# Silly Oldies that Never Get Radio Play Anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907 "2012-11-05T00:47:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/101 "2012-11-07T23:59:49Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > [“Chick-a-Boom (Don’t Ya Just Love it)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPStw1SzcQc) by Daddy Dewdrop. > > My first favorite song. I recently introduced my wife to this song. She rolled her big beautiful eyes but I caught her grinning just the same. Do you remember a different version of this song on the “The Groovy Ghoulies Show” from the 1970s? ---
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/102 "2012-11-08T00:06:41Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > I am **not** a fan of The Three Stooges. I don’t think the guy doing the Curly impression is good. That said, I am the proud and happy owner of a 45-rpm vinyl recording–which I bought new!–of [_The Curly Shuffle_](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L5zCO1AF4sg) by “Jump N The Saddle”. Speaking of the Curly Shuffle, I know at the end that there is a snippet from one of the old theme songs used by the Three Stooges but it’s NOT Three Blind Mice. Does anybody know the name of that particular song used as a theme by the Stooges? ---
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/103 "2012-11-08T00:10:43Z")
Some old songs that I haven’t heard in ages: Little Bit Late by Lewie Wickham Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati by Rose and the Arrangement Green Door Everybody Loves Saturday Night by New Christy Minstrels Up With People by Up With People (remember that one?) It’s Gas (a Dr. Demento classic) and one from Dean Martin: “Lay Some Happiness On Me” ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/104 "2012-11-08T03:07:20Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > \*Apparently, there’s an honest-to-goodness, non-novelty, perfectly earnest country song about having a beer with Jesus. I laughed a lot. My paternal family considers pointless debate (where all sides are actually in agreement or it is simply impossible to reach an agreement) to be a perfectly fine exercise in logic and a fun “bonding experience”. After that song was played in Radio 3’ Country Music program while we were in the car, Littlebro and I spent a couple of hours trying to decide whether it would be Way Back Then Beer, current brand, the first beer ever, a sampler of The Finest Beers in History, country/ies of provenance… Those songs are great for stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/105 "2012-11-08T19:53:55Z")
> [@Hottius\_Maximus](#): > > Speaking of the Curly Shuffle, I know at the end that there is a snippet from one of the old theme songs used by the Three Stooges but it’s NOT Three Blind Mice. Does anybody know the name of that particular song used as a theme by the Stooges? https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gvr3lbxi1a0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**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:** [November 8, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/106 "2012-11-08T20:14:53Z")
> [@Hottius\_Maximus](#): > > Up With People by Up With People (remember that one?) Oh God. Oh God. They sang it at my junior high graduation. I’ve been trying so hard to forget . . . ---
**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:** [November 8, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/107 "2012-11-08T21:02:39Z")
Yesterday I heard Ringo Starr’s [No No Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGerWFYotQ) on the radio. It’s been decades. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/108 "2012-11-08T21:17:06Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Martian Boogie. _Hiow doo yoo fiiell?_ Star Trekkin’ always cracks me up. When we drove across country, any time there was a dork driver ahead of me, someone in the car would start singing, “There’s… Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow…” ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/109 "2012-11-08T21:28:31Z")
[The Witch Doctor by Alvin and the Chipmunks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM) Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang… Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/110 "2012-11-09T00:47:02Z")
I shouldn’t admit it, but I have many of these on my Ipod. I dated Ray Stevens’ daughter in high school, the height of his popularity, so I have everything \*\*he \*\*ever recorded. He actually introduced me to Allan Sherman back then, and I think I have everything he did as well. I grew up with Dr. Demento, and he was the only one brave/foolish enough to play many of these wonderful hits! And I too know all the words to the entire Snoopy/Royal Guardsmen album.😃 and… Pencil Neck Geek - Freddy Blassie Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Flame Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie Along Came Jones - The Coasters Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong Pretty much anything by Cheech & Chong Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa Muskrat Love - Captain and Tenille Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy’s Ovaltine - Harry Gibson oh, there’s so many more out there… ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/111 "2012-11-09T04:58:14Z")
I would love to know exactly what is silly about “Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/112 "2012-11-09T05:45:03Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Life Is A Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) by Reunion. > [@AllShookDown](#): > > “Life is a Rock (But the radio rolled me)” by Reunion. I attempt this one occasionally at karaoke (though not many KJs are eclectic enough to carry the track). I’ll probably never get it down perfectly, but it’s fun to see how close I can get. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/113 "2012-11-09T06:06:17Z")
Not really oldies, since they’re from the 90s, but you guys just reminded me of “[I’m Too Sexy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YUXIKrOFk)” by Right Said Fred, and the immortal [Lambada](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XEsAqi15nI) by Kaoma. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/114 "2012-11-09T07:07:01Z")
So check out this video from 1982: Captain Sensible - [Wot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Gj8earX_w)\* Then check out this video from 1982: Alexei Sayle - [Ullo John Got A New Motor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHJ4zEKDZY) Then compare it with this video from 1983: Cyndi Lauper - [Girls Just Wanna Have Fun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A) \*Most [sampled](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CycTQ29ikAA) bass line [ever](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times_%28Chic_song%29#Sampling_and_motifs). ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/115 "2012-11-09T12:08:33Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > [The Witch Doctor by Alvin and the Chipmunks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM) > > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang… > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang When I was young, I had an ex that would periodically sing that. Hard to believe that didn’t work out. Just for fun, I went through my big daily random-listening playlist to see what you guys suggested that I listen to regularly. Hello It’s Me- Todd Rundgren Winchester Cathedral Coconut- Harry Nilsson Timothy- The Buoys Earache my eye - Cheech & Chong (someone said, "Anything by C&C) My suggestions, also from my big random-listening daily playlist: Political Science- Randy Newman \*Conditional-release/Don’t try to lay no Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock & Roll- John Baldry \*Washington Square- The Village Stompers Long Tall Glasses- Leo Sayer Wet Dream & Captain of the Sofa Team- Kip Addotta Oh Babe What Would You Say?- Hurricane Smith \*Might not have had much radio airplay to start with. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/116 "2012-11-09T14:31:52Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I would love to know exactly what is silly about “Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”. :eek: Maybe not silly, but it’s a bit ponderous and pompous after a few dozen listens. Which diminishes the story and magnificent telling, none. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/117 "2012-11-09T14:34:26Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I shouldn’t admit it, but I have many of these on my Ipod. Err, yeah, I gots around a hundred Dr. D. standards on my phone… and while I haven’t been able to listen to a Dr. Demento show in more than a decade, I have spun my own platters for the kids, who have taught their classmates the lyrics to many a fine old weirdie. “They… Live…” ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/118 "2012-11-09T16:21:51Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > [The Witch Doctor by Alvin and the Chipmunks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM) > > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang… > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang > Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang A couple of nitpicks: That song is credited to David Seville; it predates his creation of the Chipmunks. Also, just a few weeks ago I heard this song (it often gets played around Hallowe’en) and for the first time in my life realized that, in the chorus, they sing “bing bang” the first time and “bang bang” the second. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/119 "2012-11-09T16:59:26Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > That song is credited to David Seville; it predates his creation of the Chipmunks. There’s also a version by Sha Na Na with Bowser singing lead. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907/120 "2012-11-09T17:23:19Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Big Bad Irving “The Ballad of Irving” - from _When You’re In Love, The Whole World Is Jewish_ (which I actually own a copy of) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-oldies-that-never-get-radio-play-anymore/639907.md?page=7)