Lunar Obverse: Most embarrassing song?

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Most embarrassing song?

Let's say you're single, and dating. You've met someone who seems cool and smart and who seems to kinda dig you, too. You're meeting this person for a second or third time, so you're out at the trendy meeting place. You're early, and you don't want to look like you're bored or anything, so you pull out your iPod and start dancing, silhouetted by the flashy neon lights.

Your date approaches you, you smile at each other, and as you remove your white earbuds from your ears, your date asks:

"Hey, what are you listening to?"

...what's the most embarrassing song in your music collection that could be playing right then?

Here's what I think of as my top 5 embarrassing songs, in order from most to least:

ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
ABBA - "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (tie for first)
Kermit the Frog - "The Rainbow Connection"
Creed - "One Last Breath"
Dan Fogleberg - "Same Old Lang Syne"

I offer them without explanation for your (and my, honestly) enjoyment.

If you're not single and a parent, here's a variation: what's the one song in your music collection that would be the most difficult to explain to your kids?

Feel free to incriminate yourself in the comments. If you dare.

• 7:04 PM

Comments:

Nice post.

I have a few. Embarrassing maybe, cheesy surely. I like them a lot as they remind me when I worked at Safeway. Stocking shelves to the Safeway Radio Network brought greats that are now on my Sansa (Sandisk). I oppose IPOD and everything Mac stands for. (no offense)

Here is my list in no particular order:

1) Wedding Bell Blues (Marry me Bill) by 5th Dimension
2) Wedding Bell Blues (Marry me Bill by Leslie Gore (yes, I have both versions and I am straight and married to a woman.)
3) Burning Love by Elvis
4) Don’t know what you got by Cinderella
5) 2 Legit to quit by MC Hammer
6) Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

There are several others, but out of 700 songs on there, these are the ones that came to mind. It is not that I would dance to these but if they happen to pop on while I am jamming down the highway, I might sing along.

Peace, Joy and Happy Holidays!

~Amadeus

www.dharmavision.org

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amadeus :: 11/29/2007 8:31 PM

My young children shall not hear Queen's (the better and original) or Nine Inch Nails version of Get Down Make Love.

I think ABBA's Dancing Queen would be a close second.

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