Barry Manilow adding words to the theme of American Bandstand and calling it the...

Bandstand Boogie

We're goin' hoppin' (Hop)
we're goin' hoppin' today
where things are poppin' (Pop)
the Philadelphia way
we're gonna drop in (Drop)
on all the music they play
on the Bandstand (Bandstand)

We're goin' swingin' (Swing)
we're gonna swingin' the crowd
and we'll be clingin' (Cling)
and floatin' high as a cloud
The phones are ringin' (Ring)
My mom and dad are so proud
I'm on Bandstand (Bandstand)
And I'll jump, and hey, I may even show 'em my handstand
because I'm on, because I'm on the American Bandstand
when we dance real slow I'll show all the guys in the grandstand
what a swinger I am, I am on American Bandstand

we're goin' hoppin
we're goin' hoppin today
where things are poppin
the Philadelphia way
we're gonna drop in
on all the music they play
on the Bandstand (Bandstand)

Bandstand
Bandstand
Bandstand
Bandstand The Bandstand The Bandstand
(What d'ya know--Here on the show--ready to go--what a pro)

Hey I'm makin' my mark
Gee, this joint is jumpin'
they made such a fuss just to see us arrive
Hey, it's Mr. Dick Clark
what a place you've got here
swell spot the music's hot here
best in the east, give it at least a seventy five!

Now for all you Joe's here goes my American handstand
Because I'm on, because I'm on the American Bandstand
As we dance real slow I'm showin' the guys in the grandstand
that I like my girl, but I love American Bnadstand

The singers' croonin'
he ain't the greatest but gee
my baby's swoonin'
in front of all of TV
so if you tune in
you'll see my baby and me
on the Bandstand (Bandstand)

and now we're hoppin
and we'll be hopppin all day
when things are poppin
the philadelphia way
and you can drop in
on all the music they play
on the Bandstand
Bandstand

And we'll rock and roll and stroll on American
Lindy hop and slop, it's American
tune in, I'm on,
turn on, I'm in, I'm on
Today (Bandstand)

...has got to be one of the lowest moments in music history. If you've never heard it, be very thankful! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Can anybody top this as the worst!

Mark

Atomic Kitten's cover of Tide Is High (written by John Holt, original recording by his band The Paragons in 1965, admirably covered by Blondie more recently).

Pfffft, you people should be very glad you never heard of Frans Bauer. :D

Barry Manilow beats them all! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Mark

-Bill Hicks

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Anyone remember the techno remixes of few Bob Marley song that were played a lot few years back (around 1999 to 2000), well be glad you don't... that was musical holocaust.

Michael Bolton is playing in my town in a week or two. And I live about 10 blocks from the Community Arts Center. :( I'm worried I'll be able to hear some of it. (I'm not sure Bolton is human, so I used the gender neutral pronoun)

Oh yes, that's another one - Michael Bolton's shithole cover of Percy Sledge's 'When A Man Loves A Woman'. He should be shot for that. Liked Darryl Banks' version.

Nothing annoys me more than when people do shit covers of great songs.

Here's one that's even worse - howbout somebody who covers THEIR OWN BLEEDIN' SONG???

Sammy Hagar redoing "I can't drive 55" to "I can't drive 65" - it has totally hashed the original, forsaking all the reasons it was a great song.

Anybody got anything worse than that?

Oh yes, that's another one - Michael Bolton's shithole cover of Percy Sledge's 'When A Man Loves A Woman'. He should be shot for that. Liked Darryl Banks' version.

Nothing annoys me more than when people do shit covers of great songs.</font>[/QUOTE]His painful cover of 'Sitting by the Dock of the Bay' was also quite excrutiating. [img]graemlins/1puke.gif[/img]

Oh no, please tell me it isn't true! I love Otis Redding. I thankfully missed hearing it being murdered by mulletboy. He wouldn't know soul if it jumped up and bit him. [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img]

Gee thanks Mark!
Now I get to be tortured by that song playing in my head now!

Michael Bolten's "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" was one of those songs you hear that you feel was written with you in mind (for me). No one has ever been able to put into words the feelings I had for the love of my life until then and my heart would break and I'd cry if I ever dared listen to it the whole way through. I had a friend of mine not understand just how much I loved this guy one day on our way home from work when she was asking me to relate it to her. That song came on the radio when I started to explain so I asked her to listen to what it had to say. She cried for me LOL.
He may not possess the talent to do covers but that one song has gained him some respect from me, not to mention that I like his look. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Right after my friend listened to that song, another one came on that I am sure should be added to the hall of shame because I remember turning it off, calling the guy a whiney arse mutha and my friend cracking up in agreement. I just can't remember what the song was or who sang it. I can only remember these words from it: "(oh) or (and) Iiiiiiiiiiii (want to?) fall in love." It was soft and sickening.
Great, now Barry has been repleced with that little bit looping LOL
Help me!

How about S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night! S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night! (Bay City Rollers)
That really wasn't so bad until it became popular at the local Roller Rink.
Saturday night skates became hell after that LOL

<font color=orange>Did Micheal "Mulletboy" Bolton ever do an original song?
I absolutely hate covers! How bout Britiany Spears' cover of the Rolling Stones song SATISFACTION. That was really bad!</font>

Hey come on JJ. That's fair enough. The original doesn't always capture what the artist mentally heard - as in Stings case with "Don't Stand so Close to me". Many artists do more than one version of a song before they release the record.

Without the constraints of a fixed recording, a song is alive, changing slightly whenever it's played. The unnatural phenomena of the recording now creates the illusion of "wrong" when it is played "different." 'Different' is not wrong, though our brain defaults it to "wrong" because it dissapoints an expectation - no matter how much better the different version may be.

