Worst Songs – #2
| Song Name: | Alone Again (Naturally) |
| Song Artist: | Gilbert O’Sullivan |
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| Does The Donk Approve? | Yes, The Donk does approve. A song supposedly about suicide sung in a maudlin way… perfect. |
Just to be clear, I have 82 songs lined up so far, incorporating comments from Daily Pundit and Althouse, and I’ll be posting one song every two days. I guess I’m just making this blog suck a little bit more. If I get more songs, I’ll post ‘em. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
I took a look at the list and was shocked it left off the absolute worst song of the Rock era: Hot Child in the City by Nick Gilder.
Now a confession: I purchased two of the listed songs as 45 singles during my very early teen years.
ROFL! You’re dating yourself, Chuck. I don’t think I ever bought a 45, but I did listen to them. You know you’re old when you know where to put the needle to find the beginning of a song on a vinyl album.
I’ll add your suggested song, it seems worthy (I can hear it in my head already… noooooo!). It won’t show up until July, but it’ll get here.
Here’s old:
Scene, pre-teen daughter helping her father clear out an old box.
“Dad, what’s this”
“It’s an adapter.”
“An adapter for what?”
“A single.”
“A single what?”
“A 45″
“A 45 what?”
“A 45 record.”
“A what?”
“The old black flat frisbees with the big holes.”
“Oh. You throw them with these?”
Ok, I made up the last two lines. I think I actually said, “Nevermind.” and threw the adapter in the garbage.
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