What old, corny songs do you like?

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    rgambs said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    rgambs said:
    There were a few April Wine tunes that I wore out on the old turntable lol

    Siiiign of the Gypsy Quee-een...

    Okay RG...

    We've had our times on these forums, but if there was a ever a breakthrough moment that has clinched the deal for us... this is it.

    April Wine is one of my all time favourite bands. My buddies and I grew up listening to these guys with them in the mix alongside Zeppelin, the Stones, the Who, Van Halen, etc.

    I just bought 'Nature of the Beast' on vinyl about a month ago. It is one of the greatest rock records ever made. Before the cds and recorded tapes became a thing... I wore out TWO cassettes where the printing on either side of the cassette could not be read.

    You rock!
    I didn't know they were disrespected and ridiculed as a band until I was an adult.  Somebody requested April Wine on the local rock station and the DJ went off screaming about how they wouldnt play it because it was a "ROCK STATION FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!!!"

    He then proceeded to play Love Hurts by Nazareth and it occured to me that notions of what is and isn't rock and roll are about as cliquey as a highschool cafeteria.
    Lol

    I don't mind Nazareth (they're okay... they got a few good songs), but April Wine is infinitely greater.

    It's not even close.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,860
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I've always like this Marty Robbins tune
    https://youtu.be/lRh3xyNDav8

    First song my dad learned to play on guitar back in the early 60's!
    That is great!!!! Thx for sharing!!!

    Did you ever learn it?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,860
    As a kid I was captivated by Sha Na Na and the doo wop songs that they would do and my father would sing to me.  This is one of those songs that I loved as a very, very young child, I think I was 5... Rubber Ball
    https://youtu.be/VOHopOkeakc
  • thispureamericanriot
    thispureamericanriot California Posts: 514
    edited July 2018
    I've always said "Love Beach" would be a killer tune for PJ to cover. It's from a very hated album by Emerson Lake & Palmer (the band recorded it to fulfill record company contract), but the song is short and the music is very Who-sounding (right up PJ's alley) and the range and tone of Greg Lake's voice on this tune is right in EV's wheelhouse. Matt will kill it on drums too. People always think I'm joking, but this could be an awesome cover IMO - maybe even a Xmas single?!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM1ab-i4h4
    ZF0 on SoundCloud

  • thispureamericanriot
    thispureamericanriot California Posts: 514
    InHiding80 said:
    Damn I missed this thread. This one was written for a Michelob commercial so it's corny on principle alone. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RY5W2Yfze7M
    There is nothing corny about Steve Winwood! :)
    ZF0 on SoundCloud

  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    rgambs said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    rgambs said:
    There were a few April Wine tunes that I wore out on the old turntable lol

    Siiiign of the Gypsy Quee-een...

    Okay RG...

    We've had our times on these forums, but if there was a ever a breakthrough moment that has clinched the deal for us... this is it.

    April Wine is one of my all time favourite bands. My buddies and I grew up listening to these guys with them in the mix alongside Zeppelin, the Stones, the Who, Van Halen, etc.

    I just bought 'Nature of the Beast' on vinyl about a month ago. It is one of the greatest rock records ever made. Before the cds and recorded tapes became a thing... I wore out TWO cassettes where the printing on either side of the cassette could not be read.

    You rock!
    I didn't know they were disrespected and ridiculed as a band until I was an adult.  Somebody requested April Wine on the local rock station and the DJ went off screaming about how they wouldnt play it because it was a "ROCK STATION FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!!!"

    He then proceeded to play Love Hurts by Nazareth and it occured to me that notions of what is and isn't rock and roll are about as cliquey as a highschool cafeteria.
    Lol

    I don't mind Nazareth (they're okay... they got a few good songs), but April Wine is infinitely greater.

    It's not even close.
    Especially if you're gonna play Love Hurts, which is the weepiest, corniest rock ballad ever.


    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I've always like this Marty Robbins tune
    https://youtu.be/lRh3xyNDav8

    First song my dad learned to play on guitar back in the early 60's!
    That is great!!!! Thx for sharing!!!

