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Worst Song in the History of the World

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Out of those, "Hey there Delilah." 

 

Oy Christ Allah!

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

How do you post youtube videos like that?

The song Hey there Delilah!!  Cannot stand that song!  By far, the worst song ever.

The song Hey there Delilah!!  Cannot stand that song!  By far, the worst song ever.

 

Dude my emo room mate last year made me go to their concert! Worst experience of my life. The only other guys there, were guys that were dragged along by their girlfriends.

Why is this even an argument? Muskrat love ends with sounds of two muskrats gettin' busy! What the @#$% ?!

 

Delilah may make you want to smash his guitar like Belushi in Animal House (I gave my love a cherry...), but it's just a guy with a guitar.

 

Simulated sounds of muskrats practicing their deviancy......plus, the Captain actually wears that hat. Enough. Go back to the fires of hell from whence you came, Demon!

Oh come on, anything by Paula Abdul is worse than Toy Soldiers!

The Delilah song, simply because it threatens our lives the most by being current and not ravaged by time. Here's a much better song about the Samson and Delilah

 

^Beautiful find.

Here's a much better song about the Samson and Delilah

 

How embarrassing, I'm wearing the same outfit to work that Bruce Dickenson is wearing in that video. Maybe the cutting of the hair is why Samson fell asleep mid concert while playing drums for Maiden....

LOL I hadn't heard Cotton Eyed Joe in years and our DJ just played it.  It's not the worst song he'll play tonight.

Linked once more for effect:

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Please God, don't tell me people buy PBR beer on the internet.

^Maddox is a bona fide internet rockstar. Anybody willing to take on crocs, children's drawings and the 911/Truth movement--and win--is completely justified in calling his site thebestpageintheuniverse.

 

Back to topic:

 

Toni Tennille's hairstyle: Is it a sentient, self-determined being, free and separate from Toni Tennielle.

I knew Crocs were stupid the first time I saw them, which was at a sand volleyball tourney.

 

If any youngster wants to know what the 80's were like, it was one stupid fad like Crocs after another.  Those jelly shoes, fanny packs, the Wendy's cool shades, those painter hats with the mullet flaps, velcro shoes, shoes with zipper pockets on the sides, Reebok Pumps, those first Nike pump shoes with the external CO2 tank, koosh balls, 4-color scented pens, those neon pencils girls had with the little feather that came out the top, ad nauseum. 

 

Rap was just another 80's fad like Glow Worms and Go Bots, I'm still in disbelief that it caught on.

 

Anyone remember this guy? He was in regular rotation on The Jukebox Channel, MTV didn't play this crap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_4N8MVMm7s

 

And in tandem with Weird Al, there was an awful lot of food music running around circa 1986:

 

Me and my best friend loved the Fat Boys, we used to go around the neighborhood and ride the school bus with this stuff playing. 

 

 

 

I knew Crocs were stupid the first time I saw them, which was at a sand volleyball tourney.

 

If any youngster wants to know what the 80's were like, it was one stupid fad like Crocs after another.  Those jelly shoes, fanny packs, the Wendy's cool shades, those painter hats with the mullet flaps, velcro shoes, shoes with zipper pockets on the sides, Reebok Pumps, those first Nike pump shoes with the external CO2 tank, koosh balls, 4-color scented pens, those neon pencils girls had with the little feather that came out the top, ad nauseum. 

 

You left out Knickers, Girbauds, Swatches, Parachute Pants, Rat Tails (hairstyle), and the Rubik's Snake.

Clothes:

Jamz

Skidz

Panama Jack

Caribbean Soul

Those gray pants with all the zippers and velcro pockets

Elastic waistbands

Shoulder pads (women)

The airbrush place at the mall that would airbrush something like "Righteous, Dude!" on a t-shirt, which evolved into the Taz/No Fear fad of the mid-90's

 

Hair:

Rows

Mushroom (or Bowl)

The Boz (Kid & Play was the best example)

Shaving phrases and logos in back of head like the Yo! Mtv Raps logo or your football number.   

 

Toys:

Crossfire (board game)

GI Joe Aircraft Carrier (nobody actually had this)

What was that thing, a "Rubik's Ladder"?  It was a grid of 12 squares that flapped around held together by nylon bands.

