best dumb song since louie louie

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

So i'm listening to "how bizarre" by omc and, while i guess it isn't dumb exactly, there's something kinda silly/amazing about all these hooks randomly connected together. so it gets my vote. along with "c'mon ride the train", maybe. what's yours? Feel free to define dumb any way you want.

Oh, and feel free to talk about "how bizarre" also, because it rules like Napoleon.

― Derek, Wednesday, 2 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Well, don't define dumb as smart, I guess.

― Derek, Wednesday, 2 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Andrew WK "Party Hard". SLIM JIM ROCK!

― Brian MacDonald, Wednesday, 2 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I have fond memories of "Wiggle," by Wanton Loveboy. Chorus goes "You gotta wiggle it, wiggle it, wiggle it, wiggle it, wiggle it, wiggle around." I forget if there's anything other than a chorus.

― Douglas, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

all 43 versions of whoomp! there it is!

― chaki, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

i hate "how bizarre". i wonder if that has anything to do with being from new zealand.

― di, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

nothing to do with kiwi - i hate it too! and I'm at least 30 kilometres away from bondi.

― Geoff, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

is omc new zealic? i had no idea...is he a big star there?

― dave k, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

LOUIE LOUIE is a "dumb" song? I don't think so. It's a great, beautiful song. Very inspiring.

― Gage-o, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I think How Bizarre is terrific but I don't think it's dumb.

"Welcome To The Terrordome"?

― Tom, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I've never heard 'Louie Louie'. I have, however, heard 'A Tisket A Tasket'. That's dumb, or silly, or whatever. Only Mark S knows, and he's not telling.

― the pinefox, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

"C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)" may be the greatest song ever. Someone else will have to explain why, but no matter how many times I hear it I don't get tired of it. Although it isn't nearly as good, I'd put "Da' Dip" in the same category.

― Miranda, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

B-but pinefox, l-look!!

― mark s, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I love Trio's "Drei Mann im Doppelbett". I wish that had been the big hit instead of "Da Da Da".

― Arthur, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Pinefox, you've really never heard "Louie Louie"? Wow.

― Sean, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Miranda, I can't explain it either.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I like the part in "C'mon and ride it" where the QCDJ's go "woo woo". I guess that's every other beat in the song, but it gets me every time.

i agree with tom: 'how bizarre' is pretty savvy, i think. i will agree, though, that it seems to be a constant string of really identifiable bits. exit trumpet bit, enter girl chorus, cue the guitar riff. hearing it is like gorging on meringue.

― dave k, Thursday, 3 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Here's a quick quiz: which noted British entertainer stated on national radio this week that his favourite two pop records were "Louie Louie" and "Firestarter"?

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 4 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jimmy Tarbuck?

― stevo, Friday, 4 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Not far off actually - it was Des O'Connor.

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 4 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Blimey, what next? Max Bygraves bigging up 'They don't know'.

― stevo, Friday, 4 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

No, don't know it; unless I do but don't realize it.

― the pinefox, Saturday, 5 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one year passes...

What about Mystikal?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 20:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've never heard 'Louie Louie'.

I've started to picture The Pinefox living on an asteroid a la Le Petit Prince, occasionally turning on his radio just to remind himself why he doesn't go back to Earth.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 21:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.