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Together and a Debbie Boone song that was so annoying I can;t remember the title.
Deuxcents
(16,427 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)GoodRaisin
(8,933 posts)underpants
(183,002 posts)God I hate that song.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)I never understood their appeal.
"Only the Lonely" is also horrible.
underpants
(183,002 posts)Lunabell
(6,133 posts)The old virgin/whore syndrome and it has pissed me off ever since I first heard it!! If it's so bad to be a centerfold, why is he looking at a centerfold? I turn that song off every time it comes on the radio!!!
debm55
(25,692 posts)Shermann
(7,479 posts)He is infatuated with the centerfold but is tormented by her exhibitionism. Great song!
Lunabell
(6,133 posts)The song is about a man who is shocked to discover that his high school crush appeared in a centerfold spread for an unspecified men's magazine.[5] The song's narrator is torn between conflicting feelings: his disappointment due to her loss of innocence, and his lust until the end of the song.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfold
Here's a sample of the misogynist lyrics.
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold.
So what if she's an exhibitionist? Sex work is sex work. She is not "stained." Perhaps you should look into yourself about your own feelings.
Shermann
(7,479 posts)He doesn't retract this beautiful statement and never says she is stained. This is all subject to interpretation and listeners can make it their own. You made it song about misogyny. Perhaps you should look inward?
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
A lot of people, particularly men, don't see misogyny even when it slaps them in the face. They too, are a product of the patriarchal system.
Shermann
(7,479 posts)You are even flirting with an ad hominem fallacy.
The song is a merely a lament about his angel being objectified, and you haven't made a convincing case otherwise.
Lunabell
(6,133 posts)Your opinion is irrelevant when every interpretation of this song except yours is in line with mine.
But, believe what you want. I don't give any fucks whatsoever.
Shermann
(7,479 posts)Answer: In summary, while Centerfold doesnt explicitly endorse misogyny, it does depict a situation where a womans image is commodified. Interpretations may vary, but its essential to consider the context and intent behind the song.
Lunabell
(6,133 posts)Shermann
(7,479 posts)However, the summaries provided by the most powerful web crawlers on Earth don't get us to misogyny here.
hlthe2b
(102,501 posts)Cringe-worthy on the first play. Sappy, sappy, sappy.
debm55
(25,692 posts)hlthe2b
(102,501 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)wolfie001
(2,298 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)hlthe2b
(102,501 posts)And, I liked America. Captain and Tenille, not so much (actually detested)
wolfie001
(2,298 posts)....I just couldn't stomach that mess. Thanks though
debm55
(25,692 posts)rsdsharp
(9,227 posts)He would wax euphoric about how great it was, how it was the quintessential expression of love and devotion between two people who had pledged themselves to each other for life.
This went on, day after day, every time it played blah, blah, blah. Finally, one of the staff had enough. He waited until the guy was in mid rant, looked him in the eye, and said Theyre not married, Jim, and walked away.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Demovictory9
(32,491 posts)hlthe2b
(102,501 posts)However changing that did not make it much better.
SarahD
(1,293 posts)I always suspected neither of them was really warm to the idea of performing icky pop songs. After Daryl died, Toni revealed that their relationship was essentially affection-free.
debm55
(25,692 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,244 posts)Nevertheless, Toni chose to stay in the marriage for long after they were releasing new music.
rubbersole
(6,752 posts)'If you have half a brain...'
debm55
(25,692 posts)SarahD
(1,293 posts)The song was moderately annoying all by itself, but they compounded the damage by playing it at least once every hour. Same situation as Tie Yellow Ribbon (around Tony Orlando's neck and throttle him with it).
Ritabert
(673 posts)...for Trump.
I was tired of my lawyer
We'd been together too long
He kept demanding payment
Which was totally totally wrong
...
If you hate subpoena coladas
Getting caught and arraigned
If you're full into MAGA
If you have half a brain
If you like stealing docs at midnight
But need help when you're caught
I'm the lawyer you've looked for
Write to me and I'm bought...
rubbersole
(6,752 posts)Nice!
Ritabert
(673 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Ritabert
(673 posts)FemDemERA
(230 posts)Ritabert
(673 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,656 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,465 posts)My short list would ones that don't puke me out.
debm55
(25,692 posts)SarahD
(1,293 posts)The "people also searched for" feature compiles quite a list.
debm55
(25,692 posts)malthaussen
(17,235 posts)There are many annoying pop songs. There are many annoying quasi-Christian pop songs. This is one of the most annoying.
