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With the release of the dreadfully gag inducing "Chinese Food" by Alison Gold (View here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWLhrHVySgA) a few days ago, discussions of what may be the worst song ever started yet again, with many saying this is the worst ever.
In my opinion, I'm sure I've heard worse, but I can understand the people's views. 
I have yet to decide what I personally believe to be the worst song of all-time, but I would be very interesting in seeing your opinion on the worst

This is just as hard as picking a single "best" song of all time.

Some nominations:
Moulty - The Barbarians
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
Never Been to Me - Charlene
and perhaps the winner:
We Are NEVER EVER EVER EVERRRR Getting Back TOGETHERRRRR! - Taylor Swift?

But seriously, what with songwriting in the Top 40 mostly having dried up, I'd have to wade through a ton of new shitty tracks to find the absolute worst. Not worth it.

Christmas Shoes. The. Worst. Song. Ever. Written.

Ever.

In. All. Time.

The. Worst.

Dig.

James Blunt - "You're Beautiful". The most overplayed, gag inducing, soppy, annoying piece of sh*t song ever written by anyone from now until the end of time. Naturally, chicks love it.   

Even Flow: Pearl Jam

Everything that is bad about everything is in that song.

A Long Way From Home

Nah, just kidding. :)

I love Moulty! Gimme a big dumb simple 3 chord anthemic chorus about a one-handed drummer and I'm happy.

That song that whines about wanting to get lost in your rock n' roll makes me want to kill people, tho. I never, ever, EVER want to get lost in your rock n' roll.

I hope that's clear, "Drift Away."

The Beach Boys - Make It Good

Smart Girls

4 Non Blondes - What's Up

Hated it tremendously back then. Still do. Naturally my wife loves it.

The Hokey-Cokey by anyone

"Take The Long Way Home" by Supertramp. The only word I can think of to describe this song is "disgusting". Just... Really gross. Another contender would probably be "Love Today" by MIKA. Heard that on the radio the other day and nearly destroyed it.

"We Built This City." Even Bernie Taupin thinks so.

Paul Anka's "You're Having My Baby" is maybe tied with the aforementioned Dennis Wilson song

How about Kooki Plopz with "This is the Song I Made."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pehHOqx7JXg

It's impossible to name only 1 song, so...:

1/ Psy - "Gangnam Style" (ridiculous how it set the record as the most viewed on Youtube);
2/, 3/ The Rip Chords - "Bonneville Bonnie", "Old Car Made in 52" (super-boring stuff, glad the band got rid of that singer ==> pale copy of Elvis);
4/ A dreck called "Just Can't Get Enough" by some unidentified singer (heard it in the washing machine commercial & radio where it's been heavily rotated at one time);
5/ Madonna's "gem" with Spanish words;
6/ The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" (vastly overrated, what people find great about this drag is a mystery);
7/ "10 Little Indians" by Harry Nilsson (generally, I'm not that much into Nilsson & I never liked his voice, but this is hands down the worst thing he ever sang)

The tune is certainly a garbage. Really, the guy should change his last name to Bland, it perfectly describes his music & uncool howling mannerisms.

Now I'll listen to others' 'unfavorites'. Sth. tells me at least 5 of them will be good to my ears.

Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode?

Just heard it - no, it's a cover by some chap. Btw, I didn't know that the song is originally by DM. Everytime I learn sth. new here.

 :'( :'( :'(

Even if Be My Baby isn't the best song ever (who ever claimed that, anyway, other than Brian) it certainly isn't the worst.

"Don't Worry Kyoko"

No he should keep the surname Blunt because it rhymes with a certain word that I instantly think of every time I hear his crappy music.

Stunt?
Hunt?
Front?
Junt?
Punt?

What does it mean?  ???

I'm a fan of Blunty. I love that first album [Though You're Beautiful I hate with a passion]. Wisemen is a great track.

Adrian Baker's cover of Sherry is deeply disturbing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYFmdRCIW1U

Worst song ever? Can't include any rap as it doesn't qualify (must have melody over chord progression vs. talking sh*t over electronic drums and 3-note keyboard parts).

Just about everything on that Rhino Worst Records Ever set qualifies.

Okay, here are some hit songs I don't like:

1) Any song that starts with the word "Disco" ("Disco Duck", etc.) with the exception of Zappa's "Disco Boy"

2) "Seasons In The Sun"

3) "Knock Three Times"

4) "Let There Be Rock" by ACDC

5) Whatever the name of that Kid Rock / Sheryll Crow song is with the out-of-sync drum part that gets played on the radio a lot (something about "I got your picture..." if anybody knows the name of it)

Hell, what am I thinking about. Anything written or co-written by Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley. They have written some of the stupidest sh*t ever but is sometimes still a guilty pleasure of mine.

I totally agree with Psy's Gangnam Style. It's songs like that and the massive popularity of it with my generation makes me very ashamed of my generation.
It was only popular because of that stupid dance. At least he's starting to get forgotten. Most of my friends even liked that crappy song. I was certainly a minority back then (and probably even now).

As for Be My Baby, HOW COULD YOU?! lol. How can anyone claim that this is one of the worst songs of all-time, let alone overrated. Sure, it isn't the greatest song of all time, but it's a work of art. It's genius! Another favourite of mine.
Hopefully someday you'll come around and realize how great that record is

I did! Even before I knew about Brian's obsession with it. And many other people, I expect.

