OT: Nonsensical Songs - Wacky lyrics & titles, post your best loved - and worst

[Aluminny69]

Whenever my parents, born in the 1920s mde fun of rock and roll, I always brought up the following songs:

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[Scud49]

I Put a Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - he wrote the song and performs it in his own very special way:

 

[Aluminny69]

Voted BEST dance sequence ever filmed! Must see, incredible. Just watch them dance down the stairs at the end. All I could think was, man, that's gotta hurt.

 

[Hoops66]

I can't not send out this one. (Drives me nuts, though.)

 

[Hoops66]

I'm sincerely sorry for doing this to you! (I could have held it but I've lost my head.)

 

[nwhoopfan]

Do doo wop songs even count? If the lyrics or chorus made sense or were actual words, it probably wasn't doo wop.

 

[PoppaBear]

 

[Aluminny69]

I just remembered ole' Ray Stevens who had a bunch of novelty gems. Here's a good sample.

I believe this was his very first single, from 1957

 

[Aluminny69]

I believe this was Roy Orbison's first record. Even with an all star backup group, it's still a silly song

 

[Aluminny69]

Who remembers this song from American Idol?

 

[Monte]

 

[Littlemin]

Still on my Bill Morrissey OD run………..been over a month now and been through his 9 albums more than a few times each

 

[Replicant]

 

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[meyers7]

Whoa, this really is the worst ever! Where did you find this one? Are they still in hiding?

They are kind of a cult thing. Frank Zappa was a fan.

 

[meyers7]

I asked this before, with no answer. Could someone please explain the lyrics to this song?

It is a "deadpan southern fried parody" of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".

 

[meyers7]

I'd have to go with "Peaches" from The Presidents of the United States of America. They have a few songs that could be here.

Then why didn't you?

 

[Stymie]

Back then my school bus had an AM radio tuned to WABC and this was played over and over and over.... UGH doesn't even begin to cover it.......

C’mon
“Scud, Scud, bo Bud,
Fonana nana fo Fud,
Fe Fi fo fud,
Fud..“

 

[Ozimoto]

Pulled this one out of the back of the rack. The Archies were perhaps the pinnacle of bubblegum rock.

 

[64Zcode]

Think I'll roll the calendar ahead from most of those novelty songs.
A couple 'newer' picks with odd titles but aren't really bad or goofy songs.

This one from Pat shows how smooth her voice can be, also has a bit of a 'doo-wop' chorus.

 

[64Zcode]

And one from Nazareth where the voice ain't smooth.
Razamanaz

 

[bantamlaker]

Jan and Dean: “The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review And Timing Association,” released on the flip side of the duo’s “Ride The Wild Surf”