Feelings - Morris Albert
Shannon - Henry Gross

any song by Bread

oooh!  I love sappy music! :D

Anything by The Carpenters would qualify as "sappy"

Blue Swede "Hooked On A Feeling"
Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life"
John Paul Young "Love Is In The Air"
Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again"
10CC "I'm Not In Love"
Barbara Streisand "The Way We Were"
Leo Sayer "When I Need You"
Dave Loggins "Please Come To Boston"
Looking Glass "Brandy"
Mary McGregor "Torn Between Two Lovers"
Melissa Manchester "Don't Cry Out Loud"

Feelings - Morris Albert
Shannon - Henry Gross

any song by Bread


"any song by Bread". Hey, hold on there! >:(
Bread had some great songs in the '70s. Soooooo, I guess you won't be voting in the Bread song poll post?

??? :(

Wildfire- Michael Martin Murphy (I think that's his name)
Laughter in the Rain- Neil Sadaka
You're Having My Baby- Paul Anka
Sometimes When We Touch- can't think of the guy's name....Dan something...
I Honestly Love You- Olivia Newton-John
Precious and Few- Climax
Seasons in the Sun- Terry Jacks

Anything by ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK!!! :P :P :P

"(I'll Be There) Before The Next Teardrop Falls" - Freddy Fender
"Lucille" & "She Believes In Me' - Kenny Rogers
"Don't Give Up On Us, Baby" - David Soul

You guys mentioned some doozies, now here are some of mine:
Nilsson: Without You
Eric Carmen: All By Myself
Dan Hill: Sometimes When We Touch (retch retch retch)*
The Bells: Stay Awhile
Dan Fogleberg: Higher
Barry Manilow: Can't Smile Withou You
The Bee Gees or Samantha Sang: Emotion
Stephen Bishop: On and On
Smokey Robinson: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Elton John & Kiki Dee: Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Peaches and Herb: Reunited
Donna Summer: MacArthur Park
Air Supply: Lost in Love
Bonnie Tyler: Lost in France

*Yes, Dan Hill wins my Supreme Nausea award!

Anything by ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK!!! :P :P :P

AL-B,
What's your thing with Englebert Humperdinck?  You remind me of the boy in school who always made fun of the girl he secretly had a big crush on!

http://www.engelbert.com/2000.html

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro  ::)

"Don't Give Up On Us, Baby" - David Soul


That song is one of my many guilty pleasures ;)

Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold  ::)

Anything by Donny and/or Marie Osmond
Undercover Angel-Alan O'Day
Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) and You and Me Against The World-Helen Reddy
Close To You-The Carpenters
I Honestly Love You-Olivia Newton John

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro  ::)

Yuk, Honey was sappy, also Billy don't be a hero.

Dan Fogleberg: Higher

Are you sure you don't mean "Longer"?  :-\\

Air Supply: Lost in Love

BTW, this song and the one above were from the 80's.  :)

Here are a few that come to mind in addition to those already mentioned.....

"Do You Wanna Make Love" by Peter McCann
"The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich
"You Are So Beautiful" (now this one makes me retch!)
"Three Times A Lady" by The Commodores (I can take this song in small doses)

Some that I forgot that really pushes my "retch" button....

The Way We Were- Barbra Streisand
I Love- Tom T. Hall
Muskrat Love- Captain and Tennille
Fool If You Think It's Over- can't remember the name of this guy
On and On- Stephen Bishop

AL-B,
What's your thing with Englebert Humperdinck?  You remind me of the boy in school who always made fun of the girl he secretly had a big crush on!

http://www.engelbert.com/2000.html

This goes back to my childhood when I'd be riding around with my dad in his '65 Chevy Biscayne and he always listened to this adult contemporary AM station (KFAB) out of Omaha. Most of it I didn't mind (some of it I still like..Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon for example) but whenever Engelbert would come on I couldn't (and still can't) stand it. I'd actually start whining for him to change the station, and of course he'd tell me to shut the hell up. His songs were cheesy, he sang like a bad opera singer, and what is up with that name???
   

Just about any song from the 70s.


A few that haven't been mentioned yet,

Teddy Bear- (can't remember who sang it-it was a trucker/CB song)
Run Joey Run (Again, I can't remember who did it and I'm not too sure that I WANT to remember)

That's all I can think of (and I guess that is enough)


If I had to chose only one-I would say the sappiest song EVER has to be Feelings.




Cat

Fool If You Think It's Over- can't remember the name of this guy


HAHA! ;D  I remember that song!  It was AWFUL! :D

Fool If You Think It's Over- can't remember the name of this guy

HAHA! ;D  I remember that song!  It was AWFUL! :D


Hey, there they go again. >:(
I always liked that song! :)

Dying flame
You`re free again
Who could, love
Do that to you

All dressed in black
He won`t be coming back
Look, save your tears
Got years and years

The pains of seventeen`s unreal
They`re only dreams
Save your crying for the day

Fool if you think it`s over
Cause you said goodbye
Fool if you think it`s over
Tell you why

New born eyes
Always cry with pain
At the first look
At the morning sun
Fool if you think it`s over
It`s just begun...


