Looks Like Muskrat Love
I recently mentioned a radio station that plays songs which they consider to be hits from the dark place. That has made me think about other songs which I opine should be on the list.
It would take a lot of thinking to really narrow it down, but probably---off the top of my head---the song eclipsing all others on the list right now would have to be: Muskrat Love by Captain and Tennille. What the sam hill is muskrat love?? That has got to be the corniest song ever and the tune does nothing for me either.
I'd love to see what you'd add to the list....and if there's a particular reason, add that too.
posted by jay are at 3:47 PM
17 Comments:
"Honey" by Bobby Goldsborough
"Seasons in the Sun"....can't think who sang it!
1:56 AM, January 18, 2006
Well, I have a similar list going on my blog but since you started the theme, I'll transfer that stuff over here. Remember, you asked for it!
At the risk of offending lots of people, t's time to say that "Annie's Song," by John Denver is, perhaps, the worst song ever written (before I go further I should add that I do like some of John Denver's music, OK? so there). Anyway, I wonder why you never see this on any of the "worst song" lists. It consists of a vapid list of hackneyed similes sung against a "nothing" melody. It's as if he was making up the song as he went along and..failing badly. ...well, you be the judge:
******
You fill up my senses, like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime,
Like a walk in the rain,
Like a storm on the desert,
Like a sleepy blue ocean,
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
**********
Come fill me again? COME FILL ME AGAIN? How bad is that? And the second verse is even worse.
John Lennon's "Imagine" might be worse but not much.
blogball said...
John Denver was known for writing some of his songs on a rocky mountain high. Maybe this was one of them.
My nomination is Paul Anka's Havin My Baby.
PAUL: Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' how much you love me
Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' what you're thinkin' of me
I can see it, face is glowin'
I can see in your eyes, I'm happy you know it
BOTH: That you're havin' my baby
PAUL: You're the woman I love and I love what it's doin' to ya
BOTH: Havin' my baby
PAUL: You're a woman in love and I love what's goin' through ya
PAUL: The need inside you, I see it showin'
Whoa, the seed inside ya, baby, do you feel it growin'?
Are you happy you know it? That you're
BOTH: Havin' my baby
ODIA: I'm a woman in love and I love what it's doin' to me
BOTH: Havin' my baby
ODIA: I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' through me
PAUL: Didn't have to keep it
Wouldn't put ya through it
You could have swept it from you life
But you wouldn't do it, no, you wouldn't do it
BOTH: And you're havin' my baby
ODIA: I'm a woman in love and I love what it's doin' to me
BOTH: Havin' my baby
ODIA: I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' through me
PAUL: Havin' my baby (havin' my baby)
What a lovely way of sayin' how much you love me
FADE
PAUL: Havin' my baby (havin' my baby)
ODIA: I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' through me
5:42 PM
unca said...
Well, I've got to admit that's pretty bad.
6:17 PM
si said...
(been having trouble posting a comment...)
unca: do agree w/"annie's song". always thought that the one line "you fill up my senses" should be "you fill my sinuses"...
but blasphemous comment re john lennon's "imagine"! (however, i don't know that i've seen the words written out -- i'm probably reacting sentimentally. being that he's dead and all...)
blogball: totally agree w/"havin' my baby"!!! it is a *really* stupid song (especially from a female perspective)!
6:48 PM
blogball said...
I do think that Imagine is way overrated. I believe the song was released after Lennon died so it received allot of attention. Plus the song is about peace and stuff so that played on peoples emotions. I think if Lennon had written this back in his Beatle days it would have been just a sub par Beatle song.
The Havin my baby song has always irritated me to a point where I cringe every time I hear it. I guess it’s mostly because of the words. If you read or listen to the lyrics it’s all about her love for him. What an egotistical self serving jerk. I always thought it would be great if turned into the “You’re So Vain” song by Carly Simon….. I’m havin your baby and you probably think this baby is about you don’t you don’t you etc.
11:53 PM
6:28 AM, January 18, 2006
well you can see what i thought about a couple of songs (see comment to unca...). i'm really bad at remembering titles/performers of songs let alone lyrics but there is one song that comes to mind..."macarthur park" performed by donna summer. something about a cake left out in the rain and she couldn't take it anymore...
