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Being in my mid-fifties, I love 70's music (well, 97% of it!). But let's be honest, there were a lot of really cheesy songs, many of which can be really cringe-worthy today, decades later. But there are some that, though really cheesy, I still like and enjoy, even if secretly at times.
For me, it's a dead heat between this ultra-cheesy 70's version of Romeo and Juliet by David Geddes:
And this Austin Roberts one that always made my ten-year-old self cry, much to the equal annoyance and amusement of my parents:
I don't think it's much of a surprise that, to my knowledge, not much was ever heard from these two afterwards, lol. So, what's your guilty pleasure? God knows there's enough to choose from!
Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)Mister Ed
(5,896 posts)I can never keep from misting up when I hear that ABBA song. Sometimes it has reduced me to sobs.
Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)elleng
(130,126 posts)and I love practically every MaMa Mia song!
redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)"with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing other lives unknown", so this was one of my favorites.
redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)lastlib
(22,978 posts)my senior year in high school. Not being one of the better-liked guys in the school, it hit home to me. (I was the guy carrying a physics book, a slide rule, and a chess set. Good way to make friends and get girls.......... )
zanana1
(6,085 posts)I don't know of another song that realistically portrayed the angst of teenage girls.
Mad_Dem_X
(9,522 posts)3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)Very poignant.
brewens
(13,393 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)I would always bounce up and down to the beat whenever it was on the radio.
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)cringeworthy.
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)But it has a catchy beat.
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)how did I ever miss that! That is really SICK, lol.
lastlib
(22,978 posts)Rupert Holmes.
How would you like to have those two songs on your resume?
Lochloosa
(16,018 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)How about Afternoon Delight by the same duo? That has to rank up there too.
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)was by the Starland Vocal Band. But yeah, pretty cheesy yet enjoyable. I didn't really understand at the time what it was referring to and my mom would always just laugh and say "you'll find out some day."
rsdsharp
(9,035 posts)1. The title (if nothing else) was inspired by a crab cocktail at Clydes Bar in Georgetown.
2. The heart of SVB was Bill and Taffy Dannoff, who co-wrote Take Me Home Country Roads with John Denver, and are also given performance credit with him on the record as Fat City.
House of Roberts
(5,119 posts)maybe Captain and Tennille did it too, but I never heard theirs on the radio.
elleng
(130,126 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)the same time. I called it one of those "meh" songs, I didn't dislike it but didn't particularly like it, either.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)dweller
(23,559 posts)still got it 😊
Im a watermelon man 😁
✌🏻
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)I agree. Great album.
dweller
(23,559 posts)ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)If "Muskrat Love" isn't one of the cheesiest songs of all time I don't know what is.
Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)True Dough
(17,090 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)I think I was in the first or second grade when it came out and always wanted it turned up loud on the radio.
ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)It's one of those songs I can't NOT sing along with! So infectious.
gay texan
(2,403 posts)And
And...
And (I wouldn't precisely call this cheesy, It tells the radio biz quite well....)
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)really bring back some memories.
SmittyWerben
(823 posts)Feels So Good album. That is a very fond memory.
Brandy has got to rank right up there, very cheesy tune indeed.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Lochloosa
(16,018 posts)One of the great pleasures on my life was being on the transportation committee for the Jacksonville Jazz Fest in the 90's.
Got to meet some really good artist. Chuck Mangione wanted to go to a Hooters after his set. We would take an assigned artist anywhere they wanted, so off we went.
He had heard of Hooters and wanted to go. He wasn't happy they did not serve anything but beer, but loved the food.
One couple was on their honeymoon and he went on the deck and played for them. They were thrilled to say the least.
A few days later, I received a FedEx and Chuck had sent me a thank you card, CD and his NY address with an invitation to visit anytime. I really regret not doing that.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,846 posts)I was completely entranced by it the first time that I heard it, as a little kid riding in the back seat of my sister and brother-in-law's car.
I still remember where I was when I first heard it! Yet I remember nothing else about that trip in their car!
Paladin
(28,202 posts)flying rabbit
(4,612 posts)Lotta cheese in the 70's this one is the best.
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)picture, I could actually see the song as it played. I remember reading one of those music retrospective articles a few years ago where the Looking Glass leads talked about how Brandy wasn't really their actual style of music and they didn't really have much success afterwards because everyone expected the same kind of music from them.
