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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat do you think is the most stupid song ever?
I nominate "Walk the Dinosaur."
mahatmakanejeeves
(69,681 posts)Maninacan
(291 posts)I always liked it, never knew there was a video.
bamagal62
(4,496 posts)Whyisthisstillclose
(659 posts)Chasstev365
(7,746 posts)hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)They seem to have an amazing way of surviving winter along with the zillions of Canadian geese and ducks, and I always get a smile when I hear their distinctive "splash" by the shore.
And... I loved the band, AMERICA. That said, I admit that was not their finest moment. LOL
Maninacan
(291 posts)This song is also on what i think is a great album!
electric_blue68
(26,835 posts)Whyisthisstillclose
(659 posts)come immediately to mind, but there's are lots of contenders.....
Bobstandard
(2,291 posts)That song has Lonny Donnegan rapping the immortal and ineffable lyric if tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of? Boom. Boom!
Whyisthisstillclose
(659 posts)It was the first dance song at my wedding...
GCG
(86 posts)Good Morning Starshine sung by Oliver.
The chorus: "Glibby gloop gloopy, Nibby Nabby Noopy, La La La Lo Lo. Sabba Sibby Sabba, Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo. Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba nabba, Early mornin' singin' song."
unblock
(56,188 posts)She was my babysitter growing up (before she was famous obviously) so I may be biased.
It's a silly song but fun happy upbeat and fits the musical/movie. Many song from musicals can sound odd when they become hits out of context.
lastlib
(28,216 posts)Billy Joel's "For the Longest Time" is a close second, followed by every song Leo effin' Sayer ever did.
ABC123Easy
(272 posts)I can see someone not liking it (I love it but to each their own) but being stupid? Just curious
lastlib
(28,216 posts)It's hideous, my 2cts.
ABC123Easy
(272 posts)Chasstev365
(7,746 posts)TrunKated
(281 posts)On the Yeah, yeah, yeah, stuff of the 60s. Like the Beatles song, She Loves You.
Croney
(5,009 posts)...comes to mind.
Haggard Celine
(17,807 posts)Whyisthisstillclose
(659 posts)ABC123Easy
(272 posts)This perfectly fits "stupid"
Sneederbunk
(17,477 posts)Safe as Milk
(247 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,700 posts)By The Serendipity Singers - 1964. Even as a child this song made me cringe.
The Roux Comes First
(2,278 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,700 posts)I hope she came through it okay. She'd have done better to put beans in her ears, they're smaller.
rhiannon55
(2,786 posts)He ended up with hearing loss in that ear.
Grim Chieftain
(1,700 posts)Poor kiddo.
3catwoman3
(29,360 posts)...a piece pencil lead in one of his ear canals. He denied any knowledge of how it got in there.
fargone
(621 posts)About Mrs. Jay's little son, Elbe.
I think Elbe Jay has beans in his ears.
electric_blue68
(26,835 posts)Emile
(42,205 posts)Chew Tobacco, Chew Tobacco, Chew Tobacco, Spit
IA8IT
(6,418 posts)hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)That one makes my teeth grind.. Uggh.
Norrrm
(4,971 posts)Easterncedar
(6,221 posts)hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)Please tell me you are kidding.
Easterncedar
(6,221 posts)I think Melanie's song was cute. That's all. I am not smoking dope and putting it on repeat on the record player like I did Pink Floyd.
hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)I am going to send a voodoo curse your way for that! (kidding, just kidding). But OMG that is awful.
Norrrm
(4,971 posts)Iggo
(49,916 posts)hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)200,000 times it is played. At that point, the "wink wink, don't tell" meaning is pretty much lost.
Iggo
(49,916 posts)johnp3907
(4,304 posts)By The Right Brothers.
Its totally wrong.
cloudbase
(6,269 posts)Telephone Man
hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)But, I'm a sucker for a good orchestral backing and an actor who surprises us by singing (or speaking, in the case of William Shatner) and as for the other, Donna Summer was the Queen of disco! She was near "perfect!" LOL
LogDog75
(1,294 posts)Hated it in the 70s and still hate it today.
Dawson Leery
(19,568 posts)UpInArms
(54,936 posts)Don't sleep in the subway?
Don't stand in the pouring rain?
Who was she dating?
Rastapopoulos
(746 posts)Easterncedar
(6,221 posts)Along with If I were a carpenter
hlthe2b
(113,869 posts)vanlassie
(6,246 posts)Horrible. 🤮
Norrrm
(4,971 posts)viva la
(4,593 posts)bamagal62
(4,496 posts)Home a horse named Sugar. I would sit in the tire swing and sing her that song.
3catwoman3
(29,360 posts)...high school.
The songs for 1968 and 1970 were Hey Jude and Bridge Over Troubled Water.
What the hell was wrong with peoples' musical taste in 1969?
underpants
(196,410 posts)Id guess there was some sort of cartoon version where the Archies cast were playing it but I dont know.
