I always hated “Born in the USA”. Tuneless redundancy. “We Built this City” is also one that annoys me to no end.
Worst sacrilige? I heard “Hotel California” (my ravorite) turned into a early 90s soul song. AARRGGHH!!
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument” - William McAdoo
Wow, you people are mentioning a lot of songs that I’d forgotten.
“Shipoopi” … I think we have a new winner. Stupid nonsense lyrics, and it has zip-zero-nada to do with the plot. In more cynical moods, I suspect it’s in there primarily to stall during someone’s costume change. Lame, lame, lame, lame, lame. On top of this, you get to listen to BUDDY HACKETT sing it in the movie version. Yes, he sings exactly like he talks.
There’s also the Dahomey song from Showboat (I’m not sure what the exact title is)… we cut it when we did the show, for several reasons (it’s pointless, it’s stunningly offensive, we were running long anyway…). It features lyrics like “Give me Avenue A back in old New Yo’k, where yo’ knife and fo’k gently sink into tender chops o’ juicy po’k”.
Speaking of “offensive” lyrics, how about these:
Da possum meat am good to eat
(Card him to da heart)
My dog did bark I went to see
(Card him to da heart)
And dere were possum up dat tree
(Card him to da heart)
(chorus)
Card dat possum
Caaaaaard dat possum, chillun
Card dat possum
Card him to da heart
Where did I hear it? It was in my 3rd grade SC state history book. Now that was 30 years ago, and the books were already at leat 10 years old–but we actually sang it in class! (And, yes, our schools were integrated by then.) BTW, if it’s not obvious, “card” means “carve.”
You know, S. Carolina never surrendered after the Civil War. My sister recently read, “Don’t Know Much About the Civil War,” and that’s become her favorite piece of trivia.
“I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy
gr8kat, I have to say something in defense of Ween. And I will: LSD.
As for the song I hate, that’d have to be ‘True Colors.’ It’s a freakin’ Cyndi Lauper song. I liked it as a Cyndi Lauper song. Why did it have to become a Kodak jingle. Why did Phil COllins have to cover it? ONLY CYNDI LAUPER SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT SONG. Sorry, I’m a little worked up. . .
Life is short. Make fun of it.
I don’t really have a worst song.
But the Disco stuff of the 70’s gave me a scare.