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- From: hkelly@tantalum.eds.com (Kelly Shuldberg)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
- Subject: Re: The Absolute Worst Song of All Time.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.003309.18658@edsr.eds.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 00:33:09 GMT
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- In article <BxvrAx.2rD@acsu.buffalo.edu> v059nrcg@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Mike Vago) writes:
- > I feel it is my duty to clear up this worst song thing once and
- >for all. The absolute worst rock song of all time is a Yoko Ono
- >monstrosity entitled "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For
- >Her Hand In The Snow)", and can be found on the back of the great
- >John Lennon album Live Peace in Toronto 1969, which has a great
- >side one, featuring, John, Ringo, Eric Clapton, and Klaus Voorman
- >in concert, and an awful side two featuring the aforementioned
- >not-quite-as-fab four backing up Yoko.
-
- Oh, gawd, yes, I'd forgotten about that. With Yoko sounding like someone
- is sticking hot toothpicks under her fingernails.
-
- > As for the worst lyrics, they belong to a song called Ain't No
- >Sunshine, which boasts this chorus:
- >"I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, Iknow, I
- >know, I know, I know, I know I know, I Know, I know, I know, I
- >know, a-now leave the young thang alone, ain't no sunshine when
- >she's gone."
-
- Well, here I disagree. there are plenty of great blues songs where the
- singer will drone on and on and on and on and... (SLAP!). Thanks! I needed
- that!
-
- No, my nomination for worst lyrics is a song America recorded in about 1972
- called The Pidgeon Song (I think). It goes something like...
-
- Had a pidgeon by the name of Fred
- But I done shot him through the head
- Had a dog, he was my best friend
- But to him, I done put an end
-
- And they were apparently SERIOUS! I was able to send Dave all the right
- lyrics even thoughh I can't remember them right now. I'm saving that
- memory space in my brain for something REALLY important, like whether the
- socks I put on in the morning are clean or not.
-
- h. kelly shuldberg
- hkelly@edsr.eds.com
- Albuquerque, NM
-