What 70's songs, do you really, really hate?

I would have to say, One Bad Apple, by The Osmond Brothers, is my least favorite song, from the decade.

My top 10 are....

10)  Feelings -  Morris Albert

 9) Tin Men - America

 8) A Horse With No Name - America

 7) Sister Golden Hair - America

 6) You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone

 5) Muskrat Love - Captain and Tenille

 4) Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher

 3) Disco Duck - Rick Dees

 2) Longer - Dan Fogelberg

 1) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jack


However, the worst one yet, is  Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill.

On be half of Canadians, and Canada,  I would like to apologize for foisting on to the world, Terry Jack, Paul Anka and Dan Hill.

;D

My mom really hated Melanie's Brand New Key (lame vocals, weird background sounds).

I am a true lame 70's music fan. I like all the above mentioned songs ... except disco duck!!!

I find it really difficult to recall any 70's tunes I really didn't like..... ???

My mom really hated Melanie's Brand New Key (lame vocals, weird background sounds).


I hate that song too!

I hate that song too!


Naturally, I liked it!!!  ;D

Don't Hold Back - Chanson

It's a catchy little number, but in the song where they sing the part that goes "Sha da ba da ba da ..." ruins it for me. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k&feature=PlayList&p=73A3CC7F297BA0D5&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

I still like this anyways.

"Feelings" and "You Light Up My Life" are the only songs I really, truly hate from the 70s. 

I find it really difficult to recall any 70's tunes I really didn't like..... ???

I agree with gibbo

"Feelings" and "You Light Up My Life" are the only songs I really, truly hate from the 70s. 


While these two became overplayed (and I got pretty tired of them as well)...When they first came out, I really liked them....and so did the majority of the radio listening public as they were chart toppers. It just became unfashionable to like any 'goody goody' or 'too sweet' sounding type hits.

While these two became overplayed (and I got pretty tired of them as well)...When they first came out, I really liked them....and so did the majority of the radio listening public as they were chart toppers. It just became unfashionable to like any 'goody goody' or 'too sweet' sounding type hits.

I still like "You light up my life"
33 years and still not tired fo it. Am a little tired of "Feelings"

1. Dan Hill: Sometimes When We Touch
2. Elton John: Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
3. Barry Manilow: Can't Smile Without You
4. Debby Boone: You Light Up My Life
5. Morris Albert: Feelings
6. Glen Campbell: Rhinestone Cowboy
7. Anne Murray: You Needed Me
8. Leo Sayer: When I Need You
9. Chicago: Saturday in the Park
10. Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died

8-P

1. Dan Hill: Sometimes When We Touch
2. Elton John: Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
3. Barry Manilow: Can't Smile Without You
4. Debby Boone: You Light Up My Life
5. Morris Albert: Feelings
6. Glen Campbell: Rhinestone Cowboy
7. Anne Murray: You Needed Me
8. Leo Sayer: When I Need You
9. Chicago: Saturday in the Park
10. Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died

8-P



Loved every one of these songs... ;D

Loved every one of these songs... ;D


All I know is that in 1977 I kept hearing that sappy lady singing "You Needed Me" and that wimpy guy singing "When I Need You," and I thought the two of them ought to get together...and take the gas pipe!
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All I know is that in 1977 I kept hearing that sappy lady singing "You Needed Me" and that wimpy guy singing "When I Need You," and I thought the two of them ought to get together...and take the gas pipe!
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I liked both songs ...but was working in a department store at the time and each of those artists had their albums featured for one week. They played those albums over and over and over.....until I couldn't listen to them any more. But, I still originally liked both songs!  ;)

Don't Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester



Ugh.  8-P

Loved every one of these songs... ;D

Agree with gibbo again..

Don't Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester



Ugh.  8-P


Oh man, why did you even have to remind me of that stink bomb?
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Here's one:

Andy Gibb: (Love is) Thicker than Water

It's relatively benign, but very dumb.  Barry helped him write it.  Andy was just a kid, but I expected a little more from Barry!
::)

I just remembered one.  'Lovin' You' by Minnie Ripperton.  Those glass shattering vocals are wretching

I just remembered one.  'Lovin' You' by Minnie Ripperton.  Those glass shattering vocals are wretching

I remember the first time I heard that on the radio around the time it was released, it was like "WHoa! That high note."

After a while I came to like the song.

I just remembered one.  'Lovin' You' by Minnie Ripperton.  Those glass shattering vocals are wretching


A bit of trivia: Minnie Ripperton's daughter is Maya Rudolph of SNL fame.

For me, my least favorite 70's songs are (in order):

1) Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
2) Run Joey Run - David Geddes
3) I Shot the Sheriff- Eric Clapton
4) Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
5) Hotel California (a.k.a. "the song that wouldn't die") - Eagles

Billy Don't Be A Hero. Can't remember, maybe Somebody Haywood?
  Rock and Roll Heaven. Righteous Bros.
  Having My Baby. Paul Anka
  Silly Love Songs. Paul (My God Paul, What Happened?) McCarthy
  Torn Between Two Lovers (this might be an eighties song, but it was very 70ish). Can't remember her name.
  The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia. Vicki Lawrence? She was on the Carol Burnett Show.
  Pillow Talk. Someone called "Sylvia" who probably went on to a porno career.
  Ring My Bell. Anita somebody
  I Write The Songs. Of course, Barry M
  The Pina Colada Song. Rupert Holmes? Not sure on this one.
  My Ding-aling-aling. The great Chuck Berry, after all he had done, this piece of crap was his best seller, go figure.
 
