glass of milk/standing in between extinction in the cold and explosive radiating youtube growth
So yesterday I lost about two hours of my life to this list, the 25 cheesiest songs of the 70s. It wasn't so much the songs themselves - I didn't know all of them, even the one about canibalism - and the idea of definitively writing a list of cheesy songs from any era is pretty ridiculous, but still. It was the idea of the accompanying horrific videos or, in the case of Englebert Humperdinck, the most scarily Vegas lounge act I've ever seen (with people professing their love in the youtube comments, even after seeing his sweaty tanned chest and hearing his smarmily insincere delivery).
Top three of those posted:
3. Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"--Rupert Holmes and Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree"--Tony Orlando And Dawn. They're songs that are so unbelievably lame that they're terrific, but in vastly different ways. A song about a returning PRISONER that everyone mistook for being about someone coming back from the war, and a song about a rhyming single's ad. How can you go wrong?
2. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight"--England Dan And John Ford Coley. The hair, the HAIR in the video made me die from laughter. I love the chorus, though.
1. December 1963 (Oh What A Night)"--Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons: this is great! I refuse to see this as cheese. Also, until I saw the video I had no idea that the song was sung by 3 different guys ...
Anyway, isn't 'Macarthur Park' inevitably the top of the list? (unless it wasn't released on the 70s ...)
Also, my current guilty pleasure is 'Let It Rock' with Lil Wayne and ... someone else ...? I've only heard it about twice, but it's hilariously corny. "I'll bring the fire ..." Indeed.
Top three of those posted:
3. Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"--Rupert Holmes and Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree"--Tony Orlando And Dawn. They're songs that are so unbelievably lame that they're terrific, but in vastly different ways. A song about a returning PRISONER that everyone mistook for being about someone coming back from the war, and a song about a rhyming single's ad. How can you go wrong?
2. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight"--England Dan And John Ford Coley. The hair, the HAIR in the video made me die from laughter. I love the chorus, though.
1. December 1963 (Oh What A Night)"--Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons: this is great! I refuse to see this as cheese. Also, until I saw the video I had no idea that the song was sung by 3 different guys ...
Anyway, isn't 'Macarthur Park' inevitably the top of the list? (unless it wasn't released on the 70s ...)
Also, my current guilty pleasure is 'Let It Rock' with Lil Wayne and ... someone else ...? I've only heard it about twice, but it's hilariously corny. "I'll bring the fire ..." Indeed.