:) ;D

Just about any song from the 70s.


A few that haven't been mentioned yet,

Teddy Bear- (can't remember who sang it-it was a trucker/CB song)
Run Joey Run (Again, I can't remember who did it and I'm not too sure that I WANT to remember)

That's all I can think of (and I guess that is enough)


If I had to chose only one-I would say the sappiest song EVER has to be Feelings.




Cat




Got to agree with 'Teddy Bear', Cat...it was by Red Sovine and, for some reason, it eventually became a major hit here in the UK in 1981...(Don't blame me! I didn't buy it!)

'Run Joey Run' was by David Geddes (which we didn't chart...we have some taste, after all...! - his follow-up 'Blind Man In The Bleachers' was also vomit-inducing...did he have a job-lot of these songs?!!)

(For the record, I would just like to say that Engelbert is class...!!)

Sappy songs. I like some sappy songs (Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold, Hooked on a feeling - Blue Suede etc)

These songs are sappy and also do my head in.

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (absolutely right, Mandamoo)
Release Me - Englebert Humperdink (and yes I do have a crush on him, Maxwell  ;))
Billy, don't be a hero - Paper Lace
Loving you - Minnie Ripperton
Be good to yourself and Darlin' - Frankie Miller

Loving you - Minnie Ripperton


I really hate that song.The way she has that high pitched voice of hers. :P



Howard

Loving you - Minnie Ripperton


I really hate that song.The way she has that high pitched voice of hers. :P



Howard


That song came out the month that I graduated from high school.

Trivia:  Minnie Ripperton was the mother of Saturday Night Live comedienne Maya Rudolph.  8)

Are you sure you don't mean "Longer"?  :-\\
Ah, yes, "Longer," though the song does have the comparative "higher" in the lyrics.


BTW, this song and the one above were from the 80's.  :)

Weeeelll, it's on the cusp, could go either way.  Don't want to become an Air Supply historian here, but the album "Lost in Love" featuring the song of the same title was released in 1979, however, the single didn't climb the charts until spring, 1980.  It's a '70s recorded and released song, but an '80s hit.
:)

AL-B wrote This goes back to my childhood when I'd be riding around with my dad in his '65 Chevy Biscayne and he always listened to this adult contemporary AM station (KFAB) out of Omaha. Most of it I didn't mind (some of it I still like..Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon for example) but whenever Engelbert would come on I couldn't (and still can't) stand it. I'd actually start whining for him to change the station, and of course he'd tell me to shut the hell up. His songs were cheesy, he sang like a bad opera singer, and what is up with that name???
Dr. Max sez: perhaps you project issues vis zee father onto Englebert Humperdinck.
(BTW, doesn't Gary Shandling of "Larry Sanders" fame bear a resemblance to Englebert?)

I confess "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro falls under the "guilty pleasures" category for me...REEEAALLY guilty pleasures!  Mebby rising to "shameful" pleasures!
:-[

Sappy songs. I like some sappy songs (Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold, Hooked on a feeling - Blue Suede etc)

These songs are sappy and also do my head in.

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (absolutely right, Mandamoo)
Release Me - Englebert Humperdink (and yes I do have a crush on him, Maxwell  ;))
Billy, don't be a hero - Paper Lace
Loving you - Minnie Ripperton
Be good to yourself and Darlin' - Frankie Miller



I thought the purpose of this post was to dump on '70s songs. >:(
Everybody's bashin' '70s songs here, so don't throw in a '68 song like "Honey" and another '60s song "Release Me".

...And honey, I miss you
And I`m being good
And I`d love to be with you
If only I could

She wrecked the car
And she was sad
And so afraid that I`d be mad
But what the heck...

;) ;D

That song is one of my many guilty pleasures ;)

I like some sappy tunes and a few of the listed are some of my guilty pleasures as well. :)

"Annie's Song" by John Denver

"You fill up my senses.  Come fill me again"  :P

BTW, I'm not guilty about any pleasure.  I happen to like this song even if it is sappy  ;)

Dr. Max sez: perhaps you project issues vis zee father onto Englebert Humperdinck.
(BTW, doesn't Gary Shandling of "Larry Sanders" fame bear a resemblance to Englebert?)
No, Dr. Phil--I mean Max, there's no Oedipal issues, no crushes on Engelbert Humperdinck, nothing like that. I just don't like his music. As Freud once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." :P

Like most people, some of the songs that have been listed are my guilty pleasures too.  :-[  Some, on the hand....well, let's just say that I think I would rather have root canal then hear some of them again.




