Worst song ever?

[Bossy Monkey]

Still "I've Never Been to Me" according to me. And you?

This is a test of the Lounge Negativism Network. I'm posting 'Best Song Ever?' simultaneously; we'll see which one gets the most replies/views.

[WCGreen]

1. Billy Don't Be A Hero.....

[hfojvt]

59. which version - Paperlace or Bo Donaldson

We used to love that song. We were singing it outloud in Glacier National Park hoping to scare away bears by making alot of noise. I guess a Dolphin costume would do the same thing.

[Twillig]

98. My music teacher in elementary school

played that for us, that and "One Tin Soldier" maybe we sang along or whatnot, I forget.

This was in '73/74. Bless her intentions, but I was more interested in The Sweet and "Ballroom Blitz" Which she didn't let me play on another occasion when we shared our musical tastes. LOL!

[merh]

100. yes, that one is suxy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgFMV7Zdzno

:evilgrin:

[querelle]

2. The Safety Dance

Men Without Hats.............Awww fuck. Now I have a deadly earworm. Excuse me while I go drive an ice pick through my ear drums.

Q

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Hey, the Safety Dance is brilliant!

We can dance if we want to. We can leave your friends behind, 'cause your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance, well, they're no friends of mine.

[querelle]

11. I Sincerely Hope.........

That you are kidding. BTW.......still can't get that fucking tune out of my head! Help! Anyone?

Q

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. The reason it's brilliant is that it creates the most tenacious earworm.

You'll be stuck with it for days.

[skygazer]

3. Having My Baby

Hits a 10 on the suck-o-meter every time.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. No, it hits an eleven.

:puke:

[RebelOne]

47. That one gets my vote. That song always nauseated me. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

105. Arghhhhhhhhh.....

:argh:

[Archae]

4. "Rocking Me Baby" by Steve Miller Band

Stupid lyrics, lousy music.

[begin_within]

5. "Feelings" by Morris Albert

[hippywife]

6. That's a tough one but

the first one that came to mind was Achy Breaky Heart. :eyes:

[ghostsofgiants]

7. "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas rates pretty close to the worst.

[B3Nut]

61. That came on the jukebox after the gig Saturday night...

I commented on its stupidity to our bass player (a well-traveled veteran musician who has been doing the band thing for decades). He dryly quipped, "I quit. If that's what it takes to make it in the music business, I'm done." We had a good chuckle over that.

Every time I think modern pop has gotten as stupid as it possibly can get, someone invariably lowers the bar. It's insane...

Todd in Beerbratistan

[Gatchaman]

8. Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits

[bmbmd]

14. Gaaak! You're killing me-

That's one of my favorites, and some of my favorite guitar music.

[hfojvt]

60. I just hate them for dissing trumpets

:wtf:

[B3Nut]

63. They weren't dissing trumpets

It's an illumination of the POV of the drunk lads in the back of the bar "dressed in their brown baggies and their platform soles". "They don't give a damn about any trumpet-playing band / It ain't what they call Rock and Roll"

The song is sympathetic to the plight of an old-school jazz band trying to eke out a living in a world that oftener than not ignores that genre.

You might want to listen more closely to the song. It's actually a fantastic tune, and Knopfler's Stratocaster work on the solo is brilliant.

Todd in Beerbratistan

[hfojvt]

66. the lyrics are hard to understand

but the trumpet line stands out. So I always thought it was the Sultans who did not give a tanj about trumpet playing bands. I must've been blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche or something. Please excuse me, while I kiss this guy. Jazz :scared: :puke: I wanna rock and roll all night and part of every day.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. You must be joking.

:wow:

[SKKY]

79. Well, if I'm ever looking for crack in the Lounge, I know where to go...

...because what you're smoking must be real, real good.

[Burma Jones]

10. Seasons in the Sun....n/t

[QMPMom]

13. I'm Not Lisa

by Jessie Colter.

Absolutely hideous.