8:35 AM, January 18, 2006
crystal blue persuasion. not a fan of all the sappy kind of making-luv on a beach somewhere songs. they fag me out.
9:56 AM, January 18, 2006
1) I Shot The Sherriff, I don't know the artist. And I'm using the term 'artist' loosely here. I already hated it whenever it came on the pharmacy Musak, piped in music. Then one day, the dirty old man Pharmacist I worked with did a little 'dance' to it. He had a comb-over, polyester brown pants circa 1971, and glasses with lenses that were permanently speckled with DANDRUFF! He would sit at the prep counter with a can of cold beans or chile, dipping his spoon in, and eating. Sometimes it was a can of tuna fish. I worked until 9pm, and as I was counting out the register to close, I Shot The Sherriff came on. He turned the volume WAY up, then did this *shimmy* around the pharmacy with his hands in imaginary 'guns' pointed up in the air, but about armpit height. *Shudder* I still smell beans and tuna fish whenever I hear it.
2) Kung-Fu Fighting. Again, don't know who did it. AW-FUL! No bad memories attached, I just think the song sucks arse.
1:30 PM, January 18, 2006
oh ddm, one of my favorite artists sang/wrote (?) "i shot the sheriff" -- eric clapton, so therefore i like the song. however if i had a memory like the one you have with it, i would probably despise it too!
"kung fu fighting" shouldn't even be considered as a real song! IMO.
2:09 PM, January 18, 2006
these are great!!! Great story, DDM! Erk!
3:22 PM, January 18, 2006
I know this one is pretty old but how about, "My Boyfriend's Back" (The Angels, 1963). Here's some lyrics:
He's been gone for such a long time
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
Now, he's back, and things will be fine
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
You're gonna be sorry you were ever born
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
'Cause he's kind of big and he's awful strong
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
Hey, he knows I wasn't cheatin'
Now, you're gonna get a beatin'
What made you think he'd believe all your lies?
You're a big man now, but he'll cut you down to size
Wait and see!
6:40 PM, January 18, 2006
I am refusing to think about this one for a very good reason. If I get a song in my head, it'll be there for days. LOL!
Lois Lane
7:59 AM, January 19, 2006
yeah, and if it's a bad song, Lois, then it's REALLY annoying.
10:50 AM, January 19, 2006
skyyyyy-rockets in flight (boom boom)
afternoon delight!
6:17 PM, January 19, 2006
oh, yeah!! I remember that one. Yikes.
10:08 PM, January 19, 2006
just remembered something about "muskrat love" -- did you ever hear the america version? i don't think that i found it quite as stupid as the captain & tennille version -- i might admit to even having "liked" it a little (just a little)... :)
this is not quite in the same theme, but do you remember a song from steve perry (formerly of journey): "oh sherry" (or "oh cherry")? there was one line in the chorus that i swear sounded like "hose on"! it was probably supposed to be "hold on" but *every* time i heard it, i thought he was singing "hose"!
oh, and "afternoon delight" -- my boss had told me a story that soon after this song came out, he and his high school vocal group wanted to sing this as they went out in the community to perform. they were told, uh, NO. they did try to argue that this song would have been a great showcase for their singing in harmony!
4:00 PM, January 20, 2006
si,
I don't think I ever heard a different version of Muskrat Love. I don't know that that's necessarily a bad thing :)
And I remember the other songs mentioned (it DID sound like "hose")...and that's pretty good about Afternoon Delight. Oops!
8:21 PM, January 20, 2006
Silly lyrics aside, "Afternoon Delight" did have some rather interesting harmonies and counterpoint (two or more melodies sung simultaneously). I actually enjoyed that part and thought it was kind of creative, musically.
7:51 AM, January 21, 2006
I agree that there was some redeeming musical quality to Afternoon Delight. In fact, I find that if the tune of a song doesn't offend me :), I can excuse some stupid lyrics. If I hate the tune AND the lyrics are bad, there's no hope. That's how Muskrat Love made it so high on my list.
1:44 PM, January 21, 2006
I'll be waiting for that. Isn't it weird how you'll see the words to a song after singing it wrong for years...and the right way just doesn't work somehow. There's no re-training the brain sometimes! :)
4:02 PM, January 22, 2006
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