Name ANYTHING worse than Captain & Tennille. NAME IT, damn you!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Muskrat, Muskrat, candle light Doing the town
and doing it right in the evening
It's pretty pleasing Muskrat Suzie, Muskrat Sam do the jitterbug
out in Muskrat Land And they shimmy...
Sam is so skinny And they whirl and they twirl and they tango
Singing and jinging a jango
Floating like the heavens above
Looks like Muskrat Love.
Nibbling on bacon, chewing on cheese Sam says to Suzie,
Honey, would you please be my Mrs?
Suzie says yes with her kisses
Now he's tickling her fancy,
rubbing her toes muzzle to muzzle now,
anything goes as they wriggle,
Sue starts to giggle

:scared:

[Kire]

Apache

http://he.fi/video/apache.mpg

[terrya]

1. That IS a hideous song.

Somehow, their version was even worse than America's orginal version.

The Captain and Tennille's "Muskrat Love" is one of the most unlistenable songs ever recorded in the history of mankind. It's unspeakably vile.

[hfojvt]

39. they have worse

on my computer, they have covers of 'Come in from the rain', 'nobody does it better', 'unchained melody' and 'you are so beautiful' by Captain and Tenille. Those are all horribly done, to my ear. In fact, I shoud now say, they 'were' on my computer.
There are far worse songs out there than 'Muskrat Love'. With only a couple of exceptions, there is the entire oeuvre of Garth Brooks. There is Toby Keith's jingoistic standard. And others that I only know by sound, but get played at alot of dances where I work.

[Heidi]

2. The DU Nighthawks bar-run sing-along came pretty close.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4223113&mesg_id=4223113

[nickgutierrez]

3. Anything by the Backstreet Boys.

I win.

[catmandu57]

4. Donnie and Marie

hideous evil people.

[radfringe]

70. I'll 2nd that... n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Richard Harris singing

Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!



There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why



MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh no!!

[derby378]

6. Well, you gotta admit that song was pretty unique...

Parts of the song are actually kind of touching, while others - well, what drugs did Harris take when writing this?

[EstimatedProphet]

16. "Unique" doesn't quite capture it

I've always thought it was written as an attempt at a psychadelic song, by someone who had never been around psychadelia or taken drugs.

[EFerrari]

46. or someone with a passive-aggressive thing about cake.

:rofl:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. The McArthur Park - Richard Harris - Dave Thomas - SCTV story

One of SCTV's GREATEST all-time bits featured Dave Thomas's perfect impression of Harris doing "McCarthur Park" on the American Bandstand-styled show "Mel's Rock Pile" (featuring "Rockin' Mel Slirrup").

The joke was that all of the people in the audience, as well as Mel, were thrilled at the prospect of seeing Harris sing the song live, ESPECIALLY the falsetto part, which "gave them chills."

While "Harris" sang, a woman sat next to him in a chair, reading a book. When it came time for the falsetto part, she stood up and sang it while Harris, silent, waved his arms and looked to the heavens. The audience was so peeved that one of them threw a brick and hit him square in the chest, and he started screaming "I'm gonna SUE you Mel!"

Years later Dave Thomas ran into Harris and asked him if he'd ever seen the bit. Harris silently gave him the once-over and replied with a curt "NO." Thomas finished the story by saying "At that moment, I HAD NO DOUBT that he'd seen it."

:toast:

[EstimatedProphet]

14. I remember that skit!

It was dead-on!

[Darth_Kitten]

63. Oh, that's a classic scene!

I like that Harris does more dancing on stand than actual singing. And the girl waiting with the book. LOL :)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

72. Dave Thomas is often one of the most overlooked SCTVer's, because

his persona is generally not so "over the top" as Andrea Martin, John Candy etc. But he had some great bits, especially playing Bob Hope, mentoring Rick Moranis' Woody Allen...

[Flying Dream Blues]

73. That is my all time least favorite song...all that sweet green icing?????

[trof]

8. periodontal disease

just off the top of my head
;-)

[Cannikin]

9. Love. Love will keep us together.

gotta love it

[philosophie_en_rose]

10. Anne Murray. eom.

:scared:

[Spacemom]

11. Pat Boone sings Heavy Metal Standards

I win. :evilgrin:

[Scoots]

59. This one isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Nor is it as bad

as Muskrat Love.