[bmbmd]

15. Here's VH1's take on the "Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever"...

50. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
49. Puff Dady - I'll Be Missing You
48. Michael Bolton - Can I Touch You There
47. Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston - We Have Something in Common
46. Spin Doctors - Two Princes
45. Ruben Studdard - Sorry 2004
44. Billy Joel - We Didn't Stop the Fire
43. Master P - Make 'em Say UH
42. Rednex - Cotton Eyed Joe
41. JC Chasez - Ode to Lesbianism
40. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up
39. Snow - Informer
38. Ja Rule - Mezmorize
37. Bette Middler - From a Distance
36. Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
35. Don Johnson - Heartbeat
34. Crazytown - Butterfly
33. Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the Block
32. Mr Mister - Broken Wings
31. R. Kelley - You Remind Me of Something
30. Nelly - Pimp Juice
29. Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
28. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
27. WrexN Efects - Zoom Zoom, Boom Boom
26. Bryan Adams - The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You
25. Micheal Jackson - You Rock my World
24. Phil Collins - Sussudio
23. Sisqo - Thong Song
22. Lionel Ritchie - Dancing on the Ceiling
21. The Rembrandts - I'll Be There for You
20. Toby Keith - Courtesy of the Red White and Blue
19. Chicago - You're the Inspiration
18. Hammer - Pumps and a Bump
17. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
16. Europe - The Final Countdown
15. Crash Test Dummy - MMMMM MMMMM MMMMM
14. Will Smith - Will2k
13. Aqua - Barbie Girl
12. New Kids on the Block - Hangin Tough
11. Gerardo - Rico Suave
10. Huey Lewis & the News - The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll
09. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
08. Ricky Martin - She Bangs
07. Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
06. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
05. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
04. Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
03. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
02. Billy Ray Cirrus - Achey Breaky Heart
01. Starship - We Built This City

[bluedogyellowdog]

30. Most of those are in the fair to mediocre category

at best, but hardly a list of the worst songs ever. But then, if VH1 had picked what are generally agreed as the worst songs ever it would have been too obvious. Methinks they made this list with establishing hip credentials in mind. I mean come on, "Broken Wings"? "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"? Seems like it's trendy right now to dis some of the more typical 80s pop groups like Wang Chung and Mr. Mister. :eyes:

But I agree with a few. I absolutely LOATHE "Hangin' Tough" and "Don't Worry, Be Happy".

[nickinSTL]

94. I'm with you on "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

I HATE that song. :mad: :puke:

[hfojvt]

64. Why is there no Garth Brooks on that list?

"The Dance" should be on there. Especially since people are so clueless as to play it at wedding dances.

[arenean]

85. Nooooooo!

Some of that list is great!
As I'm an AOR/Melodic Rock fan, I have to say I like Don Johnson's "Heartbeat", Mr Mister, Bryan Adams, Chicago, Europe, Huey Lewis, Starship (not that one particularly), and although he went down the pan in the 90's, Michael Bolton's 1985 album, "Everybody's Crazy" is an AOR masterpiece! (although the song mentioned isn't on that album)

[smitty]

16. "My Sugar Walls" by Sheena Easton

On the one to ten awfulness meter they had to add an eleven for this dog to register.

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/related/sheenaprivate.html

[B3Nut]

65. "Credited to Alexander Nevermind"

Yet another Prince pseudonym surfaces...I could tell when it came out Prince wrote it. It's got his signatures all over it (not to mention his penchant for bad spelling.) All that aside, Prince is a normally good writer and a hell of a guitar player...

Todd in Beerbratistan

[tinfoil tiaras]

17. That "About Us" song by Brooke Hogan

or "Hate Me" by Blue October.

worst. freaking. songs. ever.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

23. Oooh, I hate both of those.

:puke:

[femmocrat]

18. "Proud to be an American" from the first Gulf War era.

I don't know if that is the actual name, but that song makes me want to choke someone... especially the "Stand Up" part!

[Left Is Write]

19. It's called God Bless The U.S.A.

It was actually a hit in the mid-80s, but had a resurgence of popularity after the first Gulf War and again after Sept 11, 2001.

I was a country radio DJ and music director in the early to mid 90s, and we got way too many requests for that song.

[femmocrat]

21. You have my deepest sympathy.....

how did you ever survive those years?

[Left Is Write]

44. I don't know.

I liked a whole lot of what I played, and as music director I had the most input as to the playclock, but let me tell you: I'd be happy if "God Bless The USA" and "Fishin' In The Dark" were both dropped off the face of the earth.

[patrick t. cakes]

20. yes, lee greenwood, horrible....

its gotta be tied with
"we built this city on roOck and rooOoOll.."


starship, groovy man.

[jakefrep]

41. IMHO, that song retired the trophy.....

Plus I believe Lee Greenwood is a terrorist. The only time that God-awful hack makes any money is when bad things happen to the US and A.

