favorite corny 70s song?

[datasuspect]

mine:

chevy van - sammy johns
cherokee nation - paul revere and the raiders
stay awhile - the bells
(you're) having my baby - paul anka

[Don Claybrook]

The Things We Do For Love - 10cc n/t

[AlCzervik]

9. I love that song, i dont think it's corny though

[XNASA]

11. Me too. But what about.....................

"Rubber Bullets" by 10cc.

Corny enough?

[AlCzervik]

15. That song is just horrible overall

I could never figure out what they were going for on that one...Beach boys sound?

[redqueen]

16. I like I'm Not In Love

but that's the only 10cc song I like. I think.

[WCGreen]

31. Life is a minestrone....

[redqueen]

39. Not familiar with that one

I'll have to check it out... thanks.

[WCGreen]

51. Did you ever catch

Cry by Godley and creame, the founders of 10CC?

[DelawareValleyDem]

1. shannon

Henry Gross did a pretty good Beach Boys imitation

[Canuckistanian]

2. Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

By Wayne Newton, I believe

[Red State Rebel]

43. Ohhhh sad Wayne Newton :).....

I always liked his music.

[Red State Rebel]

44. The Rain, the Park and Other Things - The Cowsills

Just loved em...

[markbark]

3. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks

also...

The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann

and the Queso Grande of all chessy songs:


Billy Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

--MAB

[flamingyouth]

5. Manfred Mann's version of "The Mighty Quinn" is from the '60s

Good choice, tho.:thumbsup:

[markbark]

50. Chessy?

make that CHEESY


sheesh!


:)

--MAB

[flamingyouth]

4. "Where Evil Grows" - The Poppy Family

I like it for its inherent creepiness.

[phaseolus]

6. that 'Timothy' song

you know, the cannibalism one... Freaked me out when I was a kid

[WCGreen]

32. I think that was from the late 60's and was about a donkey....

[redqueen]

7. Strawberry Letter 23

by the Brothers Johnson.

I frickin LOVE that song.

[demon67]

8. "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphy

But have to also note my love for already-mentioned "Chevy Van" and "Shannon." Also, I would inlcude "Afternoon Delight" and "The Hustle."

[tekriter]

10. Oh, man, I got so SICK of hearing that song...

because I lived in Nebraska when it came out, and it has that line in it about "a cold Nebraska night"...

SO THEY PLAYED IT 900 TIMES A DAY!
.
.
:nuke:

[donheld]

19. That must be a Nebraska thing

I lived in western nebraska in the mid to late 70's. there were like 2 radio stations and they could play songs till you wanted to puke. I got so i was ready to go postal on them. I still can't listen to the Eagles because of this.

[mac56]

22. Except for the part where "there came a killing frost"

No one but tomatoes and roses need to worry about a killing frost!

[MsAnthropy]

12. I can't think of a song what WASN'T corny in the 70s

what a decade of dreck!

[markbark]

49. Dark Side of the Moon

released in 1973 (and Wizard of Oz trick REALLY works!)

--MAB

(proof that all things 70's weren't drek.... just most of them! ;) )

[Beware the Beast Man]

13. Fu Manchu did a great cover version of "Chevy Van"

Turned it into a fuzzed-out stoner-rock track.

[tigereye]

46. I must be in a strange mood

because that makes me curious. I despised the original the first time around.

[Beware the Beast Man]

52. Trust me, it's a sweet version.

I didn't recognize it the first time I heard it.

[customerserviceguy]

14. Would I get booted if I mentioned

a Partridge Family song? I wouldn't blame any of you for questioning my taste, but doggone it, they were so, so, ... HAPPY! "Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted," is something I actually enjoy. In private, of course!

C'mon, get happy!

[datasuspect]

17. not unless i can bring up the carpenters n/t

[donheld]

23. You best watch yourself when mentioning the Carpenters, However,

They did a "song" called "Calling Occupants (of Inter-Planetary Craft)." I'm sorry i loved Karen but that song Ruled when it came to corny. It was just horrendous :puke:

[mac56]

24. Originally done by the band Klaatu

who many claimed were the Beatles in disguise.

[datasuspect]

25. can't be as silly as "sweet city woman"

by the stampeders.

[donheld]

35. IMHO

It's by far worse

[datasuspect]

38. what about "convoy?"

eek

[frylock]

18. coven - one tin soldier (the legend of billy jack)..

in my defense, I was only maybe 7 when the song was released, and I really liked Billy Jack.

[the Princess]

20. anything by

David Cassidy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*squeal*

[mac56]

21. "I Wanna Be With You" by the Raspberries

"I'm On Fire" by Dwight Twilley
"Girl Of My Dreams" by Bram Tchaikovsky

[WCGreen]

33. A Friend of mine got in a fist fight with Eric Carmen

at a place called Cyrus Erie back in the early 70's, probably 71 or 72.....

[mac56]

36. Wow! That's cool.

If I remember right, "Cyrus Erie" was also the name of the band he was in right before the Raspberries.

[WCGreen]

41. Yea that place was the wst side of Cleveland

version of the eastside's Chesterland Hullabaloo where I believe the Rasberries were the house band...

My friend was a longhari reneck from the outskirts of Lorain and he was a wild man......

Anyway, he got in agreat punch on EC when EC charged at him after they got off stage but he was beaten down and tossed out.....

[datasuspect]

37. god

i hope so!

[u4ic]

26. When I read the title

The first songs I thought of were The Streak, Mr Jaws, Shaddup You Face, Shaving Cream...those types of corn.

[motely36]

27. The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

[mac56]

28. That song was so bad that Sonny Bono turned it down

for Cher to sing.

Think about that. He agreed to "Half Breed", "Dark Lady", and "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves", and still had the presence of mind to turn down this particular cheeseball.

[motely36]

29. I never knew that

I learn so much on DU. Wait till I impress my friends with this little tidbit!

[mac56]

30. plenty of fun facts to know and tell on DU!

;-)

[Eugene]

34. Could it be Magic - along with most Barry Manilow songs

The Morning After
Kung Fu Fighting

[FeelinGarfunkelly]

40. would you consider "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" corny?

There's this guy that always calls up the local radio station during the nightly all-request hour and requests this Gordon Lightfoot song EVERY NIGHT. Finally they stopped playing it so much but still, every time I hear it it just pisses me off b/c of that dude. but I guess that's not my favorite Corny song. That would be "I love" by Tom T. Hall. Little baby ducks, old pickup trucks, slow-movin' trains, and rain? giddyup!

[datasuspect]

42. now you've gone too far

joking

my choice would be "sundown"

[donheld]

48. "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald"

I love that song. Sad tale however.

[CornField]

45. Your love is like a roller coaster, Baby

I want to ride.

:puke:

[tigereye]

47. Last Kiss

or was that a cover of a 50s song?