It's since been displaced as my absolute favourite song, but it's still up there contending. ("Do I Love You" also by the Ronettes is one of the very, very  few records I like better.)

My least favourite song might be Ging Gang Goolie by Baden-Powell.

Be My Baby ain't even as good as Will You Love Me Tomorrow.

Well, that's like saying Michelangelo's Last Judgement isn't as good as his Sistine Ceiling.

There is, of course, no competition. This one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0)

Told ya.  ;D

And for those who - like me -  bitch about autotune on BB tracks... can you imagine how bad this sounded in the studio before they used it ? No sir, you cannot.

What is this obsession with modern music deliberately making people sound like robots? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F5YSA1Oz0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F5YSA1Oz0)

Proceed with caution...

Also that "what does the fox say" thing is super annoying and totally unfunny. But I wouldn't exactly call it the worst thing ever.

I lasted roughly 20 seconds.

I lasted a Minute. The autotune at that point is even more painful than the rest of the time. not as painful as the song itself though.

All these songs you guys are posting is making me sick!
No kidding...

That one had a link to another candidate. The thumbs up-thumbs down ratio is, ermm, interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSBq8geuJk0

Believe it or not, but Wikipedia actually has a list of albums and songs considered the worst of all time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst

I find it less painful actually:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMRls-E-XE

Obviously she can't sing but I've heard people who are a LOT worse than her.

Okay maybe THAT is the worst ever.

I checked out one of the bands in that list.

Beware:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSZI6UJEUQ

And supposedly this is a deliberately bad band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eif0AY_8Weg

OMG that's important to me for one reason: It disgusted me so much that a girl younger than me would be perfectly happy to do total crap like that, that because of that I promised myself NEVER to listen to the latest hit or the latest song by the latest artist. From then on, it was only the classics for me

So have I but none of them were given recording contracts.
BTW I really wanted to punch all those stupid kids in the car in her video.

This one just merely sucked until the black guy popped up.

Agreed. Without the autotune she sounds a LOT better! That being said, she still can't sing for sh*t

That black guy is Patrice Wilson, co-founder of Ark Music Factory. Which explains why he also appears on the Friday video and the Chinese Food video.

This has to be the worst topic on the board ever. At least according to my ears.  :smash

Midnight at the Oasis: Maria Muldaur

Blinded by the Light: Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Today is your Day: Shania Twain.

I don't understand?
Oh. Now I get it. I understand, it's quite hard on me too lol

i'll go with "Mrs. Brown" or "Henry the VIII" by Herman's Hermits.

or anything by Journey, Styx, or REO Speedwagen.

or Boston.

or Foreigner.

and the list goes on.

Phew, I was starting to fear we had run out of crazy on this board.

wtf? Don't be a jerk...

I knew someone would post Friday eventually, but I'd never seen this one and laughed all the way through until I couldn't take anymore.

Still, it can't be the worst song because it's not catchy enough.  That's where Friday has it beat.  Pure ear worm.

lol don't be a homicidal weirdo

I notice a lot of people say stuff like that about him.
I'd be surprised if a lot of people disagreed

That doesn't make it normal.

Okay, fine. I'm wrong. I didn't expect some kind of Spanish Inquisition!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAn7baRbhx4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h95Gb-6Qje0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtWqqkbpZRM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZTh4-pSpGo

enjoy    ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F4os8XlS3U

Anything by Smash Mouth ever.

This topic has inspired me to attempt to write and record the worst song ever. Be afraid....

Amazed - Lonestar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzJS1-EfR_g
Hero - Enrique Ing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPk7XJeuq0c (this has some good comic value though)
Music was my first love - John Miles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egwARrX1ik8
Anything by Nickleback

ah...theres too many

Anybody not residing in the UK get down on your hands and knees and give thanks that you didn't have to live through the near decade long Robbie Williams obsession this country was in the grips of from the late 1990s. Looking back, it's a miracle I didn't resort to gouging out my eardrums to escape the 'music' this annoying prick seemed to crap out every other week.

The entire Faith No More, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, ICP, Staind, Creed, 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, Fuel, Bush, Silverchair, Seven Mary Three, Collective Soul, Audioslave, Buckcherry, Disturbed, Evanescense, Linkin Park, Orgy, Papa Roach, Hoobastank, Incubus Zac Brown, Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, and Keith Urban back catalogs.

Those are more funny than "bad."

Found another horrible one at that link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QBAb7qRr-g

How many bloody teenagers do they have these days singing electro-crap? Good lord, let these kids do their homework instead!

For those whose ears are about to self-destruct from the noise emanating from the Youtube videos linked above, we hereby interrupt this thread for a pleasant musical interlude:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxf6pcGSwOs

Ahhhhhhhhhh ...  :)

It's an epidemic! And all these songs sound the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XMy9WeI_fw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7O5W8bzw2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=184nhhp0K44

Ahhhhhhhhhhh heeeeeeeeeeelp! *jumps off cliff*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9unpM6TeE_4

In honor of Mike Eder's return: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCqD9Ps0co  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

2nd Worst song of 2013 (taking into account the dreadful Chinese Food).
The song's extreme popularity makes me very, very ashamed of my generation

Oh yes, you're so much better than everyone your age because of the music you listen to.

