The WORST song EVER released - - I nominate "Muskrat Love".

[flying_monkeys]

Do you have a nomination for something even MORE awful than that?


Make your nominations below.....



Maybe we can have an Official DU WORST SONG EVER winner....

[Tess49]

1. Actually, I kind of liked Muskrat love -- as performed by

Willis Alan Ramsey.

[dweller]

4. all music by Willis Alan

gets my nod. He's right fine.

if the OP had heard the original, he'd find another post.
dp

[Tess49]

21. I agree. Not everyone knows Willis Alan's music. I still have

one of his albums with this very song on it. Too bad I no longer have a working turntable, speakers, etc.

[peacefreak]

56. the good news is it's available on CD.

Sweet, sweet disc. And I agree. The Captain & Tenielle should be shot for crimes against nature (and Willis Alan Ramsay).

[Tess49]

88. Hey, thanks for that tip. I hadn't even thought about a CD. n/t

[Bridget Burke]

177. And that album/CD is Willis Alan Ramsey's ONLY one, so far....

"Muskrat Candlelight" (original title) is definitely an amusing little throw-away tune in the context of Willis Alan Ramsey--released in 1972. Lots of fine tunes, done beautifully by WAR.

Then he had problems with his record company & lived in the British Isles for years. Doubtless, the royalties from Captain & Tennile underwrote his long vacation from the music scene. (Artists covere other tunes from the album, as well.)

WAR's back in the USA, touring a bit. Rumor has it there may be another album someday.

[benny05]

83. Telephone Man by Merry Wilson n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

170. Spoilsport!

I still sing this song loudly while cooking! Loves me some Telephone Man.

[6000eliot]

163. I've always liked America's version as well.

I used to perform it with my brother and sister on harmonies, so there's a sentimental thing going on, though.

[StatGirl]

2. Paul Anka's "You're Havin' My Baby"

Barf-o-rama. All I can think of when I hear that song is some poor teenager somewhere who has been raped and impregnated by her stepfather.

I kind of like "Muskrat Love". It's romantic and sweet. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. We should write an updated version of the lyrics...

"So you went and got pregnant...
I hope you don't expect me to support it.
Went and got pregnant...
You're only 14, but you'd better not abort it."

[Sparkly]

41. You beat me to it.

I HATE that song!!

[Phentex]

84. Yep, that's the one I always think of.

ick

[BlueJazz]

123. Amen on both counts.... :)

[valerief]

3. ANYTHING by Andrew Lloyd Webber! nt

[FredStembottom]

92. I bow to you in your wisdom-ness.........

I always call him the Thomas Kinkade of music!

[hsher]

285. "Anything" EXCEPT...

The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees. That's actually a kind of cool song. It sounds like Leonard Bernstein composed it instead of Webber. Give it a listen on Amazon and see what you think. Could it be plagiarism? It doesn't sound a lick like Andrew Lloyd Webber... let me know your opinion on this...

[Connonym]

5. The Night Chicago Died, ugh

Or Billy Don't be a Hero, or just about anything else that was played on AM radio in the 1970s.

[Perky]

62. The problem is that using your criteia you would have

to include "Bad bad, Leroy Brown" and "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night.

[Castilleja]

184. Oh, lol! Those two songs

just played, nearly one after the other, on my radio just now. Hahahaha
Yes, they are bad.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. It's a toss-up between 'Ballad of the Green Berets'

and this godawful crap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-z2D9lo9-8

[Buzz Clik]

9. The Right Brothers doesn't count because it's a special form of vomit.

[trogdor]

109. A playground taunt set to music.

Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah ...

[Mojambo]

7. Milkshake by Kelis n/t

[YDogg]

64. I love that song!

Fuh shizzle.

I have no taste, but I dig it.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Which version? Captain and Tennille, or America?

They both suck, but the the C&T version with the synthetic muscrat "giggle" sounds was enough to gag a maggot.

[frogbison]

10. Knock Three Times

or tie a Yellow Ribbon (round the old oak tree)

[Art_from_Ark]

297. I liked the MAD version of that song

About President Carter's brother, Billy

"Soon as I'm done with Congress, then
I will drive my pick-up truck to the UN
And tell them fancy furriners, "Don't mind that Andy Young!
'Cause I'm your new ambassador, and see what I have brung
(See what I have brung)"

Try a Pabst Blue Ribbon, you'll feel good, you'll see
Like a coon dog feels, scratchin' fer a flea!
Try a Pabst Blue Ribbon, after two or three
You'll suddenly find, you really don't
Our Mideast po-li-cy!
So try a Pabst Blue Ribbon and feel good (feel good) like me!

[Arger68]

11. I have two that I always post for these threads:

Achy Breaky Heart and God Bless the USA.

[MissMillie]

75. those 2 would be very high on my list of worst songs (n/t)

.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

129. seconded. n/t

[Left Is Write]

12. "What I Am" by Edie Brickell

[Zomby Woof]

17. Good call

My theory is that Paul Simon married her as a bribe to keep her from ever recording again.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

54. Definitely up (or down) there.

:puke:

[hsher]

126. I found everything about that girl so annoying

Then they cloned her and gave us Sheryl Crow, who to me sounds the same, looks kind of the same, and presents that same tired "whiney java-joint sophisticate" image to women in rock. Bring in Joan Jett and kick some azzzzzzzz.

[VOX]

316. This is a ***BAD*** earworm to catch! It's one of those cases where...

you really HATE the song, but you have to hum it anyway.

Ugh. :(

[Poiuyt]

13. Kung Fu Fighter - I heard about a guy that went into a bar and plugged the

jukebox with about $20 in quarters playing nothing but Kung Fu Fighter continuously.

[Perky]

63. rofl

Yeah but it is fun to dance to.. once in a blue moon

[Penndems]

14. "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone

Worst. Song. EVER. x(

[texanwitch]

23. I heard she singing about Jesus.

That is what I heard.

[Penndems]

29. That song was fine the first few times it was played, but after the

1,650,000th time, it was driving everybody nuts - including Jesus, no doubt.

Unbelievable that it was the Number One song on Casey Kasem's "American Top Forty" for 1977.

[rustydog]

79. the 1,650,000 time was on the second day the friggin' record came out

My GAWD, every other song on "KFFM in Yakima" was "You light up my fucking life" AAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH I HATE THAT SONG!

[Penndems]

98. ROFL!

It was exactly the same way on WPGC-FM, then the Number One Top Forty station in Washington, D.C. Every other song was "You Light Up My Life". After a week of hearing that crap, my friends and I were screaming at the radio, "For the love of God, get lit up already!"

I'm tellin' ya, Pat Boone must have done some serious palm-greasing to get DJs to play that awful tune in the first place. It just amazes me that folks actually bought that record.

That one, and "Endless Love". Another overhyped piece of dreck. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[hsher]

117. Radio stations played that thing to death

I still shudder remembering that. A horror from the Gen X childhood, resuscitated. :scared:

[ninkasi]

15. My vote is for

"Yummy,yummy, yummy, I've got love in my tummy...". Barf.

[chknltl]

16. Seasons In The Sun

Really...need I say more?

[valerief]

19. Excellent nomination. nt

[Zomby Woof]

18. My name is Michael

I found a nickel, shiny and new!

