'Achy Breaky Heart' and everything by Billy Ray Cyrus
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OMG, I just found out the name of the song that for me was the most ear-tearing experience of 1990. Stevie B - Because I Love You It is THE most soppy R&Bish ballad ever, with the most horrible mincing, mewling, wining, embarrassing vocal ever produced by a male vocalist.I remember constantly hearing it crooning out of speakers at grocery stores, drug marts, whatever, and it made me want to start ripping down shelves just to get the thing out of my ears. |
I can list a few 1. Africa Toto 2. Baby Shark (trust me I have kids) 3. ghostbusters - ray Parker junior 4. any song by PINK - they all sound the same - ghastly - can't even be bothered to name a song by the artist 5. candle in the wind (lady Diana version) Elton John 6. Heal the world - Michael Jackson 7. brown girl in the ring - Boney M (reminds me of racism and taunts as a child of the late 70's and early 80's) 8. shout out to my ex - little mix - all that is wrong in pop music now 9. we are family - sister sledge - just a crap disco track that is played too much 10. somebody else guy - Jocelyn brown - the worst of acid jazz |
The tone of take me to church makes me feel like im walking towards something that's gonna immediately end my life. it is horrible. and it makes me uncomfortable, like the soundtrack towards your final walk to the gas chamber or firing squad or any other brutal crap you can imagine. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk |
@mitchagain No worries! Fun is fun, and like many I enjoy the game a bit, I guess. It is interesting to read what some posters hate--Beatles and Beach Boys and Springsteen and so forth. As I like to think, that is what makes things go around. If everyone liked the same things all the time, life would be very boring! Now, if you wish to discuss the revelation that groups like the Beatles brought to marketing and industry types, that is another discussion. Every since these people figured out that they could TELL us what we like, things here have been rather strange. Social media has, of course, taken this to the extreme, unfortunately. The pendulum is due to swing back any time now, I can only hope. Until then, keep laughing and enjoy the music--no matter how bad it is... Cheers, Richard |
Anything you don't like that gets played enough that it sticks in your head like a cancer that won't EVER go away....;) Songs backing ads on the screen that are so out of context that you'll not buy or accept the thought of using the offered product, service, or whatever is being hawked. Thankfully, there's 'Mute' on remotes. |
@richopp, no apology necessary as I was just teasing; however, thanks for the laugh. God knows this thread has provided plenty of those, which is always needed. It's funny that you should mention "smashing the recording." One of my fondest musical memories was smashing a disco album to pieces and then reassembling the broken pieces on the wall as part of a record store promotion. I felt like a kid at Christmas as I sat in the floor of the record store and smashed that album. I even drew a small crowd that cheered me on. It obviously didn't rival the disco demolition at the White Sox vs Tigers game in Comiskey Park; but, it was still very fun and emotionally satisfying. |
@mitchagain You are so right! Sorry that I went that far, but bad is bad, so maybe just turn it off and smash the recording to bits and recycle the cover AND the bits to make sure this never surfaces again. Mea culpa! Cheers, Richard PS Upon further "Direct-Reflection," there ARE systems that maybe should be destroyed...possibly blowing them up is a bit extreme, but one never knows, right? I could name some names (Bose) but will refrain for now... https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/musical-instruments/awesome-pair-of-bose-speakers-on-saarinen-tulip-bases-mid-century-modern/id-f_891021/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI99Tqw7qy5QIVEfDACh2C4w7aEAQYASABEgK51vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Peace! |
@mwinkc, something tells me that you can appreciate how painful it was for me to dredge that song out of my memory bank. A friend told me that he remembers Wal - Mart using that song in a TV commercial; but, I have no memory of that. So, both of our memory suppression systems must be working pretty good. Sorry if the memory of that song was painful for you too. |
Little Willy by the Sweet. |
Mitchagain, Wow...I had completely forgotten The Pipkins: Gimme Day Ding. (Probably suppressed it). The disgust for the song was only rivaled by the shame of remembering the words. Can't believe that they used to play that on the radio all the time! https://youtu.be/aNrmR6M1KtI |
audiozen, That was then, Yoko has refined her art considerably. Just check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsEuKAstpOQ |
I’m sorry falconquest, while I’d agree to most of what Bread did, "Baby-I’m-A-Want You" of course qualifies here, Incredibly, Mother Freedom is definitely one of the better songs, directly preceding it on the album. There used to be a live version on YouTube when they performed Mother Freedom at an Ohio radio station, but that’s gone now. I happened to find a couple of records at a store, and I told the manager when I was buying them that I’d try not to hold it against him that he had not one, but two albums by the Starland Vocal Band. One of those songs it was almost OK to listen to once, but not after 10K times, and in the spirit of the barking dogs Jingle Bells Song, I’ll nominate "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer." Unfortunately I’ll hear it another 10K times before Thanksgiving if I turn the radio on. |