 

Billy Don't Be A Hero. Can't remember, maybe Somebody Haywood?


Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods

-Feelings-Morris Albert.  8-P 8-P 8-P
-Run Joey Run- David Geddes (but I must confessed that I did like it when it first came out-and I believe I once met his dad.)
-Seasons in the Sun-Terry Jacks (again, I liked it when it first came out until my sister played it over and over and over and over and over again. )
-You needed me-Anne Murray.  8-P
-Bette Davis Eyes-Kim Carnes (Don't know if this is a 70s or 80s song but either way, I can't stand it.  8-P )
-Having My Baby-Paul Anka
-Smoke on the Water-Deep Purple. (I KNOW everyone is going to jump on me about this one. I lived next door to a band that that was the ONLY song they knew and they played it 24/7-or so it seemed. And they were AWFUL! Now, I CRINGE everything I hear the song. I just can't listen to it.)


There are a lot more but that is a start.



Cat

Oh man, why did you even have to remind me of that stink bomb?
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A thousand apologies.

Please forgive me.  :-
-Smoke on the Water-Deep Purple. (I KNOW everyone is going to jump on me about this one. I lived next door to a band that that was the ONLY song they knew and they played it 24/7-or so it seemed. And they were AWFUL! Now, I CRINGE everything I hear the song. I just can't listen to it.)


That's probably because any 5 year-old can be taught how to play Smoke On The Water in like 5 minutes. It's the easiest song in the world to play on the guitar, except for maybe Louie, Louie. I can totally see where that would be extremely annoying.  ;D

man, you really hate America (wasn't Muskrat Love written by them too?)

i vote for Alone Again (Naturally)  --------  (which i also kind of like too - i can't decide)

steve




What 70's songs, do you really, really hate?

I would have to say, One Bad Apple, by The Osmond Brothers, is my least favorite song, from the decade.

My top 10 are....

10)  Feelings -  Morris Albert

 9) Tin Men - America

 8) A Horse With No Name - America

 7) Sister Golden Hair - America

 6) You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone

 5) Muskrat Love - Captain and Tenille

 4) Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher

 3) Disco Duck - Rick Dees

 2) Longer - Dan Fogelberg

 1) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jack


However, the worst one yet, is  Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill.

On be half of Canadians, and Canada,  I would like to apologize for foisting on to the world, Terry Jack, Paul Anka and Dan Hill.

;D

OK Pennywise...you are multi Pound/Euro foolish...yes Feelings was a horribly overplayed song along with You Light up My Life but you listed some of the best 70'ssongs by one of the best singer songwriter groups of the 70's: America!  Chicago Transit Authority(their 60's name prior to court ordered changing) AKA Chicago was one of the top 4-5 supergroups of the 70's.  Didnt anyone on this blog grow up in the 70's?  Too much synthopop and R/B, urban being listened to today.  My 21 year old son has a great love of 70's music including but not llimited to:  Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, KC/Sunshine, Boston, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, Jackson 5, Bee Gees, BTO, CCR, Temptations; I could go on for a while...

OK Pennywise...you are multi Pound/Euro foolish...yes Feelings was a horribly overplayed song along with You Light up My Life but you listed some of the best 70'ssongs by one of the best singer songwriter groups of the 70's: America!  Chicago Transit Authority(their 60's name prior to court ordered changing) AKA Chicago was one of the top 4-5 supergroups of the 70's.  Didnt anyone on this blog grow up in the 70's?  Too much synthopop and R/B, urban being listened to today.  My 21 year old son has a great love of 70's music including but not llimited to:  Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, KC/Sunshine, Boston, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, Jackson 5, Bee Gees, BTO, CCR, Temptations; I could go on for a while...


Totally with you on this one....

Whatever the worst song is of the 70s, sadly it's probably better than 99% of the songs that came out the last 10 years.

A thousand apologies.

Please forgive me.  :-[

That's probably because any 5 year-old can be taught how to play Smoke On The Water in like 5 minutes. It's the easiest song in the world to play on the guitar, except for maybe Louie, Louie. I can totally see where that would be extremely annoying.  ;D


That reminds me of the time there was a garage band who used to practice Skynyrd songs all day across the street from my friend Sam's house.  It was usually the same one over and over, often the same four bars over and over...and LOUD!

Sam spoke to the band, and the leader said his brother let him use his garage all day, and if they didn't keep practicing they'd never get any good.  Sam, being the consummate Larry David diplomat, told 'em: "Give up.  I'm a musician, and I can tell, you guys will NEVER be any good."  So the kids said "F**k you!," and went right back to "Free Bird."  

Sam appealed to the cops, but of course, the cops knew him as a gadfly and a troublemaker around town, so they stood in his driveway and told him, "Doesn't sound so bad to us from here. If they carry on like that after 6:00 p.m., we'll tell them to shut it down."  
Sam protested, "But, but, what about..."  But the cops just left.  The other neighbors weren't complaining because they were at work or school, where as Sammy was a shut-in.

So Sammy turned to our friend Dan, a sound engineer.  He told Dan if he sabotaged the band's gear, the band would know who did it.  Dan had an idea.  He sneaked into the garage late one night and put some kind of trigger mechanism in all their amps.  Not exactly sure what Dan did or how he did it.  Dan tends to be secretive in his methods.  When any amp transmitted sound above a certain dB, the amp would konk out for 10 minutes.  So Sam had to listen to a bunch of teenagers stomping and swearing and trying to figure out WTF was wrong with the amps, but at least it was better than the intro to "Alabama" all morning!
;D

man, you really hate America (wasn't Muskrat Love written by them too?)

i vote for Alone Again (Naturally)  --------  (which i also kind of like too - i can't decide)

steve





No, not hate, just think that they are the most overrated band, from the 70's, that's all.