"Muskrat Love," IMO, is just silly, not really annoying.
-- Mal
debm55
(25,692 posts)yankee87
(2,191 posts)Every day for a year.
debm55
(25,692 posts)That also. Good catch
debm55
(25,692 posts)EYESORE 9001
(26,026 posts)I felt like telling them it wasnt a marathon.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,656 posts)It seemed to be taking over the world!
Do you remember seeing people dancing to the song during a break at a political convention, during a break? I could never forget it!
In the good ol' days, we forced politicians to do the Macarena
Bring it back.
By Heather Dockray on September 9, 2018
As President Donald Trump's election proved, it doesn't take much to get elected anymore. In the '90s, the bar was higher: politicians were at least forced to dance the Macarena.
You've probably seen gifs from the infamous '96 Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton was made to dance to the song. Friends, I'm pleased to report that the full video is incredible, and the trend runs so much deeper.
More:
https://mashable.com/article/political-nostalgia-politicians-doing-the-macarena
Demobrat
(9,030 posts)on a beach in Costa Rica with a class of six year olds. Its one of my favorite memories, and I love the song.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Demobrat
(9,030 posts)If not for that experience I would probably find it as annoying as everyone else does.
Aviation Pro
(12,224 posts)..
debm55
(25,692 posts)malthaussen
(17,235 posts)... I actually kinda like it. More as a symbol of the times than on any merit it might possess (not much).
-- Mal
debm55
(25,692 posts)Shermann
(7,479 posts)relayerbob
(6,561 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)Nominee for possibly the worst song EVER!!!!!
underpants
(183,002 posts)Horrible song.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Upthevibe
(8,105 posts)HORRIBLE SONG! But there are many....
Diamond_Dog
(32,161 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)SarahD
(1,293 posts)That's the one that always makes the lists of worst songs. Grace Slick called it the worst song ever recorded, but I don't know if she meant worst song ever, by anyone or just the worst she was a part of. It was a monster number one hit. Of course.
NBachers
(17,182 posts)ms liberty
(8,620 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Jamesm9164
(542 posts)Feliz Navidad and Jingle Bell Rock. Maybe it is a Christmas thing. Cheers.
debm55
(25,692 posts)SarahD
(1,293 posts)Every artist feels the need to put out a Christmas album. So many of the songs are obvious throw away filler material. Very sad.
debm55
(25,692 posts)consider_this
(2,203 posts)lemme see that thong, 'g thong thong thong
yuk
debm55
(25,692 posts)Aristus
(66,520 posts)The lyrics make no sense. And this is thrown into sharp relief when you realize the guy who wrote it had only a shaky grasp of English. Most boy band music is shit. But this one is at the top (or the bottom) of the list.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)video is fan-made but pretty good!!
debm55
(25,692 posts)Dear_Prudence
(409 posts)Oh, debm55, I remember thinking as a college junior that the muskrat song should be played at my wedding; I just loved it. What was I thinking (or drinking)? Luckily, by the time I married, that notion had left my noggin. I am thinking maybe I would have ended up with a nutty spouse if I had stuck with that tune!
debm55
(25,692 posts)revmclaren
(2,577 posts)in the late 70s. Of course I've always had a strange sense of humor.
Hamster Love.
debm55
(25,692 posts)lastlib
(23,359 posts)Dear GOD, I HATE that song!
Next: "For The Longest Time," -- Billy Joel. Also, "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," --Billy Joel
Oh, and EVERYTHING that damned Leo F-ing Sayer EVER recorded!
SarahD
(1,293 posts)Particularly "Snowbird." Not a bad song, maybe little too sappy, but they played it a LOT.
lastlib
(23,359 posts)that one song just makes me retch.
debm55
(25,692 posts)TlalocW
(15,394 posts)More like Red, Red Whiiiiiiiiine
debm55
(25,692 posts)RoadRunner
(4,495 posts)Its kinda been run in the ground. Very annoying.
debm55
(25,692 posts)SarahD
(1,293 posts)And I only have beginner German. Real German speakers must want to kill themselves. Or him.
