Worst Record Played On The Scene

[Guest Bogue]

The velours............well i never thought i would see this tune contending for the worst record i personaly still love it......... Andy.

Yeah i agree, i think 'worst' is a bit over the top for it Andy. I was going more with the later twist of the thread, of tunes most people thought as great but didn't really do it for you

[Paul R]

Certainly not the worst, but 3 that I actually strongly don't like, or perhaps don't get are

Rufus Lumley Stronger Than Me

Cajun Hart Got to Find a way

Keny Lynch Movin' Away

Paul

[Guest Awake 502]

Lucky Charms "Tied to your heart" utter drivel

should have been "Tied to a rock" and thrown off Wigan Pier

[Guest posstot]

Surprised no one's mentioned Muriel Day - Nine Times Out Of Ten - yet?

Two others I think are truly awful:

Black Eyed Peas - Smallest Man Alive

Roosevelt Grier - Pizza Pie Man

Wow, black eyed peas and pizza pie man..awful?? why i oughta

[Bjorn Nilsson]

Patty Young - Head and Shoulders

The Fantasions - G.I. Joe We Love You

Tony Troutman - What's The Use (I don't know why I hate this, But I do.)

[NEV]

Last time I said I disliked Bobby Kline I had a marauding mob after me - nice to see someone else has good taste

Pete

just because you both don't like Bobby Kline does'nt mean you have "good taste"

[Guest gordon russell]

DJ Genesis to me it sounds like a dance record and if i had gone into a venue and heard it first time i would think is this is a Northern soul night.

I know Muriel Day is mentioned but funny cause it was first played in Peterborough

hope he won't mind me saying,but.....a john manship biggie i think ....sorry mate lol

[Guest gordon russell]

country girl, vicky baines.........so badddddd

country boy,henry c...............so goooooooood

[Pete S]

Pete

just because you both don't like Bobby Kline does'nt mean you have "good taste"

Er, yes it does actually Nev.

Anyway, 'new' worst record is Bobby Sheen - Something New To Do

[Guest gordon russell]

I'm back with a few more

Now and again i have had to look long and hard as there a some records that to me are abysmal, yet to most of us seem to be real gems....but no matter how long i have mused i've always come out with the same view as when i started....they sound like sh**e to me

HERE'S A FEW OF 'EM

Rita & the Tiaras

Brooks Brothers

Sister lee

B McNeir ..Youre gonna love etc....(musical equivalent of Tuinal)

Pukie Hudson

Syng Mcowan

Doug Banks..Kept on dancing

Try them for size....even after 30+ years there's not a glimmer of hope for any of 'em from me....thats what's so special we dont have to seek compliancy on our scene...or fit in, its about individuality and a love of "our" music.

Harpo

I used to like those big tuinal lol

[Pete S]

I used to like those big tuinal lol

Me too til I ended up in hospital

[Guest moggy]

Certainly not the worst, but 3 that I actually strongly don't like, or perhaps don't get are

Rufus Lumley Stronger Than Me

Cajun Hart Got to Find a way

Keny Lynch Movin' Away

Paul

Kenny Lynch & Rufus what don't you get, both quality records

[Paul R]

Kenny Lynch & Rufus what don't you get, both quality records

Just tried again with Rufus(on the reactivated monsters thread). I just don't like it.

As for Kenny sorry I just think it's a bland ballad.

Paul

[Davetay]

Me too til I ended up in hospital

Snap New Years Day 1975 Darwin Tiffs All-Dayer

[Little-stevie]

Here is one to get me running for the door..

Dance dance dance

Edited August 13, 2008 by little-stevie

[grant]

Just tried again with Rufus(on the reactivated monsters thread). I just don't like it.

As for Kenny sorry I just think it's a bland ballad.

Paul

agree with u about kenny lynch, utter shite, but rufus lumley superb track!

another one for the list though is Jackie Wilson - Because of You.....is this worse than Bobby Sheen Pete??

[Pete S]

agree with u about kenny lynch, utter shite, but rufus lumley superb track!

another one for the list though is Jackie Wilson - Because of You.....is this worse than Bobby Sheen Pete??

About the same.

Have to agree with Lucky Charms and Pizza Pie Man. Add to that list Fools Paradise.

[TOAD]

TONEY COLTEN I STAND ACUSED YUK

[Pete S]

TONEY COLTEN I STAND ACUSED YUK

Certainly takes a while to grow on you that record. I like it now, when I first heard it I just didn't get it at all.

[Guest Modern Skip Tone]

Carrell Coyle - Com'in On Strong Girl (Lisa 101).

[Spacehopper]

cant believe some of the tunes being posted !.... ....maybe if it was whats YOUR worst tune on the scene at the moment .....i suppose its always gonna come down to personal taste but how can you post tunes such as shoes when hawaii five 0,papa ooh mowmow and all that bollox has been played 'back in the day'....

i suppose it makes it a longer more interesting and humourous thread...