;D

All I know is that in 1977 I kept hearing that sappy lady singing "You Needed Me" and that wimpy guy singing "When I Need You," and I thought the two of them ought to get together...and take the gas pipe!
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You mean Leo Sayer?

By the way, Chicago, is one my favorite bands, of all time.

Holly Molly,I actually like'm all. :)

You mean Leo Sayer?


The sappy lady would have been Anne Murray...

OK Pennywise...you are multi Pound/Euro foolish...yes Feelings was a horribly overplayed song along with You Light up My Life but you listed some of the best 70'ssongs by one of the best singer songwriter groups of the 70's: America! 


America...F*CK YEAH!  ;D

By the way, Chicago, is one my favorite bands, of all time.

Chicago = WIN

Great band. Their 70s songs were fabulous.

Nothing inherently wrong with the song...it's the rendition that's questionable!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0&feature=related

And in the 'how-ironic-is-that?' scheme of things, this sold by the shedload in Britain...while the original stiffed!

(All very cool, but I'd love to have seen him cough his guts up while lighting that cig!)

Charlene: I've Never Been to Me*
Helen Reddy: Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady
Frankie Valli: My Eyes Adored You


*This song hit #3 on ATF in 1982, but that was its second release, it was first released in 1977, so it is a '70s tune, and quite possibly the worst song ever written in the history of mankind!

Nothing inherently wrong with the song...it's the rendition that's questionable!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0&feature=related

And in the 'how-ironic-is-that?' scheme of things, this sold by the shedload in Britain...while the original stiffed!

(All very cool, but I'd love to have seen him cough his guts up while lighting that cig!)




Karma for giving me a good laugh. That one is almost as good as this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM



Cat

I'll probably get roasted for this, but I never could stand "Without You" by Harry Nillson.  :P

I'll probably get roasted for this, but I never could stand "Without You" by Harry Nillson.  :P

Nah, you won't get roasted..everyone has different tastes.
I really like that song "Without you", but I can understand how some may find it too drippy and makes ya wanna pop some prozac to take you out of the depression  ;)

I really like that song "Without you", but I can understand how some may find it too drippy and makes ya wanna pop some prozac to take you out of the depression  ;)


Not connected to the song in any way, but the two guys who wrote it DID eventually succumb to depression... :(

Nah, you won't get roasted..everyone has different tastes.
I really like that song "Without you", but I can understand how some may find it too drippy and makes ya wanna pop some prozac to take you out of the depression  ;)


Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger.  Ham hanged himself in 1975.  Evans hanged himself in 1983.  There was a lot of fighting and anguish in those guys' interpersonal relationships both with each other, the rest of the band, and their S.O.B. manager.
:\'(

That said, Nilsson's version is still perversely sappy.

Let Her In- John Travolta (The b-side sounds better!)

I just remembered one.  'Lovin' You' by Minnie Ripperton.  Those glass shattering vocals are wretching


Definitely my pick as worst tune of the 70s. She screeched through that song like she was having a bad time on the toilet.

Let me think of the tunes that really bend my brain...

'Sugar Baby Love' - Rubettes
'Get Dancing' - Disco Tex and the Sexolettes
'Ring My Bell' - Anita Ward

And almost anything by Leo Sayer.

  The problem is that the '70's had some of the worst music ever recorded...and some of the best. That's what was great about the decade and about the radio...you had some inane piece of crap playing, then suddenly something great by Springsteen, Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin etc.
  Today radio follows certain formats...Easy Listening, Kickin' Country, Golden Oldies, and you could never have Olivia Newton John followed by Brownsville Station.

Definitely my pick as worst tune of the 70s. She screeched through that song like she was having a bad time on the toilet.

Let me think of the tunes that really bend my brain...

'Sugar Baby Love' - Rubettes
'Get Dancing' - Disco Tex and the Sexolettes
'Ring My Bell' - Anita Ward

And almost anything by Leo Sayer.


Loved 'em all. ::) Excepting 'Get Dancing' 'cos I don't know it!  :-\\

  The problem is that the '70's had some of the worst music ever recorded...and some of the best. That's what was great about the decade and about the radio...you had some inane piece of crap playing, then suddenly something great by Springsteen, Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin etc.
   Today radio follows certain formats...Easy Listening, Kickin' Country, Golden Oldies, and you could never have Olivia Newton John followed by Brownsville Station.


Hi alleykid76.

Every decade has it's legendary, rubbish, cheese and novelty records but the 70s in the UK had a particularly potent mix of novelty record. There was some crazy stuff going on back then and, in some cases, I wished I was around to know about it.  ;D

To gibbo, 'Get Dancing' is the most tolerable of the bunch if you can handle the overdrammatic 'Disco Tex'. He's got to be heard to be believed, lol.

Hi - I am a new member who is also Producer and CoHost of a bi-weekly radio show on WCTG 96.5FM. It is called the Original 70's Soundtrack and also streams live on the web every other Sunday from 5-10pm EST at wctg.fm

I mostly am interested in the 70's discussions but also any decade.  Love pop culture discussions!
Alan

on the topic- We do this thing on our show, which started in 1995, where we play what are mostly universally considered "Bad" songs, but sold in the millions, and charted high etc.
No one wants to own up to these songs, but SOMEBODY bought them.  We call them the "Geek Check" - "If you like this next song, you're a geek" is what we say.  Secretely, we like most all of them.  Many of the artists I see in this thread regularly have plays on that list.

