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Summary: This was better than Prozac.
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone with a severe case of sadness. Dave Barry made an "unfortunate" comment about Neil Diamond in his newspaper column, and he got inundated by two types of letters: half of them criticized him for being so wrong about Mr. Diamond, half of them praised him for being so right. Barry then realized that music is a polarizing subject, about which people have very passionate ideas, so he decided to survey his readers on their musical pet peeves. The result is this terrific book. Keep it in mind for those friends with hideous musical taste!
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Summary: Incredibly Funny - One of Barry's Best!
Review: I loved this book! Like another reviewer, I'm younger than the generation that's probably his targeted audience, and as a result of that haven't heard most of the songs - but this book cracked me up nonetheless. I seriously could NOT stop laughing! Dave Barry is the funniest humor writer alive - well, apart from David Sedaris - and this, in my opinion, is one of his best books. You *have* to own it if you like Dave Barry even a bit! Absolutely hilarious!!
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Summary: Dave Barry is a funny, funny man
Review: I often could not stop laughing while reading this collection of bad songs from Dave Barry. All the usual suspects are in here...Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, 70s weenie music. His analysis of Captain and Tenille's "Do That to Me One More Time" was the best. It was a bit short and could have standed some more fleshing out, but was overall a good read.
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Summary: LOL - Laugh out loud funny!!!
Review: I was working, sitting behind the reference desk in a nice quiet public library when I picked this off the new-book cart. (Question: If you stifle your laughs with your hands over your mouth, do the laughs go out your ears?) I thought my head would explode! Not only are Dave Barry's comments about everything from "MacArthur Park" to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to his mom's Plymouth Valiant station wagon hysterically funny, if you can, as another reviewer noted, sing the songs as you read, it's even funnier! And I agree with the assessment of anything by Gary Puckett! Don't miss this one, if you've ever listened to oldies on the radio.
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Summary: A great book for first-time Dave Barry readers
Review: I'd never read a single Dave Barry book or column until I picked up this small, but ultimately powerful book. As a result, I'm a Dave Barry fan, and what's more, I now know that I am not the only person who thinks that "In the Year 2525" should be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Dave Barry didn't set out to write this book; it began as a column with reader participation for "Worst Songs." Dave's mailbag was flooded with replies, with people complaining about artists from many styles. Everyone from Neil Diamond to the Doobie Brothers gets it in this book... It's critical to know that if you truly want to appreciate this book, you must have been exposed not just to "light rock," but also to 50s teenage tragedy songs, classic rock station fodder (look out Iron Butterfly), and the triad of Anka-Diamond-Manilow. If you can actually SING part of the songs in the book, it'll add to the laugh factor by at least 150%. I couldn't agree more when Dave points out the utter silliness of the lyric: "Song she sang to me, Song she brang to me." (Thank you, Neil Diamond) I heard this playing while waiting for a table at a local restaurant, and people must've thought I'd hit my head because I broke out in hysterics when I heard it play over the speakers... Dave rips on everybody, so I don't recommend it if your loyalty to a group or singer is incredibly strong. Bear in mind that this isn't just Dave; it's leagues of hassled souls who will just go nuts if they even hear one note of "Muskrat Love." It's inexpensive, easy to carry, and hilarious. This book will make you want to try his other titles, and you won't be sorry when you do! Like another reviewer said, who needs an ab machine when you've got this book??
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Summary: Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs
Review: I've read this book at least five times, and I laugh
until I cry each time. This is the funniest book
I've ever read, even though even thinking of it makes
songs like "Young Girl" play over and over in my head for
hours.
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Summary: A rehash, but a nice way to pass the time.
Review: If you've read Dave's columns on the Bad Song Survey, this book may be a bit of a let-down, since it is largely a rehash of those columns. Nevertheless, there is enough new material here for you to pass an amusing time. A nice book for a long bus ride.
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Summary: A great expansion of a column
Review: It all started when Dave Barry gave his opinion on Barry Manilow's songs. Some people sent him hate mail, but others sent him letters saying, "YES, Mr. Barry, you are SO very right!" Which resulted in the Bad Songs Survey, which took up two weeks of columns. Which resulted in this book. Dave Barry goes over the weird lyrics, bad music, and horrible voices of the worst songs in the history of the world, including "Yummy Yummy Yummy", "Timothy", "Honey", "Teen Angel", and a billion others! It's a short book, but there's never a dull spot in it, including Dave's own song, "Oh, Loretta/why did I let ya/stand so close to/the threshing machine..." The book has almost identical passages to the columns, if you've read them. But what the heck... though I tried hard to be... guess you could say she saw through me... and hugged my neck.
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Summary: A great expansion of a column
Review: It all started when Dave Barry gave his opinion on Barry Manilow's songs. Some people sent him hate mail, but others sent him letters saying, "YES, Mr. Barry, you are SO very right!" Which resulted in the Bad Songs Survey, which took up two weeks of columns. Which resulted in this book. Dave Barry goes over the weird lyrics, bad music, and horrible voices of the worst songs in the history of the world, including "Yummy Yummy Yummy", "Timothy", "Honey", "Teen Angel", and a billion others! It's a short book, but there's never a dull spot in it, including Dave's own song, "Oh, Loretta/why did I let ya/stand so close to/the threshing machine..." The book has almost identical passages to the columns, if you've read them. But what the heck... though I tried hard to be... guess you could say she saw through me... and hugged my neck.
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Summary: Such a simple idea, such a great, quick read!
Review: It amazes me how Dave Barry managed to take what was essentially a really easy way to crank out a couple of columns -- asking his readers what they thought the worst rock songs are -- and expanded that into an entire book. I suppose it's because (judging by some of the responses) Barry's readers are often as clever and witty as the man himself. This book, mostly Barry's observations about music but liberally peppered with comments from his readers, is simply a blast. Separated into sections like "Death Rock" and "Weenie Rock," he tackles just about everybody. Even when you find that he's making fun of a song you LIKE, you'll still chuckle and think, "Well, he's got a point..." Dave Barry fans have already made this a favorite -- folks who have an appreciation of pop music over the past few decades will like it as well.
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