Songs we're ashamed to like or love.

[The Backlash Cometh]

I don't know why but some very old nostalgic songs have been popping in my head. Maybe it's because I dare to believe that some positive change is in the air. Anyways, here are the ones I'm ashamed to admit:

"Everything is Beautiful In its own way"

and

"I've Got the Music in Me" by Kiki Dee.

And yours?

[tinfoil tiaras]

1. Anything by JoJo or Gwen Stefani

:blush: :evilgrin:

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Oh, man, you haven't lived.

My generation takes the cake when it comes to sappy songs.

[tinfoil tiaras]

16. Hehe...the 70s?

Disco and all that jazz :evilgrin: :rofl:

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. Laugh it up.

I was a sight to see in hooker heels and oversized shirts tied down with a loose belt.

[tinfoil tiaras]

28. "hooker heels"?

very rEpUbLiCaNhOtTiE-esque...:evilgrin: :rofl:

:)

[The Backlash Cometh]

31. Candies was my preference.

[Ian David]

2. The Rodeo Song

Lyrics are NOT safe for work
http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/gary_lee_and_the_showdown/the_rodeo_song.html

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. LOL! I LOVE that song!

it's so decadent. Have you heard the flip side of the 45? "Mustache rides" ?

"Mustache rides, 10 cents, baby..." :rofl:

[The Backlash Cometh]

17. So...going to the rodeo is the whole purpose of the song?

Well, they always say it's the journey, and not the destination that counts.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

27. no. the purpose is ....

making fun of the (usual) country song lyrics. My dog died, my wife left me, my truck is a piece of shit but life is good. :evilgrin:

oh yea, and square dancing is lame!

Well it's 40 below and I don't give a ****
Got a heater in my truck and I'm off to the rodeo
And it's Alabama left Alabama right
Come on ya fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off the stage ya god damn goof ya know

Piss me off ya fuckin' jerk get on my nerves

Well here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one ball man and he's off to the rodeo
And it's Alabama left and Alabama right
Come on ya fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off the stage god damn goof ya know

Piss me off ya fuckin' jerk get on my nerves

Well it's 40 below and I don't give a ****
Got a heater in my truck and I'm off to the rodeo
And it's Alabama left Alabama right
Come on ya fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off the stage ya god damn goof ya know

Piss me off ya fuckin' jerk get on my nerves

Well here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one ball man and he's off to the rodeo
And it's Alabama left Alabama right
Come on ya fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off the stage ya god damn goof ya know

Piss me off fuckin' jerk get on my nerves

<"Alabama left and Alabama right" can be changed to "'allemande left and allemande right">

[u4ic]

46. It's allemande

the lyrics were never Alabama, unless it's been covered since and changed. :hi:


I remember when the song came out...I was visiting Alberta (where the band originated) from Toronto in 1979? 80?, and had to get my older brother to buy the album for me. I was too young and the store wouldn't let me purchase it (I was 13).

[wryter2000]

3. I Will Survive

Just shoot me now, but I really enjoy that song.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. That one should be on top of everybody's list.

And anything by the Village People.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

13. Oh, Lordy, deep dark secrets right before Christmas?

Okay, but don't laugh or ridicule me. I'm sensitive about it. (Not!)

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and "Afternoon Delight." And I have fond affection for "Rythm of the Saints." There, I've said it. Just between us friends, okay? Wouldn't want to ruin my reputation as a connoisseur of classical music and well written novels.

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. Afternoon Delights reminds me of the Telephone Man.

Anyone remember that one?

[Democrat 4 Ever]

41. My ex was figuratively and musically the telephone man. Honest, he

worked for a major phone company for 35 years and there wasn't anything he didn't put the moves on throughout his "career." I found out a little late in the game but once I did, the ex part.

[The Backlash Cometh]

44. Now you gone and done it

I looked up the lyrics:

I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky bum, shicky bum
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky do, shicky do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

Can you believe that? And then he says:

"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"

Well...can you imagine?

My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly
And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy
So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan
Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man

Singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Get it any way you can
Right? Ha ha ha, so...

I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall
And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall
I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring
And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling

A-singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Just-a doin' my thing

Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!

[TheDebbieDee]

51. Mr. Telephone Man by New Edition?

ETA: I just read the lyrics above and it's not the song I'm thinkin' of. Sorry....

[Ex Lion Tamer]

4. "Too Drunk to Fuck"

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. I haven't had the pleasure of hearing that one before.

[SKKY]

29. Ah yes. The Dead Kennedys....

...That song does bring back memories.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Lilliburlero.

A rather famous put down of the Irish Nationalists and now the BBC theme. Being the grandson of a fervent socialist and hater of the Brits...well, my dear old lamented Irish Granny would roll in her grave if she heard me humming "Lilliburlero". Great tune though.