My VOTE -
Tie between "One Tin Soldier" and "I Was Made For Dancin"

I'm a very nostalgic person so I find it hard to find songs that I hate including even the mushy tunes. BTW, I can't believe somebody listed America's "Tin Man"! The few songs that I really don't like would be:

1. Feelings  (totally flat and lifeless)
2. Mandy---Barry Manilow
3. You Needed Me---Anne Murray (yawn)
4. Sharing the Night Together---Dr. Hook (total mush)
5. Love to Love You Baby---Diana Ross (keep it in the bedroom!)

I'll add Olivia Newton John's "I Honestly Love You"

I'll add Olivia Newton John's "I Honestly Love You"


What's the alternative?  I deceptively love you?
:P

I'll probably get roasted for this, but I never could stand "Without You" by Harry Nillson.  :P
not roasted, just fudged


Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger.  Ham hanged himself in 1975.  Evans hanged himself in 1983.  There was a lot of fighting and anguish in those guys' interpersonal relationships both with each other, the rest of the band, and their S.O.B. manager.
:\'(

That said, Nilsson's version is still perversely sappy.


somewhat of a fan of Badfinger however and I may get roasted for this  ::)  I like Nilsson's version better..


now here is one of the suckiest songs of the late 70's    Get Off - Foxy  I mean, what the hell is this crap  ;D  oh well, it was still the disco era.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_FuChIY_M

not roasted, just fudged
somewhat of a fan of Badfinger however and I may get roasted for this  ::)  I like Nilsson's version better..


now here is one of the suckiest songs of the late 70's    Get Off - Foxy  I mean, what the hell is this crap  ;D  oh well, it was still the disco era.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_FuChIY_M



Now I know why, I hate disco!

;D

Also will add in Janis Ian's "At 17" (I find it too depressing)

not roasted, just fudged
somewhat of a fan of Badfinger however and I may get roasted for this  ::)  I like Nilsson's version better..
Either way don't make no difference to me!

Speaking Foxy "Get Off," the guy didn't like the song after heard some kids singing it in the park, so he decided not to right any more dirty songs, according to Casey Kasem.  So in 1983, he we got: Oxo, "Whirl Girl," and don't act like we didn't deserve it either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaglwlgd97Q

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Oh for Worst 70s, don't forget Karen and Richard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU


What's with the get-up?  Is that a bondage vest over Elizabethan billows and ruffles?  Huh?
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Okay Max...I have to draw the line there. The Carpenters were schmaltzy...but they were also classy (except Karen's dress sense).  ;D

But on the subject of bad songs....'You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me Lucille' was pretty bad....

Okay Max...I have to draw the line there. The Carpenters were schmaltzy...but they were also classy (except Karen's dress sense).  ;D

But on the subject of bad songs....'You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me Lucille' was pretty bad....


Now that's a bad song!

;D

It's so hard to totally dismiss any songs from the decade I grew up in, but saying that "Midnight At The Oasis" has always bothered me.  And apologies up front to their fans, but almost every Doobie Brother song, I just can't listen to.  Just something about Michael McDonald's voice.

Gotta say Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" drove me nuts back when it came out.  Seemed it was played on the hour, every hour for an entire year, and if Debbie appeared on a tv show, she sang her one song and left.  Talk about being the poster child for One Hit Wonder Fame.  I really can't think of the last time I heard that song on the radio.

And finally a song I abhored when it first came out but over the years with it's use in what seems a lot of films and tv shows, Gloria Gaynors 'I Will Survive" I've really come to like it now.  My favorite use is in the film "The Replacements", when the guys are in jail and they start singing and dancing to it. 

Many of these songs we did on our Valentine show where we featured the 5 Sappiest Love songs of the 70's - in no particular order
1. Feelings
2. You Needed Me
3. You Light Up My Life
4. I Honestly Love You
5 Muskrat Love

Melanie's "Brand New Key" makes me want to hurt small animals to.  I'll take an hour of "Come Saturday Morning" instead of that one.

Many of these songs we did on our Valentine show where we featured the 5 Sappiest Love songs of the 70's - in no particular order
1. Feelings
2. You Needed Me
3. You Light Up My Life
4. I Honestly Love You
5 Muskrat Love

Melanie's "Brand New Key" makes me want to hurt small animals to.  I'll take an hour of "Come Saturday Morning" instead of that one.


Amen, to the last one, brother!  ;D  It's sooooooo bad, and horrible, it's painful.

It's so hard to totally dismiss any songs from the decade I grew up in, but saying that "Midnight At The Oasis" has always bothered me.  And apologies up front to their fans, but almost every Doobie Brother song, I just can't listen to.  Just something about Michael McDonald's voice.

Gotta say Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" drove me nuts back when it came out.  Seemed it was played on the hour, every hour for an entire year, and if Debbie appeared on a tv show, she sang her one song and left.  Talk about being the poster child for One Hit Wonder Fame.  I really can't think of the last time I heard that song on the radio.



