drawback Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 ... Spinning Wheel ... 25 or 6 to 4 ... or any song by (don't mess around with) Jim Crocé. Is he the most over-rated singer-songwriter ever? Or is that Harry Chapin? ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsu Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Girl From Ipanema, as sung by any local. What do we know about the girl from Ipa.. where? Yesterday. Blecchhhhh. Any Rockin' Christmas tune. Still don't "get" April in Paris, it just doesn't cross the road. Misty would be ok but the lyrics. "........! Try to make It..REAL! compared to what? ! ! ! " - BOPBEEPER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gismo Recording Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 My most hated song ever is "Gimme Three Steps". There are no Skynyrd songs on my favorites list but that one is the worst. Another very disliked song is Bob Seger's "Turn the Page". I like a lot of Seger songs, especially "Main Street" but I don't care for that one. I really like most of Bruce Springsteen's stuff but like someone else said "Born in the USA" has to be one of the most boring songs ever written. Ken Denny Gismo Recording So Cliché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Coury Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Girl From Ipanema, as sung by any local. What do we know about the girl from Ipa.. where? Yesterday. Blecchhhhh. Any Rockin' Christmas tune. Still don't "get" April in Paris, it just doesn't cross the road. Misty would be ok but the lyrics. Yeah... "Never knowing my right foot from my left, My hat from my glove"......my hat from my glove???? "Oh yeah, I've got two hands here." (Viv Savage) "Mr. Blu... Mr. Blutarsky: Zero POINT zero." (Dean Vernon Wormer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsu Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 EXACTLY "........! Try to make It..REAL! compared to what? ! ! ! " - BOPBEEPER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Tatum Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 And I know this is considered sacrilege, but "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen is about the most boring song ever written. I'm with you Boring in the USA. It's almost as bad as another B.S. gem, Pink Cadillac. Did anyone mention that yet? Bleahhh. On the other hand, who am I to criticize - I haven't written any hit songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrokeys Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I've said it before..."Stairway to Heaven." Bustle in my hedgerow be damned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kad Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 And I know this is considered sacrilege, but "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen is about the most boring song ever written. I'm with you Boring in the USA. It's almost as bad as another B.S. gem, Pink Cadillac. Did anyone mention that yet? Bleahhh. Don't forget classics like "Hungry Heart" and "Dancing In The Dark". :bor: Of all the Springstein stuff I've heard, the only songs I actually like are "Blinded By The Light" and "For You", and that's because Manfred Mann did such a bang-up job with the remakes of both tunes. He does write some cool lyrics. Reality is like the sun - you can block it out for a time but it ain't goin' away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrokeys Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Let us not forget Black Sabbath. Any Black Sabbath. After all, what other band could have given us..."generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses". Geez, Ozzie, is it that hard to find a rhyme for "masses"? Sort of makes one long for "Misty." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT156 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Bruce Springstein is real popular with Philly and NJ people, no matter what the song is. Where I live, there are a lot of Philly people and I get a lot of requests for Bruce's music. I enjoy "My Hometown", the lyrics are quite true, and the instrumentation is simple and straight forward. It's about the way things are in American anymore, which is really too bad. Now, some of his other songs...... Mike T. Yamaha Motif ES8, Alesis Ion, Prophet 5 Rev 3.2, 1979 Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73 Piano, Arp Odyssey Md III, Roland R-70 Drum Machine, Digitech Vocalist Live Pro. Roland Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave E Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I don't know about ya'll - but I'd love to have written ANY of these tunes - and have the royalties to go along with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Janis Joplin - The poor thing sang with a lot of passion, but she sounded like a asthmatic banshee gargling drain cleaner while passing the intestinal remnants of a weekend in Tijuana. Great now I have to clean my PC keyboard. You had to make me laugh while eating lunch, didn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrafon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Any song that makes someone punch themselves in the balls must be a great song indeed. What hilarity must ensure. I think I shall create a new compliation CD of the songs contained in this thread just to watch people engage in acts of self-directed violence. I think at my next gig, I shall perform a medly of Turn The Page, Born in the USA, American Pie, Sweet Home Alabama and every Duran Duran song ever written. I'm pretty sure that all the songs mentioned in this thread are on the International list of "Must Play" songs for keyboard players. Hey, you wanted to play keys, so don't blame me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 "Gimme Three Turn the American Duran Duran Pie Born in the Old Time Sweet Home Alabama" would make an (un)appropriate title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 In the spirit of the season, my vote goes to "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. Just to think, that cheesy synth was a Prophet 5. