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Post by #Infinity on Feb 25, 2018 9:28:22 GMT 10
I held off on this because I can't really think of a whole lot of especially bad songs from the 1960s, as music back then was mostly too simple and innocent to make any kind of offensive impression, even though I also don't think there are as many utter masterpieces from that decade for the same reason. That said, here are a few examples of songs from the '60s that I just plain don't enjoy:
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Little Eva sounds extremely annoying on this. She's fine on "The Loco-Motion," which makes the failure of this cover sort of strange.
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I just don't like this type of music. The only people who pulled off ultra-formulaic early '60s junk were those with the soul and/or vibrato in their voice to give it depth that would otherwise be completely absent. If you were as tasteless as Neil Sedaka (who I constantly confuse with the equally forgettable Paul Anka), the results were not of much interest.
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Another dead-on-arrival song.
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Here's a great song to spin if you want an easy way to get annoyed.
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Ho boy, don't even get me started on this. In addition to being potentially the most frightfully heteronormative song of all time, it's also extremely sexist and possessive. The lyrics sound more like Mike Pence's mating call than the words to a silly love song. Even for mid-20th Century standards, this is just flat-out wretched. This band also totally neutered Major Lance's "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" by omitting the brass countermelody that was so at the heart of the original's charm.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 25, 2018 15:27:35 GMT 10
I must admit, I found it really hard to compile this list, because I honestly can't really think of too many songs from the '60s which I simply don't like. I'm generally quite impartial to the majority of songs from the 1960s, even the innocent, cheesy pop songs from the Early-Mid '60s. "When a Man Loves a Woman" is simply too repetitive for my liking. I don't particularly like the instrumentation either. I've never really been too fussed about The Mamas & The Papas' cover of "Dedicated to the One I love". It's not really a bad song as such, but the chorus just doesn't appeal to me at all. They're the only two songs I can think of at the moment! 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 17, 2018 22:32:18 GMT 10
This 1968 composition is quite tacky and the lyrics certainly leave a lot to be desired. The cheesy lyrics could possibly be contributed to the fact that The Outsiders were a Danish band and English wouldn't have been their first language. Regardless, the lyrics are still quite bad. I haven't been able to find any information as for whether this song charted in other countries around the world. Then again, it was played on a retro music show I watched earlier tonight (which is how I discovered the song), so I guess it's possible that it did achieve success abroad. By 1960s standards, this song is relatively sub-par in comparison to other contemporary songs of the time, especially when compared to other songs that were coming out of Great Britain. "Bend It" is actually quite a good example of this thread. It topped the charts in New Zealand, peaked at #2 in it's native UK and #6 in Australia, yet it only charted at #110 on the Billboard charts.
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Post by Telso on Aug 27, 2018 17:17:02 GMT 10
Okay, I've heard this song a decent ammount of times lately for some reason and have to admit I just can't stand it. Usually I don't mind cheap 50s-70s novelty songs like "One Eyed, One Horned Flying Purple People Eater" or "Disco Duck", but this is taking the annoyance factor too far. I don't find it endearing at all unlike most people seem to. The backing instrumental is just generic Surf Rock of which I've heard much better before, so not even that is here to salvage it.
Just bland and irritating
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 27, 2018 21:52:53 GMT 10
Okay, I've heard this song a decent ammount of times lately for some reason and have to admit I just can't stand it. Usually I don't mind cheap 50s-70s novelty songs like "One Eyed, One Horned Flying Purple People Eater" or "Disco Duck", but this is taking the annoyance factor too far. I don't find it endearing at all unlike most people seem to. The backing instrumental is just generic Surf Rock of which I've heard much better before, so not even that is here to salvage it. Just bland and irritating That's understandable. I can only really tolerate it in small doses and i'm not sure if I would actually want to listen to the song in it's entirety. It just becomes really grating after a while.
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Post by fusefan on Feb 4, 2020 13:04:53 GMT 10
This is from 1959 but close enough... An Alvin and the Chipmunks Rip-off where the lyrics are just “Uh Oh!” “And doobity dooby doo” What could go wrong there?
as for Songs from the 60s I don’t like...Oh here’s one!
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Post by Telso on Aug 20, 2020 7:40:24 GMT 10
What the hell is this? One of the most annoying ways I've heard someone singing. It's annoying and monotonous, while the singer has zero charisma at all. Not to mention the song's message is mean-spirited as can be.
The British invasion has brought many great stuff, but this is pure crap.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2020 5:51:32 GMT 10
Given my age, I have to admit I'm more au fait with 1960s music than most of you. I actually prefer 1960s music. However, not all of it was good. My least favourites are:
Love Is Blue by the Paul Mauriat Orchestra (in fact any version). Suicidal dirge.
Zabadak by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. Complete bloody nonsense.
The Legend Of Xanadu also by Mr Dee and his men. Boring.
Something In The Air by Thunderclap Newman. Boring.
Mr Dee, incidentally, was the first policeman on the scene of Eddie Cochran's fatal car crash in 1960.
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Post by Telso on Oct 4, 2020 4:47:13 GMT 10
There's been a disturbing amount of songs about relationships with young girls produced between the 40s and the 60s. But unlike something like Steve Lawrence's "Go Away, Little Girl" that at least acknowledges those relationships as being fundamentally wrong, this however comes off as disturbingly predatory with the singer actively painted as a danger to the girl if she doesn't "better run".
What a nasty song
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Post by Telso on Oct 7, 2020 7:02:50 GMT 10
Wow, I've never heard such a terrible rip-off song. They really tried their best to cash in on the success of The Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" by throwing together a completely nonsensical ditty and disguise it as a dance track. It just comes out as a lame parody, even though it wasn't even the point.
It also reminds me a lot of "The Loco-Motion" from Little Eva which came out a few months after this, and dear god what a far better song.
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