Ashlee Simpson imitating Milli Vanilli has got to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to anyone. - YouTube
Since we’re counting videos, I will -once again- trout out Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne’s You’re a Friend of Mine.
It features the two of them shaking their hips, doing the bro’s hand clasp, gazing lovingly into each other’s eyes as they belt out the lyrics inches from each other’s face.
The video is just a whole mess of :eek:
The video for “Muskrat Love” (God help us all). The “mating sounds” solo at 2:10 is arguably the lowest point of Western civilization.
Not as bad as this.
John Lennon’s So This Is Christmas could have been just awesome if it was just John singing with kids. But I just cringe the moment Yoko’s voice comes cackling through.
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Not as bad as this.
[/QUOTE]What the hell did I just see? I was happy to have this hole in my pop culture IQ.
Bonnie Tyler fantasizing about pre-pubescent boarding school boys in the “Total Eclipse of the Heart” video has got to be near the top of the list.
I don’t think it’s unnatural and unforced, but I DO think it’s edited in. No cites, just my opinion after listening to it many times in headphones.
Hmm…cringe worthy… I nominate the following tunes:
“Blaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhffff” - Billy Joel allegedly puking during the outro of ‘My Life’
“Father, I want to kill you. Mother, I want to fuck you.” Jim Morrison of The Doors in live version of ‘The End’.
“You make a dead man cum” -Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in ‘Start Me Up’ as the music fades out at the end.
“I was alone. I was all by myself. No one was looking…” -Tré Cool of Green Day during the hidden track after ‘F.O.D’ at the end of the Dookie album.
Nirvana’s ‘Rape Me’ is cringe worthy through the whole song.
Does rap music count?
“Put yer lips on my dick, and suck my asshole, too.” -2 Live Crew in ‘Me So Horny’
“…show all my girls he suck the piss out my pussy” -'Lil Kim in ‘Suck My Dick’
…among many others
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Not as bad as this.
[/QUOTE]Nevermind. This is probably the winner.
Hilarious. I didn’t know this song at all and, wow, did that “ooo” make me laugh. I expected some sort of soft romantic wailing and… I have no idea what that sound was, actually.
I was about ten when this song came out and I was already well aware of who Jagger was. I remember the critics were… not kind.
My contribution is this:
Fwiw, the guy who engineered this track, i.e. worked the mixing board to support the Producer in the studio, is a friend and former bandmate. He said Mick and Bowie were consummate pros and looking to bang the song out quickly to support the cause.
Knowing that, I can’t slam them.
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Not as bad as this.
[/QUOTE]For once, a brilliant line in a YouTube comments page:
When did Margaret Thatcher start writing songs for the Stones?
From what I read, Bowie thought this video was hysterical.
I saw it for the first time a few months ago and indeed, it’s one the funniest things I’ve seen on Youtube.
Rick Wakeman - Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table. It inspired Spinal Tap’s Stonehenge.
Robert Plant singing about “Gollum, the evil one” stealing his girlfriend.
Mario Wienerroither is a genius!
Oh lord yes! I shoot videos of the kids of the School of Rock, and every school location has done a Led Zeppelin show, and they all do Ramble On, and I cringe every time. Maybe if Page and Plant had read Lord of the Rings a second time, when they weren’t baked…
OK, it’s clearly “Gollum and the evil one” but, not being a Tolkien fan (or Zep either), I have no idea why any of it matters.
The Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler.
It’s already cringe-worthy schmaltz to begin with, but at approximately 3:49 in this video is the part where the Divine Miss M. (who is generally a FANTASTIC singer) hits a weirdly off-note when she sings “Fly, Flyyyyyyyyy…FLYYYYYY Away…” It’s nails on a chalkboard magnified to the 10000th degree.