Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17)

Posted By: Chi

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 08:47 PM

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Never saw the movie, thank goodness, but I do like that one song. Voulez vous couche avec moi? C'est Soir?(sp) Those young ladies do have quite a range.

Close. It's coucher (generally speaking, infinitives ending in 'r' are silent, so the spelling is easily confused.

As for the movie Moulin Rouge, IMHO I thought it was *very* good. The ending isn't the happiest scenario ever, but Baz Luhrmann did a great job directing and it's worth a look if you're into movies.

Posted By: MackenzieS

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 08:51 PM

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The country duet where they keep turning the picture around, she's going to church and he's going to the bar.

Kid Rock and Cheryl Crow's - "Picture"

Posted By: Inquisitor / Sommelier Omega

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 08:53 PM

ooo thats cold.

I have a real hard time with most of today's "contry" music. I have a hard time appreciating rap. I like quite a lot of music but I listen to clasical public radio all day. In my car it can be anything from Carlos Santana to the soundtrack of Oh Brother Whereart Thou to the Blind Boys of Alabama or even the Crash Test Dummies.

The best music in my car, by far, is my 11 year-old daughter, 7 year-old son, and my wife singing together. Can not be beat! My son has the ability to sing (awsome voice) and smile at the same time. (Rear view mirror - I knew someone would ask.)

My son is getting "Abby Road" in his stocking this year. I will be enjoying his singing of one of my favorite albums all year long. Am I selfish or what?

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 08:55 PM

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V**lez v**s c**che a**c m*i? C'**t S**r

It is called "Sister Marmalade" and it does translate into anything the managers would want on this website.

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 08:55 PM

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ooo thats cold.

I have a real hard time with most of today's "contry" music. I have a hard time appreciating rap. I like quite a lot of music but I listen to clasical public radio all day. In my car it can be anything from Carlos Santana to the soundtrack of Oh Brother Whereart Thou to the Blind Boys of Alabama or even the Crash Test Dummies.

The best music in my car, by far, is my 11 year-old daughter, 7 year-old son, and my wife singing together. Can not be beat! My son has the ability to sing (awsome voice) and smile at the same time. (Rear view mirror - I knew someone would ask.)

My son is getting "Abby Road" in his stocking this year. I will be enjoying his singing of one of my favorite albums all year long. Am I selfish or what?

Get him Sgt. Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band. There are some great songs on that one. I bought myself the movie for a birthday present!

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 08:57 PM

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V**lez v**s c**che a**c m*i? C'**t S**r

It is called "Sister Marmalade" and it does translate into anything the managers would want on this website.

Sorry about that.

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:03 PM

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Of course, I'll take the fifth! Now, the question is, a fifth of what?

Maria..

I love it! Now listen girl, it's not Friday yet unless we head over to Cleabatsu's early but I don't think Mr. C and Z will let us in, not after our dancing spectacle last week!

Posted By: Tisa

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:06 PM

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"867-5309"

Totally off topic, but....

I recently saw a survey that needed to have the phone number "bubbled in" for the scanner, and they used that phone number as the example. Once I noticed it, I couldn't get the $#*& song out of my head. Stupid Jenny.

That song was out when I was in high school, and there was someone in the school who had to have her phone number changed - yep, she was getting all kinds of crank calls. I think the phone company ended up taking that number out of circulation for all area codes...

Posted By: Retired DQ

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:10 PM

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I don't think Mr. C and Z will let us in, not after our dancing spectacle last week!

I'll be even better (or is it badder?) this week, two holiday lunches!

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:12 PM

I only have one holiday lunch this week, there will be spiked and non-spiked egg nog so I'll be ready for dancing by Friday afternoon.

Posted By: Snowqueen

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:16 PM

What about Kung Fu Fighting???? Is it dead yet?

Anything by Celine Dion...YUK!! I drove all night.

I am sick of Shania Twain...always turn station when she is on.

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:17 PM

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If you've been to Wally World with small children you'll know what I mean...."It's a small world after all" on and on and on -- and in multiple languages!

Do you mean Disney World or is there really a Wally World? I thought that only existed for the Griswalds of the Vacation movie?

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:30 PM

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If you've been to Wally World with small children you'll know what I mean...."It's a small world after all" on and on and on -- and in multiple languages!

