What's the CHEESIEST song you remember growing up?

[vas930]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

The Girl is Mine. McCartney and Michael Jackson team up for the most insipid song ever aired on the radio.

(apologies if it's a guilty pleasure of yours!)

+ 1
That was shocking.
They did another that was just as bad.

[yetibone]

Ok, this was a little later in my formative years. The song doesn't start until 2:18.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by foxpaws

Paul Anka's - Having My Baby

+! that was bad.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Minnie Riperton, lovely woman, horrible song. Her daughter makes me smile.

This woman had great range. She was with Rotary Connection in the 60's. But you are right- song is horrible.

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by jcommin

+! that was bad.

Totally agree...that was BRUTAL!

[KaptKaos]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

That POS by Manfred Mann, cover of a Springsteen tune....I can't say the name w/o tossing cookies.

They covered two that I know of; "Spirits in the Night" and "Blinded by the Light".

I am sure you mean "Blinded by the Light", but the Manfred cover of "Spirits in the Night" is much, much worse.

[Head416]

I was in 2nd grade. This was huge.

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

Muskrat Love is the first song that popped in my head even before reading this thread.

"Billy Don't Be Hero" was the first to come to mind for me, but as it's already been posted twice, I'll go with "Cats in the Cradle," wherin you get some whine with your cheese.

Sweet's "Love Is Like Oxygen" gets a pass from me - it's clearly a case of someone coming up with a great power chord and finding nothing it goes with, similar to Beck's "Loser."

[2porscheguy]

"Cat's in the craddle" by Harry Chapin....disagree! That is a great song!

......."as I hung up the phone, it occured to me...my boy was just like me, yah....my boy had grown up just like me!...."

A great song for fathers and their sons!

[mikeesik]

Disco Duck

BOOGIEWOOOGIEOOGIE Dancing shoes.

Muskrat Love

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy

"Cat's in the craddle" by Harry Chapin....disagree! That is a great song!

......."as I hung up the phone, it occured to me...my boy was just like me, yah....my boy had grown up just like me!...."

A great song for fathers and their sons!

I agree. As a son and a dad, I get weepy listening to that song. How's that for cheesy!

[Oh Haha]

missed one-

[Chas White]

Is That All There Is? -Peggy Lee. Mick Jagger once said that if he could write a song as sick and perverted as this one it would make him truly happy.

[flatbutt]

How about "Ebony and Ivory"?

[vash]

Star rockets in flight, afternoon delight? I vaguely remember something like this assaulting my young ears.

[dw1]

++++1 on "Afternoon Delight"

Maximum Cheesy. And it got got worse with repeated hearing.

It seemed to be played non-stop one summer while I was serving aboard ship in the US Navy. Talk about a captive audience.

[Mark Henry]

Originally Posted by yetibone

Ok, this was a little later in my formative years. The song doesn't start until 2:18.

I love Fish heads, I sing it to my kids all the time!
I'm surprised they haven't killed me in my sleep by now.

[pete3799]

The first 45 i ever bought ( yeah that's right ) was Red Rubber Ball.
Caution......have a barf bag handy

[abisel]

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Head416

I was in 2nd grade. This was huge.

I still like that one........