Posted on 03/02/2005 12:30:39 PM PST by sully777
What is the most awesomely bad love song ever? The one that makes you cringe when you hear it, but you just can't turn it off. What love song makes you shake your head, roll your eyes, laugh, gag, shed a tear, or just punch something because it's so horrendously great that you love to hate it. Or is it vice versa? VH1 is counting down the 40 Most Awesomely Bad Love Songs....The kind of songs that might end a relationship rather than enhance it. You get the drift.
Join us as we count down and celebrate fantastically cheesy lyrics, the best and worst metaphors, awkward and confusing themes, and of course, those strange, misguided flukes from our favorite artists, while our team of experts help explain why we've deemed these songs so (un)worthy. We've been covering our ears, shutting off the radio, and running from the room screaming for too long. It's time to ban these songs to our awesomely bad Hall of F(Sh)ame!
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I'm leaving the thread now but you all forgot two of the VERY worst of the worst
Mac Arthur Park by Richard Harris
I'll Always Love You-Whitney Houston.
Beat those two for pure treacle
He could definitely be twisted, that's for sure.
The song "Joe's Garage" is one of my all time favorites though.
Hmm. I don't know about that one. I'm sure there have been a lot of "Woolly Bully" remakes. But I remember Eddie and the Hot Rod's version because it was so energetic. I think it was on their first album, called "Teenage Depression."
Mercy!!
Or "I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like Having You Here"
There, I've said it!
I'm leaving now but I leave you with Elton John's Don't Let The son Go Down On Me, compliments of someone that wanted me to never ever forget them. To this day, I always remember them when I hear the song. If that person is lurking. Thank youy
Freddie Mercury -- too "pink" for me.
Bobby Vinton? ("She wore blooooooue...velvet...") crooner for the lay-deees.
Billy Joel/McLean? Gotta tell ya -- didn't mind them at their best...
At Joel's worst (the last 20 years) he's definitely annoying.
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Ode to Billy Joe. I suppose to some people that was a good song, but it used to make me retch.
Running from the law songs. How about -
"I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the depyouty"
Can't remember the rest of the lines, mercifully.
Also ANYTHING by Barbra Streisand. She could take the world's best song and make it sappy.
I hate that song. I turn down the radio everytime it plays.
BUT...There was that stanza:
"Girl you're getting that look in your eye...And it's warm where you're touching me...I can't take no clingin' vine"
Hey Mac -- maybe you're connecting the wrong dots, pal.
I Honestly Love You,
Please Mr. Please (Don't play B-17), and
Have you Never Been Mellow............
are just bad.
OMG
I had an instant flash to "(Let's Get) Physical"
GAG
bump
SRV bump!
Another side note, but the season of American Idol that just started has excellent singers and a black guy with long braids (turns out he's a music teacher--they raised the age limit a bit), sang none other than "Moon River". He did a very neat version of it and Paula said she hopes he records it.
LOL!!!
I finally toss my leg warmers about 5 years ago. Along with my 'individual toe socks'. I'm hangin' on to my Famolare' platform shoes though.. :)
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