A literal description of my state of mind
A literal description of my state of mind
Somebody knocked together thier list of the 50 Worst Songs of All Time. Channelling my inner-lemming, it's in the extended entry, and I've bolded the ones I actually like (or can at least tolerate).
Thanks to the Llama Butchers and Lynn S for directions to the cliff.
1. We Built This City ... Starship
2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung
4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit
5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice
6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News
7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin
8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
9. American Life ... Madonna
10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken
12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys
13. Illegal Alien ... Genesis
14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler
15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts
16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes
17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer
18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago
19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister
20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie
21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors hey, the Second Prince wants to buy you rockets
22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith
23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart
24. Superman ... Five for Fighting
25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
26. The End ... The Doors
27. The Final Countdown ... Europe
28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer
29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something
30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston
31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies
32. Will 2K ... Will Smith
33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua
34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg
35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M.
36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal
37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo
38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex
39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin
40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd
41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel
42. The Sound of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel
43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker
44. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf
45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
46. Hangin' Tough ... New Kids on the Block
47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams
48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles
49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred
50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion
One of the funniest all-time headlines from the Onion: "Corey Hart Still Singing 'Sunglasses at Night' Somewhere"
Posted by: Victor at January 21, 2005 08:16 AMWhoever made that list knows nothing about bad music. Lucky them. A lot of those aren't actually bad so much as massively overplayed, to the point of nausea.
Now this is a list of the worst songs of all time (and even some of these I don't mind):
1. MacArthur Park - Richard Harris or Donna Summer
2. I've Never Been To Me - Charlene
3. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
4. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
5. Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
6. Muskrat Love - Captain and Tenille
7. I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow
8. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
9. I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond
10. Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
12. Feelings - Maurice Albert
13. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
14. Oh Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith
15. Disco Duck - Rick Dees
16. A Horse With No Name - America
17. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
18. Morning Train (9 to 5) - Sheena Easton
19. You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone
20. Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
21. Shannon - Henry Gross
22. In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) - Zager and Evans
23. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain and Tenille
24. I Can't Dance - Genesis
25. The Candy Man - Sammy Davis jr
26. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
27. Ma Belle Amie - The Tee Set
28. Brand New Key - Melanie
29. Wildfire - Michael Murphy
30. Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes
31. Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbi Gentry
32. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
33. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
34. Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
35. I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
36. The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You - Bryan Adams
37. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
38. The Warrior - Scandal
39. Lady In Red - Chris DeBurgh
40. The Logical Song - Supertramp
Oh, and speaking of bad songs...
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 21, 2005 10:44 AM