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

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  • #52
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    "Oooh what an atmosphere,I love a party with a happy atmosphere...there's music everywhere,and soon we'll be dancing in the cool night air..."

    "Wo ho ho wo ho.
    Hangin tough.Hangin tough.Hangin tough.Hangin tough.
    Wo ho ho wo ho."

    "Americanos,blue jeans and chinos....in the land of the free you can be what you wanna be."

    "It's got what it takes,so tell me why can't this be love....straight from the heart,oh tell me why can't this be love."

    And for some nineties nonsense:

    "I tell ya what I want what I really really want,so tell me what ya want what ya really really want,I wanna ha I wanna ha I wanna ha I wanna ha I wanna ha I really really wanna ziggy zag ha..."

    "You're no good for me,I don't need nobody....Don't need no-one that's no good for me...."

    "Don't you cry tonight,I still love you baby, don't you cry tonight,there's a heaven above you baby..."

    "Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm....
    Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm...."

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



  • #53
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Jive Bunny.

    That is all.


  • #54
    sudzs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,737 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Seasan wrote: »
    "Oooh what an atmosphere,I love a party with a happy atmosphere...there's music everywhere,and soon we'll be dancing in the cool night air..."

    Russ Abbot!!! :eek: I remember that. In fact I think it was imprinted on my brain because every time I go shopping in Penny's and wander through the part with the Atmosphere brand, I inevitably end up humming that song for the rest of the day. :o


  • #55
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    Jive Bunny.

    That is all.
    And they had three UK no 1's in a row with that stuff.


  • #56
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    sudzs wrote: »
    Russ Abbot!!! :eek:

    THAT'S who it was!
    I dunno what made me think it was some TV presenter.

    Does anybody remember the song which went with......"To the very very young and the very very old-every one of you say aye.To the centre of the earth and to the corners of the world-everybody now say aye....."
    Was that one used in some TV ad back then?

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



  • #57
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Seasan wrote: »
    THAT'S who it was!
    I dunno what made me think it was some TV presenter.

    Does anybody remember the song which went with......"To the very very young and the very very old-every one of you say aye.To the centre of the earth and to the corners of the world-everybody now say aye....."
    Was that one used in some TV ad back then?


    Here it is. I don't remember it in an ad but I thought it was a great song back then!

    "Living in a Box" now I think that is awful!


  • #58
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Aglomerado wrote: »

    Here it is. I don't remember it in an ad but I thought it was a great song back then!

    "Living in a Box" now I think that is awful!

    Now that I've listened to it,I think twas in an ad for some Building Society or something.
    And yes-that "Livin in a Box" IS bad!!

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



  • #59
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    The Red Box song is decent. Also liked their follow-up For America.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18LLfZzDYnQ


  • #60
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    That's a pretty damning generalisation.
    While Nick Kamen's output was mostly generic fluff, do you really think the other three artists produced absolutely nothing of merit?


    This b-side from Club Tropicana is a smooth balearic classic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CASJmZL1Ug



    Church Of The Poison Mind is an assured beat-driven floorfiller with a great backing vocal from Helen Terry.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVzAH0FtNwg



    Five Star had quite a few smooth soul singles with some quality remixes. This is one.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5iTuOvnbLU

    The melody of Church of the Poison Mind sounds suspiciously like that of Back Of Love by Echo And The Bunnymen which came out about a year beforehand.Sorry I don't know how to properly embed videos but heres the link.Coincidence?

    http://youtu.be/c7jqdUBtWMc


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  • #61
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    "Someone left my cake out in the rain.....I don't think that I can take it because I took so long to bake it,and I'll never have that recipe again.oh no..."

    I don't know what era that song was from-but I can remember p***in myself laughin when I first heard it,mainly at the way he was singing,and at the lyrics.But the song probably has some deeper meaning to it.....

    I remember as well in a shop where I was workin,there was a continuous tape or CD playin,and every time it played the song "Sylvia's Mother" it used to drive me mad!!!

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



  • #62
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Seasan wrote: »
    "Someone left my cake out in the rain.....I don't think that I can take it because I took so long to bake it,and I'll never have that recipe again.oh no..."

    I don't know what era that song was from-but I can remember p***in myself laughin when I first heard it,mainly at the way he was singing,and at the lyrics.But the song probably has some deeper meaning to it.....

