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

Reply to True Dough (Reply #24)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 01:15 AM

Nov 2016

They thought it was kind of fun.

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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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