What is your favorite stupid song you liked/hated from the 70s.

[CTyankee]

Mine is

I just liked the whole silliness of the song. It was fun to listen to.

Correct me if I got the decade wrong...

[Laffy Kat]

1. Pretty sure "Name Game" was the 60s but who cares?

Mine is "Kung Fu Fighting"!

[Sanity Claws]

6. But it was fun to dance to

[Eugene]

156. Kung Fu Fighting immediately came to mind on seeing this thread

but the 70's were absolutely full of awful while lovable songs.

Then again, songs like "Fly Robin Fly" and "Run Joey Run" were just awful.

[Paper Roses]

176. This song was my first thought.

60's or 70's, it was still an awful song.

[BumRushDaShow]

192. Might as well add these too

[OhZone]

2. I was born in 1980 -

Thank the Goddess.

But listening to my Uncle's collection, I would say the majority of the 70's was stupid.

Ha.

[mr_lebowski]

8. Well, then your Uncle's collection ... SUCKED (nt)

[OhZone]

20. Ha! His 70's selection did!

But he liked them.

"Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree" and "stayin alive" were his biggies, I think.

Of course, my taste in music is questionable, I've been told.

Ha

But I loved his 60s records and 80's stuff.

Actually, I think the tail end of the 70's were the beginning of New Wave and punk, right?

Not all bad I guess.

Anyways, I'm a 90's chick, music wise, to a large degree.

[DBoon]

154. the tail end of the 70's *were* the beginning of New Wave and punk

This came out in 1977

[OhZone]

165. Yeah, and my brother just mentioned -

The Talking Heads had an album that year.

[mr_lebowski]

168. Yup ... it's even called '77 ;) (nt)

[atreides1]

3. Really?

Good Morning Starshine...sounded so dumb!!!

[CTyankee]

7. I liked it because it reflected its time (the 70s?) but it was "out there."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. It's actually from the musical "Hair" and dates from 1967.

I saw "Hair" on Broadway in 1969. It was far out.

[leftieNanner]

91. I saw Hair in San Francisco around that time

And I remembered the fun music. Fast forward to a few years ago. We took our two daughters (young adults at the time) to see it in Boston. I had forgotten the naked part at the end of the first act. And the sexuality in the lyrics. I was a little bit embarrassed. But only a little.

Fortunately, we had tickets waaaaay up in the balcony.

[Squinch]

137. Glinny glip glippy... WTF???

[jberryhill]

194. Hair? No, it was MUPPETS!

[Squinch]

195. Man. That's definitely an LSD flashback! Love the flowered, puffy sleeve shirt!

[mr_lebowski]

4. I'd bet that's 1960's ... guessing '62-65, given the pic, sound of the recording, etc.

But since you said the 1970's, here's my pick ... Robert Plant singing about walking his dog, a Blue-Eyed Merle ... named, appropriately enough ... Strider!

Yeah, I'm kinda cheating, cause this song is totally badass ...

[Leith]

155. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp is my favorite Zeppelin song!

The beat and melody are terrific. I can't help but slap my legs and snap my fingers along with it. The opening riff is happy and wonderful. The lyrics are sweet.

[Sanity Claws]

5. So many to choose from

Sugar Sugar by The Archies and all other bubblegum songs.

[CTyankee]

9. Now you'll think I'm hopeless...

cuz I loved that song..."you are my candy, girl..."

[Mr Tibbs]

60. I remember getting that record for free on a cereal box

And you would have to cut it off with scissors. You would have a little square record that would play at 45 RPM. I'm sure many folks are remember those on cereal boxes.

[consider_this]

259. Yes re cereal box records...

namely, Honeycomb, and Monkees records. I am pretty sure that i got 'I'm a believer' thanks to the so nutritious sugar bomb breakfast.

[DonaldsRump]

99. Technically 1969, but...

...this appearance, at around 3:20 into the video, made it all worthwhile

[hlthe2b]

163. yeah, the bubblegum songs--absolutely detested them...

[Mr Tibbs]

185. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep

[Dustlawyer]

10. The Uneasy Rider by Charlie Daniels.

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Hippie stuck in red neck land at the Dew Drop Inn. My favorite line “I kicked ol’ Green Teeth right in the knee.”

Honorable mentions:
I don't like spiders & snakes;
The Streak - Ray Stephens;
The Wildwood Flower; and
Hey baby I'm your telephone man.

