what's the worst song you ever heard?3

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: LadyJean
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 01:12 AM

I honestly don't mind silly songs. I kind of like some of them.

I loathe Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey", a sentimental song about a dysfunctional relationship.
"Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love in my Tummy" is right up there, then there's "Chick a Boom".

"We Gotta Get You A Woman" insults females everywhere.

Well, come to that, all disco songs are loathesome, made for TV music.

My spinster cousin stopped up in my dorm room, many years ago. We were chatting, and I was lying about my upright moral life, when from accross the hall came someone's new record, "I like marijuanna. I like marijuanna. I like marijuanna. I sure do like being stoned." You can imagine how well THAT went over. The song almost had a tune. I think whoever recorded it might have been stoned when they did.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Compton
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 06:23 AM

Many years ago, I bought a Kenny Everett Vinyl LP (probably woth something now)od Worlds Worst Songs, with Jess Conrad (3 Songs) including"This Pullover" (Remember that??),"Yhe Big Architect in the Sky"(!!) Eamonn Andrews"Shifting, Whispering Sands", Mrs Miller,and an incredible"Wunderbar"..but (and not on the LP was )"Tell Laura I love Her"- Richie Valence gets my vote for awfullness

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: robomatic
Date: 27 Feb 04 - 11:02 PM

Yummy Yummy Yummy I've Got Love In My Tummy!

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: pkferret
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 08:06 PM

Watching Scotty Grow is pretty bad, but I like the Startrek tie-in, I was laughing so hard, I could hardly breath. Since I mentioned this thread to my husband, he has been coming in every 2 minutes with his most loathesome songs. I told him he needs to write them up himself.

Black Velvet Band is among my least favorite. But we have to sing it at St. Patrick's time every year.

There's also a lot of pop songs I want to barf on everytime they are on the radio at work. Such as "Butterfly Kisses," "Dance with My Father," and many, many more.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: steve in ottawa
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 09:39 PM

The Brady Bunch Theme

Well known.
I've never met any adult who said they like it (now).
Though I admit that Barney's song is even worse, I think The Brady Bunch was intended for mixed family audiences, whereas Barney is intended only for the children of hopefully stone-deaf parents.

Some of the renditions I hate to hear the most include some of Burl Ives' "little bunny foo foo" versions of serious folk songs (Burl Ives also sings some credible versions of other folk songs). You can't condemn a song for a bad rendition.

Although I agree "I've Never Been to Me" makes me shudder, if you can seperate out the music, well, it's OK. Ditto for "Feelings", "When I Dream (I Dream of You)", "Greatest Love of All (Yourself)". I was really struck when I saw an action flick from Hong Kong in which they end with the syrupy "When I Dream". What a horrible song! But then I paused...hey, if I only knew a teeny-tiny bit of English, I'd probably like that song too :-)

I remember a guy at work once stomping over to me and saying: "Two HOURS ago, YOU put the Flintstones Theme in my head. That's the worst I've had to suffer since Karma Chameleon kept internally repeating for three days...(long pause)...oh no."

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: wanderhope
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 07:31 AM

For me, the phrase (and song) "the bright elusive butterfly of love" has always been particularly insufferable.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: InOBU
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 02:08 PM

None of these will be heard when SORCHA DORCHA will be at the HALF KING restaurant and pub, this Wends. Saint Patrick's Day on 23rd street between 10th and 11th Ave. from 7 pm to 10 ... As expected Lorcan Otway on vocals uilleann pipes flute whistle bodhran and the great Jane Kelton on flute whistle and key board, Seanin An Fear on Mandolin, Joe Charupakorn on guitar... the joint is already rumbling, so stay from Give us a drink of water to An Phis Fluich, all yer ol' favs...
Cheers, Is mise, le meas, Lorcan Otway

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 10:20 AM

There are so many, where does one begin? "Windmills of my mind" sung by Noel Harrison. For fxxx sake! Really, not unlike Macarthur Park and Up, Up & Away (in my Beautiful, my Beautiful Balloon.) Oh, and "Annies Song" by John Denver. And the "Fields of Athenry." And Dead Skunk. There ought to be a special category for reasonable songs that have become repulsive by overexposure, constant misuse and bad handling. Such as The Streets of London, Summertime, The Band played Waltzing Matilda - I'm sure you can think of many. I have come to have a loathing for all John Denver and Tom Paxton songs simply because I'm sick of hearing them done to death.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: wanderhope
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 08:04 PM

