Re: Sugar, sugar, by The Archies
This cannot pass uncorrected. May I refer you to Post #15, where our colleague pulykamell noted:
Exactly.
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Are you talking about …well…90% of her catalogue because that’s just her vocal range or are you talking about that disgusting let’s show the world I’m (not) just as good as Olivia Newton-John and remake her “Loving You” and butcher the signature aria?
The scary thing is that their version is the up-beat remake of America’s tune – it’s even on their Greatest Hits album. The original practically sounds like a dirge!
I’ll nominate Anything by Nirvana and quote my guitar teacher who answered a fellow student, “What’s wrong with them? Seriously? Aside from the fact that they don’t understand chord structure, play the wrong chord shapes just because they think it’s cool, and can’t carry a tune atop their background noise, the stuff they sing about is depressing as hell – it’s like they want to commit suicide and have the audience join in for a major bloodbath!”
Weeks later, Cobain was dead…
That was the song behind the credits on Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It summed up the [end of the] movie quite well. Adams was hot in Hollywood around that time. The one that eclipsed this one was A Night In Heaven which also played at the theater where I worked. It’s a rather sick movie and I had to hear that song three times a night for several weeks.
–G!
I actually was called a few years ago as a referral to photograph a house party here in the Chicago suburbs. I gave my standard (competitive) rate, and the person hosting the party tried to get me to lower my rate because the singer of the Plain White T’s would be performing there. I was this tempted to quote an even higher rate. Needless to say, I did not do that job.
“My Way”
“Christmas Shoes” - thank goodness that one gets airplay only a few months a year
Found that out a few years ago, and, man, as much as I hated that commercial, I hated it even more knowing the charity is for a specific religious subset of people, and that it is not disclosed or even hinted at in any of their commercials. (That info is on their webpage if you look deep enough. From the website: “Your donation will benefit Kars4Kids, a national organization dedicated to addressing the educational, material, emotional and spiritual needs of Jewish children and their families.” That’s all fine and dandy, but please disclose that upfront. I’d be just as irked to find out a charity I’m donating to that I think is helping all kids is only helping Christian children and their families. But that’s another thread.)
Yeah. Kind of
I’ve got a few.
First and foremost, that horrible “Let It Go” song from that equally horrible movie. Somehow my daughter (then four) got to see this movie, despite my ban on Disney princess movies. I guess she saw it at a friend’s house or something. Anyway, she loves the song. I don’t.
And after that, the absolute worst song ever written, “Sometimes When We Touch,” by Dan Hill.
Yass. This one.
spontaneously combusts
I know, I don’t donate any money to it. I mean, cars for kids? They can’t even drive!
When I was working in radio in the '90s, “All I Wanna Do” got a lot of airplay. To this day, I loathe the song.
Marilyn Manson’s cover of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”. I everyone at YouTube is gushing over it and I’m like, I want to gouge my ear drums out with a spork.
“We Built This City”. How could the same people who did masterpieces like “White Rabbit” and “Somebody To Love”, manage to produce crap like this? Is this what happens when you go sober? (WERE they sober at the time?)
Haha. I have to somewhat admire the song for the sheer ridiculousness and chutzpah.
Some truly terrible ‘songs’ have been mentioned so far, but the absolute worst, IMHO, was horse with no name, followed closely by take it easy by the eagles.
Actually anything by the eagles was utter shiite.
Come on!
You are shitting me. <checks> No you’re not.
Nope. Sorry, I hate Manson. I think he’s trying to hard to be Rob Zombie, and it doesn’t work.
Hate seems a strong word. Then again, I hate Rush, so maybe it’s not so strong.
Yes! I still hear “Hey there Delilah” at least once a week still and can’t change the station fast enough before it gets stuck in my head and I want to drive my car into on coming traffic.
Also that “I chime in with a haven’t you people ever heard of, closing the goddamn door” song. It irks me.
System of a Down, “Chop Suey”. Well, I can’t really stand any of their songs, but for some reason, this one annoys me the most.
That’s what this whole thread is about, remember? And I can’t stand Rush either. 