Thoughts:

 

Wesley Willis: wow, that isn't how that song goes at all. He just plugged in lyrics fromm his other songs.

 

Billy Ray: Hold on to your hats -- Billy Ray is from Flatwoods, KY about halfway between Portsmouth and Ashland, KY on U.S. Federal Route 23. Many musicians form the Portsmouth area have played with him; and a section of freeway in the area is named after him. (combed hair into fake mullet for added effect)

 

Gil Mantera's Party Dream: looks like they are in the same scene as Totally Radd!!, DolphinForce and Mr. Pac-Man

^There must be thousands and thousands of photos with this same exact pose, a truck in the background of every one.

Sorry about that guys.  :| It won't happen again.

It's alright, just remember that a lot of places have filters and I'm pretty sure that band's name is a no-no in most workplaces.

You know, jessehallum's post got me thinking. If we're truly talking worst song in the history of the world, there's a lot to choose from, depending on your tastes. May I present the following:

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=skU-jBFzXl0

MayDay we know your people listen to this: :)

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uzA0nG_PurQ

 

 

mika! he just sold out a big show here in nyc in about 2 seconds. not only mayday's peeps, but i bought that in england too as a memento. mika's whole record was playing everywhere you went in london at the time (along with lily allen). so i'm busting myself, i fell into it, i was walking around with the camera & singing mika songs like an idiot over there. i like sugary pop music sometimes what can i say? i like morrissey too. back in the day i liked queen and judas priest. gays do rock. heh.

 

 

Rocky Horror meets Jeff Buckley.  Well at least 21st century theater cast parties have a new tune.

 

Mr. New York, when I visited Europe, it was amazing to hear the way American music stood out with so much resonance compared to Euro-fare (Crazy Frog, et al).  I walked into a family restaurant in Spain with this dish, completely uncensored, in the background (p.s. NOT WORK SAFE):

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFPuVbn71K0

 

Let's see, droning "Eastern" instrumentation, lazy percussion, and simple pentatonic bass line...wonder where he lifted all that?:

 

 

The musical similarities are there, but the real contrast is in the literary underpinning of Lou Reed's casual delivery versus Eminem's (and seemingly everyone else nowadays) use of endless pop culture references.  An intellectual dabbling with primitivism versus a primitive celebrity using of pop references to critique celebrity.  And I suspect Andy Warhol would have offered to manage Eminem. 

 

 

 

How is the Macarena song not on here? And that Barbie Girl song? And pretty much everything by Ace of Bass?

ok maybe i'm an idiot but I loved the Lou Reed song; in fact I listened three times; okay admit it I'm lame LOL

For the record, I'm a gay man who doesn't care for the music of Mika (or Rufus Wainwright). Talented people, but not my cup of tea.

>ok maybe i'm an idiot but I loved the Lou Reed song

 

 

Yeah to clarify I didn't post that as a joke, I think it's a great song from a great record, I heard that record first in high school and hated it, now I think it's fantastic and listen to it fairly often.  The other country with which ours shares the most musical exchange is of course England, and the rest of the English-speaking world seems to share a certain musical sensibility.  For reasons unknown Sweden seems to turn out acts that enter our pop radio at the rate of roughly one every two years, they all tend to be energetic but always with something missing.  The other countries in Europe just don't seem to produce music that we can relate to, for instance I've never heard anything good made by a French musician.  And also these Swedish rock groups seem to go overboard in their imitations of bygone American rock styles, but the pop groups never seem to have any instruments.  They're just "groups".  At least that chick from Chumbawumba could play trumpet.     

 

As for conspicuous use of Indian and other non-western instrumentation in western pop, I always thought its first pop appearance on that one song on Sgt. Pepper was terrible.  This song by the Velvet Underground is much more exotic and erotic, is situated as an intense but brilliant counterpoint on its respective album intead of a clumsy stunt, and was actually released about two months earlier in 1967.  Actually I've thought an awful lot of The Bealtes' "experimentation" was clumsy, with far more misses than hits.     

 

For the record, I'm a gay man who doesn't care for the music of Mika (or Rufus Wainwright). Talented people, but not my cup of tea.

 

How are you?? Rufus is awesome!! One of my favorite artists. I agree on Mika, though.

^It's not his music, it's his voice. Like Tori Amos, an incredibly talented artist whose voice I simply don't enjoy hearing.

Ok I will fess up first: I hate robert plant his voice is like chalk on a board and he's sooo ugly (yeah I know, spoken like a girl) and and he has not gotten any better with age. I'll take Warren Zevon's voice over Rufus any day May Day

 

 

 

Second, clumsy on Sgt Pepper; well, I'm a tad ruffled LOL  However if you consider how they recorded with two and four tracks and spliced, spilced, spliced, I think it is awesome lol. But it's kind of like comparing technocolor film to modern day color. JMHO lol

 

JM, but we agree on the Velvet Underground.

 

^It's not his music, it's his voice. Like Tori Amos, an incredibly talented artist whose voice I simply don't enjoy hearing.

 

Yeah. To each his own, I suppose. I just really love both of them. :)

Robert Plant has a great voice. Very powerful, great vocal range. I'm actually listening to D'yer Mak'er right now.

