"Tainted Love" is the shittiest song I've ever heard.

[Guaranteed]

No redeeming quality whatsoever.

Not that you care, but I had to tell someone.

[JVS]

1. I don't like it either.

[Guaranteed]

3. Whoever wrote it has no ear for music.

The beat, the melody, all of it is pure shit.

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. I love that song

.. but only with the "Where Did Our Love Go?" radio edit.

[Guaranteed]

4. I think they tried to "fix" it with that part.

I know what you're saying, too. But it didn't work.

The melody is still simplistic and not even catchy.

[cynatnite]

5. It was a great song in the movie "The Coneheads" n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

6. Are youtalking Soft Cell's 1981 Cover or the 1965 Gloria Jones original?

The Gloria Jones version is much better.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. Gloria's is MUCH better -- to wit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U

[Guaranteed]

14. I just checked out the Gloria Jones one...

Slightly better- at least it has a punchier beat, while it is still weak, and her lead vocals are (more) interesting, as are the background vocals.


But I still think it is fatally flawed. That melody- it has no progression, nothing worthwhile going on. And the beat ultimately still just sucks.

[jonnyblitz]

27. Marilyn Manson has a version also.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nzE6yhrLfwk

[Connonym]

7. Worse than Karma Chameleon?

I think not

[Guaranteed]

16. By far.

I can hear some redeeming musical value in Karma Chameleon (although it definitely is NOT one of my favorite songs). Some harmonies, a nice bridge, the drums are up a bit.

They should have worked on that one more before it was released, though.

[DarkTirade]

8. I have only two words for you...

Missy.
Elliot.

There is no shittier 'music' to my knowledge.

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. OK. Setting aside what I said before, the s#$%iest song of all time actually is..

"Fly, Robin, Fly" by Silver Convention

or "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees

[cynatnite]

10. Sorry, "Kung Fu Fighting" is the worst n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. I'm listening to "Funkytown" right now.

Yeah, I said it.

[Arugula Latte]

18. Well, now you've talked about it talked about it talked about it talked about it

Gotta move on.



;)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. Do do do do do... do do do do do...

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. That's the one I always think of

when I think of how utterly useless was most music of the '80s.



Dude! Before you go into the studio, take 43 Valium!

[cynatnite]

15. Anything by Vanilla Ice sucked...

World's worst! Blech!

[OmahaBlueDog]

17. "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene

... another huge stinker

[cynatnite]

19. I used to think that was a good song...

Then I grew up. Listened to it a few years ago and wondered what the hell was wrong with me for thinking that. :rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

21. Oh Jesus Mary Joseph Lennon and Obama ... That is THE worst.

x(

[last_texas_dem]

22. My nominee for that award

is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. I actually think "Tainted Love" is kinda catchy, but I have yet to find an redeeming quality in "Video Killed the Radio Star."

(OK, actually I know that there are far worse songs than that one. It's just that I heard it an hour or so ago while scanning radio stations and was reflecting on how much it grates on me, and my frustration that no one else seems to share my annoyance concerning it. haha)

[Guaranteed]

23. That one's REALLY bad, too, for the same reasons. nt

[Capn Sunshine]

24. and yet that tune has the distinction of being the first VID ever played by MTV.

back when they , you know, played music

[orleans]

25. i like tainted love--but speaking of monotone--

i feel that way about my sweet lord
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Ls8Mhoafn0

it's just too....whatever

[Drunken Irishman]

26. What?

Bah!

[mondo joe]

28. That's because you weren't a young gay guy in the 80's.

But "I've Never Been To Me" is universally bad, no matter what you ever were or will be.

[unpossibles]

29. I love that song

I am a huge fan of 60's soul music, and I love it. Great to dance to also.