Mar 25, 2007

Bad Song List

I will update this list as suggestions warrant - Leave a comment or suggestion or email me @ merlesneed@gmail.com 1. Laurie - Dickie Lee - The one where the guy finds his sweater on a girl's grave at the end. - Ched 2. Convoy - CW McCall or any song about CB radios and Convoys- Ched 3. Copacabana - Barry Manilow- Ched 4. Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson- Merle S 5. Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbi Gentry- Merle S 6. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro- Merle S 7. Watching Scottie Grow - Anon 8. Taxi - Harry Chapin - Anon 9. Poor Side Of Town - Johnny Rivers - Anon 10. Saginaw, Michigan - Multiple Artists - Anon 11. Cats In The Cradle - Harry Chapin - Groovy Lady 12. Dark Side Of Town - John Schneider - Groovy Lady 13. Delta Dawn -Tanya Tucker - Ched 14. Ruby, Don't take Your Lover To Town - Kenny Rogers - Ched 15. Rocky Racoon - The Beatles - Ched 16. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy - Ched (Possible the worst thing ever made.) 17. Teddy Bear - Red Sovine - Merle. (Unbelievably bad) 18. Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer. Nat King Cole - Kurt. (not a story song, but eligible in the category of annoying piece of crap). 19. My Girl, Bill - Jim Stafford - Ched 20. Son of a Preacher Man - dusty Springfield - Ched 21. A boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash - Ched (clearly has too much time) 22. The Reverend Mr. Black - Multiple Artists - Ched. 23. Rocket Man - William Shattner - Anon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6r_tKnE 24. Feelings - Albert Morris - Plusultra, a fine addition Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky Tag:

7 comments:

Bobby D. said...

Grdon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" popped into my head just now. In a way, all story songs are bad, because we just can't take hearing the same story sung 100 times. What's with the drowning themes? Jump off bridge, ship sinks, and in "Patches", she is found floating face down in a dirty old river.
I believe both Running Bear and Little White Dove drown too. These songs would make kids fear water!

Anonymous said...

Not a "story song" but 4+ mins long...and weird... the triplets are well worth the wait!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6r_tKnE

Kurt said...

I like Cats In The Cradle! But the worstest song ever is the maddeningly repetitious Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer.

Bobby D. said...

Fred Wong loved that song (The Nat King Cole version of Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer)
Fred really loved Nat. Now I'm all upset again.


my girl bill
son of a preacher man--dusty S.
boy named sue

the reverend Mr. Black!!!

Bobby D. said...

What Alan Watts book would you recommend?
I read a bio at the Library one day, and I found a copy of "The Book" in my house today (while moving all my books)

Bobby D. said...

thanks for the Watts tips. I bought "The Book" the same day I bought "The Outsider" by Colin Wilson. Quite a while ago.


I think you should write the ultimate epic story song using elements from other story songs and the tune of one of the songs.

BFRLQ spells...-- that is Bobby Goldsboro "Watching Scottie Grow"

Kurt said...

I love Feelings too!