Norrrm
(4,971 posts)TrunKated
(281 posts)FullySupportDems
(445 posts)Sorry, I can't go with There ain't no doubt, and the worse Where at least I know I'm free... just no. Ever since it came out.
gay texan
(3,211 posts)"Im proud to be an american"
Pure bullshit
kimbutgar
(27,238 posts)and want to scream when I hear it!
underpants
(196,410 posts)They started playing that after Taps at final formation when I was in the Army in the early 90s
The first day we were looking to the NCOs What do we do? Attention? Parade rest? They said stand at ease.
The second day we were ALL like What IS this crap? Even the country music guys hated it. Theyd never heard of Lee Greenwood. One of the older guys (Louisiana) said he remembered it from the YEARS AGO when it was released and that he and his buddies hated it then.
The third day we were told we could leave since wed been dismissed. We got looks for walking around while other units were still in formation. Well, at least we got to chow first.
gay texan
(3,211 posts)The country station in the Ozarks played it three times a fucking day. For years
underpants
(196,410 posts)underpants
(196,410 posts)They started playing that after Taps at final formation when I was in the Army in the early 90s
The first day we were looking to the NCOs What do we do? Attention? Parade rest? They said stand at ease.
The second day we were ALL like What IS this crap? Even the country music guys hated it. Theyd never heard of Lee Greenwood. One of the older guys (Louisiana) said he remembered it from the YEARS AGO when it was released and that he and his buddies hated it then.
The third day we were told we could leave since wed been dismissed. We got looks for walking around while other units were still in formation. Well, at least we got to chow first.
Easterncedar
(6,221 posts)3catwoman3
(29,360 posts)Easterncedar
(6,221 posts)Did everyone else develop traumatic amnesia over it?
3catwoman3
(29,360 posts)I'd have been embarrassed to have written it, and even more embarrassed to have sung it.
Mystery To Me
(45 posts)Pina Colada Song
ABC123Easy
(272 posts)Beiber's "music" is just trash. Given time and pro tools, a chimpanzee could create Beibers "music"
SheltieLover
(80,311 posts)CTyankee
(68,164 posts)SheltieLover
(80,311 posts)skypilot
(9,125 posts)...have the recipe again? Did that get left out in the rain as well?
SheltieLover
(80,311 posts)padfun
(1,896 posts)But then, lots of things were changing colors and shapes Including cakes in the rain.
displacedvermoter
(4,415 posts)Billy Don't Be a Hero, a close second!
subterranean
(3,761 posts)The version of Billy Don't be a Hero that became a No. 1 hit in the U.S. was a cover of Paper Lace's original, which was a hit in the UK.
displacedvermoter
(4,415 posts)people who brought both of the Paper Lace songs to America, also did a viciously bad version of Paul Simon's Kodachrome on American Bandstand. They even mumbled over the line about "the crap I learned in highschool", apparently touring with Osmond Brothers means you both suck musically, and are prudes as well.
The Blue Flower
(6,482 posts)My number two dumbest is: I'm Ambivalent Over You (from the 40s or 50s), but yes, a real title.
jmbar2
(7,973 posts)Can't forget this one
PittBlue
(4,791 posts)I hate that song.
johnp3907
(4,304 posts)😮
PittBlue
(4,791 posts)Just that song.
ABC123Easy
(272 posts)Are we picking songs that are stupid or just ones we hate?
MustLoveBeagles
(16,267 posts)😝
Ilikepurple
(658 posts)debm55
(60,423 posts)Maninacan
(291 posts)Bonnie Tyler is great . Really liked her song in Metropolis movie. But Hero is just a mish-mash of instruments. Like a bad Sax solo.
bobalew
(433 posts)by the Electric Prunes ....
No kidding, real song, real band ...
justaprogressive
(6,893 posts)You should listen to "Mass in F Minor", their next album.
oberle
(351 posts)I don't know who wrote it but I first heard it in 1965. I thought it said Hang On Stupid.
justaprogressive
(6,893 posts)Before he joined Edgar Winter.
Ritabert
(2,419 posts)The music's okay but the lyrics are not
LisaM
(29,626 posts)God, I hate that song.
underpants
(196,410 posts)Id never realized it but its a limerick set to a waltz.
He said its one of the worst songs for an instrumental piano bar setting because its completely repetitive which most people dont realize without the lyrics being sung.
The Madcap
(1,896 posts)Also:
Muskrat Love
Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road
You're Having my Baby
So many others....ugh.
CrispyQ
(40,945 posts)Silly, but I love it! 💚
blm
(114,648 posts)😆😆😆😆
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Groundhawg
(1,218 posts)marble falls
(71,884 posts)WestMichRad
(3,233 posts)Ding Dong the witch is dead?
I have a special loathing of this one
its a vile, senseless earworm.
Coventina
(29,711 posts)underpants
(196,410 posts)Everything he released became a hit so he just kept putting out crap like that. Hated that song too.
Totally Tunsie
(11,848 posts)Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang.
and
One eyed, one horned flying purple people eater
Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 posts)Not posting the video!
Pachamama
(17,563 posts)
.check it out!!!
RainCaster
(13,687 posts)whathehell
(30,460 posts)this, at minimum is a close contender.
Zambero
(9,979 posts)A reflexive radio station changer.
MiHale
(13,005 posts)justaprogressive
(6,893 posts)any song that has to use "ROTOGRAVURE" to rhyme!