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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-11 12:43 PM
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This has to be one of the stupidest songs ever recorded:

"Johnny Get Angry"

Songwriters: Hal David, Sherman Edwards

Johnny, I said we were through
Just to see what you would do
You stood there and hung your head
Made me wish that I were dead

Oh, Johnny get angry, Johnny get mad
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had
I want a brave man, I want a cave man
Johnny, show me that you care, really care for me

http://www.songlyrics.com/joanie-sommers/johnny-get-angry-lyrics/

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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-11 01:07 PM
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1. I remember hearing that on AM radio when I was
just a boy. I think Joanie Sommers wound up appearing in several of those "beach" pictures back in the mid-1960s.
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-11 01:21 PM
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2. It's pretty bad -but it's probably the only hit song with an all-kazoo chorus. n/t
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-11 01:34 PM
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3. I noticed that when I heard it this morning. Aargh! Thank goodness kazoos seem to be out of vogue.nt
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Throd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-11 08:16 PM
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4. Kazoo chorus? I remember it was a hoakey song, but I don't remember that!
I'll have to check it out again for the kazoos.
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-11 08:24 PM
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5. We had a HUGE informal student kazoo orchestra at our pep rallies -- hundreds of players.
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This was the late 60's -- we also threw our fists up
in a power salute, but we extended our pinkies and
shouted.
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It was MONTHS before the school administration caught
on and made us stop.
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Instead of "RIGHT ON!!!", we were all shouting "HARD ON!!!"
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Pepped us up, it did.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-11 09:18 PM
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6. Yeah, but kd lang kind of makes it worth it.
http://youtu.be/p8OyRj1NkJw

God I love that woman.
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 04:50 AM
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8. The first time I saw her do that song on SNL,



I was awestruck. She's an all time favorite. She's simply amazing.



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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 04:18 PM
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19. Me too. I suspect I could fall in love with her given half a chance.
I've seen her twice in performance, and she is way beyond awesome.
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-11 07:05 AM
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26. Now I have to share some of teh awesome.



K.D. Lang - You're OK http://youtu.be/zcZB-Oue96Q


K.D. Lang is love incarnate...



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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 03:23 AM
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7. This one makes me want to give myself a lobotomy with an icepick.
Good Morning Starshine


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh............
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la ................

Good mornin' starshine, the earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good mornin' starshine, You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
our early mornin' singin' song

Glibby gloop gloopy Nibby Nabby Noopy La La La Lo Lo
Sabba Sibby Sabba Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo
Tooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba
Early mornin' singin' song

Good mornin' starshine
There's love in your skies
reflecting the sunlight
in my lovers eyes

Good mornin' starshine, so happy to be
my love and me as we sing
our early mornin' singin' song

Glibby gloop gloopy Nibby Nabby Noopy La La La Lo Lo
Sabba sibby sabba nooby abba nabba Le Le Lo Lo
Tooby ooby walla Nooby abba nabba
Early mornin' singin' song

***musical interlude***

Can you hear me?
Singin' a song, hummin' a song, singin' a song
Lovin' a song, laughin' a song, singin' the song
Sing the song, song the sing
song song song sing, sing sing sing song

Long long long ling, ling ling ling long

Sing sing a song sing a song
yah, you can sing sing song sing a song
Sing sing a song, sing a song

Sing..........
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 06:54 AM
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9. Amen, Brother DUer.....When I first heard that atrocity I thought: Well, something .....
....I can hate worse than "She's having my baby"

:)
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 02:04 PM
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13. Gotta disagree.
As awful as that Oliver song is, "She's Having My Baby" made me want to blow my brains out with an elephant gun every time I ever heard it. Worst hit song EVAH! :puke:
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 07:22 AM
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10. I was spending the summer with my cousin when she bought that record.
She played it over & over & over -- can you imagine having to hear that song continuously for days? :crazy:
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 08:56 AM
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11. Somebody want to start a thread on songs you really hate? I know that

it's been done before, but I reckon it's about time for another one.



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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 01:14 PM
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12. Hey, that one actually gives the tenors the melody for a while
And the lyric is "Gliddy gloop gloopy," not "Glibby gloop gloopy," which makes all the difference in the world. This is a terrific song.

Admit that you stand corrected. Admit it!
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 06:48 PM
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22. ahhh...THAT song had me at "Glibby gloop gloopy Nibby Nabby Noopy "
:evilgrin:
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 02:35 PM
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14. And here I was ready for "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" n/t
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solara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 03:15 PM
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15. This song drove me nutz.. and I still don't know why or how
Edited on Fri Dec-02-11 03:15 PM by solara
I memorized these lyrics - I was just a kid



Wives & Lovers by Burt Bachrach

Hey, little girl, comb your hair, fix your make-up, soon he will open the door,
Don't think because there's a ring on your finger, you needn't try any more.

For wives should always be lovers too,
Run to his arms the moment that he comes home to you.
I'm warning you,

Day after day, there are girls at the office and the men will always be men,
Don't send him off, with your hair still in curlers, you may not see him again.

Wives should always be lovers too,
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you.
He's almost here,

hey, little girl, better wear something pretty,
Something you wear to go to the city,
Dim all the lights, pour the wine, start the music, time to get ready for love.

Time to get ready for love, yes it's time to get ready for love,
It's time to get ready, kick your shoes off, baby....,
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 03:28 PM
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16. That song makes me stabby. n/t
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 03:39 PM
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17. I spit on that song, and on the
one in the OP too.

I was a teenager in the 60s, but I try not to think about it.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 04:19 PM
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20. Bacharach's music to that song was terrific.
But then an awful lot of Burt Bacharach's music was exceptional. The lyrics were by Hal David, Bacharach's main collaborator in those days.
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solara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 06:58 PM
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23. You are right.. I should have been clearer on that,,The music is almost
considered a jazz waltz standard by some. :hi:
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 04:21 PM
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21. Holy crap. I'd never heard that one. I hope he got disabused of that notion!
"Time to get ready for insecurity, little girl..."
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 03:40 PM
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18. Yes! Gah! nt
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 08:07 PM
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24. It was SOP for the times... completely unremarkable.
Those of us who are "of a certain age" remember it as just another song in the background of our lives. If we anted to go to college, it was to "find a man".. The jobs were secretary, nurse, teacher, librarian, stewardess, etc etc etc
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 09:46 PM
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25. worst song ever:
"If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I’d Blow It All On You" -Dennis Warner Band
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