I was just listening to Chris DeBurgh's 'Lady In Red' and thinking it has to be the lamest, most un-tough song ever.
It's not only his crooning delivery and the schmaltzy music, but also the shocking lyrics. "I've never seen that dress you're wearing / Or the highlights in your hair / You are amazing"
The crowning glory is just when it's fading out the father of Miss World whispers "I love you" in yr ear. Hahahah!
Anyone got any contenders? There's gotta be a lot of good 70s schmaltz out there... maybe some Bread or Air Supply?
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opps... you are so beautiful to ...
opps...
you are so beautiful to me....yes indee ee ee ee ee eeeed....
hmmm.
That's pretty amazing! What movie had ...
That's pretty amazing! What movie had that in it recently? Matchstick Men? Hmm...
er...what is amazing?...
er...what is amazing?
The song....
The song.
//er...what is amazing? It's - ...
//er...what is amazing?
It's - like - when you're really surprised at something, right? Like, when something just - like - blows you away, man...
:-P
oooohhhhh...so it's like you are ...
oooohhhhh...so it's like you are gobsmacked by something...like...when you see or hear something and you are like "wow" that's is soooo cool!!
heh.
Like, you got it, dude. For Shurrr....
Like, you got it, dude. For Shurrr.
All I need is the air that I breathe ...
All I need is the air that I breathe and to loooooove you...
Hmmm....thought of a couple, but lady ...
Hmmm....thought of a couple, but lady in red still beats them hands down. Even the some of the wimpiest songs I thought of were at least performed with a bit of passion. Anyway, my runners-up:
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Lionel Ritchie - Say You, Say Me (Believing who you aaaaaaaaare: You are a shining staaaaaaaar...)
loooooooving all these looowoowoong ...
loooooooving all these looowoowoong voowwwwwels..
hmmm....nope not satisfied. still ...
hmmm....nope not satisfied. still think there are more out there...
...im sure there was that michael bolton hit...
yuk. bolton. paaaleeeaase. people ...
yuk. bolton. paaaleeeaase.
people should be fined for even writing his name..
apologies nzm.
I checked out Michael Bolton, but I ...
I checked out Michael Bolton, but I discovered that I've never ever paid any attention to his songs ever, so subsequently I couldn't really comment on their flaccidity.
The only one I remember was Dock of the Bay, but that's just a cover; don't know how lame the original was.
How about 'How Am I Supposed To Live ...
How about 'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You'?
That's pretty poo.
poo is right. pooooooooo pooo poo. no ...
poo is right. pooooooooo pooo poo.
no more bolton.
hmmm... im dreaming of a jason donovan number now...
//The only one I remember was Dock of ...
//The only one I remember was Dock of the Bay, but that's just a cover; don't know how lame the original was.
I haven't heard the original either, but as it was Otis Redding, I'm willing to bet that it was epically better than any bolton treatment. Pearl Jam covered it, and it's probably my favourite song from one of their earlier live albums (live in USA '94 or something... you'll have to excuse me, all my CDs are in a cartons....). I'm going to attempt to block out all thoughts of michael bolton covering it. Ugh.
'Especially for you' by Kylie & Jason ...
'Especially for you' by Kylie & Jason was not exactly a testosterone fuelled rocker. In fact it might be a pretty good contender. Chris De Burgh does sound like he means it.
"especially for you" that's the ...
"especially for you"
that's the one.
Especially for you is soft when done by ...
Especially for you is soft when done by Kylie and Jason. But when it's belted out at high volume by my Australian neighbours on Karaoke night at our local in North Acton it's more like a noisy hidden track at the end of a Nirvana album.
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don't let your sun go down on ...
don't let your sun go down on me.
and also there is something really dodgy about 2 gay men singing that song.
THE sun......
THE sun...
whatever, DODGY....
whatever, DODGY.
Or son?...
Or son?
DG that is a shocker....
DG that is a shocker.
just as a sidebar, are you listening to ...
just as a sidebar, are you listening to the album.......... there are other tracks on it that make lady in red totally forgivible
No, it was on the radio. The only other ...
No, it was on the radio. The only other song by him I know is 'Don't Pay The Ferryman'.
FYI it was on an album called spanish ...
FYI it was on an album called spanish train... but who know what stuff really sounds like after this length of time, and drug free
I could probably still sing every ...
I could probably still sing every single song off that album because it was an intergral part of my childhood. My sister and I would make up dance routines to every song, but hten we'd be interupted by having to call our mother to come and turn the record over.
I still believe Lady in Red is pretty damn wimpy though - what kind of man notices when a woman's had highlights? The kind who wears a MAN BLOUSE, that's who!
and what dance routine would you do to ...
and what dance routine would you do to trisha???
Patricia The Stripper to give it's ...
Patricia The Stripper
to give it's correct title
Bloody hell............... lady on red ...
Bloody hell............... lady on red was not on Spanish Train......... me crawls away in shame
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//The kind who wears a MAN BLOUSE, ...
//The kind who wears a MAN BLOUSE, that's who!
...you're just trying to hurt my feelings... ;o)
Aka - let's just say that it's not my ...
Aka - let's just say that it's not my fault that i turned out the way I did. My mother blames free porn in Japan, I say I oughta blame her for playing htat song to me so often...
The Commodores - Three Times a ...
The Commodores - Three Times a Lady
You are So Beutiful to me - Joe Cocker
that one twice three times a lady, was ...
that one twice three times a lady, was major suckfullness, but hey, come on joe can do no wrong!
yeh i do admit its terrible....
yeh i do admit its terrible.
Love of a lifetime- Firehouse. "I ...
Love of a lifetime- Firehouse.
"I finally found a love of a lifetime
A love to last my whooooooole night thruuuuu-u-u-u
I finally found a lo-u-oooove of a lifetime
Forever in my heaaa-aaarrt
I finally found a luuuuuurve......
....of a lifetime.
....ooooooh-oooh-ooooooooooooooh-oooo...
Bobby Brown - Ronnie...
Bobby Brown - Ronnie
A workmate just suggested a more ...
A workmate just suggested a more contemporary number: 'I Swear' by All 4 One
That is pretty upsetting. Makes Boyz II Men sound like Slayer.
Erk. That reminds me of that fateful ...
Erk. That reminds me of that fateful track from The Three Muskateers: Bryan Adams, Sting and Rod Stewart, “All For Love”
Let's make it all, all for one, and all for love.
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// fateful track from The Three ...
// fateful track from The Three Muskateers
i still have that on cassingle somewhere...
(explanation time)
... well... i liked the movie at the time... and... um... i thought kiefer sutherland was really REALLY hot....
i think i just made it worse.
And let's not forget (or forgive) ...
And let's not forget (or forgive) Bryan's solo effort
You know it's true
Everything I do...
My..My..My..My Lady Soul...
My..My..My..My Lady Soul
Seconded....
Seconded.
All I Wanna do is make love to you- ...
All I Wanna do is make love to you- Heart
Mariah Carey and Boyz 2 Men - One Sweet ...
Mariah Carey and Boyz 2 Men - One Sweet Day
Yuck.
Styx - Babe Followed closely by ...
Styx - Babe
Followed closely by anything from White lion or Richard fucking Marx
Sending all my love- linear Remember ...
Sending all my love- linear
Remember those guys?
yep..then some bastards decided to ...
yep..then some bastards decided to cover it...do you remember who they are?