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. ;)

 

Not a damn thing wrong with Dokken or Camaros....LOL, though I suppose I have the "anti-mullet".  Though I did see Dokken at the Rubber Bowl where they had to follow one of Metallica's all time greatest sets.  It didn't help that George and Don were obviously hating each other.

 

Someone mentioned Chumbawumba....for many years they were considered the biggest joke in British music.  Not because they were left wing (hardly!) because they were so humorless about it, and themselves.  They may be the most unlikely band ever to have a US hit.

this forgotten pop hors d'oeuvre incorporates everything about what the 80's were like all in one video. presenting "how to pick up girls" by little girls -- they were like the west coast version of ohio's the waitresses, minus a couple hits  :clap:

 

 

^ i think my fav part is when they do that little lazy white girl dance move over and over again on the chorus  :lol:

One of the worst songs ever.. Can't believe this didn't make it to the list.

 

 

 

Yeah, that Crazy Frog nonsense is the card you pull when any Brit complains about American culture.

 

Having said that, Axel F is excellent.

Yeah, that Crazy Frog nonsense is the card you pull when any Brit complains about American culture.

 

If you need a similar trump card on the Japanese, search for "Yatta".

this forgotten pop hors d'oeuvre incorporates everything about what the 80's were like all in one video. presenting "how to pick up girls" by little girls -- they were like the west coast version of ohio's the waitresses, minus a couple hits  :clap:

 

 

^ i think my fav part is when they do that little lazy white girl dance move over and over again on the chorus  :lol:

 

That song (and the dance) is absolutely hypnotic in it's 80's-ness.

 

Given that those two are probably pushing 50, I'm thinking a remake for the 25th anniversary is in order. "How to pick up girls'....sagging body parts"

A bit late, but I'm really surprised that nobody has mentioned Benny Mardone's ode to statutory rape, "Into the Night"  ("She's just 16 years old, leave her alone they say") or Winger's "Seventeen".  What was with the 80's, anyway?

Well -- it would be my high school class song.  Not that it was bad -- but it was written by a classmate and only ever sung by our class.  Certainly can never hear it on the radio and have a fond or frightening memory!  So......., Lisa -- my best friend from high school and I chose our "unofficial" high school class song -- "Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves" by Cher.

Speaking of statutory rape, let's not forget this gem from Bobby Goldsboro.  I mean, they just don't write 'em like they used to:

 

It was a hot afternoon

Last day of June

And the sun was a demon

The clouds were afraid

One-ten in the shade

And the pavement was steaming

I told Billy-Ray

In his red Chevrolet

I needed time for some thinking

I was just walking by

When I looked in her eye

And I swore it was winking

She was 31 and I was 17

I knew nothing about love

She knew everything

And I sat down beside her on the front porch swing

And wondered what the coming night would bring

The sun closed her eyes

As it climbed in the sky

And it started to swelter

The sweat trickled down the front of her gown

And I thought it would melt her

She threw back her hair

Like I wasn't there

And she sipped on a julep

Her shoulders were bare

And I tried not to stare

When I looked at her two lips.

And when she looked at me

I heard her softly say

I know you're young

You don't know what to do or say

But stay with me until the sun has gone away

And I will chase the boy in you away

And then she smiled and we talked for a while

And we walked for a mile to the sea

We sat on the sand, and a boy took her hand

But I saw the sun rise as a man

Ten years have gone by

Since I looked in her eye

But the memory lingers

I go back in my mind

To the very first time

And feel the touch of her fingers

It was a hot afternoon

Last day of June

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbXHJPf7r2E

 

 

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A masterpiece. Simple on the surface but seething with emotion, sexy and yet innocent. Bette Midler recorded this song in a wild, fast and frenetic style as if she was the girl in the story. Her version is as wonderful for its frenzy as Bobby's is tender. Find it on the Divine Madness album.How I miss the 70's and melodies, Motown, Bacharach and all. I dont seem to fit in anymore, Heaven help us. Never found my love. Tradgedy.

 

 

 

Who said the French can't produce anything Americans will like?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTw0ePv12uY

cute at first, but it's time to put this one to bed now please :-P

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5uHjjm5P-k

I was going to say Maxmillian found the worst song until OMG that Bobby Goldsboro song. Forget about the statutory rape; change the words and it still sucks on all levels.  OMG

super laconic weirdos. i dk if that is bad or rad?

 

metronomy -- radio ladio

 

 

Wow.

I would like to apologise on behalf of the white race.

Classic

 

So what is this flea market like?

That guy was literally made famous nationally creating that video.  He's equally as nutty in real life.  But that crap pays since his sales at his mall have increased substantially.

 

They also sell guns btw, just like a real mini-mall!

This is hands down the worst song in recorded music history!

But you're Latino.  You're supposed to love it!

But you're Latino.  You're supposed to love it!

 

Off the pipe already! OK!!

No se, Jose!

No se, Jose!

let me tell ju some'ting, man. ju don't be talkink to mi li dat. ok

No comprende Negrorican.

Wow.

This is hands down the worst song in recorded music history!

  Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing? Couple of age spotted homies dressed like car salesmen singing a ballad about a hot young tart.

I'm not sure what the hell this is, a friend sent me a link to it on AIM. It has 90s written all over it. He said it's the Japan he remembers 4 years ago.