So, yesterday and today, CNN.com had a pair of articles on the worst songs ever written.
Heh. That Archies image they've got up for "Sugar, Sugar" is the CD cover for the compilation where I did the liner notes.
Looks like the usual candidates from "Having My Baby" to "MacArthur Park."
"We Built This City" only really bugs me because it's so apposite to what The Jefferson Airplane were about. Also the bowel clenching sensation of thinking about "We Built This City" and Journey's "When The Lights Go Down In The City" representing San Francisco in the 70s.
I like some Culture Club songs (like "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" or "Church of the Poison Mind"), but their "War Song" was one instance where I remember thinking, "This is so fucking awful. Self important and poorly written. They must have been doing tupperware bins full of coke." when I heard it.
lisa, check out the video for "Standing" if you haven't already. It's a riot of imagery and color. That's the only way to describe it.
(Also, her youth but that's fleeting so...)
Yeah, but she'd be jealous of your hair.
Also the bowel clenching sensation of thinking about "We Built This City" and Journey's "When The Lights Go Down In The City" representing San Francisco in the 70s.
"We Built This City" is the most sucktastic song ever. But "When The Lights Go Down In The City" isn't as bad as "The Night Chicago Died." That all took place on the "East side of Chicago." Apparantly Al Capone and his gang were fresh-water mermen....
And I heard "Sugar, Sugar" in the weirdest context this morning.
The morning show on XM's '60s channel is very heavily request-oriented. And the listeners don't feel limited to the obvious candidates.
So this morning, a caller wanted to dedicate a song to her sister. Seems caller had just stolen sister's husband. And wanted to dedicate "Little Arrows" by Leapy Lee.
A few minutes later, sister calls in. Sister explains that they're twins, and original caller accomplished the theft by pretending to be sister. And that as far as she was concerned, original caller could have the man. Sister then went on to request "Sugar, Sugar."
Sister explains that they're twins, and original caller accomplished the theft by pretending to be sister
Anyone want to place bets that the entire sequence of calls was a prank from one woman?
I think my personal pick for most sucktastic song ever is Bette Midler's "From a Distance," the song that makes G-d sound like a creepy, voyueristic peeping Tom.
Who's got a favorite podcast to share?
Try the Gervais podcasts on iTunes. I think they may all be for pay now, but they're worth it. The Sound of Young America is a little earnest but is dialed into what's good in comedy right now. KCRW has several podcasts. NOVA occasionally releases a short "Science Now" bit. There's also Buffycast, again, a little earnest but good for washing the dishes (if you can hear the broadcast through the headphones, which I often cannot).
