Songs and bands that are corny or lame that you enjoy anyway

[The Old School JPS]

Everyone has some of those guilty pleasures, songs and bands that are generally considered by others to be corny or lame but that you enjoy, though not in a particularly proud way - you'll play them in the car if you're alone but generally not with company, for instance. What are some of yours?

[Jeff Craddock]

My all-time guilty pleasure is Richard Harris' MacArthur Park.

"Someone left the cake out in the rain.
I don't think that I can take it,
Because it took so long to make it....."

:eek::eek::eek:

What can I say? I don't understand it myself....

[Blue Heaven]

Back in the 90s, Primus was one of those corny bands with funky music that seemed idiotic at the time. As I got a little older, their music has sort of grown on me.

[UK78ALUM]

My all-time guilty pleasure is Richard Harris' MacArthur Park.


Absolutely!

And then there's Afternoon Delight and Chevy Van.

[surveyor]

Sugar, Sugar

Mellow Yellow

[Grub]

The Spinners - Rubberband Man

[WILD1]

Absolutely!

And then there's Afternoon Delight and Chevy Van.

I'd suspect the subject matter may have something to do with your preference for these two :icon_mrgreen: however, there's no explaining why anyone would enjoy listening to any version of "MacArthur Park"! :icon_lol: Speaking of which, have you ever heard the version performed by William Shatner? Yes, it's as horrific as it sounds.

I don't think them at all a "corny or lame" band, maybe a little obscure, but I really like the "Raspberries".

[BowlingGreenUKGrad]

Kayak. And to a lesser degree, Emerson Lake and Palmer.

[Jeff Craddock]

....however, there's no explaining why anyone would enjoy listening to any version of "MacArthur Park"! :icon_lol:

Some things just defy explantion. What can I say? The first time I head the song, I was sitting in a kitchen in San Francisco (1968), peaking on some nice microdot. I thought it was one of the most profound things I'd ever heard.....;)

Sometimes you just like what you like. :icon_mrgreen:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

Herman's Hermits...:icon_redface:

[jpay]

Archie Bell and the Drells... Tighten UP

[surveyor]

When I'm in the garage working or in the drive washing the car, I listen to WAKY.

Everytime the Romeo and Juliet by the Reflections come on, I crank up the radio while Di just rolls her eyes. :icon_lol:

[TrueblueCATfan]

anybody remember Davey Jones and the Monkeys

or David Cassidy and the Partridge family...."I think I love you"

[capcat]

Herman's Hermits...:icon_redface:
:icon_lol: There ya' go :thumbup:

The Turtles "Happy Together" (how is the weather? :confused:)

[moody85]

(ABBA)

:shrug1::icon_biggrin:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

(ABBA)

:shrug1::icon_biggrin:

Please forgive me (or not ;)) but I have a funny Abba story. My sister is three years younger and even though her brother went off the chart with the British invasion and the west coast music she was listening to Johnie Mathes instead of Jimi Hendrix...who knows how these things happen. Two years ago I was at her home in Villa Hills and she was playing her normal boring music :icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes: when someone asked her to play something more lively: She put on Abba :eek::eek::eek::eek:...Feats don't fail me now...:beer:

[WILD1]

The first time I head the song, I was sitting in a kitchen in San Francisco (1968), peaking on some nice microdot. I thought it was one of the most profound things I'd ever heard.....;)



That explains everything...'nuff said. :icon_mrgreen:

[surveyor]

Please forgive me (or not ;)) but I have a funny Abba story. My sister is three years younger and even though her brother went off the chart with the British invasion and the west coast music she was listening to Johnie Mathes instead of Jimi Hendrix...who knows how these things happen. Two years ago I was at her home in Villa Hills and she was playing her normal boring music :icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes: when someone asked her to play something more lively: She put on Abba :eek::eek::eek::eek:...Feats don't fail me now...:beer:

Well, Terry, you'd be surprised that I own an ABBA Greatest Hits CD and listen to it every now and then ............ and The Carpenters, too! :icon_lol:

[WILD1]

Well, Terry, you'd be surprised that I own an ABBA Greatest Hits CD and listen to it every now and then ............ and The Carpenters, too! :icon_lol:

Can't go there with you regarding ABBA, just can't ;)...The Carpenters...always thought Karen had a great voice...she was smooth.

[Terry L. Wildcat]

Can't go there with you regarding ABBA, just can't ;)...The Carpenters...always thought Karen had a great voice...she was smooth.

She just needed an aspen kicking rock n roll band to back her up!

[WILD1]

She just needed an aspen kicking rock n roll band to back her up!
No. Kidding. That would have sounded sweeeet!

[matt colvin]

The Spinners - Rubberband Man


:icon_redface: I actually like this song too, and am listening to it now lol.

"You're bound to lose control when the rubber band starts to jam!!"

[The Black Watch]

(ABBA)

:shrug1::icon_biggrin:

Ah, you beat me to it. My wife is amazed to this very day that I own one of thier CD's. Amidst the Tool, Korn, Alice 'N Chains, and Soundgarden it's a little out of place. But, it gets played, none the less.

[CATHYnKY]

Herman's Hermits...:icon_redface:

The Dave Clark 5....NOT!

[Wildcat Larry]

Barry Manilow and Copa Cabana. It's like one of those commercial jingles that get in your head and you can't flush it out. :eek:

[Bombastic Blue]

Possibly the most dumb song ever written, "Werewolves of London". I love it! I start to smile every time it comes on the radio.

