What the worst song you ever heard !!!

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: BlueJay
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 03:16 AM

And the eyes of a Ranger are upon you,
Anywhere you go he'll always see,
If you're in Texas look behind you,
That's where the Ranger's going to be.

For uninitiated folks outside of the U.S. that is the theme song from "Walker, Texas Ranger". The show's star, Chuck Norris actually had the nerve to kind of sing it. It has to be very near the bottom of the pile, IMO.

I am frustrated, because since that show began, I've never been able to decide which is worse- the song or the show. This implies that I have actually watched the show at times. I'm afraid I must admit it. Please be kind. I have now developed a Pavlovian response to reach for the remote control whenever I hear the words: "In the eyes of a Ranger"... Thanks, BlueJay

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: DougR
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 01:39 AM

Yes, Kendall, you're right. A year or so ago.

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 11:19 PM

Before I get grossly misunderstood, I must insist that I am and have been for more than fifty years a fervent admirer of Pete Seeger.

HOWSOMEVER, his song, "If I Had a Golden Thread" has got to be one of the lousiest songs going.

In almost-Biblical terms, Pete sold his birthright for a pot of message on this one.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: toadfrog
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:56 PM

If that's the same "Suzanne" I'm thinking of, I had thought of that as a pretty good song, actually. "Chicken on a Raft" is not about eggs on toast, it's creamed chipped beef on toast, or shit on a shingle, in American parlance. When they served us S.O.S. in the Army, the poor K.P.'s had their work cut out for them policing up all the vomit off the floor. In my opinion, "chicken on a raft is not a good song, but hardly a contender for "worst." "Worst song" is a field so awesomely competitive as to boggle the mind!

I have heard people say that "My Way" is a strong contender for worst. Meaning, I think, "worst" among highly successful "classic" popular songs. You can make a case for that; in the sense that it takes a fine tune and then defiles it with truly yucky sentiments.

I would argue the worst song on DT is ESKIMO NELL, a rather horrible "joke" about murder and rape, claiming to be "satire." Whoever thinks that is a "satire" has led a very protected life!

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:39 PM

I like the tune to that! (suzanne)

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:31 PM

Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: guinnesschik
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:29 PM

Heh...back in the days of my misspent youth, a chick named Patty Smythe (not the rock goddess Patti Smith) did a song called "The Warrior." I will never forget the line in the song that says....get ready.....here it comes...."your eyes touch me physically."

Yuk.

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:15 PM

Always a winner thread topic.........

Okay........ANYTHING ever done or thought about being done by Red Sovine........"Giddy-up go Daddy...Giddy-up Go."............yeah right.....just take all of Red's bullshit and gidy it's ass up and on outta' here. What crap!

And I can't let one of these go past without mentioning Bobby Goldsboro and "Honey."........Ain't that just the sappiest piece of shit you ever heard? Makes for good parody though........
See my stiff dick, I'm so afraid
Now since you're dead I can't get laid
I needa' fuck!

Then of course there's the David Bowie thing about Major Tom the psychotic astronaut.........
Ground Control to Major Tom
You really have fucked up
........or words to that effect. It's aptly titled "Space Oddity".........now ain't that the truth? Little Hawk will be along to explain the deeper meanings of this winner and it's relationship to the Cosmos, the Tri-Lateral Commision, and a Lithuanian pants presser named Harold.........Whatever it is, YOU figure it out!

Spaw

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 09:54 PM

A few weeks ago I went to The Adelphi Club, in Hull. I heard a student sing a song called Infinity Rose, Those were the only words to the song and he kept falling of his chair, he was very very drunk!

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: CRANKY YANKEE
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 08:54 PM

"picture on the Wall", The original Carter Family (A.P., Maybelle and Sarah)

HTER'S A DARK AND FADED PICTURE ON THE WALL<
THAT HAS BEEN A-HANGIN' THERE FOR MANY YEAR
IT'S A PICTURE OF MY MOTHER
AND I KNOW THERE IS NO OTHER
THAT CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF MOTHER ON THE WALL

(CHORUS) (small letters indicate answer back by A.P. and Sarah))

ON THE WALL on the wall
ON THE WALL on the wall
(ALL TOGETHER)HOW I LOVE THAT DEAR OLD PICTURE ON THE WALL
TIME IS QUICKLY PASSING BY
AND I HANG MY HEAD AND C,,,U...H...R...A..I..Y (CRY)
'CAUSE I KNOW I'LL MEET MY MOTHER AFTER ALL.

