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67. Okay, I just remembered a song that's

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Sun Nov 6, 2016, 03:23 PM

Nov 2016

even hokier than "having my baby" (yes, I know it seems like nothing could be worse, but this one is!). Except that I don't remember the name or the artist. I think it came out in '74 or '75. Anyway, it was a man singing about meeting the love of his life, getting married, having a baby and then her dying of a terminal illness (hey, at least Paul Anka and Odia Coates had a joyful ending to their song, lol). Each chorus had the guy singing that his wife said "Rocky, I've never ________ before (been in love, had a baby, had to die), don't know if I can do it. But if you're with me I know you can get me through it (or something like that). I've played around with possible titles on youtube and can't seem to find it. Does anyone have any idea of the song I'm talking about?

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What do you think is the cheesiest 70's song? [View all] liberalhistorian Nov 2016 OP

Darn you stole mine "Having My Baby" Uggh, that was SOOOOOO nauseating... hlthe2b Nov 2016 #1

That was awful. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2016 #98

Honey CurtEastPoint Nov 2016 #3

"Honey" was from 1968. duffyduff Nov 2016 #6

well, so sorry for the egregious error. Please report the post immediately. CurtEastPoint Nov 2016 #9

Done NobodyHere Nov 2016 #10

Song was a melodramatic piece of shit. duffyduff Nov 2016 #13

That song would win the century. Chiquitita Nov 2016 #55

I always preferred The When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water version of Honey: Ken Burch Nov 2016 #124

That demand song nearly killed me. Came out right after my mother died. nolabear Nov 2016 #74

Anyone else bothered by the singers attitude toward his partners melancholy and pain? SQUEE Nov 2016 #116

Yes. frogmarch Dec 2016 #135

Agreed! It's all through the lyrics. yardwork Dec 2016 #140

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun bluedigger Nov 2016 #4

That was one of my mom's favorites True Dough Nov 2016 #21

My parents' favorite, too. liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #29

The B side of that was one of the most awful songs ever written: FSogol Nov 2016 #76

Holy shit! liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #88

Oh dear lord. progressoid Nov 2016 #93

I loved that song. applegrove Dec 2016 #137

"You Light Up My Life" by Pat Boone's daughter, Debby n/t duffyduff Nov 2016 #5

Oh, God, I almost forgot about that liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #30

I'm partial to "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Generic Brad Nov 2016 #7

Now, wait a minute! astral Nov 2016 #57

I like it too Generic Brad Nov 2016 #65

The movie they made of it liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #68

Never could figure that song out - why did the lights go out? Big thunderstorm or something? nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2016 #119

Try this explanation: missingthebigdog Nov 2016 #121

Macarthur Park shenmue Nov 2016 #8

I still love that song. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2016 #99

How 'bout, "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene, 1977? Laffy Kat Nov 2016 #11

I made fun of that tune decades later True Dough Nov 2016 #20

That actually came out in '81 or '82. liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #32

It was released twice. Laffy Kat Nov 2016 #53

Oh, okay, I had no idea liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #69

LOL I was JUST trying to remember the title, as I remembered how awful it was! BigDemVoter Nov 2016 #81

I actually heard it recently in a grocery store! Laffy Kat Nov 2016 #83

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near? rug Nov 2016 #12

Someone is bound to get droppings all over them True Dough Nov 2016 #22

Like I said above, liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #33

It's funny- I'd expect to despise The Carpenters, but I think Karen had one of the prettiest and NBachers Nov 2016 #123

You didn't loVe this song, and her voice? astral Nov 2016 #59

No. When it came out I was 21 and drinking. That's the difference. rug Nov 2016 #63

Ah, that explains it! But her voice is still legendary. astral Nov 2016 #110

I learnt how to play that on the piano and it took me a while as I don't read applegrove Dec 2016 #138

"the Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace rurallib Nov 2016 #14

If Debbie Boone had ever had any other liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #35

Heathen! Repent.... I liked that song whistler162 Nov 2016 #84

Danny's Dumb Song, Anne Murray. lastlib Nov 2016 #15

Anything by Anne Murray sucked, I never liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #37

You can't be serious! Duppers Nov 2016 #54

Wrong!! Anne Murray's voice is beautiful! astral Nov 2016 #61

Her voice is beautiful, SHE is beautiful,,,, lastlib Nov 2016 #64

Long Tall Glasses is a classic gratuitous Nov 2016 #112

I never said a word about that one. lastlib Nov 2016 #113

You said everything by Leo Sayer gratuitous Nov 2016 #114

(Oh, thought you were referring to Anne Murray. My bad.) lastlib Nov 2016 #115

We must now be enemies for life gratuitous Nov 2016 #117

Perhaps, in another reality......(without Leo Sayer....) lastlib Nov 2016 #118

"Disco Duck" kebob Nov 2016 #16

Oooh, you win! liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #40

Muskrat Love BlueSpot Nov 2016 #17

LOL. this was always such a silly song, liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #38

And don't forget that this song was played at the White House. CBHagman Nov 2016 #130