[Chipper Chat]

11. Ethel Merman's Disco Album.

Dont laugh. She did one.

[True Blue American]

12. This is the 40's

But is the dumbest song, ever!

[mr_lebowski]

26. Mares Eat Oats

And Does Eat Oats
And Little Lambs Eat Ivy
A Kid'll Eat Ivy too, wouldn't you?

What's dumb about that?

Lol ...

[True Blue American]

31. Mairzy Doats

And Dozey Doats. Little Lambs De Divey!

[Polly Hennessey]

94. No, don't say that.

I sing it to my Cockatiel every morning. He loves it. 🎼💖

[True Blue American]

96. Well, it has been going through my head ever since I posted the thing.:)

I may get another Parakeet to teach it to.

[Lefta Dissenter]

13. Hated, hated, still hate and will always hate

"Horse with No Name."

[CTyankee]

14. I still recall the song but had no particular feelings for/against it.

Why did you hate it so much?

[Lefta Dissenter]

19. BORING, blah, blah, blah...

Boring melody, boring lyrics. In fact, if I hear the song nowadays, I "blah, blah, blah" along with it.

[3catwoman3]

83. There pretty much is...

...no melody. Maybe 5 different mitts in the whole”melodic line. Boring indeed.

[DinahMoeHum]

54. Sounds like a rip-off of Neil Young.

. . .which is why I dislike the song as well.

[Aristus]

23. The late Richard Jeni once cracked:

"You're in the desert. There's nothing to do. Name the horse!"

[Lefta Dissenter]

25. .

[Ferrets are Cool]

50. Love the song

lyrics, not so much....and when asked what the song was about, Dewey Bunnell said "It means whatever you want it to mean, man" That pretty much summed up the 60-70s in a nutshell.

[Lefta Dissenter]

107. Lol

To me, it meant, “hurry up and change the station!”

[Ferrets are Cool]

221. The best song they ever did

IMHO, was Sandman.

[spooky3]

178. A lot of people agree with you but for me

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I liked that song because its repetitiveness matched that of the desert. We spent time in the desert when I was a kid and the memories were happy. The song just seemed to fit. I'm surprised at myself because I usually have much less tolerance of repetition in other songs than do most people.

[BumRushDaShow]

191. I liked America's songs

and since I used play acoustic guitar years ago for a hobby as a kid when these songs were on the air, they were perfect for practicing playing stuff by ear!

[Auggie]

15. Earworm alert needed for this thread!

Now I've got to find a cure -- fast!

[MontanaMama]

16. Wildfire...Michael Martin Murphy.

Kind of a dumb song but I was only 9 when it came out if 1973 (?) so I thought it was the ballad of the century back then....but I loved it. On the other hand Billy Don’t Be A Hero and Lonely Boy made me want to heave and still do when I hear them on the 70’s channel.

[Shrike47]

95. I always wondered, what was the pony's real name. 'The pony she named Wildfire...'

Maybe Fred?

[wishstar]

143. I still love Wildfire- gives me chills to hear it on oldies radio

[spooky3]

179. agree

[notdarkyet]

17. Do wa ditty ditty dum ditty do...love hate relationship. Think it's stupid but will sing to it.

[True Blue American]

34. This one? :)

[notdarkyet]

40. Thanks. The kids would sing it on the bus on the ride to school.

[Mr Tibbs]

68. It's one song that will never go away

Memorialized on soundtracks and commercials for eternity

[spooky3]

180. that was in the 60s nt

[TreasonousBastard]

18. "Afternoon Delight"

[Sanity Claws]

67. I was a kid

and loved learning what afternoon delight meant. I want to thank the singer for teaching me that valuable term. It is still in my vocabulary.

[IADEMO2004]

151. Very Popular the summer of my no "Afternoon Delight"

Returned home from construction job out of town to discover my friend, my girlfriend, and my apartment with new "ex" prefixes. Still hate the song.

[comradebillyboy]

21. 'Drop-kick Me Jesus' by Bobby Bare

[Yonnie3]

92. I recall hearing this the first time

I was driving in the wee hours of Sunday morning in the mid-west and was tuning the AM radio looking for anything to make the night shorter and tuned into this song. I said to myself "A new Firesign Theater?"

Nope!

