The worst of the 70's and 80's

[paracarl44]

It is Not Our Melanie.

I hope she sticks to piano & flute and not skate keys.

 

[featherfingers]

oops i meant Brand New Key....

Doggone it! I overlooked that little sentence in your previous post. Well, what's done is done.

 

[Deleted member 2452]

How can you bash the Captain and Tennille, all they did was sing about Love, and how it can keep us together. How you can think of me babe, WHENEVER, some sweet talking thing comes along. What could be so bad about that. I love that song it a keeper.

i don't know, muskrat love was awful, lol
otherwise i like the captain, and loved tennille.
any rap noise will have me cringing in pain.

 

[isabeau]

Doggone it! I overlooked that little sentence in your previous post. Well, what's done is done.

either/or Frankie...and i shudder when i hear it...makes me think of fingernails scraping down a chalkboard..eeks..

paracarl....i can roller skate...lol...should i rollerskate while trying to play piano or flute? or both? and why not hula hoop in the process...hehe..

 

[Dussicar]

odd that I saw an interview with Phil on a dvd I have where he claims this story was a rumor.

That IS pretty fucking odd. I've heard said rumor a few times but yet to hear his rebuttal. So, what did he attribute the song's origin to?

 

[drew70]

Here's an interesting fact about Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight."

It's actually based on a real incident that happened to Phil.

IIRC, Phil was at a lake (or some other large body of water) when a guy fell in and began to drown. Phil was too far away to help him but there was another man who was closer to the victim. Unfortunately, instead of helping him, the man just sat there and watched the other guy drown.

Phil was so enraged over the incident, he SPECIFICALLY wrote that song. He then held a concert and gave the man front row tickets. When it came time to sing "In the Air," Phil gave a brief synopsis about why he wrote it and then proceeded to stare the man straight in the eyes while he sang the whole song through from beginning to end.

A few days later, the man committed suicide.

I dare say he's likely not the only one to commit suicide over a Phil Collins performance.

 

[Bugman]

If anyone can top this one i want to hear about it.

Laughter In The Rain.Neil Sedaka.Everyone involved in inflicting this on society should have been horse whipped in the town square.It was awhile before i found out it was not a woman singing this drek.😱

 

[featherfingers]

If anyone can top this one i want to hear about it.

Laughter In The Rain.Neil Sedaka.Everyone involved in inflicting this on society should have been horse whipped in the town square.It was awhile before i found out it was not a woman singing this drek.😱

I've got one for ya, bugsy, and it's also by Neil Sedaka, except he's singing a duet with his daughter on this one. The lyrics are kinda creepy when you consider they're being sung from a father to his daughter and vice versa. His daughter's voice is like Barry White's compared to his, too. The song is titled "Should've Never Let You Go":
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[fttickler]

Sorry General....

The don't worry,be happy song from the 80's

Early 90's

 

[fttickler]

Ok.. to Clarify....

Drews thread about Rupert Holmes inspired me to start this thread.What were the songs of that era that insipred gagging and wretching for you?Other decades are ok to,I'm just starting with some songs that were popular for what ever reason when i was younger.

Its Magic-Pilot

Kung Fu Fighting-I dont remember who recorded that travesty

The Night Chicago Died-Paper Lace

Billy don't be a hero-can't remember who did that one either

Anything by The Captain and Tennille

These are just a few off the top of my head,i'll add others as i remember them.

Kung Fu Fighting----Carl Douglas

Billy Don't be a Hero-- Bo Donalson and the Heywards ( First Official Band of Disneyworld at the time )

 

[fttickler]

Not to mention....

This has got to be the worst of 'em all and I think you'll agree when you hear this. If you can't play the video, then I'll come out and tell you. The song is "Playground In My Mind" by Clint Holmes, which reached #2 for two weeks on the charts in 1973. I hope you've got a barfbag handy:
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He had a Talk Show in the mid Eighties.. Lasted less time than the song on the charts.. but then again.. I liked the song

 

[fttickler]

Hey Drew...

I've got a pretty high tolerance for top 40 bubble gum, but I never could stomach "Don't go breakin my heart" by Elton John and Kinky Dee.

