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

  • 18-08-2013 9:23pm
    #1
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭


    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....." started entering me head.

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


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  • #2
    Dude111
    Registered Users Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭Dude111


    "Dont worry be happy" - ???
    "Fast car" (Tracey Chapman)

    Probably two of the stupidier songs of the 80s! (Not surprising as they came out in 1988 i think)


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    a few that make me want to hurl:

    Land of make believe - Bucks Fizz
    Prince charming - Adam Ant
    systematic - five star
    Jump Jump - Kris Kross


  • #4
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    I seem to have made a mistake-somehow I have managed to create this thread twice by accident....I don't know how I did this.Can anybody help?


  • #5
    Motopepe
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Motopepe


    Dude111,
    Don't worry be Happy is by Bobby McFerrin. I recommend that you find it, listen to it again and crank up the volume. It is perhaps a frivolous number but cringe worthy and stupid it is not. The vocal talent of Bobby McFerrin is well worth exploring.
    Of course, no more than yourself, this is just my opinion. Have a listen to Bobby McFerrinn and Robin Williams doing the Beatles Come Together.


  • #6
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,418 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Any of that Rap crap or "Gangsta" stuff.


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  • #7
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Not an "awful" song but one that I'd totally forgotten about till I saw it mentioned online just a while ago.Instantly brought back that "Kaboom,Kaboom!" refrain which will be going around in my head for the rest of the day.By the way Afrika Bambaataa is back in the spotlight at the moment for all the wrong reasons.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VgLkk_drx4


  • #8
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭cml387


    Tracy Chapman doesn't belong anywhere near a thread like this.

    The default thread ender in this respect is Agadoo by Black Lace.


  • #9
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,100 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    An Riabhach wrote: »
    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....." started entering me head.

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


    Camouflage and the Safety Dance are not terrible songs. I'll give you star trekking though.


  • #10
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Olishi4


    Milli Vanilli - Girl you know it's true.

    If they were lip syncing, you'd think they would have chose someone with a better voice. That song is so monotone.

    And also the dancing in the video is pretty bad and you just know he loves flicking his hair out of his face like a moody teenage girl.


  • #11
    jaykay74
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭jaykay74


    Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack .........Dear god :(

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KigNbUxx6X8


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  • #12
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,100 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Olishi4 wrote: »
    Milli Vanilli - Girl you know it's true.

    If they were lip syncing, you'd think they would have chose someone with a better voice. That song is so monotone.

    And also the dancing in the video is pretty bad and you just know he loves flicking his hair out of his face like a moody teenage girl.

    the guy doing the singing on that is the same guy who did the singing for Boney M. the guy has sold 850M records so dont knock it too much.


  • #13
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Olishi4


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    the guy doing the singing on that is the same guy who did the singing for Boney M. the guy has sold 850M records so dont knock it too much.

    :) well maybe its just the melody of the song but i think it sounds awful.


  • #14
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,100 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Olishi4 wrote: »
    :) well maybe its just the melody of the song but i think it sounds awful.


    its not one of his better efforts.


  • #15
    Ted Plain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 222 ✭✭Ted Plain


    No Way, No Way (mna mna) by Vanilla is the worst chart song I know of. Agadoo is a Beethoven symphony in comparison.


  • #16
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,709 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Anything by Ritchie Kavanagh.


  • #17
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    jaykay74 wrote: »
    Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack .........Dear god :(

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KigNbUxx6X8

    Ireland's best (in so far as we got them out and didn't get blamed for it) export :pac:


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    "Hey Mona"-Craig Mclaughlin


  • #19
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs

    Safety dance was good

    yer one is the editor of Cosmo.


  • #20
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Dross

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S85vl1xFx1o



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1btg3mpEOc



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNAr5tzZxdk


  • #21
    mickmackmcgoo
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 950 ✭✭✭mickmackmcgoo


    The Belle Stars - Iko Iko
    One of the worst of any decade


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  • #22
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users Posts: 5,427 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    In the roll of dishonour I give you Disco Duck.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxf2KCSyvgQ


  • #23
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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


    Awful, awful feedback :pac:


  • #24
    WomanSkirtFan8
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭WomanSkirtFan8


    An Riabhach wrote: »
    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....." started entering me head.

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

    yeah. Stand Ridgeway was the guy who sang "Camouflage" back in 1986. "Star Trekkin'" is an actual real classic. Wouldn't call that a bad song TBH.Always been a favourite of mine since 1987!:)


  • #25
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,709 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    An Riabhach wrote: »
    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".

    Joe Mac of the Dixies did a parody version of the above, entitled 'Cabbage Head'.


  • #26
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    Mr Blobby. Terrible tripe.


  • #27
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Dude111 wrote: »
    "Dont worry be happy" - ???
    "Fast car" (Tracey Chapman)

    Probably two of the stupidier songs of the 80s!
    struggling to think how you could think fast car is "stupid"?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Car
    Rolling Stone ranked the song number 167 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

    Not like its some random sone about driving cars, Madness "I like driving in my car" is a bit stupid, but still great.


  • #28
    5rtytry56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    '19' by Paul Hardcastle.

    Ok, one of the first songs to use sampling, which at the time was the bleeding edge, and making point on the effect of the Vietnam war. Once the novelty wore off though..

    any pop video with the teletubbies


  • #29
    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Dross

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S85vl1xFx1o


    But my god when I was a youngfella I so wanted to be in that pool with her in that flimsy bikini :p

    21/25



  • #30
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,100 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    uch wrote: »
    But my god when I was a youngfella I so wanted to be in that pool with her in that flimsy bikini :p

    weirdly i dont find her at all attractive when i look at that video now. Teenage me couldnt get enough of her.


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  • #31
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    weirdly i dont find her at all attractive when i look at that video now. Teenage me couldnt get enough of her.
    Teenage you may never have noticed she had a face ;)


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