[happybird]

22. Ugh

[mr_lebowski]

30. Leave out the ill-advised vocals and the playing is actually pretty badass ... just sayin (nt)

[happybird]

36. One of our local DJs must have loooved this song

because he played it all the time. I have a hard time getting over the vocals (and the weird mouth noises, or whatever that is towards the end) and find the the main riff too repetitive.The song is frenetic and it makes me nervous, lol! Kinda over the top Spinal Tap-y, but in a bad way.

[Mr Tibbs]

76. Some songs epitomize that era

I always loved the song

[Mr Tibbs]

77. As far as being a rock and roll song it's great

But heavy metal yodeling just never seemed to take off!

[jberryhill]

78. One of my all time favorites!

[zipplewrath]

27. Best of Bread

Put on the second side of that album and if you couldn't get lucky, ya weren't tryin'.

[Squinch]

29. Lol! Definitely!

[Mr Tibbs]

65. When we were teenagers we played this

On our 8-track tape players driving around. The record was so good we would just play it on the endless loop. A lot of kids today that grew up listening to their parents music don't know who the Guess Who were. There are a lot of phenomenal bands from that era that are somewhat dead to the new generations.

[Squinch]

28. The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace. Ha! Now its in YOUR head!

[Mr Tibbs]

64. That's right up there with "chicka boom"

[Mr Tibbs]

166. Billy Don't be a Hero

Equally cheezy

[Squinch]

172. Indiana wants me - with the police on the bullhorn at the end.

Gold, I tell you! GOLD!

[Runningdawg]

32. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out!

[mr_lebowski]

35. I LOVE that song!

RIP 'Dr. Hook', aka Roy Sawyer ...

[DinahMoeHum]

51. Written by Shel Silverstein. . .

. . .who also wrote "VD Blues"

[mr_lebowski]

57. I know ... he wrote all the stuff on their first two records IIRC ... then they decided to do

their own thing ... and proved themselves ... competent!

To whit ... some classic 70's, latter-day Dr. Hook tracks, post-Shel ... it don't get anymore 70's than this!

[happybird]

37. Ha!

I always put that one on mixed tapes made for friends.


ETA: along with choice selections from the Hair record, like Sodomy.

[rampartc]

186. "sylvia's mother" is the dr hook song for this category

[mr_lebowski]

33. Okay ... I'm winning this thread right now ;)

You cannot tell me this is not greatness right here ...

[Ferrets are Cool]

42. I think I gotcha beat.

look down.

[CTyankee]

44. We must have all lost our freakin' minds...

[mr_lebowski]

49. You said stupid songs you love/hate ... and this one definitely tops my list ...

I mean The Osmonds are the WORST, but this particular song ... the hook, and their joyful performance and choreography ... it's definitely 'so bad ... it's totally awesome' in my book

[stevil]

62. HA!

Donny on keyboards.

[mr_lebowski]

70. That was the title track, man ... I had this album on vinyl when I like ... 7! Love it (nt)

[stevil]

79. Hell yeah!

My first vinyl was KISS Destroyer. My first three 8 tracks were the first three KISS albums.

[mr_lebowski]

86. First album I bought with gift money was Toys in the Attic ... first w/my own money

was Love Gun ... and the first concert I ever went to was that very tour, with Cheap Trick opening ...

[stevil]

148. Right on!

First show was Beatlemania with big sis. The first show I bought a ticket for was Dio. I was into early Stones and Beatles and then KISS happened. I was never the same.

[BumRushDaShow]

75. Oh come on

[mr_lebowski]

90. Which is also pretty awesome (in a 'so bad it's great kinda way') I have to admit ... (nt)

[BumRushDaShow]

97. Have to put it in context with this

And had this going on too around the same time.

[Iggo]

276. It's also the exact reason people get that saying wrong.

[jberryhill]

85. I can beat that

Why buy the Osmonds, when you can have a cheap non-Mormon knockoff!

[BumRushDaShow]

104. Bwah!

The song title just reminded me of this (yes, '80s but... ) -

[Tikki]

38. Heard this on an AM station in 1970...What is that!!

Probably my first introduction in reggae.

Loved it...

Tikki

[mr_lebowski]

48. It was actually 1971 :) This was my first exposure ... and I love this song to this day

Though some people (inexplicably, in my mind) hate it ... maybe because Paul Simon just isn't an authentic reggae artist ... but this was the first bona-fide US 'hit' Reggae-style song.

And hell, it's recorded in Jamaica, and its got members of Jimmy Cliff's band, plus Cissy Houston on the backing vocals ...

