Five overplayed songs from the 1970s that stole our souls
By Lee Vowell
England Dan and John Ford Coley - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Let me start with this wretchedness with a question. What the heck is this verse:
"I'm not talking about moving in
And I don't wanna change your life
But, there's a warm wind blowing the stars around
And I'd really love to see you tonight"
Is this a horrible pick-up line that ended up in a song with music so horribly awful that the singer was hoping this would work on someone? Or worse, did it actually work on someone? Let's hope there is no person that it would.
To be honest, I am not young (you might have figured that out by the list of these songs), but even when I was young enough to hear this tune I can tell you that it was not worthy of human ears.
If the US military truly wanted to scare aware dictators, instead of blasting Twisted Sister at them, we should have just stunned them with England Dan and his mate. That might have saved the world from the Second World War. Maybe Germany would have just conceded and allowed free elections.
Olivia Newton John - "Have You Never Been Mellow?"
Poor Olivia deserved better. There was nothing wrong with her approach to music. She wanted to be a pop star and she earned that. She's good in Grease. Heck, even her "Physical" stuff is fine, but this song? Awful and young children should be shielded from hearing it so it stunts their growth.
Mellow? Have I ever wanted to be? Not really. After hearing this terrible song one might want to throw their closest Slipknot album onto the turntable so that they can rid themselves of the demons that John's (Newton John's?) song unleashes upon us. It's not fair. Life should be better than hearing this song.