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Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Simon Richard Bernstein — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:20:56 -0000

I'm surprised Their Coming To Take Me Away hasn't made any list so far of the worst from the 60's. Some other 60's songs from hell. In no particular order:
Go Away Little Girl and anything else by Steve Lawrence and Edie Gourmet.
Calendar Girl Neil Sedaka
Indian Lake The Cowsills
Monster Mas
Balad of The Green Berets
Those Were The Days
Dominique Singing Nun
Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) and Beans In My Ears Serendipity Singers
Winchester Cathedrial
God Didn't Make Those Little Green Apples
Harper Valley PTA
Rocky Racoon Beatles (White Album)
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh.
More to come. And yes, Honey is a gay sappy turd of a song.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Steve Thelil — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:46:37 -0000

I think several of these are bad choices, but with Honey as your worst song of all time, you won me back!

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Jake1260 — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:36:04 -0000

The Monkees were not even close to as good as the DC5. "Because" and "Glad All Over" were great songs. If Gary Lewis and the Playboys get in, then we have some issues.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

dr_mabeuse — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:52:33 -0000

Whether you like the Doors or not depends on whether you get their spooky, LA-apocalyptic-Messianic vision. It still speaks to a lot of people. But most Doors fans are actually are just Jim Morrison cultists. And the author nailed "Hello, I Love You" for the lazy piece of garage band trash that it was.Not the Lizard King's most profound work.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Andy1939 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:16:48 -0000

Oh dear...it looks like the Tantrum Twins Dean and Bruce are fuming again about someone who dares to have different musical opinions. Even worse, Jon gave opinions within D & B's Top 40 singles zone. Oh no! Must drive the twins nuts to see someone who can support his views with arguments that go beyond simply presenting some ridiculously long list of song titles or labeling a track "good record" or "great record."

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Soul Man — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:05:46 -0000

Don't worry; he fucked that up too.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Soul Man — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:04:36 -0000

It wasn't a #1 hit.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Joe Mama — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:02:57 -0000

Morrison was selfish, drunken, pretentious phony whose "I'm-such-a-rebel" posturings would have been exposed with his age had he not died so young. It turned out, kivking he bucket at 27 was the best career move Morrison ever made!

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Dean — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:00:59 -0000

Too bad for you that it wasn't a #1 hit.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Bruce G — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:17:24 -0000

As usual, you are a complete and utter jackass. "Pony Time" is an all time great 1960s classic, and so are several more of your choices. You've got ylour head so far up your ass that you must be tasting shit.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Soul Man — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:26:26 -0000

"When A Man Loves A Woman" is one of the worst #1 hits of the '60s, but "The Ballad of the Green Berets" is not? Buddy, your head is so far up your ass, you can smell fresh air!

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

PerkinsFan — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:09:30 -0000

If I made a Worst songs of the 60's list, the #1 worst song would be "The End of The World" by Skeeter Davis. I hate it so much, and they played the death out of it on the radio. There was a time when you couldn't go a full day without hearing it somewhere.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

BSmith — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:06:56 -0000

Since we read what Marsh wrote in the 2nd edition of RS album Guide, here is part of the original review in the first where Marsh was editor. This review comes to us from Billy Altman. Read the third edition fromPaul Evans...still pretty good.

Brash courageous, intelligent, adventurous and exciting...The Doors were all
this and more! Of all the groups to emerge from the West Coast in the late
Sixties, only the Doors succeed in consistently getting their often disturbing
messages across to the core of America. ..and the fact that they were able to do
it without compromising their stance or their art makes the accomplishment that
much more incredible.

The Doors played unique music...(each band member)
weaving around in the specific needs of each song. The Doors were such an
intriguing band: blues and rock forged together, poetry mingled with standard
rock lyrics."