SarahD
(1,293 posts)Made me want to light her ass on fire.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Baby, baby dont get hooked on me.
debm55
(25,692 posts)rsdsharp
(9,227 posts)The Night Chicago Died Paper Lace
Kung Foo Fighting Carl Douglas
Billy Dont Be a Hero Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
Afternoon Delight The Starland Vocal Band
Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast Wayne Newton (and I know the guy who had the radio gold record).
There are more many more but thats enough.
debm55
(25,692 posts)rsdsharp
(9,227 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,702 posts)The ketchup song.
One More Night.
Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer
debm55
(25,692 posts)MOMFUDSKI
(5,768 posts)Captain and Tennille
debm55
(25,692 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,161 posts)hlthe2b
(102,501 posts)WTF were there "fans" thinking?
3catwoman3
(24,102 posts)I hesitate to type the title because even that may cause it to got stuck in my head, let alone actually hearing it.
Any of the songs about dead or dying boyfriends/girlfriends.
Why is it that it's never a song you like that gets stuck in your head?
debm55
(25,692 posts)sleep.
nocoincidences
(2,236 posts)ANY song by Barry Manilow.
Yuck.
3catwoman3
(24,102 posts)I always punch the mute button if any of his stuff comes on my car radio.
Fla Dem
(23,862 posts)EDIT: AND YOU MADE IT !!!!!! 22,000 posts! Congratulations!
debm55
(25,692 posts)posting.
thucythucy
(8,114 posts)by Chuck Berry.
There are others I hate more but they've already been covered here.
I used to hate "Maxwell's Silverhammer" by the Beatles, but it was partially redeemed for me by the parody about Ghisleane Maxwell-- "Bang Bang Maxwell's in the Slammer..." which I thought justified its existence. Otherwise, "Blech!"
debm55
(25,692 posts)Believe it or not, that "song" made it to Billboard #1. Chuck Berry's only #1 song.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,401 posts)We used to irritate Mom with "96 Tears" and "They're Coming to Take Me Away"; I can hear her now, "Turn that thing off!"
SarahD
(1,293 posts)"Coming to Take Me Away" got banned pretty quickly. There was an enormous uproar from mental health professionals, family members, etc.
debm55
(25,692 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Walleye
(31,141 posts)I hear it in the supermarket sometimes it just seems kind of sing- song. There are so many others but thats one I just heard recently. I also really hate American Woman by the Guess Who, I know Ill get pushback on that one. It would come on the radio while I was driving, and I couldnt push the button fast enough
debm55
(25,692 posts)Walleye
(31,141 posts)Thats a good thing about music, tastes are so individual
debm55
(25,692 posts)Walleye
(31,141 posts)I think it was Duke Ellington that said there are two kinds of music, good and bad. And I would like to add we all get to decide which one is good and which one is bad for ourselves individually. I remember once seeing a street musician, a one-man band. His music wasnt technically very good but he was playing with so much heart that it was really entertaining
CCExile
(476 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 26, 2024, 05:05 PM - Edit history (1)
I love the Beatles, I think they are the best band ever, nobody else is even close, but I can't stand that song. It is SO monotonous, all the na-na-nas keep going on and on for way too long, and it drives me nuts. Even before the monotony starts, that song is merely okay, but then when the na-na-nas start, they'd have to send for the guys in the white coats and straitjacket to come get me if I had to listen to it. I listen often to the Beatles channel on Sirius satellite radio, but when that song comes on, I change the channel. What I just don't understand is that Hey Jude is one of the most popular Beatles songs. Every year when the Beatles channel does its fan poll, Hey Jude is always one of the top five. I just don't get it.
-- Ron
debm55
(25,692 posts)Demobrat
(9,030 posts)I find it sappy and boring. People love it though.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Silly love songs was not a favorite either. More of a nursery rhyme than a song
Glorfindel
(9,743 posts)That's one of the greatest songs of all time, maybe the greatest.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Thank you, Glorifindel..
debm55
(25,692 posts)Freddie
(9,278 posts)I adore him but he makes a huge production of Hey Jude and the audience singalong (now the fellas..). Hes giving the crowd what they want.
LoisB
(7,250 posts)sdfernando
(4,948 posts)I hate being rickrolled!
Shermann
(7,479 posts)It is so annoying it became awesome again.
debm55
(25,692 posts)LakeArenal
(28,864 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)ms liberty
(8,620 posts)WestMichRad
(1,341 posts)May whoever recorded this abomination follow the witchs example.
