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From: gnome@oliveb.UUCP (Gary Traveis)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Bad Songs--A Sampling (Long)
Message-ID: <371@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 19:46:50 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 19:46:50 1985
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> harrison, rolf -- two little boys
>      The flip side of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport."  It
>      would have been a better idea to have issued a one-
>      sided single.
> 
> nimoy, leonard -- highly illogical
>      Just one of many classic Nimoy pieces.  This one
>      features Mr. Spock speculating as to why the human race
>      is so gol' durned illogical.  Musically this represents
>      the worst 60's schlock pop--the sort of stuff Darren
>      Stevens might have written if Mr. Tate had been a music
>      publisher in the Brill Building.
> 
> 
> shatner, william -- lucy in the sky with diamonds
>                  -- mr. tambourine man
>      These are already old hat to net news readers.  Both
>      the studio and live versions are excruciating Shake-
>      spearian readings set to disco.  There is also an
>      interview disc floating around wherein Shatner explains
>      how he came to make these... He says that he knew he
>      couldn't sing, but that he could ACT!  Obviously he was
>      able to convince someone else this was a good idea.
>      "Lucy..." has for many years been consistently voted
>      the very worst song of all time.
> 
> 
OK, now, does anyone out there have any idea as to where these
steaming heaps of "diamonds in the rough" can be found?
(In the SF Bay area)


Also, has anyone ever ordered the cassette of Muzakized DEVO hits?

Gary
(hplabs,allegra,ihnp4)oliveb!olivee!gnome