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 08:06 PM

The WORST??? You want the absolute worst? That's tough.

How about just settling for a few real stinkers, and giving up on the idea of finding the definitive worst song ever...it's as elusive as the Snark.

I nominate the one from Karate Kid, part 3..."like a knight in shining armour...from...(ummmm, hmmm, well gee)...a long time ago" Bleaugh!

"Kung Fu Fighting" Bam! Smack! Aieeee!

Then there's "Morning Train" by Sheena Easton. Guaranteed to stick in your head and drive you nuts.

That's good enough for now.

- LH

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: radriano
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:58 PM

Rock Chick, I meant to add this to my last post. See the link below for an explanation of the terms used in "Chicken on a Raft.

Previous "Chicken on a Raft" thread

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:55 PM

Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers is my nomination. Horrible lyrics with a hook just barely catchy enough to get stuck in my head. As it is now! Damn it!

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:52 PM

Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so. -William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2.

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: radriano
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:48 PM

Dear Rock Chick:

First of all, let me apologize for my bad manners. I seem to be in a pissy mood. You have, of course, every right to not like a song.

Here's a little more information about Cyril Tawney:

Cyril Tawney joind the Royal Navey as a 16 year-old and served in a variety of craft, but mainly submarines. His role as a folk singer evolved out of his activities as a scriptwriter and performer in Naval entertainments. He came to the attention of the BBC in 1957 and soon had his own fully networked television program. It was around this time that he decided to buy himself out of the Service and become a full-time singer. Apart from his own compositions, Cyril has specialized for the most part in English folk song, mainly South-Western and Maritime, and he played an important part in establishing the Folk revival in Devon and Cornwal.

While some of the words used in "Chicken on a Raft" might seem nonsensical they are all part of the language of the Royal Navy. Cyril Tawney has written many wonderful songs that are much loved around the world especially to those who love sea music.

Richard

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:41 PM

Chicken on a raft is a song about fried egg on toast. Eurrgh.

And everyone can write a bummer at some point in their carreer - even Lennon & McCartney have penned some stinkers (desperately trying to think of one....)

My candidate for worst song..... those f**king fields of Bloody Athenry!!!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Jenny the T
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:41 PM

"Mama Look-a Boo-Boo" by Gawd only knows

I heard this when I was about eleven, whiling away a summer's day scrabbling with a friend through the friend's parents' closet. We came upon a stack of 45's, among which was this gem.

It's a calypso tune about an (apparently) incredibly ugly man. The tune is kind of catchy, but the lyrics were so awful that we played it about a hundred times, laughing till we nearly passed out.

I've forgotten the verses, but the chorus still lingers:

"Mama look-a Boo-Boo" they shout Their mama tell them shut up yo' mouth-- That is yo' daddy! Oh no! My daddy can't be ugly so! Shut yo' mouth--go away! Mama look-a boo-boo dey! Huh! Shut yo' mouth--go away! Mama look-a boo-boo dey!

Thirty years later, and I still haven't shaken that from my memory. Sheesh.

JtT

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:23 PM

"The Little Red Mill on Blueberry Hill Near the Hollywood Freeway Blues" by Spike Jones, with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:19 PM

Been there, done that. About three weeks ago.

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:17 PM

What key ya gonna sing that in Kendall? I'll see if I can find some harmonies...

:-)

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: kendall
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:13 PM

Havn't we been down this road before?

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:11 PM

Mmmmmm... the Great C.T.!!!!

Millions of sea shantys can't be wrong!

:-)

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: radriano
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:02 PM

"Chicken on a Raft" was written by Cyril Tawney.

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: rock chick
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 03:56 PM

Not just rock, of which I do love, but all sorts of different music, but chicken on a raft, do me a favor, well as you seem to have such deep understanding of it, pray please enlighten me to who wrote this C..P

Subject: RE: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: radriano
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 03:47 PM

Stick to rock, chick. Chicken on a Raft may be too deep for you to understand.

Subject: What the worst song you ever heard !!!
From: rock chick
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 03:35 PM

I just had to ask this question, the worst song I have ever heard is 'Chicken on a raft' does anyone know who wrote this and if so WHY?