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« Reply #195 on: October 07, 2008, 05:58:48 PM » |
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Interesting that while Pat Boone did a tongue-in-cheek album of rock covers, Paul Anka took a more serious approach and succeeded pretty well at matching rock lyrics with swing arrangements. He apparently put a lot of effort into choosing songs that wouldn't sound cheesy with that "Rat Pack" sound. I own Anka's Rock Swings, and it's one of the discs my wife and I usually take along on long car trips. I wouldn't even call it a guilty pleasure. It's a great musical experiment and a fun album. OK, back to bad songs. |
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« Reply #197 on: October 08, 2008, 09:21:53 AM » |
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Ohh no no no, you don't know bad until you've heard this from the paedophile of pop. Before Micheal Jackson there was Gary Glitter. I present to you.... Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) Makes you're skin crawl doesn't it? Is this a threat or a promise? |
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« Reply #198 on: October 08, 2008, 09:34:46 AM » |
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« Reply #200 on: October 11, 2008, 08:40:36 PM » |
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JIMMIE RODGERS "Honeycomb" (here's a not-too-cool live performance about 8 years after "Honeycomb" topped the charts - for 4 weeks!)
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« Reply #201 on: October 11, 2008, 08:58:31 PM » |
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« Reply #202 on: October 12, 2008, 03:11:06 PM » |
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Aj_rVWb20Before she was in "Dr Who" Billie Piper had a Britney Spearsesque pop career. This actually got to Number 1 about a decade ago....
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There are few things more beautiful than a sporting montage with a soft-rock soundtrack
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« Reply #203 on: October 12, 2008, 03:14:05 PM » |
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I remember that JJ. Do you remember Jennifer Ellison's attempt at a pop career? |
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« Reply #204 on: October 12, 2008, 03:31:02 PM » |
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Sadly no Circus, I didn't even know that Jennifer Ellison had tried to be a pop star! You can however hear why it didn't seem to take off.
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« Reply #205 on: October 12, 2008, 10:07:38 PM » |
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SSGT BARRY SADLER "The Ballad of the Green Berets" Topped the charts in 1966.
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« Reply #206 on: October 13, 2008, 03:44:30 PM » |
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I've always thought that "Do Wah Diddy" by Manfred Mann was terrible! |
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« Reply #207 on: October 13, 2008, 03:58:57 PM » |
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Lita Ford "Kiss Me Deadly" Now, I own all her records, but this song I loathe  |
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« Reply #208 on: October 13, 2008, 08:51:24 PM » |
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Stand Back by Vince McMahon
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« Reply #209 on: October 14, 2008, 07:59:06 AM » |
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Well, these have all been uniformly bad, though I take exception to MANFRED MANN (though I don't like it much). I don't think VINCE McMAHON should count (or did he really have a record?) Here's SSGT BARRY SADLER "The A-Team." Probably the only "artist" that I can think of whose both charting records belong on the 100 Worst Songs Ever list: |
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