    Did you ever learn it?
    I did not lol
    I did learn Mr Bojangles by JJ Walker though, which is the first song I can remember him playing.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    thispureamericanriot said:
    InHiding80 said:
    Damn I missed this thread. This one was written for a Michelob commercial so it's corny on principle alone. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RY5W2Yfze7M
    There is nothing corny about Steve Winwood! :)
    Good boat music.  All you need is some extra tangy endangered catfish and a wacky waving inflatable flailing arm tube man and you're guaranteed to have a Sunny day.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • thispureamericanriot
    thispureamericanriot California Posts: 514
    rgambs said:
    thispureamericanriot said:
    InHiding80 said:
    Damn I missed this thread. This one was written for a Michelob commercial so it's corny on principle alone. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RY5W2Yfze7M
    There is nothing corny about Steve Winwood! :)
    Good boat music.  All you need is some extra tangy endangered catfish and a wacky waving inflatable flailing arm tube man and you're guaranteed to have a Sunny day.
    Love it all: Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, Steve Winwood solo...how do I get on this boat?! ;)
    ZF0 on SoundCloud

  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    rgambs said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    rgambs said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    rgambs said:
    There were a few April Wine tunes that I wore out on the old turntable lol

    Siiiign of the Gypsy Quee-een...

    Okay RG...

    We've had our times on these forums, but if there was a ever a breakthrough moment that has clinched the deal for us... this is it.

    April Wine is one of my all time favourite bands. My buddies and I grew up listening to these guys with them in the mix alongside Zeppelin, the Stones, the Who, Van Halen, etc.

    I just bought 'Nature of the Beast' on vinyl about a month ago. It is one of the greatest rock records ever made. Before the cds and recorded tapes became a thing... I wore out TWO cassettes where the printing on either side of the cassette could not be read.

    You rock!
    I didn't know they were disrespected and ridiculed as a band until I was an adult.  Somebody requested April Wine on the local rock station and the DJ went off screaming about how they wouldnt play it because it was a "ROCK STATION FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!!!"

    He then proceeded to play Love Hurts by Nazareth and it occured to me that notions of what is and isn't rock and roll are about as cliquey as a highschool cafeteria.
    Lol

    I don't mind Nazareth (they're okay... they got a few good songs), but April Wine is infinitely greater.

    It's not even close.
    Especially if you're gonna play Love Hurts, which is the weepiest, corniest rock ballad ever.


    Agreed.

    The selection was an exclamation mark on an idiot moment.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    rgambs said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Lol

    I don't mind Nazareth (they're okay... they got a few good songs), but April Wine is infinitely greater.

    It's not even close.
    Especially if you're gonna play Love Hurts, which is the weepiest, corniest rock ballad ever.
    Since this is a thread about old corny songs, I happen to love the original version of Love Hurts:


    They sang lots of corny songs but nobody could harmonize like those guys.

    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Make Your Own Kind of Music.     Because of the tv show LOST
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    Why Don't we Get Drunk, And Screw
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    cp3iverson said:
    Make Your Own Kind of Music.     Because of the tv show LOST
    Yes!  Mama Cass.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    I love this song because it was played and sung by some f*cking corn dogs from Sa-a-a-a-a-n Pedro:

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,512
    Anybody ever listen to Yacht Rock Radio (currently station 70 on SiriusXM)?

    That's a whole channel of corny yuppie summertime songs, some of which I have always liked and some others I have grown to know and like in a corny disposable kind of way. Then so.e that are still hot vomit in a garbage bag kind of awful.

    It's fun! I'll own the shit I do. :bring_it:
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    brianlux said:
    I love this song because it was played and sung by some f*cking corn dogs from Sa-a-a-a-a-n Pedro:

    Was just discussing that dirty bastard from Pedro last weekend with a buddy.  We were roaring on a boat, and then I put on Ball Hog or Tug Boat
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    darwinstheory said:
    Anybody ever listen to Yacht Rock Radio (currently station 70 on SiriusXM)?

    That's a whole channel of corny yuppie summertime songs, some of which I have always liked and some others I have grown to know and like in a corny disposable kind of way. Then so.e that are still hot vomit in a garbage bag kind of awful.

    It's fun! I'll own the shit I do. :bring_it:
    Will have to check that out!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Yacht Rock Radio is awesome.  Christopher Cross stops being a guilty pleasure when you’re playing it relaxing on the white sand.  
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    F Me In The Brain said:
    brianlux said:
    I love this song because it was played and sung by some f*cking corn dogs from Sa-a-a-a-a-n Pedro:

    Was just discussing that dirty bastard from Pedro last weekend with a buddy.  We were roaring on a boat, and then I put on Ball Hog or Tug Boat
    Excellent!  Mike Watt is so fucking awesome!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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