I agree with, well... "guest". there are some good songs that get done badly. I heard somebody knowledgable on NPR say once that a song is only authentic if it is somehow owned by the singer -- or somehow authentic for the singer. Maybe Sammie Davis doing Mr. Bojangles rather that the NGDB. Don't know what that means exactly -- but I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean Pat Boone doing Tootie Fruity.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 03:52 AM

Arghhh...Wanderhope, you reminded me of another bete noir, the truly cringe-making "Mr Bojangles". Also, "City of New Orleans" and "Me & Bobby McGee" have been driven into the ground by over use.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Partridge
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 04:15 AM

Willaim Shatner singing Mr Tambourine Man and A duo called Esther and Abi O'something or other singing Your the lady, your the lady that I love, your the fella your the fella that rocks me ..........squirm

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 04:46 AM

AGREED
OFARIM ESTHER & OBI CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA 1967

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 07:53 AM

See MC Fat comes out thread in the BS section, the song isn't even written yet

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Jeanie
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 05:49 PM

I've seen this thread come and go for a while, and various songs came to mind, but I couldn't quite pin it down to THE 'worstest' of my worst list. Having just been watching 'You've Got Mail' on TV tonight and the wonderful scene in it when the little girl sings for her doting family, it is confirmed that top of my worst list has to be "The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow" from Annie. It's maybe not so much the song itself as the way it always lends itself to being sung by every child I have ever heard singing it. The scene in this film (and the girl actress deliberately (?) singing badly, captures it perfectly !

Oh... and I'll second the vote for Barney, too.

- jeanie

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From: GUEST,mandy ritchie
Date: 12 Jun 04 - 03:11 PM

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the actions of it so i can try it myself could you send me the actions if you dont mindmy email adress is [e-mail]

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Andrez
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 10:16 AM

OK I guess I havent had that much to do this sunday evening and so I find myself reading this thread with morbid fascination thinking Oh no there couldnt be anything worse than that until the next post or two and then someone tops that. I'm really glad I havent heard quite a few of these horrors as yet or they havent quite made their way to my small isolated corner of Australia as yet.

So not to let the world out there think that Australian crap is of a lesser standard that your overseas variety try these for size!

My all time worst song is "Duncan" written by Aussie Country artist Slim Dusty. Slim is better known for this tripe than some of the really great songs he wrote in ealrier years. It made him a truckload of money but I'm buggered if I know why. I wish someone would pay me money to write crap tlike that. Heres a sample:

I'd like to have a beer with Duncan
I'd like to have a beer with Dunc
We drink in moderation
and we never ever get rolling drunk
We drink at Town and Country
where the atmosphere is great
I love to have a beer with Duncan
'cos Duncans me mate

Duncan is closely followed by "The Real Thing" a piece of so called Aussie rock and roll history. The verse and chorus go like this:

Come and see the real thing, come and see the real thing, come and see.
Come and see the real thing, come and see the real thing, come and see.
There's a meaning there but the meaning there doesnt really mean a thing.
Come and see the real thing come and see the real thing come and see.

I am the real thing, ooh mow me mow mow
ooh mow me mow mow
ooh mow me mow mow
ooh mow me mow mow
ooh mow me mow mow
ooh mow me mow mow
ooh mow me mow mow
ooh mow me mow mow......... and so on to verse two.

This crap went on for about 7-8 minutes when it was released and once again made the artist (Russell Morris) a truck load of money.

I've heard it said that these guys werent on anything when they wrote it but I went thru the 60's and 70's too and I have been able to recognise the trademark of profound lyrical meaniglessness when I see or hear it ever since then.

As a parting shot I still get the horrors from the time 25 years ago when I came across somone singing the complete version of Glenlogie unaccompanied at the Dan O'Connell hotel. And from the same time and era there is Morris music which is I guess another story perhaps for another thread unles its been done to death already.

Nuff for now anyway

Cheers!

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Christine Primrose
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 07:26 AM

I have to add TIPTOE THRO' THE TULIPS BY THE LATE TINY TIM

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Redhorse at work
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 08:17 AM

Teen Angel
How can anyone equal the line " I can't kiss you any more, they buried you today"?

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 09:04 AM

It's been lonesome in the saddle since my horse died

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,GUEST;Beth
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:08 PM

does anyone know the lyrics to ken dodd's happiness as it truly is the worst ever song

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,spoonbit
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 03:13 PM

"Celebration", played at every wedding I've ever been to. So bad that when I finally got married (at age fifty), I forbade the DJ to play it. He replied, "Thank You".

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 04:03 PM

"I left my heart, in San Francisco" Don't know how I'm managing to sing this without it but there ya go!!!!

