ISBN: 9781565111967

We all have experienced a song that buzzes relentlessly in our heads like a starving mosquito. And, most likely the tune is irritating, inescapable, and very, very, very repetitive! Enter… More...

We all have experienced a song that buzzes relentlessly in our heads like a starving mosquito. And, most likely the tune is irritating, inescapable, and very, very, very repetitive! Enter Dave Barry, nationally known newspaper columnist. After receiving over 10,000 responses to his Bad Song Survey, Barry has compiled the choicest picks in his Book of Bad Songs. You know the kind, those pernicious melodies that stick to your brain like a wad of gum on the sole of your shoe. In his book, Barry wryly attacks popular rock ''n'' roll songs such as Tony Orlando and Dawn''s Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree: If we really want people to come home perhaps we should not have this song playing. Barry leaves few songs and artists unscathed and in his whimsical hands even the most hopeless ditty can at least produce a chucke.So, next time you hear something like Donna Summer''s version of Mac Arthur Park, which, take a seat, has no evident meaning other than that someone''s cake was left out in the rain, relax, take Mr. Barry''s advice and laugh, laugh, laugh. Dave Barry, Books, Entertainment, Humour and Comedy, General Humour, Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs Books>Entertainment>Humour and Comedy>General Humour When funnyman Dave Barry asked readers about their least favorite tunes, he thought he was penning just another installment of his weekly syndicated humor column. But the witty writer was flabbergasted by the response. "I have never written a column that got a bigger response than the one announcing the Bad Song Survey", Barry wrote. "More than ten thousand readers voted, and the cards are still coming in". Based on the results from Dave Barry's monumental survey, Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs is a compilation of some of the worst songs ever written, including such special categories as Teen Death Songs, Songs That People Always Get Wrong, Songs Women Hate, and, of course, Weenie Music. In Dave's survey, honors for Worst Overall and Worst Lyrics went to "MacArthur Park" as sung by Richard Harris in the seventies. As Barry notes, "It's hard to argue with this selection. My son, Rob, was going through a pile of ballots, and he asked me how "MacArthur Park" goes, so I sang it, giving it my best shot, and Rob laughed so hard that when I got to the part about leaving the cake out in the rain, and it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again, Rob was on the floor".<

EAN: 9781565111967

When funnyman Dave Barry asked readers about their least favorite tunes, he thought he was penning just another installment of his weekly syndicated humor column. Instead, Barry found him… More...

When funnyman Dave Barry asked readers about their least favorite tunes, he thought he was penning just another installment of his weekly syndicated humor column. Instead, Barry found himself buried in responses in what turned out to be his most popular column ever. This program is a compilation of the results of Barry´s Bad Song Survey, a definitive collection of the worst songs ever written. It is divided into such categories as Teen Death Songs, Songs That People Always Get Wrong, Songs Women Hate, and, of course, Weenie Music. From ´´MacArthur Park´´ to ´´Feelings,´´ from ´´Dreams of the Everyday Housewife´´ to ´´Leader of the Pack,´´ Mike Dodge, who considered this his most harrowing recording session, guides you through the world´s worst lyrics. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Dodge. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000007/bk_high_000007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax. When funnyman Dave Barry asked readers about their least favorite tunes, he thought he was penning just... English - Comedy, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books<

ISBN: 9781565111967

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