As far as a musical hall of shame goes?

A littleknown Australian band called Whitenoise had possibly the worst music I've heard.

Their brand of 80s metal had the melodies following the chord progressions EXACTLY. The bassist was singing, so whatever notes he played on the bass (which were always the root notes of the chord), he'd sing.

No harmony. It was so IRRITATING to listen to! No harmony!

Ha i can top that all two words boy bands, you know the type i'm talking like hanson and all that stuff i won't even degrad music by calling it such.

Do we dare to mention
Yanni?!?
or 2Unlimited
or Bee Gees

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LOL!
You could shave him bald and he'd still be handsome :D

Anything by Westlife. Really.

[img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img] Did you have to mention 2Unlimited??? Now I remember again... [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]

LMAO best of luck not hearing it you might want to try earplugs :D

definitely a terrible degradation of what we would call music.

This is a little bit off subjct but have you guys ever heard of commander cody? some of his songs were just wrong!!! There were some good ones though like hotrod. I have his live album alot of weird stuff...

Believe it or not the BeeGees wrote alot of good music for other bands. People liked it because it was free of the Disco/BeeGee taint.

Besides, how can you not like Bary Gibbs falsetto :rolleyes: heheheh

I dunno, I think Commander Cody has a few plaques due up in the Hall of Shame LOL

She also did a cover of Joan Jetts "I love Rock n' Roll"" *sigh*. Why do crapyp artist insist on slaughtering good music?

Lets pray we'll never hear Celene Dion cover version of Whole lot of love... man that would suck [img]smile.gif[/img]

I really don't like the Bee Gees, but recognise their talent as songwriters.
Here are some of the songs they wrote for other people:

Guilty - Barbra Streisand
Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand
Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick
If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
More Than A Woman - The Tavares
Chain Reaction - Diana Ross

The BeeGees made some okay music during the 60s:

Holiday
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
I Started A Joke
I've Got to Get a Message to You
Massachusetts
New York Mining Disaster 1941
Spicks And Specks
To Love Somebody

Maybe not the best songs, but certainly better than Shadow Dancing and Stayin' Alive!

Mark

ROTFLMAO! Whitenoise! Are you sure it wasn't 'Whitenoize'?
What was that guy's name? Doug, I think? I can't believe you remembered them! So many painfull memories...

I'd have to add Craig McLaughlin to the mix - shocking cover of 'Mona' and a song that went
"Rock the rock, roll the roll,
Beat the beat, sooth my soul."

Also he didn't just come out under his own name, no, his act was called...
'Craig McLaughlin And Check, 1, 2.'
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ROTFLMAO! Whitenoise! Are you sure it wasn't 'Whitenoize'?
What was that guy's name? Doug, I think? I can't believe you remembered them! So many painfull memories...

I'd have to add Craig McLaughlin to the mix - shocking cover of 'Mona' and a song that went
"Rock the rock, roll the roll,
Beat the beat, sooth my soul."

Also he didn't just come out under his own name, no, his act was called...
'Craig McLaughlin And Check, 1, 2.'
[img]graemlins/funnysad.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Yes that's not a good name. "The Y fronts" wasn't much better. Poor Craig. I met him once did you know? He'd seen the Doors song I did, and was bemoaning how Sony were releasing a demo song of his as the released version.

I heard it and it was the best thing he did, but the worst seller.

Did you know Moff produced him at one point?

Rock the rock...etc is possibly one of the lamest lyrics I've heard.

Do you remember when he played against (against, not with...) Tommy Emmanuel on TV, and came out shredding?

Ah well.

Now, Delboi... do you remeber FATAAAAAL DELAY (and BATMAN COLA!)

I think you mean 'Mony Mony' ;) Original recording by Tommy James & the Shondells in 1968. Brilliant track, yet another to be massacred by a bad cover version, Craig McLaughlin has been on my hitlist ever since.... [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img]

(In case anyone hasn't realised yet, bad covers of great songs is one of my pet peeves... and yes, I am a mine of useless 60s music trivia)

EDITING TO ADD: Tommy James also did the original of 'I Think We're Alone Now' which was covered exceptionally hideously by Tiffany a few years back. She's also on my hitlist...

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I think you mean 'Mony Mony' ;) Original recording by Tommy James & the Shondells in 1968. Brilliant track, yet another to be massacred by a bad cover version, Craig McLaughlin has been on my hitlist ever since.... [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img]

(In case anyone hasn't realised yet, bad covers of great songs is one of my pet peeves... and yes, I am a mine of useless 60s music trivia)

EDITING TO ADD: Tommy James also did the original of 'I Think We're Alone Now' which was covered exceptionally hideously by Tiffany a few years back. She's also on my hitlist...</font>[/QUOTE]No I think he means 'Mona''. ;)

Worst cover version: Rolf Harris 'Stairway to Heaven'. Why has he never been prosecuted for that crime.

Great cover version: Billy Idol 'Mony, Mony'

Touche, caught me out Donut, I'm only half awake today! Of course you are right! (Was listening to Tommy James this morning, had song stuck on my brain and I'm easily confused)
Billy Idol didn't do bad with that one, he's let off. Comments about Craig McLaughlin still stand but with regard to 'Mona'!
Status Quo did an uninspiring cover of Mony Mony.

BATMAN COLA??Nay. Who were they?!

But ah yes Fatal Delay! Fatal Delay! Fatal De - Laaaaaaaaaaaay!

Donut! ;)

you have not heard bad covers until you've heard klaus nome.he's bad,REAL BAD!