Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs

by Dave Barry
Category: "Humor"
Pages:88
Year of Publication:1997
Date Read:08/14/2000
Notes:Encompassing such categories as "songs people always get wrong," "teen death songs," "songs women hate," and "weenie music," this musical commentary by Barry offers an amusing look at the "world's worst lyrics" and, in general, bad songs. "Feelings." "MacArthur Park." Any record by Gary Puckett. These are just a few of the titles submitted by over ten thousand readers who responded to Barry's "Bad Song Survey." Barry lists the results and discusses the songs in this hilarious book.
My Rating: 9

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Review - Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs

Hilarious. Here's a sample:

There are a lot more bad love songs, but in my opinion, one of the worst, when you consider who wrote it, is "Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney because it ... it .. how do I find the words ... it just sucks. And so does "My Love," wherein Paul, apparently too busy to write actual words, goes with:

Wo wo wo wo
Wo wo wo wo
My love does it good!


The big question is: What happened to Paul? Did his brain get taken over by aliens fromt he planet Twinkie? I mean, he was a Beatle, for goshsakes, a certified genius, a man who wrote dozens of truly great songs, including such butt-kicking rockers as "I'm Down," and then for some mysterious reason he began cranking out songs like "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," "Listen to What the Man Said," and "Let 'Em In," which expresses this powerful and universal theme:

Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favor, open the door
And let 'em in
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