What's the worst song of all time?
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Paul, I voted this a five so more people will know your shame :laugh: Elaine (ever so slightly evil fluffy tigress) The tigress is here :-D
I was 15 or 16, I think. It was at a computer fair, a really tiny one here in Cape Town. Creative Labs had the biggest stand, at the entrance, and they had their latest, greatest, niftiest and fabbest piece of tech with them; the Soundblaster 16! Oooooh, that was so l33t back then. I was with my dad and some mates but I was the only one brave enough to get up on the raised stand and enter the karaoke competition. Now, I may embelish but... In this round I was up against a big, black, fat lady. A tall, thin weed of a white man. A girl my age who was awfully unpretty (but I was 15 and desperate so she was gorgeous). A spotty boy brat of about 11 with shocking blonde hair and finally, the donkey from Shrek... ok, ok, not the donkey from Shrek, but the rest is true, I swear. The big, black, fat lady looked like a dead ringer for Diana Ross, thankfully her voice was a dead ringer for Stevie Wonder after a castration and she faded into her own embarassment half way through the song. The tall, thin weed of a white man was half ok, except he reminded everyone of a serial killer and did not score any popularity votes. People clapped just in case he whipped out a machine gun in retribution for not clapping. The girl my age chickened out and ran wailing from the stage. A pity, her wailing could have been perfect for that middle bit of the song. Then it was my turn. The beat started, the bouncing ball did it's thing and I sang the song. I even hit the high note and made a passable impression of a heart breaking. My friends thought it was hilarious but the crowd was impressed and at the end I was a shoe in for winning the Soundblaster 16. *clap* *clap* *clap* Then came the 11 year old kid. Boy do I hate this kid. If I met him in the street tomorrow I would demand my unfairly stolen SB16! Can you spell restraining order? You see, half way through his witheringly bad rendition of Achy Breaky Heart, his balls dropped, his voice broke and he became a man! Just my bloody luck. The kid got the sympathy vote and won. Argh! So there. My shame. It was pretty fun actually :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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According to this it is "We built this city"[^] by the Starship X| Rounding out the top 10: "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus; "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung; "Rollin'," Limp Bizkit; "Ice Ice Baby," Vanilla Ice; "The Heart of Rock & Roll," Huey Lewis and the News; "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin; "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy; "American Life," Madonna; and "Ebony and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. I kind of like "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
Have to be British for this one, but I can assure you it is THE worst song. EVER.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: Besides, I think of many songs from the late 70s and shudder. Yeah, there were som truly horrendous songs in the seventies Midnight at the Oasis Disco Duck Don't go breakin my heart Muskrat Love You're Having My Baby Silly Love Songs Billy, Don't be a Hero A Little Bit Country Sylvia's Mother Cococabana Dancing Queen I Think I Love You The list goes on-and-on Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
I Think I Love You, Cococabana and Don't go breakin my heart are great too (as is Dancing Queen. You ever watch Muriel's Wedding? Classic stuff.) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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According to this it is "We built this city"[^] by the Starship X| Rounding out the top 10: "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus; "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung; "Rollin'," Limp Bizkit; "Ice Ice Baby," Vanilla Ice; "The Heart of Rock & Roll," Huey Lewis and the News; "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin; "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy; "American Life," Madonna; and "Ebony and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. I kind of like "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
i've always thought "We Built This City" was the worst ever. i was very happy when i heard Blender agreed. Cleek | Losinger Designs | ClickPic | ThumbNailer
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Have to be British for this one, but I can assure you it is THE worst song. EVER.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: My grandma would have loved this :) ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your the greatest grandma, on this we all agree your always making nice thing to eat, and loads of cups of teas. ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ There’s no one quite like grandma, least not like grandma Joan, you always find time for each of us and never moan or groan! (much) ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your a really special grandma, of that there is no doubt, we would phone you more often but your always out and about! ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ You are the coolest grandma , you know just were its AT!!! and now that you are eighty your neither old or fat! ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your a very lucky grandma we really have to say not just for winning bingo but for having us all here today. ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ There’s no one quite like grandma this we can justly say and so we sing this special song to make your perfect day .... ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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According to this it is "We built this city"[^] by the Starship X| Rounding out the top 10: "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus; "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung; "Rollin'," Limp Bizkit; "Ice Ice Baby," Vanilla Ice; "The Heart of Rock & Roll," Huey Lewis and the News; "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin; "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy; "American Life," Madonna; and "Ebony and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. I kind of like "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
What was that dance mix song by Cher - "Do you beleee-eeeeve in life after love..." UGGGGHH!!! Worst song ever.
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I Think I Love You, Cococabana and Don't go breakin my heart are great too (as is Dancing Queen. You ever watch Muriel's Wedding? Classic stuff.) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Paul Watson wrote: You ever watch Muriel's Wedding? Never heard of it...tv show? movie? During the 70s I was into Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Skynyrd, Rush, Nugent, Kiss X|, BOC, etc. I couldn't stand Disco or Top 40 stuff, so the ones I listed aren't real high on my list.:) Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: My grandma would have loved this :) ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your the greatest grandma, on this we all agree your always making nice thing to eat, and loads of cups of teas. ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ There’s no one quite like grandma, least not like grandma Joan, you always find time for each of us and never moan or groan! (much) ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your a really special grandma, of that there is no doubt, we would phone you more often but your always out and about! ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ You are the coolest grandma , you know just were its AT!!! and now that you are eighty your neither old or fat! ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your a very lucky grandma we really have to say not just for winning bingo but for having us all here today. ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ There’s no one quite like grandma this we can justly say and so we sing this special song to make your perfect day .... ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
X| The Horror! The Horror!
