# Fromage! Help me create a cheesy, cheesy iPod mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923 "2009-07-04T20:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/81 "2009-07-09T05:53:31Z")
Gotta take exception to a couple of mentions: Poco is NOT cheese (well, they did have a Not-Unlike-Chicago’s-Peter-Cetera-Lounge-Act phase, but they got quickly back to country-rock basics). And if you include " I Think We’re Alone Now", don’t use Tiffany’s relatively lame cover. And _ **Mother’s Lament** _ is wonderful. Just ask my kids, who MADE me sing it while I washed them up (in Clapton, Bruce, and Baker’s Overly Cockney Accents). And by the way, "The angels replied… ‘Oh, your baby has gone down the plug-hole!/ Your baby has gone down the plug… / The poor li’l thing / was so skinny and thin / It shoulda been washed in a jug’… _( in a jug )_ " Come to think of it, my kids were sick little scamps! ---
**Author:** ![not\_austin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@not\_austin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_austin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/82 "2009-07-09T07:53:37Z")
How about “Two little boys” by Rolf Harris?.. “If” by Bread… Anything by the Nolan Sisters… “Seasons in the Sun” by Terry Jacks… ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/83 "2009-07-09T07:59:23Z")
> [@Captain\_Awesome](#): > > Wendy Carlos - I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper > ELO - Mr. Blue Sky > Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now > Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) > Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine - Conga > Good Charlotte - Girls & Boys > Hall & Oates - Private Eyes > Hanson - MMMBop > Kenny Loggins - I’m allright > Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Blinded by the Light > The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville > Motörhead - Ace of Spades > Run DMC - Walk This Way > Rush - Tom Sawyer > Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now > Tony Basil - Hey Mickey > Van Halen - Jump > Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science > > Obviously I’m not admitting to any of these. Your definition of “cheese” is much different than mine. For that matter, there are quite a few songs mentioned in this thread that I wouldn’t consider cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/84 "2009-07-09T12:43:15Z")
Seems to me that if the song is up-tempo, then it doesn’t qualify as cheesy. Might be bad. Or annoying. But in my opinion, the song would have to be somewhat overwrought to be on any cheese list I’d create. Nonetheless, there are great cheesy songs listed already. But, I don’t think I’ve seen this song mentioned, which is unusual because I’ve heard people cite this song as the epitome of cheese: _You Light Up My Life_, sung by Debbie Boone. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/85 "2009-07-09T13:17:57Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > OOH! Ooh! “Seasons in the Sun.” Written by Rod McKuen, the Big Cheese of 60s poetry. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfm-17pu6SQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfm-17pu6SQ) > > Now I’m making Horshack noises, I got to go lie down. Can’t believe it took 60 posts for someone to mention this one. In my book, _Seasons in the Sun_ wins the all-time cheese-covered trophy made of cheese and filled with liquid cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/86 "2009-07-09T13:28:22Z")
Oh! Oh! Howsabout that country song: _Mamas, don’t let your sons grow up to be cowboys_. _Or Stand By Your Man_ - definitely cheesy goodness there. **Tuba** , nice call on _Seasons in the Sun_. Urgh. ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/87 "2009-07-09T13:49:04Z")
“Rock Me Gently” ~ Andy Kim: maybe more bubblegum than cheese, but hey, if it can be flavored, it can be both. “Tomorrow” from the **Annie** soundtrack. Cheesiest standard fare for teeny talent show contestants and other prosti-tots. “My Way” no, not Sinatra’s version, I’m partial to the shamelessly cheesy version by the late Sid Vicious ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/88 "2009-07-09T14:13:58Z")
My current favorite little nugget of cheesiness that hasn’t been mentioned, I Was Made For Loving You by KISS ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/89 "2009-07-09T14:54:00Z")
A little more spiritual cheese: “Put Your Hand in the Hand” by Ocean (another favorite of Sixties nuns trying to “relate” to us young folks) ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/90 "2009-07-09T15:32:37Z")
Has “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” been mentioned yet? I have yet to hear a cheesier song than that. It’s like shoving Velveeta straight into your ear canal. ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/91 "2009-07-09T15:52:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A little more spiritual cheese: > > “Put Your Hand in the Hand” by Ocean (another favorite of Sixties nuns trying to “relate” to us young folks) LOL! Big amen from this corner of the congregation. “Turn, Turn, Turn” ~ Pete Seeger, but made famous by the Byrds, based on the rivets in the book of Ecclesiastes. On a differnt note, has anyone mentioned “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Rooster; maybe not technically cheese, but waaay over the top vocal-wise. “Ben” ~ Michael Jackson His vocal stylings were flawless, but a love song to a rat is, well, cheese plus cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/92 "2009-07-09T16:26:50Z")
Is it sad that I have about half of these songs on my iPod? > [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Where, I say, WHERE is the Meatloaf? We must have _Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad_, _I’d Do Anything For Love_, and the mother of all overwrought ballads, _Paradise By the Dashboard Light_ (which I personally think is hysterical and I can’t listen to without laughing and singing the whole damn thing). Can’t mention Meatloaf without mentioning “Heaven Can Wait”. > [@](#): > > Give me all of your dreams > And let me go along on your way > Give me all of your prayers to sing > And Ill turn the night into the skylight of day ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/93 "2009-07-09T17:05:56Z")
