Worst Mid-70s Single

[JSngry]

Well, she HAS done a few big band albums, but the time for effective nudidity has probably long passed...

[chris olivarez]

I went with Alone Again. It somehow seems more pathetic. The other two are more teeny-bopish, so they get a pass.

Those three are prime examples of why I was greatful that I had a lot of record albums and never subjected myself to that "music?" during the 70's. One exception I worked at a country station in the 70's and as such was pretty much obliged to listen to it during the day but country radio in the 70's was infinitely superior to the dreck that was played on pop stations at the same time. Once I went home after the work day the jazz and blues came on and I left all of it behind.

BTW Eric I dig the avatar I've been cranking that one up a lot lately.

[John L]

As soon as I saw this thread, I thought about contributing "Love Will Keep Us Together." But SS1 beat me to it.

That was one song that never failed to ruin my mood every time I heard it.

[BruceH]

You left out Feelings and Color My World.

Two tunes that I couldn't play without falling asleep on the stand.

BARF!

"Feelings" is the worst!!! Worse than any song in the poll----it should be listed under the Geneva Convention.

[Dan Gould]

I'd like to point out that the three named tunes were inspired and came directly from the article about "Seasons in the Sun" in Slate that had been posted yesterday.

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...pic=17899&st=0&

[Neal Pomea]

IN THE SUMMERTIME WHEN THE WEATHER IS FINE

YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH SKIFFLE, RUDIE? TELL IT TO SHAGGY

Skiffle?

I was listening to Richard M. Jones at Red Hot Jazz Archive and found Tickle Britches Blues might be the source for the melody:

http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/jones/tickle.ram

[Jazz Kat]

You left out Feelings and Color My World.

Two tunes that I couldn't play without falling asleep on the stand.

BARF!

Oh come on, Colour My World is good. It is a little corny, but it's got that cool jam in the middle, with the soprano solo.

I chose Seasons, I have heard a couple good arrangements of Alone Again, done by Herb Alpert.

[Jazz Kat]

My bad I was thinking of Just You And Me.

[robviti]

here's one of my least-favorites that's not been mentioned. my apologies in advance to anyone who might suffer audio trauma after being reminded of this piece of crap.

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

He was on his way home from Candletop,

Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop

At Webb's and have him a drink 'fore he went home to her

Andy Wollo said hello

And he said, "Hi, what's doin', Wo?"

"Seth, sit down. I got some bad news; it's gonna hurt."

He said, "I'm your best friend and you know that's right.

But your young bride ain't home tonight.

Since you been gone, she's been seein' that Amos boy, Seth."

Well, he got mad 'n' he saw red

And Andy said, "Boy, don'tcha lose your head

'Cause to tell ya the truth, I been with her myself."

CHORUS:

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer

'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Well, Andy got scared and left the bar,

Walkin' on home 'cause he didn't live far

See, Andy didn't have many friends and he'd just lost him one

Brother thought his wife musta left town

So, he went home and finally found

The only thing Papa had left him, that was a gun

And he went off to Andy's house

A-skippin' through the backwoods quiet as a mouse,

Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make

He looked through the screen at the back-porch door

And he saw Andy lyin' on the floor

In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

Well, the Georgia Patrol was a-makin' their rounds

So, he fired a shot just to flag 'em down,

And a big-bellied sheriff got his gun and said, "Why d'ya do it?"

And the judge said, "Guilty" in a make-believe trial

And slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile,

Said, "Supper's waitin' at home and I gotta get to it"

CHORUS

Well, they hung my brother before I could say

The tracks he saw while on his way

To Andy's house and back that night were mine

And his cheatin' wife had never left town

And that's one body that'll never be found

See, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

CHORUS

[maren]

Thanks, jazzshrink, but -- I never caught many of the words to that song, and I'm not inclined to start now !!!

[Jazzmoose]

Jazzshrink, you are a cruel, cruel man...

[JSngry]

You wonder why so many people were getting high in the 70s? Hell, it was to numb the freakin' pain!

[Jazz Kat]

The 70's had the worst pop music. Oh that is not as bad as the 80's 90's and 200's, but the 70's was still pretty bad. Let's not forget about disco.

[Jazz Kat]

Some nice jazz though.

[Free For All]

Insignificant factoid: Drummer Jeff Hamilton is married to Vicki Lawrence's sister.

[Free For All]

Oh come on, Colour My World is good. It is a little corny, but it's got that cool jam in the middle, with the soprano solo.

It's a flute solo.

[Jazz Kat]

Yeah like I said I was thinking of Just You And Me. I think it's a very nice flute solo by Walter Parazaider. The song was part of a 7 or 8 song suite off their second album which was very cool. These were the good songs before Chicago turned pop and threw all the coolness and brilliance they ever had out the window.

Edited March 19, 2005 by Jazz Kat

[Free For All]

And don't forget Paul Anka's Havin' My Baby.

*gaack*

[JSngry]

Insignificant factoid: Drummer Jeff Hamilton is married to Vicki Lawrence's sister.

Carol Burnet?

Edited March 19, 2005 by JSngry

[robviti]

i just want to say that i hate dan gould. hate 'em, hate 'em, hate 'em! in the past few days i haven't been able to get "seasons in the sun' out of my mind. i catch my self humming this piece o' crap from time to time and it's driving me nutz! thanks a lot, you bastard!

[Jazz Kat]

we had fun, we had fun.....

[Soulstation1]

i guess i'll post it

Seasons In The Sun

( Terry Jacks )

Goodbye to you my trusted friend

We've known each other since we were nine or ten

Together we climbed hills and trees

Learned of love and A B C's

Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die

When all the birds are singing in the sky

Now that the spring is in the air

Pretty girls are everywhere

Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the hills that we climbed were just seasons

Out of time......

Goodbye Papa please pray for me

I was the black sheep of the family

You tried to teach me right from wrong

Too much wine and too much song

Wonder how I got along.

Goodbye Papa its hard to die

When all the birds are singing in the sky

Now that the spring is in the air

Little children everywhere

When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the wine and the song like the seasons

Have all gone.

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the wine and the song like the seasons

Have all gone.

Goodbye Michelle my little one

You gave me love and helped me find the sun

And every time that I was down

You would always come around

And get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die

When all the birds are singing in the sky

Now that the spring is in the air

With the flowers everywhere

I wish that we could both be there

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the stars we could reach

Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the stars we could reach

Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the wine and the song like the seasons

Have all gone

All our lives we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the hills that we climbed were just seasons

Out of time......

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

[Jazz Kat]

mmmmmmmmm that's gold!

[robviti]

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

[Jazz Kat]