RainyDay Posted April 28, 2004 Report Posted April 28, 2004 "Sugar Shack." I've read the entire thread and it's "Sugar Shack." Nothing mentioned even comes close. 'Nuff said. As lame as that song was. Sugar,Sugar not only comes close but it passes it .One of my candidates for the jukebox in hell. "Sugar Sugar" is dorky pop. "Sugar Shack" is evil. There is no comparison. Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 28, 2004 Report Posted April 28, 2004 Evil? Goofy definitely. Bad songwriting-no doubt about it. But evil? Quote
Aggie87 Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Posted April 28, 2004 Here's a few off the top of my head.... Phil Collins - Against All Odds Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise Phil Collins - I Wish it would Rain Down Phil Collins - Do You Remember Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number Phil Collins - Something Happened on the Way to Heaven Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins - Both Sides of the Story Phil Collins - True Colors Phil Collins - You'll Be in my Heart Phil Collins - One More Night Hmmmm....I think there might be a pattern here, but I can't quite put my finger on it Quote
couw Posted April 28, 2004 Report Posted April 28, 2004 (edited) heheheh, reminds me of that scene in some recent German television film, in which some guys break out, take a hitchiking girl along and are bound for Denmark or whatever. Takes them a long time to get there. At one point the girl, after waking from a nap, asks where they are and the answer is "North of Hamburg." "Ah, Phil Collins Zone," the girl replies, switches on the radio and there's that drek filling the bus. Great scene. Tried it myself some time ago. We were near Kiel (North of Hamburg), I jokingly remarked that would be Phil Collins Zone, switched on the radio and DAMN, it's true!!! Edited April 28, 2004 by couw Quote
Dan Gould Posted April 28, 2004 Report Posted April 28, 2004 Here's a few off the top of my head.... Phil Collins - Against All Odds Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise Phil Collins - I Wish it would Rain Down Phil Collins - Do You Remember Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number Phil Collins - Something Happened on the Way to Heaven Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins - Both Sides of the Story Phil Collins - True Colors Phil Collins - You'll Be in my Heart Phil Collins - One More Night Hmmmm....I think there might be a pattern here, but I can't quite put my finger on it Yeah, but "I Can't Dance" makes up (just a bit) for some of those songs! (But nothing can ever make up for "Another Day in Paradise"!) Quote
Christiern Posted April 28, 2004 Report Posted April 28, 2004 Ranking high, The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. Quote
patricia Posted April 28, 2004 Report Posted April 28, 2004 (edited) At the risk of suffering the slings and arrows of the masses, I nominate "Jailhouse Rock". The sight of Elvis, dancing around the tiers of cells, singing this ridiculous song, haunts me to this day. Keep in mind that I speak as a rabid fan of "The King", when he was at the peak of his career. In fact, my older brother once reduced me to tears by derisively telling me that I was "not really an Elvis Presley fan". Edited April 28, 2004 by patricia Quote
LAL Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 Some 'lovelies' from the 60s: Leapy Lee - Little Arrows Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat, Delilah Donovan - Mellow Yellow Quote
BruceH Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 At the risk of suffering the slings and arrows of the masses, I nominate "Jailhouse Rock". The sight of Elvis, dancing around the tiers of cells, singing this ridiculous song, haunts me to this day. Keep in mind that I speak as a rabid fan of "The King", when he was at the peak of his career. In fact, my older brother once reduced me to tears by derisively telling me that I was "not really an Elvis Presley fan". There should be a separate thread for Elvis songs, there really should. You're in a whole 'nother world with him (the Elvis Zone, as it were.) He did some of the worst and best pop songs of all time----but with some of his worst songs, the kitsch doubles back on itself, and the song becomes a masterpiece. So bad it's great, sort of. "Viva Las Vegas" is an example. Yet even many of his best songs have an element of kitsch to them. He was an enigma (wrapped in a cheeseburger...) Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 Not to mention other fried cholesterol bombs that the King indulged himself in. Quote
patricia Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 (edited) Not to mention other fried cholesterol bombs that the King indulged himself in. I have actually made a low-fat, modified version of his favourite sandwich, which I have, occasionally, for lunch. The original involved thick slices of white bread, buttered, both on the inside and the outside, suitable for frying later. The filling was a thick layer of peanut butter, on the inside of both slices of bread, on top of the butter already there. This was topped with a sliced banana and then topped again with as much bacon as the King was able to cram in there. This heart attack on a plate was apparently a favourite snack. My own version is two slices of whole-grain bread, no butter, peanut-butter right to the edges, sliced banana and hold the bacon. Grill in one of those sandwich thingies. It makes a very nice lunch and I don't anticipate reaching three hundred pounds, anytime soon, as it is rumoured the King did. No wonder. Yes, Elvis did turn into a characature of himself, as did Sinatra, toward the end of his career. Neither one of them could remember the words to their huge hits. Sad really. May I nominate Marty Robbins' "El Paso"? This was a song that was I think over four minutes long and played constantly, on every radio station, for months. By the time the torture was over and it had moved down the charts, I was thisclose to paying somebody to kill the D.J.s and have Robbins pummelled. Edited April 29, 2004 by patricia Quote
