Worst bit: The lyric: “She’s flirty / Turned 30 / Ain’t that the age a girl gets really dirty?” No for you, my lyrically challenged friend. The colors that you bring. Worst bit: The rolling piano refrain is actually quite good, which throws the whole song into stark relief. I always liked rock, but, even though my “disco sucks” buddies ridiculed me, I still liked disco.
Speaking of Casey, if you haven’t heard his profanity laced tirade, look it up on youtube. Director:
In theory, ‘Bad Day’ is a touching, uplifting number to raise the spirits, a reminder that everyone feels down in the dumps sometimes. Richard Gilliland, 80 min
It’s just another ballad. When I listen to a love song, I don’t want to hear moaning cause it makes it way too literal for me. University of Maryland ", "A selection of the worst song lyrics of all time", "Feminism struggles in sexist music industry", "Is 'Christmas Shoes' the worst holiday song ever? Initially a chart failure, ‘…Punk Rocker…’ found unexpected success when free spirit Sandi Thom did a “virtual tour”, whereby she performed gigs via webcam and streamed them online. But in practice, it’s a soulless, sappy ghost of the past.
Director: You’re Sixteen is actually kinda catchy, and if it’s a guilty pleasure with only the age-inappropriate factor bothering you, it may help to know that it wasn’t really a “70s song”. Just lazy.
A few other notable mentions: ”Single Bed” by Fox (1976) “Mississippi” by Pussycat (1976) “Moving Out Today” by … I couldn’t decide between this song and her other horrible hits of the ’70s (“I Honestly Love You,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” and “With a Little More Love”), but in the end, the title question itself is what put it over the top. A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other. I also had older siblings who went through it all, but earlier than I did–so I’m pretty well-versed in the Top 40 from the ’60’s, as well. “Loving you is easy cause you’re beautiful, Doot en doot en doo, AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaah” That last … noise ….
Think again. So what is it about this song that drives me over the edge?
At worst, you get songs like Lady. people who were INTO that music dug the shit out of it.
| Gross: Not by the dream itself—that was fairly typical (I was about to teach a course I’m completely unqualified to teach, and for about six hours I couldn’t find the classroom)—but by the soundtrack. It was a mistake. Bryan Forbes (To name but one example.)