Do you mean Disney World or is there really a Wally World? I thought that only existed for the Griswalds of the Vacation movie?

Just a little store we like to call WalMart

Posted By: Sinatra Fan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:52 PM

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"Santa Baby" - we have music piped in and I SWEAR this song plays 10 times a day!!!!!

I'd like to third that....

I'll "fourth" that!

Of course, I'll take the fifth! Now, the question is, a fifth of what?

Why, a Fifth of Beethoven, by Walter Murphy, of course.

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 09:54 PM

A fifth of scotch sounds better!

Posted By: Pup

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 10:52 PM

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A fifth of scotch sounds better!

Our Christmas party is tonight and we're doing a Murder Mystery Party...I'm playing one of the parts.....therefore, I'll take a fifth of whatever you're pouring!

Posted By: Jay Bruce

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 11:05 PM

Don't remember the artist or title, but I don't care to ever hear again the guy singing, "You're hav'in my baby...what a wonderful way of saying that you love me..."

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 11:07 PM

Without looking it up, was it Paul Anka?

Posted By: Cowboys Fan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 11:11 PM

Z-I think you're right on this one.

Posted By: Jay Bruce

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 11:12 PM

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Without looking it up, was it Paul Anka?

Correct! Give that man a prize. For all of you too young to remember it, here are the lyrics (UGH!):

"(You're) Having My Baby"

(As recorded by Paul Anka)
PAUL ANKA

Having my baby
What a lovely way of saying how much you love me
Having my baby
What a lovely way of saying what you're thinkin' of me
I can see it, your face is glowing
I can see it in your eyes
I'm happy in knowin'
That you're having my baby

You're the woman I love
And I love what it's doin' to you
Having my baby
You're a woman in love
And I love what's goin' thru you
The need inside you
I see it showin'
Oh, the seed inside you baby
Do you feel it growin'
Are you happy knowin'
That you're having my baby

Girl: ("I'm a woman in love and I love what it's doin' to me")
Having my baby
Girl: ("I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' thru me")
Didn't have to keep it
Couldn't put you thru it
You could have swept it from your life
But you wouldn't do it
No you wouldn't do it
And you're having my baby
Girl: ("I'm a woman in love and I love what it's doin' to me")
Having my baby
Girl: ("I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' thru me")
Having my baby

(c) Copyright 1974 by Spanka Music Corportion.

Posted By: Jay Bruce

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/16/03 11:15 PM

I knew I shouldn't have played this little game -- now I can't get Paul Anka's voice and that song out of my head.

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 05:46 AM

Having My Baby bonus points--who was the female singer in the song? And who wrote the song?

Posted By: DEL

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 01:18 PM

The restaurant we went to last night seemed to play whole lots of songs I wish I'd never heard, like:

Wildfire
Seasons in the Sun
anything by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Posted By: 1 Peter 5:7

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 01:42 PM

Muskrat Love.
I saw Bill Bennett on a news channel suggesting that Saddam could be cracked by an endless replay of this oldie. He'll be blabbering by noon.

Posted By: Retired DQ

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 01:44 PM

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Muskrat Love.

Oh BARF!

Posted By: Sinatra Fan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 01:54 PM

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Muskrat Love.

That's two songs by America in this list so far. Interesting.

Here's two more I never, ever want to hear again:

"Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones
"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton

Posted By: waldensouth

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 02:17 PM

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As for the movie Moulin Rouge, IMHO I thought it was *very* good. The ending isn't the happiest scenario ever, but Baz Luhrmann did a great job directing and it's worth a look if you're into movies.

I'll second that opinion. It was great. There seemed to be no middle ground with those who saw it. They either loved it or hated it. It was very different, but very well done.

Does anyone remember that silly song by that no-talent on-hit wonder about her boyfriend joining the "Naeaeaeaevy"! I laughed so hard the first time I heard it on the radio - I really thought it was one of those madeup songs that DJs like to put together. When I realized it was a real song, I thought, if I had to listen to that voice, I'd join the Navy too!

Posted By: E.E.G.B

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 02:21 PM

I'm on the hated side.....

