I wonder if there is any one generation that can lay claim to having the most ridiculous songs that became great big hits. For me, even though the 70s were an awesome decade overall – including the music, there were also some really weird megahits that I look back on now and say “huh? I liked that?”
Exhibit #1: Rick Dees and the infamous “Disco Duck.” This song went to #1 in 1976. True Story.
Can you top that one? I’m sure you can. Every decade had its share of these embarrassing remnants.
This is also an open thread. What are you up to?
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The Confluence 
You know me, I remember the really old ones.
LOL! WTH is “the Hanky Panky?” and why did we never ask ourselves that question?
I love them!
This song made it the whole way to #12. how?
A number 1 hit: Right Said Fred
Confession – I actually still love this song.
I am a big old West Wing nerd and love the episode where CJ hears the song and makes her assistant explain it to her.. then she goes around singing it all day.
one of my favorites as a toddler:
Yes! And what about this one:
Hey! That wasn’t ridiculous–that’s a classic!
🙂 Some of them are!
Cuck Berry?
LOL! Just saw that too!
I am freaked out tbh. I found earlier some old Romanian historical movies and was happy, and then read the fucking news and heard Clegg is still talking to the Tories.
But for those in the modod for some exotic music, here’s what I grew up with
Brings back memories! 🙂
when I found it I started crying like a child and haven’t stopped yet
Yes I have the whole movie, but no English subtitles
Now this was silly:
LOL! Yes I loved that one!
For those who like historical movies, here’s a Romanian one
There are English subtitles
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6010549769776372882#docid=7484020405891757739
and yes the child is supposed to be Vlad Tepes, although it’s not very historically accurate.
I still love that song.
Somehow the original version works better:
Wonderful!
really old and they used to use it in bugs bunny cartoons
LOL, I remember hearing that as a kid.
my high school music teacher really liked him and would play him for us
my Nana sang me this one:
{{{clapping!!}}} my dad did too!
I never heard that one.
It was actually aDonald Duck cartoon called The Fuhrers Face, a good example of propoganda during the war.
Speaking of Frank Zappa:
Zappa! He & I went to the same high school. Of course he graduated the year before I was born!
Does that mean you went to Claremont High?
Nope – Antelope Valley HS.
I have to admit, I like most of these songs. The sillier or cornier the better.
Here’s a fun one:
Here’s a childhood memory:
Happy Mother’s Day to all Conflucian mothers!
OT, but this really struck me as outrageous. Can you BELIEVE this guy? I am continually stunned by his hypocrisy. He has a problem with untruths spread in the media and how it affects young people?!
Obama bemoans ‘diversions’ of IPod, Xbox era
HAMPTON, Virginia — US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media.
“You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank all that high on the truth meter,” Obama said at Hampton University, Virginia.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcoyG-Ck3-VwZB7fqpUFXbffoObg
Of course…we should be listening to Him only. Sitting on the edge of our seats awaiting every word that passes his lips.
I saw that. He’s going around the country complaining about freedom of speech and freedom of information. He really is a fascist.
It’s really frightening to watch Orwell’s 1984 unfold right before our eyes.
ok, what?
I guess the spread of information was only good when it helped his worthless ass get fraudulently elected.
Lest we forget:
What? David Cassidy? How dare you DT! {{swoons}}
What the heck was this about?
Cooking accident.
Extreme PMS?
I LOVE this one. It is the best silly song ever. It’s perfect in its absurdity.
Last time I was in Macarthur Park, there were open air bakeries and drug dealers everywhere, so..
OK, now I’m in a TV theme mood. Is it me or was the TV music better then:
Aw! Hawaii Five-O was my mom’s favorite show. We used to tease her about having a crush on Jack Lord.
And of course…
Obama also has a problem with the Miranda decision: Wonder where Kagin stands on that>
Per this NYTimes article, Eric Holder and Obama both believe Miranda rights should be limited for terrorist suspects.
Uh, who decides that and when? Sounds like more power to the executive.
And, if someone allegedly involved in terrorism can have his or her right to an attorney, to protection of the Fifth Amendment even, stripped –or merely slipped back a bit in the process, when does that come to be applied to, oh, alleged drug criminals or or alleged pedophiles? And, then, a bit later on, when is it applied to, oh, pollitical dissidents?
