Turn it off! Turn it off!
A great record, but enough is enough.
Never liked it.
Irritating, despite that super organ sound.
BONUS: Not on my pal Samjay’s playlist is this favorite of mine:
Turn it off! Turn it off!
A great record, but enough is enough.
Never liked it.
Irritating, despite that super organ sound.
BONUS: Not on my pal Samjay’s playlist is this favorite of mine:
Yes, I see that now. Poor Samjay! It would be like like me getting handed a copy of the vile “Mr. Bojangles!’ I feel your pain.
This post prompted me to look up those “Most Hated Songs” of … lists.
One writer named “I Just Wanna Stop” by Gino Vanilla as one of the worst songs of the 1970s. (And of course, being a girl, I loved that mushy drivel). He said if he’s driving and it comes on, he gets a horrific urge to drive off a cliff and plunge 3,000 feet to his death.
And I STILL can’t stand A Whiter Shade of Pale! And I’ve hated it since the first time I heard it when it first came out. In 1967 or 1968 when I was 13 or 14 my 7th or 8th grade class arranged for a tour of the local radio station in Lawrence which at the time was WCCM and owned by Curt Gowdy who was a well -known sportscaster in those days.
During the tour the person conducting the tour brought us into their music room which was filled with albums and 45s. He picked up a box of 45s which he said contained hit records and started handing them out to us, one per person. He handed one to me and sure enough it was A Whiter Shade of Pale! I took it and kept my mouth shut. I don’t remember what I did with it. To this day it’s still one of the few songs that will cause me to change the station when it comes on the radio.
It’s my friend Samjay, also a former DJ, who agrees with you about Procol Harum’s 1967 #5 hit.
Wait! You DO like WSOP? I HATE IT!!!!!! As usual, my ADHD has taken over.
Yes! No “Lion!’ But hey! Tom and I love imitating that hideous ugly woman song … also the one that goes: “Will someone PLEASE take the woman with the skinny legs?” because Tom’s are so skinny. We possess sick humor.
“Loco” is overrated, and I’m thrilled to see you don’t like “Shade of Pale,” either, which has a sluggish organ line. I always felt guilty for twisting the knob when this smash hit came on. Noel Harrison did a much better job of it on the infamous Rhino’s “Golden Throats!”
“Double Shot” is a reminder that the revered 60s actually DID have a few stinkers hiding in the cracks.