What's the worst song ever?

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Oh, I edited my post, but it just turned into my usual ridiculous drivel, so don't get excited. Not that you would.

Anyway, I don't think I've ever actually listened to one of those "Pickin' On" CDs, though I've seen quite a few of them. What are they like?

Those "Pickin' On" albums are great! I didn't realize how MANY of them there are, though...I'd go broke trying to collect 'em all. They take the songs from a particular artist, then rearrange them for bluegrass instruments (fiddle, dobro, banjo, dulcimer, flat-top guitar, etc)...all instrumental, and they're amazing!! I mean, c'mon, "Pickin' On...Cream"??? U2?? Led Zeppelin?? Black Sabbath??? YIKES!! But, they all sound wonderful! I DO think there's a "Pickin' On Fleetwood Mac", too!

Edit: Upon further review...no, sadly, there's no "Pickin' On Fleetwood Mac" album. Here's the link to the "Pickin' On" (@CDUniverse) section of CDUniverse...they have 30 second clips of their songs.

[Sapphire Girl]

Originally Posted by eclipse

Oh, by the way...I have a few that come to mind (UNFORTUNATELY!!)

"Why do birds suddenly appear, everytime you are near, just like me, they long to be...Close to you" Carpenters- Smaltzy, yuck.

"Skyrockets in sight..... Afternoon Delight"... (I don't know who wrote this charmer-sorry) yuck even more...

I dunno. Maybe it's just me, but that line in Close to You reminds me of Hitchcock's The Birds.

Afternoon Delight is by Starland Vocal Band.

I can't stand All Right Now by Free and Disco Duck by Rick Dees.

[WELSH WITCH]

Anything by Meatloaf sucks, I can't hear it.

As does Celine Dion, yuck.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Not to worry, you and I and Celine all suck at something.

My favorite Celine Dion Sucks Moment was during the rehearsals for the first VH1 Divas Live. Carole King (who is the complete opposite of Celine Dion) was sitting at the piano rehearsing "You've Got A Friend" with Celine, Gloria Estafan, and Shania Twain. In the midst of rehearsing, Carole decides to go over a particular vocal part- Celine decides to do her typical over-emoting by taking the phrase and adding multiple-gymnastics-notes and Carole stops her dead her tracks and says, "No, no, no- just one note. Not a lot of notes- just one note." You could tell that Carole was irritated by the whole thing.

Did she tell Aretha the same thing

Originally Posted by The Tower

I was like Goldie Hawn's character from Death Becomes Her, where she was watching the Madeline Ashton movie where Madeline is being strangled to death. Helen (Goldie's character) keeps rewinding the tape over and over and over to savor the moment.

I wanted to make that my avatar

[skcin]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I thought of another bad song that I don't think has been mentioned-

Lionel Richie's "Dancin' on the Ceiling"

Agreed. Heinous.

[estranged4life]

a tie:

"Proud to be an American (God Bless the USA)" by Lee Greenwood (Hey Lee, Are ya anxiously awaiting another terrorist attack on American soil so ya can milk more $$$ for yer bank account???)

"Okie from Muskogee" by Merle Haggard...Take it from a person born/raised in Muskogee, 99.9% of the population in Muskogee HATE that f**kin' song because it is 100% inaccurate

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Did she tell Aretha the same thing

Don't even attempt to lump Celine Dion into the same world as Aretha Franklin... for shame.

Originally Posted by skcin

Agreed. Heinous.

There isn't enough room in this thread to hold all the nazzzztiness that is Lionel Richie's solo career. At least he had some style when he was in the Commodores.

ON EDIT: The video for that song makes it a thousand times worse than the song is by itself. It's mid-80's dreck at it's worst.

[AliceLover]

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

What happened to this womans career. Although I must say I do enjoy "cool".

[skcin]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

"Proud to be an American (God Bless the USA)" by Lee Greenwood

Ugh. I don't care if I never hear that song again.

Originally Posted by The Tower

There isn't enough room in this thread to hold all the nazzzztiness that is Lionel Richie's solo career. At least he had some style when he was in the Commodores.

Lionel sucks.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Those "Pickin' On" albums are great! I didn't realize how MANY of them there are, though...I'd go broke trying to collect 'em all. They take the songs from a particular artist, then rearrange them for bluegrass instruments (fiddle, dobro, banjo, dulcimer, flat-top guitar, etc)...all instrumental, and they're amazing!! I mean, c'mon, "Pickin' On...Cream"??? U2?? Led Zeppelin?? Black Sabbath??? YIKES!! But, they all sound wonderful! I DO think there's a "Pickin' On Fleetwood Mac", too!

Edit: Upon further review...no, sadly, there's no "Pickin' On Fleetwood Mac" album. Here's the link to the "Pickin' On" (@CDUniverse) section of CDUniverse...they have 30 second clips of their songs.

I just the "Pickin' On Franz Ferdinand" album and it's a ****ing riot.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I wanted to make that my avatar

I would much prefer an avatar of Fat Goldie munching on frosting.

[TheBlueLamp]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

I knew I forgot something! I HATE that song. I felt so cheated when I bought the cd after hearing What You Waiting For and was subjected to that swill

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by The Tower

ON EDIT: The video for that song makes it a thousand times worse than the song is by itself. It's mid-80's dreck at it's worst.

It's so funny, though! Of course it's funny because it's bad.

[all the same]

Kim Carnes: Chain Letter

Though I like the sappiness of it (sucker for the sappy), the lyrics are awful:

"I read your letter and it feels like chains, yeah. I read your letter and it's chaining me to you!"

If I had a barfing emoticon, it clearly would be used now!

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by TheBlueLamp

I knew I forgot something! I HATE that song. I felt so cheated when I bought the cd after hearing What You Waiting For and was subjected to that swill

You know, my mom (who tends to listen to a lot of modern music these days, while I'm buying old FM albums, so clearly we should be switching places) talked about how "What You Waiting For" and "Hollaback Girl" were crappy songs for the longest time and then all of sudden she bought the CD and she keeps playing it in her car. There are only a few tracks she doesn't like. I don't want one of my own, though. It seems that I preferred her in No Doubt.