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If you put Warewolves of London on this list. You better be looking over your shoulder for the hundred years or so..
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My countdown list of one hit wonders- 1. Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry) (1 Viewer)
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my favorite part of this thread is that its called one hit wonders when it isnt and tim just doesnt give an eff its like having a best milwaukee brewers thread and naming guys that played basketball and not even for the bucks it just is what it is tim lives in his own world and this is a thread about it so sit back buckle in and enjoy the run to brandy at numero uno take that to the bank bromigos
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16. “Afternoon Delight”- Starland Vocal Band (1976)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wu1UXCdyNo0
look at this dude with the glasses; how many afternoon delights is he actually getting? (With somebody else that is). Still maybe I’m wrong; those girls seem really happy...
what a great awful song. The 70s were so good at this sort of thing. Bad music that you just loved.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wu1UXCdyNo0
look at this dude with the glasses; how many afternoon delights is he actually getting? (With somebody else that is). Still maybe I’m wrong; those girls seem really happy...
what a great awful song. The 70s were so good at this sort of thing. Bad music that you just loved.
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Up next: the opening song to the film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. And that’s because it’s one of the all time drag queen favorites.
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Never a big fan of this song due to the lyrics, which is typical hippie fluff, essentially saying "I want things to change, but I have no clue where to start - here, you do it"
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Man of Constant Sorrow
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Man - this is one freaking fabulous vid!
I could spend the rest of my life trying to recreate it...
<bookmarked>
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I love when I grew up (80's), but part of me wishes I was in my 20's in 1976, dating a bunch of sexually liberated, post-hippy chicks. But I was 10 years old, and had to settle for having a crush on two of my 20-something fifth grade teachers, who, iirc, looked an awful lot like the girls in this vid.Man - this is one freaking fabulous vid!
I could spend the rest of my life trying to recreate it...
<bookmarked>
Rove!
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The dude with the glasses (Bill Danoff) was married to the blonde he is singing with (Taffy Nivert). I did not realize that the two of them co-wrote "Take Me Home Country Roads" with Bob Denver.timschochet said:
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I like this songE Street Brat said:Careful. It's hard to get three yards with two broken kneecaps....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMAUBMvFncY
which is actually a Yardbirds cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxoZUWT4BA
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When I was a kid we had this big console record player in our living room. My parents had a box of 45s in the closet from their youth. When I started to get into music, I went through these classics and not only discovered some new music, but learned a bit about my parents. This is one of those songs that grabbed me like only a few others, and everytime I hear this song, it brings me back to those days.
This is a great song, and considering what syrupy sap came in at 16, is criminally underrated.
Yep, should be number 1.timschochet said:
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15. “I’ve Never Been to Me”- Charlene (1977)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CM-okx_yE2
Probably my guiltiest pleasure ever. I love the melody, but it’s the lyrics that make this song- they are without any doubt the worst song lyrics I have ever heard, and they are so bad that they provide me endless fascination. The entire lyrics are posted on the version I linked, but here are a few examples of my favorite lines:
Took the hand of a preacherman and we made love in the sun
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
I’ve been undressed by kings and I’ve seen some things that a woman ain’t sposed to see
(Spoken) do you know what truth is? It’s that little baby you’re holding, and it’s that man you fought with this morning, the same man you’re going to make love to tonight! That’s truth! That’s love!
I’ve been to crying for unborn children
I’ve spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
Just beyond atrocious and there’s so many of them! How did she ever manage to get so many bad lyrics into one single work that isn’t even 4 minutes in length? Ed Wood would be proud.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CM-okx_yE2
Probably my guiltiest pleasure ever. I love the melody, but it’s the lyrics that make this song- they are without any doubt the worst song lyrics I have ever heard, and they are so bad that they provide me endless fascination. The entire lyrics are posted on the version I linked, but here are a few examples of my favorite lines:
Took the hand of a preacherman and we made love in the sun
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
I’ve been undressed by kings and I’ve seen some things that a woman ain’t sposed to see
(Spoken) do you know what truth is? It’s that little baby you’re holding, and it’s that man you fought with this morning, the same man you’re going to make love to tonight! That’s truth! That’s love!
I’ve been to crying for unborn children
I’ve spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
Just beyond atrocious and there’s so many of them! How did she ever manage to get so many bad lyrics into one single work that isn’t even 4 minutes in length? Ed Wood would be proud.
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Up next: this song was written and recorded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and meant for the Temptations, but that group wasn’t big yet and was hesitant to sign with Motown. So Gordy gave it to these other guys instead.
Man of Constant Sorrow
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You win Tim...
I have absolutely NO good memories regarding this...this...gah...gone!
rockaction
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I love how you love this song. It makes me
You're exactly right -- as right as a subjective opinion can be -- about it, too.
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This song was on a K-Tel we owned when I was a kid. We always got a kick out of "singing" this part. Still makes me chuckle now.
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You
... I am sincerely sorrowful that you have been so soiled now...
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3!?!
