Three Nasty Songs

I meant to respond to this meme a few days ago. It's to name three three songs I’d rather stick my head in the oven than listen to

I've avoided the cheesy novelty records like "The Birdy Song", or entire genres like the Spanish Disco Records that fill up the charts every September. Instead, I'll give you these three...

"D'Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart. Most. Evil. Earworm. Ever. I blame the residents of Northumberland. It was their job to keep Hadrian's Wall in good repair.

"Geno", by Dexy's Midnight Runners. I suspect the only reason the Ginger and a lot of other participants of this meme nominated "Come On Eileen" is that they hadn't heard this one. It's worse. It has to be one of the most excruciatingly awful performances by a brass section ever committed to record. Kevin Rowland (the man with a chip on his shoulder the size of the Wirral) sacked the entire band after this record.

"Misunderstanding" by Genesis. It's not just because this song is a horribly banal piece of self-pitying mawkish sludge. It's because it represented the band's "Jump the Shark" moment, the point where Genesis became the Phil Collins Bland.

Posted by TimHall at June 14, 2004 09:34 PM | TrackBack

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I remember Geno! Wow, I'd completely forgotten it. Grrr...

The Stewart song is a good choice, and I'll argue just which Genesis song qualifies:

Turn It On Again was the Jump the Shark moment for me, but I didn't realize it at the time. In 1983, or thereabouts, when they toured for the eponymous album, the encore was, of course, Misunderstanding and Turn It On Again. However.

Turn It On Again morphed into horrors as the band played "Satisfaction" as part of it. The freakin' Stones? What the hell was that all about?

I was so angry I never went to see them live again.

Posted by: Scott on June 15, 2004 01:50 PM

I thought most of "Duke" was tolerable. I never actually got to see Genesis live; their UK "Duke" tour was all small venues where people had to queue for 24 hours to get tickets.

Subsequent tours they'd completely sold out to the Kevin and Sharon audience and dropped much of the decent material, so I gave them a miss.

Posted by: Tim Hall on June 15, 2004 06:38 PM

Yup. Having slept out behind the Odeon back then I managed to get tickets for both Birmingham gigs - well worth it as they were two of the most spine-tingly concerts I've ever seen.

The newer material worked exceptionally well live and that sold 'Duke' to me. I know where you're coming from, though, as I thought 'And Then There Were Three' was a bit lightweight initially. Only much later when I saw the stuff performed in the flesh did it all click for me :-)

Still struggling to get into 'Marbles' here.....

Posted by: Steve Jones on June 15, 2004 08:53 PM

Persevere with Marbles, it's worth it. 16 days till I see them live now...

Posted by: Tim Hall on June 15, 2004 09:00 PM

Fear not - I won't give up that easily. All of the post-Fish albums (with the exception of Seasons End) have taken me a while, so I know what's required of me :-)

Posted by: Steve Jones on June 15, 2004 09:32 PM

The only Marillion album I've never gotten into is Holidays in Eden; blech.

I can't wait until Oct. 6, when they play NYC.

Posted by: Scott on June 16, 2004 06:41 PM

I wasn't overimpressed by that album either (I saw them live on that tour, and it was a disappointing gig as well). The other album I could never really get into was "DotCom". Too indie-flavoured; I like that even less than "Holidays in Eden".

Posted by: Tim Hall on June 16, 2004 07:12 PM

Hmmmm, next to "Clutching at Straws" I think "Holidays In Eden" is my fave Marillion dosage :-)

Anyway, I've just realised I never commented on the real subject of this thread, so here's my three most vomitorious nomination:

1) Althea & Donna - "Uptown Top-Ranking"
2) Rod Stewart (I can see a trend emerging, here!) - "Sailing"
3) Whatever Mork is currently listening to ;-)

Posted by: Steve Jones on June 23, 2004 08:22 AM

Yes, but you liked "Tormato" :)

I see I shall have to pay more attention to Mork's OMS's

Posted by: Tim Hall on June 23, 2004 07:22 PM

Bad songs, anything by the Karaoke Beatles meets the Sex Pistols AKA Oasis. Their cover of " I Am The Walrus" has to be the biggest massacre of a classic song ever made. The cover of " Cum On Feel the Noize" was dire as well. The Gallagher brothers are tuneless yobs who give people from Wythenshaw a bad name.

