Daily Dirt: The 1970s gave us some really bad songs, but ‘Feelings’ was worst

Daily Dirt for Friday, Jan. 19, 2024

The last we heard of Morris Albert, he was living in Italy, Apparently, Brazil didn’t want him either after “Feelings” … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 844 of The Daily Dirt.

1. We continue with our worst hit songs of the three decades that make up the greatest era of pop music — 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Today we offer the worst from the 1970s. Two of the following songs are truly, truly awful:

• 1. “Feelings,” by Morris Albert (1975): Morris Albert was/is a Brazilian singer. This song absolutely killed any thoughts he had for establishing a pop career in the U.S. We, as a nation, simply could not forgive him. “If you wonder why punk (rock) had to happen, listen to this song,” wrote on critic of this disastrous ballad. 
• 2. “Seasons In The Sun,” by Terry Jacks (1974): We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun … Barf.
• 3. “You Light Up My Life,” by Debby Boone: The backstory of this song is much better than the song itself, which lasts only 3:29, but seems like an hour and a half. Rolling Stone magazine reports: “The song was written by Joe Brooks, who was arrested in 2009 on charges that he lured 11 women to his apartment with the promise of a movie audition, and then sexually assaulted them. He committed suicide before the case went to trial. Around the same time this was all going down, his son Nicholas was arrested for murdering his girlfriend. The New York tabloids had a field day with the two cases. Knowing all that, it’s hard to listen to the song in quite the same way.”
• 4. “Disco Duck,” by Rick Dees (1975): Sure, it was cute the first couple of times we heard it. Then it wasn’t, but we just kept hearing it …
• 5. “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero,” by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods (1974): Not, it wasn’t about the Vietnam War, it was about the Civil War. Not surprisingly, we never heard from Bo Donaldson (or the Heywoods) ever again.

2. Earlier this week, we presented another edition of Chuck Norris “facts”. The response has been entertaining, to say the least. Here are some of the submissions:

• How many push-ups can Chuck Norris do? All of them.
• Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.
• Chuck Norris is allowed to smoke on an airplane, because he steps outside to do it.
• Chuck Norris abducts aliens.
• Death once had a near-Chuck Norris experience.
• Chuck Norris understands women.
• Chuck Norris can cut a knife with bread.
• When Chuck Norris wants to do a puzzle, he buys crumbs and puts them back together into bread.
• The universe is infinite, and at the end Chuck Norris waits.

3. We have a new leader in the Great Plate Debate of 2024, the third year when Daily Dirt workers and enthusiasts spend unknown hours combing West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri for the most creative license plates.

The current medal holders:

• Gold medal: DA LIFE. (Our second gold medalist of the new year — how long will it reign?)
• Silver medal: 2 FARR
• Bronze medal: NUFSED 9

The best of the rest from the past week:

• SHOP QCY
• MIXER
• SIR LAW
• MOMO 11
• MOMMM

Steve Thought O’ The Day
I can’t get “Feelings” out of my head. It’s going to be a long day …

Steve Eighinger writes daily for Muddy River News.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of love
Teardrops rolling down on my face
Trying to forget my feelings of love