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Worst Songs Ever!
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 12:37
by hallucienate
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New York - Starship may have built this city on rock and roll, but Blender magazine is tearing it down, naming the band's We Built This City as the worst song ever.
Some tunes on the 50 Worst Songs Ever! list were selected for their melodies, others "are wretchedly performed" and "quite a few don't make sense whatsoever", the magazine says.
The list, which appears in the May issue, includes songs by New Kids On The Block, Meat Loaf, The Doors, Lionel Richie, Hammer and The Beach Boys.
Blender describes 1985's We Built This City as "the truly horrible sound of a band taking the corporate dollar while sneering at those who take the corporate dollar".
Starship lead singer Grace Slick said: "This is not me," when the magazine reminded her of the tune.
Rounding out the top 10 are:
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Rollin' - Limp Bizkit
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
The Heart Of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis And The News
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy
American Life - Madonna
Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Other songs on the list include: Toby Keith's
Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (No 22); Whitney Houston's Greatest Love Of All (No 30); Ricky Martin's She Bangs (No 39); Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire (No 41); Simon And Garfunkel's The Sound Of Silence (No 42); The Beatles's Ob-La-Di,
Ob-La-Da (No 48); and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On (No 50). - Sapa-AP
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 12:41
by emilystrange
no westlife/busted/boyzone?
shaddupa ya face?
birdy song?
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 12:49
by markfiend
emilystrange wrote:no westlife/busted/boyzone?
shaddupa ya face?
birdy song?
"Shaddupa ya face" kept Ultravox's "Vienna" off number 1 IIRC
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 12:51
by emilystrange
yes.. oh the pain... agghh
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 12:53
by paint it black
no - the darkness Xmas song
don't worry 10 years time it'll be there
Re: Worst Songs Ever!
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 14:02
by Big Si
hallucienate wrote:Simon And Garfunkel's The Sound Of Silence (No 42)
But that's a great song!
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 14:05
by emilystrange
paint it black wrote:no - the darkness Xmas song
don't worry 10 years time it'll be there
please, don't go there. you'll be running away from me in the Valley of Darkness before you know where you are.
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 14:07
by Padstar
The drum rolls for PIBs comeback....
Paddy.
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 14:08
by Padstar
Anything by Iron Maiden for me by the way....
Paddy.
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 14:08
by ryan
hmmm...i like that billy joel song...
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 14:11
by emilystrange
anyone who sings about 'feigning joy and surprise at gifts you despise' at xmas gets my vote. spesh if you spend it at the inlaws'.
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 14:19
by ryan
ahk..why dont they leave the doors alone..bastards
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 15:19
by sisxbeforedawn
not sure who it's by, but that rap song with 'it's a hard knock life' sampled in it! aarrrggghhhh makes me wanna scream!!
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 17:22
by Purple Light
Anything by M People.
The singer's voice (Heather Small?) makes me wanna torture myself.
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 17:59
by vicus
Anything by Modern Talking -
and the Ketchup Song
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 18:38
by andymackem
Worst ever? For sheer, overblown self-indulgent pomposity and all-round twaddle it has to be Late Night, Maudlin Street by Morrissey. The definitive symptom of a man crawling up his own arse.
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 19:14
by Big Si
Purple Light wrote:Anything by M People.
The singer's voice (Heather Small?) makes me wanna torture myself.
Aye, she sings just like Rusty Lee talks!
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 19:43
by James Blast
many, too many...
Europe - The Final Countdown
Lifted - The Lighthouse Family
anything by Travis, except All I Want To Do Is Rock
Insatiable - Darren Hayes
there will be more...
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 22:49
by paint it black
Padstar wrote:The drum rolls for PIBs comeback....
Paddy.
now that's not fair
i really don't associate with them. i hate them. it doesn't mean i don't respect other's opinions of them. they are dire and along wth daft punk, hold my personal record for resale of an lp/cd . i.e. 15 minutes
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 23:23
by James Blast
My quickest return to record shop was 'Holy Money' by Swans.
Bought at 6pm Friday, returned 2:30pm Saturday.
Posted: 22 Apr 2004, 23:27
by Hojyuu-obi
sisxbeforedawn wrote:not sure who it's by, but that rap song with 'it's a hard knock life' sampled in it! aarrrggghhhh makes me wanna scream!!
That would be Jay-Z ... He has Beyoncé as a girlfriend so who are we
Posted: 23 Apr 2004, 20:52
by pikkrong
vicus wrote:Anything by Modern Talking
yes yes yes... last weekend, visiting a friend, I saw them again in TV (it was a German TV program, I guess, and the show was probably something like "trash classics") and I realized again that they were SO awful that it made me laugh
Posted: 24 Apr 2004, 00:42
by James Blast
Cum On Eileen - Dexy's
hate that one with a passion.
Posted: 24 Apr 2004, 00:55
by Thrash Harry
Red Sunsets wrote:Cum On Eileen - Dexy's
hate that one with a passion.
You've got to hand it to her though, she was a game girl.
Posted: 24 Apr 2004, 01:02
by James Blast
$hit song though, Thrash.
my case rests