Or maybe political dissidents come right after the alleged terrorists since dissent might undermine the Unitary Executive?
Didn’t Eric Holder invite Donna Brazile to address a symposium on voting rights? If we can’t have an AG with a sense of justice, at least we have one with a sense of humor. We’ll probably read them their Miranda rights while they’re being tortured.
This is one of the best TV show themes evah!
And then there’s this one.
I actually posted this one because I like it, not because I think it’s ridiculous.
This is my favorite TV theme EVAH! (And my favorite show.)
CNN confirms President Barack Obama to pick U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan as U.S. Supreme Court nominee
Just came to post that. Well this will be interesting. Wonder how long it will take before all those on the left who took a tough line against nominating Kagan will walk back their criticism.
Blinked and missed it, they’re already walking back. Bowing as they go no doubt. She’s the greatest eveh apparently. Genius. 11 dimensional chess I tells ya…
Let me guess, it’s 11th dimensional chess because she’ll probably turn out just as wonderfully as the last cypher with a handful of mostly very alarming public positions and zero experience in the job to which he was being elevated? O joy. O rapture.
It’s the Heckuva Job Administration.
Lol
Let’s start with the word “think”…
I saw that… the only thing that gave Jeralyn pause was that Kagan was a special counsel to (wait for it, wait for it….)
….Biden when he was on the Senate Judiciary committee.
Ahh…the original is better – The Sugarhill Gang (I actually saw them in concert – True Story). Check out the 70s polyester dance fest:
Did we really dance like that????
Look at Yglesias, making this a Clinton and Obama SCOTUS pick. From his twitter:
Someone call digby, if you pretend to like Medea/Lady Macbeth in the course of trying to pawn yet another of O’s screwups on her, does it make a sound? We need a ruling on this.
if by sound you mean the sound of screeching tires making a U-Turn as they pretend they like and trust Clinton…then yes, it makes a sound.
Speaking of Sally Quinn Lite, her Village sources say Kagan was the “only confirmable possibility.”
Oh great, we’re back to degraded domestic realpolitik. Why even try, when You can’t win. I’d truly love to thank all the jackasses who poured into our state to campaign for Truck Boy, not only for the joy you’ve brought to us, not only for the joy you’ve brought to the Constitution, but for giving the powers that be their new-old favorite excuse back.
Truck boy, lol. Is that any way to talk about your US Senator. 🙂
Heh
At least you didn’t get stuck with someone who forgot the whole slavery thing when considering Confederate history month.
Bad and Worse,sigh, what I’d do for some better altenatives.
I’m thinking this was probably already discussed, so sorry for the repeat, but since it is indeed Kagan, it needs to be repeated anyway: Glenn Greenwald:
The progressive movement killed itself and keeps coming back as a zombie.
Wonder who started the Harriet Miers meme. TP at FDL says Kagan makes Harriet Miers look like Thurgood Marshall. How can you fail with that kind of reasoned analysis. Sorry, I know Glenn means well, but he’s got a one track perspective – presidential powers above all. Glenn is on the side of corporations on Citizens United. Does he care where Kagan stands on that. There are dozens of other areas of the law. Let the hearings happen.
Sure there are many areas of the law, but is there really any reason not to appoint someone who’s likely to be good in most or all of them? This Administration is all about passing up someone who’s pretty damn good in favor of someone who isn’t the absolute worst choice possible. Maybe. Hopefully. He’s a Democrat replacing Souter and Stevens and in both cases, it’s likely the Court will move right to whatever degree. It just seems like he could do a lot better, or at least try.
I like Pam Karlan, but I confess I don’t really know her either. 🙂
the WH probably enjoys the temporary backlash from “the left of the left”
Point is, W gave into his base on Myers. Won’t happen now. And like the HCR that was crap in December and golf in March, so will Kagan.
Well, I don’t trust anyone these days, and neither should anybody else. I admit, I don’t know much about Kagan, but if she’s Obama’s pick, I’m going to check the recs. I know she worked for Goldman at one point.