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 02:25 PM

OK, let's set the record straight on Muskrat Love. That song was written and recorded by Willis Allan Ramsey for a 5 year old relative--a niece, nephew, or cousin. He did not write it to be a sappy pop hit for the Captain and Tennille. (Who embarrassed themselves at the White House by performing it for the Queen of England. The Queen remarked that she did not want to hear a song about the mating habits of rodents. But I digress.) Anyway, America also did a sappy version of it.

As a song for children, Mr. Ramsey wrote a sweet song. I disagree with this song being on "worst song" lists. I do not disagree with the versions by Captain and Tennille and America being specifically named on different worst lists. Maybe we could call that list, the "worst rendition of a song list" or "what were they thinking making a children's song into a cheesy pop song list." Better yet, what were we thinking making that song a Top 10 hit for C&T???

Oh, Good Morning all.

Posted By: Inquisitor / Sommelier Omega

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 04:00 PM

John Lenon was brilliant but "Imagine" can grate on you after a while. The very sight of Yoko makes me cringe.

Posted By: Inquisitor / Sommelier Omega

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 04:07 PM

I loved it - my wife hated it. I had no problem "letting" myself get caught up in the story. Drugs might help others enjoy it more.

Posted By: califgirl

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 06:29 PM

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Having My Baby bonus points--who was the female singer in the song? And who wrote the song?

Lyrics by Paul Anka. Female singer - Odia Coates. Year - 1974.

Posted By: Brandy Osborne

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 07:08 PM

any thing yoko ono ever thought was music... just nails on the blackboard for me.
and celine dion, michael bolton oh heck 80% of "soft rock" needs to be thrown on a desert island and left to kill each other with sappy sucky songs! (can you tell i forced to listen to easy listening as a child!

)

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 07:41 PM

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and celine dion, michael bolton oh heck 80% of "soft rock" needs to be thrown on a desert island and left to kill each other with sappy sucky songs!

So, you don't like 70's groups like: Orleans, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Firefall, Pablo Cruise, Jefferson Starship, Little River Band, Climax, Bread, David Gates, Andrew Gold, Stephen Bishop, etc...

You don't like 80s groups/singers, like: Air Supply, Heart (They rocked in the 70s but turned in their rock credentials in the 80's), Christopher Cross, Michael Bolton, Mike and the Mechanics, .

You don't like 90s groups/singers like: Celine Dion, etc....

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 07:46 PM

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England Dan and John Ford Coley,

Now that's a blast from the past. They performed at Midwestern State University when I was in the 6th grade! I won tickets from the local radio station and my mom took me and my best friend at the time to see the show. Man....I haven't thought about that in forever! Thanks for the smile.

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 08:07 PM

elena--How about the Sanford Townsend Band--Smoke from a Distant Fire. What a great song!

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 08:19 PM

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elena--How about the Sanford Townsend Band--Smoke from a Distant Fire. What a great song!

OMG....My summer at the YMCA recreation center. Z- keep this up and I will just burst with excitement. I can't believe all the memories that come flooding back when I think about it! I'll even admit to having a HUGE crush on K.C. and his Sunshine band back then.

That was before I discovered Robert Plant!

Posted By: Brandy Osborne

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 09:16 PM

of the above, i can say i like air supply in a sick secret kind of a way

, and the two songs christopher cross did, but for the most part you're right on the button. through i have to say i have a much deeper seething for the 90's artists!

Posted By: Nanwa

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 09:35 PM

Stacey's Mom. I hate that song! A teenaged kid singing, not about the teenaged daughter, but her mom. Get outta here!

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/17/03 09:39 PM

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Stacey's Mom. I hate that song! A teenaged kid singing, not about the teenaged daughter, but her mom. Get outta here!

LOL Tessa's best Guy Friend teases her by singing Tessa's Mom. She thinks it's hysterical (not quite sure why

) and now that's how she sings it around me.

Posted By: Princess Romeo

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 07:51 AM

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OK, let's set the record straight on Muskrat Love. That song was written and recorded by Willis Allan Ramsey for a 5 year old relative--a niece, nephew, or cousin. He did not write it to be a sappy pop hit for the Captain and Tennille. (Who embarrassed themselves at the White House by performing it for the Queen of England. The Queen remarked that she did not want to hear a song about the mating habits of rodents. But I digress.) Anyway, America also did a sappy version of it.