[DonaldsRump]

106. One of the finest songs ever from a real poet

... I think Paul said it was about the death of his dog, and the name's taken from a Chinese restaurant item with chicken and eggs (mother and child reunion!)

I actually always thought it was about the break-up of the Beatles ("I know they say let it be...&quot .

Fantastically great song.

[mr_lebowski]

108. +1000 ... and it really takes me right back to being a kid ... (nt)

[NBachers]

220. From the late, lamented Randy California- this version of Mother and Child Reunion is seared

into my soul, every beat, every note -

[thegoose]

39. Seasons in the Sun

Performed by Terry Jacks in 1973. It was actually the English version of a Jacques Brel song, but Rod McKuen did the unbearably sappy translation.

[Quemado]

55. Without a doubt the biggest turkey song of the 70's

You beat me to it. I was going to post this.

[jberryhill]

89. Only barely edged out by....

[Mr Tibbs]

72. I used to stay up on New Year's to hear the top 100 songs countdown

I remember this was the first song I heard in 1973, the DJ played it right at midnight on New years and he said, "this is a new song. I don't think it's going to be a very big hit".

It ended up being the number 2 song of 1973.

When I first heard it as a twelve-year-old I loved the song. By about March I totally loathed the song , and they were still playing it heavily in June and July.

It's probably the one song I hate the most from that era LOL

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

132. A much better version was done by the Kingston Trio.

The lyrics have the bitterness I suspect might be in the original.

[The Genealogist]

145. Turn over the 45

The B side will make you scratch your head. It was done to be so ridiculous that it is obvious which they meant to be the a side. Actually it is a better song in my opinion, as the A side is nauseating.

[thegoose]

158. You mean "Put the Bone In"?

I was surprised that it was about a dog that's been hit by a car...

[The Genealogist]

160. Yes

that's the one. As ridiculous as it is, it is still better than Seasons in the Sun. Best part is, if you listen at the end, you can hear Terry Jacks say "oh no," underscoring that it is tongue in cheek.

[spooky3]

177. that was the first one I thought of, too! nt

[NBachers]

226. Terry Jacks should've stayed with the Poppy Family. I've still got a thing for Susan Jacks . . .

[Ferrets are Cool]

41. Dead skunk in the middle of the road, Dead skunk in the middle of the road

Dead skunk in the middle of the road....Stinking to high heaven.

[mr_lebowski]

43. I totally remember this song, and it's completely awesome (nt)

[CTyankee]

47. enough...I think there's a message here...

[Lochloosa]

45. I WIN!!!!! MUSKRAT LOVE!!!!!!!!!

[CTyankee]

53. This song briefly provoked a political issue when Betty Ford, who became First Lady after

Gerald Ford took office after Spiro Agnew had to resign, said she liked the song. The RW repubs thought it was too suggestive. Poor Betty Ford, surrounded by repub. idiots...

[mr_lebowski]

58. LOLOLOL I vaguely remember that, even as a little kid ... Yeah, it's downright DIRTY! (nt)

[Lochloosa]

46. And the ever classic - The Streak

[mr_lebowski]

52. Man, if THAT don't take ya back to the 70's I dunno what does!

Well ... maybe this one

My daddy was a trucker, back in the day, so this one holds a special place ...

[Lochloosa]

109. Convoy is a great song....This came out when the truckers were protesting the gas hikes in the 70's

[Mr Tibbs]

159. Another 70s cheezy classic!

[Mr Tibbs]

82. When we were kids we would streak outside at night

When we would sleep outside in the summer, we would be running around the neighborhood naked at 2 in the morning

[jberryhill]

123. What ever did happen to streaking?

[TygrBright]

173. Winter. n/t

[MH1]

282. Lesser known hilarious one by Ray Stevens - Mississippi Squirrel Revival :D :D

[Quemado]

56. Rick Dees - "Disco Duck"

[CTyankee]

59. OMG! Don't remind me!

[Mike Nelson]

61. The '70s was full of them!

[Mr Tibbs]

63. Leroy Brown

[mr_lebowski]

100. Aww man .... Jim Croce was the SHIZZ! (nt)

[mr_lebowski]

66. Some might remember this as a cheesy song ... but when you see 'em put it down live ...

It's pretty badass ... ain't no lip-sync here either ...

