WORST.SONG.EVER

[blinkfan]

I found the true worst song ever. Unfaithful by Rihanna not only are the lyrics ridiculous but the it is so whiney.

[Lazario]

theluckyone said:

It's "MacArthur Park."

I like that song. I'm not in the habit, at least to my knowledge, of liking bad songs. For instance, I never claimed to like The Grateful Dead (nor do I). Donna Summer is untouchable. I'd rather vote for Gloria Gaynor. I can't stand "I Will Survive," I have no idea how that supposedly became an iconic gay anthem. You'll never hear me singing it! That's for sure. Also up for grabs in the gay-disco category, "Y.M.C.A." I'm sure if I was alive in the mid-70's, I'd be singing the praises of a health club facility that shows off... things I've never seen in public except at a beach. It's just dated and played out (I think AIDS really helped to kill it's message of celebratory dance decadence). Even Greg Kinnear's character in As Good As It Gets was embarassed by it (not that we get the impression he would have even listened to it anyway in the 1970's).

magill said:

I don't know if it's the worst song ever, but I believe the Black-Eyed Peas song "My Humps" is the worst song of last year.

Oh God, I forgot about that one. You might have something there.

If we're talking about country (which is my vote for worst genre of music, other than traditional celtic hymns), Toby Keith sort of has the monopoly on the worst song. I slam my money down on "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue." It paints a portrait of Americans as lazy rednecks who wait for an equally lazy, ineffective government to take action against terrorists they don't adequately inform their citizens about.

I just saw the Pussycat Dolls get mention. Sorry, I sort of like them a little. Not necessarily their strange ensemble nature, where if you know all their names, you have to be one of the sorriest folks ever spawned. Just the rhythms, melodies, harmonies, and those beats. It's just fun music.

I'm one of those people that is just no good at definitively picking. I'll just sort of profile:

70's or earlier
"Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
"Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen
"Greased Lightning" - John Travolta and the Grease singing cast
the Theme Song to Little House on the Prairie

80's
"True" - Spandeau Ballet
"Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Riders
"Stray Cat Strut" / "Rock This Town" - The Stray Cats

90's - today
"You Remind Me" - Nickelback
"I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys
"Outside" - Staind / Fred Durst
"It's Been Awhile" - Staind
"Heterosexual Man" - The Odds

[blinkfan]

Whoa there. You don't like Lets get it on by Marvin Gaye.Marvin Gaye is the man.

[Lazario]

It's just been overplayed to death. You hadn't noticed? It was only featured in every movie and almost 20 percent of all television commercials from 1998 to 2002.

[darkdarkerdarko]

"Pon De Replay" has gotta be one of the most irritating songs played on the radio.

[DTH]

Funny "Pon De Replay" is one of the few tracks I like on Rihanna's first album. Its too reggae for the rest of it (and I don't get on with reggae at all).

I think technically it is a good club tune, though as with most songs I'd classify in that genre, it isn't one that has any real significance and you certainly won't be entering it in to any halls of fame

[eatmyshorts]

Anything by fall out boy.