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahZark Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 In the spirit of the season, my vote goes to "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. Just to think, that cheesy synth was a Prophet 5. You're so right about that song. Makes me cringe every time I hear it, which, this time of year, is about once a day! Ugh. Noah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nightime Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 In the spirit of the season, my vote goes to "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. Just to think, that cheesy synth was a Prophet 5. You're so right about that song. Makes me cringe every time I hear it, which, this time of year, is about once a day! Ugh. Noah That song is actually painful to listen to. What was he thinking with the off tempo delay? "In the beginning, Adam had the blues, 'cause he was lonesome. So God helped him and created woman. Now everybody's got the blues." Willie Dixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 In the spirit of the season, my vote goes to "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. Just to think, that cheesy synth was a Prophet 5. Speaking of horrid christmas songs... Has anyone heard that frickin' Canook Celine Dion's butchery of "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"?! As if I needed another reason to hate her... A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 In the spirit of the season, my vote goes to "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. Just to think, that cheesy synth was a Prophet 5. Speaking of horrid christmas songs... Has anyone heard that frickin' Canook Celine Dion's butchery of "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"?! As if I needed another reason to hate her... STOP IT STOP IT YOU GUYS ARE KILLIN' ME OVER HERE. "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Oh - for the record.... To all my Canadian friends on the board - no, I don't consider everyone north of Duluth to be a Canook, just the idiots like Celine and Anne Murray and Nickelback you keep exporting to the states. I'm quite certain Canadian music is a lot like Guinness - the stuff you get in Canada is great, but the stuff they package up and schlep off on us Yankees is pure crap! A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Coury Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 ... Spinning Wheel ... 25 or 6 to 4 Watch it -- there are a few trumpet players 'round these parts...myself included "Oh yeah, I've got two hands here." (Viv Savage) "Mr. Blu... Mr. Blutarsky: Zero POINT zero." (Dean Vernon Wormer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Watch it -- there are a few trumpet players 'round these parts...myself included Ah, only here for the sight-reading, I presume? A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Coury Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Watch it -- there are a few trumpet players 'round these parts...myself included Ah, only here for the sight-reading, I presume? I play keys mainly...trumpet rarely. "Oh yeah, I've got two hands here." (Viv Savage) "Mr. Blu... Mr. Blutarsky: Zero POINT zero." (Dean Vernon Wormer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 It was an (apparently miserably failed) attempt at wordplay. sight-reading - sight-seeing.... Ah, forget it. A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDragonSoun Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 A year later I still dislike the same songs. I must be getting old and grumpy. Oh never mind I was already there some time ago. Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion, unobtrusive - Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidLifeCrisis Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 SWEET CAROLINE ????????? I never got that one. When I hear or have to play that piece of sh... I want to shoot myself. You obviously have never been to Fenway Park. I forced my band to play this recently. Never liked it before but it is now a "must" on our set list. The New Yorkers in the audience really give it a great reaction... Steve A Lifetime of Peace, Love and Protest Music www.rock-xtreme.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Just off the top of my head... "American Woman". Popular for over 35 years. Still gets heavy airplay on oldies and classic rock stations. I don't get it. It drives me nuts. "Truly" is a double punch because not only is it bad, but because Lionel Ritchie also made a ton of money on it by basically stealing the melody of "My Way" "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me". Fortunately people have finally caught on as to how really bad this song is. It isn't played much anymore. There is some relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"- horribly repetitive, long and odd topic for a hit song "Wonderful Tonight" That horrid Rod Stewart seduction number-oh, yeah "Tonight's the Night" positively creepy, he was what, 40-something writing a song about deflowering some young thing. Eccch.* "Colour My World" (didn't they use the pretentious British spelling?) "Stairway to Heaven" "Patches"- so bad it's almost good "Seasons In the Sun"- thought my kids were gonna jump out of the moving car when it came on the satellite radio and the wife and I started singing along and laughing** "Playground In My Mind" "MacArthur Park"- one thought: WTF is this song about? "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"- it was cute when he played it live on the Smothers Brothers' show (IIRC), but it quickly lost it's appeal with overplaying, mostly because he died. To my chagrin, our local "classic rock" station has it in their regular playlist for some reason. *OK, he was 31. So sue me. **Ha Ha! My wife is now officially pissed because I planted "Seasons In the Sun" in her head and it may be there for days. aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidLifeCrisis Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me". Fortunately people have finally caught on as to how really bad this song is. It isn't played much anymore. There is some relief. Almost as bad as "Baby Baby I'm Fawling in Wuv" Steve A Lifetime of Peace, Love and Protest Music www.rock-xtreme.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 As far as "Stairway To Heaven" goes, the only version I like now is Tiny Tim accompanied by polka/world music/all-around-party band Brave Combo. It's an up-tempo lounge version that has to be heard to be believed. Try here for a sample: http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Tiny-Tim-Brave-Combo/dp/B0000003L7 Just double-checked the amazon.com sample. It really gives a nice flavor of the tune. aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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