Did I mention that when I was dragged to see the Starland Vocal Band (They were a one-hit wonder with the song Afternoon Delight), they opened for Captain and Tenille? And yes, C&T played Muskrat Love.

Okay - so you have Afternoon Delight and Muskrat Love in the same evening. Yeah - I left the venue feeling very creeped out.

zaibatsu - I admire that you're sticking up for the songs and/or singers to set certain records straight. (pardon the pun) I didn't mean to impinge on Maria Muldaur's artistic abilities, but Midnight at the Oasis is a horrible, horrible song.

I will also fess up that if I hear The Eagle's Life in the Fast Lane or Hotel California it makes me want to run from the room screeming. That would be a category for SONGS THAT WERE PLAYED TO DEATH WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. And the running from the room screeming is a real problem if the song comes over the car radio......

Posted By: Chi

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 03:20 PM

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"Santa Baby" - we have music piped in and I SWEAR this song plays 10 times a day!!!!!

ARRRRRGH! It's playing again! *crawls under the desk and assumes the fetal position, weeps*

Posted By: DawgFan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 03:28 PM

When I was in high school, I worked for a national sporting goods chain. We had music piped into the store as well. One day, something went wrong with the program and the SAME SONG was played all day long! I don't remember what song it was, though.

Posted By: E.E.G.B

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 03:30 PM

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"Santa Baby" - we have music piped in and I SWEAR this song plays 10 times a day!!!!!

ARRRRRGH! It's playing again! *crawls under the desk and assumes the fetal position, weeps*

You'd probably object to me whistling it, then? I actually like the song. But my current office does not play any music, so it's very very quiet in here.

Posted By: JacF

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 03:31 PM

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One day, something went wrong with the program and the SAME SONG was played all day long! I don't remember what song it was, though.

I don't blame you. I would have supressed that memory, too.

Posted By: Queen Mum

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 03:33 PM

Well, EGB, if you just hum it over and over and over you will hear it the same number of times we do. Then you might get tired of it. And to top it all off, I heard Kirstie Alley singing it on a Pier 1 commercial! AAACK!!!!

Posted By: Fork Ate Spoon

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 03:36 PM

I went to go eat at a restaurant one evening, Logans I believe, and they had a free jukebox. Well, one person decided to just put one song several...several times. I really liked this song too before this day. I don't recall the who sang the song but it went..
War..... Huh.... What is it good for, Absolutely nothing..
Say it again now...
I can not listen to that song anymore, it was making me crazy

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 05:48 PM

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Well, EGB, if you just hum it over and over and over you will hear it the same number of times we do. Then you might get tired of it. And to top it all off, I heard Kirstie Alley singing it on a Pier 1 commercial! AAACK!!!!

THAT'S WHERE I HEARD IT...It's been driving me crazy trying to figure that out!

Posted By: E.E.G.B

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 07:01 PM

Of course then my co-workers will come over here and kill me. And then what will you all do???

Posted By: RR Jen

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/18/03 07:21 PM

I can't stand anything by the Dixie Chicks. My 9 year old daughter loves them...it's all she listens too.

Posted By: Bartman

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/19/03 12:57 AM

I have a deep hatred for Elvis' Blue Christmas. A couple of days ago I felt the need for some Christmas music (because I've heard the term "spider hole" one too many times), so I left NPR. What was I thinking? We have a radio station in our market that's 100% Christmas tunes all the time - and here comes Elvis. I quickly stabbed a different pre-set, and guess what song is halfway through? I nearly caused an accident trying to switch the station, and you know which pre-set I hit by mistake in my panic? Yep - 100% Christmas music again. (I HATE those backup singers!) It was like the Twilight Zone...let's just say I'm glad the kids weren't in the car. I'm happily back on NPR now - learned my lesson.

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/19/03 03:16 AM

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Elvis' Blue Christmas (I HATE those backup singers!)

Surely when you say you hate the backup singers you are not talking about the male back-up singers, the Jordanaires, who sang back-up on many, many, many Elvis songs. I assume you mean the female singer who is singing.

