# The most cringeworthy moment in pop music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258 "2016-10-11T17:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/141 "2016-10-31T22:09:17Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > “And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time > The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life > Where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow > Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?” > > Every line is a WTF of stupidity. Snow falls regularly on Kilimanjaro and in Lesotho, and there are ski resorts in the Atlas Mountains. How about Pat Boone’s venture into heavy metal? > **[In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Metal_Mood:_No_More_Mr._Nice_Guy)** > > In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy is a 1997 album by American singer Pat Boone in which Boone covers hard rock and heavy metal songs in a jazz/big band style. Boone promoted the album by appearing in leather clothing (and, at that year's American Music Awards, wearing a dog collar). He succeeded in propelling Metal Mood onto the Billboard record charts (making it Boone's first hit album in 36 years), but it did not please some of his older, longtime fans who considered the heavy metal genre i... > **[Pat Boone - No More Mr. Nice Guy - Amazon.com Music](https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Mr-Nice-Guy/dp/B000005KOE)** > > Product Description Pat Boone spent much of the '80s and '90s out of the secular media spotlight, but in 1997 he made a splash - charting at #125 on the Billboard Top 200 chart - with In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, a tongue-in-cheek... ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/142 "2016-10-31T22:58:53Z")
[Say, Say, Say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jGSdGVNFI)- horrific. Just…stoppdily horrific. And there’s Linda, gamely getting her screen time. --gag– ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/143 "2016-10-31T23:23:36Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > “And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time > The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life > Where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow > Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?” > > Every line is a WTF of stupidity. I love the implied “fuck you” to all non-Christian Africans. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/144 "2016-10-31T23:45:41Z")
Where was the concert for Africa supposed to be for? Wasn’t it Ethiopia? Ethiopians are Christians. Well, most of them. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/145 "2016-11-01T02:50:38Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Ooh…when Kiss took the makeup off? Here’s the video. "Let's Put The X In Sex" is not far behind in the cringe department. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lNKJ4SPj_Rw/maxresdefault.jpg "Kiss - Let's Put The X In Sex (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNKJ4SPj_Rw) ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/146 "2016-11-01T03:12:52Z")
Everything about Maroon 5’s “She Will be Loved” is cringe-worthy from start to finish. Nothing they recorded before or since makes up for the awfulness of this song. I would say the U.S. military should weaponize it for tactical reasons, but that would be silly since it is already a full strategic sonic missile of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/147 "2016-11-01T03:21:55Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > “And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time > The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life > Where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow > Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?” > > Every line is a WTF of stupidity. WTF, wow…this is either a horrifically ignorant albeit well-meaning attempt to bring attention to the plight of Africans, or tremendously insulting. ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/148 "2016-11-01T03:27:37Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > [The video for “Muskrat Love” (God help us all).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgCk3bnvO5Y) The “mating sounds” solo at 2:10 is arguably the lowest point of Western civilization. LOL (for real) ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/149 "2016-11-01T03:33:57Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve always thought [Kid Rock’s ‘Cowboy’](https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tjksmbz4ak32i5tzghz6jm4fg4a?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics) sounds like it was written by a group of high school sophomores during shop class. > > This, just from the chorus: > > Romeo H.S. shop class, circa 1987: > "Hey guys, what’s a good rhyme for ‘day?’ " > “How ‘bout ‘away?’ " > "Yeah! ‘I can smell a PIG from a mile away!’ " > "Badass! I hate fuckin’ cops!” Yes, Kid Rock in general. And especially trying to duet with Sheryl Crow (“I put your picture away”). ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/150 "2016-11-01T03:43:53Z")
Mamas and Papas, “I Saw Her Again”… leaving the premature vocal entry in the recording (@2:43) https://www.youtube.com/embed/9zBMK5OAGyE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLIJv-ESv0mZNBUyFYPEJ9qbFK2Rp78XOt ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258/151 "2016-11-01T03:50:45Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I actually liked that song when it came out. I hadn’t heard it in a few years though. And yes… it reminds me of someone. > > There is this [one](http://bit.ly/20Ms6AK) if you need one to hear. > > Thoughts? That’s cold hearted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-cringeworthy-moment-in-pop-music/768258.md?page=7)