Cat

No, Dr. Phil--I mean Max, there's no Oedipal issues, no crushes on Engelbert Humperdinck, nothing like that. I just don't like his music. As Freud once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." :P

Sometimes a Humperdinck is just a Humperdinck!
:D

Sometimes a Humperdinck is just a Humperdinck!
:D
You know, you just gave me a great idea. "Humperdinck" could be the next great substitute swear word. (Conan O'Brien tried to get people to say "Krunk!" but it never caught on.) Instead of saying "shoot" or "rats" or "nuts," next time you stub your toe and there happens to be small children around just say, "Ahhh......HUMPERDINCK!" ;D

You know, you just gave me a great idea. "Humperdinck" could be the next great substitute swear word. (Conan O'Brien tried to get people to say "Krunk!" but it never caught on.) Instead of saying "shoot" or "rats" or "nuts," next time you stub your toe and there happens to be small children around just say, "Ahhh......HUMPERDINCK!" ;D
I LIKE IT! ;D

You know, you just gave me a great idea. "Humperdinck" could be the next great substitute swear word. (Conan O'Brien tried to get people to say "Krunk!" but it never caught on.) Instead of saying "shoot" or "rats" or "nuts," next time you stub your toe and there happens to be small children around just say, "Ahhh......HUMPERDINCK!" ;D



I think we used to do that. I guess my sisters and I were ahead of our time.  ;D ;)



Cat

You know, you just gave me a great idea. "Humperdinck" could be the next great substitute swear word. (Conan O'Brien tried to get people to say "Krunk!" but it never caught on.) Instead of saying "shoot" or "rats" or "nuts," next time you stub your toe and there happens to be small children around just say, "Ahhh......HUMPERDINCK!" ;D



Or use it to replace the F word. ;D



Howard

Or use it to replace the F word. ;D



Howard
I dunno..."HUMPERDINCK YOU" just doesn't have the same ring to it... :)

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
A Cowboy's Work is Never Done - Sonny & Cher

Both good songs, but definitely sappy.... ;)

I dunno..."HUMPERDINCK YOU" just doesn't have the same ring to it... :)



And also"Go Humperdink Yourself"sounds too corny! ;D


Howard

And also"Go Humperdink Yourself"sounds too corny! ;D


Howard

I like "motherhumperdincker" ;D

The original Englebert Humperdinck (1838-1921) was a native Siegburg, Germany.  As composer of the Romantic period, his most famous work is a fairy tale opera "Hanzel Und Gretyl."

The British singer we all know and love was born Gerry Dorsey, 1936, in Madras, India. 

Since Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" technically doesn't count as '70s, I'll go with the equally sappy "Watching Scotty Grow."

"Alone again...Naturally",  by someone who took too much Lithium.   

Quick!!  Bring me a vodka martini and forty Valium...  :o

                                                                   
Niters,
JagBrat                                     







                                                     

I thought the purpose of this post was to dump on '70s songs. >:(
Everybody's bashin' '70s songs here, so don't throw in a '68 song like "Honey" and another '60s song "Release Me".

...And honey, I miss you
And I`m being good
And I`d love to be with you
If only I could

She wrecked the car
And she was sad
And so afraid that I`d be mad
But what the heck...

;) ;D



Sometimes it pays not to be too specific zcrito. A sappy song is a sappy song. Regardless, it's not the first time a thread has been taken out of context.  :)

The original Englebert Humperdinck (1838-1921) was a native Siegburg, Germany.  As composer of the Romantic period, his most famous work is a fairy tale opera "Hanzel Und Gretyl."



There was actually an original Englebert Humperdink? I never really knew that. :o



Howard

The original Englebert Humperdinck (1838-1921) was a native Siegburg, Germany.  As composer of the Romantic period, his most famous work is a fairy tale opera "Hanzel Und Gretyl."

There was actually an original Englebert Humperdink? I never really knew that. :o


Good call, Howard.  :)

Modified to add: Good call Maxwell rather, Howard didn't use the standard quoting thing.

I can't believe that anyone would CHOOSE the name Englebert Humperdinck on PURPOSE! I did know about the Hansel and Gretal (English spelling) opera composer.



Cat

"Alone again...Naturally",  by someone who took too much Lithium. Gilbert O'Sullivan, I believe, is that someone who took too much valium. ;D

"Alone again...Naturally",  by someone who took too much Lithium.   