BTW, how do you do the youtube links? I’ve enjoyed many of yours – esp. the Frank Zappa ones. Love Frank. I’m a big fan of the Rivingtons and Papa Oom Mow Mow, as well. : )
just copy/paste the url here into your comment and it will embed on its own.
Thanks! Going to youtube now.
Kay. Let’s see if this works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLVUHknb-Is&feature=related
try the link without the “&feature=related” at the end
Kay. Trying again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8TM4CIk5g
It’s not embedded, but it plays. Good enough. 🙂
Don’t know if you’re still around, but don’t put the text together in the same line (and for future reference, don’t put the text after the youtube url either)
See like this : (i.e. I’m hitting the return key before putting the url)
I’m getting to play too. What about this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDYzuwG-gOE&feature=related
Yep, that worked. It’s just as good as embedding, one click and it plays.
Your links work perfectly great.. I was just trying to help you because you’re so close to getting it to embed 🙂
Thanks. I really want to embed. Really, I do. : )
Oh, I’m not trying to undercut your embedding tutorial, 🙂 just trying to be supportive if it doesn’t work 100% like it’s supposed to.
Not used to being 100 % anyways. : ) I’m all make-do all the time.
All make-do all the time… that’s great! It’s the reverse of what Valerie Jarrett said about Obama (“too talented to do what ordinary people do”
Make do is the best ordinary people can do. O is not ordinary, apparently.
You’re doing better than I am, it took a while to even figure out how to find the individual YouTube URL’s.
No O is not ordinary, he’s extraordinary (average everyday sane psycho superfeminist)
Try just copying the whole embed code en masse and pasting it. That’s what I did.
I do not worship the “extraordinary.” Ha!
Color me jaded.
It’s poppy Liz Phair, but it’s still Liz Phair…
Did I do it?
Yep 🙂
Yay! 🙂
One more in honor of the great Lena: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo
For some reason The Hanson Bros must think they’re special because they’ve disabled the links, but when I woke up I thought of this one:
MMMBop — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHozn0YXAeE
Ridiculous, but a big hit for sure.
I saw an article recently where Fred Schneider said he got booed off the stage in a karaoke bar singing this song.
Think I saw them live, can’t be sure. 🙂
Had a crush on one of the Bangles. Can’t remember which one.
OK, nobody smack me because it’s the Beatles, but this acid-induced song was definitely ridiculous and a big hit:
This also brings back memories (ones I won’t share however)
Anyone else remember the Revolution #9 “backwards” controversy and the “Paul is Dead” meme?
Yes. You knew it was true, because he was barefoot on the cover of Abbey Road.
Yes of course, but I never tried it.
I’m posting songs I like instead because I don’t want to link to crap like Sisquo’s Thong Song…
Sade — Soldier of Love
Thanks for the encouragement and instruction. Off to sleep now. Night all.
Today’s tabloids
Yep, even today!
By the way, I love this “poem.”
The absolutely worst song of the 1970’s..drum rollllll
“I’m Not Lisa” by Jessi Colter.
Speaking of ridiculous, this war Obama has on technology errr- information
‘It’s a confusing internet out there’ proclaims the president who promotes Andrew Sullivan and Arianna Huffington as if they are paragons of journalistic integrity.
LOL
Hi all. Great songs.
Something less than great:
http://www.aolnews.com/health/article/female-circumcision-compromise-allowing-ritual-nick-ignites-debate/19468638?icid=main|hp-laptop|dl1|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fhealth%2Farticle%2Ffemale-circumcision-compromise-allowing-ritual-nick-ignites-debate%2F19468638
(May 7) — The American Academy of Pediatrics has moderated its policy on female circumcision — a decision that quickly spurred widespread denunciation from advocacy groups and government officials.
As for silly songs:
That was a top 10 hit in 1982. Unbelievable!
I would have to vote for Their Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha, and Hang on Sloopy
I meant to post “Hang on Sloopy!” Good call.
Yes! Sloopy.
My hubby’s submission: Hot Buttered Popcorn. (went to #4 in the U.S.)
That was serious early electronica. Thank your husband. 🙂