Oh, yes. What a terrible generation! They like a song? How dare they!

This is the worst generation ever to like something that I don't.

That one is more of a joke than a bad song.

I meant ashamed of my generation's taste in music...

Yeah, lay off the fox song, I think its funny  :smokin

Bohemian Rhapsody

A strong contender I think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZZjemferM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZZjemferM)

 :angel:

You do realize that song is meant to be a joke, right?  Those guys are comedians.  I think it's hilarious.

That isn't even Lonestar singing in that video. LOL

Here's the actual song by the group...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-skFgrV59A

"Chinese Food" is bad, but it's a stupid novelty song obviously aimed at 8 year olds...I'll spare it from my wrath.

Now THIS is bad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzt6yI3Dw8

That is the funniest music video I've ever watched.

"Parents, if there is any indication that your child may turn out to be a douche, please don't buy them instruments."

Make It Good one of the worst songs ever? That's Blasphemy!
Make It Good is a Dennis Wilson classic!

Besides, the general consensus is that this is the worst BB's song of all-time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFsJk6PWu0

Make It Good is bad because:

The lack of any melodic structure
Cringe-worthy lyrics
Awful Daryl Dragon strings
Dennis's worst recorded singing


The song doesn't even come off as dull, like most of his other ballads do. It  really is one of the worst ballads I've ever heard.

I prefer Summer of Love to Make It Good. At least it's catchy.

A dear friend of mine thinks the worst song ever is Louie Louie. He said it's "boring and you can't understand the words". I don't mind Louie Louie (not the best song the Beach Boys or the Kinks ever covered though). I'd say one of the worst songs ever is My Ding A Ling. I love Chuck Berry, but My Ding A Ling is total kak.

My beloved D Marks and the Markmen has a howler in "Food Faire" if you never heard it. . .I'll bet Dave laughs at it today.

Dave is my favorite BB.

Lenny Everett used to say Jimmy Cross's "I Want My Baby Back" was the worst song of all time. It's one of my favorite records of all time.

I'll agree that it's not one of his best. But it's not half as bad as you make out to be.
I think that had he put more time and effort in that song, it would have come out a lot better and you probably wouldn't be saying all this.
BTW, okay you prefer Summer of Love. But you don't expect me to believe that it's worse than any other song from Summer in Paradise...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NNvB6Vvx28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_W--kjhEo

A top contender

New contender for both the worst song of all-time and worst music video of all-time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBAtAM7vtgc

f*** Kayne West that talentless douchebag!

That's so bad, it's almost good!

You might personally dislike him and I'm not really a fan of his either but talentless?  Far from it.

Listen to that song again. Then tell me he's talented

One bad song isn't reason to discount someone's entire body of work and call them untalented.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6f3NiwIgG8

It's not just that song. Most of his songs are fucking horrible

I know so many music lovers who would vehemently disagree with you. Calling an artist's entire catalog "fucking horrible" is a pretty big statement, especially considering you have probably only heard a very small portion of it.
Why bother saying things like that when you obviously haven't heard "most" of his songs?

I don't dislike Kanye, but honestly that is the first song of his I think I have ever listened to (Bound 2). It had some interesting segments but his rap sections I thought were awful. A good candidate for this thread.

Really? He is a man who consistently gets superb reviews for his albums.
I understand if you don't enjoy rap, as I don't either, but you must admit there is a reason he gets great reviews.

But, no, let's go with your logic.
I hate "4th of July." It's way overblown, plodding, and boring. What a hack Dennis was!

Most of his songs are probably like that.

Well, in the case of Dennis, most of songs are indeed overblown, plodding, and boring, but at least he (co)wrote Forever. I'm not a fan of his style at all.

WRONG! Imho

Wrong!

What do you mean? How can I be wrong this time?
I was just expressing my surprise at how Gabo considers most of Denny's songs as "overblown, plodding, and boring"

For one, you said "WRONG!" which is not only surprise, but a disagreement with his views. Secondly, you said "In my honest opinion."

I was disagreeing with you're opinion that Gabo is incorrect.

As I also said,  I was giving my opinion. I was also surprised as well

Found accidentally the version I was referring to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Waojlo0Us
Total dreck, video too.

2Woodstock: actually, this is worse than original: Bay City Rollers - Be My Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVRji8FDCeA)
At least when they did Don't Worry Baby, there were some tasteful arrangement choices like steel drums. Still I think it is a good band; "Shang-a-Lang" rocks!

2onkster: "Moulty" ain't good, yes (boring spoken verses), but I wouldn't call it "the worst". Take It or Leave It, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfG7DVmMnd4) The Barbarians rule!

2Mr. Waves: while I've never been a fan of Grace's voice (and Jefferson Airplane, for that matter), I thought she sounded (and looked) cool on "We Built This City". Same is the other singer; the song in general is very strong, with lots of hooks & earworms. One of the rare cases when I liked the 80s music.

Here's a better v-n: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Dc5ldEISY

2Smilin Ed H: I second you on Bohemian Rhapsody, it's pretty overrated but again, it's far from being the worst contender imo.

2phirnis: the video is garbage, but I have to admit I liked the melody. Arrange the song differently & now we're talking.

