We have our first entry! My father with "Feeeeeliiiiings. Woah woah woah feeeeliiiings."
I can't say I'm sick of this song, because I've only really ever heard it made fun of. So I listened to the whole thing. Well... I tried. Made it to 2:17
Snottdook (3 days ago) Show Hide
This song makes me lol so hard.
binkle1 (2 days ago) Show Hide
Yes, truly one of the most god-awful songs to ever come out of the 70s. Sorry for all of you who love this Julio wannabe. Whoa-whoa-whoa .... FEELINGS!!!!
Does Nina Simone make it any better? She's pretty awesome and kooky.
Who's up next? What song are you sick of??
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Summer of 69. Great song the first million times I heard it, but the second million time... not so great.
Simone
It was the endless Lounge Lizard versions that soon destroyed that song for me.
I like some of what Nina is doing. But I'm not sure which parts are meant to be real and where she transitions into satire? ...
The lyrics talk about some of the most soul-destroying moments that humans have to go through, yet the original song is presented in these saccharine bland notes. It rightly should be a toneless Leoanard Cohen sotto voiced lyric with dark, dischordent tones on the piano (like her amazing instrumental section in the middle) ...
Then maybe just a hint of sunlight tones at the end signifying that life goes on and new opportunities for love will come again...
But that's not how the original author wrote the thing, which makes me agree with her opening comments about why the song was written in the first place ... i.e. to sell a few records by tugging on heart strings using essentially shallow references to deeper things we've all felt?
Ya I had the same confusion about her intent (as did the youtube commentors), but like you I also just enjoyed all the weird things she did with it!
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