The history of Elvis' Blue Christmas and that love it or hate it female background warbling:

The Radio Recorders sessions began with a couple of non-Christmas singles. Treat Me Nice and My Wish Came True, the latter featuring Millie Kirkham's wordless soprano over the Jordanaires. Then Came Blue Christmas, originally a 1949 pop song by New York songwriters Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson. Though it had been done by big band leaders Russ Morgan and Hugo Winterhalter, Elvis knew it from the 1949 best-selling 1949 single by Ernest Tubb. By 1957 the song had become a country standard--though Tubb did not have background singers like Elvis employed (you might enjoy that).

Elvis specifically asked Millie Kirkham to re-create the sound she did on Ferlin Husky's Gone (you should probably avoid that song also). Not everyone was impressed with the arrangement at the time. Millie called it "horrible" and even "comical," but recalled that Elvis loved it and that he was calling the shots. The cut was not released as a commercial single until 1964, when it shot to the top of the charts.

That is the story--and it has been haunting you ever since.

Now, if you want to hear a great Elvis Christmas song, try #8 on the postumous album If Every Day Was Like Christmas (obviously the songwriter for that song was not an English major). Here is a link to it: Santa Claus Is Back In Town. This song was written by the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller most recently honored by the musical play: Smokey Joe's Cafe. Some of the songs they wrote: "Riot in Cell Block #9" (1953), "Love Me" (1956), "Charlie Brown" (1959), "Stand by Me" (1961), "On Broadway" (1963), and numerous songs for Elvis, including songs for the films Jailhouse Rock and King Creole, There Goes My Baby", "Leader of the Pack" "Chapel of Love." and "In the Still of the Night." They also wrote "Hound Dog" for Big Mama Thornton--later recorded by--ELVIS!

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/19/03 03:25 AM

OK, its late and I'm the kids are in bed, so why not also link to Ernest Tubb's version of Blue Christmas (be nice, or I'll also link to Willie Nelson's version)

Ernest Tubb's Blue Christmas

Posted By: Tisa

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/19/03 07:43 PM

Ok, I have to add my all-time least favorite absolutely hate it Christmas song.

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.

I though it was funny when it first came out - when I was in Junior High. Now, it's just stupid and been horribly over-played. I have my cd player set to skip that song forever and forever, and I will be the quickest draw you've ever seen if it comes on the radio. Ugh!! HATE that song!!!

Posted By: Nanwa

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/19/03 08:25 PM

How about "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas". That is not a typo. It is a Finlander singing it, with a very thick accent.

Posted By: RandomName

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/19/03 09:24 PM

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War..... Huh.... What is it good for, Absolutely nothing..
Say it again now...
I can not listen to that song anymore, it was making me crazy

That was by the late Edwin Starr. A great song and one that's entered into popular culture. Often quoted by pundits. And who can forget when Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine muttered out this line when contemplating the looming Dominion War?

Posted By: Pup

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/19/03 09:49 PM

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How about "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas". That is not a typo. It is a Finlander singing it, with a very thick accent.

And don't forget the B side, Yingle Bells!! Bringing back some memories.....wish I was in Wisconsin, by the way!!

Posted By: Queen Mum

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 05:32 PM

Well, I think it's unanimous! Even my Sunday School class was talking about that dreadful song "Santa Baby!" I think it should be put to bed never to see another Holiday! But I'm sure it's created enough talk that it will be around for awhile! Ugh!

Posted By: Pup

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 05:41 PM

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Well, I think it's unanimous! Even my Sunday School class was talking about that dreadful song "Santa Baby!" I think it should be put to bed never to see another Holiday! But I'm sure it's created enough talk that it will be around for awhile! Ugh!

The bad thing is that my wife, a musician, LOVES the song, so I have to listen to it all throughout the holiday season.

Posted By: Queen Mum

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 05:48 PM

I'm a musician too, but it's bad when Kirstie Alley makes the song sound better than the recording artist!

Posted By: Pup

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 05:56 PM

My wife thinks that Eartha Kitt is the ultimate. I really soured on the song when a local girl (elementary school age) sang it at the Army Band's public Christmas concert two years ago. Wrong context, you know?

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 06:55 PM

By far, IMO, Madonna's version is the worst!

Posted By: Skittles

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 07:00 PM

Does anyone remember when Ally McBeal did it on the show?