[NBachers]

231. Ambrosia's "Holdin' On to Yesterday" is brilliant -

[stevil]

69. This song

works on so many levels.

[jg10003]

71. Uga chuka uga chuka

very stupid, but it always made me smile.

[3catwoman3]

101. I immediately hit the mute...

...button if this comes on the oldies station. Those nonsense syllables roun an otherwise lovely song. I much prefer the BJ Thomas version.

[Duppers]

272. I like this song!

My Pandora ELO station just played it hours ago.

[Mr Tibbs]

73. This is a great thread!

[mr_lebowski]

74. Okay, so I'm kinda cheating again ... but this is so killer it belongs on our 70's vibe thread ...

[yankeepants]

262. Brilliant!

[Texasgal]

80. Loved it....HATE IT!

[mr_lebowski]

81. This one legit qualifies for the thread theme - Jennifer Warnes - The Right Time of the Night

[BumRushDaShow]

84. I'll give you a twofer

and

[Cartoonist]

87. The Three Degrees

When Will I See You Again?

A musical wet dream

[Blues Heron]

88. Jeremiah was a bullfrog

was a good friend of mine
Never understood a single word he said
But I helped him drink his wine...
.... and he always had some mighty fine wine... SING IT

[mr_lebowski]

93. JOOOOOOOOY TO THE WORLD! ALL THE BOYS AND GIRLS!!!

That song is great, man!

[Shrike47]

98. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea! And joy to you and me.

Are we dancing? I am!

[mr_lebowski]

102. Right on! Since we're on a 3DN tip, here's the original version of one of their hits ...

From a 70's stalwart ... who I'm surprised has not appeared on this thread ... but THIS, before he got cheesy ... is pretty awesome ...

[FuzzyRabbit]

128. This is BEFORE he got cheesy?

[mr_lebowski]

130. Yeah, man ... I dig his clown gig, and his groovy band, and the banjo player, it's a cool perf ...

But I suppose it's all relative ...

[BumRushDaShow]

139. Don't forget

Kermit too!

[Harker]

129. Hoyt Axton. n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

270. You beat me to it. His birthday would have been Monday.

I'll have a thread in Music Appreciation.

[Harker]

271. I'll be there.

Thanks!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

279. Mission accomplished:

Today would have been Hoyt Axton's 81st birthday.

[Harker]

281. Nice tribute

to a very interesting fellow.

Thanks, and thanks for the heads up!

[Mr Tibbs]

184. Number one song of 1970

Remember it well. Metal wheeled skateboards were all the rage at grade school.

[mr_lebowski]

103. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime ... it don't get much better than this!

[mr_lebowski]

105. Melanie - Brand New Key

[Harker]

111. Dammit.

I was trying very hard not to think of this one.

[mr_lebowski]

114. I don't blame ya ... but in retrospect ... ya gotta admit, it's still kinda great ;) (nt)

[Harker]

118. Well... yeah.

Poisoned my mind once, having had it stuck in there for about a week, though... 40 years ago.

There are others in the same category. I will not name them, either.

[LuvLoogie]

242. Melanie is kinda great...

[Shrike47]

117. I loved it and still do.

[DBoon]

153. I prefer this version

[Iggo]

277. "I ride my bike. I rollerskate. Don't drive no car.

Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far.
For somebody who don't drive, I been all around the world.
Some people say I done all right for a girl."

I was just a kid when this song came out.

I was a little bit older when I realized she might not be talking about bikes and rollerskates.

[Harker]

110. They had to know someone named Chuck.

Chuck Chuck bo buck...

[Lochloosa]

112. I could go on and on and on

[BumRushDaShow]

121. If you reference that first one, you need this too!

[jberryhill]

198. Making that the theme for a disaster movie was perfect

[BumRushDaShow]

202. It was certainly played on the radio a lot!

[jberryhill]

124. Now you've hurt my....

[Squinch]

140. How did this one take so long to get named! Huge hit!! And awful!!!

Of course we changed the word to "fillings" and made up dental lyrics.

[jberryhill]

141. Feelings

Nothing more than feelings,

Trying to forget my,

Feelings that I'm feeling.....

The dental lyrics sound like a good idea.

After leaving the dentist, you should go to the doctor for a....

[Squinch]

142. You light up my life- she sang that as if she was having an intestinal problem.

[jberryhill]

167. "A girl with colitis goes by...."

