Really bad novelty songs
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My late father had a fondness for novelty songs. I had the misfortune of having a conversation with a braggart today. You know the kind that is always right, knows everything, and loves himself to a fault? As I stood there listening to this mularkey, I suddenly heard my father's voice in my head: "oh he comes on like Rock Hudson, and he thinks he's superman-he's Waldo P. Emerson Jones." I hadn't thought of that song in years. Daddy claimed that it was the theme song for one of my classmates in high school.
I ran across a weird question on a music trivia game, but I knew the answer, thanks to Daddy's collection of Coasters songs: "I'm a Hog For You." It's probably one of the corniest, most ridiculous novelty songs ever. If you don't believe me, look up the lyrics on the net. Truly awful. Don't send it to your sweetie!
2 novelty songs that I despise: "Just A' Swinging" and "Achy Breaky Heart."
Which novelty songs irritate you?
Is there one that you like?
I ran across a weird question on a music trivia game, but I knew the answer, thanks to Daddy's collection of Coasters songs: "I'm a Hog For You." It's probably one of the corniest, most ridiculous novelty songs ever. If you don't believe me, look up the lyrics on the net. Truly awful. Don't send it to your sweetie!
2 novelty songs that I despise: "Just A' Swinging" and "Achy Breaky Heart."
Which novelty songs irritate you?
Is there one that you like?
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Date: 2009-04-07 05:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-10 11:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-07 07:23 am (UTC)I actually like most novelty songs. And the first person who thinks that thinks Battle of New Orleans is a novelty song needs to be run through the briars and run the brambles.
Danny
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Date: 2009-04-10 11:42 pm (UTC)I don't listen to music that contains references to trailer parks. The references usually reinforce derogatory stereotypes about white working class people, usually Southerners. Funny-nobody ever objects to those stereotypes.
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Date: 2009-04-07 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-07 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-10 11:45 pm (UTC)Useless trivia: Clyde McPhatter, the great Drifters lead singer, wandered into a Ray Stevens recording session, prompting Stevens to name the camel in "Ahab the Arab" Clyde.
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Date: 2009-04-07 05:56 pm (UTC)Remember the old movie State Fair?
In it, there's a scene where the old farmer sings a song to his prize-winning hog---that's the song!
Oh, to have the gumption necessary to sing a song like that one in public! Why you could do most anything!
:)
Just take a look!
Date: 2009-04-07 07:12 pm (UTC)Tom Ewell - More Than Just A Friend [from STATE FAIR 1962]
This is apparently a very popular song judging by all the copycats of it.
Please watch and enjoy!
:)
Re: Just take a look!
Date: 2009-04-10 11:46 pm (UTC)Re: Just take a look!
Date: 2009-04-11 05:16 am (UTC);D