What is the Worst Song of All Time?

Cajungal

Staff member
Every Move I Make - Hillsong Kids with lyrics:

I have to hear this sad garbage in chapel. So sad. So gross. We have to dance to it. There are moves. Sad moves. To go with this ridiculous waste of sound.
 
Are we including ridiculously awful things beyond credence?
I don't think we're talking about songs like "Why must I cry?" or "It's Cold in the D," which are songs which were terrible the moment they were released. I think this thread is more about that song that got plenty of airplay but that you want to reduce a building to rubble whenever it plays.

--Patrick
 
I actually don't mind some terribly annoying "bad" songs as long as the band is self-aware (Frank Zappa, They Might be Giants, etc...)

But then there are these bands:





They 100% think they're God's gift to music.
 
My cat actually just attacked one of my speakers when I was playing this. Only time she's ever done that. We have a winner.
Honestly, my only reservation about posting that was whether it counted as a song. Its always fun to see peoples' reactions when I say that the worst song ever was (technically) by the Beatles.
 
Most Beatlephiles deny that is even a song.

Here's how you can tell:

If you ask a Beatle fan what the longest (in terms of time) recorded song of the Fab Four is, they will likely tell you, "I Want You/She's So Heavy".

If you respond, "Wait, what about...", they will interrupt you and say, "That was NOT a song."
 
I would say it was an experiment, and not a successful one. Personally, I removed it from my rotation years ago.
 
My daughter loves this soung and made me listen to it. It is my nomination. Perhaps i could find worse, but just reading the thread title brings this to mind.

 
I don't know, My Pal Foot-Foot actually made me cringe, and feel in pain. This isn't music, but doesn't make me cringe. It's strange, and a bit haunting, but I wouldn't call it abjectly terrible the way The Shags were.

I bet it sounds AMAZING on acid.
 
I listen to Journey and, for some reason, I get angry. If I were to ever commit mass murder it would be fueled by Journey's Greatest Hits.
Fucking Foriegner. Every song sounds like statutory rape.[DOUBLEPOST=1409441049,1409440910][/DOUBLEPOST]The song I hate more than anything right now is Rude by Magic. Fuck that piece of shit pile of sappy suck tunes.
 
"Man, it sure has been a long time since the last Green Day album! I'm sure the main song of their next album won't be played to death, have obvious symbolism even for them, and suck out loud to the Nth degree!"

That "Demons in your soul" line is like a dagger straight to your brain.
 
I just remembered the first time I heard 21 guns

"Do you know whats worth fighting for? If its not worth dying for?"

WHATEVER COULD YOU BE TALKING ABOUT? THAT IS FAR TOO SUBTLE FOR ME!
 
I HATE THIS MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT AND THE FACT THAT ITS ON REPLAY EVERY GODDAMN DECEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!


I hate this song so much. And it bothers me that the choir of children have been practicing THIS song all year long:
"Ding dong ding dong ding dong"
Really? ALL FUCKING YEAR to nail that?[DOUBLEPOST=1409461886,1409461685][/DOUBLEPOST]
Not the worst, but I absolutely hate this song. It starts off like a drunk, depressed Scooby-Doo sitting a bar, crying over his whiskey.




RUT RYE RIFE RINTO REESES
Without it though, we wouldn't have the superior Richard Cheese version.
 
Not sure if this qualifies, but the worst version of a song I've ever heard is Miley Cyrus's rendition of Part of Your World.

That has retroactively lessened my enjoyment of one of my childhood favorites. Jackass.

Remember when Fred Durst covered The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes"? No?

That because you've repressed that memory, it was so bad.
Well....Bad, but not as bad as Cyrus.




You thought Friday night was bad? Well let's have that same level of terribleness but let's throw in a few things to make it offensive.
...ugh....

Thinking about this thread today, I remember one that I've made you all suffer through before. Think it's time we revisited it for the sake of this thread.

While it's a crappy cover, there's worse in here.

When I really want to be an asshole, I stream the Martian Hop over my mic in TF2.

eeeee-ee-e-eeee-eeehee the Martian Hop, eee-eeh-eee.... I'm sorry, I like it just for the lasting power of that refrain. Yes, it's horrible, but in the "so bad it's hilarious" way, to me :p



You thought Friday night was bad? Well let's have that same level of terribleness but let's throw in a few things to make it offensive.
...ugh....

Thinking about this thread today, I remember one that I've made you all suffer through before. Think it's time we revisited it for the sake of this thread.

While it's a crappy cover, there's worse in here.

I HATE THIS MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT AND THE FACT THAT ITS ON REPLAY EVERY GODDAMN DECEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!


That one I honestly and actually don't know. I mean, I've heard it maybe once or twice but that's it. Though "those annoying Christmas jingles" I can agree with, they're just different ones down here I guess.

Considered as a post-modern work of art, it's genuinely not terrible. As a piece of music of a pop band and supposedly listenable, it's beyond horrible. I went and put on the Martian Bop to get this out of my head.


Without it though, we wouldn't have the superior Richard Cheese version.
That is actually awesome :)[DOUBLEPOST=1409513647,1409513467][/DOUBLEPOST]And the above post is why I usually limit myself to ratings :p
 
Subjectively, in your opinion, what is the worst song written or performed by man or womankind.

Nominate as many as you want. I want the real dregs of music here.

Now, I'll start with a song that I don't know if it's the worst song of all time, but it's easily the worst song of the 90s.

Dolphins Cry by Live

Psuedo-Necro.

Still the worst song. Also, the most punchable lead singer in history. I just want to cave in his stupid, smug face.
 
I'm sure this was already posted in this thread... I may have even posted it, but I'm far too lazy to read back over two whole pages, so I'm going to repost this.

 

GasBandit

Staff member
When I did have an air shift on our rock station, I made sure to yank this one off the air every time I saw it.

 
I won't link to it, at all. Loathe this song. Santa Baby by absolutely anyone. Ever. This song is the reason I make sure to have my own music playing at my work area. It actually makes me angry when I hear it.
 

Cajungal

Staff member
I won't link to it, at all. Loathe this song. Santa Baby by absolutely anyone. Ever. This song is the reason I make sure to have my own music playing at my work area. It actually makes me angry when I hear it.
Yeah that song is weird.
 
I have had Olivia Newton-John lyrics stuck in my brain all weekend.

And not her "Physical" era songs. The stuff from the early '70's, when she was doing country.

ARRRGGHHHHHH.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
It always mystifies me that musicians are thought (by themselves OR anyone else) to be an authority on anything other than making pleasing waveforms. I dare say Blink 182 is, as you no doubt agree from the content of your post, a dubious source on the actual economics and ethics of content delivery systems.

An artist can choose to take part in streaming services or not, that's their prerogative. But they have to realize that the streaming services are huge mitigators for music piracy. If you end all music streaming (as they no doubt want, if it's tantamount to ivory poaching), you just end up going back to the good old napster days of rampant music piracy.
 
I won't link to it, at all. Loathe this song. Santa Baby by absolutely anyone. Ever. This song is the reason I make sure to have my own music playing at my work area. It actually makes me angry when I hear it.
Most ambitious gold-digger ever.

--Patrick
 
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