Rick Dees — “Disco Duck” (1978)
Although people love to sensationalize the 1970’s, there are a couple of things that are best kept hidden in the depths of the decade. Rick Dees’ “Disco Duck” is one of those things, mostly because of the fact that the song has a duck quacking it’s way through the melody. This might be alluring in the form of a 5 second TikTok, but we can’t see how a couple of minutes of it leaves anybody better off in the long run.
Rick Dees
Nickelback — “Photograph” (2005)
Even though a lot of people will want to avoid it, it’s next to impossible to ignore the nostalgic musings of this song. “Photograph” gave Nickelback one of their last monster hits, and showed the world that there was always more room for a bit of Chad Krueger love on the radio. Critics were quick to call it a parody of a real song, mostly because the first-person narrative is about as cheesy as it gets. We can tolerate it, once or twice a year.
Nickelback
