What's the WORST song ever?
 

Don't know if you guys have had this thread on here recently....but I just heard "Jenny from the Block" by Jennifer Lopez on the radio. That has got to be the most assinine, annoying song ever. And now it's stuck in my head! I can't take it! :smashfrea

MmmmmmmmBop-Hanson lads. Worst catchy song ever.
CanonBall-the Breeders. Best catchy song ever.

"luuuuuuuuuuuvvvvving youuuuuuuuuuu
Is easy 'cuz your beautiful.

la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la, la laaaaa laaa laaa

-sm

Worst Heh heh heh
Second place goes to "Teen Angel". :bawling:

"Tropical Hot Dog Night" by Captain Beefheart is simultaneously the worst and greatest song of all time.

If you've never heard it, I highly recommend a listen.

I like Banana Phone! Kinda catchy, and I like the singing skunks--they're damn cute! Although I imagine it could become pretty aggravating. What's "Teen Angel"? Don't know that one!

TEEN ANGEL
First Verse
That fate-ful night the car was stalled
up-on the rail- road track
I pulled you out and we were safe
but you went run - ning back___

CHORUS
Teen An - gel, can you hear me
Teen An - gel can you see__ me
Are you some - where up a -bove
and am I still your own__true love

Second Verse
What was it you were look-ing for
that took your life that night
They said they found my high school ring
clutched in your fin -gers tight____

REPEAT CHORUS
Just sweet six - teen and now you're gone,
they've tak - en you a - way
I'll nev - er kiss your lips a - gain,
they bur - ied you to - day____

REPEAT CHORUSWords and Music by Jean Surrey & Red Surrey :vomit:

Maybe Jinx will tell you how those singing badgers can wear you down. :)

Yeah, they are badgers I guess. The scary part is that I just listened to it it about 14 times. :eek:

That song makes much more sense when you find out it was originally a lullaby sung to her daughter, Maya Rudolph.

I wasn't around for "Teen Angel" so I'll nominate another Death-Rock classic, "Run Joey Run", in which the singer is going to be shot dead by the dad of the girl he knocked up.



Daddy please don't, it wasn't his fault, he means so much to me
Daddy please don't, we're gonna get married...just you wait and see.

She called me up, late last night, she said Joe, don't come over
My dad and I just had a fight, and he stormed out the door
I've never seen him act his this way, my God, hes going crazy
He says he's gonna make you pay, for what we've done, he's got a gun, so

Run Joey Run Joey Run
Daddy please don't, it wasn't his fault, he means so much to me
Daddy please don't, we're gonna get married...just you wait and see.

I got in my car and I drove like mad, till I reached Julie's place
She ran to me, with tear-filled eyes, and bruises on her face
All at once, I saw him there, sneaking up behind me, WATCH OUT!
Then Julie yelled, he's got a gun, and she stepped in front of me
Suddenly, a shot rang out, and I saw Julie falling
I ran to her, I held her close, when I looked down, my hands were red,
and heres the last words Julie said...

Daddy please don't, it wasn't his fault, he means so much to me
Daddy please don't, we're gonna get married.....aaahhh..ahhhh
ahhhh....ahhhhh

Run Joey run Joey run Joey run Joey run Joey run

Know what? I hate you. It's gonna take weeks to get that outta my head again. :)

"Muskrat Love" by the Captain and Tenielle.

This abomination haunted sorority houses throughout the late '70s.

If I ever hear it again I cannot be held responsible for my actions.

"You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone

ANYTHING John Denver ever sang. "Rocky Mountain hype... Blah, blah, blah." "Thank God I'm a country boy." Thank God, he's gone! :eyebrow:

Oh, yeah, Bruce. I was around for "teen angel," too. :vomit:

Thanks a lot, Bruce. I've been singing BANANAPHONE all morning. And I get up early!


Plus, I can't help feeling that the line, "...it ain't no pony" is merely used as a gratuitous rhyming device for the line "...it's no balogney". It doesn't really add to the information about the BANANAPHONE.

I couldn't turn it off in the middle. Had to wait till the end and if I waited too long and heard the first 2 notes, rinse, repeat. :lol:

Brianna, the "heh heh heh" after the link, was a warning. ;)

Because it revealed your real agenda? :)

Meatloaf: Stop Right There. just stop... now (still like Scooter though)

Did someone redeux Teen Angel or was there just a really weak knock off a few years back?

Yeah, what the hell is up with that? And I've never seen baloney that looks like that--what are those big white chunks in it?

i'm intrigued by this Bananaphone song - where can I listen to it? I've never heard it ever!