I always felt sorry for that girl with colitis in Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

[Squinch]

174. Bahahahahah!!!!!

[jberryhill]

208. Better than singing with an eating disorder

There's a video of "We've Only Just Begun" where she's pretty far gone.

But, just to hit the lowest of the low points of the 70s:

[Squinch]

212. Oh, god. I could not stand them, and they were everywhere! But that poor child.

[BumRushDaShow]

214. I was trying to avoid

touching the Carpenters since they were so prolific but...

[NBachers]

237. Know what? Carpenters'd be on my #1 hate list, but Karen had one of the strongest & most confident

voices in popular music. I kinda changed my mind about them.

[Harker]

115. I'm still trying to figure out why

I bought a 45 of this one...
https://m.

[Squinch]

144. BECAUSE IT WAS AWESOME!!!

[Harker]

183. There is that...

but I was a pubescent virgin at the time, with no real idea what love was going to be like shared with a real live girl.

[Glorfindel]

116. "Midnight at the Oasis"

I would always turn off the radio when this song came on. I don't dislike it quite as much now, but in the 70's I really hated it!

"Put Your Camel to Bed"

[Harker]

119. Oh, yeah.

This a deliciously painful thread.

Something akin to what I've always imagined wearing a hair shirt would be like.

[Ferrets are Cool]

222. Absolutely LOVED this song.

[Harker]

120. I can't be alone on this one...

https://m.

[Harker]

122. Sorry in advance...

https://m.

This guy was the opener at my first rock concert. Golden Earring, War, The (pre-Michael McDonald) Doobie Brothers.

[BumRushDaShow]

125. Couple more

(I did like Bobby Sherman though )

[Squinch]

146. I had the Bobby Sherman AND the David Cassidy trading cards. And I'm not embarrassed!

[BumRushDaShow]

150. I used to buy

Tiger Beat (for the posters) -

[Squinch]

170. I couldn't. My dad would have said it was a.waste of money. You could hide the trading cards!

[woodsprite]

126. Mac Davis' "It's Hard to Be Humble"

[Karadeniz]

127. There was a song...don't know the title and it was sung in a Rudy Vallee style, so it may

have been a remake...But some of the lyrics were, "oh, your red scarf matches your eyes...you closed the cover before striking...Father's got the drifter blues...loving you has made me bananas." That song always put a smile on my face! Around the same time, Winchester Cathedral by Rudy Vallee was rereleased and I liked that, too. I must've had a pleasant previous life as a flapper in the Roaring Twenties!❤

[Squinch]

147. My grandfather used to sing that!

[Karadeniz]

203. He had good taste!

[Harker]

131. Without comment...

https://m.

[jberryhill]

169. I was genuinely hoping no one would dredge that up

Just painful.

[Harker]

181. Sorry.

"Midnight at the Oasis" opened the floodgates.

[jberryhill]

197. Well, shit

Who would have guessed that's one of my wife's favorites.

[Harker]

199. Give it a few days.

She'll forget all about it.

I hope.

[Duppers]

273. Maya Rudolph's mother...

And a nice person.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

133. Truly stupidest song of all time in my book

is "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro.

The cloying sentimentality is beyond description.

[mr_lebowski]

134. Leo Sayer and The Muppets - When I Need You

[BumRushDaShow]

135. Ear worm time

[jg10003]

171. One of the greatest songs ever for those of us who remember NYC in the 70's.

[Brother Buzz]

136. Richard Harris' MacArthur Park

The Wrecking crew gave Jimmy Webb's song it's pop, and I guess it's a great song if you don't invest any time trying to understand the lyrics: Hal Blaine on drums, Larry Knechtel on keyboards, Joe Osborn on bass guitar, and Tommy Tedesco and Mike Deasy on guitars, along with Webb himself on harpsichord.

[hlthe2b]

161. I mentioned the dissonance, but really the music was great. The lyrics ridiculous but...

I have to admit, of all the non-singer celebrities and actors who have tried to sing (and there have been a lot of them, usually with either an "one-off" hit or a litany of "worst- of- all- time" reputation), Harris was really not that bad. He was sort of compelling (despite the silliness of the lyrics) and very much the reason it was a "hit"...