Those air-pressure toy cars, I think they were called "Air Jammers". 

 

Computer Games:

Leisure Suit Larry

Strip Poker for Commodore 64

That ET Atari game.  When you fell in the pit, you could never get out.  You had to turn the thing off and start over.   

 

Food:

Just like now, every Noble Roman's location was empty, all the time. 

 

 

 

^Don't forget the jelly bracelets.  I had about 50 of those.

Clothes:

Jamz

Skidz

Panama Jack

Caribbean Soul

Those gray pants with all the zippers and velcro pockets

Elastic waistbands

Shoulder pads (women)

The airbrush place at the mall that would airbrush something like "Righteous, Dude!" on a t-shirt, which evolved into the Taz/No Fear fad of the mid-90's

 

Hair:

Rows

Mushroom (or Bowl)

The Boz (Kid & Play was the best example)

Shaving phrases and logos in back of head like the Yo! Mtv Raps logo or your football number.   

 

Toys:

Crossfire (board game)

GI Joe Aircraft Carrier (nobody actually had this)

What was that thing, a "Rubik's Ladder"?  It was a grid of 12 squares that flapped around held together by nylon bands.

Those air-pressure toy cars, I think they were called "Air Jammers". 

 

Computer Games:

Leisure Suit Larry

Strip Poker for Commodore 64

That ET Atari game.  When you fell in the pit, you could never get out.  You had to turn the thing off and start over.   

 

Food:

Just like now, every Noble Roman's location was empty, all the time. 

 

 

 

 

Wow.

 

Excellent compilation

I think some of those trends fall more into the category of early '90s then '80s, such as bowl cuts, Skidz bibs, and shaving phrases such as OPP in your hair.

I forgot about the bibs, the overalls with one strap.  I think the 80's actually peaked in 1990 or 1991.

NO, the early '90s was an era in and of itself. They had nothing to do with the '80s or the rest of the '90s. Never in the history of the world were the good things so split from the bad things. We had Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Megadeth, N.W.A. (and their respective solo efforts) vs. C+C Music Factory, Haddaway, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer etc.

^I agree. I was actually just talking to my friend about that. It's much easier to group things in the 80s together as opposed to things in the 90s. The early 90s and late 90s were too different.

^I am recusing myself from this conversation on the grounds that the years 1985-1995 have been completely blotted out of my memory. I'm more or less serious.

^I am recusing myself from this conversation on the grounds that the years 1985-1995 have been completely blotted out of my memory. I'm more or less serious.

I heard Reagan wasn't all he's cracked up to be.

NO, the early '90s was an era in and of itself. They had nothing to do with the '80s or the rest of the '90s. Never in the history of the world were the good things so split from the bad things. We had Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Megadeth, N.W.A. (and their respective solo efforts) vs. C+C Music Factory, Haddaway, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer etc.

 

I'll give you grunge, but Megadeth and NWA (and Eazy-E, Dre, Ice Cube et al) belong to the 80's and me.

 

the 90's, particularly 94 on, were dark dark years, musically. Awful. I refer to them as the Toad the Wet Sprocket years. They should be buried in some capsule far below the earth's crust and never unearthed again.

More 80's crap:

 

Jordache jeans, Guess (?)

Forenza sweaters from the Limited

Leg warmers

Merry Go Round

Chess King

County Seat

Ocean Pacific

Members Only

Acid wash jeans

White collared dress shirts with collar bars and tie chains

Skinny leather ties

MC Hammer pants

the Miami Vice deconstructed white suit jacket with fluorescent tee shirt (bonus points if mesh)

 

Spuds McKenzie

Bart Simpson

Where's the Beef

Roger Rabbit

 

Live Aid

Farm Aid

Hands Across America

Do They Know it's Christmas Time At All?

We Are The World

 

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Let's not forget MC Skat Kat!

 

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"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

Ok I admit it I liked the scat kat and the song and the video enough to keep it off the worst list. 

^ That song is kind of fun. And this is coming from a metalhead.

Great job people, a tie.  So this thread didn't settle a damn thing. 