    I remember as well in a shop where I was workin,there was a continuous tape or CD playin,and every time it played the song "Sylvia's Mother" it used to drive me mad!!!
    Jesus I hate "Sylvia's mother" - terrible dirge. The other song is "Macarthur Park" and I think it was Richard Harris singing it. Mental lyric all right! (I wonder if it was a hash cake).


  • #63
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    darkdubh wrote: »
    Stutter Rap by Morris Minor And The Majors.That guy who went on to write a book about traveling around Ireland with a fridge was involved with that.

    "Hey there people won't you lend an ear, I've a story to tell & I'm tellin it here"....what? Nobody else knows the words ? :)


  • #64
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    "Hey there people won't you lend an ear, I've a story to tell & I'm tellin it here"....what? Nobody else knows the words ? :)

    "We've all been caught in a m-m-m-m-mouse trap,so let's all do the s-s-s-s-st-stutter rap..."
    ????

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



  • #65
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    Seasan wrote: »
    "We've all been caught in a m-m-m-m-mouse trap,so let's all do the s-s-s-s-st-stutter rap..."
    ????

    Mouth! trap ;)


  • #66
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    Mouth! trap ;)

    Yes......that would make a lot more sense! :-) :-D

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



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  • #67
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAIOzM7SsMo


  • #68
    Ralf and Florian
    Site Banned Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Ralf and Florian


    There were some right stinkers of football songs.Check out the Anfield Rap.


  • #69
    Ralf and Florian
    Site Banned Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Ralf and Florian


    And not forgetting Gazza with Fog On The Tyne.


  • #70
    Caonima
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Caonima


    Ralf and Florian wrote: »
    There were some right stinkers of football songs.Check out the Anfield Rap.

    Pass and move, pass and move, it's the Liverpool groove.

    Should be "chomp and gnash, it's the Suarez rap"


  • #71
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    if the poor people of ethopia hadn't suffered enough, they had to have this heaped upon them.....:(


    warning: listen with caution
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPATNkkaVpA


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  • #72
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    fryup wrote: »
    if the poor people of ethopia hadn't suffered enough, they had to have this heaped upon them.....:(


    warning: listen with caution
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPATNkkaVpA



    They diden't suffer as much as the unemployed of Ireland being subjected to this a year later.


  • #73
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Seasan wrote: »
    "Someone left my cake out in the rain.....I don't think that I can take it because I took so long to bake it,and I'll never have that recipe again.oh no..."

    its not to be taken literally, the lyrics represent love & life


  • #74
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    "Don't tell my heart,my achin breakin heart,I just don't think you understand-
    That if you tell my heart,my achey breaky heart,it might blow up and kill this man."

    I know a lot of people like(d) this song,but back then I couldn't help wondering how the hell it got to number one

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



  • #75
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    fryup wrote: »
    if the poor people of ethopia hadn't suffered enough, they had to have this heaped upon them.....:(


    warning: listen with caution
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPATNkkaVpA

    Even though twas a for a great cause,I think the songs themselves were awful,including the ones from Band Aid and USA for Africa.

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



  • #76
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    darkdubh wrote: »


    They diden't suffer as much as the unemployed of Ireland being subjected to this a year later.

    The link won't even highlight for me,but I'm guessing that is Self-Aid??

    Does anybody remember the "Rap Against Rape"??

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



  • #77
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Seasan wrote: »
    The link won't even highlight for me,but I'm guessing that is Self-Aid??

    Does anybody remember the "Rap Against Rape"??
    Remember?how can we forget?



  • #78
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    OMG!!:eek: my ears were raped listening to that

    btw - who's the lead rapper with the hat??


  • #79
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    Even made the news in Washington.....kinda ;)

    http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/06/01/rap-against-rape-anti-rape-activism-90s-white-dude-style/


  • #80
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    Good evening. This is the intergalactic operator.



    I'll try again next year. Next year.


  • #81
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Thoie wrote: »
    Good evening. This is the intergalactic operator.



    I'll try again next year. Next year.


    Here's one by the same group on Top Of The Pops,introduced by a DJ who I don't think we'll be seeing on our screens again.



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  • #82
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Can anybody remember who sang the song that went with:

    "Life is life,na na nanana...."
    ???

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



  • #83
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    Seasan wrote: »
    Can anybody remember who sang the song that went with:

    "Life is life,na na nanana...."
    ???

    Opus?