[AmandaRuth]

138. Amos Moses

was a hell of a man (1970)

hated when i was young, love to turn it up now

[stevil]

149. Smokin'

[TygrBright]

152. Y'all WRONG: "Someone left the cake out in the rain" wins every time...

(Actually, "MacArthur Park&quot

For its sweet mix of complete incomprehensibility and self-consequential drama.

helpfully,
Bright

[hlthe2b]

157. I think it was 'great' (so-to-speak) because its completely ridiculous lyrics

were accompanied by a very emotive melody... The dissonance was really jarring.

That said, what other songs could be a hit by the likes of both actor Richard Harris AND the late great Donna Summer?

[Brother Buzz]

252. I might suggest Glen Campbell could have made it a hit

That is, if he wasn't burning up the charts with other hit songs by his buddy, and fellow Wrecking Crew member, Jimmy Webb at the time.

And just so you know, the lyrics were anything but ridiculous to Webb; it was a song about a love affair that went south. Sappy, maybe, but not ridiculous to 22 year old Webb:

Everything in the song was visible. There's nothing in it that's fabricated. The old men playing checkers by the trees, the cake that was left out in the rain, all of the things that are talked about in the song are things I actually saw. And so it's a kind of musical collage of this whole love affair that kind of went down in MacArthur Park. ... Back then, I was kind of like an emotional machine, like whatever was going on inside me would bubble out of the piano and onto paper - Jimmy Webb

[Mr Tibbs]

162. The backstory of this song always facinated me

Richard Harris was a dramatic stage actor, and he couldn't sing to save his own life, except this one song. The song most likely wouldn't have been a hit had anyone else sang it.

[hlthe2b]

164. exactly...

He made it compelling...

[Harker]

182. Richard Burton could've soared to number one

with a bullet.

[Squinch]

175. That WAS fabulously ridiculous!

[Ferrets are Cool]

224. Lyrics were

shit, but dayum, great song.

[Mendocino]

187. Fish Heads

Eat them up yum!

[consider_this]

189. Agreed!

[Mendocino]

209. Bill Mumy

of Lost in Space fame and Bill Paxton were in it.

[MontanaMama]

190. I LOVE Fish Heads

The video is like a crazy dream. I think I saw it on SNL for the first time.

[Mendocino]

210. Dr. Demento

played it all the time.

[DinahMoeHum]

196. Ahhh, memories of listening to DJ Barry Hansen/Dr. Demento

Yes, he still does shows!!

http://drdemento.com/

[BumRushDaShow]

211. Dr. Demento!

I think this was one in heavy rotation (even when PBS was airing this show) -

[consider_this]

188. Timothy

God, what did we dooooo!?!?!

[Harker]

206. Way to dig deep. n/t

[Ferrets are Cool]

225. Dayum, I loved that one too.

[BumRushDaShow]

193. Can't have a thread like this without this guy -

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And will throw this one in for nostalgia (remember watching that SNL live) -

(still have my 45 of that with his banjo version of "Sally Goodin" on the B side)

[jberryhill]

200. You are a cruel person

[BumRushDaShow]

204. You can't do "'70s"

without Barry Manilow.

[Harker]

205. One could try. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

207. This thread almost did

until...

[Harker]

217. Since we're practically neighbors...

[BumRushDaShow]

219. Here's one for you then!

[Harker]

232. Your record, so to speak...

is hereby expunged!

[BumRushDaShow]

236. LOL

70s!!!

[Sanity Claws]

228. I loved that song and danced to it.

It has some great lines

[BumRushDaShow]

229. It's a pretty rough song though

[Squinch]

213. Barry Manilow RULED!

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[sfwriter]

201. 1978 - Werewolves of London

[highplainsdem]

260. "His hair was perfect..."

https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-secret-inspiration-behind-warren-zevons-werewolves-of-london-4a5fa337a7f1

[jberryhill]

215. No matter what, we can ALL agree that this was the best song of the 1970's

[Squinch]

216. OK. Yes.

[Squinch]

218. Also, this:

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[jberryhill]

223. Spilling all over Manhattan

My guilty pleasure will always be disco though

[BumRushDaShow]

235. Here ya go

I used to have this 45 and since my gym class was doing different types of line-dancing around when this came out, I brought the record in and they used this song for that purpose. But then I never got my record back!!!!!

(thank you itunes so I could have it again )

[BumRushDaShow]

227. This one

(gonna see him in October - missed it last year when it sold out in minutes)

[Duppers]

274. One of my Pandora stations

Just played that tonight.
Love it!

[LuvLoogie]

230. "Look out!!"

