Oh, fuck. NO! NO! I just looked up that "Honey" song on Youtube...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

The one that everyone hates, from 1968(?). Bobby Goldsboro? Something like that. You know the tripe I'm talking about....

Anyhow, I'd never heard the song before. And I wish I had stayed pure in this regard!

Cripes, what an idiotic, skittering, pathetic, dripping, maudlin song....

[Arugula Latte]

1. I'm going to do it, too!

I've always heard how horrible that song was, but I've never actually heard it. Despite your warning, I'm goin' over and I'll report back...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. You have to type in "goldsboro" after honey, or else you get random crap.

It's such a typical dumbass whining maudlin "country" song...

:grr:

[Arugula Latte]

6. Oh, waaait! I DID know that song.

I just hadn't connected the title with the tune. Yikes.

Yes. Very bad. :scared:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

7. See?

:scared:

:P

[mac56]

3. Dave Barry says that song is easier to take if

when you hear the part about how "the angels came" for Honey, you imagine that he's talking about the Hell's Angels.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. LOL.

:rofl:

[WindRavenX]

5. the Moby song??

:shrug:

[LoZoccolo]

8. It's nowhere near as bad as "Run Joey Run".

I can't even find a video for that.

[tinfoil tiaras]

9. i found some stuff on youtube i'd thought you'd really like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lcpmBTyAZk

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylctg6aONJg

:evilgrin: :P

[Nicole]

10. You gotta see this version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Un6yd986c

She was kind of dumb and kind of smart



:rofl:

[mikeytherat]

20. That is awesome!

:rofl:

mikey_the_rat

[Nicole]

22. I think so too

:rofl:

[Skittles]

11. a very creepy song

yes

[WCGreen]

12. See the tree how big it's grown....

[Frank Cannon]

28. but friend, it hasn't been too long...it wasn't big

Brilliant lyrics. I can easily visualize the... bigness... yet smallness... of the tree.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Everybody doesn't hate it. I happen to love it even though the rest

of the world is laughing at my tears. Maudlin can be good... idiocy is in the eye/ear of the beholder.

[texas1928]

14. It is a sad song.

It reminds me of a girl I knew in elementary that one day did not come to school, and a few weeks later she died from an illness that came on very quickly. I miss that girl. She was one of my first crushes.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. That's where my mind goes whenever I hear that song...

:( :hug: I'm so sorry for your loss. At that age it's such a huge tragedy.

[supernova]

16. Worst. Earworm. Ever

:eyes:

I hated that song when I was six years old when it came out. Having changed my mind in nearly 40 years. :P

[6000eliot]

17. Also nasty

The narrator is constantly laughing at his wife hurting herself.

[Mad_Dem_X]

21. That's the part I hate

"...tripped and almost hurt herself, and I laughed til I cried." What a prick!

[kwassa]

18. The Smothers Brothers did a hilarious satire of it 40 years ago, too

They did it as a home tour of the house of the guy singing about Honey.

See the tree how big it stands .....

Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago

[Bake]

19. Complete with "I'm Bein' Good" Buttons!

Great satire! I loved the Smothers Brothers!

Bake

[Rowdyboy]

23. The flip side of "Honey" was "Watching Scottie Grow"

Oh. My. God. Worst. Song. Ever.

There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad
What a handsome lad
That's my boy
BRLFQ spells mom and dad
But that ain't too bad
That's my boy
You can have your TV and you nightclubs
And you can have your drive in picture show
I'll stay here with my little man near
We'll listen to the radio
Biding my time and
Watching Scotty grow
Making a castle out of building blocks
And a cardboard box
That's my boy
Mickey Mouse says it's thirteen o'clock
Well that's quite a shock!
That's my boy
In four short years
I've gone from rags to riches
And what I did before that I don't know
So let it rain on my windowpane
I got my own rainbow
And we're sitting here shining
Watching Scotty grow
Riding on daddy's shoulders off to bed
Old sleepy head
That's my boy
Got to have a drink of water and a story read
A teddy bear named Fred
That's my boy
What's that you say momma
Come on and keep you feet warm
Well save me a place
I'll be there in a minute or so
I'll think I'll stay right here and
Say a little prayer before I go
Me and God
Watching Scotty grow
Me and God
Watching Scotty grow...

[jobycom]

24. It's a good song. Better than Steely Dan or Rush. Then again

most things are.

[Hand]

25. The horror... the horror...

BTW, thanx for the earworm... :grr:

[mykpart]

26. It's not as bad as "Teen Angel"

or "Patches" or "Tell Laura I Love Her."

[MnFats]

27. why couldn't you take the advice of millions?

that song will come back again and again in your mind....
now, go and listen to Richard Harris sing "MacArthur Park" as penance. Psych!