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 07:10 PM

OK, I changed my mind, there's a version on the radio in my office right now that is making me want to chuck my radio out the window! It's a very slow version, perhpas the original? The singer sounds drunk!

DJ just announced it was Eartha Kitt, HATE that song!

Posted By: Bartman

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 08:25 PM

Here's an article from CBS News - it isn't just us getting fed up with Christmas songs. ("Psychological terrorism" - good description...)

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/22/03 08:45 PM

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not sure of the title...

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to get out of the rain...

just can't stand that song....it goes on and on and never goes anywhere.......

Horse with no Name by America

Posted By: Sinatra Fan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/23/03 05:32 PM

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Well, I think it's unanimous! Even my Sunday School class was talking about that dreadful song "Santa Baby!" I think it should be put to bed never to see another Holiday! But I'm sure it's created enough talk that it will be around for awhile! Ugh!

So was my Sunday School class this past Sunday! And they were rather vehement in their distaste for this unrelenting aural assault.

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 03:14 AM

Here is a list I found or maybe I hallucinated in my weakened state (I do not necessarily agree with all of them--although after reading the list again, I do agree with most of them. The only one I'd definitely remove is #40):

MacArthur Park - Richard Harris or Donna Summer
2. I've Never Been To Me - Charlene
3. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
4. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
5. Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
6. Muskrat Love - Captain and Tenille
7. I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow
8. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
9. I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond
10.Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
12. Feelings - Maurice Albert
13. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
14. Oh Babe, What Would You say? - Hurricane Smith
15. Disco Duck - Rick Dees
16. Billy Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
17. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
18. Run Joey Run - David Geddes
19. God Bless The U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood
20. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
21. Shannon - Henry Gross
22. In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) - Zager and Evans
23. Do It To Me - One More Time - Captain and Tenille
24. One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack) - Coven
25. The Candy Man - Sammy Davis jr
26. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
27. Ma Belle Amie - The Tee Set
28. Lady In Red - Chris DeBurgh
29. Wildfire - Michael Murphy
30. Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes
31. Ode To Billie Jo - Bobbi Gentry
32. Rico Suave - Gerardo
33. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
34. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver
35. I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
36. Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman - Bryan Adams
37. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
38. The Warrior - Scandal
39. Calender Girl - Neil Sedaka
40. The Logical Song - Supertramp

Posted By: Skittles

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 12:53 PM

How come 'Sometimes When We Touch' was in there twice?

Posted By: Brandy Osborne

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 01:52 PM

That's a pretty true list, though i like "god bless america" by lee greenwood... i always played it at the waffle house in college... good times, good times!

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 02:28 PM

Sorry Z, I love at least a 1/3 of the songs on that list. How can anyone not like the Pina Colada song by Rupert Holmes, it's a classic!

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 03:58 PM

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Sorry Z, I love at least a 1/3 of the songs on that list. How can anyone not like the Pina Colada song by Rupert Holmes, it's a classic!

Blech, blech, blech!!!

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 04:11 PM

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The only one I'd definitely remove is #40):

Can I get an AMEN on that! I am with you on the selection, and hope you feel better soon.

Posted By: Inquisitor / Sommelier Omega

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 04:25 PM

One common thread of the list of dread - the story.
A good narative, once repeated, becomes too much of a good thing. I liked most of those songs the first time I heard them. (Muskrat Love is an exception.)

There is a difference between playing a song and wearing the groves through it! (Showing my age again.)

Posted By: Princess Romeo

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 04:49 PM

And let us not forget The Night Chicago Died (Paper Lace)

Once was more than enough!

Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

Posted By: Wyogirl

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 04:55 PM

I'm a Floyd fan, but I simply cannot stand "Money". Maybe it's overplayed, or maybe I just work in a bank, but I cringe everytime I hear the "ching ching" at the beginning.

Wyogirl

P.S. I love everybody's pictures on their posts. How do you do that anyway?

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 05:04 PM

Wyo, do a search of the threads, there's one that tells you in detail how to do that.

Posted By: Wyogirl

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 05:09 PM

Thanks man, I'll give it a shot. Or maybe I mean, give me a shot. Sorry, just saw that Bailey's bottle go by my office!

Wyogirl

Posted By: P*Q

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 05:29 PM

Come on over to Cleabatsu's and I'll buy you a shot of Baileys!

