December 28, 2011: Holiday Special, 2nd Annual Bad Songs That Rock

LISTEN!

Sammy Hagar, two at once!

Not a mini, MOOG!

Post-Collwell-Bros-Up with People - hooray for everything is terrible

I had been trying to limit the amount of kitchy music played on the program, saving up some gems for this year's parade of questionable sound. Some songs are interesting, some are fun, some are just plain bad.

I couldn't resist laying down some of the Hagar promo disc that I discovered in a Carruthers Hall sub-basement, but that track was too much to be played in full, and the former Halenite's VOA was asking for it. I think Sammy's troubling "Dick in the Dirk" it made for a wonderful contrast to the Collwell Brothers' musical crew cut titled "You Can’t Live Crooked and Think Straight". These brothers seem to be a combo designed for those who found the Kingston Trio too edgy.

We couldn't let the event pass without a second helping of Ananta, Saga and more from the 80's video game album. Ringo Starr's Snookeroo? It gets exactly that, Elton John wrote it. Perhaps, while penning it he thought, "Y'know, what I'd really like to be doing is Disney soundtracks". 

The Cheetah record was a 50 cent find in North Bay. They appear to be Heart, but without the ability to play instruments, write songs or sing that well. Still, there was some soul there, perhaps draw out by the production of Vanda and Young?

Played List

Artist - Track - Album

Did You Really Have To? - Roger Whittaker - Roger Whittaker in Kenya

Gershon Kingsley - Have It - Or Grab It - Or Go

Buckner & Garcia - Mousetrap - Pac Man Fever

Wings - Cook of the House - At the Speed of Sound

Sammy Hagar - Turn Up the Music - A Little Rap & a Lot of Rock n’ Roll

Ananta - Home Sweet Home - Night & Daydream

Saga - Social Orphan - Heads or Tails

Colwell Brothers with Up With People - You Can’t Live Crooked and Think Straight - Up With People

Sammy Hagar - Dick in the Dirt - VOA

Voivod - Fuck Off and Die - Rrroooaaarrr

Cheetah - Sufferin’ Love - Rock n Roll Women

Ringo Starr - Snookeroo - Goodbye Vienna

They Might Be Giants - Disappointing Show - They Got Lost

Roger Whittaker - High - Roger Whittaker in Kenya

Magma - Gama Anteria - “Inedits”