[matt colvin]

Possibly the most dumb song ever written, "Werewolves of London". I love it! I start to smile every time it comes on the radio.


Really like it too. "His hair was perfect"

[Ukosumu]

COME ON ILENE by Diexie's Midnight Runners. Don't know why.:shrug1:

[WILD1]

Possibly the most dumb song ever written, "Werewolves of London". I love it! I start to smile every time it comes on the radio.
Loved the late, great Warren Zevon! :thumbup:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

The Dave Clark 5....NOT!

I still love the Dave Clark Five :thumbup:

[BOURBON TOWN CAT FAN]

80's hair bands like Poison, Cinderella and Ratt.

[trublu]

A Flock of Seagulls.....I have no idea why.

[RxRusty]

I'll go way back for one (I was young and had bad taste, forgive me...)

Freddie and the Dreamers. I remember "doin' the Freddie" at the roller rink. :icon_redface:I have to admit, it was a fun song. BUT as the thread title says...very corny.

[surveyor]

Journey.

I've never been able to figger out why I liked this band so much in high school from `78 to today - although, my enthusiasm for `em has waned significantly.

Cheesy power ballads, simple formulaic melodies, bridges, etc.
:icon_mrgreen:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

I'll go way back for one (I was young and had bad taste, forgive me...)

Freddie and the Dreamers. I remember "doin' the Freddie" at the roller rink. :icon_redface:I have to admit, it was a fun song. BUT as the thread title says...very corny.

:cool: I have a Freddie and the Dreamers Greatest Hits CD..."I'm telling you now..." :icon_mrgreen:

[RxRusty]

:cool: I have a Freddie and the Dreamers Greatest Hits CD..."I'm telling you now..." :icon_mrgreen:

Thanks! Now I don't feel so bad now. That just might be a good CD for my collection. I'll have to see if I can track down a copy. I'm sure it would put a smile on my face. :icon_mrgreen:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

Thanks! Now I don't feel so bad now. That just might be a good CD for my collection. I'll have to see if I can track down a copy. I'm sure it would put a smile on my face. :icon_mrgreen:

I love making oldies discs so I have bought a number of discs just for a few songs (I'm not a downloader)...The Grassroots and Jay and the Americans come to mind...I'd be glad to burn The Dreamers for you.

[BrassowFan]

My older brother used to play Neil Diamond all of the time.. I have to admit, I still like some of the old tunes.

[The Old School JPS]

anybody remember Davey Jones and the Monkeys

or David Cassidy and the Partridge family...."I think I love you"

The Monkees: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork . . . They'd probably be front and center for me in this topic. They recorded some solid and catchy tunes.

[RxRusty]

I love making oldies discs so I have bought a number of discs just for a few songs (I'm not a downloader)...The Grassroots and Jay and the Americans come to mind...I'd be glad to burn The Dreamers for you.

I really appreciate the offer but I found the Freddie and the Dreamers "Ultimate Collection" CD on Amazon and ordered it before I saw this post. It's a 2 disc, 62 song package. It was only 15.98, I couldn't resist.:thumbup:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

My older brother used to play Neil Diamond all of the time.. I have to admit, I still like some of the old tunes.

"Kentucky Woman"...check out Deep Purple's version :thumbup:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

Loved the late, great Warren Zevon! :thumbup:

Circa 1982 I saw Warren Zevon and The Grateful Dead in Boulder...what a show.

[WILD1]

Circa 1982 I saw Warren Zevon and The Grateful Dead in Boulder...what a show.

No fair...you've seen ALL the greats! :cool:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

No fair...you've seen ALL the greats! :cool:

I was a rain storm away from seeing The Beatles at Crosley Field and also missed on The Doors, Cream, Pink Floyd to name a few. Being a first year boomer does have it's props as does being lucky (Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Who, The Kinks, The Grateful Dead, Poco, Paul Simon at Cincinnati Music Hall) :cool: ...ain't no time to wonder why.

[WILD1]

I was a rain storm away from seeing The Beatles at Crosley Field and also missed on The Doors, Cream, Pink Floyd to name a few. Being a first year boomer does have it's props as does being lucky (Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Who, The Kinks, The Grateful Dead, Poco, Paul Simon at Cincinnati Music Hall) :cool: ...ain't no time to wonder why.




I've always felt that I was born just a few years late...and now I know why. ;)

[surveyor]

Yeah. Me, too.

I figger the reason is my parents woulda been 6 and 4 for an earlier conception to take place. :icon_lol:

[TylerM35]

corny songs that i like hmmm.... lets try

Love Shack - B 52's haha

First time i head it was like when i was five and i watched the Flinstones movie. Man i used to get up and dance everytime they played the scene with that song it. Good ol days for me.

[Brian McCat]

Possibly the most dumb song ever written, "Werewolves of London". I love it! I start to smile every time it comes on the radio.

Kid Rock is making some serious jack off the piano riff from that song this summer.

[Brian McCat]

corny songs that i like hmmm.... lets try

Love Shack - B 52's haha

First time i head it was like when i was five and i watched the Flinstones movie. Man i used to get up and dance everytime they played the scene with that song it. Good ol days for me.

What's corny about Love Shack? It's a get up and shake your...umm...you know kind of song.

:icon_mrgreen:

[Blue 24/7]

Heard It In A Love Song - Marshall Tucker Band

He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones (I don't really think that's corny but my friends look at me pretty strangely when I sing it at the top of my lungs)