Of all the songs posted here undeservedly, your choice is the most I disagree with. Those 2 are my favorite Hermits songs - in fact, the only ones I never forget including to my assorted 60s playlists.

I can't think of any songs worse than Christmas Shoes.

We Built This City is pretty underrated. The lyrics suck, granted. But other than that I've never had a problem with that song. In fact, I sort-of like it.

Yes, Bohemian Rhapsody is very overrated. Never cared for that song, it's too long and very annoying and overplayed. There's so many better Queen songs, yet a lot of people call it their absolute best.
I wouldn't say it's one of their worst songs, it's just their most overrated.

Santa's Goin to Kokomo .. Wrinkles...   Anything to do with RAP music.. Trans lp Neil Young.. Winchester Cathedral   TV show  HE HAW {C+W}  Spirit in the Sky  Norman Greenbaum  Anything by Tim Buckley  Tip toe thru the tulips 

Amen and Amen.

What's so bad about Spirit In The Sky?
It's a great song, great one-hit wonder!

(oops)

Holy crap, that's an abomination.

"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep", "Friday" "I Whip My Hair Back and Forth" three way tie  :wall

I see the Dennis hate hasn't stopped  :-\  it's amazing how certain people on this board can get away with disrespect but the people who stand up to it are called trolls  ???.  What kind of sense does that make?  >:(

I think Transformer Man from Trans is a classic.  Worked well acoustically on his un-plugged album

It's actually only really Gabo who does it. The others aren't so bad

yea but it doesn't help that they're letting him get away with it and are too busy trying to put us down  :(

True. But what can we do? lol

That's because most of us understand that everyone here is entitled to their own opinion and that we don't have to constantly battle them in hopes of winning over said person to our side because that will most likely not happen and is therefore a futile effort.

The reason they "put you down" was because you were flooding a thread with comments that served no purpose other than to proclaim your own opinions, which, if you had stated once or twice in rebuttal, would have been fine. This was not the case.

Also, consider the context of your posts. The thread was a completely inappropriate place to say the amount of things that you did. Consider starting your own thread instead of bogging down someone else's.

The real question psi why do you feel so threatened that you feel the need to police his posts.  :police:

for me it wasn't about his song choices it was the fact that he disrespected Dennis himself and since Dennis isn't here to defend himself MessofHelp and I were.  we've both made it clear already that we realized that the spamming was wrong, but that doesn't change the fact that his insults were wrong.  Those threads are about the songs not about "how bad and talentless Dennis is"

Exactly!
Also you might want to check this out:

Dennis doesn't need defending, his music and legacy speak for itself.

See here's the thing: that is his Gabo's opinion and he is entitled to it. You can't appoint yourself as Dennis own Taliban and feel you need to declare sharia law because his belief offends you and you feel like you have stamp it out.

But I also understand that you are still very young and with belief comes passion and no amount of preaching from guys like me is going to sway you because until you mature a bit it will be an "us vs them" type thing .... until you grow out of that and realize there is no "us vs them"; there is just people who are turned on and off by different things and that is ok - though some may people speak with little tact from time it time.

Amen Smile Brian.

that's right he does have a legacy. unfortunately some people are too close minded to realize it, either that or they just feel the need to hate him for no reason :-\

+1

It's not like we're little 7 year olds  :lol

I never understand comments like these. Obviously this isn't true if some people dislike his music! And I do not think a legacy is something which "speaks for itself," rather a legacy is something created, maintained and defended (as well as the converse) by critics and historians.

Exactly the response I would expect from a kid... Oh ok... A teenager, if you like the distinction. ;)

wouldn't you agree that an opinion can go too far sometimes?  he went too far with his "exalting Dennis" comment.  He could've just attacked the song without attacking the person, especially since the person didn't deserve it.  even Mike Love doesn't deserve all the hate he gets  :-\

But the thing is, Dennis' early stuff wasn't good compared to his later stuff. Same with the early BBs stuff compared to the glories of 1965 to 1967.

Granted, the early BB's weren't nearly as good as they were from 1966 to 1973.
But even Denny's early songs are great. You can say Denny was a very talented songwriter from the very beginning in 1968

Okay, this isn't even attacking Dennis. This is him making a comment (that I can sort of see where' he coming from with) about the way Dennis is treated around these parts. He has become "sacred cow" in these recent times and he's just pointing that out.

How many other people have you noticed around here that genuinely don't like Dennis, or his music, much?

Other than Gabo, can't really think of anyone else.
But like it or not, Dennis remains underrated in the casual BB's fandom, and especially in the general public.
Granted for the most part he is treated much better here

Dennis is a respected guy in the BBs fandom, no need to drag SS down defending him.

"sacred cow"?  If anything Brian's the "sacred cow" (and I love Brian and his music don't get me wrong).  I know people out there like his stuff but a lot that I've read that have to do with Dennis are either alcoholism, womanizing, or Charles Manson how is that treating him like a "sacred cow"?  ??? and maybe they've been giving him more attention recently is because of the 30th anniversary of his death

Great Point. Not to mention how while a lot of the things said about Dennis is very positive, there's still a lot of things said about him which is quite negative

I know right "sacred cow"? I don't know which statement was worse  :-\

You know how many copies POB sold when it was first released right?