[Liamgp]

Poor song, badly sung and with mediocre musicianship at best - not so much garage as garbage, IMO. It's just not a good record, and wouldn't be whether it was "played on the scene" or not.

Is this him being punished for recording 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes' and 'Under the Moon of Love' earlier on in the 60s thereby giving a number one to the horrific Showaddywaddy? Seriously, 'Is She In Your Town' sounds very much like him and his band trying to imitate Elvis circa '67 trying to imitate a blues group. Having said that, I rather like it...

[Dave]

agree with u about kenny lynch, utter shite, but rufus lumley superb track!

another one for the list though is Jackie Wilson - Because of You.....is this worse than Bobby Sheen Pete??

It's not that "Because of You" is a bad record, more that it became popular as the token "new" record at soul nights and everybody got one because the arthritic and the p*ssheads could dance to it all the way through, so it's been played to death!

Same with Ace Spectrum!

[jazzyjas]

Well I'm not exactly "ON THE SCENE" but I can't get my head around these:

1. King For a Day-Stewart Ames (Crap city: torture for me to hear this)

2. I'll Be All Alone-Barbara Redd (I don't hate this 45, but it has no business getting played on a Northern Soul or even a Belgium Popcorn night in my opinion)

3. Carbon Copy-Larry Trider (a superb Belgium Popcorn record, but a HORRIBLE Northern Soul record)

And to Mr. Darcy-"Country Boy" by Henry C & the Ivy Leaguers is AWESOME! Dave Moore, Mark Holmes and Russ Vickers and I were driving around Pittsburgh two years ago listening to that song and they all pointed out that the chorus was to the tune of Elvis-Burning Love. What a great day we had digging in "the Burgh" - lots of laughs...

-Jas

and whoever said "Head and Shoulders", if you hear the instrumental track on its own, it'll give you a new found appreciation.

[alfie00soul]

I know a lot of folk like it but my contender for worst record is I'm So Happy by Prince Philip Mitchell - I cringe when it comes on.

Suz

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Got to agree with this...alot like it but but for me it gets the thumbs down...played to death it has been maybe thats why....will prob get in trouble for saying this...but the same goes for Frank Wilson...indeed i do/indeed i dont... .....played to death...

[Chris L]

Er, yes it does actually Nev.

Anyway, 'new' worst record is Bobby Sheen - Something New To Do

No, no Pete, you stick to the Montclairs, leave good old (and dead) Bobby alone................

[NEV]

how about that bloody Frank Papp cover up thingy thats doin the rounds now??

The name left my head as soon as it entered

[Mach]

lindy stevens...pennygold.. .

[Mach]

how about that bloody Frank Papp cover up thingy thats doin the rounds now??

The name left my head as soon as it entered

come on nev"..surely it aint that bad mate".. ...psssssssst..i,ve gotta minter 4 sale @ £50 if anybodys interested ... ..(honest..pm me)

[Jellybean]

I know a lot of folk like it but my contender for worst record is I'm So Happy by Prince Philip Mitchell - I cringe when it comes on.

Suz

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I did like it, up until Prince Phillip Mitchell tryed to snog my daughter at Prestatyn weekender.

[redcoupe]

After the Dean Barlow debate which record/s do you hate

Mine is Gary Lewis and the Playboys - My Hearts Symphony

One of the lads put in on at the Legion, i was at the bar at the time.

I was that mad i run across the dance floor up onto the stage ripped it off the decks and smashed it.

I had a bad temper in my younger days.

is it the worst on the scene or personnell taste? blue eyed soul a few years on seems to irk quite a few.the snake/lambrini advert will no doubt p...s some one off.as now my gripe is marc almond covering gloria jones...for worst record i. m. h. o. peanut duck gloria gee. but im sure theres lots out there that love it.....

[Pete S]

Got to agree with this...alot like it but but for me it gets the thumbs down...played to death it has been maybe thats why....will prob get in trouble for saying this...but the same goes for Frank Wilson...indeed i do/indeed i dont... .....played to death...

Thats an interesting avatar you've got there - I sold a copy of that LP on ebay 2 weeks back, I don't think I'd seen it before, now I've seen two in a fortnight!

[Reg]

I did like it, up until Prince Phillip Mitchell tryed to snog my daughter at Prestatyn weekender.

Ah well if you're going to use that criteria not to like a record then there would be a few on the list!! Unless they're long dead of course or female Let's just say Mr Mitchell isn't a one off

Edited August 13, 2008 by Reg

[Guest gordon russell]

Me too til I ended up in hospital

HA HA PMSL ........KNEW SOMEONE ELSE WHO DID THAT

[Pete S]

HA HA PMSL ........KNEW SOMEONE ELSE WHO DID THAT

It wasn't that funny at the time...woke up with tubes sticking out of everywhere, Mom & Dad at the bedside, I've never been so embarrassed Well I have but you know what I mean..