Quick!!  Bring me a vodka martini and forty Valium...  :o
                                                                 
Niters,
JagBrat                                     
                                                   


Dang!
There they go again.  >:(
(I hate it when they bash songs I like)

:)

I like sappy songs, especially the lively ones.  How about:

S!  A!  T-U-R!  D-A-Y ...NIGHT! by the Bay City Rollers

Or:

"Ch...ch-ch--UH!  Ch...ch-ch--UH!" (In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry)

I would call these guilty pleasures of mine, except that I don't feel guilty at all when I enjoy these sappy classics!  ;D

Dang!
There they go again.  >:(
(I hate it when they bash songs I like)

:)



Me too, zcrito, me too!  :(

Modified to add: Good call Maxwell rather, Howard didn't use the standard quoting thing


I just copied and pasted! :)


Howard

Since Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" technically doesn't count as '70s, I'll go with the equally sappy "Watching Scotty Grow."



I have the record. My mother thought it was soooo cute... ::) I bought it, but only for the B-side "Watercolor Days" which did get some airplay in our neck of the woods. Come to think of it, it was pretty sappy too... :o

You all just reminded me of that song, Hooked on a feeling, who did that one version that went, ooga chaka ooga ooga - I liked that part! ;D

You all just reminded me of that song, Hooked on a feeling, who did that one version that went, ooga chaka ooga ooga - I liked that part! ;D


Gulp! That was Blue Swede mangling the life out of a great BJ Thomas song...to be fair tho', it wasn't their idea - it was 'ooga chakka'd some years before by a British 'singer' by the name of Jonathan King - Blue Swede's version was a direct copy of that arrangement...

Gulp! That was Blue Swede mangling the life out of a great BJ Thomas song...to be fair tho', it wasn't their idea - it was 'ooga chakka'd some years before by a British 'singer' by the name of Jonathan King - Blue Swede's version was a direct copy of that arrangement...


I never understood the "ooga-chaka-ooga-ooga" part. People would laugh at it when the song came out and it was so awful some DJs used to skip the intro all together or played a version that didn't include it.

But to be honest I always thought the rest of the song wasn't half bad. Soooooo you're telling me it was Jonathan "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" King, who had originally did those stupid "ooga-chaka"s! Unreal! :o

:)

Soooooo you're telling me it was Jonathan "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" King, who had originally did those stupid "ooga-chaka"s! Unreal! :o


The very same! Apparently he was trying to get a 'reggae' feel (wha'?) into the song...

Never one for a half-original idea, 'Everyone's Gone To The Moon' was his attempt at being Dylan with the slightly off-kilter lyrics...

(And this brings me nicely full-circle with sappy 70's songs)...he also did a cover of George Baker's 'Paloma Blanca' - an extremely banal song of European origin...

One listen to that and you'll prefer the 'ooga-chaka's, believe me...!!

'In the summertime' by Mungo Jerry and 'Hooked on a feeling' by Blue Suede are great songs (I even loved the 'Ooga Chaka' thing going on as well).

However, I don't like Jonathon King (and that was before those 'allegations' - ahem).

'In the summertime' by Mungo Jerry and 'Hooked on a feeling' by Blue Suede are great songs (I even loved the 'Ooga Chaka' thing going on as well).



I have 'In The Summertime' ....The Mixtures version, on 45 and I also like the 'ooga-chaka's'  ! ;D

Does anybody remember 'The Pushbike Song ' ?

I have 'In The Summertime' ....The Mixtures version, on 45 and I also like the 'ooga-chaka's'  ! ;D

Does anybody remember 'The Pushbike Song ' ?


Indeed I do. 'Riding along on my pushbike honey . . . '. My dad had the single. Great clunking sound effects.

I'm glad you like the 'ooga chaka's' as well, Mandamoo.  :D

My Sweet Lady..written by John Denver but the version sung by Cliif DeYoung was much better..or should I say "More Syrupy"  :D-1973

Does anybody remember 'The Pushbike Song ' ?


Cor! Do I heck, mandamoo...! I vividly remember this being played constantly around the house at the time, and I couldn't have been no more than four years old...!

I also remember a certain Mr Hogan doing a comedy skit around it on one of his shows...

Sadly, despite several follow-ups, the band never achieved another hit here...One-Hit Wonders maybe...but what a hit!!

Their version of 'In The Summertime' is a fine version which I finally did get to hear (Thanks Fuss!), and apparently it owed a lot of its success due to some Australian radio stations putting the kibosh on records by overseas artists at the time, so The Mixtures really had a tailor-made success at Mungo's expense...

I had no idea what Mungo Jerry always sang about but it sure was funky! :)



Howard

I had no idea what Mungo Jerry always sang about but it sure was funky! :)


Heh heh. Ray Dorset had a unique singing voice.

Mungo Jerry seemed to sing a lot about their life experiences. Most of their songs were optimistic (even the quaintly amusing 'Somebody stole my wife'). Obviously there is an exception to the rule and I think their most poignant song is 'You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war'.

Ray Dorset wrote 'Feels like I'm in love' sung by Kelly Marie.