AmirBagachelles Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 Marty Robbins' "El Paso" is a classic. Try a G-Dead cover from '74, you might love it. Quote
patricia Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 Marty Robbins' "El Paso" is a classic. Try a G-Dead cover from '74, you might love it. I'll be fair and try to find that version. But, my condemnation of the Marty Robbins version stands. Quote
JSngry Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 Robbins' "A White Sport coat and a Pink Carnation" was bad. Worthy-of-consideration-in-this-thread bad in fact. "El Paso" is indeed classic, although Jay and the American's quasi-ripoff "Come A Little Bit Closer" might qualify here. Quote
RainyDay Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 At the risk of suffering the slings and arrows of the masses, I nominate "Jailhouse Rock". The sight of Elvis, dancing around the tiers of cells, singing this ridiculous song, haunts me to this day. Keep in mind that I speak as a rabid fan of "The King", when he was at the peak of his career. In fact, my older brother once reduced me to tears by derisively telling me that I was "not really an Elvis Presley fan". There should be a separate thread for Elvis songs, there really should. You're in a whole 'nother world with him (the Elvis Zone, as it were.) He did some of the worst and best pop songs of all time----but with some of his worst songs, the kitsch doubles back on itself, and the song becomes a masterpiece. So bad it's great, sort of. "Viva Las Vegas" is an example. Yet even many of his best songs have an element of kitsch to them. He was an enigma (wrapped in a cheeseburger...) I love Jail House Rock. If that song or anything by James Brown comes on while I'm driving, I resist the urge to pull over, get out of the car, and do the funky chicken. Not a pretty sight, I might add. Elvis' song about the child in the ghetto prompts dry heaves every time I hear it. It was a cynical attempt to produce a song "relevant" to the times. Yeeeeechh. Quote
JSngry Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 (edited) ...but is was written by MAC DAVIS!!!! Edited April 29, 2004 by JSngry Quote
JSngry Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 What I don't understand is this - why is it that on that fateful night, when, in desperation, the young man breaks away, that he buys a gun and steals a car? What's the message here - that he's driven to crime but still remembers his manners? Either an incredibly sick stereotype or some sublime nuance, I can't tell which. But coming from the same guy who did "Baby, Don't get Hooked On Me..." Quote
PHILLYQ Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 'Attempted relevant' songs reminds me of a terrible one by Dion, 'Abraham, Martin& John'. What a pile of junk! This from the same guy that did such classics as 'Runaround Sue' & 'The Wanderer'. Go figure... Quote
BruceH Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 (edited) Not to mention other fried cholesterol bombs that the King indulged himself in. I have actually made a low-fat, modified version of his favourite sandwich, which I have, occasionally, for lunch. The original involved thick slices of white bread, buttered, both on the inside and the outside, suitable for frying later. The filling was a thick layer of peanut butter, on the inside of both slices of bread, on top of the butter already there. This was topped with a sliced banana and then topped again with as much bacon as the King was able to cram in there. This heart attack on a plate was apparently a favourite snack. My own version is two slices of whole-grain bread, no butter, peanut-butter right to the edges, sliced banana and hold the bacon. Grill in one of those sandwich thingies. It makes a very nice lunch and I don't anticipate reaching three hundred pounds, anytime soon, as it is rumoured the King did. No wonder. The original (Elvis) version of that would be fine if it weren't for the damn banana. (Yuck!) I've gotta say, I'm with Rainy on "Jailhouse Rock"---a classic (to me). But "It's Now Or Never" was pretty vomit-inducing. Actually, any song that you don't particularly like, if it's played ad infinitum (as hits tend to be) begins to seem like it's sucking your soul out with a straw every time you hear it. Personally painful examples: "You Light Up My Life" "Material Girl" "My Life" (title?)---by Billy Joel....I swear, for years, everytime I got in the car with my parents this song would be playing on the radio. It went from harmless ditty to soul-sucking demon from Hell. Any one of these songs, if I had heard them only once, I would have no hatred for at all. (Though in that case, I probably wouldn't remember them, either.) Edited April 29, 2004 by BruceH Quote
PHILLYQ Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 I remember 'You Light Up My Life', what a disgusting piece of tripe,and it seemed as if it were playing everywhere simultaneously.Debby Boonewas also the daughter of the man who made the vanilla versions of Little Richard('Tutti Fruitti', anyone?) AND did a heavty metal album- a truly revolting family who should only sing at home and never record again! Quote
JSngry Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 How about they only record at home and never sing again? That would be even better! Quote
BruceH Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 A letter of apology to each and every person who was pained by their recordings would seem to be in order. (Written in blood optional.) Quote
Jazzmoose Posted April 29, 2004 Report Posted April 29, 2004 I remember 'You Light Up My Life', what a disgusting piece of tripe,and it seemed as if it were playing everywhere simultaneously. the horror...the horror... Quote
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