From tonysounds@yahoo.com Sat Sep 16 20:32:04 2006
Subject:Re: The Bad Song to end All Band Songs

*shudder*

Allan Evett wrote: Definitely on my list, too...But what really puts the
icing on the cake with "Afternoon Delight" is that
when I heard it for the first time, it was not on the
radio, but live. I saw SVB open for John Denver back
in '76 at the Amphitheater in Chicago....

Allan

--- tonysounds wrote:

> This is the WORST SONG OF ALL TIME:
>
> "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band.
>
> Bruce Wahler wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> It's interesting to note that almost every song that
> was nominated for "Worst Song Ever" was written in
> the early or mid '70s. This shows several things:
>
> 1. The early to mid '70s was a period filled with
> sappy songs that have not stood the test of time.
>
> 2. A good portion on the list members are 50-ish,
> and remember the '70s tunes better than other
> decades. (There were equally bad songs in the '60s,
> '80s, and '90s, and there are bad songs being
> written today.)
>
> 3. It takes about 30 years to tell whether a song
> will gain truly-bad-song status (ex: The Captain and
> Tenille's "Muskrat Love"), or merely be a bad song
> that turns into a kitschy classic (ex: The Monkee's
> "Daydream Believer").
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
> --
> Bruce Wahler
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