MLAA
(17,163 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)Know every word, still love it.
flying rabbit
(4,612 posts)Still think it's cheesy.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)This song will always take me back to summer days at the neighborhood pool, where they blasted a rock music station all day. Brandy was in heavy rotation.
This is perhaps my fondest memory of growing up swimming in that pool and playing card games with my friends during rest breaks. Cost 50 cents to get in.
AJT
(5,240 posts)Close to You....The Carpenters
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)would apply! I loved them anyway. I was a senior in high school when Karen died and I remember first hearing about it in the cafeteria during lunch with my group. We sat around talking about our favorite Carpenters songs, because we'd all been in kindergarten when their first hits came out.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Especially Richard. His arrangements were brilliant, and often made hits out of songs that had previously tanked in the charts.
My (lesser known) favorites are Baby Its You and Ticket To Ride.
Peregrine Took
(7,408 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)Even my dad got sucked in to the 70's CB radio craze.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)First, the CB craze was nuckin futs.
Second, my Dad STILL says "Negatory" sometimes adding "Pigpen".
Third, the dripping machismo from the studio take versus the actors in the movie makes this whole song spine-chillingly tacky.
I can't stop liking it tho.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)bluedigger
(17,077 posts)Cartoonist
(7,297 posts)Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)Trueblue1968
(17,138 posts)Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)That just made the song creepy for me.
BootinUp
(46,924 posts)I don't really have most cheesy or most of anything but this one came to mind.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)This is way cheesy, but still a pretty great song ... I loved it when I was 13. I still kinda do.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)🐎
Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)sad horsie lost in the snow!
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,522 posts)elleng
(130,126 posts)Lochloosa
(16,018 posts)IcyPeas
(21,737 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)It's pretty horrendous. I know Kate Bush is kinda weird, but this is....really effin' weird.
Whatthe_Firetruck
(546 posts)By a comedy music group called the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Brittain.
At least it's sung at better registure. Ol' Kate's can only be heard by dogs, pretty much.
area51
(11,868 posts)Archae
(46,260 posts)We got sick of them rather quickly.
How many times did they put on heavy rotation this one?
CMYK
(106 posts)A Clarence Carter tune...
Scrivener7
(50,773 posts)Don't know why that was the order of things, but it always was!
Patches, I'm depending on you, son
You know I tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest...
Whatthe_Firetruck
(546 posts)With an episode of Pawn Stars, where some guy pawned the grammy the writer got for it.
lapucelle
(18,037 posts)dchill
(38,318 posts)A grilled cheese sandwich without cheese?
Toast.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Whatthe_Firetruck
(546 posts)...We went streaking in the sun,
but the cops they had guns
And they shot us in the buns.
(A little parody Mr. Firetruck taught me. )
IcyPeas
(21,737 posts)Lochloosa
(16,018 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,846 posts)... "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC and the Sunshine Band. Funky!
EDIT:
And I think this hit song from the 70's was the cheesiest of all, but I NEVER liked it, then or now. So it doesn't fit the criteria of this thread.
lastlib
(22,978 posts)I guess you could call that one cheesy.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)I was going to post that one myself, but you beat me to it!
ItsjustMe
(11,166 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)&t=9s
peppertree
(21,526 posts)This one will do:
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)subterranean
(3,427 posts)The quintessential '70s song...
And this one:
And this:
1975 was a great year for cheesy country-pop tunes. One '70s song I never could tolerate, though, is "Run, Joey, Run." Sorry.
consider_this
(2,194 posts)not sure if it totally qualifies as cheesy, but I will always love it:
(cute 'lil Michael)
Celerity
(42,643 posts)consider_this
(2,194 posts)consider_this
(2,194 posts)My head is spinnin'
winner for some cheesy bubble gum
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)shanti
(21,670 posts)chowder66
(9,010 posts)chowder66
(9,010 posts)Anything by John Denver.
happybird
(4,515 posts)Always have, always will.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)I liked most of his songs..
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)Blassie appeared on an episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show and in the movie Breakfast With Blassie along with co star Andy Kaufman. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as were Gorilla Monsoon, George the Animal Steele and Donald the Geek Trump.
Scrivener7
(50,773 posts)I laughed, I cried.
DEbluedude
(812 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,522 posts)I forgot that one!
Rastapopoulos
(675 posts)peppertree
(21,526 posts)Good toking song.
