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Awful Songs From the Past-80s,90s etc....

  • 18-08-2013 08:21PM
    #1
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭


    Apologies all round if there is already a thread on this,but the reason I'm starting one is because only a couple of days ago I was in a shop and I heard a song on the radio....I couldn't believe me ears and tis stuck in me head ever since.The song was:

    "Wo ho ho ho camouflage,things are never quite the way they seem,
    Wo ho ho ho camouflage.....We all said a prayer for the big marine in camouflage".

    I was skittin away to meself while I was listening,and then other songs like "Star trekking accross the universe....theres clingons on the starboard bough..." and "We can dance if we wanna,we can leave our friends behind....." all came into me head.

    So,which songs wer yer funniest,cringeworthy,or even novelty songs from the past?

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



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  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    ^^^

    Well, not those for a start!

    You've listed some of my all-time favourites there.

    :mad::mad:


  • #3
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Seasan wrote: »
    The song was:

    "Wo ho ho ho camouflage,things are never quite the way they seem,
    Wo ho ho ho camouflage.....We all said a prayer for the big marine in camouflage".

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwjWdQTskso


    It was Stan Ridgeway's only real hit. And there's nothing funny or cringeworthy about The Safety Dance, it's a classic!


  • #4
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Great tracks. Preserved forever on

    Now 1 (The Safety Dance)
    Now 7 (Camouflage)
    Hits 6 (Star Trekkin')


  • #5
    chakotha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭chakotha


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXu8hd49ZZM


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZqUNEHYZgQ


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32o-BrtYGtY


  • #6
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    chakotha wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXu8hd49ZZM


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZqUNEHYZgQ


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32o-BrtYGtY

    PMSL :-):-):-D:-D

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



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  • #7
    bumper234
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    Oh my:D


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NemkBVSnUt0


  • #8
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    What was the song that went with "Hey Matthew,what do you see........" and in the video there is a child staring at the television?

    And does anyone remember:
    "Golden oldies,Rolling Stones.we don't want them back...I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac...."??

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • #9
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Seasan wrote: »
    What was the song that went with "Hey Matthew,what do you see........" and in the video there is a child staring at the television?

    And does anyone remember:
    "Golden oldies,Rolling Stones.we don't want them back...I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac...."??

    Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (Now 10)
    Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack (Telstar Greatest Hits of 1989)


  • #10
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (Now 10)
    Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack (Telstar Greatest Hits of 1989)

    Do you have all of these albums?
    And would you rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac? :-) :-) lol
    I remember an episode of Jo-Maxi when that song was out,and either Geri Lalor or Antoinette Dawson was going around the streets asking people on the streets if they'd "rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac...."

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • #11
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Seasan wrote: »
    Do you have all of these albums?
    And would you rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac? :-) :-) lol
    I remember an episode of Jo-Maxi when that song was out,and either Geri Lalor or Antoinette Dawson was going around the streets asking people on the streets if they'd "rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac...."

    I have the majority of the Nows, Hits series, Smash Hits series, Greatest Hits Of XXXX albums. Very handy for DJing and keeping in touch with pop music. The Nows in particular are great at providing snapshots of varying four month periods of musical taste. They work much better than say a retrospective 1987 compilation released in 2013 as that will only cherrypick stuff.

    I'd love to go on the p*ss with the two Reynolds Girls. Their manager was supposed to be very difficult so SAW couldn't handle 'em.


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  • #12
    FatherTed
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    Here are a few I absolutely detested back in the 80's:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291ET6Py6H8


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEg2qpJwpz8


  • #13
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Damn cringe-worthy splutter sh!t like this below, nasty music if you can call it that :( my crazy aunty sings it every time she's around for a visit :mad:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POv-3yIPSWc


  • #14
    Ralf and Florian
    Site Banned Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Ralf and Florian


    Who was that Italian female singer who was a one hit wonder with "Boys boys boys"?She was seriously hot but what a terrible song.And another Italian wan with big hair who was not quite so hot with a song called "Call me".


