Worst songs of all time, Part II -- CNN
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Sorry, as soon as I saw the pic accompanying the article it lost all cred with me.
The Archies, "Sugar, Sugar" is one of my all-time FAVORITE songs!
Besides, Betty and Veronica were just HOT!
The Archies, "Sugar, Sugar" is one of my all-time FAVORITE songs!
Besides, Betty and Veronica were just HOT!
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"American Pie"(the song, not the movie, for you young'uns) is a masterpiece. The list is ridicalikalikalis. IMO.
The list is obviously bogus.
I mean, they called "The Macarena" a song.
I always thought of it as the unfortunate side effect of too much alcohol consumption. But music? Never.
I mean, they called "The Macarena" a song.
I always thought of it as the unfortunate side effect of too much alcohol consumption. But music? Never.
Good article. I'd put Madonna's latest piece of tripe on top of that list, along with everything Britney Spears has ever done.
It's absolutely on target about 1974 being the worst year ever. Their dishonorable list is breathtaking, and they even left off "Radar Love" by Golden Earring. I remember that year with particular vividness, as I spent most of the summer doing student geological field work outside Park City, Utah, traveling in a van which could only get one radio station in the area clearly, a top-40 station that played these horrors over and over and over and over . . .
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Hey, that's an insult to all the honest tripe out there!
But, American Pie???? C'mon! One of the classics!
I'd add anything by Justin "I wanna be Michael Jackson" Timberlake, and Milli Vanilli before even glancing at Don McLean. No, wait, there's a million others I'd rather put on before even suggesting the notion of American Pie.
Maybe they got it confused with Madonna's mutant version of it a few years ago.
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This is obviously a kiddie list. Same people who think Mariah Carey sings the greatest love songs of all time.
No objections to "A Horse With No Name"? It's really not a bad tune.
I'd add Paul McCartney and Wings' "Jet". And "Let 'em In". Pain, pain, pain.
Oh. And everything by Bon Jovi and Def Leppard. (Are they really different bands?)
No objections to "A Horse With No Name"? It's really not a bad tune.
I'd add Paul McCartney and Wings' "Jet". And "Let 'em In". Pain, pain, pain.
Oh. And everything by Bon Jovi and Def Leppard. (Are they really different bands?)
The current song I hate the most is My Humps by the Black Eyed Peas. I want to throw the radio out the window ever time I heard that thing.
Muskrat Love by Captain and Tennille would make my list of all-time hated songs.
Muskrat Love by Captain and Tennille would make my list of all-time hated songs.
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The worst, and the young'uns may not recognize it, but the fellow old farts will, was SATURDAY NIGHT by the Bay City Rollers.
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I was glad to see that awful "I've never been to me" song. It's like she's been all over the world, but she's bummed out because she's never had an orgasm. Geesh.
One I'd have to add is the Pina Colada song.
:::shudder:::
One I'd have to add is the Pina Colada song.
:::shudder:::
Another song I would add to the list of worst songs is "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Go go?
Wake me up before you go go,
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo.
The singer was a yo-yo.
American Pie is a good song. This list also put "We Built This City" on their worst list. That's also and awesome song!
Wake me up before you go go,
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo.
The singer was a yo-yo.
American Pie is a good song. This list also put "We Built This City" on their worst list. That's also and awesome song!
I'm too late to vote. I would have said "The Name Game" (remember? Lincoln, Lincoln, bo binkin, banana-bana bo binkin, Lincoln) and "Spirit in the Sky." These are old. I don't know the more recent songs.
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I respectfully disagree. I back the inclusion of this song on that list. The same people (more or less) who brought us "Somebody to Love", "Volunteers" and "White Rabbit"? What happened?Puddle Jumper said:
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Reeeeeal bad, fer sher. And these guys were touted as "The New Beatles". Wonder what they're doing now, aged about 50?
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One of the cool songs from my youth. The only lyrics I know are "We built this city on rock and roll."poetinahat said:
It is interesting though how songs we liked as a kid, when we get older and read the lyrics we're like - how in the world could I have liked that?
When I was a kid I remember seeing the music video "Pop Goes the World" on MTV. I absolutely loved it. A couple years ago I think I looked up the lyrics and was like - what the heck?
It seems like a lot of rock and roll songs are lacking in creative lyrics.
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I can't believe "Joy to the World" wasn't listed.
Or "Delta Dawn"
Or that stupid "Ruby Red Dress" song.
Or "Delta Dawn"
Or that stupid "Ruby Red Dress" song.
What a fine example of a mindless formulaic teeny-bopper pop tune.LightShadow said:
Wish I'd written it.
"We built ..." was voted worst song by a few worthy organizations a few years back. For those who grew into liking the hippy dippy stuff that emerged from the psychedelic 1960s and early 1970s, when Jefferson Starstruck made this one, it was viable proof that the "sell out" existed and that Grace Slick not only was crazy, she was a stunt double for the Runaway Bride's eyes (i.e., crazy).
The Cutting Crew did "I just died in your arms tonight" which is in my top 10 worst. There's also "Neutron Dance" by the Pointer Sisters, which sounds like something that's done after the neutron bomb exterminates your music collection (the Pointer Sisters' best song, "Fire," was written by Bruce Springsteen; and he performs it better).
The German band Accept had "Balls to the Wall" which may have been the paramour to luring other metal bands down a road of awfulness. However, that particular room shaker also makes my top 10 (though it's still got a great driving beat). Also in the metal category, Winger's "17" is enough to gross me out as a father (considering Kip Winger was almost 40 when he made the single; PS, he's 5'2" tall). Also, almost anything by Slaughter makes the metal worst list.
Finally, just random notes hitting me as a I type: "Promise" by When in Rome; Fleetwood Mac's "I want to be with you everywhere" (a truly "jumped the shark" tune if there ever was one); and David Lee Roth's "Livin' in Paradise")
The Cutting Crew did "I just died in your arms tonight" which is in my top 10 worst. There's also "Neutron Dance" by the Pointer Sisters, which sounds like something that's done after the neutron bomb exterminates your music collection (the Pointer Sisters' best song, "Fire," was written by Bruce Springsteen; and he performs it better).
The German band Accept had "Balls to the Wall" which may have been the paramour to luring other metal bands down a road of awfulness. However, that particular room shaker also makes my top 10 (though it's still got a great driving beat). Also in the metal category, Winger's "17" is enough to gross me out as a father (considering Kip Winger was almost 40 when he made the single; PS, he's 5'2" tall). Also, almost anything by Slaughter makes the metal worst list.
Finally, just random notes hitting me as a I type: "Promise" by When in Rome; Fleetwood Mac's "I want to be with you everywhere" (a truly "jumped the shark" tune if there ever was one); and David Lee Roth's "Livin' in Paradise")
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