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nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Aug. 20 2010, 08:35 So I suppose the absolute worst kind of music for me would be improvised country blues, if there is such a thing (especially if sung by a barbershop quartet). Back to top

3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Aug. 21 2010, 03:04 Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs&feature=fvw Not sure if its the Worst song ever but Im finding it Hard  to resist pressing the Off Button .. .. -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Aug. 21 2010, 05:47 Neil Diamond's - I am...I said - starts off serious and promising, but then he says "I am ...I said."       -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Aug. 21 2010, 07:50 Quote (wiga @ Aug. 21 2010, 10:47) Neil Diamond's - I am...I said - starts off serious and promising, but then he says "I am ...I said."       Heh    I'm reminded of Newtons third law of motion. I love that song! Yes, really! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2263 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Aug. 21 2010, 09:11 Here's a stinker. Don't be Angry - Don Cooper Don't be Angry Don Cooper Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Aug. 21 2010, 21:25 Virtually anything by Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley will have me yawning and fidgeting. Back to top

Michael Hilton Group: Members Posts: 255 Joined: Oct. 2007 Posted: Aug. 21 2010, 21:32 Quote (milamber @ Aug. 21 2010, 22:11) Here's a stinker. Don't be Angry - Don Cooper Don't be Angry Don Cooper We may as well say all country & western milamber,unless proven otherwise Neil Diamond also gets the sick bag out Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Aug. 22 2010, 02:44 I am. I am ...(I said) I am... (I cried) I AM. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Aug. 22 2010, 07:29 There are worse Neil Diamond songs than that, in my opinion - those after he lost his melodic talent (which he did have, even if the results aren't to your liking). Example: "For ever in Blue Jeans". Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2263 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Aug. 23 2010, 04:31 Quote (nightspore @ Aug. 22 2010, 21:29) There are worse Neil Diamond songs than that, in my opinion - those after he lost his melodic talent (which he did have, even if the results aren't to your liking). Example: "For ever in Blue Jeans". Does Heartlight fit into that category   Come back again I want you to stay next time Cause sometimes the world ain't kind When people get lost like you and me Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Aug. 23 2010, 05:36 Milamber; - I'm OK with Heartlight. The lyrics are nice - sentimental but congruent Nightspore; -  with "I am...I said" it's those trite, melodramatic (macho) lyrics which turn ME off. Maybe if he'd replaced those four words with something else it might have been OK. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Aug. 23 2010, 20:26 Quote (wiga @ Aug. 23 2010, 05:36) Milamber; - I'm OK with Heartlight. The lyrics are nice - sentimental but congruent Nightspore; -  with "I am...I said" it's those trite, melodramatic (macho) lyrics which turn ME off. Maybe if he'd replaced those four words with something else it might have been OK. "I am I Said" always reminds me of Descartes. As for ND in general, my response varies from "quite like" to indifference. I think "Crunchy Granolla Suite" was his high point. Back to top

Cooper Roy Group: Members Posts: 255 Joined: April 2010 Posted: Aug. 23 2010, 20:51 Quote (wiga @ Aug. 23 2010, 05:36) Maybe if he'd replaced those four words with something else it might have been OK. I wrote Monkees songs ?   Don -------------- "I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave-and nothing but laughter to console them with.Laughter is my religion.In the manner of most religions, I admit my laughter is pretty desperate."                                                                    John Irving Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Aug. 24 2010, 02:59 Quote (Cooper Roy @ Aug. 23 2010, 20:51) Quote (wiga @ Aug. 23 2010, 05:36) Maybe if he'd replaced those four words with something else it might have been OK. I wrote Monkees songs ?   Don Did he write The Monkees songs? Your idea could work. Switching 'Monkees' for a one syllable word though; -   I wrote THE song To no one there And no one heard it Not even the chair... Moving into Barry Manilow now - "I wrote the songs." -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Aug. 24 2010, 03:09 Quote (wiga @ Aug. 24 2010, 07:59) Did he write The Monkees songs? Some of them. "I'm a believer" was written by Neil Diamond. I am not exactly a fan but there are some of his songs I really like such as "I am, I said", "Play me", "Brooklyn Roads" and "Cracklin' Rosie" -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Aug. 24 2010, 07:01 And of course there's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", which is a segue to Barbra Streisand- someone whose material leaves me completely cold. I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone could like her type of music. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Aug. 24 2010, 07:09 To try and move away from my admission that I quite like some Neil Diamond cheesieness, I've been trying to think what songs I feel should be on this thread. Not that many to be honest, most songs - even ones I really hate -  I can see might have some merit. An exception is Mr Blobby. I can't for the life of me think of anything positive to say about that! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Aug. 26 2010, 17:36 For me there's also a 'creep me out' category. I'm not saying these songs are real bad as such - they're probably considered well constructed songs. But for some reason and I was a funny kid, from an early age I've found them creepy and cringy - a combination of the lyrics, tone and vocals: - If I had a Hammer - Trini Lopez Yellow Submarine - The Beatles Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles Morning has Broken - Cat Stevens Scarborough Fair - Simon and Garfunkel I'd like to teach the World to Siing - New Seekers The Laughing Gnome - David Bowie Tie me Kangaroo Down Sport - Rolf Harris Gypsies Tramps and Thieves - Cher American Pie - Don Mclean.... -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Aug. 26 2010, 21:43 Yes, "American Pie" is cringy; it has a kind of smug prentiousness about it. I think Monty Python did a version of "If I had a hammer" called "If I had a hamster". I don't know "The Laughing Gnome". The most cringy song in my opinion is Elton John's "Daniel". Embarrassment City, Arizona! Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2263 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Aug. 27 2010, 03:09 Quote (nightspore @ Aug. 27 2010, 11:43) The most cringy song in my opinion is Elton John's "Daniel". But you look like (a) Daniel. Oops sorry thats just the clouds in my eyes Back to top

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