Perusing WNBC this morning (and who can say that without hearing Howard Stern saying, "Doubleyou ENNN bee cee"?), I gathered that despite our 8.5" of rain in less than 24 hours, it is a slow news day, for I saw this link, and yes, I just had to go there.
For the record, here's my take on the 22 songs selected:
1. "It's a Small World." It's perpetrated by The Rat. But I'm generally neutral to this, and both times I was at Disneyworld I avoided this attraction. My tastes run more toward the loud and fast and scream-inducing.
2. "I Love You, You Love Me." Not a parent, so never had to suffer through this one.
3. "Mr Roboto." HEY. I love this song. I own this -- in vinyl AND cd. Though I admit I can only listen to it once a year or so.
4. "The Meow Mix Jingle." "now you know that the cat's meow means meow mix, meow mix, meow mix, meow mix, meow meow meow." Irritating as hell, but catchy, innit? And does anyone but me remember the Cat Chow commercial, "I love I love I love my calendar cat...January, chow ch-chow chow chow..." with the cats doing the little back and forth steps? God, I'm old. (PS I remember the Chuck Wagon commmercials, too)
5. "Who Let the Dogs Out." Um. Not a Mets fan, and I think the last time I heard this song was during the Subway Series of 2000.
6. "Achy Breaky Heart." Does Billy Ray still have that mullet? For that matter, does Jaromir Jagr?
7. "The Chicken Dance." I'm from Pittsburgh, we do the Alley Cat at weddings (which in my day were held at VFWs and Firehalls)
8. "Copacabana." Come on. There are so many better Manilow songs. I'm a sucker for Barry.
9. "Macarena." Manufactured dance crazes have never been my thing. Don't know how to do it. Can't Electric Slide, either.
10. "Theme from Scooby Doo." No feelings either way about this one.
11. "YMCA." I AM a Yanks fan, however, so when the 7th inning stretch comes around and the groundskeepers come out and to their VP thing, I do enjoy it. When I was 13, I OWNED the Village People's first album. Also their 2nd and 3rd albums. Did I mention I'm an enormous fag hag from way, way back?
12. "Hot in Here" sooooooo not my generation. Again, GOD I'm old.
13. "Mambo #5." My last memory of this song was dancing drunkenly on top of a speaker at The Roxy. Right. Fag Hag.
14. "Theme from I Dream of Jeannie" No feelings either way about this one.
15. "Muskrat Love." Okay, now we're talking... yes, this should actually be NUMBER ONE on the list.
16. "MMMMM Bop." They were such cute little boys, I could never hold this song against them.
So sue me.
17. "Play That Funky Music." Again, I'm from Pittsburgh, they're a hometown band, I have to remain loyal. Frankly, I'm surprised some hack rapper hasn't poached that lead guitar line yet.
18. "Wannabe" No argument here, I always hated the Skank Girls.
19. "Theme from Good Times." Shit, I can't even remember this song.
20. "Thank God I'm a Country Boy." As far as John Denver songs go, yes this is annoying. But remember, I'm a dork who LOVES John Denver. I cried when he died. Don't hold that against me. I cried when Stevie Ray Vaughn died, too.
21. "It's a Sunshine Day." Once a year, it's okay. And though I have no recollection of ever seeing the episode with the song, somehow through some sort of pop culture osmosis, I know all the words.
22. "Jump." The Kriss Kross version. I have a soft spot for this song, since a very very good friend of mine directed the video.
As the greatest treatise on bad songs ever, I would recommend you go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy of Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. You don't necessarily have to actually buy it, since it's a short and easy read, though the bookstore may ask you to pay to clean up the carpet after you wet yourself in the aisle.
3 comments:
perpetrated by The Rat
As a Donald who likes the Duck, I'm happy to see someone else calls that other character The Rat, for that's all he is.
p.s. - I like that Mambo. And the Chinese takout version ("Combo #5").
yes, Billy Ray and Jagr both lost the mullets, thank god. lol although I think Jagr pulled it off much better than Billy Ray. :)
I don't care what anyone says, Hot in Here is a kickass song to dance to! My Humps is the song that should be replacing that one. GAWD, it's awful.
Dawn, you're right about Jagr -- I just saw him on the news this morning. His English has improved, too, to something at least resembling English.
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