My dad had this one song called 'Leap up and down and wave your knickers in the air' sung by St Cecilia. What a song.  ;D

Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh

In the summertime when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

/ C - / / F / F C - / G / F C - /

If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor, just do as you feel
Speed along the lane
Do a ton, or a ton and twentyfive
When the sun goes down, you can make it
Make it good in a lay-by

We're no threat, people, we're not dirty, we're not mean
We love everybody, but we do as we please
When the weather is fine
We go fishing or go swimming in the sea
We're always happy
Life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy

Sing along with us, dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Da-da-da-da-da, yeah, we're hap-happy
Da-da-da-da-dah....

Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh

When the winter's here, yeah it's party time
Bring a bottle
Wear you're bright clothes, it'll soon be summertime
And we'll sing again
We'll go drivin' or maybe we'll settle down
If she's rich, if she's nice
Bring you're friends and we'll all go into town


here you go all the lyrics to "In The Summertime". ;)



Howard

My dad had this one song called 'Leap up and down and wave your knickers in the air' sung by St Cecilia. What a song.  ;D


(**Nods head, but is desperately trying to forget it...**)

Yep! Another one of those 'off-the-wall' concoctions by (wait for it!) Jonathan King again! Although this time he wasn't performing...just producing...

More triv...Ray originally intended for 'Feels Like I'm In Love' for none other than Elvis Presley! He did give the rough draft to Elvis's management, but heard nothing in return...whether the King actually saw the thing, I couldn't say...

(**Nods head, but is desperately trying to forget it...**)

Yep! Another one of those 'off-the-wall' concoctions by (wait for it!) Jonathan King again! Although this time he wasn't performing...just producing...

More triv...Ray originally intended for 'Feels Like I'm In Love' for none other than Elvis Presley! He did give the rough draft to Elvis's management, but heard nothing in return...whether the King actually saw the thing, I couldn't say...


Jonathan King again! How did that man get into the music business!?! I know he performed in a few bands.

Elvis Presley!?! He must have been getting ready for the big stadium in the sky around that time, Paul.

Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh

In the summertime when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find...

here you go all the lyrics to "In The Summertime". ;)

Howard


I didn't know it until I heard it mentioned probably just 5 years ago but the band Mungo Jerry is from England. I would have never guessed it. Never. ??? 

And I actually never saw what they looked like until, again about 5 years ago. In the few seconds that I saw of the video clip of them doing their song, they looked like they were totally stoned out of their minds.  :o

Butttttttt...I so like that song "In the Summertime".  :)


:) ;)

"Alone again...Naturally",  by someone who took too much Lithium.   

Quick!!  Bring me a vodka martini and forty Valium...  :o

                                                                   
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LOL!  Randy Newman said America's Horse With No Name is about a kid who THINKS he's tken LSD!

Zcrito wrote
Dang!
There they go again. 
Sound kinda like the Gipper there!

Catwoman wrote:
I can't believe that anyone would CHOOSE the name Englebert Humperdinck on PURPOSE!
It was more euphonious than his other choice, William Crotch, an English composer (1775-1847), best known for his oratorio Palestine, and his great interpretations of Bach..a guy with a name like that better know what to do with his organ!
:D

Two more sappy songs:
Elton John: Crocodile Rock (Laaa la la la la la, la la la la la la...bleccchh!)
Bob Welch: Sentimental Lady

Elvis Presley!?! He must have been getting ready for the big stadium in the sky around that time, Paul.


Not quite, Bobby...but he wasn't far from it - Ray originally wrote the song whilst he was still in MJ (I don't know whether they recorded it) in around 1974...the song was performed in a mid-tempo 'RnB' style - far removed from the disco workout it eventually became...

Ray did record a solo version, and as he and Kelly Marie shared the same music publishing company, it was eventually passed on to her...

As for MJ looking 'stoned out of their minds' (zcrito) - they were probably all petrified more than anything! Such was their rapid rise to fame, they were still holding down day jobs when 'Summertime' broke big - they even upstaged the legendary Grateful Dead at the Hollywood Music Festival here in 1970...

                                                                   
It was more euphonious than his other choice, William Crotch, an English composer (1775-1847), best known for his oratorio Palestine, and his great interpretations of Bach..a guy with a name like that better know what to do with his organ!
:D





LMAO



Cat

And I actually never saw what they looked like until, again about 5 years ago. In the few seconds that I saw of the video clip of them doing their song, they looked like they were totally stoned out of their minds. 

Yeah,I saw the video clip myself but what actually is "ch-ch-ch-ch"? Could that be the sound of an instrument or something?



Howard

And I actually never saw what they looked like until, again about 5 years ago. In the few seconds that I saw of the video clip of them doing their song, they looked like they were totally stoned out of their minds. 

Yeah,I saw the video clip myself but what actually is "ch-ch-ch-ch"? Could that be the sound of an instrument or something?


Ray Dorset used his voice in lots of different ways (a bit like Bobby McFerrin) and he complemented the offbeat rhythm with the sound effects. I don't believe it is anything more than that. If you listen to any of his other songs (Have a whiff on me, Alright Alright Alright . . .), he uses different vocal sounds to complement the skiffle type sound he was creating. Mungo Jerry barely had a decent drummer so they probably needed this technique.

I also have to say how much I love the song 'Mighty Man' - the piano work is incredible.

As for MJ looking 'stoned out of their minds' (zcrito) - they were probably all petrified more than anything! Such was their rapid rise to fame, they were still holding down day jobs when 'Summertime' broke big - they even upstaged the legendary Grateful Dead at the Hollywood Music Festival here in 1970...


Petrified? :-\\
I really don't think so.  ???
They truly looked like they were stoned out of their (freakin') minds. :D

(Either way, I still like that song)  :)

:) ;D

Was there any non-sappy songs in the 70's? I mean, 70's=sappy.  Don't know if they have been mentioned, but remember "It was almost like a song", " I like dreaming","Rocky I've never had a child before" to mention a few. We actually still have cassetts where we taped songs off the radio in the 70's.

Cor! Do I heck, mandamoo...! I vividly remember this being played constantly around the house at the time, and I couldn't have been no more than four years old...!

I also remember a certain Mr Hogan doing a comedy skit around it on one of his shows...

Sadly, despite several follow-ups, the band never achieved another hit here...One-Hit Wonders maybe...but what a hit!!

Their version of 'In The Summertime' is a fine version which I finally did get to hear (Thanks Fuss!), and apparently it owed a lot of its success due to some Australian radio stations putting the kibosh on records by overseas artists at the time, so The Mixtures really had a tailor-made success at Mungo's expense...


Now THAT makes me feel old Paul !  You were only four years old ? :o

Ah yes....the good old days of The Paul Hogan Show.  When he was actually funny !  Now he just looks funny ! ::)

I have to say, having grown up with both versions of 'In The Summertime', The Mixtures version wins hands down ! ;)   Also.....am I correct in saying that 'The Pushbike Song' peaked at #2 over there ? ???

Was there any non-sappy songs in the 70's? I mean, 70's=sappy.  Don't know if they have been mentioned, but remember "It was almost like a song", " I like dreaming","Rocky I've never had a child before" to mention a few. We actually still have cassetts where we taped songs off the radio in the 70's.


There were heaps of non-sappy 70's songs Class of 84. :)  Stuff by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, CCR, The Stones.......just to name a few ! ;)

Indeed I do. 'Riding along on my pushbike honey . . . '. My dad had the single. Great clunking sound effects.



Sorry Bobby.....I just saw your acknowledgment to my post !  You remember it too ! 8)

It's just such a feel good song, isn't it ? :D ;D

Now THAT makes me feel old Paul !  You were only four years old ? :o

Yes...and quite strange how I remember it so clearly!

I have to say, having grown up with both versions of 'In The Summertime', The Mixtures version wins hands down ! ;)   Also.....am I correct in saying that 'The Pushbike Song' peaked at #2 over there ? ???


It most certainly did...in February 1971, kept off the top only by George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord'...'Resurrection Shuffle' by Ashton, Gardner & D-yke* was up there as well, making a corker of a top three...!

(*Sadly, I'm unable to type this word properly!!)

It most certainly did...in February 1971, kept off the top only by George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord'...'Resurrection Shuffle' by Ashton, Gardner & D-yke* was up there as well, making a corker of a top three...!

(*Sadly, I'm unable to type this word properly!!)


Ha.....pesky auto sensor !

Yep ! That certainly was an excellent top three, Paul !   'Resurrection Shuffle' is one of my all time favourites ! 8)

I also remember a certain Mr Hogan doing a comedy skit around it on one of his shows...

Wow !  What a memory !  I remember that too  :)

Their version of 'In The Summertime' is a fine version which I finally did get to hear (Thanks Fuss!), and apparently it owed a lot of its success due to some Australian radio stations putting the kibosh on records by overseas artists at the time, so The Mixtures really had a tailor-made success at Mungo's expense...

You are most welcome  ;)

"Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon," by the Fifth Dimension. Yuk! :-X

And I actually never saw what they looked like until, again about 5 years ago. In the few seconds that I saw of the video clip of them doing their song, they looked like they were totally stoned out of their minds. 

Yeah,I saw the video clip myself but what actually is "ch-ch-ch-ch"? Could that be the sound of an instrument or something?

If you saw the video it showed the 'instrument', it was a long stick with the top half literally covered with beer bottle tops, as they tapped the floor with the bottom end the top end created the sound.
Howard

"Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon," by the Fifth Dimension. Yuk! :-X



Can't say that this is a "sappy" song but I agree with you-YUK!



