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Yavin4

(35,459 posts) Wed Jul 26, 2017, 07:57 PM Jul 2017

Post a song that's terrible, but it contained a great performance

This is a terrible song, but Patty Smyth is terrific. She made a bad song listenable:

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Post a song that's terrible, but it contained a great performance (Original Post) Yavin4 Jul 2017 OP

Sorry, can't resist... Rollo Jul 2017 #1

Oh, no, did I get the rules backwards? Rollo Jul 2017 #2

I will say, however, that Meryl Streep gave an amazing performance with the worst possible material. Rollo Jul 2017 #5

Whitney Houston - Exhale LonePirate Jul 2017 #3

Tom Petty Runnin' Down A Dream lame54 Jul 2017 #4

Rollo

(2,559 posts)

1. Sorry, can't resist...

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Jul 26, 2017, 08:57 PM

Jul 2017

Rollo

(2,559 posts)

2. Oh, no, did I get the rules backwards?

Reply to Rollo (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 26, 2017, 08:58 PM

Jul 2017

So sorry about that.

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Rollo

(2,559 posts)

5. I will say, however, that Meryl Streep gave an amazing performance with the worst possible material.

Reply to Rollo (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 27, 2017, 02:51 PM

Jul 2017

Although it is difficult to listen to.

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LonePirate

(13,460 posts)

3. Whitney Houston - Exhale

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Jul 26, 2017, 09:32 PM

Jul 2017

She was a phenomenal singer and she sounds spectacular here. Unfortunately the song is awful.

lame54

(35,394 posts)

4. Tom Petty Runnin' Down A Dream

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Jul 26, 2017, 11:20 PM

Jul 2017

Monotonous and boring until the end guitar solo
Mike Campbell is great

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