You ask for cheese? I give you the true limburger list of songs. Yes sir, when Actors decide they are rock stars you know you have entered Cheese nirvana! Let’s start with the silly sixties: The Brady Bunch kids: “[A time to Change](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyooALwfxO8&feature=fvst)” “[Sunshine day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCCG7QkM_c&feature=fvst)” Ok that was made for a show… what about actors who sing out of character to capitalize on their popularity. Sure everyone Honks on Shatner’s rendition of [Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Ar79f8aN8) and [Mr Tamborine man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc)but you want mind rattling awfulness why not be crooned by Ol’ Pointy ears himself? Bliss arrives in tuneless packages when Leonard Nimoy sings “Love to make love to you” and “Clouds” But do you really want to blow your mind with gouda man? The put on your big assed headphones and sink into the fetid aroma of “[The ballad of Bilbo Baggins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04)”. Ok maybe we want a better style of actor singing [MacArthur Park](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHS8hj4TdT8) by the Late Sir Richard Harris is bound to make you wish he’d never made that damned cake. Blast forward to the eighties when Eddie Murphy was the biggest star in Hollywood. Just when the world thought he could do no wrong he decided to give us a look into the mediocrity he was ready to fall into when he rocked us out and let us know that he just wanted to [Party all the time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDbpzjbXUZI) Finally to honour a certain singer’s passing how about that group of kids who could dance and sing a storm in the seventies? You know the group of brothers who dressed funky and had the little guy with the pipes who could belt out a tune. [Yeah I’m talkin’ 'bout these brothers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjfT1D1lg-E&feature=related) but wait… you should see them live for [the full effect](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DhgP8fydHQ) You are welcome… ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/94 "2009-07-09T17:25:52Z")
Gotta have one from Little River Band - “Reminiscing” perhaps. Off the first vinyl I ever purchased: “Too Much Heaven” by the Bee Gees. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/95 "2009-07-09T17:35:21Z")
Would the epic-tragic- story-song genre of the mid 70s qualify as cheese? I’m talking about **Tony Orlano & Dawn** , “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” **Vicky Lawrence** “the Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” \*\*Harry Chapin \*\*“Cat’s In The Cradle” Has anyone mentioned **Helen Reddy** ’s “Delta Dawn” (much cheesier than Tanya Tucker’s performance)? Would you like some whine with your cheese? **Janis Ian** “At Seventeen”. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/96 "2009-07-09T17:48:15Z")
[quote=“kingpengvin, post:93, topic:501923”] … You know the group of brothers who dressed funky and had the little guy with the pipes who could belt out a tune. [Yeah I’m talkin’ 'bout these brothers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjfT1D1lg-E&feature=related) but wait… you should see them live for [the full effect](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DhgP8fydHQ) QUOTE] I watched the live video with the sound off, and Dayumm! Those little mofos are freakin hot, with their slim, toned, lithe young bods in their tight little jumpsuits with the big ol belts, dancing around. Jeez Louise. ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/97 "2009-07-10T03:56:47Z")
Too lazy to see if this has already been recommended, but Steel Panther - “Death to All But Metal” ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/98 "2009-07-10T12:06:56Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Your definition of “cheese” is much different than mine. For that matter, there are quite a few songs mentioned in this thread that I wouldn’t consider cheese. There is a significant difference between “cheesy” and “cliche” although they often go hand in hand. There can be a great song that becomes iconic then gets overused as a sports anthem or whatnot and loses all its cool. I think a few songs in this thread are the ones that have fallen victim to having become cheesy via cliche, some are just cliche and don’t really belong in the fromagerie. There are so many great cheeses here, I’m going to have to distill my playlist carefully. Edit: Perhaps I should separate it into pre-1980s cheese (since so much of the 80s bubblegum pop is cheesy) and move hairbands into its own category. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/99 "2009-07-10T13:23:24Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > There is a significant difference between “cheesy” and “cliche” although they often go hand in hand. Yep. I think there is definitely a distinction to be made. > [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Edit: Perhaps I should separate it into pre-1980s cheese (since so much of the 80s bubblegum pop is cheesy) and move hairbands into its own category. Combining the responses in this thread with my own memory, I think the 1970s wins hands-down as the cheesiest decade of the rock era. Thank goodness for bands like Queen and Supertramp – seems like everything else was either cheesy or disco. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/100 "2009-07-13T01:57:08Z")
Well, no playlist of insipid earworms is complete without “brandy” and “Jimmy Loves Maryanne” by Looking glass. Then there’s “rock me gently” and “Life is a rock but the radio rolled me” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923.md?page=6)