Of course, it is now time for Honey 12

[MikeB]

Exe's are compressed via UPX , so total download for 5 engines is only 62MB. The engines will run in their compressed format with little loss of speed.

More details and exe's here.
https://github.com/MichaelB7/Stockfish/releases/tag/v12

Will be adding more exe's over the next couple of days for a variety of CPUs and OS's.

[Dann Corbit]

It's about time!

[MikeB]

It's about time!

well done!
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See the tree how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted, it was just a twig

And then the first snow came
And she ran out to brush the snow away so it wouldn't die
Came running in all excited
Slipped and almost hurt herself, I laughed till I cried

She was always young at heart
Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago

And it would sure embarrass her
When I came home from working late 'cause I would know
That she'd been there a crying
Over some sad and silly late, late show

And Honey, I miss you
And I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could

She wrecked the car and she was sad
So afraid that I'd be mad but what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me and hugged my neck

I came home unexpectedly
Found her crying needlessly in the middle of the day
And it was in the early spring
When flowers bloom and Robins sing, she went away

And Honey, I miss you
And I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could

Yes, one day while I was not at home
While she was there and all alone the angels came
Now all I have is memories
Of Honey and I wake up nights and call her name

And now my life's an empty stage
Where Honey lived and Honey played and love grew up
A small cloud passes overhead
And cries down on the flower bed that Honey loved

Yes, see the tree how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted, it was just a twig

And Honey, I miss you
And I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could

[MOBMAT]

It's about time!

Oh God, Dann!

One of top ten worst songs of all time!

[Dann Corbit]

It's about time!

Oh God, Dann!

One of top ten worst songs of all time!

I'm totally a sap for stuff like that.

I even liked:

And I am not kidding.

[MikeB]

It's about time!

Oh God, Dann!

One of top ten worst songs of all time!

"Honey" was released as a single in the U.S. in 1968 and spent five weeks at No. 1 the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (the 200th song to reach No. 1 on that chart), from April 7 to May 11, and three weeks atop Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. It was preceded on the Billboard Hot 100 by "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding and was followed by Archie Bell & the Drells' "Tighten Up". It was Goldsboro's only No. 1 hit on the Pop Singles and Country Singles charts and it was his first song to top the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song for 1968.

An early version of "Honey" had been recorded by South African singer Peter Lotis in 1962.[4] It was released as a single in 1968, becoming a Top 10 South African hit.

"Honey" was immediately and immensely popular. It sold a million copies in its first three weeks, the fastest-selling record in the history of United Artists.It was certified gold on April 4, 1968. It was the best-selling record worldwide for 1968, more popular even than "Hey Jude". It was a crossover hit, topping both the pop and country singles charts, one of only three songs to do so in the 1960s. The recording was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1968: Record of the Year and Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male The song was awarded Song of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Association.

In a 2011 poll Rolling Stone readers ranked "Honey" the second-worst song of the 1960s.

Begs the question , which song was the worse???

Beating out "Hey Jude" did surprise me ....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_(Bo ... boro_song)

[Dann Corbit]

Beating out "Hey Jude" did surprise me ....

At the risk of taking a CTF-ish turn (if we haven't already) ...
I like to whistle when shopping in stores without piped in music.
I whistle a broad variety of songs, and some of the employees and regulars sometimes ask me to whistle certain songs.
By far, the most requested was "Hey, Jude."
Strangely, perhaps, the second most requested was "Baby Elephant Walk" but that is probably because one of the workers really liked that song and requested it every time he saw me.
Also quite popular are various early Beatle songs, Simon and Garfunkle songs, and a couple of Patsy Cline songs.
One of the workers there can tell me the name of any song I whistle, even broadway songs. He even recognized "Music Box Dancer"

[MOBMAT]

A few years ago I put together a flash drive of the most sappy, obnoxious songs as a gag gift for a friend of mine's birthday.
I can't recall them all, but most were from the early 70's and a lot of them were Vietnam anti-war songs.
ah, found the list!!! here are some of them in no particular order.

1. the aforementioned "Honey"
2. Billy, don't be a hero
3. One tin solder
4. ebony and ivory
5. (You're) Having My Baby
6. MacArthur park
7. Big Yellow Taxi
8. you light up my life
9. loving you (worse than finger nails on a chalkboard)
10. feelings
11. Seasons in the sun
12. muskrat love
13. afternoon delight
14. disco duck
15. ANYTHING by abba or bread
16. My Baby Loves Love
17. close to you
18. Which Way You Goin’, Billy
19. Ma Belle Amie

you get the point, but I did my list before i found this guy's.

https://www.furious.com/perfect/badsongs.html

[MOBMAT]

But if you want to play the "Honey" game...my vote is for

A taste of honey. The Beatles did it, but i remember it from Herb Albert since I played horn and use to play along with the record.

From WIki...

"A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was originally an instrumental track (or recurring theme) written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey (which was also made into the film of the same name in 1961). Both the original and a later recording by Herb Alpert in 1965 earned the song four Grammy Awards. A vocal version of the song -- first recorded by Billy Dee Williams (and released in 1961 on the Prestige label), and then recorded very successfully by Lenny Welch in the summer of 1962 -- was also recorded by the Beatles for their first album in 1963. Barbra Streisand performed the song as part of her cabaret act during 1962, and recorded it in January 1963 for her debut album The Barbra Streisand Album on Columbia, which won a Grammy for Album of the Year (1963).

[mephisto]

The Rolling Stone worst song of all time was.
Ohio Express- 'Yummy Yummy Yummy'.
Unfortunately never heard of the band or song.