[martymar64]

78. That song was absolutely traumatizing

Much worse than Afternoon Delight!

[trogdor]

110. I likes me some afternoon delight.

You do know that song was about bonin' in broad daylight.

[underpants]

190. CLINT HOLMES!!!!

As seen in Vegas....everywhere

[jonnyblitz]

22. "who let the dogs out"by baha men. arrrrrrgh

my niece and nephew who were much littler at the time would play that song over and over and over and over...

yeah that is the first song that pops into my head for worst song at the moment. :puke:

[chknltl]

24. 2nd worst song ever released:

"I just checked in
To see what condition my condition was in"
(The title is in there somewheres, I wonder how many of you know the name of the famous person who sang that song?...hint: He knows how to play poker)

[Penndems]

26. It was Kenny Rogers and The First Edition

n/t

[Zomby Woof]

28. The song was partially redeemed

By its use in "The Big Lebowski". The surrealism of the scene helped the awfulness of the song seem somehow palatable.

[Penndems]

30. I didn't see the movie, but loved the song when it came out in '68

The next time "The Big Lebowski" shows up on cable, I'll have to catch it.

Thanks, Zomby! :hi:

[astral]

171. Hey, that was a GOOD song!

. . . I had it stuck in my head for years after I quit playin' the vinyl record which I bought when I was about 12. . .

[enlightenment]

25. Honey

by Bobby Goldsborough (sp?)

Total gag-fest.

[Penndems]

27. Excellent nomination

Sheesh, talk about morbid. That song couldn't get knocked out of the Top Forty soon enough, LOL!

[Catshrink]

74. That's at the top of my worst list

:puke:

[Art_from_Ark]

277. I think I know why "the angels came"

"You think that twig will ever become a TREE???? Get real, Honey!"

"What's the big deal about some 'sad and silly late late show'???? Stop the sobbing already!"

"Hey, you're kinda dumb, but kinda smart, too!"

"Hey, Honey, you tripped and almost hurt yourself! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!"

[chknltl]

31. Of course Ashcroft letting that Turkey Fly...

...has permanently damaged my love for music.

[Penndems]

32. "Let the E-E-E-agle Soar"

Bleech. x(

[redwitch]

104. You beat me to it!

But I don't think it was ever released, more like it escaped!

[donheld]

213. I'll bet even eagles hated that song

:puke:

[Withywindle]

33. "Condoleezza Will Lead Us"

Runner-Up: "Disco Duck."

[blondeatlast]

143. Please, please tell me you made the first one up. Please.

Otherwise, kill me now, thank you very much.

Link not necessary...

[struggle4progress]

34. Inna Gadda da Vida

[WritingIsMyReligion]

66. Oh no you DINNINT!

:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

144. Camper Van Beethoven RULES. You did not say that, I know.

Some other band did it? Gimme a break... :sarcasm:

[Phillycat]

196. What?

You are a communist.

[AussieDave]

35. "You're Beautiful" by faux-falsetto James Blunt

"Lady in Red" - Chris DeBurgh

"I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder (one of his very few mis-steps)

[hsher]

258. Blunt the Parakeet

I imagine a parakeet chirping that out everytime I hear it. Painful. Like a broken cuckoo clock.
:hurts:
"Yir BYOO-ta-fah-uhl...
Yir BYOO-ta-fah-uhl...
Yir BYOO-ta-fah-uhl, TOOO, me..."

I wouldn't talk to him on the bus either, if he chirruped at me like that.

[AussieDave]

36. Anything by Alanis Morrisette or Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Dem4truth]

37. One Bad Apple.

The Osmonds.

[hsher]

119. Ick. They used that in the Osmonds cartoon opening.

Remembered.

[Art_from_Ark]

219. Speaking of Osmonds,

"I'm a little bit country, and I'm a little bit rock-n-roll"

:puke:

[hsher]

261. I got an Osmonds memory for ya:

Remember Donny's superhero, El Prup? He wore an all purple spandex costume with silver piping, couldn't save a kitten from on top of a fire hydrant, and to summon him, all Donny had to do was say, like "Shazam", "Elllll... PRUP?" It had a question mark at the end. Marie used to kid him about it on the show. Now that I remember, gosh... the way she questioned and second-guessed him about El Prup on the show was exactly the way Jon Stewart does his senior correspondents on The Daily Show. Wow, that's weird.

[Art_from_Ark]

266. Wow-- El Prup-- I'd completely forgotten about that

But then again, when I watched that show, I was always focused on Marie :loveya:

[hsher]

269. I'll post an El Prup thread. Let's see if anyone remembers.

[Withywindle]

38. "I've Never Been to Me"

Top THAT.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. I HATE that one...

almost as much as "Torn Between Two Lovers," which was going to be my choice.

[Withywindle]

48. Loathsome, isn't it?

Cloying, squeaky, sappy, AND anti-feminist!

I think it's the little spoken-word bit at the end that really makes it. :evilgrin:

[LostinVA]

111. I love that song -- for it's goofiness factor

[Chiyo-chichi]

113. That gets my vote, too.

I was given an assignment in a grad school acting class. We had to choose the song we despise the most, learn the lyrics, and sing it as it we meant it. I did "I've never Been to Me."

It was tough.

[blondeatlast]

145. I'm surprised it took that long. I was quite the party girl back then

but that one cleared the dance floor. UGH.

[Omphaloskepsis]

40. Artist: LFO ---- Song: Summer Girls

http://www.lyricsdomain.com/12/lfo/summer_girls.html

New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

Enjoy

[leftofthedial]

42. I don't know, but I guarantee you it is a hip hop song

In fact, I guarantee you that 100 of the worst 100 songs ever released are in the hip hop/rap genre.

[Omphaloskepsis]

43. This should end well..

Good luck.


Oh, and what you listen to sucks.

[leftofthedial]

46. Paul Anka, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow and Celine Dion

do NOT suck!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

250. aha!

Aha a poster after my own sentiments. I bet you don't like country singers also because they wear clothespins on their noses as a mandatory part of the uniform?? And commit pedal steel guitar abuse?

Although I do think that Celine Dion has a REALLY good voice....as long as she's not doing that incredibly suckwad Titanic song. She is ALWAYS perfectly in tune as far as I can tell.

[WinkyDink]

44. Gwen Stefani's new yodel-hiphop is my nominee.

[chknltl]

47. If Gwen Stefani wrote a song about bestiality....

...with a mouse,
it would be called:


























"Don't Squeek"

[SoCalDem]

45. EARWORM for boomers.. I dare you

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/music/clipserve/B00005AQ0I001001/1/ref=mu_sam_ra001_001/026-6745795-0650006

[grasswire]

49. whoa whoa whoa feeeeelings

:::shudder:::

[diamidue]

50. "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim

I want to physically hurt people when I am subjected to this..

[beltanefauve]

51. Ebony and Ivory

didn't get a mention yet...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

67. No! I like that one!

:P

[cemaphonic]

186. Partially rehabbed by Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo though

But yeah, it's a shame that Stevie Wonder went from stuff like Superstition and Sir Duke to dreck like that.

[tomreedtoon]

52. I think we have a K-Tel album in the making!

Does Ron Popeil still make K-Tel albums? He could do an infomercial for a CD containing all these songs. In fact, he could make it a really special compilation by singing a few of the songs himself.