  • #15
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Sabrina sang "Boys, boys boys"


  • #16
    gobnaitolunacy
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    The 'Birdie Song' (and associated silly dance) which was a staple at every Irish wedding up until 15 years ago.


  • #17
    lukesmom
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    Shaddup your face

    http://youtu.be/sFacWGBJ_cs


  • #18
    Ralf and Florian
    Site Banned Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Ralf and Florian


    Zaph wrote: »
    Sabrina sang "Boys, boys boys"
    Ah yes thats right.She was some looker and that song was accompanied by a video that resembled one of Berlusconis Bunga Bunga parties.


  • #19
    Aglomerado
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    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    The 'Birdie Song' (and associated silly dance) which was a staple at every Irish wedding up until 15 years ago.

    Enough to send me into apoplexy. :mad::mad::mad::mad:


  • #20
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Enough to send me into apoplexy. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

    Thank God it died a death, Sweet Caroline is still popular unfortunately.:mad:


  • #21
    rubadub
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    Seasan wrote: »
    What was the song that went with "Hey Matthew,what do you see........" and in the video there is a child staring at the television?
    Always thought it was a freaky song
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Jb9aTSoSc

    Ralf and Florian wrote: »
    Who was that Italian female singer who was a one hit wonder with "Boys boys boys"?She was seriously hot but what a terrible song.
    Video was good!, think it was later cut for some shows as her bits were popping out.


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  • #22
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Ralf and Florian wrote: »
    And another Italian wan with big hair who was not quite so hot with a song called "Call me".

    Spagna.

    Call Me is on Hits 7.

    The associated album Dedicated To The Moon isn't bad.


  • #23
    darkdubh
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    rubadub wrote: »
    Always thought it was a freaky song
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Jb9aTSoSc


    Video was good!, think it was later cut for some shows as her bits were popping out.
    I'd forgotten that one!Heres one more for Ye.This song which was released to accompany the Film Full Metal Jacket,though it's not in the film to my knowledge.It was just samples of a drill instructer played over a rap type backing beat and it was on one of those "Now" type compilations.My brother put it on the tape player in the car on a long drive once and my father remarked "if that's supposed to be music I'm a black man".


  • #24
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    darkdubh wrote: »
    I'd forgotten that one!Heres one more for Ye.This song which was released to accompany the Film Full Metal Jacket,though it's not in the film to my knowledge.It was just samples of a drill instructer played over a rap type backing beat and it was on one of those "Now" type compilations.My brother put it on the tape player in the car on a long drive once and my father remarked "if that's supposed to be music I'm a black man".

    Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding - Full Metal Jacket (I Want To Be Your Drill Instructor).

    Also on Hits 7.


  • #25
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Awful Songs From the Past-80s,90s etc...

    Texas = 'Inner smile' comes to mind :mad:


  • #26
    lukesmom
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    As I mentioned earlier Shaddap your face' is cringeworthy. I'm not able to post youtube link here can someone do it for me? :)


  • #27
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Here you go

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs


    It stopped this from getting to number 1 :(

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WdUgn0XkU


  • #28
    lukesmom
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    Zaph wrote: »
    Here you go

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs


    It stopped this from getting to number 1 :(

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WdUgn0XkU


    Thanks. What a travesty. Vienna is a classic tune.


  • #29
    An Riabhach
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    The Cheeky Girls??

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • #30
    Ralf and Florian
    Site Banned Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Ralf and Florian


    There was this Latin American type tune which was on the radio quite a bit at some point maybe around 1985/86 or even earlier.The lyrics went something like "Fujae fujae fujae mama,bat bala bonga fujae mama" it was madeningly catchy and I'd totaly forgotten about it until a few months back when I went I was collecting a pizza and it was playing in the takeaway.Ring any bells?


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  • #31
    lukesmom
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    Ralf and Florian wrote: »
    There was this Latin American type tune which was on the radio quite a bit at some point maybe around 1985/86 or even earlier.The lyrics went something like "Fujae fujae fujae mama,bat bala bonga fujae mama" it was madeningly catchy and I'd totaly forgotten about it until a few months back when I went I was collecting a pizza and it was playing in the takeaway.Ring any bells?

    Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama????


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