[NoPasaran]

12. Shatner: Cry God for Harry, England and St Geoooooooooooorge!

http://www2.uoguelph.ca/dfischli/multimedia/star_trek/shatner_henry_v.wma

[bridgit]

13. bread...

http://www.mp3.com/bread/artists/3179/summary.html

[IDemo]

15. "Lovin' You", - Minnie Ripperton

[bridgit]

17. hubby's daughter does that song @ karaoke but mostly...

cause she can hit the high note

[Ellen Forradalom]

19. Minnie was an amazing woman with an amazing voice....

...which doesn't mean that song isn't a massive lapse of good taste.

[chaska]

31. Have you heard the album. You think that song is bad....

The album is ten times worse.

[Broken_Hero]

18. umm I got a few words..

that are worse than that...

Donny and Marie Osmond.

Cher and Sonny Bono

Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

Elton John and Eminem

these are just a few that are just as bad, if not worse than Captain and Tennile....:)

[DainBramaged]

20. Changing litter boxes

[bertha katzenengel]

21. HEY! This teenage groupie says knock it off!

They're both fantastic musicians, and Toni Tennille's voice is amazing. They were just victims of the times. It was the 70s. I can think of MUCH worse 70s music. How about Paul Anka & "Havin' My Baby" for starters? :puke:

:hi:

[northzax]

26. is paul anka technically 'music'?

a question that vexes musiocologist globally.

[lizziegrace]

22. Debby Boone n/t

[Neil Lisst]

33. Youuuuuuuu, light up my life, you give me strength, to carry on....

was that her?

[lizziegrace]

51. Yep, that's her!

10 points for Neil Lisst!

[bmbmd]

68. Hey now-"You light up my life"

was sung at my wedding, and "Muskrat Love" got me you-know-whatted..
Don't go hating on the class of '73.

[libnnc]

56. My mother tortured me with that 8-track

in the car...

:banghead:

[SeanQuinn]

23. Let the Eagle Soar...

like she's neverrrr soared beforeeee.....

[Elidor]

24. Odd music trivia:

Toni Tennille sang backing vocals on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall.'

I've often wondered which of her songs so inspired Waters that he said, "Her! She's the one! Call her, get her in here now."

[Eyeball Kid]

64. Let me guess...

"Waiting for the Worms?"

[Elidor]

85. I don't know which songs she sang on.

Probably Waiting for the Worms, yes, and others as well.

[Jara sang]

25. Adam Corolla

[TallahasseeGrannie]

27. Afternoon Delight

would be the song.

Just generally, I'd say an enema.

[arwalden]

28. CAUTION... Ear Worm Inside.

That IDIOTIC "Havin' My Baby" song.

[Flying Dream Blues]

77. What a Lovely Way of Sayin' How Much You Love Me...gag

[dajoki]

29. Donnie & Marie

:puke:

[chaska]

30. The Captain alone is worse that the two of them.

[mockmonkey]

32. If I remember correctly

didn't the tasteful and elegant President and Mrs. Reagan have the Captain and Tennille entertain for Queen Elizabeth when she was here for a visit? And didn't they perform that very song? :puke:

Apparently Weird Al was busy that night.

[Wapsie B]

34. Tony Orlando and Dawn.

:rofl:

[newspeak]

36. oh, come on

it's got to be the Archies-Sugar, sugar, sugar, you are my candy girl and I can't stop loving you--honey, honey, honey Oh hell, I'm making myself sick!

[Orsino]

35. Anything worse should NOT be named! n/t

[EFerrari]

43. LOL. Can't help it.

"Dizzy" -- Tommy Roe?

:rofl:

[rustydog]

37. MILLI VANILLI

[swimboy]

38. Neil Diamond--Comin' to America

Tuh-DAY!

:puke:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

40. Nothing is as bad as Captain and Tennille - not even anal leprosy

although Keefe Brazelle came close. For those too young to remember, Keefe Brazelle had the worst singing voice in the history of entertainment and had the audacity to call himself "Mr. Show Business Himself". He did fill-in variety shows on television in the summertime in the 1960s when regular series were on hiatus. His singing voice was so bad, it couldn't even be acceptable as a comedic pardody of singing (worse than Mrs. Miller or William Shatner).

[bif]

41. Actually, Toni Tennille has a great voice

She has an album of standards with the Nelson riddle Orchestra that's excellent.