Nonsense; it settled tracks number 1 & 2 on the awesome mix tape I'm making for ColDayMan.

Don't hate on Martika, she has a loft in Downtown Cincinnati.  "Hey There Delilah" is hardly the worst song in History.

 

 

I second papahopka's write-in or anything found on WEBN.  80's hair bands is some of the worst music ever recorded.  Hell, The Plain White T's are a blessing compared to some of this crap.  Thank god I listened to Hip Hop, House and pretty much anything Electronica during the 80's & 90's until Alternative came about.

 

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bbZ2Ee8Kil0

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ec2k5rw5V2I

 

 

NO SHITTING ON DOKKEN! NOT ON MY WATCH! The late '80s-early-'90s hair, such as Trixter, BulletBoys, Poison and Nelson was terrible, but a lot of the early hair rock such as Ratt and Motley Crue was pretty good! Dokken was kind of in that no man's land between real metal and hair rock with W.A.S.P., Twisted Sister and Def Leppard. I dig those bands.

LOL, I can envision you driving the road in that Camaro in your avatar listening to Dokken.  Tell me you have long hair and the Camaro has some primer on it to top it off. ;)

NO sh!tTING ON DOKKEN! NOT ON MY WATCH! The late '80s-early-'90s hair, such as Trixter, BulletBoys, Poison and Nelson was terrible, but a lot of the early hair rock such as Ratt and Motley Crue was pretty good! Dokken was kind of in that no man's land between real metal and hair rock with W.A.S.P., Twisted Sister and Def Leppard. I dig those bands.

 

Amen, brother. 80's metal rules! Rock and roll peaked in the '86-'87is area. After that it just got goofy.

 

Long live the "Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, guitar solo, bridge, Chorus, fade away" structure of music!!

 

And Long Live the Rock and Roll Troll!!

 

LOL, I can envision you driving the road in that Camaro in your avatar listening to Dokken.  Tell me you have long hair and the Camaro has some primer on it to top it off. ;)

 

I did have long hair for a while. No primer on this Camaro; it's one of the few from that era that is well-preserved.

And Long Live the Rock and Roll Troll!!

 

 

Sounds like it's a remastered version paired with the original video.

Van Halen, Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken, Kingdom Come - 1988 Akron Rubber Bowl. Seems like yesterday!

"NO sh!tTING ON DOKKEN! NOT ON MY WATCH!"

 

I'm sure this is probably utter sacrilege but I love this version* by The Party - yes it's cheesy 90s dance fluff but helLO?!? "My people" are entitled to enjoy this!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9-ILNsfnM

 

*Obviously Aeon Flux was not the original video for this!

 

If I would have seen this in 1992, I would have shot my TV with an SKS. But now that I am more musically mature, I can say that it's pretty bad ass!

Wesley Willis was a mentally unstable man from Chicago.  He produced some bad music.  Here is his most well known work entitled Rock N' Roll MacDonalds.  I saw him live at Bernie's in Columbus Ohio in 2001.  He is since deceased.  He left a legacy that was, well, his own.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IliRi29maOw

 

Another nominee, the classic band AC with their short but sweet ditty: "You're Pregnant, So I Kicked You In The Stomach"

 

 

... and of course, who could forget Billy Ray Cyrus, who provided us with this classic.  I apologize if this is not the right song or video, but I couldn't even make it through the first 15 seconds without tasting bile in my mouth.  Enjoy!

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3EebObs-vC0

Wesley Willis rules!

I saw him by accident in 2000 or 2001, walked into a bar and he was playing.  I had heard of him ahead of time, there were only 15 or so people there.  Didn't find it especially entertaining. 

 

Same thing happened with these guys, Youngstown's own Gil Mantera's Party Dream, who I saw for the first time by accident in 2003.  I have since seen them 3 or 4 other times, most recently playing (no joke!) in the parking lot of a Don Pablos:

 

 

Also, you want to know who's awful?  The Get-up Kids, who I saw in the fall of 1996 with about 10 other people in a basement like the one pictured below.  It was the fakest, most middle-class stuff I'd ever heard, and yet these guys got fairly big and are apparently legends of the emo world:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ng3hizSM-g

 

 

 

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