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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 18, 2007 - 10:40pm PT
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What do you consider to be the worst songs ever written?
VANILLA ICE
“Ice Ice Baby”
BOBBY GOLDSBORO
"Honey"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 18, 2007 - 10:59pm PT
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Hmmm, can't think of any stoopid songs,
But I like the literary allusion and I think Voltaire's line is cute.
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Nohea
Trad climber
Aiea,Hi
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May 18, 2007 - 11:01pm PT
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I cannot stand the song that says…”put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up…” Together lime and coconut are mediocre. Lime goes with Tequila and Gin, Coconut is for Rum. Everybody knows that.
Or maybe the “someone left my cake out in the rain”?
First song played at the post marriage party for us said something like, “my love is like a mango, wish we could make it everyday.” Now I like that one.
Hey its five PM here on a few stations every Friday they play, “Aloha Friday”
All I can remember is “Kimo and the crew are sucking up the brew, got Keiki running everywhere….its Aloha Friday, No work til Monday….” Let me go grab a drink and I’ll remember more.
but I 2nd anything vanilla ice wrote.
Aloha,
wil
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Topic Author's Reply - May 18, 2007 - 11:49pm PT
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Topic Author's Reply - May 19, 2007 - 12:12am PT
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It is my Britney Spears face. Don't you like it?
I think the picture was taken just before "Oops I Did It Again."
I think it says a thousand words...
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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May 19, 2007 - 12:37am PT
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"Say Say Say" with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Oh just the thought of it gives me the jitters (add the video of extra heebee jeebees).
I appreciate the literary reference too.
Fletch
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Topic Author's Reply - May 19, 2007 - 12:48am PT
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"This is why I am hot" by Mims
[Chorus: Mims]
This is why Im hot
This is why Im hot
This is why (this is why)
This is why Im hot
[x2]
I'm hot cuz im fly,
You ain't cuz you not,
This is why (this is why)
This is why Im hot
I'm hot cuz im fly,
You hate cuz you not (M.I.M.S.!)
This is why (this is why)
This is why I'm hot.
Look at this guy!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 19, 2007 - 01:06am PT
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"Sometimes When We Touch" by Bruce Cockburn.
Anything by Celine Dion.
And they're both Canadians, too.
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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May 19, 2007 - 01:18am PT
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[Chorus: Mims]
This is why Im hot
This is why Im hot
This is why (this is why)
This is why Im hot
[x2]
I'm hot cuz im fly,
You ain't cuz you not,
This is why (this is why)
This is why Im hot
I'm hot cuz im fly,
You hate cuz you not (M.I.M.S.!)
This is why (this is why)
This is why I'm hot.
Now that's some artistry . . .
JL
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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May 19, 2007 - 02:30am PT
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That Voltaire Quote is priceless.
I have a particular antipathy for this Paul Anka Tune. I mean, it's one thing to chant some meaningless words rhythmically, but another to say something like:
Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin'
How much you love me
Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin'
What you're thinkin' of me
I can see it, face is glowin'
I can see in your eyes
I'm happy you know it
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 19, 2007 - 02:34am PT
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Paul Anka. Not ANOTHER Canadian. Gagggggh!
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Nohea
Trad climber
Aiea,Hi
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May 19, 2007 - 04:22am PT
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Karl, You are great Bro, I listen to you. But the song that bugs you is because a guy is celebrating his GF’s decision having their child? That bug’s you? Why not be Happy that a couple that love’s each other is going to raise a new one?
Sometimes folks make me laugh very much!
Aloha,
wil
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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May 19, 2007 - 08:05am PT
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There are far too many to name just one.
Convoy Famous line: Pigpen this here's rubber duck.
Kung Foo Fighting "every body was kung foo fighting, it was so exciting
That idiot song that had basically one line: Blow your Whistle!
And oh how they would blow those whistles. At 2 in the morning.
Donna Summer's Puppy Love. Well OK, maybe it was the best of the worst, but still...
Sheena Easton's Sugar Walls, (to PRINCE, of all people ugh, women have strange taste in men)
Sheena Eastons's My baby takes the morning train...
Sheena Easton was hot, but somewhere she went tragically wrong.
Funny but basically bad and derivative song of the 70's: Junk Food junkie. OK this ne was not really bad, unless you love junk food a lot. It wa about this hippy guy who by day wore his natural shirt and ate healthy hippy veggie food, but, " At night I'm a junk food junkie, good lord have pity on me.
IN fact, it was so good, here are the lyrics and a link to the page.
