grunge666 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Anything AT ALL by Bon Jovi, Simply Red or UB40. I've lost a DAB Radio to B*n J*vi - it went down the bog as I was trying to turn it off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='grunge666' timestamp='1429184371' post='2748841'] Anything AT ALL by Bon Jovi, Simply Red or UB40. I've lost a DAB Radio to B*n J*vi - it went down the bog as I was trying to turn it off! [/quote] Haha! At least you didn't deliberately throw it down the bog. Or shoot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1429098793' post='2747925'] Much as I love Jimmy Webb, 'MacArthur Park' has the full brain burst effect on me. It is just so ghastly and overblown. If I ever get as far as hearing the 'someone left the cake out in the rain' bit, I really want to throw things. [/quote] Nooooooo!! Love that song in both hit versions BECAUSE it is so overblown As for your criticism, "I don't think that I could take it....." there, given you a thoroughly deserved earworm for the rest of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 MacArthur Park is awesome! Most punk, and particularly the whiney mantra of people saying how it rescued music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1429184951' post='2748857'] Nooooooo!! Love that song in both hit versions BECAUSE it is so overblown As for your criticism, "I don't think that I could take it....." there, given you a thoroughly deserved earworm for the rest of the day [/quote] You b..bounder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1429184510' post='2748844'] Haha! At least you didn't deliberately throw it down the bog. Or shoot it. [/quote] Don't shoot the radio, the bullet could ricochet and hit your armadillo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Someone mention McArthur Park? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPcyhGqbSk8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPcyhGqbSk8[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 That song by The Cranberries! kin awful. I don't know what it's called because I never get to the end. It is apparently loved by ex students now in their early forties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) teenage kicks, really gets my goat and the worst thing is i have to play it in our band despite my constant complaints and total look of disinterest when playing it edit add mcarthur park to that (the first time ive heard it too), got to the bit where he sings about "someone left a cake out in the rain" bloody shtooopid Edited April 16, 2015 by lowhand_mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziphoblat Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1429098604' post='2747919'] Almost any of these 1 man acoustic guitar singer songwriter acts. The only I've heard that I actually enjoy is Jon Gomm the rest of them seem to be playing the exact same song over and over again to my ears. [/quote] +1 It's nearly all so terribly [i]boring[/i]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1429188503' post='2748953'] Someone mention McArthur Park? Thanks Kev, that was glorious - full MacAthur Park Suite too!! [/quote] [quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1429193876' post='2749070'] edit add mcarthur park to that (the first time ive heard it too), got to the bit where he signs about "someone left a cake out in the rain" bloody shtooopid [/quote] Pah, not accepting criticism from someone who thinks Bexleyheath is in South East London (ex Walworth Road boy)!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I just remembered how much I hate "I don't like Mondays" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Someone left the cake out in the rain... when the hell did great lyrics have to start making sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1429198711' post='2749132'] Pah, not accepting criticism from someone who thinks Bexleyheath is in South East London (ex Walworth Road boy)!! [/quote] ha, never said i was good at geography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1429193876' post='2749070'] add mcarthur park to that (the first time ive heard it too), got to the bit where he sings about "someone left a cake out in the rain" bloody shtooopid [/quote] But that's the point of the song! To communicate the overwhelming [i]Weltschmerz [/i]that arises from the contemplation of such a shtooopid act as leaving a cake out in the rain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1429098793' post='2747925'] Much as I love Jimmy Webb, 'MacArthur Park' has the full brain burst effect on me. It is just so ghastly and overblown. If I ever get as far as hearing the 'someone left the cake out in the rain' bit, I really want to throw things. [/quote] I love the tune and that fabulous arrangement, but God, Richard Burtons voice...eek...lol.. On the other hand, Will Lee on Bass and vocals (The Letterman house band) do a great version live, with a fantastic over the top ending, complete with Will standing on a huge cake! Another great arrangement with Jimmy Webb joining the band. http://youtu.be/RUPSilcJFrQ Edited April 16, 2015 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Lovely piece [url="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/nov/11/how-we-made-macarthur-park"]here [/url]by Jimmy Webb explaining the meaning behind his wonderful/appalling (delete as appropriate) song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) I think the Martians were right. Country and Western takes some beating. Edited April 16, 2015 by chris_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I've got too many to list! But from what I heard on the radio today - most production jobs from the last 15-odd years. I tend to start analysing a song as soon as it starts, and then by then end of it, detest it! I did read something about this a while back. It was said by a musician that he wished he could go back to hearing music like 'most' people - ie, record comes on, and just enjoy it for what it is. The point he had reached - which admittedly I can totally agree with - was that as soon as he hears a track, in his head he immediately de-constructs it, and therefore can never hear or enjoy a song for what it is. I'm always by the radio at work bemoaning 'that terrible snare sound', etc, to to general indifference of everyone else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) Anything from 'Stars' by Simply Red. I lived with a woman (not in a relationship) in a flatshare and she played the bloody CD over and over and over and over again until I was seriously close to the point of losing my temper. We did calmly discuss the situation and tried to compromise with her, but as she couldn't understand how anyone else could possibly have a different musical preference to her, this fell on stony ground. Absolutely hateful pile of crap and the worst of its time and genre in my opinion. Quite apart from the terrible songs, rubbish arrangements and downright bad performances, the very production values make me want to hurl giant reeking chunks just thinking about them. Luckily the CD was 'lost' when she was out at work one day and she never quite got round to replacing it, somehow. Edited April 16, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Sorry Mark, I actually quite like this one!!! Go on, give it a listen I dare you..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8W-Labb24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1429200387' post='2749163'] I love the tune and that fabulous arrangement, but God, Richard Burtons voice...eek...lol.. [/quote] Richard[i] Harris [/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Since when was Richard Harris Richard Burton? Although you never saw them in the same room together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Sorry KevB, just a tad too long in the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1429203180' post='2749225'] Since when was Richard Harris Richard Burton? Although you never saw them in the same room together. [/quote] Who can forget Richard Harris's stirring performance of that Bob Dylan Thomas classic, "Under MacArthur Wood"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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