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  • The bottom 20 all-time worst songs

    The bottom 20 all-time worst songs

    The original cover for Rick Dees' Disco Duck
    The original cover for Rick Dees’ Disco Duck

    I know this is going to be hotly disputed because there are just so many bad songs out there. But I had to make a stab at it anyway. Many of mine are bad because I just hate really sappy songs. Still, I eagerly await your corrections and additions.

    Ok, folks, starting at the bottom, here they are:

    20. You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond
    19. Horse With No Name, America
    18. Heartlight, Neil Diamond
    17. Ebony and Ivory, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
    16. Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Wang Chung
    15. Do the Conga, Gloria Estefan
    14. Muskrat Love, Captain and Tenille
    13. The Final Countdown, Europe
    12. I Think We’re Alone Now, Tiffany
    11. Having My Baby, Paul Anka
    10. Feelings, Morris Albert
    9. Maneater, Hall and Oates
    8. Butterfly Kisses, Bob Carlisle
    7. From a Distance, Bette Midler
    6. Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus
    5. It’s Hard to be Humble, Mac Davis
    4. Disco Duck, Rick Dees
    3. Ring My Bell, Anita Ward
    2. My Humps, Black Eyed Peas

    And, hard to believe that the Beatles win the top spot, but here it is, worst song ever:

    1. Rocky Raccoon, Beatles

    Okay, give me your worst songs!

  • The Legend of Starry Gazey Pie

    The Legend of Starry Gazey Pie

    My last playlist includes three tunes off of The Bees’s album, Starry Gazey Pie. Out of curiosity, I image-googled the album title and found this little legend, along with a picture of these unusual Christmas lights (in the shape of, you guessed it, Starry Gazey Pie) in the English town of Cornwall.

    Legend has it that residents of a small town in southwest England were starving because the unusually stormy winter had prevented the fishermen from plying their trade. Two nights before Christmas Tom Bamcock, a local fisherman, braved the storm and through a miracle caught seven different kinds of fish and brought them back to the village. Bamcock became a local hero, and every year he is honored on the 23rd of December, when Starry Gazey Pie — made with seven kinds of fish — is cooked and brought out at midnight for everyone to share.

    A little Inn in Cornwall called The Mousehole puts up starry gazey pie Christmas lights and makes and serves the dish.