In 1982 Scott Shannon, a disc jockey at Tampa radio station WRBQ-FM, began playing the "I've Never Been to Me" track off the Charlene album (with the original recitative), and response from local listeners was such as to motivate Shannon, a former Motown employee, to alert Motown president Jay Lasker to the track's hit potential. Lasker located Charlene who, discouraged by the poor performance of her 1977 Motown releases and by the label's decision not to release a second album she had recorded, had left the music industry and met and married an Englishman, subsequently accompanying him to his native land and taking a job at a sweet shop in Ilford. Lasker personally telephoned her with the invitation to re-sign with Motown Records to facilitate the re-release of her "I've Never Been To Me" single, which was done in the spring of 1982.
The Billboard Hot 100 dated March 6, 1982, showed "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene debuting at #84 – already 13 places higher than its 1977 peak in its original release. It subsequently rose as high as #3 on the Hot 100, where it held for three weeks during May and June.[5] The track had even greater impact internationally, attaining #1 status in Australia (six weeks), Canada (four weeks), Ireland (three weeks), and the United Kingdom.[2] "I've Never Been to Me" also afforded Charlene a Top Ten hit in Belgium (Flemish Region) (#7), the Netherlands (#7), New Zealand (#5), and Norway (#5). In 1982, Charlene's "I've Never Been to Me" was also a Top 10 hit on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart (#7) and a minor C&W chart crossover (#60).
When the song was revived in 1982, the version being played on the radio was the take with the monologue (from the Prodigal LP Charlene, P6 10015S1), so this was the one that Motown re-issued, not the Songs of Love single version from 1977 (Prodigal, P610018S1).[6][7] The song was never actually re-recorded by Charlene in 1982.
As Charlene was unable to successfully follow up the success of "I've Never Been to Me" – her only subsequent Hot 100 entry "Used to Be" (a duet with Stevie Wonder) got as high as #46 – she remains a high-profile one-hit wonder. On the 2002 VH1 special 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders, "I've Never Been to Me" was ranked at #75.[8] In the program, it was stated that her entry "expresses the post-'70s hangover."
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im a big believer that most musical tastes are subjective but if there was ever a single song that can be called objectively bad this is it so i guess congrats on making it number 15 on your list take that to the barf bank brohan
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If I can't run with 2 broken caps, at least I can polish my Fender.E Street Brat said:Careful. It's hard to get three yards with two broken kneecaps....
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Some random, semi-related observations:timschochet said:
1. the vocals harmonies were the secret weapon on "Take Me Home Country Roads" (check out this great live version with Danoff & Nivert on harmonies).
2. the Starland Vocal Band SUCKED!!!! Can you believe that they won the "Best New Artist" Grammy in '77??
3. Taffy Nivert was hot back in the day.
4. the Starland Vocal Band actually had their own network TV variety show in 1977. The head writers were Mark Russell (the political satirist!) and a younger guy who thought that the whole show was a big joke. He basically devoted his time to pushing the boundaries of comedy, often inserting himself into the show to add moments of absurdity which probably went over the heads of the average disco-loving fan who was watching. But his "Man On The Street" and "Viewer Mail" segments would go on to enjoy a second life on a couple of other shows.
5. "Afternoon Delight" is not always a good song choice for karaoke night unless you love lamp.
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14. “Do You Love Me”- The Contours (1962)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=azKPeIWdE6I
...now that I can dance?
What’s really funny is that if you watch this video they can’t dance, especially the lead singer. I mean, they’re OK, but when I see Motown I’m used to moves by the Temptations or the Four Tops. Compared to them these guys are pretty third rate.
But that’s OK because the song kicks ###. It’s a classic rock song of the early 60s; you gotta love the vocals. Whole thing is awesome. And timeless.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=azKPeIWdE6I
...now that I can dance?
What’s really funny is that if you watch this video they can’t dance, especially the lead singer. I mean, they’re OK, but when I see Motown I’m used to moves by the Temptations or the Four Tops. Compared to them these guys are pretty third rate.
But that’s OK because the song kicks ###. It’s a classic rock song of the early 60s; you gotta love the vocals. Whole thing is awesome. And timeless.
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Up next: this song was originally released in 1988, but it became a hit in the US a couple of years later after it was featured in a romantic comedy film starring Johnny Depp.
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Ha Ha, can't believe I wrote Bob instead of John!
Gilligan would have done a heluuva cover. No doubt with Skipper on bass and the Professor on drums
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Whoa - whoa - whoa... Tim!
Until you put ya assay on da line - and dance fer millions...well, lets'us just say... hmmm -
DANCE PARTY!
Uruk-Hai
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This record rocks. A couple of times it feels like the whole thing's going to go off the rails, but they manage to hold it together.
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Missed the TYA discussion, but yeah, what a great underappreciated band. Alvin was among the best of his time - supposedly Jimi himself was in awe of that Woodstock performance of "I'm Going Home". Good timing for the clip given that the festival is a few months away from its 50th anniversary. Bass player Leo Lyons is also highly underrated at his craft. As tight a band as you would have found in the late '60s/early '70s.Mister CIA said:
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