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 05:15 PM

I don't know the official title, but it had the words, "Bird, bird, bird is the word" in it.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Midchuck
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 05:21 PM

Pa-pa-pa Ooo Mao Mao!
Pa-pa-pa Ooo Mao Mao!

(repeat several times)

Peter.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 07:40 PM

To years ago I wrote a song called Buster the Line Dancing Dawg, which was in the country airplay charts for a few weeks. One reviewer claimed I had set the cause of country music back thirty years. NME said my publicity photo looked like Sadam Hussein.

Its funny how you treasure comments like this.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Drew R Hutchinson
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 07:57 PM

I'am a music buff. I do love music.
But there are some songs that get suck in my head that I cant stand and wish they were never recorded at the record recording studeos. Here are my 5 worst song list.

1)Lazy Day by Spanky and our gang. My impresion of Weird Al Yankovic singing this song. Lazy Day. Made fun for f*%@ing this song. Its a beauitful day to kill those daisy and the organ playing sound at the begining of this song.

2)You Made Me Belive In Magic by The bay city rollers. Heres a good magic trick that I would like to see. Make this song disapear into thin air.

3)I Want Your Sex by George Michael. I rather have Britney Spears sex. But not his sex.
4)Promise Promise by Naked Eyes. Promise me that every 1980s radio station around the country will burn this song and not think about how horibal this song was back then.

5)Muppet Show Theme Song by The Muppets. Here is song that would be so much fun. Play this song backwards and listen to the Muppets worship saten. For more fun. Go to Kermit the Frog on Weed.com

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Hank Drygulch
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 11:30 PM

Thuh worst western song Ah ever done heard is thuh old favorite "Blood on thuh Saddle". Yuh hafta hear it ta believe it. People like it, though, and jest cain't seem tuh git it outa their haids. Ah make sure tuh play it whenever Ah play at a honky tonk.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: frogprince
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 11:34 AM

There's no way I can pick out just one. I would agree that Teddy Bear and Achy Breaky Heart are way up there. I don't think anyone has mentioned Copa Cabana or Cher's recording of Do You Believe in Love.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 11:37 AM

Is myself singing!!!!!!

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Greenmanwest
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 01:49 PM

All this talk about Star Trek-
How about the theme to Star Trek- I heard
Wayne Newton sing it this way once:

"Beyond the rim of the starlight,
My love is wandering in star flight.
I know he'll find in star clustered reaches
Love, strange love a starwoman teaches.

I know his journey ends never.
His Star Trek will go on forever.
But tell him while he wanders his starry sea,
Remember, Remember me."

I can't listen to the opening song now without cringing.
I hit "mute". Every night.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 01:52 PM

Oh yes- then there's that other
Bobby Goldsboro classic-
"Honey"
"and it would sure embarass her
when I'd come in from working late-
cause I would know
That she'd been sitting there and crying
over some sad and silly late-late show-
and Honey, I miss you and I'm being good
I long to be with you
If only I could.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 02:03 PM

The song was alright, but i`m a bloody awful singer.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Bloke in the Corner
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 03:03 PM

Little Bear, no discussion. I was on the autobahn south of Bonn about 20 years ago, it came on British Forces radio (the WORST radio station in the world, bar none). I was just passing a service area, I HAD to stop, I just couldn't drive on, I phoned my wife who tuned in and just caught the last bit of it. It still brings shudders thinking about.
Course, then again there's Bobby Bell and The Bell boys with the timeless hit 'Giddy up a ding dong'...
Or 'Dick a dum dum' in the sixties by ... who was it now?

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: robomatic
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 03:33 PM

When Will I See You Again?

Alberta Bound


May There Always Be Sunshine (Pust vsyegda budjet solntse - A Soviet Era children's song sung with unbearable gooiness by one of those mock childish voices, which reminds me...)

Dear Mr. Jesus (an abused child's prayer - "gwown-ups shuddn't hutt liddle childwen....")

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,reggie miles
Date: 29 Aug 04 - 01:11 PM

There are any number of folks at open stages that tend to use the venues as a sort of testing grounds for their new material, myself included. I applaud the bravery of those who can get up and offer their skills and talent in this way. It is a very challenging arena, where, because of the constraints of time, and so many folks wanting to perform, one sometimes has only enough time to perform one or two songs in any given night. The challenge then is to develop each song you may perform so that it can be presented in it's best light. The pressure of time limits can cause hosts or MCs to feel the need to quickly move you along from the stage, so, even stage patter offered before or after each song must be considered carefully. These pressures don't often mix well with my particular approach to playing. I enjoy having a more relaxed feeling when on stage. When an inexperienced or impatient MC or host nervously invades the stage area before I am actually finished with my performance because he feels pressured to get the next act up, due to his perception of possible time constraints or whatever the reason, it's always a little annoying, but I usually take it in stride.

