[kj] OT: The Damned now random thread

[Jari Pakarinen]

I'm so badly scarred by the Eileen song I can't stand the singers voice....

2010/4/26 <jpwhkj at aol.com>


> Laboratory experiments have conclusively proved that Come On Eileen isn't

> actually the worst song ever - but listeners often believe that it is

> because the band had previously been responsible for fantastic stuff like

> Geno.

>

> Here's some of the research material:

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__WJJgIXk6U

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Jari Pakarinen <jari.t.pakarinen at gmail.com>

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> Sent: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 7:50

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned now random thread

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> Me too on the "Come on Eileen". It's the worst.

>

> 2010/4/26 Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

>

>>   One of my most hated songs in the world is "Come On Eileen". Not only

>> does it suck, it sucks for about 6 minutes. "I Will Survive" is another that

>> I can't stand. I think that song should be completely banned for life. And I

>> don't like one thing Bob Marley has ever sung into a microphone but

>> "Jamming" in particular: Most boring song in the history of music? A

>> contender for sure.

>>

>> Leigh

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>> *From:* sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com>

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>>  > I like "My Sharona" (and so does Killing Joke -- listen to "Tension"

>> why don'tcha?)

>>

>> I hear the drum similarities, but the drums aside I'd still say it

>> feels/sounds more

>> like Bay City Rollers' Saturday Night

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utt7i8ugnA8&feature=related

>> Tension http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWyUByNNiLY

>> My Sharona http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg

>> but then, i am biased towards the 1st two.

>>

>> While on Soft Cell, "It's a Mug's Game" is also very good, something to

>> have ringing around your head as you're slumped in some doorway sobering up

>> in the morning.

>> One of THEE WORST songs ever, to my ears, is this horrid abuse of

>> soundwaves by Dire Straits, Money for Nothing:

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag

>>

>>

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>> *From:* Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

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>> *Sent:* Sun, April 25, 2010 5:51:09 PM

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>>

>>

>>  Every about "Footloose" was utter, utter, utter CRAP, ...... BUT...

>>

>>  I like "My Sharona" (and so does Killing Joke -- listen to "Tension" why

>> don'tcha?)

>>  I like Yes (and so does Killing Joke, although admittedly "Owner of

>> Lonely Heart" wasn't their finest hour)

>>

>>  "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is fucking brilliant, as is "She Blinded Me

>> With Science" by Thomas Dobly (as is much of the rest of the album that

>> spawned it).

>>

>>  Remember: Pop music is not the enemy. BAD pop music is the enemy.

>>

>>  Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>>

>>  On Apr 25, 2010, at 8:26 PM, folk devil wrote:

>>

>>  I like My Sharona, Tainted Love AND She Blinded Me With Science.

>>

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>> From: gregslawson at msn.com

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:51:38 -0400

>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned

>>

>> For example, one of the worst songs ever, actually one of the worst pieces

>> of music ever in any

>> genre, actually one of the worst SOUNDS ever since humans evolved to be

>> able to hear, is obviously "My Sharona" by the Knack. Runners up--Owner of a

>> Lonely Heart by Yes,

>> Tainted Love, She Blinded Me With Science, and of course the theme song to

>> the movie Footloose. Boy, the 80s have left some scars in terms of bad

>> music!!

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