Just for fun -- The Worst Songs Ever

TarHeelMom

TarHeelMom

Cathlete
Hey folks, the discussion about what music everybody wants on the new series (poor Cathe, she can't please us all!) started me thinking about really bad music. Keeping in mind that I might hate what you love and vice versa, I thought it'd be fun to see what we all think are the All-Time Worst Songs -- you know, the ones that make you gag and cringe!

The rules are simple: For a song to make it onto our All-Time Worst list it really needs to have cheesy lyrics, but it can also have lousy or just plain stupid music -- or both, heaven forbid! x(

A few of my personal nominees:

1, You're Having My Baby (Paul Anka) (The undisputed champion of my list. I am not making this title up, youngsters, and you'd have to see the lyrics to believe them!)

2. Mandy (Barry Manilow) (Sappy, depressing and sad, but the worst is this little-known factoid: "Mandy" is a love song to Barry's dog, and again I am not making that up. I love my dog too, but I mean...)

3. Invisible (Clay Aiken) (with deep apologies to Clay, 'cause I'm a card-carrying member of the Clay Nation. But when you get right down to it, this is a creepy song about a guy who yearns to be a peeping Tom.)

4. Feelings (Morris Albert) (Just thought I'd put this one in because I know EVERYBODY will! :))

Anybody else got suggestions? :)

http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/sport/sport-smiley-003.gif Kathy S. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/sport/sport-smiley-001.gif
 
Anything Biz Markie comes up with! :)

"Oh baby, you, you got what I nee-e-ed, but you say he's just a friend, but you say he's just a friend, oh bay-bee-, you....."

Becky
 
Here are my contributions, although that Paul Anka song is right up there (or should I say DOWN there??)

Yummy, Yummy, yummy (I got Love in my Tummy) by 1910 Fruit Gum Company

Watching Scottie Grow (Bobby Goldsboro)

Me and you & a Dog Named Boo (don't remember who did this schlock, could have been Bobby as well?)

In the Ghetto (apologies to Elvis---but did he REALLY know the ghetto?)

Leslie
 
Kathy, I don't have one yet...I have to think about it but I wanted to tell you I love your picture of your kids! Okay, back to thinking of a song... :)

Jo
 
I don't know if these are "bad" but three songs I can't stand:

Scarborough Fair
California Dreamin'
Loveshack

All three of these songs are nails on chalkboard to me.

I think the worst song I have heard so far this year is "Party for Two" by Shania Twain.


Sparrow

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Anything Boy George ever put out. I mostly listen to country and the only song that doesn't sit right w/ me is that one that sings "unanswered prayers". Fun thread!
 
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" - was that Tony Orlando and Dawn? Ick.

"More Than a Woman" by the BeeGees - okay, I actually like the music, but what the heck do the lyrics mean??? If she's more than a woman, that can only mean one of 2 things: either that a woman is not such a great thing to be, or that she's got some weird chromosomes.

"You Decorated My Life" - Kenny Rogers. Is this an ode to his interior decorator?

I agree with Kathy S., however, that none of these can give You're Having My Baby a run for it's money as the all time worst.

-Nancy
 
1. Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton because of all that screeeeching--now that's like nails on a chalk board.

2. Feelings--how could this not be on everyones list?

3. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) --
Hello lampost
what ya known'?
I come to watch your flowers growin'
Aint you got no rhyme for me?
dododododo feelin' groovy
dadadadadadada feelin' groovy
:7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7

Michele
 
For me, most songs country. Why do I feel like they are all about lying, stealing spouses, and kicking your dogs??? ;)

That new Black Eyed Peas song about women and their....um....backside....UGH.

Cotton Eyed Joe - yeesh.



oh boy, I know there's more but that's off the top of my head.



"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"

Debbie
 
Hey Becky, that's one of my favorite songs.
You don't have to be able to sing to sing this one in front of a bunch of people and you don't to blame it on the shots of tequila you did.


Here are mine:

1. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) by MeatLoaf. What the in the heck is it that he won't do? Anybody know?

2. Don't Worry Be Happy....I hate even bring this one up because now it's stuck in my head. "The landlord say your rent is late
he may have to litigate, Don't worry be happy." Uh...if I'm about to be evicted. I'm gonna worry just a little bit.
 
Nancy...I can't think now as I'm laughing too hard at your thread!! I've always wondered what more than a woman meant myself...hahaha:D
 
"Feelings," of course, and "Honey," by Bobby Goldsboro. Actually, any of those "my boyfriend-girlfriend died" songs - "Earth Angel," "Leader of the Pack," ("No,no,no,no,no,no,no - Look out! Look out! Look out!") etc. And any song from "Mary Poppins," too. Horrid stuff! Boy, am I dating myself!!!
Just Do It! :)
 
I absolutely hate, "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. stoopid, stoopid, stoopid.

That Meatload song too that someone mentioned above.
 
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