Shamesong - Your lamest favorite song

[Baby Lee]

Caught this in passing recently and had forgotten how pleasant it was. Turns out, a lot of my friends had all but forgotten it, yet got emotional just listening to a few bars.

By all rights, this should be the poster song for everything wrong with that era, but it survives on, I don't know what, simplicity, earnestness.

Not to say this is my 'favorite favorite' song, but it's pretty impressive, and a little perplexing, how well it holds up.

[007]

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Guru

Awesome tune IMO. I liked all that electronic drum stuff. Big Howard Jones fan.

[007]

Originally Posted by eDave

Awesome tune IMO. I liked all that electronic drum stuff. Big Howard Jones fan.

Its always been one of my guilty pleasure songs but most people can't stand it.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Guru

Its always been one of my guilty pleasure songs but most people can't stand it.

I can recall that, the year this came out, I was mad that this was not the #1 song of the year on Casey Kasem's Year End Top 100. It was something like #85, what a sheltered life, me and my little clock radio tuned to Q104. Not even cool enough for KY102.

[Buehler445]

Man, I can't do Taylor Swift. I just can't do it. Just. Can't. Do. It.

Jimmy Eat World, though. That shit is good. I don't necessarily see shame in sappy stuff. Those are all pretty decent.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

If it has to be emotionally sappy, I'll nominate these:

or



(the Jimmy Eat World one genuinely caught me off guard the first time I heard it. I'm mostly a hard-hearted sumbitch but I think I recall the room getting dusty for this one...)


And if I'm required to stick with the older stuff:

Cranberries good

Lisa Loeb God I hate that song.

Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels

Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels

[Frosty]

I win

[Frosty]

Round 2








By the way, these videos contain the most awkward, whitest dancing you will ever see,

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Round 2



By the way, these videos contain the most awkward, whitest dancing you will ever see,

Sweet are glam rock legends, no shame in liking Sweet.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

Sweet are glam rock legends, no shame in liking Sweet.

Not as many people like their bubblegum phase. I like their rocking phase (Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, Hell Raiser, etc) but have a soft spot for their bubblegum stuff too.

[DC.chief]

Cool to see Jimmy Eat World dropped in here. Love those guys.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I win

Awesome!

Guess I'm not the only fan of 70s pop.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Awesome!

Guess I'm not the only fan of 70s pop.

Nope. I grew up during the '70's and still have my Babys albums from then. I've also been on a tear lately going back and picking up stuff from the 70's that I wasn't into at the time (like ELO).

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Initially, I just liked this video because of the Models. I ended up really liking the song.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Nope. I grew up during the '70's and still have my Babys albums from then. I've also been on a tear lately going back and picking up stuff from the 70's that I wasn't into at the time (like ELO).

I'm 45 so it's a bit before my time, but I do remember some from the late 70s.

I think most of it comes from the fact that my parents were in their 30s during the 70s and hearing it on the radio.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

I'm 45 so it's a bit before my time, but I do remember some from the late 70s.

I think most of it comes from the fact that my parents were in their 30s during the 70s and hearing it on the radio.

I graduated high school in 1982 so it was mid to late 70's for me. The funny thing is that at the time I was more into classic or hard rock so a lot of the stuff I am getting now is actually fairly new to me, though I remember some of the songs on the radio.