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THE GAL HERSELF Knows by Heart If my brain was a hard drive, I’d probably resent the memory taken by these horrible songs. But alas, my brain is as unorganized and cluttered as my home and my office, so at times I revel in the cheesiness, the complete and perfect wretchedness, of these bad, bad songs. If you’re over 35, proceed with caution. It’s very possible that once you see the lyrics, one of these songs will bore it’s way through your skull and into brain and you’ll be mentally replaying it for hours to come. 1. The Night Chicago Died. Paper Lace. “Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago. Back in the USA. Back in the bad old days.” 2. I Can’t Smile without You. Barry Manilow. “I feel sad when you’re sad. Feel glad when you’re glad. If only you knew what I’m going through …” 3. Afternoon Delight. Starland Vocal Band. “Rubbing sticks and stones together makes a spark ignite and the thought of rubbing you is getting so exciting.” 4. Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast. Wayne Newton. “Daddy, slow down some cuz you’re making me run. Daddy, don’t you walk so fast.” 5. Copacabana. Barry Manilow. “She lost her youth, then she lost her Tony. Now she’s lost her mind. At the Copa!” 6. The Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia. Vicki Lawrence. “The Georgia patrol was a-making its rounds and he fired a shot, just to flag them down and a big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, ‘Why’d you do it?’” 7. Candyman. Sammy Davis. “Who can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two?” 8. You Should Be Dancing. The Bee Gees. “Whatcha doing on your back? Whatcha doing on your back? You should be dancing. Yeah. Dancing. Yeah.” 9. She’s a Lady. Tom Jones. “She always knows her place. She’s got style, she’s got face. She’s a winner.” 10. Top of the World. The Carpenters. “I’m on the top of the world, looking down on creation. And the only explanation I can find is the love that I found ever since you’ve been around.” 11. La La La (Means I Love You). Bobby Sherman. “La la la. La la la. There ain’t nothing in this world I couldn’t do. La la la. La la la. My dreams would all come true if I had you. La la la …” 12. Indiana Wants Me. R. D. Taylor. “If a man ever needed dying, he did. No one has the right to say what he said about you.” 13. Honey. Bobby Goldsboro. “She came running in all excited. Slipped and almost hurt herself. And I laughed till I cried.” Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. dewey 2. Thomma Lynn 3. impworks 4. tink 5. Candy Minx 6. Nancy 7. Nicholas 8. Sue 9. Sobeit 10. Janet 11. Jill 12. elementary history teacher 13. JennyMcB 14. Lene 15. Cordia Amant 16. Frances 17. marcia 18. L-Squared 19. Wacky Mommy 20. Gabriella Hewitt 21. Fence 22. Ctina 23. Leigh Ann 24. Amy 25. Titania Starlight 26. Nancy J. Bond 27. Harlekwin 28. Mo 29. Mz. Jackson 30. Terra |
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Ahhhhhh! They're ALL stuck in my head! ALL AT ONCE!
ReplyDeleteAaaaaauuuugggghh!!! The pain, the pain! (LOLOL!)
ReplyDeleteYup, I'm over 35. ;-D
Fun list! And happy TT. :)
Beinh 34 seems to have saved my brain from the pain :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm over 35 and recognize every one of those songs... I still like some though! :)
ReplyDeleteGoogle helped me make my TT this week.
Thankfully I was listening to some good music when reading your list. Otherwise I'd be in earworm hell by now.
ReplyDeleteOh no...why do I feel like I'm going to have these sonsg in my head all night?!
ReplyDeleteIt is pain...I might include Jesse's Girl and anything by Dan Hill.
Here is my list:
http://gnosticminx.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-fictional-feminism-dead.html
Awww...Jeez! I am forty and know ALL THOSE SONGS!!!! EEK!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I agree w. Dew. They are all fumlbling around my brain right now!!
I know almost all of them. Some of them have very happy associations for me, even if the songs are crap. Copacabana will forever remind me of being stuck in a traffic jam in Vancouver on a very exciting day. Candyman and Honey have no happy associations at all! Ugh! Please pass the bucket!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! great list of dreadful songs! I actually liked that Copacabana song though ... hangs head in shame .. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
Now I'm going to be humming Copacabana all night long!!!! Although many of them I know...that one just plays over and over!!! I have something like this on my TT...stop by when you can! Happy TT!!!
ReplyDeleteahhh, radio in the 70s...ROFLMAO!
ReplyDeleteI was trying to find a song all week long, and now I know what it is...I always got the beat in my head, but couldn't remember the name!!
ReplyDeleteThey all have a great beat and they are easy to dance to......yep, I'm old.
ReplyDeleteYou know what I love about song lists, whether you love them or hate them, there will always be someone commenting who feels the opposite.
