What puzzles me is Peter Andre is at number 5 on Wost song but was at number one on the charts a few weeks ago for the same song? Are people buying it and then realising that they hate it????? What's going on?
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Did Peter Andre re-release Mysterious Girl? It's gotta be 10 years old, if not more. Does he still have abs you could grate carrots on?
Meowcat
Mar 14 2004, 07:12 PM
Yeah he re-released it off the back on an appearance in some 'celebrity Reality show'. I believe although I've not see any photographic evidence that the abs are not what they once were.
Pandrea
Mar 14 2004, 07:43 PM
It went to No. 1 in Britain. God knows why. He looks just as abtastic as ever to me, though I've not made a close study.
I don't agree with that list at all. I liked Take That's version of Could It Be Magic, as did Manilow who now does it in their style. And I loved Five - Slam Dunk is not their best song, but it's okay. And Ready To Rumble IS Ant and Dec's best song and I liked that too! There are so many worse records, as this thread has proved. No arguments with Des O'Connor, Sam Fox etc though.
Meowcat
Mar 14 2004, 11:53 PM
I agree about the Take That song I liked it too. I don't remmber Slam Dunk or Ready to Rumble - don't think either made it that big out here.
Pandrea
Mar 15 2004, 10:53 AM
They did have bad lyrics, I admit.
"Slam dunk the funk, gettin it on"
"Let's get ready to rumble, let's get ready to rumble, let's go, let's go, and rumble - everybody rumble"
Heatherbelle
Mar 15 2004, 12:49 PM
Which was the one with the video where they interuppted the exams in a school? I remember enjoying that song, but I can't for the life of me remember which it was.
Ready to rumble was fab. I have a soft spot for Ant and Dec
BJC
Apr 20 2004, 07:51 PM
'Built This City' Tops Worst Songs List QUOTE Rounding out the top 10: "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus (news); "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung; "Rollin'," Limp Bizkit; "Ice Ice Baby," Vanilla Ice; "The Heart of Rock & Roll," Huey Lewis and the News; "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin (news); "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy (news); "American Life," Madonna; and "Ebony and Ivory," Paul McCartney (news) and Stevie Wonder (news). I actually like "Built This City".
libbylou
Apr 20 2004, 08:08 PM
Me too.
We built this city on rock and ro-ooooollllllllll.
I remember the video clip.
Yikes.
NatCat
Apr 20 2004, 08:32 PM
How could anyone hate "Don't Worry Be Happy"???
ejg25
Apr 20 2004, 08:56 PM
Yeah, that one is my primary objection, but I'd say that half of those are actually good songs.
Ambrose's Auntie
Apr 20 2004, 09:24 PM
| QUOTE (NatCat @ Today at 11:32 am) | How could anyone hate "Don't Worry Be Happy"??? [/quote]
Actually (raises hand), me.
It's not so much the song I hate, as the memories connected with it. It was huge when I was doing my final law exams - not exactly a time conducive to the "don't worry" philosophy.
Claudia
Apr 20 2004, 09:55 PM
Similar here. I didn't dislike the song as such, but it got way overplayed for such a novelty song, when it was big.
Meowcat
Apr 21 2004, 02:09 AM
Fair enough but there seem to be a number of songs there that don't seem to belong and a good number of songs that should be on the list but aren't.
WHat! How is Billy Joel's We didn't start the fire on this list?????
Pandrea
Apr 21 2004, 05:25 AM
QUOTE How could anyone hate "Don't Worry Be Happy"???
Actually (raises hand), me. And me. Although it's nothing like as bad as I Just Called To Say I Loved You. Eh, I kinda like American Life and She Bangs. And I really like The Sound Of Silence, that should not be there. I don't have much of an opinion about We Built This City, although these days I think of it with Homer's lyrics: Jimmy crack corn and I don't care Jimmy crack corn and I wasn't there We built this city on rock and roll Something Something Day
jenelope
Apr 21 2004, 07:50 AM
I was supposed to be in some kind of lip synch show when I was fourteen and the song the group picked was "We Built This City on Rock and Roll." I hated it then. I hate it now. At last, I feel vindicated. (Incidentally, I remember that the show happened, but if my "band" actually performed I have apparently repressed the memory. I think we decided not to, but I don't remember why.)
