Rich From PA Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Brand New Key - Melanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinberries Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Rich van Gogh - 'brand new key' is a gr8 song - sorry, you are disqualified! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Performance makes or breaks a song in many cases. If one doesn't like the performance...Like the Beach Boys doing Louie Louie. Not unlike the original by Richard Berry...but no where near as cool as the Kingsmen's version. They sounded dorky...REALLY dorky. If one doesn't like Melanie's little girl sound...or Tom Waits rasp or Elvis lazing his bloated way through My Way...the songs take a dump. [like it's the songs fault!!!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 "Ben" or "Bin" as Michael Jackson prounonces it. Great premise. A love song to a rat. Perfect. Check please! ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessieboo Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Talking Heads - Sax and ViolinsFergie's "Hump song" it was even worse live as it was on the video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspyrock Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 "Ben" or "Bin" as Michael Jackson prounonces it. Great premise. A love song to a rat. Perfect. Check please! ec Brings us to Muskrat Love --- and I actually like some of the America stuff.(Eric: This may have been our 1st clue that Michael Jackson was a freakazoid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericphan Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 How about Rocky by Austin Roberts. I feel like shooting myself in the head after hearing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I hated "Goin' Up The Country" when it was out. I used to think it sounded like the singer accidentally inhaled a harmonica and it lodged deep in his throat somewhere. It doesn't seem quite so bad now, compared to stuff like "My Humps." ec This comment had me sitting here laughing out loud like an idiot. Good one, Eric. Re: "Ebony and Ivory" --- yeah.... I tend to be more tolerant of Paul's "low points" than most, but I'd agree that this song is dreck. So is "Say Say Say," for that matter. All I can think is, he did both of those songs within the first couple of years after John Lennon was killed... Maybe he was still in shock? Regardless, I bet even Paul wishes he could reel both songs back in.And aren't you glad he didn't call you at the time and say, "Eric, I've got a new song I'd like you to sing with me... It's a luvely duet, and it's got us sitting side by side at me piano.... Oh Lord...."? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim From Wisconsin Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 People gave me lot's of grief when "Timothy" was a "hit" song. Nothing like a good old cannibalism song. I still have the 45 at home somewhere.For me:Anything by the Grateful Dead, Phish, and any other "Jam" band - yuk! I don't need to hear a 45 minute f'in song!"Disco Duck" - How the heck was that a hit!!!!Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Anything by Culture Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 At least when singing to Ben...Michael Jackson was adoring an underaged rodent rather than....well...er..uhm...Webster.. Nevermind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I'm On Fire-SpringsteenMain Street-SeegerAny Stevie(billy goat)Nicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamacote Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 ......i am deathly allergic to "the tide is high". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahoodore Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hey! For those who like "Burning Love"...here is a youtube video of .....yes me ...bahoo singing it live at a new years eve bash...you can make your comments....I can take it! http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYI15GWacPY bahoo presley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 "Disco Duck" - How the heck was that a hit!!!!Tim "I've got to get me a woman!"People could relate to that little fella. Not that gettin' a woman was necessarily right for EVERYBODY. For them...the reverse of beastiality might have been the 'key'.By the way Rick Dees did the song. The Caste of Idiots were the people who bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Andy still does the best Elvis of anyone I know.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Allen Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 I actually loved the Bouy's follow-up single, which no one ever heard ("Give Up Your Guns"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Bahoo's Video Review:Tony: "A Good rendition of a crappy song."Randy: "Yo Yo Yo Check it out, Dawg. You were a little pitchy at the end..."Paula: Andy, You really gave it your all and...I think I just took double doses of my prescription drugs...so I'm actually seeing two of you...Simon: Andy, your performance seemed like you were singing to a bunch of drunks at a New Years Eve party...Oh, you were?...Jolly good then old bean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahoodore Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 we were ALL a little drunk!!! lol....that was a fun gig...I think the video is worth watching just for the crazy dancin fool in front of the stage...what a riot!!!Marv....thanks for the compliment..!!!bah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspathens Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Run, Joey Run by David Geddes : "Daddy please don't, it wasn't his fault....." and DOA by Manilla Road : "I try to move my arm but there's no feeling......" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspyrock Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Good job on the Elvis there bahoodore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahoodore Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hey! Thanks RaspyRock...that was fun band, we did a lot of obscure stuff too...I was always lucky to be surrounded by many great singers who could sing harmony like nobody<s business....this particular performance however does not really represent what they were capable of...the backups sound off to me...we also winged this tune completely...and I was little short too!!!A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Nivan Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I was ready to pounce on this thread when Bob started it, but counted to 10, then 100, now 1,000 and I can't resist:We Didn't Start the Fire by schlock-miester Billy Joel.Self-absorbed, self-righteous, self-pitying babyboomer BS.And he's ripping off The Temps "Ball of Confusion." Unbelievable.I feel better."K" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Michael Page Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 "Lovin' You" by Minnie Ripperton always made me cringe. I couldn't change the station fast enough I couldn't stand it!"Convoy" didn't bother me.Any rap or similar schlock to me is a candidate for the vomitorium as well.BMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Same topic 3+ years ago: posted February 13, 2004 05:57 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Ebony And Ivory" always seemed like such a waste of great talent. Kirk. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Posts: 1731 | From: Camarillo, Ca. | Registered: Feb 2002 | IP: Logged | Hey, great minds think alike Kirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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