RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 11 hours ago, Zomboid said: both terrorise shop workers for a good 6 weeks every year Not just shop workers ..... some other 'professions' also have to endure Christmas too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, Alex TM said: Not just shop workers ..... some other 'professions' also have to endure Christmas too! I don't doubt it. But the place I'd hate to be most in December is a shop. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Zomboid said: I don't doubt it. But the place I'd hate to be most in December is a shop. Agreed! As the fateful festival approaches I find Princes Street turns into a form of psychological endurance competition ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 That's when I get my T shirt out and annoy the customers. Jason 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 Excellent taste in t-shirt (and the beer you need to drink to acquire one)! I always liked that brewery's "scared you might taste something .... lager boy?" one. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, Alex TM said: Excellent taste in t-shirt (and the beer you need to drink to acquire one)! I always liked that brewery's "scared you might taste something .... lager boy?" one. Keep an eye on their website, usually after something like Christmas or Halloween, as they normally sell them off cheaply without needing to collect the bottle tops. I think I got 3 for a tenner last time including P&P. Jason 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2019 On 03/10/2019 at 02:43, The Johnster said: 'Streets of London' at least had a point to make. Worst song ever written was beyond a doubt Paul McCartney's 'Mull of Kintyre', a completely pointless dirge with no apparent merit whatsoever. Unless you can get hold of Mark and Lard's farewell to Radio 1. Mull 'f Kin tyre featured quite heavily on Lard's special vinyl segment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I run a shop. There will be no Christmas music on the sound system. Ever. Mind you, MrsB's Ipod, which provides the selection, contains some truly execrable material, and quite a bit that's completely inappropriate for the sort of relaxed, arty-crafty atmosphere we're aiming for. I frequently find myself diving for the skip button when one of Rammstein's more apocalyptic intros starts up just as a party of refined little old ladies come in. I've worked in other people's shops too, but I've been fortunate that it's been a solo duty so nobody's found out that I've hidden the Christmas CDs until I'm well clear of ground zero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 “ do they know it’s Christmas time at all.....?”. Pretentious twaddle, but deffo sounds like Christmas . bring it on, I love it ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) On 02/10/2019 at 12:49, Kylestrome said: "This could be one of the worst songs ever written" If only Kenny Everett was still here. I'm sure he could have come up with much worse than that. I used to love his radio shows in the 1960s and 70s. Here are the bottom 30 from 1977 - #30: Hughie Green — The Puppet Song”#28: Adolph JG Babel — “My Feet Start Tappin’”#27: Don Duke — “Made You”#26: Raphael — “Going Out Of My Head”#25: Daniel — “Revelation”#24: Floyd Robinson — “My Girl”#23: Eamonn Andrews — “The Shifting Whispering Sands”#22: Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman — “Kinky Boots”#21: Mickie Most — “Dottie”#20: Jess Conrad — “Cherry Pie”#19: Duncan Johnson — “The Big Architect”#18: Steve Bent — “I’m Going To Spain”#17: Bent Bolt and the Nuts — “The Mechanical Man”#16: Hayley Mills — “Let’s Get Together”#15: The Trashmen — “Surfin’ Bird”#14: Equipe 84 — “29th September”#13: Jess Conrad — “Why Am I Living”#12: Adam Faith — “Runk Bunk”#11: Ferlin Husky — “The Drunken Driver”#10: Tanya Day — “I Get So Lonely”#9: Mrs. Miller — “A Lover’s Concerto”#8: Dickey Lee — “Laurie (Strange Things Happen)”#7: Mel & Dave — “Spinning Wheel”#6: Jess Conrad — “This Pullover”#5: Nervous Norvus — “Transfusion”#4: Pat Campbell — “The Deal”#3: The Legendary Stardust Cowboy — “Paralyzed”#2: Zarah Leander — “Wunderbar” Ooops missed a couple out when pasting. #29: Ray Sharpe — “Hey Little Girl” #1: Jimmy Cross — “I Want My Baby Back” Edited October 7, 2019 by jonny777 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, jonny777 said: I used to love his radio shows in the 1960s and 70s. Here are the bottom 30 from 1977 - #30: Hughie Green — The Puppet Song”#28: Adolph JG Babel — “My Feet Start Tappin’”#27: Don Duke — “Made You”#26: Raphael — “Going Out Of My Head”#25: Daniel — “Revelation”#24: Floyd Robinson — “My Girl”#23: Eamonn Andrews — “The Shifting Whispering Sands”#22: Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman — “Kinky Boots”#21: Mickie Most — “Dottie”#20: Jess Conrad — “Cherry Pie”#19: Duncan Johnson — “The Big Architect”#18: Steve Bent — “I’m Going To Spain”#17: Bent Bolt and the Nuts — “The Mechanical Man”#16: Hayley Mills — “Let’s Get Together”#15: The Trashmen — “Surfin’ Bird”#14: Equipe 84 — “29th September”#13: Jess Conrad — “Why Am I Living”#12: Adam Faith — “Runk Bunk”#11: Ferlin Husky — “The Drunken Driver”#10: Tanya Day — “I Get So Lonely”#9: Mrs. Miller — “A Lover’s Concerto”#8: Dickey Lee — “Laurie (Strange Things Happen)”#7: Mel & Dave — “Spinning Wheel”#6: Jess Conrad — “This Pullover”#5: Nervous Norvus — “Transfusion”#4: Pat Campbell — “The Deal”#3: The Legendary Stardust Cowboy — “Paralyzed”#2: Zarah Leander — “Wunderbar” Ooops missed a couple out when pasting. #29: Ray Sharpe — “Hey Little Girl” #1: Jimmy Cross — “I Want My Baby Back” Brilliant. Although it was 42 years ago I can still hear Nos 1, 3 and 5! - I've tried to forget Jess Conrad however. Les Edited October 7, 2019 by Unicorn1 wrong number typed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 One for consideration "Shaddap You Face" by Joe Dolce, somehow the moronic record buying public sustained this awful song at No1 for eight weeks, it was famous for keeping Ultravox "Vienna" from No1. Other horrors from around the same period are Clive Dunn (Gradpa) and "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", St Winifred's School Brats (what is it about cheesy songs about Grandparents??) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Anything by Gilbert O'Sullivan and I felt like reaching for the sick bag. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted October 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2019 My pet hate right now is any of those annoying dance/pop songs (think holiday and insurance adverts, also the sort of garbage you hear in shops like Superdrug) where the vocals are electronically “enhanced” to produce an irritating and sometimes discordant whine. My most loathed song, however, has to be Macca’s Mull Of Kintyre (I like a lot of his other solo stuff but this one really plumbs the depths), a close second being Cliff’s abysmal Millennium Prayer. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 You've led sheltered lives. No one has mentioned Alma "f*****g" Cogan (try being late teens/early twenties when Radio 2 was still playing her crap in 1990+ and your boss won't have ILR on the factory transistor. Anything from a musical, including Disney, especially Julie Andrews (plummy voiced annoyance). Certain Calamity Jane, Oliver! and Wizard of Oz are acceptable... But the two songs on Satan's repeat play Spotify are "Achy Breaky Heart" and Cher's murder of "It's in His Kiss". I'll literally walk away from those two playing. Seriously. C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted October 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2019 6 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", St Winifred's School Brats (what is it about cheesy songs about Grandparents??) Scary thing about the passage of time is that these "Brats" are all forty-something now and I dare say some may even be Grandmas themselves! Oh and I hated that song even when I was a kid! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 03/10/2019 at 20:44, Zomboid said: ,,,the place I'd hate to be most in December is a shop. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no! I undertook precisely two Christmas seasons in retail greengrocery as a school holiday job in the old Welwyn Department Store food hall, and it was the best fun ever. It was a classy establishment, so no dreck playing whatsoever. A goodly selection of the customers were 'interesting'. (As for the young woman appearing in the transparent PVC jump suit, she was more than just interesting.) 'Phil' the greengrocery underbuyer received generous tips from regular customers, and would sometimes pass some on to good little minions who had provided bag carrying services for favoured customers. The angled mirrors above and behind the Deli counter enabled observation of the movements of the Deli crew, on the other side of the food hall. A plentiful supply of sprouts were available to target the extremely volatile Albert Mansfield on the Deli. Good timing meant that only enraged shouting resulted, store management much too busy to investigate. After a long day on Christmas Eve (much extended hours for greengrocery, some on double bubble) many of the senior staff were half cut on whisky, which was funny in and of itself, and even Alec the butchery buyer became amiable. At closing, staff got to take away anything that 'wouldn't keep'. I specialised in fillet steak and calves liver, courtesy of the unusual amiability of Alec. Which was nice... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Seriously, wasn't Rebecca Black - Friday the official worst song ever written? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 13 hours ago, Welly said: Scary thing about the passage of time is that these "Brats" are all forty-something now and I dare say some may even be Grandmas themselves! Oh and I hated that song even when I was a kid! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2850852/St-Winifred-s-choir-topped-charts-1980-reunited-TV-show.html Some you may (or may not) recognize. Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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