Also Yummy yummy yummy (Ohio Express). Saccharine crap.
debm55
(25,692 posts)sing "Wake up, wake up you sleepy heads. "
rurallib
(62,477 posts)maybe the circumstances made that song palatable.
debm55
(25,692 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,361 posts)I agree with nearly all of them.
I don't get the Foreigner hate, though. And, I'll push back on Hey, Jude.
But, the vast majority of the choices here are well chosen.
I'll only add 2:
Yummy Yummy Yummy & Sugar Sugar. Dreck!
debm55
(25,692 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,361 posts)They had a crappy band name, too. (Wasn't really a band, just a production company near Mansfield.)
Knew a guy whose uncle played bass with that outfit in the 60s. Studio cats that mostly did commercials & jingles.
debm55
(25,692 posts)BluesRunTheGame
(1,623 posts)Any cover or version of Little Drummer Boy
debm55
(25,692 posts)Cartoonist
(7,324 posts)I break all speed records in changing the channel when that comes on.
relayerbob
(6,561 posts)They need to stop squeezing the poor guys balls
Diamond_Dog
(32,161 posts)hlthe2b
(102,501 posts)That seems about right.
debm55
(25,692 posts)yankee87
(2,191 posts)I remember when this song took over when disco was king.
Finally had a top ten song not disco.
Also remember when the lead singer said they would be bigger than the Beatles.
Brother Buzz
(36,493 posts)My Bologna was recorded while he was still attending Cal Poly
My Bologna - 1979
Ooh, my little hungry one, hungry one
Open up a package of my bologna
Ooh, I think the toast is done, the toast is done
Top it with a little of my bologna
Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
Spreadin' on the mustard now, show me how
Spread it on a litle of this bologna
Hopin' that we don't run out, don't run out
If we do I'm sure that I'll miss bologna
Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
Goin' to the market now, market now
I'm the city's biggest bologna buyer
Walkin' down the shopping isles, shopping isles
Filling up my basket with Oscar Meyer
Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
debm55
(25,692 posts)calguy
(5,346 posts)The Debbie Boone song we all hate
yankee87
(2,191 posts)Agree
rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)relayerbob
(6,561 posts)Chainfire
(17,734 posts)SarahD
(1,293 posts)Sugar Sugar might be the ultimate example of the genre. There is no such band as The Archies, of course. They were musicians recruited for the project. I seem to remember some well known musicians involved. I will Google it because I know you are yearning to know. (on edit) Ron Dante and Andy Kim were involved.
debm55
(25,692 posts)3catwoman3
(24,102 posts)...from high school, in 1969. Flanked on either side by Hey, Jude (1968) and Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970).
What an embarrassment.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Shermann
(7,479 posts)Please make that song stop.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,656 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,429 posts)A real generational embarrassment!
"Sugar Sugar" by the Archies!
debm55
(25,692 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,429 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)GenThePerservering
(1,864 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)overplayed, Tym GenThePerservering.
jg10003
(976 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Chainfire
(17,734 posts)I worked in an office building where the kept the radio on a C&W station all fucking day. The Tennessee Birdwalk was playing at least once every ten minutes.
debm55
(25,692 posts)mobeau69
(11,167 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Easterncedar
(2,364 posts)Terrible ear worm!
snpsmom
(691 posts)by The Police. I generally like their music, but that song annoys me.
debm55
(25,692 posts)CanonRay
(14,134 posts)Paper Lace. There is no East Side...its the lake.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Celerity
(43,708 posts)https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/yes-chicago-really-has-an-east-side/
Houses sit under the Chicago Skyway toll road on South Avenue M Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in the East Side neighborhood of Chicago.
Im going to settle an old Chicago debate, one that usually begins when someone quotes the first line of the song The Night Chicago Died, by Paper Lace: My daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago.
It came up again on Reddit, a year ago, when a Redditor wrote, TIL the song The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace references an east side of Chicago, which does not exist. There are North, South, and West Downtown Chicago, but the east is occupied by Lake Michigan. Songwriters Peter Callander and Mitch Murray had never been to Chicago.
