Which isn’t your topic. You asked for the worst. Most answers seem to be answering the question: Which is the worst single? Including your exmple:
HYEStR is their worst?
The number of chords is relevant?
A better choice. Song is catchy though.
It’s been pointed out that it’s arguable that these are the best known. But the worst?
Ditto.
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Billy Joel.
There’s a good pick.
But is it his worst?
The thread title said “weakest”. And yes, I would say WoL is pretty weak compared to “Desperadoes Under the Eaves” or “Searching For A Heart” or a lot of his other stuff.
Another factor in this and others’ choices is that the most radio-friendly song might be okay for what it is, but not representative of the artist’s total work. Like “The One I Love” for R.E.M. That’s not really typical of their style. (And it’s also a lament, not a love song as many mistakenly think.) And hardcore fans (of anyone, not just the examples in this thread) tend to get irritated when those not in the know think that everything by their favorite band/artist is similar to that one song that gets on the radio. I know I get irritated when I mention Warren and people instantly start mocking the piano intro to WoL.
“This Song is Just Three Chords Long…”
Great call. WZ has dozens of songs superior to Werewolves.
I would add:
Elton John - Yeah, he had tons of hits over the years, but I always thought his best tunes were the deeper cuts (Ballad of a Well-Known Gun, Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Take Me To the Pilot, Border Song…)
Elvis Costello - The Hits were few (Veronica, What’s So Funny…, Every Day I Write the Book), but the little-knowns kick ass (way too many to start naming).
I was going to add Neil Young, but I do love all his big hits (exception: Heart of Gold). He does, though, have oodles and oodles of hidden gems in his catalog (Tonight’s the Night, Tell Me Why, Harvest, Thrasher, Powderfinger)
Given that it is an in my humble opinion topic by nature, one man’s worst could be another’s best, or at least not so worst. I’ll grant you that the cloying “Hello It’s Me” might beat out “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” in worstnessness.
To contribute, my information was from the last time I did listen to the radio for music, which was in the 90’s.
Burned CD’s.
REM-Shiny Happy People.
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Why not just throw them away?
Some more:
Squeeze -Black Coffee In Bed
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Genesis - That’s All
Supertramp - The Logical Song
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
Not that they are bad songs at all, but in my opinion “Reelin’ In The Years” and “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” are not Steely Dan’s best songs by a long shot.
Deep Purple: “Smoke on the Water”
I’m going to ask a moderator to delete this thread before a Sirius/XM programmer finds it. Because this is going to give them all sorts of ideas.
(who am I kidding? These songs would only improve Sirius/XM programming).
Agreed. That whole I-just-got-divorced album is my least favorite. Sometimes I hear “Whole New You” on the radio, and it’s not my favorite, but it’s better.
Also: Regina Spektor - “Fidelity”
Plenty of people will disagree, but I like her for the range of emotions and stories she can display. I love the strange, yet sweet qualities of the songs from the live shows. There’s no hidden message or surprise ending or deep thought - or even something humorous - in this song, and the repeating a syllable thing is much more effective on “Eet.”
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The sound system in the car is awesome and I still have friends who have not listened to the genius that is Weird Al Yankovic.
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Jane’s Addiction. “Been Caught Stealing” and “Jane Says” aren’t bad songs, but I think songs like “Stop!”, “Three Days”, “Ocean Size”, and “Mountain Song” (just to name a few of my favorites) are way more deserving of recognition. And while I didn’t think Strays was a bad CD, nothing on it even remotely compares to their best work.
Well, to be fair, I have heard “Stop!” a few times on the radio…but not nearly as often as it merits.
But is it really his most popular? I always thought that honor belonged to the perfectly respectable “Hello It’s Me”.
Seconded.
Hell, no! Does anybody?
However, you can still make inferences about what songs are ridiculously overexposed on the radio, if you ever go outside or spend time on hold.
Metallica was mentioned once already, but for only one of the four songs of theirs I ever hear played on the radio (and not the most egregiously overplayed one at that). Seems that the only time you hear them on the radio, it’s not “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”, it’s not “The Four Horsemen”, it’s not “Eye of the Beholder”, it’s not even “One” or “Hero of the Day”.
No, it’s always either the aforementioned “Nothing Else Matters”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, “Fuel”, or the so-overplayed-that-if-I-never-hear-it-again-it-still-won’t-ever-leave-my-head “Enter Sandman”. The song is the “Walk This Way” of the heavy metal genre. (And that certainly ain’t no compliment.)
“Hello It’s Me” is the song that he will most likely be remembered for, but it is not played in arenas for screaming sports fans or is it used in commercials for a cruise line.