Cat

Sorry Bobby.....I just saw your acknowledgment to my post !  You remember it too ! 8)

It's just such a feel good song, isn't it ? :D ;D


No probs, Mandamoo.

Admittedly I don't remember it coming into the charts but my dad had it on vinyl and I was always playing it.  ;D

Definitely a feel good song, a unique lyrics as well.

If you saw the video it showed the 'instrument', it was a long stick with the top half literally covered with beer bottle tops, as they tapped the floor with the bottom end the top end created the sound.



Denise,
If you saw that rare video too then how did Mungo Jerry look to you?
a. Petrified
b. Normal
c. Stoned out of their minds

???

Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon," by the Fifth Dimension. Yuk


Naw,not to me.It ain't sappy.It's pretty funky I'd say! :)



Howard

The thing about the Pushbike Song was the somewhat 'dodgy' chorus:

shhhhh oooh oooh shhhhhh ahhhh!
shhhhh oooh oooh shhhhhh ahhhh!
shhhhh oooh oooh shhhhhh ahhhh!
shhhhh oooh oooh shhhhhh ahhhh!

I mean - has anybody actually had an orgasm on a bike?! :)

I like the cover notes for a cover version of the Pushbike Song done by Anita Harris, which wonders if the backing singers are pleasuring themselves rather than singing.  I wonder if this why no female has actually sung this song all the way through (chrous included).

Tee Hee :)

Regards,

Martyn

I mean - has anybody actually had an orgasm on a bike?!


I don't think I've had one before. ;D ;)



Howard

I mean - has anybody actually had an orgasm on a bike?!


I don't think I've had one before. ;D ;)



Howard
Why do you think women like Harley-Davidsons so much??? ;)

I mean - has anybody actually had an orgasm on a bike?! :)


Flippin' 'eck! That'll make you saddle sore!  ;D

Butttttttt...I so like that song "In the Summertime".  :)



My mother bought me that record - I didn't even want it! She would jsut go to the store and pick a record that was almost sold out (only one left in the slot) 'cus she figured it must be good...

I did like Alright Alright Alright tho'!

Was there any non-sappy songs in the 70's? I mean, 70's=sappy.  Don't know if they have been mentioned, but remember "It was almost like a song", " I like dreaming","Rocky I've never had a child before" to mention a few. We actually still have cassetts where we taped songs off the radio in the 70's.


That was Austin Roberts - his biggest hit (and worst song!). He also did Keep On Singing (before Helen Reddy ruined it), Something's Wrong with Me and One Word.

I have tons of tapes of stuff off the radio going back to 1971. :)

ok,I've got to go with MacArthur Park by Richard Harris and remade by Donna Summer.In case you need a reminder:

"MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh NO!!"

..oh brother  ::)

ok,I've got to go with MacArthur Park by Richard Harris and remade by Donna Summer.In case you need a reminder:

"MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh NO!!"

..oh brother  ::)



Was it supposed to be about a cake or MacArthur Park? ???


Howard

Was it supposed to be about a cake or MacArthur Park? ???


Howard


Good question.  If you ask me, if someone built a public park out of cake and icing, they should not have been surprised that it got all goofed up the first time it rained.  :P  Must have been a government committee.

I wouldn't want that recipe again!

:B

I'm sure if anyone left a cake in MacArthur Park the homeless would eat it within minutes... ;)

Good question.  If you ask me, if someone built a public park out of cake and icing, they should not have been surprised that it got all goofed up the first time it rained.  :P  Must have been a government committee.

I wouldn't want that recipe again!

:B


LOL

I'm sure if anyone left a cake in MacArthur Park the homeless would eat it within minutes... ;)

I have to say that you folks cutting down this song don't know what you're talking about. If you had any cognizance of life in the 70s, Macarthur Park was a beautiful song, the whole album, The Yard went on forever, was beautiful. There was no sappiness to it at all!  Richard Harris was a cool tough hero dude also, he played King Arthur, and he was a great actor and a hero to a little kid (like me) in the 70s. He was a good singer as well. 8)

Good question.  If you ask me, if someone built a public park out of cake and icing, they should not have been surprised that it got all goofed up the first time it rained.  :P  Must have been a government committee.

I wouldn't want that recipe again!

:B



She left the cake out in the rain with the sweet cream icing going down.She shouldn't have left it out in the first place. ;D



Howard

I'm sure if anyone left a cake in MacArthur Park the homeless would eat it within minutes... ;)


Yeah.That's true.Where is MacArthur Park anyway? ???



