"It's Raining Men"... and other 'what were they thinking...' songs

[salin]

Who came up with this ridiculous song... yikes. What other songs make you just scratch your head and say... "WHY?"

[sundog]

1. That song is a gay anthem...

I'm sure if you were in a leather bar at 2am & they played that song, you'd KNOW why it was created...

[salin]

3. lol... okay I see it now

*dating self* I was a high schooler at the tail end of the disco era and danced around with no thought to the silliness of some of the songs... only to hear them later and wonder... Now I know!

[Syrinx]

2. I think Paul Shaffer wrote that

Letterman's sidekick.

[unblock]

11. gerri halliway wrote it

[Syrinx]

15. nope

Shaffer and someone named Paul Jabarra.

http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/band.php?musician_id=12

[flamingyouth]

4. I know. I mean, I love men

But the thought of them falling out of the sky in a torrential downpour scares me.:scared:

[sundog]

5. lol

:)

[laura888]

6. It's a GREAT song.

OK - so you may not take it literally. Maybe it just means there's a whole lot of men all of a sudden.

But even if you DO take it literally - so what?

It's a celebration.

[coloradodem2005]

7. Well...

...I was watching Saturday Night Live tonight and they had N.E.R.D. on their. That song sucked.

Any of these teen pop songe are what were they thinking songs.

[richmwill]

8. That's a good song

and I say that as a full hetro male. When I hear it in the car, I ALWAYS sing along.

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[moof]

9. good song decent to dance to, give it a 88

[OneBlueSky]

12. Paul Shaefer once commented that he wrote that song for . . .

"a specialized audience" . . . meaning, I'm sure, gay men in the dance clubs that were so popular in those days . . .

[Syrinx]

16. I think people think I'm joking that Shaffer wrote it

But it's true. Well, he co-wrote it.

[dorktv]

13. I am surprised that did not make the 50 most awesomely bad songs list.

[wtmusic]

14. No doubt inspired by Magritte

"Golconda", 1953