ReplyDeleteHowever, in this case, I am so in agreement with you! Missing "Having your baby"!
Great list.
Wow! You DO have a collection of stinkers there! Although I gotta tell ya, I always liked The Night Chicago Died. Shannon belongs on this list - the one about the dog drifting out to sea... Yikes! Thanks for the list... I think.LOL
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Ahh great list! I love the Beegees!
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
I guess it's a good thing I'm under 35. I only know a few of those songs, though just the mention of the artists is enough to have me running for cover.
ReplyDeleteI can sing ten of them from beginning to end.
ReplyDeleteThese songs were played to death on the radio when I was a teen.
Thanks for the blast from the past.
Frances
Thank goodness a few of them I didn't remember the tune 'cause I never liked them! But a couple I actually like. Oh my gosh, someone mentioned, having your baby, too. You've brought us out of the woodwork.
ReplyDelete#6, isn't that Reba McIntire???? and AAAAAA now Cocacabana is drilling its way through my head!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL I'm under 35, but I'm familiar with most of these awful songs. I especially hate Copacabana!
ReplyDeleteUh. I think we're the same age. Which makes us -- young!
ReplyDeleteTalk about a blast from the past. Isn't it funny too how you can hear a song and have a clear recollection of listening to it years ago while you were with (fill in the blank) or doing (blank). LOL!
ReplyDeleteGreat TT. Mine is finally up.
I know only about three songs. I started in the boyband-pop era. :P
ReplyDeleteHappy Thursday!
I don't recognise them all, but some I'm sure I'll be singing for the rest of the day.
ReplyDeleteHappy T13
I love #3, 5, and 8! What a fun list, I love these songs!
ReplyDeleteryn: how do they keep it all together? i think it's by having trainers and makeup people, and entourages. yeah, that's what we need. an entourage.
ReplyDeletei still can't believe that my little girl is going to the Big City. it's about 4 or so hours away "from home". sniff.
HAHA! I'm 30 and know (and love) most of those songs!
ReplyDeleteI love to hear my kids sing "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"
Fun list! I always like dancing to Copacabana, although the bridge is seriously too long!
ReplyDeleteOh no! I can't get tehm out of my head now!!! :o)~
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories.
I'll be singing Copacabana all day now :)
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
What no AbbA, no Neil Sedaka?! What about that horrible and annoying song by Rupert Holmes "The Pina Colada Song?"
ReplyDeleteI'm oooooollllddd! I remembered them all. "Honey" came out when I was around 10 years old. I recall my little girlfriends and I singing it every morning on the bus ride to school. Poor bus driver. The choir of squeaky voices would sing that song over and over as a new member would hop onto the bus.
Fun list!
LoL..great list! You've got me singing along w all but #11, so I'll substitute "Yellow Ribbon" by Tony Orlando & Dawn.
ReplyDeleteHa that's funny about Afternoon Delight! I was seven or eight when it first came out and my mother wouldn't let me sing it because the lyrics were dirty. She wouldn't explain why they were dirty either...
ReplyDeleteLOL, only 30 here and still knew them!!! I actually like a few of them!!!
ReplyDeleteAbout the songs that made the cut ... I had to remember ALL the words, which is why "You're Having My Baby," a wretched song in it's own right, didn't make it. I also had to recall the name of the (ah hem) artist, which explains the absence of "I'm the Happiest Girl in the Whole USA." Thanks for contributing "The Pina Colada Song." It's trapped in MY head now. And all of these songs are, in some campy-kitschy-Brady Bunch/Gilligan's Island way, songs I'm fond of. It's their very shameless horribleness that endears them to me. Glad we all had some fun!
ReplyDeleteLuckily, I didn't recognize most of these. But #7 made me hungry. I like chocolate. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be sprinkled on a sunrise...or anything for that matter.
ReplyDeleteI know all those cheesy songs, except #12. And, yeah, you were right, now I'm humming several tunes at once....that's annoying!
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
I know 2, 5, 6, and 13 all too well myself.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't hang my head with any shame. Yes, I know them all and at one time would say liked them all, but we all have to grow up at some time, well, almost all of us.
ReplyDeleteAm I going to lose my superior "rock chick" rating if I admit that I actually really like most of those songs and.....gasp...love Barry Manilow?
ReplyDeleteYes, I am a Fanilow!!! I've seen him five times in concert and cried my eyes out each time. Come to think of it, so did my husband, but I doubt it was for the same reason :)
Great list!!!! Happy TT
Jessica The ROck Chick
I am almost proud to say I don't know half those songs, lol.
ReplyDeletewow, these are pop songs??
ReplyDeleteI know them all, most of them with the complete lyrics... Oops! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my Google TT; sorry I'm this late in responding.