And you know how many it sold when it was recently reissued...right?

Dennis is not underrated, so I don't know why you think he is. Your constant posting in his 'defense' has almost become trolling.

are you serious

I meant to the General Public and the Casual BB's fans

Face It, Brian Wilson is the sacred cow of the BB's, and for good reason.
He's a genius and he wrote the BB's best work, hands down.

Dennis Wilson is more of a Underdog, or the Black Sheep, sadly. He is NOT a Sacred Cow!

Yes, I am. I don't get how you don't see how that comment was in horrible taste. ???

Dennis is respected in BBs fandom , he only needs defense from Jon stebbins, howie edelson, and Ed Roach on serious topics

Thank You! he said it himself he was the duck born with two chickens.  >:(

I know what you meant. The general public bought all of those copies of POB. The only BB solo album that may have sold more copies than POB would be BWPS.

RetroKid and I are getting sick and tired of being branded as trolls.
In no way are we trolls.

In fact I have always hated trolls, and the fact that you guys think I am when I am just defending my idol is just outrageous!

END OF DISCUSSION!

recently he hasn't been respected, unfortunately and it amazes me how people aren't recognizing it  :-\

:h5 :angry

Dennis is a rock star, not an idol.

he said "my idol"

No, please explain to me.

It still didn't sell that much. In fact none of his singles even charted.

The only member who is close to being a household name is Brian Wilson. And for the majority of the public who do know him, he's still that dumb cute surfer drummer.

POB rarely makes it to Greatest Albums of All-time lists, which it should. It still remains forgotten to the majority of the public.
300,000 people isn't that many people.

Brian was the greatest, there  is no argument over that.

The explanation is in many of my other posts and I'm sick of retyping it.  but you haven't explained to us how Dennis is the "sacred cow" yet, so if you please, enlighten us.

That doesn't mean the rest of them didn't have talent which is what we've been trying to say  >:( and Dennis is the one who stepped up musically the most when Brian couldn't take it anymore, remember?

That's correct.
But it doesn't mean Dennis should have merely a cult following!

I don't know whether to laugh or be insulted that you two feel such presumption.

Yeah, where are these opinions coming from? Neither of you have been in the Beach Boys hardcore super fandom world for very long, and Dennis's music has been out there a long time.....

So, you're reason for my comment being in horrible taste is that people always bring up stuff about Dennis's past.

No, I guess you're right. It's not like anybody ever talks about that whole "drugs and mental illness"-thing with Brian. Nope.
No one ever talks about that whole Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thing and SIP and selling out musically with Mike. That doesn't happen.

Honestly, for how much you complain about it, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BROUGHT UP ANY CONNECTION TO CHARLES MANSON. CONSISTENTLY.

Dennis is constantly built up around these parts. His songwriting is praised and he is consistently lauded for REACHING OR SUCCEEDING what Brian was doing at the same time. Everyone idolizes him and everyone considers his death to be the point of no return for the Beach Boys. People give his one and only solo album, POB, super reviews and everyone says it's their favorite Beach Boy-related item. If you say one bad thing about Dennis, you have his loyal fans hop all over you. I don't know how you're oblivious to it, but he is a hero around these parts.

Which brings up another point: what gives you any right to say that you know what it's like around here? You've been here for 17 days. Why don't you wait around a bit and see the overwhelming love for Dennis that exists here?

Nono Woodstock. Mess has been around for the super long period of 6 months. He is not new. Lol

I barely even mentioned Manson.

Though I get the feeling you're talking to Retrokid. Which in that case I won't get involved

Is it just me or this argument is getting a little silly?

unless I'm reading something that has Jon Stebbins or Ed Roach's names attached to it somehow, all I see is either something about the alcoholism ruining shows, the womanizing, or Charles Manson-some people even believe that it was entirely Denny's fault and it wasn't  >:(.

You're just now thinking that?  :lol

It really is redundant, and it's going absolutely nowhere. You all should just call it a night.  :)

I was mainly talking about Gabo's comment and I know that Dennis is loved here. I've only been posting for 17 days but I've been reading these threads for a long while now before becoming a member.  and I have no doubt that he's loved on this message board, but a lot of times (not here) I've  seen him stereotyped as the dumb, blonde, talentless surfer boy, clubber who brought a murderer in his house.  and from what I've seen Gabo comes across to me as one of those people and you've been defending him this whole time

I think rather than defending Dennis, you are actually defending yourself because you somehow identify with your perception of how Dennis was treated as an extension of how you are treated. That is why you get offended.

I am not far off the mark, am I?

yeah, you know what, i give up

you win


Dennis is perfect and beautiful and a genius and cool and perfect and he can't do anything wrong and if you say that you don't like him i will find you and fight you while drinking a beverage i've brewed from the tears i've cried over reading judgments that i don't personally agree with and, if i dont personally agree with it, then its wrong


posters beware

 

Well, I don't like the fact that we've been treated like we're some kind of trolls and we're not (I understand why you thought that though because it was your thread).  I love all the Beach Boys not just Dennis and I initially was reacting to Gabo's comment, and it happened to be at the same time MessofHelp responded to it too, and from then on people have turned us into the bad guys.  We apologized to you for spamming your thread and it's been peaceful there since.

it's not about winning  >:( if you can't see where I'm coming from that's cool with me.  I'm not trying to turn Dennis into some kind of god, that's not my angle.  All I initially was trying to say is that the beach boys are each talented in their own ways and not everyone is going to be "as good as Brian" so what's the point of putting the others (Dennis) down, that's all.

