MA residents can agree that these 70s songs should be forgotten! -WUPÉ

Bay State Residents: You can agree with me that ALL the music is not up to par because there are forgotten songs that should stay that way. In this case we will be diving back into the 70s and in my opinion these selections should just stay DISABLED waves. Here are five of the worst recordings we’ve had to endure this decade. Chances are we would NOT providing an “escapism” with the aforementioned recordings we are about to sample.

1) RUN JOEY RUN by David Geddes was a tragic teen song with a morbid ending. It was a Top 40 single that peaked at number 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1975, and became a number 1 song on Cashbox Magazine’s Top 100. I ALWAYS I find it hard to believe that! The song attempted to recreate various heartbreaks from the 50s and 60s and failed miserably. It was one of those songs that depressed you instead of uplifting you.

2) MY BELL FRIEND (My Beautiful Friend) by The Tee Set. The title track from their only 1970 album made the top 5 on the Billboard charts, but the recording itself is unappealing in nature. It’s hard to believe that the single sold more than 100,000 copies, but this group from across the Atlantic in the Netherlands did not have the same success as the Dutch group Shocking Blue who gave us the version original of “Venus” but in my opinion it was a boring recording from the beginning of this decade.

3) TOASTS AND MARMALADE FOR TEA is another marvel from the Australian group Tin Tin. Even though it was produced by Bee Gee Maurice Gibb, this song lacked substance and was ridiculous in nature. It didn’t reach No. 20 on the Billboard charts until 1971. Gibb also played bass, and the group truly became Bee Gees wanna bees, but to no avail. Another uninviting song from this era that we could have done without.

4) SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT was a top 5 hit in 1975 from Sir Elton John’s “Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy” album, but old Reg brought us a depressing track that dealt with the subject of suicide. The legendary singer tells the story of committed suicide in 1969 after a bad relationship with Linda Woodrow. His friend Long John Baldry (aka “Sugar Bear” in this selection) convinced him to call off the impending wedding. If Elton John had succeeded in committing suicide, we would not have been able to benefit from his talent in recent decades. Additionally, as per EJ’s mandate, the 6 minute and 40 second song was NOT condensed on AM radio stations during its peak. I’ll take the cut title over this one, that’s for sure!

5) I WAS MADE TO DANCE: Let’s be real: all artists jumped on the “disco” bandwagon in 1979, but this song was just terrible in nature. Leif Garrett was just a teenage pin-up musical poster boy and his acting abilities were also limited (his performance as Felix Unger’s son Leonard was one of my least favorite episodes of the series ). Hard to believe, Garrett achieved a #10 ranking with this track on the Billboard charts and it was the 37th highest-charting recording of the year. Trust me, there are better dance tunes than this.

RESULT : It’s no wonder that 4 out of 5 of these selections were marvels. Need I say more!

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(Some background information on the music featured in this article, courtesy of www.wikipedia.org)