Worst songs of all time

flatlander13 · Post by **flatlander13** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:19 pm

Yo Doc, 1974 was a bad year for musicâ€¦..here is a small list of hit songs from 1974

Beach Baby, First Class

Clap For The Wolfman, Guess Who

My Girl Bill, Jim Stafford

I'm Leaving It All Up To You, Donny & Marie Osmond

Please Come To Boston, Dave Loggins

Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), Helen Reddy

Mockingbird, Carly Simon

If You Love Me (Let Me Know), Olivia Newton-John

Dark Lady, Cher

The Streak, Ray Stevens

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:24 pm

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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:12 pm

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Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:16 am

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hookahdude · Post by **hookahdude** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:42 am

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Wow... This might be a thread killer... I think you nailed it...

Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:51 am

I think 1974 was actually a very good time for music if you could pull yourself away from the AM radio and the discotheques. Go to Wolfgang's Vault, and you'll find a great variety of guitar driven, hard rock going on in our concert halls during that time such as Montrose, Led Zeppellin, Black Sabbath, etc as well and the progressive stuff like Pink Floyd. When I was a kid, the only time I was truly happy was when I was at a rock concert.
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Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:10 am

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Oh and let's not forget this one:
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Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:28 pm

From 1974

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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:28 pm

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gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:40 pm

DOA the worst?
Hardly a significant song, but the worst?
Can I bring in demos no one was ever willing to cut?

I always thought the lyrics were "flying aloft" which makes more sense.
One site quotes "flying low".
Does anyone know for sure?

This is a really tamed down version of the graphic original.
It refers to personal experience.

I liked the B3 on it.

Found this ~

I have a friend who was in 'Nam and he was telling me that guys would get their albums sent to them, then communications would put some away so when they got bored they could listen to some rock out in the stick. Well my friend tells me that they used to hook up the PA system to some extra speakers and blast the song "DOA" out to the bush so as the Viet Cong wouldn't come in at night. He said the sirens used to scare the crap out of them so they would crank it up louder. Pretty strange huh?

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:00 am

Alright fuckers, take this!

Dan Hill, Sometimes When We Touch
http://youtu.be/uVf940pO5ME

Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots, Disco Duck
http://youtu.be/irgJPqkuakM

Starland Vocal Band, Afternoon Delight
http://youtu.be/hYwEHLRmILY

Los Del Rio, Macarena
http://youtu.be/sN62PAKoBfE

Right Said Fred, I'm Too Sexy
http://youtu.be/39YUXIKrOFk

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:32 pm

RingO'Fire wrote:Alright fuckers, take this!

Dan Hill, Sometimes When We Touch
http://youtu.be/uVf940pO5ME

Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots, Disco Duck
http://youtu.be/irgJPqkuakM

Starland Vocal Band, Afternoon Delight
http://youtu.be/hYwEHLRmILY

Los Del Rio, Macarena
http://youtu.be/sN62PAKoBfE

Right Said Fred, I'm Too Sexy
http://youtu.be/39YUXIKrOFk

OMG! I can't believe we missed these (shudder).

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:58 pm

One night I heard a cat yowling, must have been a stray pussy in heat, because she just would not shut the fuck up and she kept at it all night.

At one point, I wondered if I was really listening to a cat, or to a song by Cher, Gypsys Tramps and Thieves, Half-Breed or something from that era.

That's quite an indictment if somebody can't tell your creative work from a squalling cat.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:37 pm

Good set, Ring'o'Fire.

By the way, DOA was about a plane crash the writer witnessed, of a plane he had just been in.

After the second attack on the Towers, clearchannel issued a long list of censored songs that someone thought would be too sensitive for listeners.

DOA was not on this list.
Bridge Over Troubled Water was.

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:35 am

Thanks y'all!

I've got another one - the song that saved Earth from The Martians.

Slim Whitman, Indian Love Call
http://youtu.be/kXULwgzezUg

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:09 am

Yes, thank God for it.

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:41 pm

Bridge Over Troubled Waters? Banned?
It is surely the end times.

Now "Sound of Silence"
That's an existential song.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:05 pm

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C187 · Post by **C187** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:11 pm

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gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:10 pm

Hot Butter was a very poor pop version.
There is a torrent with 80 different versions.
I found a horrific medieval version.

Vocals
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By the composer
I've used one of those before.
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I have the Apollo 100 version.
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gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:21 pm

You guys haven't even scratched the surface of the horrorshow of the really bad country.
Worse is the current trend toward deliberately bad music.
American idol exemplifies the practice of caterwauling through even good songs, trying to hold a note as long as possible, no matter how poorly it is done, or musically ill timed.
This practice makes disco look good.

C187 · Post by **C187** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:46 pm

Oh yeah.....!!!
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weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:42 pm

if it hasnt been said yet

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also
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weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:47 pm

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i happen to like that song

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:00 am

Almost everything this group does is miserable.

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Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:15 am

Somebody mention the MAN?

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Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:07 pm

I shit you not: I put this one on repeat-- full blast, then made an ice run. People were trying to MOVE OUR SPEAKERS!

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gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:55 am

The Shaggs, at the peak of their technical skills.
Really bad.
And yet, I find I still like them more than some of the dance music I hear played.
Where I grew up, garage bands in high school with national hits weren't all that rare.

Dougly, what the fuck!?
Now we're talking.
I'm not even sure what they're trying for.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:39 am

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Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:02 pm

gyre wrote:The Shaggs, at the peak of their technical skills.
Really bad.
And yet, I find I still like them more than some of the dance music I hear played.
Where I grew up, garage bands in high school with national hits weren't all that rare.

Dougly, what the fuck!?
Now we're talking.
I'm not even sure what they're trying for.

That link was delish-- especially the ending! Yeah, they were just so bad in such a good way-- almost like early Iggy Pop the way it defies musical convention.