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1. M. Kranz says:

   11/03/2010 at 10:23 pm

   Well, that good old question about “The most boring song”, popping
   up now and then in discussion forums – and usually only serves
   to reveal the very limited musical tastes of many listeners. But the
   problem with Richman’s “Roadrunner” is, in my opinion, not that it’s an exceptionally
   bad or boring song but rather that J. Richman was such an awful musician.
   Compare the song’s version recorded by Greg Kihn

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSogGDsoxbw

   who, of course was a much smoother musician than poor J. Richman
   and, by the way, one of my favorites in the late seventies. And so here’s
   another piece of this writer’s collection of songs no-one’s really
   interested in

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPA2CYIGSGk

   But back to boring songs: It depends simply on your taste whether
   you find songs like this one

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bxv_HLwT7U

   annoying or hilarious. – In Germany there have been some attempts to write a “song about nothing” and one of the most convincing, in my opinion, is this one by “Erdmöbel”

   http://vimeo.com/758303
   http://lyrics.wikia.com/Erdm%C3%B6bel:Lied_%C3%9Cber_Gar_Nichts

   But what’s all that compared to this sixties classic:

   http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1132478/The-Rainbows-Balla-Balla-Lyrics
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjrJH-WOqoc
   1. Ralf Zeigermann says:

      12/03/2010 at 4:48 pm

      The Richman version with the Modern Lovers (produced by John Cale) isn’t bad either. But Richman as a solo musician is a disaster.

      “Balla Balla” is a classic!