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According to this it is "We built this city"[^] by the Starship X| Rounding out the top 10: "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus; "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung; "Rollin'," Limp Bizkit; "Ice Ice Baby," Vanilla Ice; "The Heart of Rock & Roll," Huey Lewis and the News; "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin; "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy; "American Life," Madonna; and "Ebony and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. I kind of like "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
Apparently whoever made this list never heard "Lookin' For a Heartbeat" by Don Johnson. great. now it's stuck in my head. /retch
"Get that finger out of your ear! You don't know where that finger's been!" -
Have to be British for this one, but I can assure you it is THE worst song. EVER.
Wasn't it a Chrismas number 1?
"My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them." - Penn Jillette
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: My grandma would have loved this :) ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your the greatest grandma, on this we all agree your always making nice thing to eat, and loads of cups of teas. ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ There’s no one quite like grandma, least not like grandma Joan, you always find time for each of us and never moan or groan! (much) ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your a really special grandma, of that there is no doubt, we would phone you more often but your always out and about! ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ You are the coolest grandma , you know just were its AT!!! and now that you are eighty your neither old or fat! ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ Your a very lucky grandma we really have to say not just for winning bingo but for having us all here today. ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ There’s no one quite like grandma this we can justly say and so we sing this special song to make your perfect day .... ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ ‘Grandma we love you grandma we do. When ever we are far away we always think of you.’ regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Yeah I remember that.. wasn't that on the "100 worst things to ever happen to the UK" or somthing? Joel Holdsworth
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According to this it is "We built this city"[^] by the Starship X| Rounding out the top 10: "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus; "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung; "Rollin'," Limp Bizkit; "Ice Ice Baby," Vanilla Ice; "The Heart of Rock & Roll," Huey Lewis and the News; "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin; "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy; "American Life," Madonna; and "Ebony and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. I kind of like "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
I have a few that are on my list. And they follow me around. incessantly. 1. I don't know much.....but I know I love you (Aaron Neville & Linda Rondstadt) AND 2. Saved the best for last (Vanessa Williams) I'm sure I could think of many more, but I'll resurface when they hit. Those are definitely my worst offenders. Bianca Wylie
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I have a few that are on my list. And they follow me around. incessantly. 1. I don't know much.....but I know I love you (Aaron Neville & Linda Rondstadt) AND 2. Saved the best for last (Vanessa Williams) I'm sure I could think of many more, but I'll resurface when they hit. Those are definitely my worst offenders. Bianca Wylie
:) For some reason Aaron's voice grates on me. Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
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Wasn't it a Chrismas number 1?
"My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them." - Penn Jillette
Alas, it was indeed. There was a perfect argument for selective culling of the adolescent population in the UK at that time. Chances are, the gene pool would have improved enormously.
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Hey! I only ran naked out on to the street once ok! Jeez, you do something once and the next thing you know the Simpsons is ripping you off. What next, Bart doing karaoke Achy breaky heart? :rolleyes: regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Paul Watson wrote: Hey! I only ran naked out on to the street once ok! I did this in a curry house once. A night in the local nick and a trip to the Man in the morning ensured I didn't repeat it. I was mysteriously banned, along with the entire rugby club, from the restaurant after this ...
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I disagreed with many on that list. However, "Achy Breaky Heart" is definitely a contender ! X| __________________________________________ a two cent stamp short of going postal.
I'm with you. Several of those songs are quite good - both in lyrics and melody. Achy just plain sucks though. :) Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
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Those are nothing, in fact I rather like most of those songs except American Life and Party All the Time. I once karaoked Achy Breaky Heart in front of hundreds of people to win a Sound Blaster 16, I lost which makes the memory even more painful. And we all know the worst song of all time is: Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
I'm assuming you were smart enough to do away with all the witnesses so that now you're just playing up the urban legend of how Paul Watson was once something less than the coolest South African on the planet? ;) Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
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Hey! I only ran naked out on to the street once ok! Jeez, you do something once and the next thing you know the Simpsons is ripping you off. What next, Bart doing karaoke Achy breaky heart? :rolleyes: regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Paul Watson wrote: Hey! I only ran naked out on to the street once ok! hmmm[^]
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
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And of course there was Walk Like an Egyptian by those tamborine people. That was Strange with a capital S. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Paul Watson wrote: And of course there was Walk Like an Egyptian by those tamborine people. They were the Bangles and were 4 incredibly hot chicks (at least my teenage hormones said so). I have that album on vinyl in storage sonewhere. Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003
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According to this it is "We built this city"[^] by the Starship X| Rounding out the top 10: "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus; "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung; "Rollin'," Limp Bizkit; "Ice Ice Baby," Vanilla Ice; "The Heart of Rock & Roll," Huey Lewis and the News; "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin; "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy; "American Life," Madonna; and "Ebony and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. I kind of like "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
I can't believe no-one's mentioned "The War Song" by Culture Club. You know - the one that had the chorus that began:
War, war is stupid,
And people are stupid...sung to a nursery rhyme tune. Way to trivialise the thing you're trying to protest against! At least most of the others mentioned are meant to be mildly humorous, even if they failed - as far as I can tell "The War Song" was completely sincere and also utterly awful. I looked up the lyrics and found that the rest of the song isn't quite so bad, but the bit I've quoted is the only bit that stuck in the mind. Maybe I'd turned the radio off before I heard the rest back in the '80s. Gavin Greig "Haw, you're no deid," girned Charon. "Get aff ma boat or ah'll report ye." Matthew Fitt - The Hoose O Haivers: The Twelve Trauchles O Heracles.
