Music Shamesong - Your lamest favorite song - Page 5

**Baby Lee** · 06:47 AM

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** · 12-10-2015, 12:56 AM

eDave · 12-10-2015, 01:31 AM

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

**007** · 12-10-2015, 05:40 AM

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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** · 12-10-2015, 06:16 AM

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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** · 12-10-2015, 10:03 AM

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.

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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

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God I hate that song.

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Frosty · 12-10-2015, 12:44 PM

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Frosty · 12-10-2015, 12:50 PM

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KC_Lee · 12-10-2015, 01:18 PM

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

Frosty · 12-10-2015, 01:20 PM

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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 · 12-10-2015, 01:50 PM

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

**BigMeatballDave** · 12-10-2015, 01:59 PM

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Awesome!

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

Frosty · 12-10-2015, 02:17 PM

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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** · 12-10-2015, 02:18 PM

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

**BigMeatballDave** · 12-10-2015, 02:28 PM

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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 · 12-10-2015, 02:33 PM

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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.

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