shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
I really have to admire a man who can write a phrase like "purveyor of lugubrious schmaltz".
Worst schmaltzy songs of all time...
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I really have to admire a man who can write a phrase like "purveyor of lugubrious schmaltz".
"My Way" -- More dreck by Paul Anka. Sinatra hated the song, but he was stuck with it due to its inexplicable popularity.
amazingflapjack
US Veteran
anything "bubble gum."
I have never heard the word "schmaltzy" before and do not know its meaning but I am guessing it means gut wrenching and off setting.
I have REALLY good memories about that song. I got to slow dance with the best looking girl at camp to the long version of that, and she was about 8 inches taller than me at the time.
RobertJ.
Member
That's the song that started the whole "ribbon" craze. I'd certainly never punch Tony Orlando in the nose, but I might tell him someone should!
I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit I owned it on 8 Track once upon a time.
And I'm laughing at the fact that once I played DJ for my wife and her friends, and played most of the songs on this list, and all I heard all afternoon was, "Oh I love this song!"
Schmaltz (also spelled schmalz or shmalz) is rendered (clarified) chicken or goose fat used for frying or as a spread on bread in Central European cuisine, and in the United States, particularly identified with Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
-Wikipedia
Schmaltzy: Yiddish. of, pertaining to, or characterized by schmaltz. Overly emotional. Cheesy sentiment, grandiose passion usually accompanied by effusive or overly-demonstrative gesticulations.
I admit.....
I admit I like his song 'Mandy' in spite of its sappiness.
"Looks like we made it" isn't horrible.
Everything else is.
His true talent was that he wrote jingles that everybody would recognize. He did a medley of them that was amazing.
I admit I like his song 'Mandy' in spite of its sappiness.
"Looks like we made it" isn't horrible.
Everything else is.
His true talent was that he wrote jingles that everybody would recognize. He did a medley of them that was amazing.
Dennis The B
US Veteran
You can add anything by John Denver. Sheer dreck.
I've been trying to find.....
I heard a ghastly soul version of this with a male and female vocalist. I can't find any reference to it. It's on my short list of 'songs I want other people to hear because they are bad beyond belief'
OMG I remember a song my sister played and she used to do a pantomime to it that was hilarious. This guys knocks up a girl and the dad's going to shoot him and she jumps in front of the gun. Then you can hear the angel's singing.
Found it:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FC3Ld7HRY[/ame]
Run Joey Run
I heard a ghastly soul version of this with a male and female vocalist. I can't find any reference to it. It's on my short list of 'songs I want other people to hear because they are bad beyond belief'
OMG I remember a song my sister played and she used to do a pantomime to it that was hilarious. This guys knocks up a girl and the dad's going to shoot him and she jumps in front of the gun. Then you can hear the angel's singing.
Found it:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FC3Ld7HRY[/ame]
Run Joey Run
A few good songs...
Back home again.....check
Country Roads......check
Everything else......dreck.
Back home again.....check
Country Roads......check
Everything else......dreck.
crankyoldlady
Member
"The Greatest Love of All", Whitney Houston
I'd rather eat liver than be forced to listen to this song.
I'd rather eat liver than be forced to listen to this song.
pittpa
Member
Yummy yummy yummy, I got love in my tummy.
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A few more and some I don't agree with....
Patches by Clarence Carter is a good nominee.
I did some searching and found a couple that I don't agree with:
Harry Chapin 'Cat's In The Cradle'
Eric Clapton 'Tears In Heaven'
These are real feelings and not exaggerated and sappy. Eric Claptons little boy fell though a window of a tall apartment building. It is GENUINELY sad.
There's a lot of votes for 'Season's in the Sun' It's funny, I don't like the words but I like the way the words and rhythms/cadences are written:
Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we've climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and ABCs
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees
The lines are short, there is some hesitation at the end of the lines and you expect him to say something else. It's kinda like one of those song where they cut off the last word that may be 'naughty' and instead rhyme it with something else.
Ok, 'Teen Angel'. This is the KING (or QUEEN) of the 'dead teenager' songs.
Patches by Clarence Carter is a good nominee.
I did some searching and found a couple that I don't agree with:
Harry Chapin 'Cat's In The Cradle'
Eric Clapton 'Tears In Heaven'
These are real feelings and not exaggerated and sappy. Eric Claptons little boy fell though a window of a tall apartment building. It is GENUINELY sad.
There's a lot of votes for 'Season's in the Sun' It's funny, I don't like the words but I like the way the words and rhythms/cadences are written:
Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we've climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and ABCs
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees
The lines are short, there is some hesitation at the end of the lines and you expect him to say something else. It's kinda like one of those song where they cut off the last word that may be 'naughty' and instead rhyme it with something else.
Ok, 'Teen Angel'. This is the KING (or QUEEN) of the 'dead teenager' songs.
I O.D.d on 'Bread'....
Bread was big when I was in high school. I never realized how awful they were until my girl broke up with me. Later I was listening to 'Bread' in my room and I just went 'AAARRGGHHH!!" and took it off the turntable, smashed it and threw it in the trash.
I think the song that REALLY got me was:
o/' It don't matter to me, if you find someone who's better than me o/'
"HELL YEAH IT MATTERS TO ME YOU, YOU........ and I'll punch you in the ****** nose!"
PS We've been married for 37 years.
Bread was big when I was in high school. I never realized how awful they were until my girl broke up with me. Later I was listening to 'Bread' in my room and I just went 'AAARRGGHHH!!" and took it off the turntable, smashed it and threw it in the trash.
I think the song that REALLY got me was:
o/' It don't matter to me, if you find someone who's better than me o/'
"HELL YEAH IT MATTERS TO ME YOU, YOU........ and I'll punch you in the ****** nose!"
PS We've been married for 37 years.
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Evil Dog
US Veteran
"1-8-7-7 Cars for Kids..... Donate Your Car Today." A local radio commercial that sounds like it is being sung by a 6 year old. I'll change the station every time !!!
Jack Flash
Member
"Rag Doll"
"Silence is Golden"
I don't know who did them but they are awful. Being sung in that horrible falsetto makes them exponentially worse.
"Silence is Golden"
I don't know who did them but they are awful. Being sung in that horrible falsetto makes them exponentially worse.
pittpa
Member
That would be FRANKIE Valli -4 Seasons. One of the most popular musical groups of all time, in the r&r hall of fame. I just saw him at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh and he still does it.
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