Callander and Murray, who hail from Nottingham, England, may have known as much about Chicagos geography as Steve Perry did about Detroits, but they werent wrong. Chicago does, in fact, have an East Side. Its one of our 77 community areas. Located in the far southeastern corner of the city, the East Side is bounded by the Calumet River on the north and west, Lake Michigan on the east and Eggers Grove on the south. That Redditor may not have heard of the East Side because its one of Chicagos most remote neighborhoods: the L doesnt go to the East Side, the Skyway carries cars hundreds of feet overhead, and driving there requires crossing a lift bridge. (When the Bluesmobile jumped the 95th Street Bridge, it took off from South Chicago and landed on the East Side.)
East Side native Robert Stanley, a former Wisconsin Steel worker, began his self-published memoir Once Upon a Time in South Chicago with a photo of a half-raised bridge and the legend, Oh shit! The bridge is up. (Quote from) anyone that ever went to the (East Side).
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Easterncedar
(2,364 posts)Would you have my baby
Gag
debm55
(25,692 posts)gave me my engagement ring , ring he sang it to me. He abused me, I didn't see it , but my friends did. I called it off.
Easterncedar
(2,364 posts)Hugs, Deb.
debm55
(25,692 posts)my true love, It hurt at the time, But it all worked out for the best.
dameatball
(7,403 posts)Second Place: Lee Greenwood....."Proud To Be An American" really gets on my nerves.
debm55
(25,692 posts)song. Totally agree with the Lee Greenwood song. Does he know of any other songs?????????
GreenWave
(6,810 posts)My local oldies but goldies plays it about once an hour.
I hope Neil Young kicks their butts. Yes Watergate bothers me.
Goonch
(3,620 posts)lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Goonch
(3,620 posts)Red Army Choir wiped out in tragic Black Sea plane crash
By
Harold C. Hutchison
Feb 5, 2020 7:03 PM PST
The Christmas Day crash of a Tupelov Tu-154 off the coast of Sochi, a Black Sea resort town in Russia, killed all 92 people on board. Among the dead are 60 members of the Red Army Choir.
The Red Army Choir had a viral moment when they sang backup to a cover of "Sweet Home Alabama" done by the Leningrad Cowboys. One Youtube video is below:
The choir members killed were part of the Alexandrov Ensemble, according to a CNN report. The choir was slated to perform for Russian military personnel at the Khmeimim air base in Syria.
According to the choir's iTunes page, the group took first place at the Paris International Exposition in 1937, and features a male chorus, with dancers and an orchestra.
The impact of this crash on Russia could be compared to the Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash that killed rock-and-roll artists Buddy Holly and Richie Valens, or the loss of band leader Glenn Miller in unexplained circumstances while en route to Europe on Dec, 15, 1944.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/red-army-choir-wiped-out-in-tragic-black-sea-plane-crash/
The last Leningrad Cowboys concert was on July 31, 2015 at Festplatz Seebronn in Rottenburg, Germany
MichMan
(12,001 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Upthevibe
(8,105 posts)I have such a strong dislike for Disco. OMG.......Disco Duck!?!?!
And not Disco but a joke of a song, Billy Don't Be A Hero............
debm55
(25,692 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,756 posts)I think the organist also played with Iron Butterfly....at least on " Inna Godda Davida"....which I also hate.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Goonch
(3,620 posts)solara
(3,836 posts)My picks:
"Wives and Lovers" -Jack Jones "Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you.. I'm warning you"
The lyrics are pretty horrifying.. plus the fact it was a hit
"I Beg Your Pardon I Never Promised you a Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson --the worst and corniest set of lyrics ever..
"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro - way too much airplay
"That's The Way I Like It" - K.C. and the Sunshine Band - over kill
P.S. Debbie Boone supposedly sang "You Light Up My Life" to Jesus-
debm55
(25,692 posts)MichMan
(12,001 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)justaprogressive
(2,247 posts)rurallib
(62,477 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Glorfindel
(9,743 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)rurallib
(62,477 posts)Any time Elvis came on it was time to {switch} stations.
"Little Sister" in particular sticks out to me.
debm55
(25,692 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)..."I'm Proud To Be An American."
Between Raygun and that shitty song, I almost wanted to seek political asylum in effin Cuba!
debm55
(25,692 posts)words.
GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)...it was released around 1984.