Damn it, though, it won't be out in time to give my boss for Christmas.

[Art_from_Ark]

218. Or maybe he could resurrect "that great new group...

The Sound Effects"!!!!! :bounce:

[pokerfan]

53. Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band (1976)

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right'
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day
And we know the night is always gonna be there any way

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always thought a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
A little afternoon delight

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Please be waiting for me, baby, when I come around
We could make a lot of lovin' 'fore the sun goes down

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Afternoon delight!

[Crabby Appleton]

57. Watch and listen to it at youtube

Afternoon Delight

[Throwing Stones]

303. Ever See the "Arrested Development" Episode

featuring "Afternoon Delight"? Too funny.

[hsher]

118. Hey! I liked that song!

When I was a kid, I innocently thought the lyrics were about an impossibly delicious ice-cream sundae. No lie.

Then in adulthood I listened to it again and was stunned it got played on Seventies radio.

[pokerfan]

130. Yeah well, I bet you also thought

Brand New Key (1971) was about rollerskating....

Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key


I was only eleven and even I knew what she was talking about.

Note for the young-uns: Back then roller skates were adjustable to fit onto different sized shoes and you needed a roller skate key to adjust the length.

[hsher]

155. I did think that! For years!

I am really embarrased, but I'm 38, and earlier this year, I listened to the song again -- for the first time in years -- and FINALLY realized what it was about. I felt ashamed not to have caught something so obvious. I really did think it was about roller skating... :blush:

I need to get out more...

You know what? This needs to become its own thread. This is too good a subject, so I'm going to post it. Songs that seemed innocent to you when you were a kid, but then you later grew up and listened again, and realized... :wow:

[ChickMagic]

182. You've killed my innocence!

:cry: I bought the whole roller skate key business.:dunce:

[Art_from_Ark]

220. I was 12

and I thought she was actually singing about roller skates and keys.

In fact, I still thought that, until about 2 minutes ago...

[LostinVA]

135. The "Afternoon Delight" scene in Anchorman was hysterical

[alcibiades_mystery]

150. Best use of Afternoon Delight in a movie is in a comedy called PCU

Just sayin'...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

164. hey they had talent!`

I liked Afternoon Delight because I noticed it was competently sung.
I noticed it because they could actually sing 3 part harmony competently. People who can sing in tune all the time are kinda rare. There are some famous singers out there who have trouble with intonation and I'm not talking about blue notes or other intentional stuff.

[Castilleja]

185. But you've got some bait awaitin'?????????????

:rofl: That's my work theme for today!

[NMMNG]

55. LOL. That reminds me of a guy I used to work with many years ago.

I worked in a laundry when I was in high school and the brother of the owner worked there as well. He was very quiet and generally kept to himself. One time I was working overtime on a Saturday and the radio was playing "Muskrat Love". He happened to be passing by and said, "Of all the things to sing about they gotta sing about a god-damned muskrat".

That was the first and last thing I ever heard out of him. :shrug:



As for my pick, I'd say "Proud to be an American" is the worst song ever. That pukey piece of jingoism is so vile I want to smash the radio any time I hear it. :puke:

[carlydenise]

58. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[Perky]

61. booo hiss

[Rhythm]

128. Friggin' oldies station at work...

used to play that thing every night during the "all request hour"...

They had to be lying, because NOBODY wants to heal Gordon Lightfoot moan about an sunken ship E.V.E.R.Y. S.I.N.G.L.E. N.I.G.H.T. ... --- ...

[hsher]

158. I'm writing a song called The Necking of Patrick Fitzgerald

Autobiographical, of course ;)

[carlydenise]

179. LOL......btw, love you avatar, I am a real Lennon fan!

Carly

[hsher]

262. :)

I miss him.

[donheld]

214. I do like that song

sue me.

[Dirty Hippie]

59. Roxanne - The Police

Sting screeching "Rooooooxxxxxxanne" = fingernails on a chalkboard.

[speedoo]

87. naah.

Sting has done much worse. Much, much worse.

[blondeatlast]

146. Word. Roxanne was a yuck all it's own, though. nt

[Withywindle]

94. Ugh, YES! Can't stand it!

It's made worse by the fact that so many people with otherwise good taste in music seem to think I ought to like it.

Everything I like that the Police ever did is in SPITE of Sting, not because of him!

[hsher]

121. Seconded. Ugh.

Trying to sound what he thought was Jamaican. Ick. Am I the only one who finds Sting pretentious?

[blondeatlast]

147. As a singer, he makes a damn good

actor. Of course, the only acting role I've seen him in is "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels."

[jobycom]

232. That song works when other people do it

I had this discussion Sunday. It's an impressive song, and Sting has a good musical sense. He just can't sing worth a damn. No, that's giving him too much credit. he's an actively bad singer, not just a passively talentless one.

But a lot of his songs work when others do them. "Roxanne" was performed in Moulin Rouge with a Tom Waits'-style voice, and it sounded really good.

[Giant Robot]

60. "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You" by Heart

At least I think that's the title. Realllllllly fucking creepy lyrics.

[MysticalChicken]

91. heh.

My little brother (age 22) LOVES Heart. I make fun of him for it, especially since otherwise he's a heavy-metal fan.

(He also loves Journey.)

[pokerfan]

173. Heart was heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin

They even covered a number of their songs.

So it makes sense that a metal head might appreciate them despite the fact that they're chicks.

[MysticalChicken]

210. Well, he likes stuff like...

...Slayer, Pantera, old-school Metallica, Himsa, Killswitch Engage, Soilent Green (he was so excited when he got his Soilent Green sweatshirt from amazon.com), Pig Destroyer ... in other words, he likes the death-metal.

There are a few bands he likes that I like as well. Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden. He likes The Mars Volta as well and I think I like them. I love "The Widow." One of my favorite songs to sing along with.

[VenusRising]

319. It's not surprising that death metal-heads like Heart.

Most of their old stuff is really rocking, and Ann's vocals on songs like Barracuda and Crazy on You are aggressive. My husband, also a death metal-head and musician, digs on old Heart quite a bit.

[Art_from_Ark]

221. They had a real cool album cover, as I recall

For a while there, I was really into peasant dresses...

[Phillycat]

198. Oh god, that song is horrible.

I had successfully forgotten all about it. Thanks a lot!

[Giant Robot]

290. If I have to remember it then the whole world has to suffer...

It was a rainy night
When he came into sight,
Standing by the road,
No umbrella, no coat.
So I pulled up alongside
And I offered him a ride.
He accepted with a smile,
So we drove for a while.
I didnt ask him his name,
This lonely boy in the rain.
Fate, tell me its right,
Is this love at first sight?
Please dont make it wrong,
Just stay for the night.

All I wanna do is make love to you
Say you will
You want me too
All I wanna do is make love to you
Ive got lovin arms to hold on to

So we found this hotel,
It was a place I knew well
We made magic that night.
Oh, he did everything right
He brought the woman out of me,
So many times, easily
And in the morning when he woke all
I left him was a note
I told him
I am the flower you are the seed
We walked in the garden
We planted a tree
Dont try to find me,
Please dont you dare
Just live in my memory,
Youll always be there

All I wanna do is make love to you
One night of love was all we knew
All I wanna do is make love to you
Ive got lovin arms to hold on to

Oh, oooh, we made love
Love like strangers
All night long
We made love

Then it happened one day,
We came round the same way
You can imagine his surprise
When he saw his own eyes
I said please, please understand
Im in love with another man
And what he couldnt give me
Was the one little thing that you can

All I wanna do is make love to you
One night of love was all we knew
All I wanna do is make love to you
Say you will, you want me too

All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long

[annonymous]

65. My Humps

My first reaction on hearing that song was "Oh my God what is that crap!". You Light Up My Life and Feelings are probably among the worst songs ever recorded.