Agreed. I think it looks like a slice of salami. And if Lookout reads this, no, I don't know how to play "hide the salami" (couldn't let that one go by!)

I'll have to find a way to link to a heavy-metal cover of Bananaphone I have.

The link in post #4. :)

Thanks!

Check out www.gunthernet.com for a HORRID song... apparently it is the smash summer hit of Europe. I spent the entire summer in Europe and did not hear it at all. It's called the Ding Dong Song.

You don't know how to play "hide the salami"?

Girl, that's just *sad*. :eyebrow:

That sounds like a bad ripoff of that "I'm Too Sexy" song...ugh. :thumbsdn:

I'm just telling Lookout that. I really DO know how to play! :D

Banana phone - wish I had never visited that site - I can't get that song out of my head, nor can I remove the image of dancing badgers from my brain! AAAAAHHHHHH!

Meat Loaf is a god!

wash your mouth out!

oh!!!

shock horror!!

John Denver is THE MAN!!

"Country Boy" rocks out over here! you might be taking it too seriously or something.. loosen up and enjoy! it rocks!! In the club, just past midnight, whack that on and watch the dance floor go wild! it rocks!! Its so funny!

And don't even get me started on "rocky mountain high", "country road" and "jet plane" and cant forget "feather bed" so much meaning for me its inexplicable!

And i've only been listening to his albums for 6 months after i inherited a bundle form my grandad, they are the best!

[quote=Sun_Sparkz]oh!!!

shock horror!!

John Denver is THE MAN!!

Yeah, the Dead man...He was too busy getting High in the Rocky Mountains that he forgot to gas up his Jet Plane...dumb bastard.

I think this is not the song you are thinking of. I'm fairly sure the song that SM hates is the Minnie Ripperton tune from the 70s.

And Maya Rudolph was Minnie Ripperton's daughter. Little piece of trivia I've hung onto.

Differnt generation, different country, "At tempus, a mores!"

Ah. Now I see what you were saying.

Must have changed the lyrics for the album. Cause some of the lines are:

"Making Love with you is all I wanna do"

and

"And every time that we oooh I'm more in love with you"

How about that irritating "Tiny Bubbles (in my tub)"

"worst" is so subjective that it is hard to throw one out that is really the worst. one that i equate with fingernails on a chalkboard though is Stairway to Heaven. i hate that song!

and close behind that you can list just about any other Led Zeppelin song. sorry, don't stone me.

Wind Beneath my Wings.

Oh, and that abomination from Titanic.

I was at a psychic faire all weekend. There was a motherfuckingsleazyloungeact piano guy there (who switched off with a harp player) who kept playing those two songs.

I nearly shot him.

Nearly.

they only played those two songs?

if so, did you look for a camera to see if you were on that Mtv show Boiling Point ?

Lookout! We seem opposites in every regard. Not that that is a bad thing, its getting eerie. I love any/all Zeppelin. Jimmy Page!

Now the Doors....any of those selections is a contender. Ick. LA Woman.

But my vote for all time worst..."Never Been to Me" by someone named Charlene.
She needs a good puck to the mouth. :)

Good call. I used to like it actually, but there isn't a classic rock station in the area that doesn't play that song a hundred fucking times a day. and it's usually preceded by an Eagles song, which makes it that much worse. If you can get away with publicly proclaiming that you hate Led Zep, I imagine I can get away with professing my deep hatred of the Eagles.

i have to be honest - there is very little, in the way of music, that i like from the 70's.

black sabbath (original line-up of course)
the misfits (any line up with glenn)

i can't think of much else.

It certainly seemed like he only played those two songs, but anyone familiar with sleazyloungeactpiano knows that everything they play sounds like those two songs.

(There was a brief respite when they didn't have enough drummers to accompany the belly dancers and so piano guy turned up the drum track on his keyboard to compensate for the three drummers they did find who suffered badly from "white man's disease".)

I never heard of Boiling Point, but probably would not be a good candidate, since I pretty much don't get there often. I take a lot of outrageous stuff pretty calmly.

ANYthing by Eminem usually does it for me. Punk ass mother fucker. :mad2: :mad:

Let's differentiate. There is a difference between a truly horrendous song. and one that has merely been overplayed on the radio.

my standard radio rant

Radio is now a nearly complete monopoly. As much as I hate what Microsoft has done to the software industry, I hate clear channel more.

I know there is good music being made out there. It's a darn shame that all you can find on the radio is homogenized pap.

I only listen to NPR and talk stations lately.

end rant

Our local public radio station has a couple decent music shows throughout the day and usually a good Jazz show in the evenings. I tend to find the stuff I end up buying by listening. I rarely switch to anything else anymore.

