# Worst songs of the 70s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 7, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924 "2021-11-07T04:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/281 "2021-12-03T06:18:48Z")
Are you talking about “Sky High” by Jigsaw? No anti-love for it, because it’s a great song! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QjtD8A-MWBc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-B4AC0AWKAgwIABABGH8gHigTMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBzaWYtF1nkE8KeG6dUjK7taXWeKQ "Jigsaw - Sky High [HQ]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjtD8A-MWBc) It’s obviously synced, because I sure don’t see those hi-hats moving at the 2-minute mark. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/282 "2021-12-03T06:21:10Z")
I agree with you about “Ramblin’ Man”, mainly because the AOR station in the city where I grew up played it to death, but “Black Water” is one of da greatest songs ever! ---
**Author:** ![BigDfromLA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/283 "2021-12-03T06:52:57Z")
Him by Rupert Holmes, who also gave us the horrible Escape (The Pina Colada Song). Him is so bad, it’s even worse than that one. The chorus is especially horrendous! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9WbQ5GCo6m0/hqdefault.jpg "Rupert Holmes - Him ( 1980 ) HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbQ5GCo6m0) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/284 "2021-12-03T17:14:29Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > No one has mentioned Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey? **I always thought that even when they stopped writing together they still wrote for the other’s approval.** It worked with John’s “Happiness is a Warm Gun” but Paul sure blew it with this one. If you mean Paul and John…hardly. John thought Paul’s “Too Many People” was a dig at him (and Yoko). So he countered with a charming little ditty called “How Do You Sleep?” that had all the subtlety of a rifle grenade. “UA/AH” was Paul being whimsical for its own sake, with not a lot of thought behind. Paul was mostly sizzle but no steak; John a lot of the time (though there are exceptions) was steak but no sizzle. Only together did they _really_ cook. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/285 "2021-12-03T17:22:40Z")
I actually think “Him” is quite a step up from the Pina Colada Song in terms of the hook, the song structure, the lyrics, the musicianship in general. No, it’s not _great_, but it’s a damn sight better than the other song this guy is known for - if I had heard it without knowing who it was, I wouldn’t even think it’s the same guy/band. There are parts of “Him” that are actually pretty damn catchy. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/286 "2021-12-04T02:21:25Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > If you mean Paul and John…hardly. John thought Paul’s “Too Many People” was a dig at him (and Yoko). So he countered with a charming little ditty called “How Do You Sleep?” that had all the subtlety of a rifle grenade. I’ve read that **Let Me Roll It** (from **Band on the Run** ) was Paul’s response to **How Do You Sleep**. Which is a magnificently angry and vicious song! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/287 "2021-12-05T22:58:30Z")
Sugarloaf’s “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” (circa 1975) was playing at the restaurant where we ate lunch today. I had mercifully forgotten its mediocre obnoxiousness, including telephone touch-pad noises, dopey lyrics and monotonous refrain. It may not be the worst “dues” song ever recorded, but it’s in the top ten. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/288 "2021-12-06T01:14:42Z")
Well, thank you everyone! I have now deleted my entire iPod library. I guess I’ll just turn off the TV and listen to my tintinitus. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/289 "2021-12-06T01:20:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Are you talking about “Sky High” by Jigsaw? No anti-love for it, because it’s a great song! I liked the song as well. I’ve often wondered how a band convinces the record folks to give them an orchestra for an afternoon. And I’m not saying the lyrics were great, but they were better than a lot of Foreigner’s hits. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/290 "2021-12-06T02:56:10Z")
That’s who made that song? Didn’t know that. I’ve always loved their other big hit (that I can think of now), “Green Eyed Lady”, especially the long version. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/291 "2021-12-06T20:13:35Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > What about this tripe… > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuAY4WQHor8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuAY4WQHor8) > Every single brass band played this ad nauseum. Oh, it’s so much worse than that for me. In South Africa, it got used in a film with some added Afrikaans lyrics. It’s now the unofficial anthem for [the winelands just outside Cape Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boland,_Western_Cape): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9ES_C-dKaOE/hqdefault.jpg "Acapella Koor - Lied van die Boland") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ES_C-dKaOE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924.md?page=14)