This attitude can play havoc with those who may be less experienced on stage and cause all kinds of unintended results. I'm not certain, but I think general nervousness, on the part of one open stage attendee, may have been the reason for his song of three words, I Love You. His repetition of just these three words, and perceived lack of any strong melody pattern, made listening to this, probably self-penned rendition, an exercise in patience. I wasn't sure if the performance was motivated by some intoxicated state or if the fellow was making a point to someone in particular in the house that evening. While I'm certain that his intentions were all the best, sadly, from merely a technical point of view, his delivery could definitely have used lots more polish. By the sound of it, he may have never sung before, and perhaps his intention wasn't a show of any sort of skill or ability but rather to simply impress that certain someone in the audience with his message, honesty and boldness. Or, he could have been just some kind of raving lunatic. Come to think of it, love can often reduce one to that level.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Sad person
Date: 22 May 06 - 07:33 AM

Hi Mr Happy do you remember who sang "Bingo Bingo I'm in Love or remember any thing else about it

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST,Deni c
Date: 22 May 06 - 07:36 AM

Three worst

Two little boys
Tie a yellow ribbon
Honey

hard to choose between them.....

Deni

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Muttley
Date: 22 May 06 - 08:01 AM

Prpb'ly been said - - - but ANYTHING and EVERYTHING done by John Denver

Muttley

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: GUEST
Date: 22 May 06 - 10:59 AM

Al Stewart - 'Year of the bloody cat'

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Desdemona
Date: 22 May 06 - 11:09 AM

You can find them ALL right here, but be warned...

http://www.furious.com/perfect/badsongs.html

~D

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Mr Fox
Date: 22 May 06 - 11:30 AM

'Imagine' - sanctimonious glurge.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Charmain
Date: 22 May 06 - 05:44 PM

Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise

Hated it anyway because its Phil-bloody-Collins but hated it even more after being told that shortly after its release he evicted a load of harmless peops who had been busily living on a small Scottish island which he happened to own (ironic with the song being about homlessness an' all...) Apparantly they clubbed together and bought one copy of the single for each evictee signed them and sent them to him by way of thanks - good old Britich underdog spirit or what! (course it could have been a big old lie...anyone else hear that story?)

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 May 06 - 05:48 PM

Funny...I feel that way about Phil Collins too. I can't stand his singing style. But...I wouldn't say his songs are "the worst". I just don't personally like them, that's all. ;-)

It takes real talent to write "the WORST", and I'm not sure Phil has quite reached that level. I KNOW Paul Anka has! He's almost untouchable, matter of fact.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Charmain
Date: 22 May 06 - 06:04 PM

I think I must be lucky in that I've never heard any Paul Anka but my Dad always said he'd had a couple of significant letters cut from his name before releasing any of his records...

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Peace
Date: 22 May 06 - 06:33 PM

Helen Reddy's "I am Woman".

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 May 06 - 06:36 PM

Helen Reddy is a serious contender, no doubt about that! She and Paul Anka could have married and made...umm...extraordinary music together. ;-P

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Deckman
Date: 22 May 06 - 06:48 PM

The worst song I ever heard? One that I wrote at least 20 years ago. And ... my lips are forever sealed! (count your blessings). Bob(deckman)Nelson

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 May 06 - 06:49 PM

I've got a few of those too. Same deal.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Peace
Date: 22 May 06 - 06:56 PM

Yep.

Subject: RE: what's the worst song you ever heard?3
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 May 06 - 11:21 PM

I saw a movie once with a younger actress in it, and she was playing a deadly serious teenage girl who played the guitar and wrote hundreds of bitter accusatory love diatribes against her ex-boyfriend and tortured people by singing them. They were simply dreadful, and boy, did they ever remind me of the stuff I was writing around age 21-24! Yikes.

It was funny in retrospect.

In one scene at the school she sees her ex coming down the hallway with a couple of other young guys, and immediately strikes a portentous E minor chord ( the darkest chord on open strings ) and proceeds to launch into one of her "goddamn heartbreaker that you are" epics.

He remarks to his pals, "She's gonna be famous some day..." (presumably because she writes a LOT of really awful songs)

Hilarious! ;-D We tend to write stuff in our youth that we would just as soon was forgotten years down the road.