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The "greatest guitarists" thread took a bit of a turn today and I think the topic deserves its own thread.
Which songs, in your opinion, are so bad, so overplayed or have gone so stale over the years that the writers and performers should hang their heads in shame.
From the other thread we already have votes for Stairway to Heaven, Freebird and Smoke on the Water. All of those certainly deserve to be mothballed and not brought out until you are halfway through your second case of Hamms but I can't really say that they have a "cheese grater" effect on me as much as some others.
My list would have to include-
- Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
- Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Out the Lights (maybe the cheesiest song ever written)
- Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
- Scorpions - Rock You like a Hurricane
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Yes, it's uber cheesy, I completely agree. But that is part of what makes it great!Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Out the Lights (maybe the cheesiest song ever written)
YouTube - Cedric The Entertainer on Teddy Pendergrass - The Original Kings Of Comedy
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Feel free to object.....but you're still wrongMay I object?
Yes, it's uber cheesy, I completely agree. But that is part of what makes it great!
YouTube - Cedric The Entertainer on Teddy Pendergrass - The Original Kings Of Comedy
JMO.
Teddy Pendergrass was a great performer but :
??? really?Let's take a shower, shower together, yeah
I'll wash your body and you'll wash mine, yeah
Rub me down in some hot oils, baby, yeah
And I'll do the same thing to you
This tune just screams out for zebra skin wallpaper, cheap incense, cheaper wine and a disco ball. If you want "mood music" you've always got MFSB or Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (where Pendergrass really shined like a diamond!).
I mean, Turn out the Lights is certainly a better choice than I Want to know what Love Is by Foreigner (which needs to be added to the list) but Foreigner never had any talent to squander in the first place.
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I may get some shit for this, but pretty much anything from Pink Floyd. One of the many bands utterly destroyed by college kids.
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Well, that depends. If you are talking about Pink Floyd in general then yes, you wholly deserve heaping helpings of shit but if, on the other hand, you are talking about Pink Floyd after the departure of Roger Waters then there's something to be said for that position.
I'll give you this....the song "Another Brick in the Wall" absolutely falls into the grossly overplayed category.
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Teddy Pendergrass was a great performer but :
??? really?
This tune just screams out for zebra skin wallpaper, cheap incense, cheaper wine and a disco ball. If you want "mood music" you've always got MFSB or Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (where Pendergrass really shined like a diamond!).
I mean, Turn out the Lights is certainly a better choice than I Want to know what Love Is by Foreigner (which needs to be added to the list) but Foreigner never had any talent to squander in the first place.
I said it was uber cheesy!
Strike me down for even knowing this song:
Lips of an Angel by...damn it what was the name of the band? Hinder! Yeah, awful song.
And any song recorded by Creed.
Shut up, Speakeasy.
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I'm glad you finally realize they suck, Miranda.
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Admittedly, I'm not a huge Floyd fan, so I haven't listened to all their stuff. I could at least respect what they did, though. But, pretty much most of their radio hits are so played out they make me want to punch my ears. "Another Brick in the Wall" is probably the best example, yes.
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Hehehehe... I know those guys. Pretty sure they're not real big fans of that song, either. In concert, though, their fans go nuts for it, so there ya' go...
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Pick anything sung by Tony Orlando or William Shatner singing Dylan. Rock Around the Clock needs to beretired. Many better songs from the 50's
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All right...that was just flat out mean!!!
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