I think someone should get back on topic. Enough with the sidetrack or else I have no choice but to lock this thread.

I'd post another music video of a horrible song, but I can't think of one at the moment lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcSlcNfThUA

You should have given this advice to yourself & retrokid, as YOU both arranged the "Team Dennis!" flood. Also, locking a thread without no actual reason behind it is, mildly speaking, weird.

Ok, here's a bunch of other travesties: Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley - If I Had Words (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klCvrpy8LwU)
Too slow & the vocals are terrible, esp. boy's. I more liked the Countdown v-n.

America - A Horse with No Name (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4BrZjY_Sg)
As it was with every smash, I was ready to be amazed but it didn't work again. The melody, guitar intro & finally Dewey's (godawful) voice don't do anything for me at all. So there's no excuse I can make up for this song.

I agree with rangerover, "team Dennis!" needs to stop clogging the board.

Not necessarily the worst ever, but it sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_SRJHsjHhk

Perhaps this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7tMy1eA9DQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7tMy1eA9DQ)

I meant to everyone in general, not just me and Retrokid.

Also, I threatened to lock this thread if the Dennis debate continued on a thread which is supposed to be about what you consider to be the worst song of all-time. It's just lucky that I didn't have to and we're going back to the original topic


Bit of a redundant comment considering we stopped on our own already...

  There have been thousands of songs dumber than and worse than "A Horse with No Name"....Neil Young's father Scott thought it was his son when he heard it on the radio.

  Dullest good song I've ever heard: "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by The Police.

Beep, beep, beep, beep...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47NYUbtYb0

Wow, a song that's actually more annoying than alarm clock.  That's quite an accomplishment!

Surprised at the lack of love for Horse With No Name.

That song is excellent, I've loved it since I first heard it!

Just when I thought it couldn't get worse... Anyone heard "It's Christmas In America"?  It gives Christmas Shoes a rum for its money as "the worst".

Me too. Best thing America ever did.

I heard a really good explanation once that the worst song of all time must be "We Built this City on Rock & Roll".... because it's from the band that was once the Jefferson Airplane. 

So think about it.  First they're Jefferson Airplane, and they're fucking awesome.  I mean like OH sh*t THIS IS AMAZING awesome.  Grace Slick and all that sh*t.  Probably one of the coolest rock bands ever, from everything from their talent to their unique sound, to their great songwriting, rocking tracks, hell they even LOOKED cool.

Then they became Jefferson Starship.  They were still pretty cool, although obviously nowhere near as great as the awesome Airplane.  So they did some great stuff and made some great music.  Grace Slick quit.  Eventually, Jefferson Starship got pretty shitty... and got to the point that almost all their greatness was gone.

THEN they became Starship.  By this time, there's only 1 original member, and legally can't use Jefferson, OR airplane in the name.  So he just calls the band Starship.   Now I don't know much about this guy, but it seeems to me like if he's the last member of the original 6 or whatever, he must have been the shittiest member of the band because the song he came up with, with the help of Bernie Taupin, "We Built this City on Rock & Roll" has got to be some of the most horrible sh*t ever recorded.   

So, it's a sh*t song... there are lots of sh*t songs, but what makes this one especially bad is

1. It proclaims to rock when it most certainly does not rock
2. Since the conception of the song can ultimately be traced all the way back to such an incredible band like Jefferson Airplane, just the general contrast in quality makes this one look especially horrible. 

You make some great points, but I've always considered "We Built This City" to be a guilty pleasure song :lol

LOL  I can get into Boston or Journey or any of that other kind of p*ssy music but "We Built this City" man that just takes it a little too far for me :)

  TRANS isn't so bad. "Like An Inca" is my favorite Neil Young song of the 80's.

Surprised no one mentioned Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed. Now that truly sucked!

 If anyone needs to hear a truly bad America song...I submit "Muskrat Love."  The Captain & Tennille version is a nightmare.

 Laugh if you want but damn near everyone of note in 1970's-80's country music appeared on HEE-HAW at one time or another. You know not what you speak.

  Do the two have to be mutually exclusive? One can say Dennis was both.

SMiLE Brian is right, Dennis is not an idol. But I did mean Dennis was my idol, and that's a bit different and SMiLE Brian obviously misunderstood.
But I'm sure he feels the same way about Brian that I do for Dennis  ;D

Just out of curiosity, I searched Wikipedia....In 1976, The Captain & Tennille's "Muskrat Love" peaked at #4 and also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart. Can you believe it? :o

 No.

Just checked out Muskrat Love. The music is great, the lyrics are rubbish.
And America's version is a lot better than the Captain & Tennille's version!

  Hell yes he was an idol. A pop idol. As was Elvis Presley, who like Dennis was also a rock star.

 Both awful. And I like America. In fact, God Bless America.

They keep playing it on the radio at work lately.  I've got to admit I like it.  It's god awful but there's something ridiculously sweet about it. 

Barbie Girl.

f*** the people who made this, f*** this song, and f*** Disney Boy for reminding me of a absolutely horrible song which I was perfectly happy to forget about for a long, long time...