[TheBaldyMan]

24. Anything from 'Murder on the High Cs' by Florence Foster Jenkins. n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

25. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

*Sh-sh-sh-shudder*

[merh]

96. Have you seen/heard this?

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



Sorry, couldn't resist! ::evilgrin:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

102. Agoh-KNEEEE!!

:rofl:

Hiya merh!! :hug:

[merh]

103. ROFL

I'm so glad it wasn't missed - youtube is such a wonderful resource! :rofl:

How are you SalmonChantedEvening? It is so good to see you. :hug:

For you and just for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuZHDDZit6c

:hi: :pals: :hug:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

104. All is calm!! Remain well!!

Err I mean I'm doing ok ;) Relaxing after a weird day in work by rasslin with the dawg and DU'in.

And you ?

:hug: :bounce: :pals:

[Catshrink]

26. Remember "Honey"?

Ugh.

[bluedogyellowdog]

28. Unfortunately, yes

ick

[bluedogyellowdog]

27. "Baby Baby" by Amy Grant

if there were ever a case for banning music, this is it.

[SKKY]

80. Awwww. I kinda like Amy Grant. That's not really that bad a song is it??

[LeftyMom]

29. "We built this city" by Starship

:puke:

[Guava Jelly]

32. I got to agree with you Leftymom

that song sucked monkey nuts

[philosophie_en_rose]

40. You Win!

I can't believe they built that crap on rock and roll.

[Cannikin]

31. Mmmmm Bop

[Arugula Latte]

33. I've gotta agree with you on "I've Never Been to Me."

That was the first one that popped into my head.

[Silver Swan]

34. I am showing my age here

But the worst song ever, IMO, was "Hey Paula," circa 1963.

[Left Is Write]

45. Hey, hey, Paula...I want to marry you...

Hey, hey, Paul....I want to marry you too...


:P

I actually have a friend named Paula who married a man named Paul.

[XemaSab]

36. My Humps

nt

[slj0101]

39. I HATE that song.

:thumbsup:

[u4ic]

37. You're Having My Baby

or perhaps Muskrat Love...:scared:

[Glorfindel]

38. Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band

worst.lyrics.ever

Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run
This is a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue
Two young lovers with nothing better to do
Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube
And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose

They headed down to, oh, old El Paso
That's where they ran into a great big hassle
Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle
Bobbie Sue took the money and run

Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run

Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his living off of the people's taxes

Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away
Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day
They got the money, hey
You know they got away
They headed down south and they're still running today
Singing go on take the money and run

Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run
Go on take the money and run

[Phillycat]

68. I love that song!

*clap clap clap clap clap* :D

[Skittles]

42. Afternoon Delight

and thanks for putting it in my mind :o

[bmbmd]

89. Two songs that always, repeat always

work for me-"Afternoon Delight" and "Right Time of the Night". We were dating/newlyweds about that time, and those tunes just put us in the mood.

[Floogeldy]

43. Die in hell along with your evil sociological experiments!

;)

[av8rdave]

46. Who can forget "Kung Fu Fighting?"

[Guitarman]

74. I loved that song.

It was great when you were a preteen just coming out of your first Bruce Lee movie.
:)

[Left Is Write]

48. "What I Am" by Edie Brickell

Of all the songs I hate and don't want to listen to, that one tops the list, head and shoulders above the rest in the Kingdom of Worst, and has the dubious honor of being the only song in existence that I absolutely can't tolerate listening to for even one horrible note.

Other awful songs:

Freebird
Close My Eyes Forever (Ozzy Osbourne & Lita Ford)
Honey (please don't hit me, MrsG!)

[ProfessorGAC]

50. My Wife Hates That Too

I'm pretty much "M'eh" over it, but my wife hates that song. And i can live with putting your other three on my Worst 20 list.
The Professor

[bif]

49. "Horse With No Name"

[AllegroRondo]

55. The song with only two notes. Agggh.

[arenean]

86. But....

....it does mean it's easy to play on guitar though!

[cautiouslywaiting]

51. Who let the dogs out?

That song just annoyed me. And it was played constantly.

[raccoon]

52. Macarthur Park.

And "I've Never Been to Me" is pretty bad too.

[av8rdave]

54. MacAurthur Park would be right up there, although...

Maynard Ferguson did a great instrumental of it back in the 70s

[Trigger Hippie]

53. My Ding a Ling

by Chuck Berry.

