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- From: mvp@netcom.com (Mike Van Pelt)
- Subject: Re: The Absolute Worst Song of All Time.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.002039.14958@netcom.com>
- Summary: Don't worry <boom cha boom> Be happy
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:20:39 GMT
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- In article <By5wq5.B6s@techbook.com> dant@techbook.com (Dan Tilque) writes:
- >Personally, I'd have to say that "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (is that by
- >Bobby Goldsboro?) must be the worst. I mean, what other song is
-
- Bobby McFerrin
-
- >justifiable cause for any felony on the books, up to and including
- >illegal use of nuclear bombs within the city limits.
-
- I wouldn't count it as "worst." I kind of liked it, in a "funny-once"
- sort of way. Of course, if I listened to Top-40 Radio, and had heard
- it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
- and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
- and over and over and over and over and over and over again, I think
- I might be willing to commit mass carnage to prevent having to ever
- hear it again myself.
-
- How many songs are on this list are victims of Top-40 "We play your
- favorite songs over and over and over and over and over and over and
- over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
- over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
- over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
- over again until they aren't your favorite songs anymore" overexposure,
- and how many are really and truly bad songs?
-
- Now, for really and truly ***BAD***, has anyone heard William Shatner's
- rendition (emphasis on "rend") of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and
- "Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man"? Now that's music to hurl by.
-
- Or, for more mainstream stuff, how about "I Started a Joke" by the
- (urp) Bee Gees?
- --
- Mike Van Pelt | What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth?
- mvp@netcom.com | Judging from realistic simulations involving a
- | sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we
- | can assume it will be pretty bad. -- Dave Barry
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