The Crazy Frog version of Axel F is pretty horrid.

The entire catalogs of Tool, Alice in Chains, Metallica, Godsmack, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen...

How can anybody tell me that THIS is a bad song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FAosDi4XA  :o

It's not a good song, yes, but you can always listen to your best-of playlist & the trash will be forgotten. Why react so strongly about being reminded of 1 cheesy kids song & let it eat you inside, so to speak? That f-word angst was totally unnecessary, least in this unbiggie deal.

I suppose it isn't a big deal  :lol

Has to be:

MacArthur Park  sung by Richard Harris.

(shudder)

As far as musical atrocities go, I'd have to say "Smart Girls" is one of the greatest awful misfires any established musician could have made. It fails as a pop song, it fails as a hip-hop song, Brian Wilson's rhymes are beyond terrible and the samples were obviously handled by someone (Landy?) who had no idea how to use them to actually make a hip-hop beat. It's funny, yeah, but in the way that schadenfreude is funny.

Remove the last 3 words & we agree to agree. Incredible boredom - that's what that song is, full stop.

That's Jimmy Webb's finest hour!! I bought it as soon as it came out in '68. A quite extraordinary record. It prompted an equally good suite of songs by Barry Ryan called "Eloise". Written by Paul Ryan. Those were the days.

MacArthur Park will make more sense to you when you sing it in the shower.

You mean that "Someone left a cake out in the rain" will make more sense?

It was clearly written from a female perspective and Harris is singing it specifically from the female perspective. Imagine being Richard Harris AND being caught in the rain on top of it. THAT is why the song is a classic. Only Richard Harris could bring that kind of power to a song. I mean hey, can you imagine what the song would have been if The Association didn't reject it? It wouldn't have been a blip on the radar. The song was so bad that it needed the overproduction and Harris' theatrics in order to work!

Actually, I can't really justify why it will make more sense to you when you sing it in the shower. You gotta try it.

This IS! the worst song by far!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtCjzeqXmE

and they keep playing it here on the radio!

arrrrrrh!!!!! 

RickB

Don't know about all this & quite frankly, not interested in one bit. You say song is a classic? I'd say it's your subjective opinion, nothing more. I'm glad Association have nothing to do with this song. Ain't they smart? And finally, quoting someone on this board, bad song is a bad song.

Nice story, john.

Surrounded by Silence by Design the Skyline

If you mean mine, RRA1, there's more to it. I hope my memory serves me correctly:

I only heard "MacArthur's Park" (Harris insisted on singing the apostrophe s) once on BBC radio and they made a complete mockery of it.  The trouble began when the DJ quite early on said something to the effect of "This is boring, let's leave it going but broadcast something else instead."  Then when the other, much shorter record finished he switched back to "MP", by which time Harris had moved on to part two ("There will be another song from me").  And then he did the same thing again with a short 45, gave another quick listen to "MP", dissed it again and turned it off!! I had to go to my local record shop to hear the whole thing. I loved it and bought it on the spot.   

This version actually makes more sense than the original:  :lol :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4zvQfDhi0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4zvQfDhi0)

Really?! I reckon there's only one way to follow that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10W2hr1n9VU

Radio announced song by some band & this garbage played: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1ALEYfi54

maybe I'm just bitter because the Sasquatch lineup is so terrible, but:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXRviuL6vMY

they're headlining, and they're so annoying. how.

(I don't think this is the worst song ever, though. No idea what that would be.)

Hahaha. I accompanied Maywood on several occasions in the late '80s, early '90s when I was in that Dutch semo-pro functions band. The last time I even managed to learn their part of the programme off by heart. It's much easier if you can play without having to stare at lots of notes. So I have good memories of that concert. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maywood_(duo)

I assume there are lots at terrible songs I've never heard, and I'm exempting songs that I've only heard because I'm a particular fan of the artist (no obscure BB songs for instance)
Sussudio
Call me maybe
Everything I do (I do it for you)
We built this city
Don't worry, be happy
The "ooo ooo ooo no baby please don't go" Chicago song

I'm not even going to comment on genres I don't care for, because then my list would be ridiculously long, but here's a few:

Rawk Fist - Thousand Foot Krutch - Quite possibly the worst hard rock song ever written

Bad Company - Five Finger Death Punch - How to you ruin a classic song?  Add Five Finger Death Punch

Nookie - Limp Bizkit - I could've thrown a dart at a board and selected any of their songs. 

All Summer Long - Kid Rock - Has nothing to do with The Beach Boys classic, but does take elements of Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London to make a heaping bowl of awful.  Never have I heard an ode to summer that makes me long for winter. 

Rock Star - Nickleback - The nadir of a band that is the nadir of bland American 2000s rock. 

Sugar Ray - Fly - Please fly...fly away...far away. 

A Spanish Piece - Pink Floyd - I figured I'd include a band I love.  To be fair, this is from the soundtrack to a movie called More, and meant to be heard in the background, but it's easily the worst song by my favorite band. 

Summer of Love - The Beach Boys - Speaking of bands I love.  Good lord, what were they thinking? 

Illusion of Power - Black Sabbath - Very late in their career, Black Sabbath decided to do a song with Ice T....and they chose it as the album opener.  The 90s were just a bad time for music all around. 

