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[wickedflea]

Blender Magazine's list of the 50 Worst Songs Ever:


1. We Built This City ... Starship ... 1985

2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus ... 1992

3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung ... 1986

4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit ... 2000

5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice ... 1990

6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News ... 1984

7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin ... 1988

8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy ... 1985

9. American Life ... Madonna ... 2003

10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder ... 1982

11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken ... 2003

12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys ... 1988

13. Illegal Alien ... Genesis ... 1983

14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler ... 1990

15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts ... 1995

16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes ... 1993

17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer ... 1994

18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago ... 1984

19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister ... 1985

20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie ... 1986

21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors ... 1992

22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith ... 2002

23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart ... 1984

24. Five for Fighting ... Superman ... 2000

25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 ... 1997

26. The End ... The Doors ... 1967

27. The Final Countdown ... Europe ... 1987

28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer ... 2001

29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something ... 1995

30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston ... 1986

31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies ... 1994

32. Will 2K ... Will Smith ... 1999
Starship's We Built This City landed at the top of Blender's "50 Worst Songs Ever" list.


33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua ... 1997

34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg ... 1979

35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M. ... 1991

36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal ... 1998

37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo ... 1991

38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex ... 1995

39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin ... 2000

40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd ... 1991

41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel ... 1989

42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel ... 1965

43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker ... 2000

44. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf ... 1993

45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti ... 2002

46. Hangin' Tough ... New Kids on the Block ... 1989

47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams ... 1996

48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles ... 1968

49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred ... 1992

50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion ... 1998

Comments

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

Ha! I hate so many of those songs!

[bellastrega.livejournal.com]

they forgot "have you ever really loved a woman" from bryan adams and "glory days" from the boss.
I used to work at a place that kept the river on the radio and those two songs never failed to set my teeth on edge.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Ewwwww, I hate those. I have never really understood the Boss. A lot of people like him, but . . .

I have a similar aversion to "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Margaritaville." I worked at a bar & grill where we had a steady stream of acoustic musicians who ALWAYS played those songs. And the drunk-ass sorority/fraternity kids would sing along... AGGGH

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Me too, but they got a few that I do like. :)

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

Same here. The one that makes me vomit the most is "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

"Hey, you just lost your job and now you're living on the street! Don't worry, be happy!"

Uh huh. I bet Reagan liked that song.

[blackhellkat.livejournal.com]

"And the drunk-ass sorority/fraternity kids would sing along... AGGGH"

Are these the same kids that sing along to "Redemption Song" while driving around in Volkswagen Jettas?

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Nah, I know the ones you're talking about, but these kids weren't even that cool. These were the ones who threw Bud Light cans out the windows of their pickups. :)

[lilythepink.livejournal.com]

A fine list, indeed, except I like the Spin Doctors! And Crash Test Dummies!

But, oh, yeah, the Final Countdown is wretched.

[cultofheather.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm of the mind that every Bryan Adams song should be on there. LOL

[skeeter138.livejournal.com]

What?? 'We built this City' is a classic and the Huey 'Sports' album is eternal! Some of those songs are still good just because they are funny to listen to. Those were all just pop songs that the writer probably had bumping in his car at one time or another and now feels guilty because he is trying way too hard to keep up with current music trends! BS, I could make a better list than that!

Anything Toby Keith or Celine deserves it though.

I too could come up with MUCH worse.

[theodicy.livejournal.com]

Whoever came up with that list is not near my age. If they were, they'd have more 70's dreck. Given a few hours and a few hundred mg of Advil, I'd post a list that would make my contemporaries shudder.

And yet, of the list you present:

41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel ... 1989

No, no. Numero Uno.

[bellastrega.livejournal.com]

an old co-worker made the song more tolerable. she told me to replace the word "woman" with "donkey".
it works a lot better.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Ack, I hate the Spin Doctors! But I take particular exception to "Sounds of Silence" and "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da" being included!

Re: I too could come up with MUCH worse.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Amen. In fact one night my friends and I did a scientific test of what's the worst song ever, and that's the answer we came up with.

[splunty.livejournal.com]

16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes ... 1993
35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M. ... 1991
42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel ... 1965


What the hell kind of smack is this? And why include these when there are obvious things left off... like... "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro... and... and... "In the Ghetto" by Elvis... and... hmm... well there's not a god damn disco song on the list.