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Irish Grannies.

I use to lurk on an irish newsgroup and it's funny what some people find amusing. Someone apparently went back home to Ireland and introduced Parmesan cheese to the family, except the granny heard it as "Partisan Cheese." Well, the Irish newsgroup was howling for months over that one. Maybe you had to be there.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

She came here to "steal" floor scrubbing jobs.

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. Most of our grandparents did.

Perhaps another war will put us in a position to open our borders again?

[The Gunslinger]

6. The Final Countdown - Europe

[tinfoil tiaras]

7. Holy crap...i love that song too!

:) :rofl:

[SKKY]

I bet you this will change your mind...

...I used to like that song until I heard this. Pure comedy.

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

[Little Wing]

36. I was going to post this too

:thumbsup:

[The Backlash Cometh]

38. Aaaaaaaargh!

[mntleo2]

9. "Downtown."

...yeah, shoot me now but I love the tune ~ and I hate to admit it.

Cat In Seattle

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26. Good choice.

Doesn't get much sappier.

[Phredicles]

11. "Disco Inferno" (or pretty much anything from the '70s)

:silly: :blush: :dunce:

[u4ic]

47. BURN Baby BURN

I was just singing that the other day. :D

There are quite a few disco songs that I like.

[iamjoy]

19. Geesh, I'm Thinking Like Sweet Home Alabama

I think it's a great song, but wonder if it's racist. So, I try to convince myself it's tongue in cheek.

[The Backlash Cometh]

30. That's too cool for this thread.

So I've been told, Lynard Skynard was never racist. It's just the element that likes the confederate flag for the wrong reasons, that decided to adopt it as theirs. I say we co-opt it back.

[xmas74]

58. It was a response

to Neil Young's song "Southern Man".

Not a racist song at all but a bit angry.

[KarenS]

21. "In the Year 2525" Zager and Evans

I guess I've always had a cynical side,,,,,

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32. I can handle that one.

It's the California song that depresses me for a reason I can't explain. Hotel California. I just can't stand to hear it. It really leaves me blue.

[Maraya1969]

22. "Build me up Buttercup" by Bobby Sherman!

"I think I love you" by David Cassidy. There's not my faves but........

OH......."Hey there loney girl" I used to sing that in my bedroom all the time.

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. "I think I love you" LOL!

God, was I ever that young?

[karlrschneider]

23. This Land is Your Land - either Woody or Arlo

:-)

[The Backlash Cometh]

35. Now THAT song really depresses me, because I know the rate

we're losing public lands to private interests.

[momophile]

25. "Careless Whisper" by Wham!

I don't know why I like it, but I do.

[Omphaloskepsis]

34. I like Dashboard Confessional...

I am so lame.

[The Backlash Cometh]

40. What is the story behind this group?

My daughter played it before a major competition and her performance came up short and she was disqualified. I never thought their music was upbeat and blamed her frame of mind for listening to what sounds like music of defeat.

[Omphaloskepsis]

45. Well it isn't The Backstreet Boys...

It actually is upbeat compared to a lot of other bands. Just don't let her listen to Eminem, she might kill someone.

[SKKY]

37. I like "Party Up" by DMX a lot...

...it's in my running play list, and it always gets me pumped up.

[Little Wing]

39. The Safety Dance.

Men Without Hats

One of these days I'm going to mash this up with Closer by NIN

[av8rdave]

42. Daydream Believer - Only Monkees song I ever liked

Also have a thing for Nilsson's "You're Breaking My Heart"

[The Backlash Cometh]

43. Ohhh, you're good at this game.

[catnhatnh]

48. "Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns N/T

[The Backlash Cometh]

49. I was waiting for someone to come up with that one.

If any song encapsulates the 60s, it's that one.

[Union Thug]

50. Madonna's "Ray of Light"

[otherlander]

52. "Red dirt road"

I know... :blush:

[mia]

53. Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On"

The few times I played the CD for company, people groaned. I love the song.

[KarenS]

54. ok,,,, two more =)

I cannot believe that I like "Fat Bottomed Girls" feminist type that I am,,,,,

plus "Dixie Chicken" :)

but I do

[Minnesota_Lib]

55. OK, never, ever tell anyone! "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies. I pretended...

..to hate it, fearful that my friends would question my coolness if I admitted liking it (I was around 16 at the time). :9

I bet most of my buds liked it too, but like me they would never cop to it. :rofl:

[pintobean]

56. Sausalito Summer Night

Diesel. Dumb song, but rather catchy.

[WindRavenX]

57. "Sexy Back" and "Wind it Up"

:o

[xmas74]

59. I hate most music of that sort

but I must confess to loving "Sexy Back".

The song does what it says-it has a good beat to it.