Karma for Doobies.  I found their songs tedious and their voices grating.  Of course, if there are any Doobie fans out there, we're gonna catch hell.  Well, I'm a doobie fan, but not the Doobie Brothers!
;)

"You Light Up My Life" took on a second life even after it soaked the airwaves for six months in '77.  The American Sign Language Center chose it as a song to teach kids some elemental ASL.  Thus in sixth grade we had to practice it twice a week.  Our teacher said we would perform it for some deaf kids at the end of the year.  I thought that was cruel.  I figured one of the few advantages to being deaf was you didn't have to listen to Debby Boon's "You Light Up My Life," and we were going to impose it on them?  Anyway, it never happened.  It was Miss Drouin's first year of teaching and she got behind on the curriculum, so the ASL project was scrapped.  Miss Drouin, my my, what a little hottie she was!  She was my first student-teacher crush!  Anyway, why couldn't the ASL people have chosen a fun song, like "Macho Man"!
8)

  Gotta say that I loved "Midnight At the Oasis" Maria Muldaur was hot and if she wanted to head off to a sand dune real soon and kick up a little dust...count me in. The Carpenters did great stuff as long as they did David/Bacharach or Paul Williams. Another group that everybody hates that were actually pretty good was "Bread"...perfect early '70s soft rock.

Many of these songs we did on our Valentine show where we featured the 5 Sappiest Love songs of the 70's - in no particular order
1. Feelings
2. You Needed Me
3. You Light Up My Life
4. I Honestly Love You
5 Muskrat Love

Melanie's "Brand New Key" makes me want to hurt small animals to.  I'll take an hour of "Come Saturday Morning" instead of that one.
Did anyone see the film "You Light Up My Life"?

My list is longer than 10 and I could have kept going, but, here are the most despised:

Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary McGregor

Eres Tu - Mocedades

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey

Don't Give Up On Us Baby - David Soul

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band  (I think I just threw up in mouth a little while typing that title)

Color My World - Chicago

Shannon - Henry Gross

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder

More, More, More - Andrea True Connection

Time Passages & Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

I Was Made For Danciin' - Leif Garrett

Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin

and the one I always expect to get hated for and no one ever says a thing......Stairway To Heaven


Jiminy, now I feel like I need to go wash my brain....it feels kind of scummy after thinking of those titles!

Talk about leaving it late...this thing assaulted the British consciousness around Christmastime 1979...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNrrLBdhuM

McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' was also hanging about at the same time...what did we do to deserve this?  8-P

My list is longer than 10 and I could have kept going, but, here are the most despised:

Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary McGregor

Eres Tu - Mocedades

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey

Don't Give Up On Us Baby - David Soul

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band  (I think I just threw up in mouth a little while typing that title)

Color My World - Chicago

Shannon - Henry Gross

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder

More, More, More - Andrea True Connection

Time Passages & Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

I Was Made For Danciin' - Leif Garrett

Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin

and the one I always expect to get hated for and no one ever says a thing......Stairway To Heaven


Jiminy, now I feel like I need to go wash my brain....it feels kind of scummy after thinking of those titles!


I guess we have different musical tastes, as I find most of these songs are just fabulous. Color my world is one of my favorite songs.

Time Passages & Year of the Cat - Al Stewart




"Time Passages" has sentimental value for me because it was big when I got my first transistor radio for x-mas.  I'd stay up late listening to top 40 stations, songs I still like for that time include:

Al Stewart: Time Passages
Bob Welch: Sentimental Lady
Jay Ferguson: Thunder Island
10cc: I'm Not in Love
David Essex: Rock On
Exile: Kiss You All Over

My list is longer than 10 and I could have kept going, but, here are the most despised:

Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary McGregor

Eres Tu - Mocedades

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey

Don't Give Up On Us Baby - David Soul

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band   (I think I just threw up in mouth a little while typing that title)

Color My World - Chicago

Shannon - Henry Gross

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder

More, More, More - Andrea True Connection

Time Passages & Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

I Was Made For Danciin' - Leif Garrett

Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin

and the one I always expect to get hated for and no one ever says a thing......Stairway To Heaven


Jiminy, now I feel like I need to go wash my brain....it feels kind of scummy after thinking of those titles!





I guess we have different musical tastes, as I find most of these songs are just fabulous. Color my world is one of my favorite songs.


Iliked most of them too. Stairway To Heaven is a great song...but I don't even remember it from when it was on the radio!  :o  Therefore, I don't have any fond memories of it or anything...

I guess we have different musical tastes, as I find most of these songs are just fabulous. Color my world is one of my favorite songs.



Don't get me wrong, I love Chicago!  It's just that one song that drives me nut.  Way too overplayed the year it came out.

How many high schools do you suppose used that as their prom theme?  I know mine did.  Ish!

Some of the other songs mentioned I really like.  I was a big fan of America, being a teenage girl back then I certainly liked listening to songs like Chevy Van or Me & You & a Dog Named Boo.  I still belt out the lyrics to The Night Chicago Died when it comes on the radio!  I'm not ashamed to admit I liked disco.  I was a drama geek and we liked to dance, so disco was the thing to dance to.

As for my aversion to Zeppelin, what can I say?  Do I at least get points for liking AC/DC?

Don't get me wrong, I love Chicago!  It's just that one song that drives me nut.  Way too overplayed the year it came out.

How many high schools do you suppose used that as their prom theme?  I know mine did.  Ish!

Some of the other songs mentioned I really like.  I was a big fan of America, being a teenage girl back then I certainly liked listening to songs like Chevy Van or Me & You & a Dog Named Boo.  I still belt out the lyrics to The Night Chicago Died when it comes on the radio!  I'm not ashamed to admit I liked disco.  I was a drama geek and we liked to dance, so disco was the thing to dance to.

