Most Stupid Songs of the 1970's

[yella71]

I call all this stuff AM gold.....I listened to almost everyone of those songs on my AM radio

 

[Photon440]

Back when remember going with my dad to the local drug store that had a tube tester...back when local meant no chain stores. Remember when the big fear was if the 'picture tube' went out: "Oh hope it's not the picture tube dear." If people can remember this, they've been around for a good while. I've said this as a joke at training sessions when the video was blank "Oh hope the picture tube didn't blow." People would look cross-eyed at me wondering WDF this meant, then would give them a brief history chat...lol.

Do you remember 'pop-a-tube-a-phobia:?

 

[khryslerkid]

I'm going to get some responses on this one but the song many like and even say it's a national anthem, and I hated from the first time I heard it, was American Pie. I hate that song with a passion. If it was only a 3.5 minute song I could tolerate it but I believe it's 8.5 mins and to repeat the same verse over and over just drives me nuts. Thanks Don Mc whatever you name was.

 

[Photon440]

Well you know, there are a lot of words in between the chorus that he repeats...

American Pie (original)
Don McLean
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music
Used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll
Can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage bronckin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died

I started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me

Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died

We were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So, come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

He was singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

And they were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

They were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die"

 

[khryslerkid]

Don't care, I hate the song! It's like a broken record.

 

[Ron H]

Don't care, I hate the song! It's like a broken record.

lol - this one irritate ya:
She wore an itsy bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini...

 

[khryslerkid]

lol - this one irritate ya:
She wore an itsy bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini...

Oh yea, that one can get stuck in your head

 

[Ron H]

Oh yea, that one can get stuck in your head

LOL! I WAS gonna say that...but thought I'd spare planting this in your head. Too late..

 

[Slap Stick]

Beep beep. Beep beep. His horn went beep beep beep.

I know, that was the 60s.

If I hear Free Bird one more time it will be too soon.

 

[Photon440]

lol - this one irritate ya:
She wore an itsy bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini...

I knew a guy working for a local 'oldies' station, they were allowed to play that song only once a year.

 

[khryslerkid]

 

[kiwigtx]

Who the hell leaves their chocolate cake out in the rain anyway?

That's what happens when a young woman enters the Adult Film industry....

...and just in time for Christmas....(I actually like this one)


How about this weird one...Summertime in Britain lasted about 4 days back in the 1970's....I guess they had to celebrate with a soing about it...

 

[Don Frelier]

King of the mutton chops.

 

[kiwigtx]

Here's some vomit-worthy noise....back when Michael Jackson was black, and his nose wasn't made from recycled Tupperware...

 

[SgtSuperbird]

I usually don't get involved in posts regarding opinions, but, after checking this thread out, besides American Pie, I agree with every one of you! For as many great songs that there was in that decade, there seems to be many more sickening ones.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Alice's restaurant

 

[Wojo68]

Alice's restaurant

For whatever reason, they played that on Thanksgiving Day, only. And that's fine with me. One day a year.

 

[Photon440]

But Alice's Restaurant was from 1967.

 

[themechanic]

Helen Reddy, I Am Woman Hear Me Roar

 

[themechanic]

STYX, Mr Roboto