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Progaholic3
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Posted: March 30 2018 at 06:04 |
Some of you may recall Kenny Everett's Bottom Thirty. It was broadcast in 1977 and was 30 of the most dreadful songs ever recorded - by the likes of Eamonn Andrews, Hughie Green and Jess Conrad - out of tune, nauseatingly sentimental, songs about dying soldiers and children losing their mommies and daddies to drunken drivers.
Is it possible to have a Prog version? Bands who should know better who have produced a real stinker - think Genesis 'Whodunnit'.... there must be loads Just a thought
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JD
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Ok, I'll start...
ELP - Taste of my love As many may know, they are my all time favourite band, and this is my all time most hated piece of music to ever emerge from them. I defy anyone to find a more horrendous song by a prog band. It's gotta top the list. |
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Manuel
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How about bands that practicality put on a record everything that they write? Tons of songs that should be edited and not published are put out for the public to listen, and frankly, many of them are awe full. Buckethead is one example of this.
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octopus-4
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From a CAMEL fan: Remote Romance stinks
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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Junges
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Seconded.
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kenethlevine
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^yeah but I kinda like "Neon Magic"
Edited by kenethlevine - April 01 2018 at 16:56 |
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moshkito
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Hi, Listening to the "Bottom 30", is a good thing. Reminds me of the old days, when we even tuned in a station in LA (KMET I think it was!) and they were playing Dr. Demento, which, while a lousy show with a really poor personality that had no knowledge of the works at all, at least the quantity and variety of stuff was second to almost none. I mean, even Bapu hasn't talked about "Close to You" (The Clams), or let's take a trip down Whittier Blvd, or some really odd poem by The Fool, but you had to be really stoned to enjoy that thing, though the guy himself had no sense of occasion at all. For exceptional quality, Guy Guden of Space Pirate Radio fame, used to do special shows for Halloween and other Holidays ... and his Halloween shows were out of this world, and a whole night's worth of everything, the kitchen sink and even The Haunted House soundtrack, BACKWARDS! It also had the most music of any show I have ever heard, and I have three different years of it to prove it. Nowhere in radioland, or internet, has anyone EVER done something that good. But some of the stuff played, was .... ... Elmo and the Crotch-hairs?
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ExittheLemming
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ELP are also my fave Prog Rock band and yes, Taste of My Love is toe-curlingly awful and makes Spinal Tap look scholarly : I want to love you Like nobody ever loved you Get on my stallion And we'll ride I'm gonna love you Like nobody ever loved you Climb on my rocket And we'll fly Memoirs of an Officer and A Gentleman from the same album contains the immortal couplet: Yes it's great now you're a full-time nurse but do be careful with the air-raids getting worse BTW I think Nobody Loves You Like I Do from Greg's side of Works Volume 1 is maybe the worst song he ever wrote |
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Progaholic3
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We should never forget that Focus followed up the superb Hamburger Concerto with Mother Focus which contained the hugely memorable 'I need a bathroom'!
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M27Barney
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More Fool Me - Truly Horrible - Probably makes Taste of my love sound like a prog classic once compared. Though - I haven't heard the ELP effort.
and yes it's miles worse than whodunnit!
Edited by M27Barney - April 03 2018 at 05:13 |
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someone_else
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Yes - Ritual
The worst track on a major prog album I can think of.
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Walkscore
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Ritual? More Fool Me? I actually like those tunes, even if they aren't the best one on their respective albums.
There are (many) far worse songs on the Yes albums 'Talk', 'Union' and 'Open your Eyes', and on Genesis albums like 'We Can't Dance' and 'Calling All Stations'.
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cstack3
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NOOO!! Them's fighting words! Here's Steve, playing his Les Paul Jr. on "Ritual" in concert in Illinois!! Bad Yes songs pollute the environment, believe me!! "Circus of Heaven" comes to mind. |
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doompaul
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Jethro Tull - Quizz Kid
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For Nobody's Bush
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The Wright and Mason quagmired songs on Ummaguuma.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Ritual is far from the worst Yes song. I think it's probably the best song on TFTO in fact.
More fool me isn't bad either it just sounds out of place. So does I know what I like.
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miamiscot
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Circus Of Heaven
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Big Ears
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Seamus by Pink Floyd, and it is on one of my favourite albums. Hot Mango Flush by Jethro Tull from J.tull Dot Com is pretty bad. I'm Running on Big Generator by Yes is horrible, but I like much of the remainder of the album. There are quite a few VdGG tracks, but I cannot remember the names. I could also thrown in a lot from Can, although they were a very good live band. Revolution No. 9 by The Beatles needs no comment. |
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Cristi
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I don't understand why so many dislike Seamus, I think it's a funny song, at least it has always made me laugh.
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