Patricia Abbott (pattinase): My Candidate for the Dopiest Song of My Youth

Selasa, Julai 16, 2013

My Candidate for the Dopiest Song of My Youth

What's Yours?

19 ulasan:

Tanpa Nama berkata...: Stretching the definition of childhood, I'd say "Disco Duck."

Deb; 1:13 PTG
sandra seamans berkata...: From my childhood I'd say "Purple People Eater" or "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" as a teenager it would have to be "My Ding-a-Ling".

Weird songs but great fun to sing along with.; 2:23 PTG
Todd Mason berkata...: That is a strong contender, no doubt. And they didn't stop there.

The one I hated the absolute most probably would be "I Started a Joke" by the Bee-Gees, but there were others to come that challenged it. (I'm taking dopiest in the sense of most annoyingly inanely goofy, and not lovably dopey in any way.); 2:32 PTG
Tanpa Nama berkata...: In my actual childhood, "Chick-a-Boom, Chick-a-Boom, Don't You Just Love It" wins the prize.

Deb; 3:19 PTG
Tanpa Nama berkata...: Well it certainly was the dopiest dance.

My brother and I collected songs that would drive my mother crazy:

Surfin' Bird/Papa Oo Mow Mow
Unchained Melody (Vito & the Salutations version)
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!

Jeff M.; 3:38 PTG
Tanpa Nama berkata...: OK, thought of a few more I'd blocked out before:

Tiptoe Through the Tulips (Tiny Tim - I even watched his wedding on The Tonight Show)
Downtown - Mrs. Miller (remember her?)
Guitarzan (and several others) - Ray Stevens

Jeff M.; 3:44 PTG
Jerry House berkata...: Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I've Got a Nauseating Feeling in My Tummy; 5:07 PTG
le0pard13 berkata...: Camp Granada by Allan Sherman.; 5:52 PTG
Anders E berkata...: "The Birdie Song" by The Tweets, a 1981 UK hit version of the song that's AKA Chicken Dance/Bird Dance/etc. It makes all other music seem like "Rites of Spring".; 6:30 PTG
Tanpa Nama berkata...: The problem with Jerry's pick is that is is both dopey and incredibly infectious.

Jeff M.; 6:42 PTG
Jerry House berkata...: Infectious, Jeff, yes. Along with e-Coli, bubonic plague, and flesh-eating bacteria.; 8:21 PTG
Steve Oerkfitz berkata...: That was pretty terrible.
Also hated Green Tambourine by The Lemon Pipers.; 10:46 PTG
Cap'n Bob berkata...: Jeff scooped me on the Mrs. Miller garbage, but there were two of them.

Also, "Mamacita, I want to See Santa Claus."; 2:49 PG
Prashant C. Trikannad berkata...: How about "Ag-a-doo-doo-doo" by Black Lace? It was catching, though.; 2:55 PG
Al Tucher berkata...: "I was Kaiser Bill's Batnam."

Remember that whistling song? I can't even remember who perpetrated it.; 9:32 PG
pattinase (abbott) berkata...: A few of these have sent me to you tube.; 11:10 PG
J F Norris berkata...: I remember a lot from my parents' ancient record collections as being incredily inane. "Mairzy Doats" for one. Idiotic lyrics and a monotonous simplistic tune. And "Three Little Fiddies" or "Three Little Fishies" depending on which version you hear. Perfect for the Annoying Music show on NPR. When it gets to the part where the singer pretends to be a little boy you'll run from the room screaming.

There was a resurgence in these kinds of novelty songs in the 1970s. Remember the uproar over "Short People"? Oh! and "The Streak" by Ray Stevens is a pretty stupid song. Very popular when I was in junior high. I can't bare to hear it now.; 12:50 PTG
Kent Morgan berkata...: I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts would be right up there, but the song I hated the most was Tammy by Debbie Reynolds; 7:38 PTG
Todd Mason berkata...: So wretched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkG4oIPT7tU; 9:51 PTG