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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMaking a new DU Mix Tape - Corniest songs from the 70s
I'll start:
Captain and Tenelle - Muskrat Love
Melanie - Brand New Skate Key
Charlene - Never Been to Me
Carol Douglas - Doctor's Orders
onehandle
(51,122 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)that people actually dance to this song at Night Clubs back in the 70s and didn't think there was anything wrong with that.
easychoice
(1,043 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)easychoice
(1,043 posts)LMAO
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)First because at the time the romantic Lead (one of 2) Meryl Streep was actually older than her 3 love interests - Pierce Brosnan (4 years old), Colin Firth (12 years old) and Stellan Skarsgard (2 years older) yet she looked absolutely stunning in that movie and believable as a woman who could have 3 hotties like Brosnan, First and Skarsgard all crushing on her.
Also in general it just looked like everyone in the movie had fun especially the older cast. They knew it wasn't going to be some epic Oscar winning movie but they just had fun with it anyways. I could sense that fun anytime I watched the movie.
easychoice
(1,043 posts)Thanks Lynn...
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)and you'll have fun!
elleng
(131,067 posts)contrary to many around here, and if one can suspend disbelief, its also a nice travelogue! Greece!
easychoice
(1,043 posts)I like travelogues...
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)that I also love that movie. For all of your same reasons and I am a sucker for a well choreographed dance number.
And I think I could die a happy man if Meryl Streep
would consent to giving me a kiss on the cheek.
and a hug.
I love her in movies and I love her on talk shows.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)than these?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)elleng
(131,067 posts)Oasis, Afternoon!
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)... so that redeems it.
-- Mal
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)'Billy Don't Be a Hero'. If you were anywhere near a preteen girl with a record player or shitty AM radio in 1974, it was an unbearable place to be. Gakkkk!
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LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Throd
(7,208 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)My code name was Goldilocks
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)this is Kamikaze Bear comin' at ya.
Kingofalldems
(38,468 posts)Glorfindel
(9,732 posts)And also:
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)It reminded me of the time many, many years ago when my ex-husband and I made the trip from Miami, FL, to Los Angeles, California to live. We only lived there for a year, and then we went back to Miami.
eShirl
(18,502 posts)bam!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Actually Donny was before my time. I got into the fray during the Shaun Cassidy years
wyldwolf
(43,869 posts)... and I say that as someone who has worked in TOP40 radio and always find some redeeming quality of all the teen idols.
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)Oh, god, I just saw a version on YT where Anka and Osmond do it together!
-- Mal
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Coventina
(27,160 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I would have been laughing so hard I'd piss my pants
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain rocks.
-- Mal
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Brand New Key is one of the slyest dirty songs ever written.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)this was before my voice changed and it was pretty high. Also, I may have been a charity case. I still don't think I can sing and wonder how they ever let me in.
Kaleva
(36,327 posts)wyldwolf
(43,869 posts)Jim Dandy by Black Oak Arkansas
Calling Occupants (of Interplanetary Craft) by the Carpenters.
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)eShirl
(18,502 posts)If I recall correctly, this came out in the wake of Close Encounters of the Third Kind
mother of frog! I'd forgotten just how embarrassingly awful this was
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)KLAATU was a sort of 90-day wonder in 1973, although they continued to have commercial success for several years. Quite an interesting band. They were very happy and impressed when Karen and Richard decided to cover the song.
-- Mal
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)malthaussen
(17,215 posts)... not that it's worth mentioning.
-- Mal
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)so I Googled it and AAACK! Trying to forget it again...
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Coventina
(27,160 posts)If you knew them, you'd understand.
They embodied corny sentimentality.
trackfan
(3,650 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Wildwood Weed
Copacabana (can't believe no one's suggested this yet)
raven mad
(4,940 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)It brought back many memories.
Tabasco_Dave
(1,259 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 12, 2014, 03:52 PM - Edit history (1)
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)Link broken.
-- Mal
Tabasco_Dave
(1,259 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)malthaussen
(17,215 posts)God, these dogs were unavoidable on Top 40 when they came out.
-- Mal
miyazaki
(2,248 posts)[link:
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(3,539 posts)This was released in the 70's but was originally recorded in 1948.