As for my aversion to Zeppelin, what can I say?  Do I at least get points for liking AC/DC?


I pretty much agree with all that you've said ... :)

Iliked most of them too. Stairway To Heaven is a great song...but I don't even remember it from when it was on the radio!  :o  Therefore, I don't have any fond memories of it or anything...


You didn't hear it on top 40 radio, but it was a seventies staple on hard rock FM.  It reminds me of when my older sister's friends used to come over and they'd take some green stuff out of a baggie and smoke it!
8)

Don't get me wrong, I love Chicago!  It's just that one song that drives me nut.  Way too overplayed the year it came out.

How many high schools do you suppose used that as their prom theme?  I know mine did.  Ish!

Some of the other songs mentioned I really like.  I was a big fan of America, being a teenage girl back then I certainly liked listening to songs like Chevy Van or Me & You & a Dog Named Boo.  I still belt out the lyrics to The Night Chicago Died when it comes on the radio!  I'm not ashamed to admit I liked disco.  I was a drama geek and we liked to dance, so disco was the thing to dance to.

As for my aversion to Zeppelin, what can I say?  Do I at least get points for liking AC/DC?

I guess for me "Color my world" is the nicest slow song, prettiest song I ever heard.
I like some AC/DC too, so we both get points!
I am not very fond of Stairway to heaven, in fact I doubt it would be in my top 10 Zeppelin songs.

I guess for me "Color my world" is the nicest slow song, prettiest song I ever heard.
I like some AC/DC too, so we both get points!
I am not very fond of Stairway to heaven, in fact I doubt it would be in my top 10 Zeppelin songs.


Yeah, I thought it was pretty the first 5000 times I heard it, too. ;)

BTW, I like your tagline....love, love, love Jackson Browne!  That's one of my favorite songs of his.

Yeah, I thought it was pretty the first 5000 times I heard it, too. ;)

BTW, I like your tagline....love, love, love Jackson Browne!  That's one of my favorite songs of his.

The song "Running on empty" should not be found on this thread. It's a classic.

I like some of The Doors, but yet it's not my favorite band.

Is there something wrong with me?

;D

I like some of The Doors, but yet it's not my favorite band.

Is there something wrong with me?

;D


The statement does not beg the question.  The Doors is the perfect band if you're a mystic 15-year-old rebel, so a LOT of seventies kids went through a Doors infatuation.  My sister is a perfect example.  The radio stations back then had local control and a DJ in a booth could actually make a decision!  WBCN got a lot of public demand for bands like The Doors, The Who, and Led Zeppelin had great songs, but ones unsuitable to the Top 40 market.  Anyway, I like some Doors too, but they're not my favorite band!  Some people did imbue Jim Morrison with mystical status (Mr. Mojo Risin' wow, that's deep, man!) and those who are responsible won't 'fess up to it now!

Yeah, I thought it was pretty the first 5000 times I heard it, too. ;)



I feel the same way about Unchained Melody. I have heard it 500 times. If I hear it again, I change the channel on the radio, I am just sick of it.

The statement does not beg the question.  The Doors is the perfect band if you're a mystic 15-year-old rebel, so a LOT of seventies kids went through a Doors infatuation.  My sister is a perfect example.  The radio stations back then had local control and a DJ in a booth could actually make a decision!  WBCN got a lot of public demand for bands like The Doors, The Who, and Led Zeppelin had great songs, but ones unsuitable to the Top 40 market.  Anyway, I like some Doors too, but they're not my favorite band!  Some people did imbue Jim Morrison with mystical status (Mr. Mojo Risin' wow, that's deep, man!) and those who are responsible won't 'fess up to it now!


I totally dig the Doors and I could listen to them all day long, not for Morrison's brooding but because I f**king love Ray Manzarek's keyboard playing, he was one of the best ever.

Nobody could work a Vox Continental like Manzarek.  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWJz_JfyKE

I totally dig the Doors and I could listen to them all day long, not for Morrison's brooding but because I f**king love Ray Manzarek's keyboard playing, he was one of the best ever.

Nobody could work a Vox Continental like Manzarek.  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWJz_JfyKE


Agreed on Ray!

Also, I am kinda on the fence, about Led Zeppelin, as well.

Let the flaming begin!

;D

Also, I am kinda on the fence, about Led Zeppelin, as well.

Let the flaming begin!

;D


I like Led Zep too, not all of though.  If you said you liked Air Supply, I'd flame you!
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I like Led Zep too, not all of though.  If you said you liked Air Supply, I'd flame you!
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Once there was a skit on SNL with Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan as Air Supply singing some sappy ballad, and as the song progressed they kept making eyes at each other, until they started making out and then the skit was over. :P  ;D

Don't worry, I hate Air Supply!

;D

Don't worry, I hate Air Supply!

;D




Air Supply did one of those infomercials for some soft rock of the 70s/80s comp.  You might see it if you're up real late!
8-P

Air Supply did one of those infomercials for some soft rock of the 70s/80s comp.  You might see it if you're up real late!
8-P
Did they start making out at the end of it?  :P

Did they start making out at the end of it?  :P


Nah, I think they're eunuchs.
8)

Nah, I think they're eunuchs.
8)

;D

Nah, I think they're eunuchs.
8)


I think you may have misspelled unique!  ;)

I totally dig the Doors and I could listen to them all day long, not for Morrison's brooding but because I f**king love Ray Manzarek's keyboard playing, he was one of the best ever.