Posted by: Glenn Aylett on July 9, 2004 03:37 PM


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It was their job to keep Hadrian's Wall in good repair. "Geno", by Dexy's Midnight Runners. I suspect the only reason the Ginger and a lot of other participants of this meme nominated "Come On Eileen" is that they hadn't heard this one. It's worse. It has to be one of the most excruciatingly awful performances by a brass section ever committed to record. Kevin Rowland (the man with a chip on his shoulder the size of the Wirral) sacked the entire band after this record. "Misunderstanding" by Genesis. It's not just because this song is a horribly banal piece of self-pitying mawkish sludge. It's because it represented the band's "Jump the Shark" moment, the point where Genesis became the Phil Collins Bland. Posted by TimHall at June 14, 2004 09:34 PM \| TrackBack Comments I remember Geno! Wow, I'd completely forgotten it. Grrr... The Stewart song is a good choice, and I'll argue just which Genesis song qualifies: Turn It On Again was the Jump the Shark moment for me, but I didn't realize it at the time. In 1983, or thereabouts, when they toured for the eponymous album, the encore was, of course, Misunderstanding and Turn It On Again. However. Turn It On Again morphed into horrors as the band played "Satisfaction" as part of it. The freakin' Stones? What the hell was that all about? I was so angry I never went to see them live again. Posted by: Scott on June 15, 2004 01:50 PM I thought most of "Duke" was tolerable. I never actually got to see Genesis live; their UK "Duke" tour was all small venues where people had to queue for 24 hours to get tickets. Subsequent tours they'd completely sold out to the Kevin and Sharon audience and dropped much of the decent material, so I gave them a miss. Posted by: Tim Hall on June 15, 2004 06:38 PM Yup. Having slept out behind the Odeon back then I managed to get tickets for both Birmingham gigs - well worth it as they were two of the most spine-tingly concerts I've ever seen. The newer material worked exceptionally well live and that sold 'Duke' to me. I know where you're coming from, though, as I thought 'And Then There Were Three' was a bit lightweight initially. Only much later when I saw the stuff performed in the flesh did it all click for me :-) Still struggling to get into 'Marbles' here..... Posted by: Steve Jones on June 15, 2004 08:53 PM Persevere with Marbles, it's worth it. 16 days till I see them live now... Posted by: Tim Hall on June 15, 2004 09:00 PM Fear not - I won't give up that easily. All of the post-Fish albums (with the exception of Seasons End) have taken me a while, so I know what's required of me :-) Posted by: Steve Jones on June 15, 2004 09:32 PM The only Marillion album I've never gotten into is Holidays in Eden; blech. I can't wait until Oct. 6, when they play NYC. Posted by: Scott on June 16, 2004 06:41 PM I wasn't overimpressed by that album either (I saw them live on that tour, and it was a disappointing gig as well). The other album I could never really get into was "DotCom". Too indie-flavoured; I like that even less than "Holidays in Eden". Posted by: Tim Hall on June 16, 2004 07:12 PM Hmmmm, next to "Clutching at Straws" I think "Holidays In Eden" is my fave Marillion dosage :-) Anyway, I've just realised I never commented on the real subject of this thread, so here's my three most vomitorious nomination: 1) Althea & Donna - "Uptown Top-Ranking" 2) Rod Stewart (I can see a trend emerging, here!) - "Sailing" 3) Whatever Mork is currently listening to ;-) Posted by: Steve Jones on June 23, 2004 08:22 AM Yes, but you liked "Tormato" :) I see I shall have to pay more attention to Mork's OMS's Posted by: Tim Hall on June 23, 2004 07:22 PM Bad songs, anything by the Karaoke Beatles meets the Sex Pistols AKA Oasis. Their cover of " I Am The Walrus" has to be the biggest massacre of a classic song ever made. The cover of " Cum On Feel the Noize" was dire as well. The Gallagher brothers are tuneless yobs who give people from Wythenshaw a bad name. 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