Howard

Yeah.That's true.Where is MacArthur Park anyway? ???
Howard


Downtown Los Angeles. I saw it when I was in town 10 years ago. Didn't see many cakes out in the rain, though. ::)

Jimmy Webb must have been using some strange drugs when he wrote that song. 8)

:)

Night to Remember - Prism
Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Wanwarmer
Crazy Love - Poco

:) a couple..Delta Dawn..Wildfire

::) Dont get me wrong..I Loved both songs..But to most they were Sappy..I remember my mom in the bathroom puttin on her makeup with her radio blaring and always singing..especially when those 2 songs came on!!..Also by Helen Reddy..I Am Woman!!..Mom loved that one too!!..

I, in general, *love* sappy love songs and sappy break-up songs.  Guess that makes me a sap.  :D

BUT a few on the edge of sap-dom that I could do without would be:

Another Somebody done somebody wrong song by BJ Thomas.
Reunited by Peaches and Herb
Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook
I Honestly Love You by Olivia Newton John (although I honestly loved all the rest of her stuff)  ;D
Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies
I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - Barry White
Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith
Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
She's Got You - Loretta Lynn

and the ultimate song I could be happy not hearing again is:

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

I have to say that you folks cutting down this song don't know what you're talking about. If you had any cognizance of life in the 70s, Macarthur Park was a beautiful song, the whole album, The Yard went on forever, was beautiful. There was no sappiness to it at all!  Richard Harris was a cool tough hero dude also, he played King Arthur, and he was a great actor and a hero to a little kid (like me) in the 70s. He was a good singer as well. 8)





LOL, The Yard Went On Forever, I forgot all about that!!

I would say anything by Bobby Goldsboro.

But "Feelings" right up there.
Hm, also
"Muskrat Love"
"Wildfire"


If you haven't read it yet, you HAVE to read Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. You will cry, it's so funny.
I think you'll find a lot of your sappy choices in his chapter on "Weenie Songs".

Cheers,
Mary

Bang A Gong by T. Rex. Now, I know it's a decent song but,

"Your built like a car,
You got a hubcap diamond star halo,
Your built like a car oh yeah!"

What exactly does this mean? Is this a compliment?
Do you really want to be built like a car?

Just about any song from the 70s.


A few that haven't been mentioned yet,

Teddy Bear- (can't remember who sang it-it was a trucker/CB song)
Run Joey Run (Again, I can't remember who did it and I'm not too sure that I WANT to remember)

That's all I can think of (and I guess that is enough)


If I had to chose only one-I would say the sappiest song EVER has to be Feelings.




Cat




Cat,

I know who did Teddy Bear that would be Red Solvine, Awesome song and singer.

T in RI

Cat,

I know who did Teddy Bear that would be Red Solvine, Awesome song and singer.

T in RI



Thanks. I know there was a sequal to it by someone else that I didn't like as much.



Cat

Close To You - The Carpenters

Red Sovine also did Phantom 309, which was an awesome trucker's song. I got into Trucker music for a while in the mid 70's, when CBs became huge.

bang a gong by t.rex. now i know it's a decent song but,

"your built like a car,
you got a hubcap diamond star halo,
your built like a car oh yeah!"

what exactly does this mean?is this a compliment?
do you really want to be built like a car?


Marc Bolan was forever throwing metaphors into his songs...it became something of a trademark of his!

But that was nothing compared to 'Deborah'...sample lyric 'Oh Deborah, always look like a zebra...'  ??? :D

Billy, don't be a hero ~ Bo Donaldson

But that was nothing compared to 'Deborah'...sample lyric 'Oh Deborah, always look like a zebra...'  ??? :D


ROFL!  ;D

Okay, seriously...if I was this 'Deborah', I'd be really insulted by that!  >:(

Okay, seriously...if I was this 'Deborah', I'd be really insulted by that!  >:(


Oh, it gets better!

The last verse begins...'Oh Deborah, you look like a stallion...'  ??? :D

Oh, it gets better!

The last verse begins...'Oh Deborah, you look like a stallion...'  ??? :D


Good grief!  What the heck was this guy on when he wrote these songs?!!  ::)

If I mentioned it once, I mentioned twice, I'll mention it again:

Dan Hill: Sometimes When We Touch
8-P

If I mentioned it once, I mentioned twice, I'll mention it again:

Dan Hill: Sometimes When We Touch
8-P

Your honesty's too much.
That's a sappy one for sure, but all the girls I know just love it.

The 1994 version of 'Sometimes When We Touch' by Dan Hill has a less sappy feel to it.  It was a duet with a woman named Riqué Franks and though it didn't top the original, it did give Mr. Hill yet another Top 40 in Canada

Your honesty's too much.
That's a sappy one for sure, but all the girls I know just love it.




I can see Mr. Hill saying, "Hey kid, you can buy that Black Sabbath record, but it won't get you laid, mine will!"
8)

More seventies sap:
Anne Murray: You Needed Me
Leo Sayer: When I Need You
Debbie Boone: You Light Up My Life