Although it no longer irritates me, in 1976 I absolutely loathed the album Frampton Comes Live, especially with that ultra wuss picture of him on the cover.

I thought he looks more like a Wuss now... I liked Framton Comes Alive....

 

[fttickler]

Have to make one correction Mistress...

*SIGH!!* Just when I thought it was safe to remember my age...

Just dropping in to fill in some blanks as an attempt to be helpful...I can't participate in any more of it, or I'll be far too tempted to add some strychnine to the morning coffee...

_____

"Kung Fu Fighting" was done by Carl Douglas, partly as a satire but also as a mini-tribute to Bruce Lee and the rest of the martial arts movies just coming into popularity, I've been told.

"Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers. I don't recall much else they did, so this might qualify as a one-hit-wonder..?

"Billy, Don't Be A Hero" - interesting story behind that one. It was also done by Paper Lace of "The Night Chicago Died" fame and that's the version that gained popularity. However, it was also done and released by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods at the same time due to a recording rights glitch. The radio was playing the Paper Lace version, but the only way to get that one was to purchase the album (big, round black thing--LOL)--due to the minor war that had ensued over the dual releases between the two bands, they lost the rights to release the 45 (small, round black thing), I think in order to keep from having to pull all the albums and such--Paper Lace was on fire right then.

Bo Donaldson wasn't really well-known and Paper Lace was brand new, so the public didn't realize the difference when the mad dash was on to "get that song!" (and I remember it well, I was part of it.) However, the 45 (which cost a mere 50 cents, I might add) was markedly different than the radio version, and the complaints came pouring in. I believe that eventually Paper Lace did retain the rights to release their own 45 version, but at that point I'd already bitten the bullet and bought the album, so I'm not sure.

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin. It was a...well, it was catchy, I suppose, but one of the major selling points for it was when it was revealed that there were no instruments played whatsoever--McFerrin did the entire song strictly by singing the different parts waa-ay before it was normal to make those sounds with one's mouth. (Wouldn't the little hip-hoppers be aghast to be made aware that that song was a prelude/launch point to what they like now?? LOL)

And as far as "Frampton Comes Alive"...I knew all the words, they played the songs darn near twice an hour for awhile, and that kinda scary movie of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" starring him and the BeeGees rode on the popularity of it...but the only thing I do know for certain is that it was in the Guinness book for a while as the top-selling live album of all time--that is, until Cheap Trick released "Live at Budokan" and knocked it out of the slot.

I'm going to work now. And gee, thanks for all the "ear worms", guys. That oughta make the rest of the day simply delightful.

Mistress Aura

Don't worry be happy was the early 90's.. and it was the Bo Donaldson version that was popular on the radio due to their status and tie win with Walt Disney World.. I am not sure about Paper Laces Rights on the song though...

 

[fttickler]

Hey Bug....

I don't think anyone has mentioned *Seasons in the Sun* by Terry Jacks,but that might have been the late 60's.

I saw an interview with Terry Jacks about 3 months ago.. He looks the Same.. but it was the 70's

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

I still stick by Featherfingers choice of "Playground in My Mind" as THE worst song (from the 70s, anyway), but here's another barf-inducing classic, kiddies:


"Run, Joey, Run"- David Geddes



Drew

 

[fttickler]

I remeber this version.....

Hey, Bugman! That song was actually #1 for three weeks in 1974. And here's a bit of trivia for you... the guitar part featured at the beginning of the song was performed by Duane Eddy, who had a hit with "Rebel Rouser" back in 1958.

Here's the original song that was transformed into "Seasons In The Sun". The song was written by Jacques Brel and Rod McKuen and titled "Le Moribond." The melody is pretty much the same but the words are quite different from Terry Jacks' version. Here's Jacque Brel performing the song:
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Mom had in on an LP ( Vinyal ) And didnt Rod MeKuen also do the Poetic version od McAuthur's Park made famous in the 70's by Donna Summer?

 

[fttickler]

Hmmmm....

There are a couple that make me reach to push the button-

Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. Maudlin, melodramatic vomit.