Beat me to it. I was scanning the thread prior to posting. eom PufPuf23 Nov 2016 #78

I was never fond of this one... True Dough Nov 2016 #24

But can't you just see lillypaddle Nov 2016 #48

I was with a group in Ashland, OR for the Shakespeare Festival and other theatre circa 1976 or 1977 PufPuf23 Nov 2016 #77

My daughter played that at a car wash fund raising event when she was in high school a few year ago! progressoid Nov 2016 #95

Tie a Yellow Ribbon teach1st Nov 2016 #26

Wild Fire -- Michael Martin Murphy Iggo Nov 2016 #27

AAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hatrack Nov 2016 #36

Aw, now come on, that remains liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #41

Sorry, but as a horse lover that has always been a favorite anneboleyn Dec 2016 #142

Even so, that song is cheesy as all get out. (n/t) Iggo Dec 2016 #145

Afternoon Delight Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2016 #31

Another one-hit-wonder. liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #43

OWWWWWW! lillypaddle Nov 2016 #49

That one vies with "The Pina Colada Song" PassingFair Nov 2016 #115

The Pina Colada Song is WAY cooler. OrwellwasRight Nov 2016 #117

Retro-SUCKY, more like! lastlib Dec 2016 #147

Undercover angel. applegrove Nov 2016 #42

Mandy, Barry Manilow. cwydro Nov 2016 #45

Baby don't get hooked on me cleveramerican Nov 2016 #46

For me the worst is pressbox69 Nov 2016 #51

Yuck. I remember that playing incessantly on our little AM radio. progressoid Nov 2016 #94

LOL never could figure that one out -why did Chicago die? Big fire or something? Mrs Oleary's Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2016 #120

I always liked that song BlueSpot Nov 2016 #122

Little Willy Willy won't-won't go, you can't make Willy go - Willy won't go lame54 Nov 2016 #52

Tried tellin' everybody but...whoa no... Iggo Nov 2016 #104

I love Sweet. Glam rock never broke in the US so solid rock bands like Slade and Sweet anneboleyn Dec 2016 #143

Melanie singing Brand New Key SticksnStones Nov 2016 #56

Okay, I just remembered a song that's liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #67

Rocky is the name of the song! Still Blue in PDX Nov 2016 #73

Ahhh, that's it! liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #90

Rupert Holmes's "Escape (The Pi�a Colada Song)" inflicted on the world on 1979. FSogol Nov 2016 #75

Hot Stuff by the Rolling Stones Wolf Frankula Nov 2016 #85

Dropkick Me Jesus, Through the Goalposts of Life blogslut Nov 2016 #86

Oh, man, I'd mercifully liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #91

Undercover Angel Liberal Veteran Nov 2016 #97

No Charge (1974) Orrex Nov 2016 #107

I don't think I'm familiar with that one, liberalhistorian Nov 2016 #108

Melba Montgomery did the version I'm thinking of Orrex Nov 2016 #109

That is a war crime. nt msanthrope Nov 2016 #110

Lest we be doomed to repeat it. Orrex Nov 2016 #111

Ghastly BlueSpot Nov 2016 #123

Oh how I wish I hadn't watched that. progressoid Dec 2016 #134

Ooh, I agree: the ABSOLUTE worst! LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #127

Clint Holmes:Playground in my Mind MissMillie Nov 2016 #111

This song may have sucked, but 10cc ROCKED. astral Nov 2016 #113

my post was supposed to be after The Things we Do For Love. astral Nov 2016 #114

Did you have to respect the song at first? BlueSpot Nov 2016 #116

I am a hopeless product of the Seventies. astral Nov 2016 #112

Too many to choose from 7wo7rees Nov 2016 #118

Let me add... mikeargo Nov 2016 #119

Anything by Tommy James & the Shondells ailsagirl Nov 2016 #120

Sometimes when we touch the honesty s too much, just wanna hold you till I DIE , till we Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2016 #121

Timothy AmandaRuth Nov 2016 #125

Timothy Wolf Frankula Nov 2016 #126

"The Things We Do For Love" by 10cc, preceded by the dreary "I'm Not in Love" NBachers Nov 2016 #125

I support Orrex's nomination of 'No Charge'; but the runners up are 'Mother of Mine' and 'Hello This LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #128

I win! Texasgal Nov 2016 #129

The hokiest one I can remember is "Timothy" by the Buoys. japple Nov 2016 #131

oh, for those halcyon days of Nov. 5th demon in basement Dec 2016 #132

Either of these by Rex Smith (who I must admit, I had a huge crush on) FrankfurtCat Dec 2016 #133

"You're Having my Baby"-Paul Anka jalan48 Dec 2016 #136

The biggest gulf between cheesy and awesome surely belongs to Elton John. cemaphonic Dec 2016 #139

I used to live in a small town with really long trains LeftInTX Dec 2016 #148

For assaulting feminist sensibilities, it's "The Rapper." JudyM Dec 2016 #141

"Convoy" by C.W. McCall anneboleyn Dec 2016 #144

Hall & Oates's cover of Jingle Bell Rock Bucky Dec 2016 #146

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