The Worst Songs Ever

Gordon B · June-9th-2003, 05:16 PM

My two HOF worst groups are The Carpenters and Bread.

Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old, Oak Tree

Rainy Days and Mondays
Close to You
We've Only Just Begun

Feelings
Alone Again, Naturally
Kung Fu Fighting

Make it With You
Baby I'm A Want You
It Don't Matter To Me

Sergio Zamora · June-9th-2003, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by Gordon B
We've Only Just Begun

Even the Curtis Mayfield version?

shrugs · June-9th-2003, 05:22 PM

Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back In Town

Monte Smith · June-9th-2003, 05:25 PM

American Pie

Noj · June-9th-2003, 05:27 PM

Toto "Africa"--music to torture someone by

clinthopson · June-9th-2003, 05:30 PM

Stardust
The Man I Love
Where or When
April In Paris
Summertime
Indian Summer
I Thought About You

The Hut Sut Song

Cem · June-9th-2003, 05:32 PM

"Love Hurts" while "Dancin' on a Ceiling" with a "Lady in Red", who says "She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah...".

Dr Dave · June-9th-2003, 05:41 PM

"I Did It My Way."

Tony Orlando & Dawn top my list of all-time perpetrators of Dreck.

moneyp · June-9th-2003, 05:43 PM

We Built This City

Squaredancecalling Steve · June-9th-2003, 05:44 PM

I like Kung Fu Fighting, American Pie and almost everything on Clint's list!

I vote for You're Having My Baby. Neil Sedaka's baby. Ugh.

Boris Badenov · June-9th-2003, 05:49 PM

"Having My Baby" was Paul Anka, no? "Love Hurts" is a terrific song, in either the Everly Bros or Gram and Emmylou renditions.

Canuck Don · June-9th-2003, 06:00 PM

Wooly Bully makes #1 on my list.
Purple People Eater.
One Last Kiss.
A Boy Named Sue.
Every single rap shit ever made.

I know there is a bunch more.Have to think about it and come back and add to the list.

We had this tread last year some time.

Brian Olewnick · June-9th-2003, 06:02 PM

mone may have nailed it, though I'm tempted to go with "Dust in the Wind".

Gordon, I like "Close to You"!

Sergio Zamora · June-9th-2003, 06:06 PM

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Originally posted by Brian Olewnick
mone may have nailed it, though I'm tempted to go with "Dust in the Wind".

My brother tells me he had a junior high teacher that played "Dust in the Wind" to the class because of its profound lyrics or its poetry or something.

But I might have to go with Mone's pick.

June-9th-2003, 06:08 PM

Macarena (don't know if thats the correct spelling of it)

Cem · June-9th-2003, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by Brian Olewnick
mone may have nailed it, though I'm tempted to go with "Dust in the Wind".

Gordon, I like "Close to You"!

I agree with all 3 statements.

I sing close to you at work, so that I can nauseate my co-workers.
Beautiful song. Great song to sing to yourself while shaving (heehee). Burt's a master.

al j · June-9th-2003, 06:24 PM

Yep, I agree with Mone's pick.

The difference between "We Built This City" and the other picks like "Macarena" and "Wooly Bully" is that Starship was dead serious. And that, my friends, sucks.

Noj · June-9th-2003, 06:28 PM

Milli Vanilli--My memory has mercifully blocked out the song title but not only was it horrendously bad, it turned out they lip-synced it.....

Poison--Every Rose Has Its Thorn--just like eeeeeevery hair band, has a slowwww cliche song....

shrugs · June-9th-2003, 06:29 PM

I put Mone in the lead with Clint Hopson so far behind I'd need the Hubble to see him.

Tanager · June-9th-2003, 06:31 PM

"You Give Love a Bad Name"

Pete C · June-9th-2003, 06:32 PM

Mr. Softee Theme Song

Tanager · June-9th-2003, 06:34 PM

"St. Elmo's Fire"

Squaredancecalling Steve · June-9th-2003, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by Boris Badenov
"Having My Baby" was Paul Anka, no?

Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, same difference except for the noses!

And leave the Macarena alone! That's like saying the Electric Slide is a repetitive record. It's a dance record, you're not supposed to critique it, you're supposed to get up off your butt and dance to it!

walto · June-9th-2003, 06:38 PM

A couple years ago I took some shit on the rec.music.bluenote site for mentioning "Bei Meir Bist Du Schon" as a song I particularly hated.

Haven't changed my mind, though.

Captain Hate · June-9th-2003, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Joe Christmas
Yep, I agree with Mone's pick.

The difference between "We Built This City" and the other picks like "Macarena" and "Wooly Bully" is that Starship was dead serious. And that, my friends, sucks.

You could almost hear the payola machines ringing in the background as the sellout was completed!!!

stonemonkts · June-9th-2003, 06:46 PM

I'm one of those people who get horrible songs stuck in their head, sometimes for days.

Reading this thread has me wanting to jump out a window.

And Mone certainly nailed it. SHIT@!

Sergio Zamora · June-9th-2003, 06:49 PM

Just today I heard a song by a guy named Lee Greenwood. Never heard of him or the song before. It was something about patriotism. Pure crap. Maybe not top ten crap, but it was up there.

walto · June-9th-2003, 06:53 PM

You mean like "Up Up With People"?

bluenoter · June-9th-2003, 07:03 PM

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Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, same difference except for the noses!

SqDC Steve, I'm surprised at you (though I too hate "You're Having My Baby")!

"Muss I Den" ("Wooden Heart")

"Ballad of the Green Berets"

And another vote for "Lady in Red." Every time I hear the "REEEEDDD!" part, which sounds off pitch (or something) to me, I'm afraid I'll have a cerebral hemorrhage.

Speaking of off pitch (I believe), "Karma Chameleon"

Sergio Zamora · June-9th-2003, 07:12 PM

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Originally posted by walto
You mean like "Up Up With People"?

Only worse.

That reminded me of that episode of the Simpsons with the group Hooray for Everything singing Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side".