Dan Hill/Vonda Sheppard. 'Can't We Try'. More maudlin, melodramatic vomit.

Sheriff's 'When I'm With You'. Too bad I only got to hear it in diners when people put a quarter in the booth juke box. I would've liked to have done a John Belushi, reached in there, pulled out the record, and have smashed it into a hundred and forty seven pieces, and then said, "sorry."

Bette Midler's 'From a Distance'. So bush league, it makes one's teeth hurt. One wishes for better from this artist...she's certainly capable of it. Ditto 'Wind Beneath My Wings'.

Anything by Macy Gray. Her voice sounds like a Hoover upright that swallowed a cloth slipper.

Barry Manilow. They use his CDs to prompt detainees to give more information than they would have ordinarily, down in Gtmo.

There are more...but I'll let others come in now.

How can you attack Bonnie Tyler...Jim Steinman is my favorite writer ( Ask Meatloaf )

I agree on the Bette Midler Songs
<-- Always liked Dan Hill.. Alone....
I Like Barry.. ALways Have.. and lets face it.. he outlasted everyone....

Was Macy Gray in the 70?

 

[fttickler]

hmm another 90's miss

"Grazing in the Grass is a Gas, Baby can You Dig It"-think it was 5th Deminsion but not sure

"I'm Too Sexy"

"Take a chance on me"- i like ABBA but this song is just pathetic.

I's Too Sexy.. by Right Said Fred.. 90's

The Grass/gas song.. Dont rmemeber who.. just know it was not 5th Dimension.. THey did Marry Me Bill.. ok.. I can Gag now though I liked Aquarius

 

[fttickler]

Yes there was.....

A year or two ago, or more, I was driving home from my best friend's house, and in the background, the radio was playing Abba's 'Take a Chance On Me'. As I was in an involved conversation with my wife at the time, I didn't give it too much thought, but it took like ten frickin' days to get that damn song out of my head.

I could understand that such a pop group could be successful, but I have yet to account for their overwhelming success over in Europe back in the day. Not many Americans are aware of how blockbusting they were over there in the late '70s. There wasn't anything truly special about Abba.

Alot of their songs had to do about ending relationships.. Which they all knew about 10yrs later..lol.. but at the time.. they were the richest band around... They came the Show CHESS written by the 2 guys and now you have Mama Mia!.. Also that Movie Muriels Wedding.

 

[fttickler]

Yes Yes Yes....

...gag on this, ticklephiles

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THATS THE ONE......Only it was really so funny.. THis song was almost as bad as his talk show in the late 80's😎

 

[fttickler]

Electric Avenue....

That song that goes "We're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue" is fuckin horrible. And then that "In The Air" song by Phil Collins.

Eddie Grant.. also responsible for the Theme song for ROmancing the Stone.

 

[fttickler]

Thank God....

The Night The Lights Went Out On Georgia.......





Excuse me, I have to puke*

She had the Carol Burnett Show to fall back on.. and THat game show in the 80's

 

[fttickler]

Melanie was also responsible for....

That would be Melanie. It was her follow-up to her big hit of 1970, "Candles in The Rain". Very crappy follow-up... Guess that's why she's in Palookaville. Her full name was Melanie Safka, BTW.

A Different Drum.... either Very LAte 60's or ealry 70's/.. I like that one.

 

[fttickler]

Hmm Lets See if I can..... I know....

If anyone can top this one i want to hear about it.

Laughter In The Rain.Neil Sedaka.Everyone involved in inflicting this on society should have been horse whipped in the town square.It was awhile before i found out it was not a woman singing this drek.😱

Any TV show in the 70's that got radio play...i.e...SWAT, Star Wars Theme, Young and Restless Theme.. Any more?

 

[fttickler]

I Think I have it... See if you agree....

Stars on 45... OY Vey

Mr Jaws by Dickie Freeman

Popcorn by Hot Butter ---- It was an instrumental played off the guys teeth.. sheesh.. oh yes.. Honorable mention


Little Willie by The Sweet... ( I prefered Blitzkreig Bop )