Junk Food Junkie
Larry Groce
Written by Larry Groce
Released by Warner Bros. Records in 1976; playing time, 3:03
Was Groce's only hit, making it as high as #9 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100
You know I love that organic cooking
I always ask for more
And they call me Mr. Natural
On down to the health food store
I only eat good sea salt
White sugar don't touch my lips
And my friends is always
Begging me to take them
On macrobiotic trips
Yes, they are
Oh, but at night I stake out my strongbox
That I keep under lock and key
And I take it off to my closet
Where nobody else can see
I open that door so slowly
Take a peek up north and south
Then I pull out a Hostess Twinkie
And I pop it in my mouth
Yeah, in the daytime I'm Mr. Natural
Just as healthy as I can be
But at night I'm a junk food junkie
Good lord have pity on me
Well, at lunchtime
You can always find me
At the Whole Earth Vitamin Bar
Just sucking on my plain white yogurt
From my hand thrown pottery jar
And sippin' a little hand pressed cider
With a carrot stick for dessert
And wiping my face
In a natural way
On the sleeve of my peasant shirt
Oh yeah
Ah, but when that clock strikes midnight
And I'm all by myself
I work that combination
On my secret hideaway shelf
And I pull out some Fritos corn chips
Dr. Pepper and an Ole Moon Pie
Then I sit back in glorious expectation
Of a genuine junk food high
Oh yeah, in the daytime I'm Mr. Natural
Just as healthy as I can be
But at night I'm a junk food junkie
Good lord have pity on me
My friends down at the commune
They think I'm pretty neat
Oh, I don't know nothing about arts and crafts
But I give 'em all something to eat
I'm a friend to old Euell Gibbons
And I only eat homegrown spice
I got a John Keats autographed Grecian urn
Filled up with my brown rice
Yes, I do
Oh, but folks lately I have been spotted
With a Big Mac on my breath
Stumbling into a Colonel Sanders
With a face as white as death
I'm afraid someday they'll find me
Just stretched out on my bed
With a handful of Pringles Potato Chips
And a Ding Dong by my head
In the daytime I'm Mr. Natural
Just as healthy as I can be
But at night I'm a junk food junkie
Good lord have pity on me
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/larry-groce-junk-food-junkie-lyrics.html
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/j/junk_food_junkie.txt
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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May 19, 2007 - 11:06am PT
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an' every one was an 'Enery. ENERY!
she wouldn't take a Willy or a Sam. (Or a Sam!)
I'm 'er 8th old man I'm 'Enery (Enery! )
Enery the 8th I am I am,
Enery the 8th I am.
Second verse, same as the first!...
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nita
climber
chico ca
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May 19, 2007 - 01:32pm PT
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The Archies...A comic book-cartoon band, with it's big hit song,"Sugar-Sugar." Who can forget the group's first single....
" Bang Shang a-Lang", Bubblegum at it finest.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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May 19, 2007 - 02:10pm PT
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Anastasia asks:
What do you consider to be the worst songs ever written?
VANILLA ICE
“Ice Ice Baby”
I consider this to be the best impersonation ever written (and performed):
http://photomatt.net/dropbox/2004/04/Jim_Carrey_as_Vanilla_Ice.mpg
I saw this when it first appeared on In Living Color - back when Vanilla Ice was livin' large.
I fully expected this to be on the In Living Color DVDs, because it was one of the best
skits ever done on that show. I found out (too Late) that it had been removed. Too bad!!
I would love to find a higher rez version of this; it really deserves a good full-screen view...
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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May 19, 2007 - 05:02pm PT
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I have a playlist on my iPod - aptly titled Horrible...great for getting rid of late-night stragglers.
In no particular order:
You're having My Baby - Paul Anka
Billy Don't Be A Hero - Terry Jacks
Afternoon Delite - Starliite Social Band
Sylvia's Mother - Dr Hook
Feelings - Morris Albert
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
Alone Again - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Macathur's Park - Richard Harris
The Morning After - Maureen McGovern (The Poseidon Adventure soundtrack)
Bless The Beasts And Children - The Carpenters (Bless The Beasts and Children soundtrack)
Top Of The World - The Carpenters
Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Drewdrop
Convoy - C.W. McCall
Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
One Tin Soldier - Coven (The Legend Of Billy Jack sound track)
The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You - Bryan Adams (yet ANOTHER Canadian, BTW).
If that set doesn't clear the room, you've got a real problem on your hands...
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Topic Author's Reply - May 19, 2007 - 08:31pm PT
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Hardman Knott,
You are a genius... There are always a few I need to inspire migration. I am stealing your list.
Smiles,
Anastasia
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L
climber
A Glass & Granite Tower in Hell-A
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May 19, 2007 - 09:06pm PT
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HK,
Superb stupid songs list...EXCEPT for "One Tin Soldier".
How can you not simply adore the theme song of the Tie-Dyed Hippified Anti-Establishment Anti-War Peace-Love-n-Flower-Power Generation?
I can still see Billy Jack...in that hat...and jean jacket...making the world a more peaceful place...one fist-fight at a time.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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May 19, 2007 - 09:12pm PT
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"Karl, You are great Bro, I listen to you. But the song that bugs you is because a guy is celebrating his GF’s decision having their child? That bug’s you? Why not be Happy that a couple that love’s each other is going to raise a new one? "
No, it's the way the singer makes having the baby all about him. Having a baby is a way of telling somebody what they are thinking of them?
too arrogant for me
peace
karl
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