[blondeatlast]

149. It came on the radio in the car, my husband knew I'd never heard it before

and laughed hysterically at my reaction.

[Art_from_Ark]

223. "Feelings"...

really drives me up the wall

[Gatchaman]

68. Sultans of Swing, by Dire Straits

A song about a guitar player with lame-o guitar playing, and a singer who sounds like he's falling asleep. Pathetic.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

70. Oh, boo you.

I love that song. :P

[stanwyck]

106. No! No!

have to vehemently disagree on this one.
Plus, if this is the worst song in your world, you've got it pretty damn easy.
I sentence you to two hours of Michael Bolton as atonement.
Sorry. I have to be cruel to be kind.

[gmoney]

139. Overrated, yes...

worst ever, far from it.

[donheld]

212. Wrong!

:spank: thats a great song.

[BlackVelvet04]

69. "To Sir, with Love"

it makes me want to puke. Oh, and the song "Alfie".

[hsher]

120. Hate Alfie, love To Sir

[Art_from_Ark]

276. Some charts show that as the No. 1 song of 1967

And I think, :wtf:

1967, the year of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Simon and Garfunkel, etc., and To Sir With Love was No. 1?

[catnhatnh]

71. And NOW, Barry Manilow....

Singing a medley of his greaest hit (singular intended) "I Write the Songs" (that all sound alike)....

[MissMillie]

76. Believe it or not, Barry didn't write that song

:shrug:

[carlydenise]

81. Barry only sung I Write The Songs

It was written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys.
Carly

[proud2BlibKansan]

72. American Pie

2nd place - Joy to the World by 3 Dog Night

[LeftishBrit]

73. A toss-up between "Honey" and "Hello, This is Joanie" (the one about the telephone answering machine

Actually the song that *irritates* me the most is the theme-song from "Neighbours", but I'm not sure if that counts.

Oh, and Donny Osmond's "Puppy Love". As kids, my friend and I composed a parody which began, "And they called it being si-i-ick/ Just because we're on a diet of worms!" (guess what we'd just been doing in our History lesson!)

[Human Torch]

77. Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey." Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA."

I could go on, but why bother?

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[martymar64]

80. Heartbeat its a Lovebeat - DeFranco Family

That song makes me want to hunt down and kill the DeFrancos of the world (sorry, Ani)

[gpandas]

82. song

honey, i miss you. not sure on title

[speedoo]

85. For me, it's still "The Pina Colada Song".

Just plain stupid, with no redeeming musical value whatsoever.

Yeah, I've heard woman love it, but I hope I never have to resort to trying out that technique.

[Phillycat]

199. I love that song!

I really do! LOL!

[ms liberty]

86. All good choices, but the winner is....MacArthur Park!

"...someone left a cake out in the rain..."


AAAHHHHHHHNNNOOOOOOOOOMYEARRRRRRSSSSSS!

[hfojvt]

89. "Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark

all the dinosaurs are running wild
someone shut the fence off in the rain
I'll admit it's kinda eerie
but this proves my chaos theory
and I don't think I'll be coming back again
oh nooooo...."

[hsher]

122. LOL agreed

[Reverend_Smitty]

152. I can't believe it took nearly 90 posts to mention this!

What a crappy, crappy, oh so crappy song

[PittPoliSci]

251. i can't believe it took 86 replies to get this crap on there.

you win, worst song ever.

[Art_from_Ark]

254. MacArthur Park is a great song!

It is the Spirit of the '60s-- especially the instrumental bit toward the end.

Besides, when that song was played at the roller rink, we got to skate for 5 or 6 minutes uninterrupted!

You just had to be there, I guess.

[hsher]

267. "Oh NOOOOOOOO"

[Art_from_Ark]

270. "OH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"

:D

[hsher]

271. In a way MP is so bad a song it's good

My sister, brother and I have rolled around on the floor screaming laughing listening to it. He's so heartfelt... the lyrics are so strange... "cake"... "pants"...? What on earth is he on about?

And that ending, passionate, "oh NOOOOOOOOOOOO"

:rofl:

[Art_from_Ark]

272. Hey, my kids like it

But maybe that's because I tell them "Dumbledore" is singing it :shrug:

[hsher]

273. Good trick! My baby sister used to think "Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti...

Was Cobra Commander from the G.I. Joe cartoon, singing it.

[Art_from_Ark]

274. But "Dumbledore" actually was singing the song

Not as Dumbledore, of course, but...

Anyway, there is a park in Little Rock called "MacArthur Park". My class took a trip to LR one year and we visitied the park. And I thought, "So this is what he was singing about!"

MacArthur Park has a special place in my heart, even if the lyrics are kind of strange :D

[hsher]

275. Slap to face. I win the stupid award.

It WAS Dumbledore. Egads... thanks for slapping me awake. I have brain cells again.
It sure was.

[Art_from_Ark]

281. Anyway, think of it this way

Hanging out at the skating rink on a Saturday night, and a cute girl says "You want to skate with me?" And then they play "MacArthur Park"-- 6 minutes of uninterrupted skating, instead of the usual 2 or 3. It's almost like 2-for-1!

Ahh, the good old days..

[hsher]

284. Awwwyeah!!!

That's how I feel about 10cc's "The Things We Do For Love". There WAS a cute BOY I DID want to skate with at the roller rink, but HE liked someone ELSE. So... :(

He looked like Shaun Cassidy, I looked like a female Erkel. You can guess what happened. Ah well. I will always remember him, and when I hear that song I'm taken straight back to images and thoughts of what COULD have happened. So I grok you total on that.

[Art_from_Ark]

295. Well, if you had asked me

I would have skated with you :D

[MysticalChicken]

90. I got yer winner right here, babycakes.

Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback."

Oh god.

I heard that song for the first time a few weeks ago and my brain immediately screamed in terror, leapt out of my skull, and ran away to hide in a corner, while I scrunched up into a fetal position and repeated "the horror... oh god... it's so awful..." over and over again. I had to promise my brain I'd play some Elvis Costello and Bad Religion so it would come back. And I think it still resents me for subjecting it to such a monstrosity. I hate everything about that song: the melody, the lyrics, the way it's sung... it is definitely the worst song EVER.

[WindRavenX]

115. boo hiss!

That song is amazing to dance to!

[ChickMagic]

183. Wow - my brain reacted differently

It kept begging me to stab it with a Q tip!

[izzybeans]

187. I can't disagree. but I must say it is merely just his worst song this year.

I had to play some Morphine afterwords (for cleansing), because Mark Sandman already brought sexy back, long before he died, and it didn't take some recycled drum machine beat to do it.

[tinfoil tiaras]

93. "Trapped in the Closet" (parts 1-12) by R. Kelly

:rofl: :rofl:

I'm watching all 12 parts right now...:rofl::rofl:

[FredStembottom]

95. Seasons in the Sun pops right into my mind!

n/t

[Haole Girl]

96. Anne Murray - You Needed Me

Hate it.