Nobody could work a Vox Continental like Manzarek.  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWJz_JfyKE

Liked Manzarek, in fact, liked the whole band. But Morrison was way overrated. Read his lyrics without the music and it sounds like Freshman Poetry 101. He had the looks and the voice, but too much acid had turned his mind to jelly.

Time Passages  - Al Stewart

Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin

and the one I always expect to get hated for and no one ever says a thing......Stairway To Heaven





Let the hating begin - Stairway to Heaven?  I know Bill & Ted made is semi-fashionable to hate it for a while, but I figure most people don't say anything because it shows you're beyond hope. 

I also can't see hating Harry Chapin.  I kind of like Time Passages, but I can see where it could grate on some.  I'm with you on Year of the Cat and the rest of your list.

Stephen Bishop: On and On

Stephen Bishop: On and On


Another old favourite of mine... ;D

Whatever the worst song is of the 70s, sadly it's probably better than 99% of the songs that came out the last 10 years.


AMEN to that, Brother!  ;)

I guess we have different musical tastes, as I find most of these songs are just fabulous. Color my world is one of my favorite songs.


Frank, again I agree with you!  ;D Most of these songs are great! A 70s song I can't stand, though, is Paper Lace's Night Chicago Died, and it's almost impossible to find a decent 70s compilation without it!

I feel the same way about Unchained Melody. I have heard it 500 times. If I hear it again, I change the channel on the radio, I am just sick of it.


Frank, we are now three for three! Are you my twin separated from me at birth?  :D

Another old favourite of mine... ;D


Did you buy that Dan Fogleburg boxed set yet?
???

Did you buy that Dan Fogleburg boxed set yet?
???


Didn't need to...I have at least 8 of his CD's... ;)

The song "Running on empty" should not be found on this thread. It's a classic.


"Rosie", just maaaaaybe, but definitely not "Runnin' on Empty"!

I feel the same way about Unchained Melody. I have heard it 500 times. If I hear it again, I change the channel on the radio, I am just sick of it.


Radio stations do need to give this one a rest for awhile.   

Frank, again I agree with you!  ;D Most of these songs are great! A 70s song I can't stand, though, is Paper Lace's Night Chicago Died, and it's almost impossible to find a decent 70s compilation without it!


Just goes to show you how wildly diversive tatses can be, cause I love "The Night Chicago Died".  Brings back great memories!

Didn't need to...I have at least 8 of his CD's... ;)


I like your taste in male singer/songwriters of the 70s and 80s.  The man had a beautiful voice.

Just goes to show you how wildly diversive tatses can be, cause I love "The Night Chicago Died".  Brings back great memories!


I agree with you. ...but I cannot even think of a song I didn't like from the 70's. I'm sure there are some...but they never come to mind. I even liked those awful crossover county hits like "Having' My Baby", "You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me Lucille" and " Before The Next Teardrop Falls". Basically, I get a fond memory from most 70's songs.... :-\\

I agree with you. ...but I cannot even think of a song I didn't like from the 70's. I'm sure there are some...but they never come to mind. I even liked those awful crossover county hits like "Having' My Baby", "You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me Lucille" and " Before The Next Teardrop Falls". Basically, I get a fond memory from most 70's songs.... :-\\


If you like those, you are the genuine article seventies soft rock fanatic, and every sneering 18-year-old record store clerk will have to bow and show his respect.  Two things music snobs respect: consistency and resolve!
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I agree with you. ...but I cannot even think of a song I didn't like from the 70's. I'm sure there are some...but they never come to mind. I even liked those awful crossover county hits like "Having' My Baby", "You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me Lucille" and " Before The Next Teardrop Falls". Basically, I get a fond memory from most 70's songs.... :-\\

I agree with ya gibbo.

Charlene: I've Never Been to Me*

*This song hit #3 on ATF in 1982, but that was its second release, it was first released in 1977, so it is a '70s tune, and quite possibly the worst song ever written in the history of mankind!



Oh wow, I JUST heard this one this morning, through my next-door neighbor's wall(what can I say, we have thin walls in this building... :D)

I also have to agree with Run Joey Run, Feelings, and Loving You(though I feel extremely guilty about that one, since Minnie Riperton died so young, and I would NEVER wish breast cancer on anyone... :()

Oh for Worst 70s, don't forget Karen and Richard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU


What's with the get-up?  Is that a bondage vest over Elizabethan billows and ruffles?  Huh?
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The Carpenters have triggered numerous civil wars inside my head. On one hand I think they're really really really f**king sappy, but on the other hand I absolutely love Karen's singing voice.


Oh great, here we go again.  :o :o :o

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Us British certainly enjoyed a sappy tear-jerker now and then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq74uCotnfs

This somehow managed to shift enough copies to climb to the top in 1976 and was swiftly followed by The Wurzels' 'Combine Harvester'...such are the #1's of legend!

Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

??? :o
Can you clairify? Why?

Rapper's Delight was THE rap breakout song of the decade, maybe the music century. This song established to many, and some that never heard it before, what "rap" was.

It was the first big rap song, tame rapping by today's standards, to Chic's "Good Times", which was a also huge hit, so...how could it be a "worst tune"? Its more likely one of the more influential and crucial songs of the last 35 years, like it or not, gotta give the tune its due.

??? :o
Can you clairify? Why?

Rapper's Delight was THE rap breakout song of the decade, maybe the music century. This song established to many, and some that never heard it before, what "rap" was.