[Tyler Durden]

56. Anything Sung by Celine Dion.

Although I've heard some Andrew Lloyd Weber dreck that was a good "10" on the Lame-o-Meter.

[flvegan]

57. "Hangin' Tough" by NKOTB (New Kids...) or anything with the word "Crunk" in it

[deutsey]

58. "Never been to me" ranks at the top of my list too

[DrDan]

62. "Feelings"

hands down - worst ever

[Phillycat]

67. Margaritaville, Miss American Pie, and China Doll

Buffett, McClean, and Bowie. :puke:

[Giant Robot]

69. What??!!

No one has mentioned John Ashcroft's masterpiece yet? For shame!

[swag]

70. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' by Journey

Though anything off of this record would be a strong candidate.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

95. Journey's not the Beatles, but they're hardly the worst ever.

:P

[swag]

101. As has been noted elsewhere many times, you and I have different tastes in music.

For starters, you can stand to listen to Steely Dan.

[PVnRT]

71. Anything by Jimmy Buffet

Buffet sucks worse than Pink Floyd.

[Throd]

72. "Playground In My Mind" by some royal douchebag

How much candy can you buy with a lousy nickel anyway?

[AlCzervik]

73. a month ago i would have "My humps" until i heard "Fergalicious"

[philosophie_en_rose]

93. Fergalicious is a masterpiece

compared to "London Bridge"


:puke:

[HughBeaumont]

75. AND IIIIIIIIIIIII-Y-IIIIIIII . .WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUU

Whitney Houston.

14 WEEKS this bathtub shitter of a song sat atop the charts, air-raiding and stomping the pulp out of every ostentatious syllable. Whitney's last disgusting leap into diva-dom before she would forever be a cultural embarassment as Mrs. Bobby Brown. GOD that song is teh suck!!11!1

[Bossy Monkey]

78. Just the Whitney performance. The song, as originally done by Dolly, is rather nice

But Whitney's screamfest-- oh. my. god. I had to quit watching HBO for a year because of the neverending promos for The Bodyguard featuring guess which song in each and every promo.

[ScreamingMeemie]

76. ***You People Are So Wrong...

That is all. :cry:

[L A Woman]

77. I agree with all your selections...except for Afternoon Delight!

I love that one. It reminds me of my innocent youth!

[SKKY]

81. "Heartbeat" by Don "Miami Vice" Johnson...

...it doesn't just suck. It suckity suck sucks. Hands down the worst ever. It makes "Kung Fu Fighting" seem right up there
with "With or without you", "Imagine", and "Brick".

[fhqwhgads]

82. if i may be self-serving...

...my band is independently releasing an album with a song i wrote and sang that's actually called "worst song ever". there's an early mix of it available on our myspace site but i don't know what the etiquette is on advertising your own stuff like that so that's all i'll say.

hopefully my song isn't actually the worst song ever, although i suppose any publicity is good publicity.

:headbang:

[Bossy Monkey]

83. Advertise the living hell out of it

The etiquette is "don't spam the board" (ie, don't start 20 threads saying "I have a new song; go listen to it!") but if you just post about it and provide the link, nobody's going to complain. You may want to wait until some days after Election Day, however.:)

[fhqwhgads]

88. good to know, thank you! (nt)

[1gobluedem]

84. Horse With No Name

It makes me physically ill.

[smirkymonkey]

106. I have the same reaction to that song!

I actually start feeling nasueous when I hear it. I don't know what it is, but the feeling is somewhat like riding in the back seat of a car that is driving on a sharply winding road, it's rainy and humid and you just feel like you have to crack open the window or you're going to yack. :puke:

[arenean]

87. "The Laughing Gnome" by David Bowie

"'Ere, haven't you got no gnome to go to?"

[bmbmd]

90. I humbly confess

"You Light Up My Life" was sung at my wedding.

[annonymous]

91. I absolutely hate You Light Up My Life and Feelings

Thankfully you don't hear them much now because most DJ's hate them too. A more recent song that I despise is Big Yellow Taxi. I have no idea why this song is remade so often.

[philosophie_en_rose]

92. LET THE EEEEEEEEEEEEAGLES SOOOOOOOOOOAR!

Like they've never soared before!

:rofl:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKGGWFqnH8

[azmouse]

97. Muskrat Love - Captain and Tenille

Or anything by Led Zeppelin

[merh]

99. I couldn't agree with you more!!

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

:evilgrin:

[greblc]

107. Eye of the Tiger