  • #84
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    Duckin awful
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfCfV8sN4B4


  • #85
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    Opus?
    That's right





  • #86
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    darkdubh wrote: »
    That's right




    I don't know why this keeps happening but whenever I try the link it just keeps sayin "invalid entry" as did with the Self Aid link.Is it something I am doing wrong?

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



  • #87
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Apologies for going slightly off topic-I just wanna ask about the song "Chinese Boy" (from the late 70s or early 80s).....
    There was a story that this song did not become a hit in Japan,because the Japanese hated it and there was a kind of uproar because of it over there; and the woman who sang the song(who was neither Chinese nor Japanese) hit back at them by saying publicly that she would never do a tour in Japan because she thought Japan is too much like China.

    Is any of this true,or have I got the whole story completely wrong?

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



  • #88
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Japanese boy, some info on the stuff you said.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Boy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCH1IlOfDTM


    Has some good "pigeon street" synth at the start.

    top quote!
    Lyrics by what I hear:
    Mister can you tell me where my love has gone?
    Easy Japanese porn
    I woke up one morning and my love was gone
    Oh, my Japanese porn
    Ooh, I miss my Japanese porn
    Ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh...
    Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...


  • #89
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    rubadub wrote: »
    Japanese boy, some info on the stuff you said.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Boy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCH1IlOfDTM


    Has some good "pigeon street" synth at the start.

    top quote!

    Well,I got the song title wrong for a start....

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



  • #90
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Seasan wrote: »
    I don't know why this keeps happening but whenever I try the link it just keeps sayin "invalid entry" as did with the Self Aid link.Is it something I am doing wrong?
    Strange.Is it happening with anyone else?


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  • #91
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Mr T said treat your mother right

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


  • #92
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    darkdubh wrote: »
    Strange.Is it happening with anyone else?

    Even more strange is that I was able to view the Japanese Boy video above and other videos before that.But I couldn't view the Life Is Life or the Self Aid videos and others could,so tis hard to know where the problem lies

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



  • #93
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    fryup wrote: »
    Mr T said treat your mother right

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

    Always thought Mr.T was a pain in the arse,but this just makes him look even more ridiculous....music to my ears!!

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



  • #94
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Remember this one from the Power Rangers movie:

    "Uh-oh,we're in trouble,something's come along and it's burst our bubble yeah yeah
    Uh-oh,we're in trouble,gotta get home quick march on the double...
    We were out all night and haven't yet been home,we're walking through the backstreets all alone,
    The party was great yeah we were really thrilled,but when we get home we're gonna get gonna get gonna get killed!!"

    Bunch of naughty girls trying their hands at songwriting and coming up with something worse than a fork being dragged accross a plate x-(

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



  • #95
    darkdubh
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    Anyone remember this druggie take on the Sesame St theme?And if anyone else casn't view this can they say?






  • #96
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    I have the Smart Es track on 7". It's deadly.


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  • #97
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    darkdubh wrote: »
    Anyone remember this druggie take on the Sesame St theme?And if anyone else casn't view this can they say?





    Still no joy I'm afraid-the link is highlìghted when I get the new post notification by email but it just says "invalid request",and when the link is on the actual forum it is not highlighted.I havent a clue why this is happening-I was able to look at earlier videos you posted and I can view others clips as well.

    Anyway,I'll guess that the song is a dance/techno/rave song(or whatever they call that rubbish) called "Sesame's Treats"???

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



  • #98
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Heard this one blaring from a car radio today and couldn't help but smile:

    "It's no good,can't you see,brother Louie Louie Louie....
    Brother Louie Louie Louie,ohhhh she's walkin over to me...."

    Pity the car wasn't from back in that day as well!

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



  • #99
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    darkdubh wrote: »
    Anyone remember this druggie take on the Sesame St theme?And if anyone else casn't view this can they say?
    That doesn't work for me, all the others did.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp2qcCrdBLA

    29 million views, the hair on him is shocking.


  • #100
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    rubadub wrote: »
    That doesn't work for me, all the others did.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp2qcCrdBLA

    29 million views, the hair on him is shocking.

    Jeez....I had absolutely no idea that twas a man singing the whole of that song-I genuinely honestly thought that twas a woman singing the verses and a man just joined in for the chorus.Obviously I shouldve listened to the lyrics properly when they were playin it on the radio all those years ago :-) :-) yep,tis me first time seein the video.

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



  • #101
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    The neighbours are probably wondering now why I'm playing bad 80s music and laughing my head off while singing along. I'd never seen the video either.


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