Anyway, instead of fleeing the country, I decided to help organize and to perform with my band at some "Rock Against Reagan" concerts outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles.
debm55
(25,692 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)GP6971
(31,257 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)mockmonkey
(2,835 posts)I don't like to be negative about music because if it's a song you enjoy then it's given you something that made your life easier.
On the other hand...
Years ago The Captain and Tennille were invited to entertain at one of Reagan's White House receptions honoring Queen Elizabeth. They did Muskrat Love and a there was a British man doing commentary for whatever channel he was with and he was aghast that they would play such a song in front of The Queen. It was so funny at the time that I never forgot it.
debm55
(25,692 posts)and Yoko on for one of those weeks as guest hosts.
mockmonkey
(2,835 posts)Mike Douglas had some interesting co-hosts and guests. I think I've seen bits of the John and Yoko shows. I remember when he had Moe Howard on from The Three Stooges. I didn't recognize him until he combed his hair forward.
I think Phil Donahue did his show out of Cleveland before he went to Chicago and then later New York. Must be something about Cleveland. It could have been Cincinnati.
I also used to watch The Merv Griffin show in the afternoon. Like Mike Douglas, he liked to sing a song at the opening of his show. He used to joke around with his Bass Player Ray Brown? and his Trumpet player Jack Sheldon who sang the "I'm just a Bill" song from Schoolhouse Rock. I liked that kidding around the best.
debm55
(25,692 posts)patphil
(6,242 posts)and:
Grandma got run over by a Reindeer - originally sung by Elmo Shropshire
Demovictory9
(32,491 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)Demovictory9
(32,491 posts)MichMan
(12,001 posts)I found it wildly entertaining
Demovictory9
(32,491 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)woodsprite
(11,940 posts)I couldn't stand that song and my Mom loved it.
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(25,692 posts)LoisB
(7,250 posts)Couldn't stand that "song".
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(25,692 posts)LoisB
(7,250 posts)Remember go-go dancers? I can't remember the name of that American Bandstand like show that had them.
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(25,692 posts)LoisB
(7,250 posts)I looked up Go-Go dancers.
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(25,692 posts)LoisB
(7,250 posts)Grins
(7,257 posts)And The Candy Man.
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(25,692 posts)jg10003
(976 posts)Is that the best they can say about Alabama, that the sky is blue? Why not sing "sweet home Alabama, where the grass is green"? Or maybe "sweet home Alabama, where the rain is wet".
debm55
(25,692 posts)retread
(3,765 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,756 posts)a classically awful take on a Little Richard song.
debm55
(25,692 posts)retread
(3,765 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,528 posts)The Syncopated Clock
I Gotcha -Joe Tex
Rock me Amadeus
All Together Now - The Beatles
Jam Up and Jelly Tight
Moody River - Pat Boone
The Day Chicago Died
Ring My Bell;
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(25,692 posts)Harker
(14,073 posts)"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head", "Loving You", "MacArthur Park"...
(sigh)
"Music, Music, Music", "Playground in my Mind."
I'd continue were it not for fear of the needle getting stuck in my head.
debm55
(25,692 posts)because I don't have the recipe again. OOOOHHHH NOOOOO
Mad_Dem_X
(9,576 posts)Harker
(14,073 posts)Popularity and personal suitability don't always intersect.
SarahD
(1,293 posts)She sang the big hit, of course. I kind of, sort of liked that song, but very poppy.
Bristlecone
(10,144 posts)Jefferson Starship.
Cannot change it fast enough.
Also, Sewing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
Under the Milkyway
The Church
All complete drivel imo
debm55
(25,692 posts)marble falls
(57,447 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)marble falls
(57,447 posts)debm55
(25,692 posts)SarahD
(1,293 posts)The one that comes to mind is "Piece of My Heart" by Faith Hill. She does OK and you would think it's pretty good if you never beard the Janis Joplin version. But we have heard Janis, haven't we, and it makes us judge harshly.
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(25,692 posts)Charlie Chapulin
(176 posts)Billy, Dont Be a Hero; The Night Chicago Died;
Oh Oh Oh Its Magic; Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast
for starters.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,982 posts)... a lot of the songs above! But I do agree with Muskrat Love being very annoying.
debm55
(25,692 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 28, 2024, 12:19 AM - Edit history (1)
free to like any of the songs.
SarahD
(1,293 posts)Song about a dad who hopes his son will be one of the brave young men who "jump and die." Thanks, Dad. Right back at ya."