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 05:58 PM

Actually, I love to hate bad, cheesy songs. I have several CDs worth of what I would call bad or marginal pop songs of the 1970s. I love to put in on and watch people's faces as they listen to Chevy Van, Undercover Angel, Er Es Tu, Disco Duck, etc....

Posted By: Jokerman

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 06:11 PM

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9. I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond
40. The Logical Song - Supertramp

I grew up the son of a Neil Diamond fan, so I definitely agree with #9. We always argued about whether or not it was reasonable to be talking to a chair. My only question is, where is Cracklin' Rose?

I have to disagree with #40, as well, though. You can't put anything from _Breakfast in America_ on a list of bad songs. Sacrilege.

Posted By: Jokerman

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 06:14 PM

Hey, there's a good thread for next week:

Top five albums, all-time.

Posted By: Wyogirl

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 07:33 PM

OK Pam, I must have done something wrong. DOE! I'm not the most computer literate person I know, LOL. I'll keep trying.

Wyogirl

Posted By: JacF

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 08:12 PM

WG-
You may be linking to a site that does not allow remote linking. The best way to get a pic attached to your profile is to save the desired image to your harddrive, resize it to no bigger than 80 x 80 pixels (if you have this capability) and email it to one of the BOL Admins to be added to your profile.

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 08:56 PM

Quote:

Quote:

9. I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond
40. The Logical Song - Supertramp

I grew up the son of a Neil Diamond fan, so I definitely agree with #9. We always argued about whether or not it was reasonable to be talking to a chair. My only question is, where is Cracklin' Rose?

I have to disagree with #40, as well, though. You can't put anything from _Breakfast in America_ on a list of bad songs. Sacrilege.

I certainly would take "I am, I said" off a list of worst songs!

Here I go with the music trivia again. When Neil Diamond was a young songwriter, he went through a period of depression. He was going to a psychiatrist who could not get to the bottom of his problems--that is until Neil told him that he was a song writer. The shrink had him bring some of his songs to him and it was through those songs that the shrink was able to see what was going on inside Neil.

I am a big fan of Neil's very early stuff. "Classics: The Early Years" is a great album--below is a cut and paste of the song list. His later work sometimes was as good as this, but certainly not as often. His later work was almost always overproduced and too slick for my taste. Too much strings and bravado. But these early songs, show what a songwriting genius he was early on.

1. Kentucky Woman (Diamond) - 2:24
2. Cherry, Cherry (Diamond) - 2:41
3. Solitary Man (Diamond) - 2:34
4. You Got to Me (Diamond) - 2:45
5. I Got the Feelin' (Oh No, No) (Diamond) - 2:09
6. Thank the Lord for the Night Time (Diamond) - 3:02
7. I'm a Believer (Diamond) - 2:38
8. Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon (Diamond) - 3:20
9. Shilo (Diamond) - 3:49
10. Do It (Diamond) - 2:22
11. Red, Red Wine (Diamond) - 2:39
12. The Boat That I Row (Diamond) - 2:41

Posted By: Anonymoose

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/24/03 09:15 PM

ALRIGHT, only a Neil Diamond discussion could bring me out of hibernation. Here is what I found about this song in a 1971 Rolling Stone interview:

Well, I Am...I Said was a very difficult song, very difficult because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written. I spent about 4 months writing it and its easily the most satisfying lyric that I’ve written. Its very personal and touches me maybe more deeply than some of the other songs. I Am...I Said is a very complicated song and its complicated probably because my feelings were very complicated when I wrote it. It tells of feeling lost and full of questions and doubts and insecurities and really having a need to go back home, to go back to the roots to go back to the original security that you feel in life, realizing that you never can go back that time makes things different, it changes things. I suppose its a song of conflicts and frustrations as well as the lost/scared theory that I mentioned. I guess that I do have a lot of myself wrapped up in it.

Posted By: Lestie G

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/26/03 03:53 PM

I really like #37 - I Will Always Love You. I will admit that I like Dolly's recording better than Whitney's, though. I saw Dolly Parton(who wrote the song) on Leno when Whitney's version was tearing up the charts. Jay asked her if she was jealous of Whitney's success with her song. Dolly said, "Heck no! She's making me lots of money! And it takes a lot of money to look this cheap!"