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

SFC MAC — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:06:05 -0000

Okay, now that Cummings is through venting his bilious spleen over his aversion to baby boomer music, (including classic rock from the 60s) maybe he'll focus on some of the shitty garbage passing as "music" in the current charts.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Shumway_geoff — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:17:20 -0000

The doors are my favorite band of all time. Jim morrison was a one of a kind person. no one will ever come close to being as great as he was. Morrison is a god of rock, and also one of the most intelligent human beings to ever walk this earth.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Robertmcnamara — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:33:21 -0000

Shouldn't it be "..made of them?" I know I am being technical but...Anyway, great post. I am not a huge fan. I am rare I guess. It seems people are either fanatically in love with, or people vehemently loathe this group. I guess that says a great deal about a group. That can't be said for Queen. or Zep, or ACDC. I guess the Doors strike a nerve. By-the-way, reding the last two posts has lowered my IQ a couple points. People should not get on a site like this and post if all they can do is name call for intellectual debate or be disgustingly perverse.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

thedeaddonkey — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:34:14 -0000

Patkab sucks the balls of a dead donkey.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Patkab407 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:19:31 -0000

You're a fucking idiot

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

HelloILoveYou — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:47:07 -0000

I love the Doors. Love 'em! Greatest American band ever!! Yes better than CCR, The Eagles, The Velvet Underground, Nirvana, Lynyrd Skynyrd,The Byrds et. al. I think it is awesome that a band you despise has a movie made by them from one of Hollywood's premier directors. That their masterpiece The End was used in a film by another brilliant director. That just a little over a year ago another documentary was made of them and did quite well at the Caan Film Festival. I love it that in RS album guides since 1985, their stock is on the rise again. I love that kids and adults still buy their music, videos, and t-shirts. I love it that the Doors annoy people who paradoxically accuse the Doors of being pompous, while they themselves look down their proboscis judging America's greatest band. God I love these guys!!! By-the-way, if you're gonna quote a rock critic, do quote someone with intelligence such as Lester Bangs or Robert Christgau.

P.S. Hey Doors and Jim Morrison? Hello I Love You!!!!!!

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

McCartney4Ever — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:18:23 -0000

How about Imagine by John Lennon? How can anyone take that song seriously? Especially when sung inside a multimillion dollar mansion whilst plying a several thousand dollar grand piano? Imagine no possessions? Imagine a less pretentious song sung by someone who is not a closet homosexual/anti-semite/drug addict. How did John sleep at night anyhow? P.S. Nothing wrong with being gay, but when you go out and bash your manager who is, while you secretly are, is akin to being one of the Jews who helped the Nazis kill Jews in the concentration camps.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

harfang — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:27:17 -0000

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Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Tomleland — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:19:00 -0000

You didn't even mention that "Hello I Love You" was such a ripoff of the Kinks' "All Day And All Of The Night", that the Kinks actually considered suing.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

JonCummings — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:18:09 -0000

Just revisiting an old column, and overjoyed to see so many Doors fans have been visiting the past year or so -- though I must ask, why are you all such douchebags?

As to Hotrodist, do you think I would make a statement like that and NOT have done my math? According to Billboard, there were a grand total of 206 #1 hits between 1961 and 1970 -- and the Beatles had 20 of them. That's 9.7 percent. If we adjust to your specifications (1964 to 1969, which excludes their last two chart-toppers) the number is 18 out of 124, or 14.5 percent.

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Hotrodist — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:52:09 -0000

F.Y.I. RE:
"The Beatles were responsible for just about 10 percent of the songs that reached Number One between 1961 and 1970 — you can look it up".
The Beatles debuted in America in 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show. Before that, nobody on this side of The Pond had ever heard of the Fab 4. Then they broke up in 1969. In that 5 year period, they didn't come close to having 10 percent of the songs that made it to No. 1.
You can (and should) look it up!

Re: Jesus of Cool: The Worst Number One Songs of the ’60s

Jamielindsey — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:30:48 -0000

8 IN 74 EXPLAINS A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO DOORS MUSIC...THEY WERE AT LEAST A RELIEF FROM SO MUCH HAPPY HIPPY STUFF,AS YOU SAY "THIS WAS YOU HAD TO BE THERE MUSIC" LIKE "UNKNOWN SOLDIER" WAS PRETTY GREAT AGAIST A VIETNAM BACK GROUND. I WAS NO GREAT FAN OF THE DOORS,BUT THEY WERE A CHANGE AS I SAID FROM "IF YALL COMING TO SAN FRAN WEAR FLOWERS UP YOUR NOSE" YEAH I UNDERSTAND THE "THAT IS WHEN I GREW UP " THING...I WAS 10 WHEN DC5 WERE PLAYING SO...