The last time we travelled to the UK by sea we were woken by this song. Mind you, the hour was pretty ungodly too.


 :lol :lol :lol

I'll leave the Justins (Bieber, Timberlake) and their ilk alone, to point at a fav group of mine instead. Worst song ever is... without the slightest doubt...

THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY

When I heard that overlong vocalising*, so totally out of place with all they had created up to that moment in their career, so totally soul-selling to the evil forces of commerce, so totally desecrating to poor Syd Barrett and what he had meant, I thought they were artistically dead.
Then, there came Animals... :)

* Nothing against the singer, of course. She did very well what they were expecting from her.

I could understand if you said that the song Money was "selling to the evil forces of commerce," but Great Gig in the Sky is one of the more non commercial tracks off DSOTM.  I can see the vocals not being one's cup of tea, but to combine this track with the thought of selling out doesn't make much sense IMO. 

Speaking of Syd, I really like his Floyd era stuff, but there are some tracks on his solo albums I think you can add to this mix.  I can't think of the names off hand since it's been at least 7 years since I've listened to them.  I really like Dominoes and Dark Globe, so those two are not the suspects I'm thinking of.

I like "Don't worry be happy". It brings joy. I'll take it anytime than emo-y depressive stuff (say, Joy Division?).

Re: Maywood: the guy in radio said they were very popular in USSR. Hilarious.

Either Justin is snoozefest. The other bad songs: anything by Amy Whinehouse, Madonna, Prince, "Unintended", "Venus", "Euphoria" by some Loreen etc.

I would suspect that the worst song of all time is one written solely to praise a regime which not only represses its people but also forbids any music other than unaccompanied songs about how wonderful it is...

I checked to see what is "regime" - too difficult. :P As smb. not in the slightest interested in politics, except maybe veeeery shallow way, I really don't care. I stand by saying that the lyrics is boring aspect in the song & I don't listen what it's about. Song to me is about music, if it's hookbound, got good or bad vocs, the choice & blend of instruments etc. So that's that. :D

Jesus Christ, some of the sh*t I said years ago was moronic and f***ed up. What on earth possessed me to say sh*t like that.... No wonder I was looked down upon back then, bloody hell.

The whole Dark Side of the Moon is "selling out". Money is cringeworthy too, but it has borderline recognisable melody and rhythm. TGGITS is simply awful, with that bunch of notes from nowhere and that prolonged howling. A real wolf would have been much better. ;D

P.S.
On the other hand, with a real wolf they might have reserved that song for Animals, so destroying the beauty of that album...

Personally, I think "selling out" is one of the most overused terms by music fans.  I don't see how a concept album about the things that drive humanity crazy, amounts to selling out.  Had Pink Floyd completely changed their sound in a sole effort to get singles on Top 40, that would be selling out.  But, there's a natural progression from Piper to Dark Side IMO. 

2KDS: agree with last bit.

Vanilla Ice- Ice ice baby.

lil mama-lip gloss.  Seriously? :o

dynamite hack- boyz n the hood ::)

Soooo many more, thought i would start with crap music

kds, "selling out" may be overused, but to my memory it was the very first time I used it, and that only because I was responding to a post where you used it. I even put it in quotes, dammit. Personally, "selling out" reminds me much more of a full theatre.

However, I stand by my admittedly unpopular opinion. There are many ways of selling one's soul. Many are blatant, others subtler. But in any case the Pinx reclaimed their collective soul with "Animals", so it can be said that they didn't sell it, just lent it for a while. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-oJt_5JvV4

To each their own. 

Personally, I think there are only two instances where you could possibly accuse the Floyd of "selling out."

1.  Using disco beats for Another Brick in the Wall Part II.  On paper, Pink Floyd and disco beats sounds awful, but it does work surprisingly well, even if it was done pretty much to give them a hit single.

2.  Roger Waters going full tilt 80s on Radio KAOS.  For his second solo album, there are some good songs that are, unfortunately, buried in 80s production.  Roger has since admitted it was a big mistake, and when he performed The Powers That Be on his 1999 comeback tour, he gave it a completely different arrangement. 

Roger is true leader & driving force behind Pink Floyd. Smb. doesn't like his voice but many fans do.

Roger was a great lyric writer, but I think Gilmour is the far better singer.   I think Roger also benefitted a lot from Gilmour and Wright's sense of melody.

Hence I said "Smb. doesn't like his [Roger's] voice". But to my ears, he's got interesting voice & David's not.

You're free to think that. I disagree.

I've been pondering this statement for days. It's the "progression" from Piper to Secrets that bugs me a little...

You're free to disagree.   But, while I'm a big Roger Waters fan, the later Floyd albums and his solo albums can be a little "tuneless" at times. 

https://youtu.be/2DAdWcsM7Po

Are you nominating this for the worst song ever?  I'm actually a big fan.  Especially of some the live versions circa 69-70 that feature vocals from Gilmour and key work from Wright.

Songs with Cat Stevens vocals. Sounds like goat.

No laughing at the gilmour/ waters who was better comments above. together they were better thats why i posted it.

Makes sense. 

Here's a likely candidate. Touch my bum indeed! :lol

https://youtu.be/xepVMeOqWJo