Shrek
(3,970 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,522 posts)My sister and I used to play that song constantly. Great memories.
rogerballard
(2,751 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,522 posts)Alpeduez21
(1,739 posts)LNM
(1,068 posts)LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)Someone was buying that record and it was you! LOL
rogerballard
(2,751 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)For those who crave an ad-free 70s station, I submit for your approval KEOM FM. From the Mesquite TX ISD, there is nonstop cheesefest coming from 88.5 FM.
In case you're not within a 30-mile radius of Mesquite, let me recommend the fabulous Radio Garden app:
Listen to KEOM 88.5 FM from Mesquite TX live on Radio Garden: https://radio.garden/listen/keom-88-5-fm/W5g3Ulh2
Thank you for keeping the cheese alive!
ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)The show was incredibly cheesy, but I watched it anyway, because, well...David Cassidy. I also liked the songs for the same reason. They were catchy and tuneful, but without his voice, I don't think I would have gotten pulled in. I still think he had a great voice.
I considered myself too old to be a Partridge Family fan. The intended demographic was obviously tweens and young teens, and I was about the same age as David. (Two weeks older, to be honest.) But I thought he had a great voice and he was cute, and I liked him in spite of the fact that he was on such a cheesy show.
Whatthe_Firetruck
(546 posts)... it was on the episode "My Son, the Feminist", where the issue of the week has Keith (David Cassidy) self identifying as a feminist because he has the hots for a girl activist in the movement. The conservatives in town get upset and hassle his mom to keep the family from playing a rally the feminist group is planning that the wingers want shut down.
This episode has not aged well, and is pretty cringey to modern eyes. The feminist ideas are not portrayed accuratly by those in the group, those opposed to them, or by the Partridges, as the writers either only had a superficial knowledge of what real women's libbers were trying to accomplish or were deliberately indifferent.
This version is high def video, with a spruced up audio adding some extra drums and some clapping.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I can still picture the lunch room in elementary school when a friend asked me what my favorite song was and that's what I said. I was in second grade and don't remember even caring about music before then but I loved watching the Partridge Family (because, well... Susan Dey ) and that was my favorite song.
ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)Don't Get Hooked on Me by Mac Davis
Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 25, 2021, 04:36 AM - Edit history (3)
I liked most songs by ABBA and Tony Orlando
Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancing
Anyone like Disco Duck? Or do they not want to admit it??
The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA Donna Fargo
After The Lovin Englebert Humperdinck
Behind Closed Doors Charlie Rich
Heartbeat Its A Love Beat DeFranco Family
Making Our Dreams Come True Cyndi Grecco (SUPER CHEESE) Laverne and Shirley theme!
Trueblue1968
(17,138 posts)BUT I LOVE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH
This video has been color restored and sharpened to the highest quality I could obtain. From Wikipedia: Blue Swede was a Swedish rock band from the early- to mid-1970s that succeeded with a few singles which were covers of other artists' material. The band was first formed in 1973, when Björn Skifs, a top vocalist in Sweden, was looking for a band to accompany him during his concerts.
The band was originally called "Blåblus" (Swedish for "blue blouse", a pun on the word "blues" and featured Skifs singing the lead vocals. The band got their international breakthrough in 1974 with their cover of the 1969 B. J. Thomas song "Hooked on a Feeling".
Released that same year on their album Hooked on a Feeling, Blue Swede's version was adapted from British pop eccentric Jonathan King, using his ooga-chaka ooga-chaka background on a version he had earlier recorded of the same song. "Hooked on a Feeling" was released in Sweden in May 1973 and in the United States in February 1974, and reached #1 for one week in the U.S. staying in the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 18 weeks. The R.I.A.A. granted gold disc status on 28 March 1974. The track also topped charts in Canada, Australia and the Netherlands.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)I don't like Run Joey Run..LOL
Quick Joey Small is from 1967, so it isn't a 70's song
Run Joey Run, Run...The hounds are on the trail.....
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)So many much cheeze: Horse in a bar.
Yipping sounds -ay ay
Guys crying....
From 1972
But very popular and I like it...
Whatthe_Firetruck
(546 posts)I promise myself to treat myself and visit a nearby tower.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Actually, speaking of the 70s, this whole list would make a great K-Tel album, where you had 20 songs to a side. Nothing like hearing an edited-down Theme from Shaft.