I think huge chunks of this list are more "overplayed" than "bad." I mean, "Oh-bla-di, Oh-bla-da" is a classic. And "The Sounds of Silence" is arguably one of the best songs by one of the best song-writing duos in pop music. Weird.
Pandrea
May 14 2004, 07:07 PM
I have yet another potential Worst Song Ever. You Can Thank Your Lucky Stars by Dean Friedman. It has the most appalling lyrics. Such as: QUOTE Baby, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I have no alibis.
I was acting like a fool and I apologise.
Listen, hon', I know you're dumb, but that's OK, you don't have to look so glum.
Do you still love me?
Yes, I still love you.
You mean, you're not just being nice?
No, I'm not just being nice.
Do you feel sleepy?
Aw, you're so sincere. Yes, I feel sleepy.
Well, slide over here. 'Cause I may not be all that bright, but I know how to hold you tight and
You can thank your lucky stars that we're not as smart as we'd like to think we are Really makes me want to throw up in my mouth.
Claudia
May 15 2004, 11:54 AM
Heh. Reminds me of the distinctly non-horrible "Title of the Song" by Da Vinci's Notebook, a parody/deconstruction of every boy band song ever. It's not a bad song, but it's a distillation of them. :) Sample at http://www.davincisnotebook.com/sounds/Title.mp3QUOTE Declaration of my feelings for you
Elaboration on those feelings
Description of how long these feelings have existed
Belief that no one else could feel the same as I
Reminscence of the pleasant times we shared
And our relationship's perfection
Recounting of the steps that led to our love's dissolution
Mostly involving my unfaithfulness and lies
Penitent admission of wrongdoing
Discovery of the depth of my affection
Regret over the lateness of my epiphany
Chorus:
Title of the song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time and rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the title of the song
Renumeration of my various transgressive actions
Of insufficient motivation
Realization that these actions led to your departure
And my resulting lack of sleep and appetite
Renunciation of my past insensitive behavior
Promise of my reformation
Reassurance that you still are foremost in my thoughts now
Need for instruction how to gain your trust again
Request for reconciliation
Listing of the numerous tests that I'd perform
Of physical and emotional compensations
CHORUS
Acknowledgement that I acted foolishly
Increasingly desperate pledge for your return
Sorrow for my infidelity
Faint hope that my sins are forgivable
Appeal for one more opportunity
Drop to my knees to elicit crowd response
Praise to my chosen deity
Modulation, and I hold a high nooooooote
OUT CHORUS (w/typical boy-band ad-libbing--"Talkin' bout the title...") "Drop to my knees to elicit crowd response" of course involves an octave leap upward, and "modulation, and I hold a high noooooote" is self-explanatory. :)
Pandrea
May 15 2004, 12:58 PM
Oh, terrific lyrics!
ejg25
May 15 2004, 01:04 PM
Yes, it's excellent. And so much is added when you see them perform it. Nice to hear it again through that link.
kmm56
May 15 2004, 03:43 PM
Ha! Oh, that's fantastic.
Heatherbelle
May 15 2004, 05:42 PM
There were some serious contenders on Eurovision tonight for the title of 'worst song'. They were dire
Pandrea
May 16 2004, 01:56 PM
Yeah - Iceland, Ireland and Britain particularly. Rubbish.
On the other hand, the Ukraine's Xena Warrior Princess entry was fabbo. And Spain weren't bad.
Heatherbelle
May 16 2004, 04:20 PM
Did you see the 'after show' stuff, where Bryan Mcfadden admitted as much?
The Ukraine Xena one is growing on me. I have to admit to quite liking Sweden's too.
Pandrea
May 16 2004, 05:48 PM
No, did he? Ha!
I can't remember Sweden. I was at a Eurovision party and after about the first eight, it all became a blurrrrr.
Heatherbelle
May 16 2004, 05:54 PM
Well, Sweden were song 24, so its hardly suprising you don't remember it. Very poppy, but fun,. and she could actually sing too.
Mcfadden appeared to be rather drunk when he said it. I looked at mum and asked if I'd heard correctly...
Piranha
May 16 2004, 06:10 PM
I liked the German entry.
Pandrea
May 16 2004, 06:29 PM
Oh, was Sweden the one that was a bit Streisand-ish?
Hey, if they show Eurovision in Australia, why aren't you in it? I know you're not in Europe, but neither is Israel. An Aussie entry would be cool.
BJC
May 16 2004, 06:35 PM
Australian singers sometimes sing for other countries.
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