I won’t do that - Meat Loaf
Total eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler
Metal Guru - T Rex the outro just goes on and on and …
No one has mentioned: every Aerosmith song since they got off of drugs.
OK, now Permanent Vacation was an OK album, but since “Janie’s got a gun” EVERY Aerosmith song of the past 10 years has been some crappy ballad lacking any lyrical or musical uniquness. Look at the crazy/crying/crap they’ve done lately… Ugh, how the mighty have fallen.
Actually I always sort of liked it. It’s a lot better than
most of the other baddies mentioned here, IMHO. Has a good rhythm section.
This song always reminds me of the old Swanson’s jingle that went “Swanson’s makes it good”. The opening vocal notes of Conq. are exactly the same as those of the jingle,
and I always had a problem with that.
I don’t usual bare my soul on the Board, but . . .
I really like bad '70s (and late '60s) music. Yes, I know it’s bad. It’s kind of the aural equivalent of Circus Peanuts. I like “Billy Don’t Be A Hero” and “The Night Chicago Died” and “Wildfire” and, yes, “MacArthur Park” and “Seasons In the Sun.” Berate me if you must.
And I laughed my butt off at the Elmer Fudd version of “Eve of Destruction” and the sublime “99 Dead Baboons,” which I had never heard before. Great thread!
Oh, and I vote for “Cherry Pie” by Warrant. No contest.
I liked the Elmer Fudd version of that Loose Windscreen song ,
I’m dwivin in my car,
You turn on the wadiow
You’re puwwin me cwose,
I just say no,
I say I don’t wike it but you know I’m a wiar,
Cos when we kiss ooo wooo fiyer.
Be honest all. Do you hate the songs because of its (lack) of quality or because of its frequent play? Many of the songs you cited are actually somewhat good, at least better than the man who tried to destroy soul music, R. Kelly. I heard “I Believe I Can Fly” once, and I hoped that one time he actually does believe and jump off a roof. Ooh, I never before wished that on a person.
I’m surprised no one has mention “Mr. Roboto” by Styx. My husband is a huge Styx fan, but he has to run from the room in horror (or at least change the station) if he hears that song.
Recent songs that I think qualify as being as bad as anything else on this list:
“Pretty Fly for a White Guy,” Offspring
“Get a Job,” Offspring
“Black Back Pack,” I forget their name
“Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up,” Eminem–is it just me or is the irony of him complaining about imitators and wanna-bes just too much?
“Cowboy,” Kid Rock–does he even know what a cowboy does?
“The Bad Touch,” The Bloodhound Gang
“Santaria,” “Date Rape,” hell, anything by Sublime.
I hope that, if these songs don’t fade from the public’s collective consciousness, they’re at least remembered as being the worst the last couple years have had to offer.
Heresy!
Whilst neun und neunzig luftballoons was better, because it at least scanned properly (and despite my pisspoor knowledge of german I find it a little more comprehensible), the song kicks ass, and has a hardcore old skool bass line.
Plus, I fancy Nena, despite her apparent inability to shave her armpits. (Or at least, I fancy Nena as she was in the 1980s).
I would personally vote for anything sung by Elvis ('cept for the PSB’s cover of Always On My Mind, which kicks ass). Or Buddy Holly. Ugh.
I think that was Willy Nelson, not Elvis. I may be wrong, though, they may have both done it.
Willie Nelson may have sung it (I honestly have no idea) but Elvis certainly did.
And it sucks.
I hate to say it, but i LIKE the hair bands from the eighties, but i plead youthfull indiscression, i grew up on the crap. I started to realise that i was growing up though when my immeadiate responce was any of the Korn, Limp Bizcut, and the millions of copycats they have. Pick a song, any song from these people, it’s all the same, the lyrics and the music are exact copies of the last time any of the went into the sudio. My ultimate answer is the ENTIRE Van Halen “Three” disc. Oh Diamond Dave, how we miss you, and hell, Sammy, you never looked so good as when the new guy, Gary (from Extreem, also up there with “More than Words”) fronted the band…<sigh>
I’m sorry, but to me, all of the crappy boy bands do not even warrant consideration…i cannot call them rock songs…computer programs, maybe.
joe
rraygun, you haven’t lived until you’ve heard “Horse With No Name” done as a cover by these two cambodian nightclub singers in “Air America.” Run, do not walk, to your local video store and rent this flick for that scene alone.
Sorry, but I gotta go with “Knights in White Satin” It’s not unlike long fingernails on a chalk board. I can’t even remember who sang it now. yeeewwww…
I’ve been a DJ for 12 years now, and I have heard more bad songs than you can possibly imagine. But without a doubt, the most horrid, putrid, I’d-rather-chew-glass-than-hear-this-again song has got to be “Rock On” by David Essex.
You know it:
“Hey, kid, rock and roll
Rock on
Oooooo my soul”
Just thinking about that song gives me heartburn.
Rock On by David Essex has always ben one of My favorites!
Worst Bubblegum song- “Puppy Love” by Donny Osmond. Of all the smarmy early 70’s fey love songs, this one outsmarms them all.
Worst Heavy Metal Song-anything by Motley Crue. God, they were horrible!
Worst New Wave Song-“Cars” by Gary Numan. Three minutes of screechy synthesizers and a droning, off key, android vocalizing.
Worst song by an otherwise great band-“Several Species of Small, Furry Animals Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict”-Pink Floyd What the hell did they add to the pot in the studio that day?
Worst song you can hear on the radio today-“American Pie”-Madonna. She has forever ruined that tune for me.
Worst Bubblegum song- “Puppy Love” by Donny Osmond. Of all the smarmy early 70’s fey love songs, this one outsmarms them all.
Worst Heavy Metal Song-anything by Motley Crue. God, they were horrible!
Worst New Wave Song-“Cars” by Gary Numan. Three minutes of screechy synthesizers and a droning, off key, android vocalizing.
Worst song by an otherwise great band-“Several Species of Small, Furry Animals Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict”-Pink Floyd What the hell did they add to the pot in the studio that day?
Worst song you can hear on the radio today-“American Pie”-Madonna. She has forever ruined that tune for me.
:: beepbeepbeep! Who are the Moody Blues?
I’ll take “Aging British Pop Bands” for 400, Alex.
Just reading this thread I’ll have all these horrible songs in my head for days…
Not a rock song … Cross-over pop, maybe, but the absolute worst ever…
“Reunited” by peaches and herb.
Makes me positively postal.