# Most nauseatingly cloying pop songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184 "2006-10-12T13:44:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/1 "2006-10-12T13:44:33Z")
The 70’s music channel on digital cable is a godsend, but on back to back days I caught the two single most sickeningly cutesy sweet songs in the history of music: Clint Holmes- “Playground in My Mind” known to some as “My Name is Micheal”. Nauseating lyrics here: > **[Playground In My Mind lyrics - CLINT HOLMES](https://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/clint_holmes/playground_in_my_mind.html)** > > Lyrics to "Playground In My Mind" by CLINT HOLMES: When this old world gets me down / And there's no love to be found / I close my eyes and soon I find / I'm in a playground in my mind / Where the children laugh and the children play / And we sing a... Tons of songs have similarly treacly lyrics and sappy lead vocals- what puts this one over the top is the single most annoying child voice in music history singing the chorus. A truly wretched listening experience. Probably even worse, though, is Bobby Goldsboro’s vomit inducing “Wathcing Scotty Grow”, aka “That’s My Boy”. Better known as the background music for a montage of Homer & Abe playing catch and whatnot. [http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/watchingscottygrow.shtml](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/watchingscottygrow.shtml) What an utter piece of sentimental dog shit this is. Three minutes of smarmy smugness about how cute everything sonny boy does, (he rolls his feces up into a ball, then smears it on the wall, that’s my boy). Asshole can’t be bothered even with watching TV now that he has a son, yet has time for beer? (You have your cocaine and your blowjobs…) And to cap it off, brings God into the mix in the last stanza. Oddly enough I find his other big sappy ballad, “Honey”, to be kind of touching. Are there any other songs that compete with these two suckfests? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/2 "2006-10-12T14:01:54Z")
**Seasons in the Sun** , by Terry Jacks. [Lyrics here](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/seasonsinthesunlyrics.html). I believe it was the #1 single the year it was released… What do I win? My but the 70’s were great for that kind of drivel. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/3 "2006-10-12T14:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Clint Holmes- “Playground in My Mind” known to some as “My Name is Micheal”. Nauseating lyrics here: [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/clint\_holmes/playground\_in\_my\_mind.html](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/clint_holmes/playground_in_my_mind.html) Tons of songs have similarly treacly lyrics and sappy lead vocals- what puts this one over the top is the single most annoying child voice in music history singing the chorus. A truly wretched listening experience. [/QUOTE] I nearly nominated this one in the Weirdest Top 40 songs thread, but I was too lazy to look it up. Truly awful! I like to torment my children with it (we have it on a 70s hits compilation). On the other hand, that’s what I like about 70s music…it’s so interesting to listen to a song like that and try to figure out what the fuck people were thinking. First, that it was even created, second, that it ever got on the radio, third, that someone must have listened to it and liked it enough to let it happen _again_. Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/4 "2006-10-12T14:59:35Z")
They don’t get much worse than [Rocky](http://www.martylloyd.com/artist_a/austin_roberts_lyrics/rocky_lyrics.html), by Austin Roberts. [Run Joey Run](http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/r/run_joey_run.txt) by David Geddes was pretty bad too. One of my friends specializes in this kind of crap. He burned an entire CD of 70’s shit, most of which featured the hero or heroine dying. Every song in this thread was on it, plus “Indiana Wants Me”, but that one has good enough background music to avoid being classed as the “worst of the worst”. Then he actually _listened_ to the CD–more than once. I don’t know how he did it. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/5 "2006-10-12T15:06:59Z")
Dickie Lee’s [Patches](http://www.smartlyrics.com/Song128920-Lee-Dickie-Patches-Lyrics.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/6 "2006-10-12T15:18:27Z")
Claudine Longet. Anything. Eeeew. The murder of her ski-bum boyfriend was infinitely more interesting than her career. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/7 "2006-10-12T17:25:34Z")
[Torn Between Two Lovers](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/tornbetweentwolovers.shtml) is my all-time fav to barf to. Note who wrote it. I’ll tell the story if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/8 "2006-10-12T17:26:44Z")
I’m interested. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/9 "2006-10-12T17:34:59Z")
Did he write this an as ode to the 14-year old he diddled? > **[Peter Yarrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Yarrow)** > > Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938) is an American singer and songwriter who found fame for being in the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's best known hits, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He is also a political activist and has supported causes that range from opposition to the Vietnam War to school anti-bullying programs. > Peter Yarrow was born in Manhattan, the son of Vera Wisebrode (née Vira Burtakoff) and Bernard Yarrow. His parents were e... ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/10 "2006-10-12T17:46:21Z")
Anything by Bread. Barf-o-rama. And “Having My Baby” by Paul Anka. Bleargh. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/11 "2006-10-12T17:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] On the other hand, that’s what I like about 70s music…it’s so interesting to listen to a song like that and try to figure out what the fuck people were thinking. First, that it was even created, second, that it ever got on the radio, third, that someone must have listened to it and liked it enough to let it happen _again_. Fascinating. [/QUOTE] All I keep thinking about are the old TV commercials with the fried egg: “This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/12 "2006-10-12T18:02:43Z")
[This](http://www.lyricskeeper.com/jimmy_dean-lyrics/218879-iou-lyrics.htm) song put me off “pork shaushage” for life. It’s called _I. O. U._ and it’s by Jimmy Dean. Don’t say I didn’t warn you if you click on that link. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/13 "2006-10-12T18:02:57Z")
[QUOTE=Merhouse] All I keep thinking about are the old TV commercials with the fried egg: “This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?” 😃 [/QUOTE] Yes. What type of controlled substance would cause you to develope an appetite for goopy maudlin pop songs? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/14 "2006-10-12T18:14:58Z")
Air Supply has three or four of the worst ever. “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” and “All Out Of Love” are two the really make my fillings hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/15 "2006-10-12T18:19:38Z")
10cc’s “I’m Not In Love” makes my ears bleed. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/16 "2006-10-12T18:23:44Z")
Feelings…nothing more than feelings… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/17 "2006-10-12T18:24:17Z")
Sir Paul McCartney inflicted [We all stand together](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_All_Stand_Together) on the British public in 1984, instantly nullyfying the good music kama built up over the previous 3 decades in one mind numbing blow. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/18 "2006-10-12T18:28:03Z")
I absolutely love ABBA, but one of their songs makes me want to vomit: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do,I Do ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/19 "2006-10-12T18:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=Bippy the Beardless] Sir Paul McCartney inflicted [We all stand together](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_All_Stand_Together) on the British public in 1984, instantly nullyfying the good music kama built up over the previous 3 decades in one mind numbing blow. [/QUOTE] I think that song was the **result** of some [mind-numbing blow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184/20 "2006-10-12T18:56:56Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] \*\*My but the 70’s were great for that kind of drivel. [/QUOTE] IMO, The new millenium is turning out to be great for this kind of drivel as well…as witnessed by the unfathomable popularity of James Blunt. “You’re annoying Mr. Blunt, iiiiit’s true!” The song that really gets my teeth grinding is that “So you had a bad day” piece of shite that gets incessant airplay. Dunno who it’s by, don’t really want to know either, I’d just like to listen to the radio for 30 minutes w/o having to hear it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-nauseatingly-cloying-pop-songs/376184.md?page=2)