And you're splitting hairs. Overplayed is one of the key factors in determining *my* personal "worst song ever". :)

I dunno. It makes sense to me. First, it helps to decide who to blame - the scary songwriter or the moneygrubbing stations.

Second, for some songs, if I don't listen to them for a while, I may start enjoying them again. Whereas, bad songs are bad forever. I have to admit though, that I still can't listen to almost anything by the Eagles - way too overplayed.

On the original topic. I suggest "She's Having my Baby". Many of you will be too young to remember this one, but trust me on this. This song sucks in a really big way.

I find it best to just lay the blame on everyone even remotely involved. Saves me a lot of thinking. :D

the Doors? i actually like some of their stuff. i don't believe in the whole hero worship of Morrison, but they knew how to put out a decent song when they weren't completely whacked out of their gourds.

as far as Zepellin? like i said, it is completely subjective - i guarantee most of my favorite music would leave most people scratching their heads and saying "WTF?" but i don't like Zepellin's sound much, and i really hate the fact that they borrowed so much from the old blues musicians without giving the proper credit. please don't ask me to go back and give examples. i just remember one of my instructors going on and on about some of Zepellin's stuff, and i happened to be paying attention in class and thinking to myself - "bullshit - that song was straight outta Muddy Waters, and that one was Howlin Wolf!" but that has been about 15 years, so it would take some serious time for me to track down the specifics.
anyway - i am glad you enjoy the band though.

[gag!]

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap's soulful homage to a young girl's loss of her virginity . . .

This Girl Is A Woman Now

This girl walked in dreams, Playing in a world of her own.
This girl was a child, Existing in a playground of stone.
Then, one night her world was changed; Her life and dreams were rearranged.
She would never be the same again.

chorus
This Girl is a Woman Now; She's learned how to live.
This Girl is a Woman Now. She's found out what it's all about
And she's learnin', learnin' to live.

This girl tasted love, as tender as the gentle dawn.
She cried a single tear, A teardrop that was sweet and warm.
Our hearts told us we were right, And on that sweet velvet night.
A child had died, a woman had been born.

chorus

[/gag!]

Darn! Now you all know how OLD I am!

And that makes his music any worse how?

What's New, Pussycat? by Tom Jones - that song sends me into a blind rage!

no the plane crash was just a bonus to everyone who had to endure the music.

I don't know if anyone around here ever listen to Country Western (its one of my occasional secret vices). Here's a song by Toby Keith that's still getting some air time:

American girls and American guys will always stand up and salute;
Will always recognize
When we see ol' glory flying,
There's a lot of men dead,
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head.

My daddy served in the army,
Where he lost his right eye.
But he flew a flag out in our yard 'til the day that he died.
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me
To grow up and live happy in the land of the free.

Now this nation that I love has fallen under attack.
A mighty sucker punch came flying in from somewhere in the back.
Soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye,
Man we lit up your world like the Fourth of July.

Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly,
And there's gonna be Hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell!
It's gonna feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you...
Brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue!

Oh, Justice will be served and the battle will rage.
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage
You'll be sorry that you messed with the US of A
'Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass
It's the American way.

Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly,
And there's gonna be Hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell!
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you...
Brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue!

Of the Red, White and Blue..
Of my Red, White and Blue...

This song makes me want to puke every time I hear it!

I'm not a country music fan, but that song is definitely the worst of the worst. The "boot in your ass" line makes me cringe...embarrassing. I think this was one of the songs on VH-1's "worst" list recently. :greenface

Zeps manager also named and managed Stone the Crows, who's lead singer Maggie Bell, was the best blues singer in the British Isles. If you've never heard her, you should, even if your not into blues. :)

Sun Sparkz, all I can say is that you would have had to of been here. Most Americans find John Denver's music as contrived as his name (You DO know he changed his named from something like John Syndervonhammmer to John Denver, after he moved to Colorado, right?) He wrote "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" while lounging on the grounds of his palacial estate in Aspen - just about the most expensive, chi-chi place on the face of the earth. If you want to find a "country boy," you'll have better luck on the streets of L.A. than you would on the streets of Aspen. Someone (I forget who) did a parody of that song and called it "Thank God, I'm a Billionaire!" Regular Country-Western singers here in the States may sing songs about coon hounds and Mom and apple pie, but if they make it big, there's no pretense about that. They strut their stuff in all their glitter while talking about their humble roots. John Denver tried to still come off as a poor boy while raking in the cash hand over fist. The hypocrisy of this turned people off.

You dislike that song because you were traumatized by the subject matter at such an early age. ;)

ahem... :yelsick:
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