It was the first big rap song, tame rapping by today's standards, to Chic's "Good Times", which was a also huge hit, so...how could it be a "worst tune"? Its more likely one of the more influential and crucial songs of the last 35 years, like it or not, gotta give the tune its due.



Yeah, my answer was based on personal opinion.  The description you give above outlines quite well the reasons I think it's one of the worst songs.  I can't stand rap... and since that's where its roots are... 8-P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYUyuvvVes&feature=related

As with all the stuff the Gibbs brothers did, the songwriting is solid.  The lyrics are mellow.  The musicianship and production are excellent.

I JUST DON'T LIKE IT!
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The pun "Love is Thicker Than Water" is clover, but it's a groaner!

(clever not clover)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Wpn3dFrEs

If you listen to this song long enough, you can actually feel your testicles grow smaller.  :o :o :o

The Carpenters have triggered numerous civil wars inside my head. On one hand I think they're really really really f**king sappy, but on the other hand I absolutely love Karen's singing voice.


I like The Carpenters, especially "Goodbye to Love"....

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I'll probably get roasted for this, but I never could stand "Without You" by Harry Nillson.  :P


I like Nilsson's version as well as Badfinger's.

Listen to the 90's cover by Mariah Carey....

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Karma for giving me a good laugh. That one is almost as good as this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM



Cat


How about this song by Shatner?

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To be truthful...I like those sappy, stupid 70's songs. I nominate this song....

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You may be dead MJ, but this wasn't your best song...It's about a Mouse!

I like The Carpenters, especially "Goodbye to Love"....

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Yeah, that's one of my favorite Carpenters songs too. I just love how most of the song is just your typical 70's love ballad but then towards the end, out of the blue comes this ripping guitar solo.

I always liked this one too, just a total gem of a pop song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWkOryYF6CI&feature=related

I like The Carpenters, especially "Goodbye to Love"....

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I like Nilsson's version as well as Badfinger's.

Listen to the 90's cover by Mariah Carey....

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How about this song by Shatner?

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To be truthful...I like those sappy, stupid 70's songs. I nominate this song....

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You may be dead MJ, but this wasn't your best song...It's about a Mouse!


Shatner, yes for this topic, and Carpenters are no for this topic

Yeah, that's one of my favorite Carpenters songs too. I just love how most of the song is just your typical 70's love ballad but then towards the end, out of the blue comes this ripping guitar solo.

I always liked this one too, just a total gem of a pop song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWkOryYF6CI&feature=related



For The Carpenters...this is probably the sappiest song that they've ever done....

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Here's another bad 70's song I nominate....

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I like the song (as well as other bad 70's songs, but Neil Sedaka sounds like a woman)!

Given time and thought, I could name a hundred depressing wretches, but Billy Don't Be a Hero by Paper Lace popped into my head first.

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You may be dead MJ, but this wasn't your best song...It's about a Mouse!




"Ben" was a rat. 

"I was in a band with my brothers,
I sang song about a rat,
Sold 40 million copies of 'Thriller,'
And now I'm Fat!"
-- Weird Al

It was from the horror movie "Willard," written by Walter Scharf and Don Black for Donnie Osmond, who passed it on to Michael because the Osmonds were busy on tour!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%28song%29

Closer To The Heart - Rush

(I'm probably a bit biased, as Rush's sound has always gotten on my nerves for some unknown reason... this song is actually one of their more tolerable ones, but I still don't care for it.)  It came back and charted again in 1982, and then a live version was released in 1998... really?  Was it that good?

While I'm at it, I'll add

Fly By Night - Rush

Closer To The Heart - Rush

(I'm probably a bit biased, as Rush's sound has always gotten on my nerves for some unknown reason... this song is actually one of their more tolerable ones, but I still don't care for it.)  It came back and charted again in 1982, and then a live version was released in 1998... really?  Was it that good?

While I'm at it, I'll add

Fly By Night - Rush

You didn't like the sound probably because of Geddy Lee's voice, Never cared for it much myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYUyuvvVes&feature=related

As with all the stuff the Gibbs brothers did, the songwriting is solid.  The lyrics are mellow.  The musicianship and production are excellent.

I JUST DON'T LIKE IT!
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The pun "Love is Thicker Than Water" is clover, but it's a groaner!

(clever not clover)
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Oh sure, make me feel guilty because I like that song.  :D ;D ;D



"Ben" was a rat. 

"I was in a band with my brothers,
I sang song about a rat,
Sold 40 million copies of 'Thriller,'
And now I'm Fat!"
-- Weird Al

It was from the horror movie "Willard," written by Walter Scharf and Don Black for Donnie Osmond, who passed it on to Michael because the Osmonds were busy on tour!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%28song%29




There were actually two movies. The first one was "Willard" that Ben appeared in and then they made a squeal entitled "Ben" which the song came from. I guess this is dating me because I saw both of them at the movies when they first came out.  :-[  I saw "Ben" again in 6th grade because they showed it at school. Who in their right mind would pick a movie about a killer rat to play for a bunch of middle school kids (6-8 grade)?  :o :o ::)



Cat

There is only one song that I truly HATE from the 70's and that would be Wildfire.  8-P

There were actually two movies. The first one was "Willard" that Ben appeared in and then they made a squeal entitled "Ben" which the song came from.
LOL! A "squeal"!
;D

I guess this is dating me because I saw both of them at the movies when they first came out.  :-http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/laughing4.gif

Another bad seventies song made worse by wanting to like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KSLfhx_10M

The refrain is to shrill.  The song is too cheesy.  It just doesn't make the grade.
:-\\