To quote Evelyn"Champagne" King: "a lowdown dirty shame"!!!
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Word Up was my jam until it was everywhere. Black clubs. White clubs. Block parties. Top 40 radio. Urban radio. MTV. BET. VH-1. I couldn't get away from it. I often load songs on mp3 CDs and listen to them in my car. There are two dozen Cameo songs that I'll format before Word Up. I don't hate it, but I just can't stand to hear it anymore.
I've stayed clear of this thread because I wasn't able to readily put my finger on any certain record I 'hated', ... disliked many , but not to that degree. Until !! , this one got mentioned . I agree, it should be the headliner of this thread, such drudge.
I don't even know the words ....maybe, "no more avocados, Mr. Roboto!!!" ? ??
Oh it just reminded me of another throw away song by an often enjoyable group....WHO ARE YOU by the Who
"whooooooo are you ......who-who,who-who!!" yech...
And does that growly vocal by Daltrey qualify as singing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_3ks7-OjGc
I really like the Who and that song is one of my faves. When Pete Townshend went solo, he made a new wave song that I never liked. Like he was trying to stretch his horizons and made a song that anybody else could have done better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUaRnGKfkBE
Yeah, my bad. When I called it overrated, I guess I was thinking that it's a song that young people would not be familiar with if it came on the radio. You know they'd know a bunch of Funkadelic, Jackson 5, Chic, Rick James and Heatwave from that era because [[to me) those groups and those records have become iconic. Shame was Evelyn King's first and probably her only truly great record, so she's not in their rarefied air. She did have other nice songs, but that one was fire.
Now, I definitely remember my brother coming home and turning up the console when it came on the radio after he had heard it the night before at some teen club. It was the jam for a long time. I'm remembering Sun's first album and Pocket's album from around the same time. Probably Rick James first record, too. Great music that stayed funky even as disco began to become a dominant sound for soul artists.
So, it's not overrated for us old heads at all.
I loved Denise Lasalle, but hated this song! It was covered several times by folks like Jean Knight, Rockin' Sidney, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3Wwo6RGyw
Very lightweight and bland songs:
Baby Come Back
Pina Colada song
Hey marv,you ain't gonna believe this,but i can't think of a darned song that i hate right now,but there are many!!
No Cyndi, noooooo........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq4E9XTueY
..." or Hate to Love!!" Whatever greases your axle!
So right! Thanks, Marv. Senior moment!!
Watch it now! Girls Just Want To Have Fun is an all-time '80s happy jam. That song was emblematic of New York pop at the time that punk and new wave were starting to dominate. With that said, Cyndi lost me completely with this huge turd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdXklYUJCxI