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embarrassing song titles

firepoint525

firepoint525

These are the song titles that you were embarrassed to say on the air whenever you had to play them. Not necessarily that the songs were bad, just that the titles were embarrassing to say. You were embarrassed to say them, or if you were not in radio, you were embarrassed for the djs to have to say them.

Some examples:

"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," the Police
"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" the Rolling Stones
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," ABBA

And for some reason, Casey Kasem was reluctant to say "I Want Your Sex" when George Michael had that one on the charts! :-[

I'm sure that there were others.
 
firepoint525 said:
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," the Police
"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" the Rolling Stones
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," ABBA
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Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day", Stevie Wonder.

In a different vein....

"I've Been Carrying a Torch for You So Long (That I Burned a Great Big Hole In My Heart)"-Nino Tempo and April Stevens
"Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)"-Jimmy Buffett
"Jerimiah Peabody's Fast Acting, Quick Dissolving, Poly-unsaturated, Green and Purple Pills" (or words to that effect)
"It Ain't The Meat (It's the Motion)" Maria Muldaur
"You Got the Right String, Baby (But the Wrong Yo-Yo)", Dr. Feelgood & The Interns
"Don't Monkey with Another Monkey's Monkey", Johnny Paycheck
"Loving You Has Made Me Bananas", Guy Marks
"Annie Fanny"-Kingsmen
"I Won't Go Huntin' With You, Jake (But I'll go Chasin' Women'), Jimmy Dean
"Why Don't We Do It In the Road", Beatles
"I'm Just Sittin' in a Vacant Lot (with a Bird Sittin' on my Head)," David Seville
 
FRR said:
radioman148 said:
Walkin My Cat Named Dog--Norma Tanega
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WHAT? Why would this be embarrassing?
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Weird? Yes. Embarrassing? On the surface no. But then again, it's been 46 years and I'm still not quite sure what the song is about. Protest? Just Trying to fit in? Tanega's lesbianism? (She was Dusty Springfield's longtime partner).

Perhaps I'm overlooking something that's obvious to others. Perhaps it's just another of those mid-60s "mystic" song lyrics that really don't mean anything other than what you want them to mean. Perhaps someone else knows. Perhaps no one knows.

In any case, I've always liked the song and have it on my iPod!
 
cyberdad said:
FRR said:
radioman148 said:
Walkin My Cat Named Dog--Norma Tanega
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WHAT? Why would this be embarrassing?
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Weird? Yes. Embarrassing? On the surface no. But then again, it's been 46 years and I'm still not quite sure what the song is about. Protest? Just Trying to fit in? Tanega's lesbianism? (She was Dusty Springfield's longtime partner).

Perhaps I'm overlooking something that's obvious to others. Perhaps it's just another of those mid-60s "mystic" song lyrics that really don't mean anything other than what you want them to mean. Perhaps someone else knows. Perhaps no one knows.

In any case, I've always liked the song and have it on my iPod!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Tanega
 
cyberdad said:
radioman148 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Tanega
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Still doesn't offer a clue as to what the song's about...other than to categorize it as a novelty song. I doubt it, but who knows.
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Most songwriters love to let all of us speculate on what they were trying to say in their songs.
I remember reading about what inspired John Lennon to write "I Am The Walrus". According to Lennon he was so fed up with people trying to figure out what the Beatles meant when they wrote their music that he decided to write one that nobody could figure out.
After he finished "Walrus" he said "now let those ******* try to figure out this!"
 
Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road - Loudon Wainwright III (often shortened to "Dead Skunk") Funny song, crazy title ;D

The song is musically a simple folk song based on acoustic guitar, but accompanied by drums and strings. The lyrics, which literally interpreted describe a dead skunk in the middle of a busy road and the smell it produces for pedestrians, have often been seen as an attack on then-president Richard Nixon. Wainwright himself has never confirmed or denied this claim, but has said the song was an accident written in fifteen minutes.

Although the single was released in November 1972, it was not until well into 1973 that it caught on with radio stations, and its number sixteen peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was not reached until May 1973. It was the only record to chart for Wainwright.

Trivia note: Loudon Wainwright III appeared three times on M*A*S*H as Captain Calvin Spaulding, who was usually seen playing his guitar and singing.
 
Yeah, but if Dead Skunk seemed hard to understand, just think of his followup, The Swimming Song. Great tune about only one thing.....swimming......go figure
 
"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost, Overnight?"
"Dropkick Me Jesus, Through The Goalposts of Life"
Forrest Gump might owe Joey some Money..."Run, Joey, Run"
"If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me?"
"When You Go To Bed With The Girl Of Your Dreams, And Wake Up With A Pig In A Blanket"
"Bang-Shanga-Lang" (Who's Shanga Lang? Did I go to school with her?)
"I Had Too Much To Dream, Last Night"
"Purple People Eater" (Prince is glad he's too young for that one!)
"Chic-A-Boom (Don't You Just Love It?)"
"Zilch" (OK? I really liked it....Mr. Bob-a-leena, Mrs. Bob-Bob-a-leena....)....

I am sure I could think of more....
 
Do any of you know of any announcers who were reluctant to say "The Bitch Is Back" or "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" when playing those?

What about group names? Was anyone reluctant to say "Faster Pussycat" or "Damn Yankees" when playing songs by them? I remember one dj back about that time who said something to the effect of, "I'm going to say it again, just because I can, the Damn Yankees." ;D
 
KXOK played Elton's "The Bitch Is Back".. But, they would not let the jocks title it...
 
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