Posted By: Inquisitor / Sommelier Omega

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/26/03 08:22 PM

Good to see a lot of work going on today.
My dayghter got a mess of sound tracks for Christmas. Some of them are not long for this world. Holes - some good tracks, interesting enough that this is my favorite Lizzie McGuire - ok for now. School of Rock - a few good tracks (the Doors) but some real junk. Freaky Friday - pop junk. She will get tired of this before I do.

Posted By: Inquisitor / Sommelier Omega

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/26/03 09:22 PM

Why wait?
1) Beatles -Abby Road
2) Billy Joel -Stranger
3) Stones -Sticky Fingers
4) Beatles -St Peppers
5) Carlos Santana? Chuck Berry?

Go ahead and rip me appart!

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/29/03 05:41 PM

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4) Beatles -St Peppers
5) Carlos Santana?

Go ahead and rip me appart!

No ripping, just a GASP...COUGH...SPUTTER... I love the Sgt. Peppers movie and most songs, just for the fun of it. But CARLOS SANTANA...?!?!? That guy rocks!

That being said: To each his own! Diversity makes the world go round!

Posted By: JeloQuen

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/29/03 07:31 PM

Diversity makes the world go round!

No wonder I have such a hard time changing the jukebox at the bar!

Everytime I swap out new CD's for old ones you'd think I removed the only good song worth listening to! And there's 100 CD's on the box

Posted By: Inquisitor / Sommelier Omega

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/29/03 07:31 PM

I did not really appreciate Santana until Supernatural came out. It was at that point that I realized "this guy is one of the greats". He can put so much emotion into his work that it is like opera. NOW I have you freaked!

Posted By: Jokerman

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/29/03 08:45 PM

If you're going to put a Beatles' album on the list, I would go with Sgt. Pepper - simply because it is better as an album (not as a collection of individual songs, necessarily). Here's my list:

Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (you could argue for Highway 61, too, but I wouldn't put it #1.)
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Neil Young - Harvest
Springsteen - The River
Clapton - Unplugged (don't know if it's appropriate to list a live album, but I think this particular recording can be.)

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/31/03 06:04 PM

achy breaky heart....haaaate that song
although love Billy Ray. Wierd, huh?!?!?
But then I love Michael Bolton and Yani too.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL

Posted By: zaibatsu

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/31/03 07:16 PM

Quote:

If you're going to put a Beatles' album on the list, I would go with Sgt. Pepper - simply because it is better as an album (not as a collection of individual songs, necessarily). Here's my list:

Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (you could argue for Highway 61, too, but I wouldn't put it #1.)
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Neil Young - Harvest
Springsteen - The River
Clapton - Unplugged (don't know if it's appropriate to list a live album, but I think this particular recording can be.)

These are albums you hate? Did this thread change on me--it started as songs you hate--and there was another on songs you can't get enough of. Now, I can't tell what we are discussing.

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 12/31/03 07:42 PM

Quote:

Quote:

If you're going to put a Beatles' album on the list, I would go with Sgt. Pepper - simply because it is better as an album (not as a collection of individual songs, necessarily). Here's my list:

Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (you could argue for Highway 61, too, but I wouldn't put it #1.)
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Neil Young - Harvest
Springsteen - The River
Clapton - Unplugged (don't know if it's appropriate to list a live album, but I think this particular recording can be.)

These are albums you hate? Did this thread change on me--it started as songs you hate--and there was another on songs you can't get enough of. Now, I can't tell what we are discussing.

Yeah, please tell me that you don't hate Clapton unplugged! Not Possible......

Posted By: Jokerman

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 01/02/04 04:12 PM

Quote:

These are albums you hate? Did this thread change on me--it started as songs you hate--and there was another on songs you can't get enough of. Now, I can't tell what we are discussing.

I said "top five" not "worst five"!

Posted By: deppfan

Re: Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17) - 01/02/04 04:15 PM

Quote:

Quote:

These are albums you hate? Did this thread change on me--it started as songs you hate--and there was another on songs you can't get enough of. Now, I can't tell what we are discussing.

I said "top five" not "worst five"!

Thank goodness, I was worried about you for a minute there!

Please Mr. Please (Don't Play B-17)