The love song that inspired a writer's hate
Throughout pop music history, people have been writing songs about crushes, says writer Amanda Nazario. It's almost a genre in itself. But the songs are often, ahem, eye-rolling, not to mention groan-inducing.
One tune inspired particular vitriol from Nazario.
"And there she was, in platform double suede/There she was, like disco lemonade," a line in the Marcy Playground song "Sex and Candy," led her to write testily: "It is an easily hateable lyric in a terrible song about having a crush."
Bad songs, like bad movies (see: The Razzies), seem to have attracted an anti-fan club of their own.
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Nazario joins The Daily Circuit to dissect such songs in all their awfulness.
13 SONGS ABOUT CRUSHES
1. "Sex and Candy," Marcy Playground
2. "Bonie Maronie," Bobby Comstock & The Counts
3. "Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand," the Who
4. "Baby Got Back," Sir Mix-A-Lot
5. "36-24-36," the Shadows
6. "6'1,"" Liz Phair
7. "Shoop," Salt-N-Pepa
8. "One More Hour," Sleater-Kinney
9. "Whole Lotta Rosie," Pat Travers
10. "Boy From New York City," the Manhattan Transfer
11. "Supernova," Liz Phair
12. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," the Beatles
13. "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?," Buzzcocks
Source: theweeklings.com