years ago I heard a lyric that was so appalling it had me in
some
> pain from laughing:
>
> "Life" by Des'ree
>
> has the unforgettable lines
>
> "I don't want to see a ghost
> it's a sight that I fear most.
> I'd rather have a piece of toast and ..." etc
>
> jeez that's cruel!
>
> for the full abomination (if you have too much time) see here
>
> http://bestlyrics.ly.free.fr/d/desree_life.htm
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Michael D
>
> WeeGreenGuitar
Nomad Land
--
Russ Wren
r.w...@wrenguitars.com
Sleepy Fingers Jones
<quetza...@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
>With the radio squawking that a 4711 was in progress at 37th and 127th
4711...my favourite cologne....
P
Hedberg
wrote:
But that one's too easy. I think that Dylan has written a whole lot
of really good stuff over the years -- truly fine songs -- and I am a
fan. But, even some of his pretty good songs have some terrible
lyrics in them.
Harold
George W.
>Quinn the Eskimo is dylan's worst clinker IMO.
There are a bunch of Dylan songs written with The Band that are just
goofy in terms of lyrics, but a lot of fun to listen to and play. Most
of them are on "The Basement Tapes", or at least evolved out of those
informal sessions. Everything was kind of done on-the-fly and if
you're looking for deep meaning in this stuff you're gonna be
disappointed. Actually a lot of Dylan songs fit into this catagory.
Some hate it, some love it. Personally I love it...just the string of
words and the way they sound together in these tunes crack me up. And
often there's a feeling evoked by the words, sound and music that
removed from the lyrics.
OK, I've been a Dylan fan since 1962. Sue me.....
George W.
>2 words "Sylvia's Mother"
Add that to my "song I like" list, along with just about anything else
written by the late, great Shel Silverstein.
Kevin Goodsell
<rolland1<SPAM>@cableone.net> wrote:
>Gee George. Maybe it's time for an intervention?
>
>RF
If he likes most Neil Young songs, he's alright. It's the people that
listed Neil's songs in this thread that we need to be worried about...
-Kevin
Rongrittz
One word: "Margaritaville"
Dar S
J. Mark Lane <mist...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3H2q9.3185$1P1.2...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
> Dar S <darsh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:aoac80$kk0ht$1...@ID-120846.news.dfncis.de...
>
> > Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney, and most everything he did after the
> Beatles.
> > Sting, after the Police.
>
>
> Dead on about McCartney. As for Sting, I mostly have disliked the guy from
> the get-go. I did, however, see a special about him on some TV channel not
> long ago, and I was impressed. Although most
McCartney, there is no hope
> for. Total schmuck.
>
> Mark
>
LOL, thank you .
No redeeming musical qualities.
Vanilla Sky was ok, but his many other egregious sins
can never be atoned for .
D
Rebecca Pushkin
John Sorell wrote:
>
>Of course My Way also brings up, beside stomach bile, the wonderful tune by
>Nancy, These Boots are Made For Walking.
>
>Ready boots? Start walking....neerrr, neerrr, neerrr, neerrr, neerrr,
>neerrr, neerrr, neerrrr.....
>
LOL! That was the first one on my list, John!
"You keep lyin', when ya oughta be truthin'"...aaacck!!
Muskrat Love
Goin' Up The Country
Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
D.O.A.
Up, Up and Away
Eric A Holeman
Sleepy Fingers Jones <persisten...@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote:
>>With the radio squawking that a 4711 was in progress at 37th and 127th
>
>4711...my favourite cologne....
Yeah, I sort of assumed that a '4711' meant that the perp doused the victim with
Eau de Cologne...
Denny
> Ed Maier wrote:
> >
> > 1. Convoy
> > 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
> > 3. Mule Train
>
> Yummy, yummy, yummy
> You're having my baby
> Turn around
> A popular song by Dan Hill, the name of which eludes me right now
> and quite honestly I hope it does forever.
> Ballroom Blitz
> Candyman
> I am woman
> Shattered
> I write the music
Sure hate to do this to you, but the Dan Hill song is: "Sometimes when
we touch". Can't get it out of your head now, can 'ya?
BTW, the worst song ever is "Rock and roll hoochie koo"
Eric A Holeman
>When Patches was popular, I was a "teenage DJ" at a small radio station
>in central Louisiana. One of the other (non-teenage) DJs got pissed off
>at the management, and locked himself in the control room all one
>afternoon, playing "Patches" over and over for three or four hours.
This "Patches," or the other one, made famous by Clarence Carter and later covered
by Jerry Reed?
Don Mackie
On the Sting thing: I saw him live a few years ago. It struck me that he
surrounds himself with excellent musicians which undoubtedly helps.
--
"Any PC built after 1985 has the storage capacity to house an evil spirit,"
Reverend Jim Peasboro
Craven
upbeat tempo but the lyrics just UUUUUGH! No real thought just rhyming
"Dylanishly" Ha!
Craven. Nice thread/subject.
"Ed Maier" <evm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> 1. Convoy
> 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
> 3. Mule Train
>
> Ed Maier
DosBoss57
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:14:49 GMT, Lawrence Lucier <llu...@shaw.ca>
wrote:
>Ed Maier wrote:
>>
>> 1. Convoy
>> 2. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
>> 3. Mule Train
>
>Yummy, yummy, yummy
>You're having my baby
>Turn around
>A popular song by Dan Hill, the name of which eludes me right now
>and quite honestly I hope it does forever.
>Ballroom Blitz
>Candyman
>I am woman
>Shattered
>I write the music
DB 57
ӿӬ
Craven
"> I would think it would work better as background horror tunes for
Halloween.
>
Craven
Craven
"> Anything wherein a record is spun back and forth while a guy with his hat
on
> backwards babbles out bad rhymes.
>
> Mike
> http://www.MaricopaGuitarCo.com
AMEN to that.... And people call those songs? I personally call it "Thump
Thump Trash" and all I speak with know what I am speaking of.
Craven