[Davetay]

Got to agree with this...alot like it but but for me it gets the thumbs down...played to death it has been maybe thats why....will prob get in trouble for saying this...but the same goes for Frank Wilson...indeed i do/indeed i dont... .....played to death...

I don,t think F W is a bad record not like G Lewis, Joe 90, Footie etc.

But it,s been hammered to death now for 31years, and i,m f**kin sick of hearing it.

Granted its not normaly played on the Niter scene but always at a local soul night.

[alfie00soul]

Thats an interesting avatar you've got there - I sold a copy of that LP on ebay 2 weeks back, I don't think I'd seen it before, now I've seen two in a fortnight!

I've had the lp for about 10 years...got lots & lots of those TM lp from the 60's...been collecting since i was a nipper...one of me favs is the edwin starrs..(soul master)if you don't mind me asking how much did it go for???? There are still some i'm looking for...i'll pm you with a list...

Anyway back to the thread....Love on a mountain top...Robert knight...

[alfie00soul]

I don,t think F W is a bad record not like G Lewis, Joe 90, Footie etc.

But it,s been hammered to death now for 31years, and i,m f**kin sick of hearing it.

Granted its not normaly played on the Niter scene but always at a local soul night.

100% its been hammered...shame...

[Guest kid mohair]

I did like it, up until Prince Phillip Mitchell tryed to snog my daughter at Prestatyn weekender.

Soz just going off thread slightly......did i read that he beat his wife up or summat i might be totaly wrong.........oh and i hate that record with a passion its my no 1 hate..... (im so happy) jesus............. Andy.

[Pete S]

I've had the lp for about 10 years...got lots & lots of those TM lp from the 60's...been collecting since i was a nipper...one of me favs is the edwin starrs..(soul master)if you don't mind me asking how much did it go for???? There are still some i'm looking for...i'll pm you with a list...

Anyway back to the thread....Love on a mountain top...Robert knight...

Went for £43...

[Guest kid mohair]

has anyone got a copy of prince philip mitchell to donate, my plan is on November the 5th it will be stuck to the back of a £25 rocket with 3 bangers super glued to the vinyl light the bangers first of course then.......see ya..

[Suzannek]

has anyone got a copy of prince philip mitchell to donate, my plan is on November the 5th it will be stuck to the back of a £25 rocket with 3 bangers super glued to the vinyl light the bangers first of course then.......see ya..

I'll come and celebrate it doing a Joy Lovejoy and going In Orbit!

Suz

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[Guest kid mohair]

I'll come and celebrate it doing a Joy Lovejoy and going In Orbit!

Suz

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we should have a sending original shite records in the sky blowing them to bits night !!!! can you imagine ...........

[Davetay]

Soz just going off thread slightly......did i read that he beat his wife up or summat i might be totaly wrong.........oh and i hate that record with a passion its my no 1 hate..... (im so happy) jesus............. Andy.

Hi Andy, i don,t know about beat up but he hit her at Prestatyn!

How bad it was it depends who told you about it the morning after

Dave

[Suzannek]

we should have a sending original shite records in the sky blowing them to bits night !!!! can you imagine ...........

Aye that wud be brill When ya gonna organise it

Suz

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Edited August 13, 2008 by suzannek

[Mach]

..why not ..lets go the full hog..and ave a guy fawkes as well... ..."dose any body know any d,j,s that look like "guy fawkes!"...

[Spacehopper]

I don,t think F W is a bad record not like G Lewis, Joe 90, Footie etc.

But it,s been hammered to death now for 31years, and i,m f**kin sick of hearing it.

Granted its not normaly played on the Niter scene but always at a local soul night.

and at scooter rallies...over 2 nights at 2 gigs i heard it 6 times last weekend !!!!!

[Guest SteveJohnston]

and at scooter rallies...over 2 nights at 2 gigs i heard it 6 times last weekend !!!!!

No F/W at this weekend's Run to the Lions Den! well not in the N/S room a least

[Ste Henderson]

..why not ..lets go the full hog..and ave a guy fawkes as well... ..."dose any body know any d,j,s that look like "guy fawkes!"...

Colin Curtis

[Guest Beeks]

The thing is ladies and gents...looking through some of the ridiculous choices some of you have for supposed worst tunes... you are basing this not on the quality of a record but how many times it has been played out....the very fact a record has been hammered means that the majority of people love it...what you have to do is think back to the times when you first heard a track...not after it has been played a billion times...if you didnt like it then...thats when its a crap record in your eyes...but comments about 'Just Loving You' being a worst record etc is just daft...