The worst song of all time is.......

Cafe Society
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What is the worst song of all time? In all fairness, let’s exclude choices based on dislike of a style of music(“Country music sucks. All country.” or “Rap sucks. All rap.”), songs that are meant to be bad, like novelty songs, or based on overplay of a song on the radio. I’m talking about a combination of stupid/horrible lyrics, a bad tune, bad music, and/or bad singing.

My choice is Toby Kieth’s newest song “I Wanna Talk About Me”. It’s so bad! It’s a kind of rap-sounding country song. If that’s not bad enough, the guy whines on and on about how he wants to talk about himself. I’m not kidding. That’s what it’s about. It’s just indescribable how truly awful it is. It’s like they actually sat around one night and said “Let’s write the worst song we can come up with, and see if they play it.”

Now, your choice is?

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For lyrical content alone, it must be the horrendously vapid Good Morning Starshine.

Good morning, starshine, the earth says “Hello”
You twinkle above us, we twinkle below
Good morning, starshine, you lead us along
My love and me as we sing our early morning singing song

Gliddy, glup, gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La, la, la, lo, lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le, le, lo, lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song

Singing a song, humming a song, singing a song
Loving a song, laughing a song, sing the song
Sing the song, song the sing
Song, song, song, si-ing, sing, sing, si-ing, song
Sing the song, song the sing
Song, song, song, si-ing, sing, sing, si-ing, song

A song that no diabetic should listen to.

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I like the “Hey” song, but not many lyrics there. :slight_smile:

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4 Non Blondes “What’s Going On” sets my teeth on edge, right before I vomit.

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Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin. Zappa does a much bette version.

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That new song by the former Puff Daddy, “Diddy”

You know how the military has used loud music to coerce enemies into giving up? This is the song they should use.

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I have it on good authority that MacArthur Park is the worst.

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“Pour Some Sugar On Me” by Def Leppard is the worst song ever.

‘Good Morning Starshine’ is a great song to sing along to :slight_smile:
peace,
JB

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“Galveston” by Glen Campbell is pretty awful.

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I laugh sooooooo hard at that song “Let’s Talk about Me” by Toby Keith. It’s fun to listen to my kids sing. Love it and how he’s gone from a great love ballad to “let’s talk about me.” lol

I can’t stand the song “Goodbye Earl” by the Dixie Chicks though. Like everything else they did, but not that.

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Teen Angel as performed by Mark Dinning, or anybody else. The only reason why this strunz was allowed anywhere near a recording studio is because one of his relatives had a brief affair with one of the MacGuire Sisters (or something like that).

AND,AND,AND

Last Kiss, as performed by Pearl Jam (originally recorded by J.Frank Wilson, IIRC). Not only does the song suck, but it is a sad epitaph for a band that, unfortunately, started to believe its own bullshit.

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“Bad Medicine”, Bon Jovi
“Your love is like bad medicine, bad medicine, it’s what I need…”
Oooh, can I write some lyrics too?
“Your song is like bad hamburgers, bad hamburgers, gonna make me spew…”
(and I second “Pour some sugar on me”. Actually, I think most hair metal songs could qualify for this category.)

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Two-way tie:

The Cracklin’ Rosie song by Neil Diamond

and

** Honey ** by Whatzhisname (“See the tree how big it’s grown . . . .”)

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‘seasons in the sun’, terry jacks.

‘sometimes when we touch’, dan hill.

‘the last song i’ll ever write for you’, edward bear.

the terriblest trio that e’er were trilled.

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Listen to The Annoying Music Show on NPR and you’ll soon realize there are way too many candidates. Or it’s just so bad that it’s great and I’m too dense to get it.

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**MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down…
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
**

And to think it made #2 in 1968

What were we thinking?

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rmat, thats the immortal one, bobby goldsboro. definitely top 5 all time worst.

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Some songs are so bad that you run when they come on. Holy Diver By R.J. Dio is so bad that I listen.

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Boom, boom, boom, let’s go back to my room
Where we can do it all night
And you can make me feel right

Uuuuugggghhhh, does that bring back shudders for anyone else ? :frowning:

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SPANISH GUITAR BY WHITNEY HOUSTON
Yeeeeeeccccchhhh!!! Petooie! ICK!