[donheld]

215. Great song, great performance.

Ann Murray knocked that one out of the park.

[GoneOffShore]

97. Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey"

In fact anything by Goldsboro.

[Lindsey]

101. Billy Don't be a Hero....

nuff said.

[LostinVA]

136. ooooo... I loved that song

I was about eight when that song came out, and made my mom buy me the 45.

[VOX]

313. Worthwhile only for its emetic properties.

In case you're missing the syrup of ipecac and need to :puke:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

99. I couldn't believe "Alone Again(Naturally)" ever got airplay. Couldn't believe it then,

still can't believe it.

WHINE, WHINE, WHINE Mr.(?) left at the alter, boo hoo.

I guess you can tell I didn't like it much. :-)

And, he followed it with an even worse song..."Clair".

Gilbert O'Sullivan we hardly stood ya. MKJ

[WritingIsMyReligion]

100. I absolutely love "Alone Again."

I guess I just love the music to it. :D

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

102. LOL, well DU IS the big tent and all that. Plenty of room for Gilbert O'Sullivan fans.

But, please play your music on the other side of the tent from me. :hi: MKJ

[hsher]

124. Love it too - sounds like Lennon

Come on, now. It does.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

134. .

In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less blue
I promised myself to treat myself
And visit the Lounge in DU,
And kicking to the top,
This "worst song" thread's OP
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it's like to brave the Lounge zone
Left standing all alone, in that zone, Where people 're saying,
"My God that's wrong, we love that guy!
But thanks a lot for playing.
May as well go home."
As I did on my own,
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday,
I was cheerful, bright and gay,
Looking forward to going on DU
And maybe try the Lounge that day.
But as if to knock me down,
This thread came around
And without so much as another post
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt,
All about God and His mercy
For if He really does exist
How could someone think Gilbert O'Sullivan is like John Lennon?
In my hour of need?
I truly am indeed,
Alone again, naturally

Maybe this song isn't so bad after all! MKJ

[hsher]

157. My exquisitely poor taste has inspired yet more art

See? There's a reason for bad taste!

Fantastic new lyrics. Honestly, this is really good. I was humming it along as I read it, and laughing at the story as I hummed. Yes, it's true, come on: the opening bars of that song sound so much like John Lennon you can see him seated at the piano in the white room, playing them as Yoko looks on. I think Gilbert O'Sullivan WAS TRYING to sound like him. Who wasn't?

Disclaimer: I am in no way equating O'Sullivan's meager, though adorably maudlin and nostalgic, gifts to the mammoth talent of John Lennon. No way. Nope. Uh-uh. Won't happen. I'm just saying he wrote this song in such a way it sounded similar to the established, and better, style of Lennon. John had a certain way of using the keys on the piano, and in the opening eight bars of the song, O'Sullivan -- or his pianist, if not him -- was definitely attempting to imitate it.

Sorry to have horrified you. I horrified myself, too, with that.
But it inspired you to write a great group of lyrics!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

169. Actually, that comparison was so stunning, it required an immediate,

cobra like response. That prompted the artistically driven revision of the lyrics, which was as creative a thing as I've done in a while.

And, in the end, I agree with you. :-) The notorious G.O.S. hitchhiked onto the "articulated feelings combined with a few compelling piano chords" of Lennon(who made it look easy) and took the angst to whole other level.

MKJ

[hsher]

257. LOLOLOL

>>immediate,
cobra like response

FANTASTIC
:7

My God you have my and my brother and sister's exact sense of humor.
Lemme guess... Gen X'er like us? (38, 41 and 31 ^)

[redwitch]

103. " Let the eagle soar..."

:-)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

105. Like it's never sooooaaaarrrred befooooorrreeee!

:rofl:

[Dulcinea]

107. Anything by Leo Sayer.

He was dreadful. :puke:

[terrya]

108. "Alone Again Naturally" by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Possibly one of the most relentlessly depressing songs ever written. And it went to number 1, as I recall. I almost feel like to "going to a nearby tower" and throwing myself off whenever I hear it.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

141. After posting this song a little higher in the thread, I found it has its fans.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5876089&mesg_id=5879768

:hi: MKJ

[Phillycat]

195. OMG, I love that song.

[sarge43]

112. Little Drummer Boy

Unlike the other nominees, this POS comes back every fracking year.

[Strawman]

114. "Weekend in New England" or "Even Now"..flip a coin

Throw in "Could it Be Magic" too while you're at it.

[hsher]

116. "MacArthur Park"

[Blue Belle]

125. "Barbie Girl"

I don't know who sings it... I just know it's annoying.

[MissMillie]

181. "annoying" doesn't begin to describe it

:thumbsup:

it would make my list too.

[gemdem]

127. This many posts, and no mention of "Seasons in the Sun'

I'm shocked...

We had joy, we had fun,
We had seasons in the sun....

Argh! :-(

[chknltl]

132. "Seasons..." Got mentioned at least twice.

Sorry to be a nit picker, my penance is that it is now an earworm, for this you shall earn my curses until that earworm moves on!....I do agree with the selection: Seasons in the Sun...It made the #1 worst song on my top 3 worst song submissions to this very thread. (Maybe John Ashcroft can sing something better to chase away that nasty ol earworm). :hi:

[gemdem]

159. Sorry, it's so bad my eyes must have scanned past the mentions (n/t)

[gr8dane_daddy]

131. For any karoake afioncinados (sp?)

it's gotta be anything from Grease.

[Ekirh]

133. Feelings. . .

Nothing More Than Feelings (end)

[LostinVA]

137. Okay, let's discuss "Band of Gold"

I LOVE the melody of the song, and love to hear a good singer sing it (Kimberley Locke on season two of AI did a great cover of this).

But -- WTF is the song about? Some dude that marries a woman and then will never have sex with her? Is he impotent, gay, what???


BAND OF GOLD
Freda Payne
(Dunbar-Wayne)

Now that you're gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dream I hold
Is a band of gold
And the memories of what love could be
If you are still here with me

You took me from the shelter of a mother
I had never known to love any other
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon
We stayed in separate rooms

I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon that you'll walk
Back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Since you've been gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dream I hold
Is a band of gold
And the dream of what love could be
If you are still here with me

Ooh, don't you know that I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon that you'll walk
Back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Since you've been gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dream I hold
Is a band of gold
And the dream of what love could be
If you are still here with me

[blondeatlast]

151. Freda Payne did a kickass original in the early '70s.

I've always leaned to the "she shoulda tried before she buyed" concept, but the gay or impotent part could work I suppose.

My case comes from this stanza--which is the one Freda emphasized on her version so very well:
You took me from the shelter of a mother (I've always sensed a break here)
I had never known to love any other
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon
We stayed in separate rooms


Sounds to me like she's a virgin, but I was a child when I first heard it. It's difficult for me to accept that had she tried before, his "shortcomings" (pun NOT intended, but works anyway) would have been apparent.

OTOH, I find the "separate rooms" reference open to imterpretation.

I've always wanted to deconstruct this song since I've never been sure either.

