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i LOVE pablum!

AND 1992!

YAY!
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Oh Canada
 

Is this kinda like "why do they bother to disinfect the arm before sticking in the lethal injection needle?"

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

Good one. At the risk of reopening this can of worms about 70's music (but with the proper qualifiers -- 70's AM Pop radio staples), I give you this. I think it beats your example by a nose.

"Seasons in the Sun -- Terry Jacks"

Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.

Goodbye Papa its hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone

All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun


One word -- Ouch.

spookyfish

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

Sure, screw with the classics. Next thing you know you'll be nominating Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey.

She comes down from yellow mountain -
on a dark, flat land she rides - on a pony she named Wildfire
with a whirlwind by her side, on a cold Nebraska night

Oh, they say she died one winter, when there came a killing frost
and the pony she named Wildfire busted down his stall
In a blizzard he was lost

She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire

By the dark of the moon, I planted - but there came an early snow
There's been a hoot owl howlin' by my window now for six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know - and on Wildfire we're both gonna go

We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire

On Wildfire we're gonna ride; we're gonna leave sod-bustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds, riding Wildfire



I always cry when I think of that poor widdle pony out in the blizzard. Stupid bitch should have taken better care of her horse.

Speaking of Bad Lyrics
 

This is a slippery slope. As far as cheesy 70s lyrics go, how about At Seventeen by Janis Ian. Or Convoy.

Classic Pablum, 70s Style
 

While we're here, 1977's "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson:

I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly chicka-boom, chicka-boom
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly chicka-do, chicka-do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

Can you believe that? And then he says:

"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"

Well...can you imagine?

My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly
And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy
So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan
Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man

Singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Get it any way you can
Right? Ha ha ha, so...

I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall
And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall
I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring
And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling

A-singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Just-a doin' my thing

Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!

Let's have joy and fun and ....
 

It's tripe, but Terry Jacks' version is just one and by no means the earliest version of it. Kingston Trio had one earlier, and there are a bunch of others out there too (Pearls before Swine?). It was a 60s standard.

Which may be a possible new poll: The worst music that has still been recorded by multiple "artists" (at least no one would EVER try to do Billy, Don't Be a Hero again...).

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

You use the word classic far more loosely than I do. ;)

If he hadn't "made it" in music, he's got a great serial killer name.

sf

P.S. The 409 was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a great engine. Too prone to blowing up because the cylinder castings were made too thin. You would be much better off with a slightly later model 427. (It's just you can't rhyme as much stuff with 427). Just my $.02.

Let's have joy and fun and ....
 

Well, my sister did. And I still have the tape. It provides me with unimaginable leverage in family disputes.

Let's have joy and fun and ....
 

Oh, that's easy. Mr. Postman. Made waaay too many times.

And nomination for stupid lyrics - Horse with no name...in the desert you can't remember your name cuz there ain't no one for to give you no pain....

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

Well if that's the route we're going down, how about an oldie, like "Land of 1000 Dances."

I said na, na na na na, na na na na na-na-na na-na-na, na na na naaaaa. Watch it now watch it. Do the mashed potato, etc.

str8

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

We could discuss the pros and cons of the different 351s and really piss off the other FBers. BTW, although I admit that "great" was a strong word for the 409 (I will admit that my emotion over the Imp got the better of me), I still like it.

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

4-2-7, 4-2-7
I think I've died and gone to heaven
with my four-two-seven

It's not like the beach boys brought forth hundreds of words to rhyme with nine.

Most Stupid Song Poll
 

Let's get to the bottom of this descent. Rock and Roll Part II.


1) The "Ba na na na" are horn sounds.
2) The "Chakachaka" part is some sort of percussion.

Ba na na na... Hey! Ba na na.
Ba na na na... Hey! Ba na na.
Ba na na na... Hey! Ba na na.

Chakachaka chakachaka chaka... (fans scream here: "Go team!" substituting
whichever team they are rooting for)

Repeat forever.

Other Flashback 70's crap
 

You just gotta love an era when they sang about their cars so much. Now we just hear about bitches and blunts. :D