Worst Songs Ever

[Greenday]

Here's a song I forgot to list, Single Ladies by Beyonce.

repeating "I'm a single lady, I'm a single lady, I'm a single lady I'm a single lady" "if you like it put a ring on it if you like it put a ring on it" ad nasuem does not make a good song!!!

Don't forget the "Oh oh, oh oh ohhhh oh oh ohhhh, oh oh ohhhh oh"

[Racket_Man]

Here's a song I forgot to list, Single Ladies by Beyonce.

repeating "I'm a single lady, I'm a single lady, I'm a single lady I'm a single lady" "if you like it put a ring on it if you like it put a ring on it" ad nasuem does not make a good song!!!

that sounds a lot like one of Donna Summer's songs. *****reaching waaaaaayyyyy back into my memories of Disco in the mid 1970's****** I remember a 17 minute "song" of her having what could only be described as continious orgasms (though I could be wrong on that will have to look into it)

[fireheart17]

Another one to make it to my "really BAAAAD" list, after searching on Youtube for the songs we do at Zumba.

Belle Star's version of "Iko Iko". The Dixie Cups got it right, the Captain Jack version probably captures it the best, but the Belle Stars version is way too whispery.

[Rageaholic]

I saw some Todd In The Shadows videos on TGWTG. WOW, he gets to listen to some horrible songs.

Kesha, BLAH BLAH BLAH: Yes, it's actually a song, and it's just as obnoxious as it sounds.

OMG by Usher: It's almost so bad it's good. Especially the part where he says "Honey's got some boobies like wow oh wow". I nearly pissed myself laughing at how atrocious the lyrics were. Then you got the obnoxious chanting in the backround.

Grenade by Bruno Mars: Aside from breaking the wangst o meter, the song is so conflicting. He loves her so much he "step on a grenaaaaaaaade for her", yet he describes her as this abusive monster. And the wangst, GOD the wangst. It's just so melodramatic and depressing that I could barely get through Todd's review of it.

Hey Soul Sister by Train: While not as wangsty as Grenade, the guys voice is so high pitched that a chipmunks version of the song would break the sound barrier. And the lyrics are crap too.

Come to think of it, most of those "White Guy with Accoustic Guitar" songs would fit the bill. They always show up in my favorite shows. That and those songs where the singers voice is so high pitched and droning that you can't make out the lyrics. I wouldn't hate them so much if they weren't taking over TV. Almost every commercial and TV show has these type of songs.

[Skunkle]

Forgot one. I dunno if this is a worst song EVER, but I think it sounds awful: "Light My Fire", mentioned in the Worst Covers thread. I'm talking about the original here. When I hear this, this is the image that pops into my head: Picture the lounge at a sleazy old hotel, a "meet market" sort of place with lots of guys in leisure suits. Fake wood paneling, brown leather chairs, fugly swag lamps in the corners, a thick layer of fossilized cigarette grime on everything and a haze of smoke. Slightly drunk lounge singer, and a guy with a guitar, a guy at a beat-up drum kit, and a guy at a worn-out cheap electronic organ. His music is made up on the spot and his band kinda-sorts manages to follow along. That's "Light My Fire" to my ears.

[Racket_Man]

that sounds a lot like one of Donna Summer's songs. *****reaching waaaaaayyyyy back into my memories of Disco in the mid 1970's****** I remember a 17 minute "song" of her having what could only be described as continious orgasms (though I could be wrong on that will have to look into it)

sorry for quoting myself. the song is Love To Love You Baby and it took up a whole album side at 17 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5AztWseIdU

[Rageaholic]

Gotta revive this for a new "Worst Song Ever". This gem is from another young girl singer who got a gig from ARK music factory (the same geniuses who brought us Friday). Only this one is much worse, My Jeans by Jenna Rose

I hate to pick on an 11-13 year old girl, but my god is this song bad. A song about designer jeans? REALLY?! I've heard more mature songs on Disney Channel. And what is up with the rappers in these videos? First we had the guy in Friday then we had the rap duo in this song. Seems so out of place (not that I ever liked rap to begin with).

[Aethian]

And because of it being tied with Friday it's most likely also going to join iTunes and be downloaded like Friday was.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Gotta revive this for a new "Worst Song Ever". This gem is from another young girl singer who got a gig from ARK music factory (the same geniuses who brought us Friday). Only this one is much worse, My Jeans by Jenna Rose

/views YouTube link

/instantly regrets it

That one has got to violate the Geneva Conventions somehow.

[Rageaholic]

Don't say I didn't warn you.

[Andara Bledin]

>_<

Welcome to autotune hell...

^-.-^

[lobo94]

Marilyn Manson has his place. It just hasn't been dug yet.

[telecom_goddess]

Marilyn Manson has his place. It just hasn't been dug yet.

I like it...

[Skunkle]

Autotune has its place. Autotune the news? Awesome. But it is no stand-in for actual singing. Do I think this girl CAN'T sing? It's possible, even likely in my opinion, that she CAN sing and that autotune is being used because it's trendy to autotune. In my opinion, the be-all and end-all of electronically-modulated voice is the Moog voice intro to Disney;and's "Main Street Electrical Parade". Beat that, autotune, that thing'll give you chills (in a good way).

Either way... Violates the Geneva Convention? Yeah, I listened to about 3/4 of it just so say I'd done it, but my goodness did my ears ever hate me. Murf. Kids this age CAN sing, some of them, but while autotune tells the other kids "this is hip", it tells the rest of us "the 'artist' is probably tone-deaf."

I listen to some stuff many would consider almost painful. Soul Coughing? Check. Look up Enoch Light & his Light Brigade's cover of "Swamp Fire" and see if you can make it all the way through. My cousin makes music, and his first demo song used modulated tone on his voice because he was shy about his real voice (he didn't use, nor does he need, autotune). But the autotune warbly stuff is honestly painful. At least, up until a year or two ago, the Disney stars used their real voices!

Also... Does anyone else hear the Jesse McCartney pop bit "Beautiful Soul", listen to the lyrics, and understand them to mean, "Girl, you make mirrors shatter and kids run screaming, but you're beautiful inside! And that's what I want, baby!" At first glance the lyrics are sweet in a light, poppy sense, but I read them this way. Am I crazy in thinking that (though I'm CERTAIN they were not intended this way) they can be easily interpreted as "You're ugly outside, but I like that and I love you for being beautiful inside"?

[Ginger Tea]

Also... Does anyone else hear the Jesse McCartney pop bit "Beautiful Soul", listen to the lyrics, and understand them to mean, "Girl, you make mirrors shatter and kids run screaming, but you're beautiful inside! And that's what I want, baby!" At first glance the lyrics are sweet in a light, poppy sense, but I read them this way. Am I crazy in thinking that (though I'm CERTAIN they were not intended this way) they can be easily interpreted as "You're ugly outside, but I like that and I love you for being beautiful inside"?

Not heard that song, but it reminds me of the title (just the title as I can't recal ever hearing it) of a Smiths/Morrisy song "Your the one for me fatty"