[hsher]

161. A kick, and seconded!

That IS one intriguing phrase. I'm also curious about what happened in "The Ballad of Billie Joe": was Billie Joe lesbian? I always thought that was the story behind that song. What was thrown off the bridge? When I and my friends were teens, they thought a baby was what was thrown. But that story only worked if "Ballad" was a heterosexual story, and I never quite thought it was. When I learned lesbianism existed, then this song became crystal clear to me. I wonder if I'm seeing it accurately, though?

And "Wichita Lineman". What's really going on in that song? Did he electrocute himself out of grief, as my younger sister was certain? Was he planning to? Was he just illegally eavesdropping on his ex's phone calls? Why was she his ex? What's happening in that song???

Here's your kick for mentioning Ms. Freda Payne!
:kick:

[blondeatlast]

162. It never occurred to me that Billie Joe could be a lesbian, but now that

you mention it--it kinda makes sense. Billy Joe is referred to as "him" but that doesn't account for the "girl looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge" which was the other person "throwin' somethin' off the, etc." You'd think a mom would know her own daughter and she didn't recognize her?! Hmm...

I never read a lot into Wichita Lineman but always liked the song. I think I'll take another listen to it--intriguing.

They don't write 'em like they used to! This could be quite a thread on its own.

[hsher]

165. If you start the thread, I'll visit and post lots of suggestions

You're not **kidding** there were a lot of songs from back in the day that were multi-layered like this...

[blondeatlast]

166. Great minds think alike (and wonder about songs alike, I guess!)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5880696&mesg_id=5880696

[gmoney]

138. "Easy Lover" by Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins

The new "Grand Theft Auto" video game commercials have revived this horrendous stinker and are shown TWICE on most Comedy Central commercial breaks, so I'll have to nominate it for at least a dishonorable mention.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

197. That song is addictively bad, though.

So it gets a few bonus points. :P

[Flying Dream Blues]

140. What? No mention of Bread? Baby I'm a Want You,

or how about "Diary"?

Classically bad, though Seasons in the Sun is just waiting for a Britney remake...all those one- syllable words and all. And it rhymes, too.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

142. "She ran callin' Wildfire"

And I ran screaming from the radio...

[donheld]

216. I don't hear that song much anymore, but I still like it

[hsher]

264. Me too, in a sick way

Brings back memories of me and other girls at the slumber party listening to it on the turntable in our PJs, shivering, sobbing and visualizing the story. We were SO TORN UP the girl and the horse died in the song! For years afterward, seeing an open gate in a field in the snow made me think of this song. I miss those innocent days.

[hsher]

265. SPOILER: THE HORSE DIES

:rofl:

Sorry, couldn't help it. Was feeling nostalgic and sad about the song a moment ago and had to fix that. Please forgive me.

[canadianbeaver]

305. Love that song..sorry...my dad used to play it on the guitar for me..

I owned a horse at the time....was about 7 yrs old....haven't heard it in years...thanks for the reminder..

[Flaxbee]

148. "We Built this City" by Jefferson Starship

That song drives me crazy, it makes me so damn mad! I HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT!

Close second is Edie Brickell's "What I Am". Cannot stand that song.

[Art_from_Ark]

222. You too, huh?

"We built this city" always raises my blood pressure by at least 20 points

[Montauk6]

153. I Wanna Be Rich

Don't know the artist because I couldn't switch the station fast enough to find out!

[musette_sf]

247. eeewwww

when i worked for a computer dealership chain (back in the late 80s and early 90s when this actually meant something), EVERY sales event had this, and "Money Money Money", booming over the sound system at ear-splitting levels.

[Zomby Woof]

154. Sussudio

Or just about anything from the eternally cloying piece of shit named "Phil Collins".

[njdemocrat106]

174. You'd better not look at my music collection, then.

Mr. Collins is quite prominent in it. :evilgrin:

[Evoman]

156. Shawn Mullins....Rockabye (or Lullabye)

It makes me want to find Shawn Mullins and climb the nearest clock tower to take aim...

[hsher]

160. Wait! I have another! "I Want To Make It With You"

"I really think that we could make it, girl..." Just SLEAZY... I feel creeped out, "ick" whenever I hear it!

[hsher]

167. Why are so many of these songs from the Seventies?

:shrug:

[Yavin4]

189. People Took A Lot of Drugs in the 70s

Like Rick James said, cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[hsher]

268. LOL then the war on drugs needs to end

Songs just... I mean... you can't BUY new songs like these anymore. I want em back. Rotary phones too.

[Art_from_Ark]

291. Speaking of cocaine, and songs of the '70s

one of the songs that REALLY DRIVES ME UP THE WALL from that time is Eric Clapton's "Cocaine"

I hate that song with a passion. :argh: :argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh:

Although I'm sure it made Eric enough dough to keep him in blow for the rest of his life.

[onecent]

168. Does your bubblegum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight? n/t

[astral]

172. When I was a kid, I LOVED some of these songs . . .

Particularly "Make it with you" and "Ode to Billie Jo" and I think maybe there was a little more 'heart' in the bubble-gum songs of those days than there is now.

[njdemocrat106]

175. "Fly" by Sugar Ray and "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba

I can't make up my mind which is worse.

[pstokely]

176. "Bush Was Right"

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/16/bush-was-right/

[Okiojira]

178. Some 1980s abominations...

"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" - Air Supply
"You're My Inspiration" - Chicago

I can feel myself slipping into a diabetic coma at the mere mention of these "tunes".:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

200. Haha....Chicago is my guilty 80's pleasure.

:blush:

[Okiojira]

205. You have my deepest condolences

Not that I have much room to cast stones, given the dreck I listened to in the evil eighties.
:cry:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

206. I hate Air Supply.

Does that count for anything? :7

[Okiojira]

226. Oh yeah.

Hating Air Supply is the mark of a truly right-thinking person.;-)

[Okiojira]

180. Until you've heard "Cuckoo For Caca" by Faith No More...

....you don't know the meaning of bad.

In case the title alone doesn't say everything about this song that you need to know, it's worth mentioning that FNM's singer shrieks the "lyrics" throughout the entire song. And the lyrics themselves are, not surprisingly, gawd-awful. Mind you, this is coming from a huge fan of FNM.

The real capper is that the music is really rockin', so it could have been a good song, had they not chosen to adorn it with ATROCIOUS lyrics!

[blondeatlast]

188. "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" Am I the ONLY person who's ever heard

this aural excremental hiccup?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsm/middle.html
CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - 19/06/1971
5 weeks at #1 - 34 weeks on chart

Where´s your momma gone
(Where´s your momma gone)
Little baby gone
(Little baby gone)
Where´s your momma gone
(Where´s your momma gone)
Far far away

Where´s your poppa gone
(Where´s your poppa gone)
Little baby gone
(Little baby gone)
Where´s your poppa gone
(Where´s your poppa gone)
Far far away, far far away

Last night I heard my momma singing this song
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Woke up this morning and my momma was gone
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep chirp

Where´s your momma gone
(Where´s your momma gone)
Little baby gone
(Little baby gone)
Where´s your momma gone
(Where´s your momma gone)
Far far away
Where´s your poppa gone
(Where´s your poppa gone)
Little baby gone
(Little baby gone)
Where´s your poppa gone
(Where´s your poppa gone)
Far far away, far far away

Last night I heard my momma singing this song
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Woke up this morning and my momma was gone
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep chirp

Let's go now
Last night I heard my momma singing this song
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Woke up this morning and my momma was gone
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep chirp

All together now
Last night I heard my momma singing this song
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Woke up this morning and my momma was gone
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep chirp

One more time now
Last night I heard my momma singing this song
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Woke up this morning and my momma was gone
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep chirp

Let me hear y'all singing now
Last night I heard my momma singing this song
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
Woke up this morning and my momma was gone

[Art_from_Ark]

253. I remember hearing that song

I always thought she was singing

Where´s your momma *boy*
(Where´s your momma *boy*)
Little baby *boy*
(Little baby *boy*)...