[mr_lebowski]

239. Who can forget how ubiquitous these Charlie Pride songs were in the early 70's?

[LuvLoogie]

241. Aahhhrgh!!!

[Maeve]

233. He hit the top of the charts in 1969 with Spirit in the Sky and the bottom in 1970 with this

[BumRushDaShow]

238. I always liked that song

but I knew it was just on the other side of the decade... whole bunch of '68/'69 songs were still going strong though like this -

[GeoWilliam750]

234. Wildfire

[BumRushDaShow]

240. Me and my BIL were just laughing about this one last week

(because he don't like spiders and snakes either)

[jberryhill]

243. I used to have this theory

That every song is someone’s favorite song.

I’m not sure that’s true.

[BumRushDaShow]

244. I agree

Even writers of some of these songs admit they sucked but they had to fill out an album with something.

[mr_lebowski]

245. Song with the most combined Weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

From the Wiki:

Adding together the two 27-week chart runs for the 1975 original single and the 1993 remix version (for a combined total of 54 weeks, two more weeks than a full year) gave the song the longest tenure ever on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart up to that time. The tenure has never been surpassed.

Impossible to not smile and sing along with this one! This is a later remix but it's done very cool and unobtrusively, unlike some re-mixes.

[NBachers]

246. So it's taken all the way to the bottom of the thread to list the most hideous Republican one of all

the Pina Colada Song, in all it's revolting foulness (with lyrics, for those who want to sing along) oh god I'm nauseous:

[Harker]

250. Oh...

Ugh.

[missingthebigdog]

258. I didn't know what pina coladas were.

I thought it was the “bean enchilada” song.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

247. dead skunk in the middle of the road

[consider_this]

256. actually loved that one

[MustLoveBeagles]

248. Since my other choices were taken.........

Loved

Hated

[consider_this]

257. OMG - on My Ding a ling

we just snickered is all

[Generic Brad]

249. "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson

Do lolly, lolly
Shicky bum, shicky bum

[BumRushDaShow]

251. Yes I still have this in my collection

and yes I am a SW fan!

[revmclaren]

253. I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

Kenny Rodgers And The First Edition...

Saw them at the county fairgrounds in the early 70s.

[consider_this]

254. Shaving Cream

be nice n clean...

I don't know who did it, but basically every verse ended with what you expected would be the word 'sH!t', but then just went into the shaving cream bit.
sorry - do not remember who gave us this gem.

[elleng]

255. Oh THAT ONE!!!

[missingthebigdog]

261. 30,000 pounds of bananas

“His foot nudged the brakes to slow him down.
But the pedal floored easy without a sound.
He said "Christ!"
It was funny how he had named the only man who could save him now.”

Loved this song. Loved Harry Chaplin. Loved his brother: “Harry, it sucks.”

[rickford66]

263. "On horse flies is, on comb bees is, on chest knob is, in knob keys is".

From the movie "Murder, He Says" (1945)




Honors phlisis, incombisis.
Onchis nobis, inobchesis.

[Buzz cook]

264. Timothy by the Bouys.

Not the only cannabalism song from the era iirc.

Lots of one hit wonders from that era.

On edit here's another.

[consider_this]

266. or was it the donkey?

re my post #188 and yours for 'Timothy'...
I remember we used to discuss what it meant and there was a contingent that thought Timothy was not another person, but their donkey.

[Buzz cook]

267. Do the lyrics mention a donkey?

Not that I can tell. The writer says Tim was a guy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_(song)

[consider_this]

268. no, but...

I'm just sayin - back then we did not have such information readily available, so people (kids) debated if it was about a person or perhaps a donkey they took in there - just the local buzz at the time in my neck of the woods

[fNord]

265. If this is like a guilty pleasures thing then.....well....don't judge me....Chiquitita...ABBA

[IcyPeas]

269. Hocus Pocus by Focus

Best rock n roll yodeling ever!

[Blazesweetie]

275. How can you forget this one -

Not sure how this one was missed but this is a classic stupid/great 70s song. Even after all these years, it brings back memories of a very specific time in my life whenever I hear it -

[flying rabbit]

278. Well, the sailors say...

...Brandy

have to admit, I like this song. Cheese and all.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

280. I like it too.

There are a lot of good songs in this thread that are getting unfairly maligned. Just my opinion.

[miyazaki]

283. Lido Shuffle.

That or Undercover Angel. I seem to remember them being roller rink favorites.