[DanCa]

42. Tony Orlando and Dawn? Knock three times on the celling.

Knock three times on the celling if you want me. Twice on the pipes if the answer is no?

[EFerrari]

44. "Stop that dancing up there"

:rofl:

[samplegirl]

45. hey that was my pick

they were disgusting.

[DanCa]

48. Oh am sorry i missed your post on it.

And yes they were.

[samplegirl]

55. no you beat me to it!!

[Doc Sardonic]

47. Helen Reddy.........

Worst Gator Growl show ever...........

[DanCa]

49. Uhm Didn't Bruce WIllis have a record deal?

If he had recorded an albulm that's my answer bar none. Of course I dont really know if he did. It may be a horrible rumour.

[Arkana]

50. "You're Having My Baby."

Paul Anka made me want to garrote myself with my own spine. :puke:

[swimboy]

52. I just remembered Bobby Goldsboro.

"Honey" and "Me and God watchin' Scotty grow.

It's Queen for a Day going into insulin shock.

[Flying Dream Blues]

78. Yeah, I loved it in 6th grade...but it is extremely bad!!

[JVS]

53. The Holocaust

That's all I could think of

[BigBen]

54. For all the DUers in their 20s

remember this gem?



"WITH AAAHMS WIDE OOOOPAAAHN"

[swimboy]

89. Welcome to DU, BigBen!

:hi:

[China_cat]

57. Barry Manilow

[wovenpaint]

87. Yup

just. yup

:thumbsup:

[Scoots]

58. Captain & Tennille sung at a karaoke bar

[WCGreen]

60. In the middle of that song, it sounds like synthesizer farts...

[SOS]

61. Everything ever recorded by

Ted Nugent.

[Darth_Kitten]

62. I don't know, the Captain is kinda cute and all.

:evilgrin:

[Throckmorton]

65. BEST SONG EVER!!!!

YOU CRUMB BUNS, HOW DARE YOU ATTACK "MUSKRAT lOVE".

I'M HORRIFIED.

Note: Yelling on purpose.

[NewJeffCT]

66. Republicans, especially far right ones

The Vietnam War
Watergate
Iran-Contra
Treasongate
the Cold War
the Holocaust
the Rape of Nanjing
the Great Depression

[matcom]

67. 4 Words

LET THE EEEEAAAAGGGGLLLLEEEEESSSSSSS SOAR!

:D

[Zodiak]

69. The Macarena

I really believe that this country went to shit after the macarena. Damn those exercises in conformity disguised as dance crazes. To this day, I have still never done the macarena. I even got fired for not doing it at a corporate training session.

[afdip]

71. the carpenters

[LostinVA]

86. Wrongo. Karen Carpenter had one of the best female voices EVER

Some of their stuff was meh, but alot of it was very good. AS I heard Richard Carpenter say once, "You can say you don't like what we sang, but you can't say that we were bad, because that's not true." Correct. I dislike the kind of music Annie Lennox sings, but she is an incredible vocalist, same for Karen Carpenter. She's consistently in the top 10-15 of female vocalists.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

74. Starland Vocal Band.

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right'
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day
And we know the night is always gonna be there any way

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
A little afternoon delight
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Please be waiting for me, baby, when I come around
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Afternoon delight!

[ThatsMyBarack]

79. Starland Vocal Band????

They suck!!!!

:rofl:

[afdip]

84. you remember them?? i thought they were just a footnote on a

royalty check for "country roads"

[meegbear]

75. Shields and Yarnell

[SunDrop23]

76. Air Supply!

[Guava Jelly]

80. republican white males

they suck even worse.

oh and fyi the band America Also sang muskratlove

[IDemo]

81. No one could possibly top this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Senators

[ScreamingMeemie]

82. The HEE HAW Gospel Quartet....

Sadly, MrG has one of their CD's. Perhaps the only one in existance.

[dogfacedboy]

83. Bread. That group produced awful music. n/t

[qnr]

88. Friggin' blister packs

First you have to fight to open them without strewing the contents all over the place, then you have to wait 137,000 years for them to decompose.

[KLF44]

90. John Ashcroft!!

A while back Letterman was showing a clip of him singing a song I think was Let the Eagle soar.

That would be my vote.

[sendero]

91. Air Supply...

... among others, numerous others :)