At any rate, I was ready to throw the radio across the room when I heard that song :argh:

[rhiannon55]

191. Cinnamon Girl

I love Neil Young, but that song sets my teeth on edge.

[Mendocino]

201. But "Cowgirl in the Sand" on the same album...

...makes up for it. I find "When The Morning Comes" the most annoying NY song, "Expecting To Fly" the best.

[rhiannon55]

209. True

Cowgirl in the Sand is a good song. Another one I don't like is on my favorite album Harvest: A Man Needs a Maid. I hate that song so much I skip it every time it starts. Those lyrics are so damned annoying. But then there's Out on the Weekend...one of his best songs ever. And Needle and the Damage Done... I love NY!:loveya:

[donheld]

217. See a Dentist. That's a great song.

[crim son]

192. Every single song recorded by Styx.

I can't pick just one, they're all just so BAD.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

202. Even "The Grand Illusion"?

I agree that "Come Sail Away" and "Babe" (:puke:), especially, are atrocious, but I don't mind "The Grand Illusion."

[Art_from_Ark]

293. "Too Much Time on my Hands" is pretty catchy, I think

It pretty much summed up my life when it came out during the Reagan Recession

[Zavulon]

193. Mr. Roboto, that "I think I'm Turning Japanese" one, and "We Built This City." (NT)

[youthere]

207. I'm with you on that...I'd also like to add "Mexican Radio" to that list!

Also:
"I wanna' be a cowboy" (and you can be my cowgirl)
AND
"East End Boys and West End Girls"


blech!

[MysticalChicken]

237. *guilty pleasure*

I actually requested "Mexican Radio" on the radio for my birthday in 2004. The DJ is a friend of mine, so she played it for me. I also have it burned onto CD.

[Phillycat]

194. Margaritaville and American Pie

Take your pick. :puke:

[Art_from_Ark]

224. You had to be there to truly appreciate "American Pie", I guess

But I agree about "Margaritaville". When that song comes on, the radio goes off.

[LeftishBrit]

234. I have to admit, I like both of those!

[Mendocino]

203. The terrible ten

Silly Love Songs-Paul McCartney

Give Me Just a Little More Time-The Chairman of the Board

Hot Child in the City-Nick Gilder

Wake Me Up before You GoGo-Wham

America-Neil Diamond

All By Myself-Eric Carmen

Centerfold-J. Geils Band

The No No Song-Ringo Starr

Telephone Line-ELO

Convoy-C.W. McCall

[Phillycat]

302. Half the songs on there I love.

Especially Hot Child In The City and Centerfold. I have them both on my iPod right now!

[Tony Soprano]

204. The Pina Coalada Song

n/t

[FooFootheSnoo]

208. The Final Countdown by Europe

that song makes me want to scratch out my eyeballs!!

[MassLiberal]

211. "After the Lovin'"

sung by Engelbert Humperdinck always made my skin crawl.

[barb162]

225. The CHipmunk songs

[PVnRT]

227. EVERYTHING by Pink Floyd

Overrated hipster trash.

[last_texas_dem]

228. Man, I really like most of the songs getting dogged on this thread...

I guess it's my unabashed love of early seventies pop- it seems to be the era/genre most hated on DU, or at least when it comes to making these "worst song ever" threads.

Worst song ever? Well, obviously it's subjective, but if I were to base it on what annoys me the most, "My Humps" and "Hollaback Girl" immediately come to mind (yeah, I still haven't gotten over how much they annoyed me even though it's been a while since they were getting constant airplay.) In terms of technically *worst* in terms of lack of skill or "badness" in terms of performance my picks would be something by the Shaggs or the Moldy Peaches (though I find the Shaggs entertaining, I don't get the appeal of the Moldy Peaches). Or "Paralyzed" by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy; a crazy-sounding one-man band screamer from the late-sixties. Although, really, I'm sure there are plenty worse artists/bands in terms of skill; it's just that most of them will never be heard by very many people!

[njdemocrat106]

279. I like a good number of them, too.

Most DUers musical tastes seem to learn toward alternative and underground acts. I'm an unabashed pop music lover, too. I'll even admit to liking some songs by the much-maligned Air Supply (that alone might revoke my liberal credentials around here :).

[mtnester]

229. Macarena...egads

that song hurts my head

[Art_from_Ark]

298. "Macarena"-- Egads!

That's definitely a member of the Bottom Forty, at least!

[bleedingheart]

301. but you should hear the Macarena in Lithuanian...my mom has that

...I nearly fell over with a stroke when I walked into her house and she is playing the Macarena in Lithuanian....

[T_i_B]

230. "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls

followed by anything ever sung by Craig David.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

231. MacArthur Park

Or maybe "Summer Girls."

[jobycom]

233. Peg, by Steely Dan. It barely beats out everything else they did. nt.

[hsher]

255. Uh-uhhhhh, I know you just didn't

I KNOW you didn't just diss my Dan. (I know. Actually you didn't. You just called out "Peg" as being weak. OK, fair call. But --)

You gotta admit, even the worst SD is better than the best of pretty much everything else.

[jobycom]

282. Actually, I'd take every song in this thread over the "best" Steely Dan

Though "best Steely Dan" is a problematic phrase.

[hsher]

286. (insert scream of horror)

[donheld]

278. Peg, not their best moment but

Steely Dan is great.

[jobycom]

283. The only recording act that bothers me more than SD is James Taylor.

And I like Taylor's songs better, but for some reason they bother me at the same time.

[hsher]

287. Taylor... auuuuuggghhh (cry of pain)

He's his own category!!!!

[donheld]

292. Stay out of my house

You'd consider it hell. :D

[HughBeaumont]

235. Mouth & MacNeil's "How Do You Do".

1972. I think this song single-handedly killed the Dutch pop-crossover craze of the early 70s. It literally sounds like the cheesiest female Dutch vocalist ever (MacNeil) duetting with a gravelly-voiced Viking Muppet (Mouth) singing something composed for Fraggle Rock. Anyone who's ever heard it will try to drown it out of their subconscious with paint.

The marching chorus, the generic 70s country pop verse, the bathtub shitting lyrical content . . . all of it is so fucking bad it makes every song listed here, including such musical spoongags as "Never Been to Me", "Honey", "Feelings" and "Afternoon Delight" sound like "A Day In the Life" in comparison.

WOE to those who happen upon this bastard stain on the ninth circle of one-hit-wonderland. You'll literally be agape at it's horridity.

Willem Duynn (Mouth) recently died. Hopefully he recorded something less astonishingly bad than this.

[blondeatlast]

238. Worse than "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep?"

I've heard them both, and I'm willing to call it for "Chirpy." Close, though.

