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Post by friarboy on Jun 20, 2018 21:06:07 GMT -5
I gotta go with Timothy by the Buoys. A cannibalism joint? That’s even ridiculous for Rupert Holmes.
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 20, 2018 23:05:53 GMT -5
I can't believe (unless I missed it) that no one mentioned "Rubber Duckie" by Ernie from 1970! For that matter, how about Jim Henson's/Kermit the Frog's "Rainbow Connection" from 1979 and Rick Dees' "Disco Duck"? Can we really even mention this topic without "Disco Duck" being a part of the conversation? "Rainbow Connection" was a good kids tune, but it didn't really seem like it belonged in the top 40, especially during '79. The Muppet Movie was just as omnipresent as Sesame Street back in 1979 because Rainbow Connection is the former's theme song written by Paul Williams!
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 20, 2018 23:10:22 GMT -5
My vote goes to "Pac Man Fever." Say what you will, but the entire 1982 album Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia is still awesome to this day with its catchy hooks!
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Post by mga707 on Jun 20, 2018 23:13:53 GMT -5
As for my choices for awesomely bad songs on AT40, there are two that I elaborated on in detail during my time of doing regular chart critiques: "I've Done Everything For You" by Rick Springfield (pathetic, whiny lyrics set to a jarring, jerky arrangement), and "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex (basically a sexual assault set to a jarring, jerky arrangement). I'd like to add a third awesomely bad song, "Tonight's The Night" by Rod Stewart. Back in the fall of 1976, this church-going, God-fearing 12-yr-old boy instantly recognized the sleazy and immoral nature of this song, especially since the girl in question didn't seem like a willing participant in this one night stand. And while, yes, I do like or love many songs that seem to glorify sex outside of marriage, many such songs are so brazen and in-your-face about their message that I can't warm up to them. "Tonight's The Night" is probably the ultimate example of such a song. What is funny to point out about "Tonight's the Night" is that the vocal, um, interjections in the song are courtesy of Rod's then-main squeeze, the Swedish beauty Britt Ekland. And Britt was three years older than Mr. Stewart, born in 1942 versus Rod's 1945 date of birth. As the decades wore on Rod got older but his blonde companions stayed around the same age! Alana Hamilton (wife #1, 2 children), Kelly Emberg (1 child), Rachel Hunter (wife #2, 2 children), and presently Penny Lancaster (wife #3, 2 children). All of them have been either models or actors. His present marriage has lasted 11 years so far so hopefully it will be his last. He has said that he would much rather stay home now with this wife, children, and world-class model train setup than go out on the town!
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Post by slf on Jun 21, 2018 3:59:53 GMT -5
I can't believe (unless I missed it) that no one mentioned "Rubber Duckie" by Ernie from 1970! For that matter, how about Jim Henson's/Kermit the Frog's "Rainbow Connection" from 1979 and Rick Dees' "Disco Duck"? Can we really even mention this topic without "Disco Duck" being a part of the conversation? "Rainbow Connection" was a good kids tune, but it didn't really seem like it belonged in the top 40, especially during '79. I agree that "Rubber Duckie" and "Disco Duck" are pretty childish and ridiculous, but "Rainbow Connection" , not so much. If you can overlook the fact that it's sung by a "frog", it's hard not to notice that the melody and arrangement are gently sweet and stirring, and the lyrics are quite poignant and introspective.
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Post by woody on Jun 21, 2018 12:20:18 GMT -5
And speaking of disco duck...
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 21, 2018 20:52:00 GMT -5
For that matter, how about Jim Henson's/Kermit the Frog's "Rainbow Connection" from 1979 and Rick Dees' "Disco Duck"? Can we really even mention this topic without "Disco Duck" being a part of the conversation? "Rainbow Connection" was a good kids tune, but it didn't really seem like it belonged in the top 40, especially during '79. I agree that "Rubber Duckie" and "Disco Duck" are pretty childish and ridiculous, but "Rainbow Connection" , not so much. If you can overlook the fact that it's sung by a "frog", it's hard not to notice that the melody and arrangement are gently sweet and stirring, and the lyrics are quite poignant and introspective. Again, like I'd said in my most recent reply before this one, "Rainbow Connection" was written by Paul Williams, now I'm adding on another fact, its nomination for Best Original Song at the 52nd Annual Academy Awards!
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Post by johnnywest on Jun 22, 2018 7:54:42 GMT -5
My vote goes to "Pac Man Fever." Say what you will, but the entire 1982 album Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia is still awesome to this day with its catchy hooks! Oh yes, I still may have that record somewhere. There was also "Do The Donkey Kong" and "Ode To A Centipede" on that album.
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Post by chrislc on Jun 22, 2018 21:17:44 GMT -5
Just in case The Jimmy Castor Bunch hasn't yet been mentioned in this thread, I'm doing it now.
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Post by pb on Jun 22, 2018 21:29:03 GMT -5
"Once You Understand"
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 22, 2018 21:36:40 GMT -5
Say what you will, but the entire 1982 album Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia is still awesome to this day with its catchy hooks! Oh yes, I still may have that record somewhere. There was also "Do The Donkey Kong" and "Ode To A Centipede" on that album. Fun facts... "Do the Donkey Kong" was the second single released from the album, but it failed to chart except on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles at #103! "Froggy's Lament" also pays tribute to Smilin' Ed McConnell and Froggy the Gremlin from Andy's Gang with its lyrics "Hiya, kids" and "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" Buyer beware, please seek out its 1982 vinyl LP, 8-track tape and audio cassette as all CD's of this album are re-recordings by Buckner & Garcia in 1999 because Sony Music Entertainment would not give the duo access to their original master record tapes or release a proper SME/BMG compact disc themselves! Then there's, Side 2... "Hyperspace" "The Defender" "Mousetrap" "Goin' Berzerk"
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Post by mga707 on Jun 22, 2018 22:36:54 GMT -5
In a class by itself--beyond merely 'bad'! Always think of this one as an amateurishly-acted melodrama rather than a 'song'!
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Post by mga707 on Jun 22, 2018 22:40:14 GMT -5
Oh yes, I still may have that record somewhere. There was also "Do The Donkey Kong" and "Ode To A Centipede" on that album. Fun facts... "Do the Donkey Kong" was the second single released from the album, but it failed to chart except on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles at #103! "Froggy's Lament also pays tribute to Smilin' Ed McConnell and Froggy the Gremlin from Andy's Gang with its lyrics "Hiya, kids" and "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" Buyer beware, please seek out its 1982 vinyl LP, 8-track tape and audio cassette as all CD's of this album are re-recordings by Buckner & Garcia in 1999 because Sony Music Entertainment would not give the duo access to their original master record tapes or release a proper SME/BMG compact disc themselves! Then there's, Side 2... "Hyperspace" "The Defender" "Mousetrap" "Goin' Berzerk" What, not "Space Invaders'? Wait, that's a track on The Pretenders' first LP. Still my favorite 'first wave' video game. I consider Pac-Man, et al, to be 'second wave'.
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Post by mga707 on Jun 22, 2018 22:41:35 GMT -5
Just in case The Jimmy Castor Bunch hasn't yet been mentioned in this thread, I'm doing it now. Aw, c'mon, "Troglodyte" is great! And full of handy dating tips: "Can't do that today, fellas, 'cause it might come off!"
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 23, 2018 1:13:10 GMT -5
"Funky Worm" by the Ohio Players I've heard it at least a hundred times. And that includes this live performance... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5gS8NR_IcI love funk but I still don't get the old lady part, which steps on the music. And I'm not sure about the lyrics either. It's bad, like 9 cans of shaving powder.
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