[last_texas_dem]

239. Haha... I kinda like that one

It *is* cheesy as hell (but that's part of its "charm", right?) and your description of it is pretty spot-on and funny. But I like the guitar on it and the weird marching beat, and it is strangely catchy. So it doesn't come close to the all-time worst, for me at least. I guess I'm just too much of a sucker for seventies pop...

[HughBeaumont]

242. Let it be known . . .

that this is coming from someone who owns all 25 volumes of Have a Nice Day: Super Hits of the 70s and Have a Nice Decade. That song has no charm. It's just bad bad BAD. Thank God I was only 3 when it was a hit.

Other shitebombs from that set -

"For the Love of Him" - Bobbie Martin
"Rocky" - Austin Roberts
"Run Joey Run" "The Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers)" - David Geddes

[blondeatlast]

245. "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"--Am i the ONLY person who ever heard that monstrosity?

It can't be. Tell me it is on there. It has to be. I didn't make CCCC up, I swear it!

[last_texas_dem]

248. Nah, I've heard it. haha

(I have the 45.) I kinda like it, too!

:hide:

(I've never claimed to have good taste, though... :-))

[blondeatlast]

300. (Psst--I know all the words to it!)

Actually, I kinna like it too--but it certainly lacks any redeeming social merit.

[last_texas_dem]

249. Hey, that's cool

I also have the Have a Nice Decade box, but all 25 volumes of Super Hits of the '70's- that's awesome! I have many of the songs on those volumes on 45's, though. I agree on "For the Love of Him", "The Last Game of the Season", and "Rocky"- although I do enjoy Austin Robert's other hit, the emotional, stalker-in-training anthem "Something's Wrong with Me." And "Run Joey Run" is so outlandishly hysterical, I can't help but enjoy it. All the folks who claim "The Night Chicago Died" and "Billy, Don't be a Hero" are the cheesiest seventies story-songs have probably never heard (or chose to forget) "Run Joey Run"!

[malta blue]

236. LET THE EAGLES SOAR by Ashcroft

Worst. Song. Ever.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

240. Here's one I don't see mentioned.

"My ding-a-ling" by Chuck Berry. He did so many great rock/pop songs but that one is just absolute, full strength, pure, unadulterated crap................

[last_texas_dem]

241. And the most messed-up thing is...

...that it was his only #1 single! I've always thought that was pretty funny, in both a ha-ha funny and in a "that's wrong" funny sense.

[Art_from_Ark]

256. That song wasn't meant to be serious

Definitely Dr. Demento material

[Patsy Stone]

243. One Tin Soldier

by Coven.

Just awful.

[tularetom]

244. "Mandy" and "Achy Breaky Heart" top my list

with "Teen Angel" and "Honey" right behind....

[blondeatlast]

246. "Achy-Breaky Heart" is used oh-so-appropriately in the "Crank" movie.

I still hate the song, but it's quite a funny moment.

[Arkana]

252. I tried this already--a while back. It sank like a stone.

But my nomination has to go to "My Sharona"

[Art_from_Ark]

260. Everyone I knew back then liked it

but they were all young males with big libidos, and might have bought it for the cover

[pokerfan]

289. Speaking of 70s covers....

[Art_from_Ark]

294. Depending on what part of the '70s that came out in

I don't think my mom would have let me bring that cover into the house :P

[pokerfan]

299. 1975

She was Playboy Miss October 1974.

[Art_from_Ark]

311. It would have been very iffy

And even if I could have brought something like that home, the only place to get something like that in my town would have been Wal-Mart, and I seriously doubt they would have been stocking it!

[pokerfan]

312. I actually bought it for the music

As I had the 8-track. Not a lot of room for album art there.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

259. What's Going On?

Awful.

[donheld]

280. How can you say that?

That song was for that era and is very fitting our era.

[SaveElmer]

263. "Rappers Delight"...no contest!

Gawd I hate that song!!!!

[yurbud]

288. Patrick Swayze's "She's Like the Wind" (cavemen shouldn't sing).

[Art_from_Ark]

296. They played "Muskrat Love" for Queen Elizabeth II when she came to the US

and the queen was not amused! :rofl:

[Throwing Stones]

304. All these posts, and not one nomination yet for

"It's a Heartache" by Bonnie Tyler. That was bad 70's schlock. I think I was doubly annoyed by it because it was all that was played on the radio for the entire summer of 1978. Oh, and covered by some country band just last year. Why?

:puke:

[Moloch]

306. Tutti Fruitti

the Pat Boone version....... or pretty much everything that boone stole.

[SpeedwayDemocrat]

307. Police: Da doo doo doo, da da da da

That's all I want to say to you.
What were they smokin' when they came up with that piece of crap?

[blondeatlast]

308. Look upthread--it's some kind of code. I'm NOT joking. nt

[montanto]

309. dont worry -- be happy

[Politicub]

310. Bryan Adams - Anything I do...

I absolutely LOATHE that song, and want to toss out the radio whenever it comes on. I hated the Robin Hood movie, and i hate the song even more. DIE DIE DIE

[bluedogyellowdog]

314. anyone remember Shirley and Squirrley?

"Hey Shirley, This Is Squirrley". Chipmunks knock-off from 1976 or 1977. Just barely missed cracking the Top 40.

Which reminds me:
"Muskrat Love" by Captain and Tennille
"Devil Woman" by Cliff Richard
"I Like Dreaming" by Kenny Nolan
"A Little Bit More" by Dr. Hook
"Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang" by Silver (no relation to the Sylvers)
"Hotline" by The Sylvers (no relation to Silver)
"CB Savage" by Rod Hart
"Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine
"Beth" by KISS
"If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago - once a great band, if you want to know when the bottom fell out it was right here.
"Disco Duck" by Rick Dees and His Cast Of Idiots
"Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band
"A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy
"Heaven on the Seventh Floor" (by ? - help me out here...)
"I'm Easy" by Keith Carradine
"There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock & Roll)" by C.W. McCall - hey give the man credit for trying to do progressive politics, unfortunately he fell flat on his face as the song makes no sense.
"Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer

all from right around the same time. Late 1976 - early 1977. Somebody musta put something in the water back then, big time. Or more likely, the combination of sudden mass exposure to excessive disco lights and CB radio signals fried more than a few brains...

Why Punk Had To Happen: see the list above.

[Art_from_Ark]

318. Late '76-- early '77

Maybe they were still hungover from all that celebratin' of the Bicentennial!

:+ :+

[VOX]

315. "Pushin' Too Hard" by the Seeds: just two chords, the band's outta tune and off tempo...

and the lead "singer" sounds like a mosquito.

Dreadful stuff. :scared:

[last_texas_dem]

320. Aww, I like that song

It may be pretty musically simplistic, but I love the guitar and keyboard solos, and I think the lead singer's harsh-sounding voice fits with the style of the music and the song's message. It's got a cool, driving beat that really pushes it along.

[KamaAina]

317. Just When I Needed You Most

if the Randy Van Warmer classic* isn't enough to make you :puke: , then go out and look for the Hawaiian cover version. No joke. It briefly received local airplay! :scared:

[LeftishBrit]

321. I can't believe I didn't think before of my ABSOLUTE worst

"No Charge" - a horribly sentimental and preachy 70s (I think) song with the moral, "The full cost of real love is no charge".