OT - worst song ever

[IWearShoes]

this must have soared up the charts!!

"Like a lobotomized Trapp Family Singers, the Shaggs warble earnest greeting-card lyrics (...) in happy, hapless quasi-unison along ostensible lines of melody while strumming their tinny guitars like someone worrying a zipper. The drummer pounds gamely to the call of a different muse, as if she had to guess which song they were playing - and missed every time."

 

[Bama fan]

"Like a lobotomized Trapp Family Singers, the Shaggs warble earnest greeting-card lyrics (...) in happy, hapless quasi-unison along ostensible lines of melody while strumming their tinny guitars like someone worrying a zipper. The drummer pounds gamely to the call of a different muse, as if she had to guess which song they were playing - and missed every time."

Great quote Shoes. Attribution?

 

[IWearShoes]

Great quote Shoes. Attribution?

Sorry, my bad...

Debra Rae Cohen for Rolling Stone in a review of the 1980 reissue.

This album actually has a following among a few credible musicians. Here's a good story...

The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Album Review | Pitchfork

 

[Bama fan]

Sorry, my bad...

Debra Rae Cohen for Rolling Stone in a review of the 1980 reissue.

This album actually has a following among a few credible musicians. Here's a good story...

The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Album Review | Pitchfork

First, let me say I find your handle fascinating. Second, it is my belief that "credible" musicians like the Shaggs because they make all other musicians more "credible".

 

[BroadwayVa]

Not too sure about this one so I did a little research. Here's what I picked from the trash heap. Richard Harris attempting to 'sing' 7 1/2 minutes of the most pretentious lyrics ever written.

MacArthur Park is in Little Rock, Named after D.Mac's father.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Maybe not the worst song ever but close:

Putty Putty cement mixer. (hows that for a title and it gets worse)

 

[IWearShoes]

MacArthur Named after D.Mac's father.

Is that a rapper?



(I kid)

 

[IWearShoes]

First, let me say I find your handle fascinating. Second, it is my belief that "credible" musicians like the Shaggs because they make all other musicians more "credible".

Maybe so.

The handle is just to answer the few you find on every forum who think the South is nothing but inbreds. Even inbreds wear shoes (when it's cold for example).

 

[BroadwayVa]

Is that a rapper?



(I kid)

Yes in 1862 he was seen rapping his General baton on a Yankee soldier.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Maybe so.

The handle is just to answer the few you find on every forum who think the South is nothing but inbreds. Even inbreds wear shoes (when it's cold for example).

Hear hear!! There may still be a few and far between on the BY that have those beliefs. So you must give them for not having ventured to your neighborhoods and met the REAL people. For the most part these are nice people, so says this displaced, now South loving, Ct. Yankee.

 

[Horatio]

Horribly Great. The essence of Borderline

 

[Bama fan]

MacArthur Park is in Little Rock, Named after D.Mac's father.

I think the park in the song is in Los Angeles area of Westlake. And it is named after "D.Mac" himself.

 

[Huskygamble19]

Horribly Great. The essence of Borderline

That brings up another of Klaus Nomi's classics You Don't Own Me. The Lesley Gore hit and made me think of another blackboard scratching tune. Tip Toe Through The Tulips by Tiny Tim.

 

[BroadwayVa]

I think the park in the song is in Los Angeles area of Westlake. And it is named after "D.Mac" himself.

HOLY smoley--there is more than ONE MacArthur Park? I can give you a minimum of 10 reasons I have no lost love for D Mac--his dad yes.

 

[Woof 101]

I went to CVS this evening and the background music the entire visit was this HORRIBLE song! Now I have a rotten ear worm - shame on you Diana, you disgraced your Supreme legacy.

Is there a possibility this could be the worst thread ever? Music is like food many a different taste but to call a song the worst ever with absolutely no idea of how many around the world think different is really showing a lack of musical knowledge. No attack but this is silly....
This song is #80 on Billboards all time chart.
Upside Down (Diana Ross song) - Wikipedia

But in the genre of insipid, vapid songs, one IMHO reigns supreme: "I WILL SURVIVE" by Gloria Gaynor!
Not sure or understand what would be considered insipid or vapid with this song but then again I'm getting old. This was another great disco / r&b dance tune loved by many.
I Will Survive - Wikipedia
It's obvious some folks here never hit the dance floor in the nights when they lit up and flashed to the beat of the music.

 

[WestsideWaltz]

Amateurs, all.

 

[WestsideWaltz]

And let's not forget:

 

[WestsideWaltz]

Normally I wouldn't count something like this, but Kelly Marie was actually pretty big in Europe and this was #1 in the UK. This spectacularly bad video has to count for something.

 

[WestsideWaltz]

Rock Me Tonight is bad but the video was so bad that it singlehandedly wrecked Billy Squire's career.

 

[WestsideWaltz]

And who could forget that Captain and Tennille almost caused an international incident when they sang this song in front of the Queen of England.

 

[WestsideWaltz]

A final one for sheer irritation:

 

[WestsideWaltz]

Oops, I forgot my choice for the Worst Song Ever.

 

[my2cents]

"Afternoon Delight", that song gets in your head, takes about a week to get rid of it.
AAAAAAFFFFFFFFTERNOOOOOON " delight.........see. (Just like "Kars for KIDS)

 

[Bama fan]

Is there a possibility this could be the worst thread ever? Music is like food many a different taste but to call a song the worst ever with absolutely no idea of how many around the world think different is really showing a lack of musical knowledge. No attack but this is silly....
This song is #80 on Billboards all time chart.
Upside Down (Diana Ross song) - Wikipedia

But in the genre of insipid, vapid songs, one IMHO reigns supreme: "I WILL SURVIVE" by Gloria Gaynor!
Not sure or understand what would be considered insipid or vapid with this song but then again I'm getting old. This was another great disco / r&b dance tune loved by many.
I Will Survive - Wikipedia
It's obvious some folks here never hit the dance floor in the nights when they lit up and flashed to the beat of the music.

I will not argue with your assertions here. But the possibility that this is the worst thread ever is infinitesimally small. There have been so many terrible ,awful, really bad threads before this. I say this pales in comparison. And I guess I will argue after all. The point of the thread was for Boneheads to choose those songs that they found objectionable. It matters not to an Upside Down disparager that other people like it. Or to those who wish I Will Survive simply didn't. Pointing out that a song is number such and such on the all time Billboard chart merely shows to the OP that far too many listeners are not as discerning as he is. Musical knowledge is not a prerequisite to liking or disliking a song. To close, this whole thread is a bit of a joke, meant to distract on a day without Huskies WBB.

 

[Woof 101]

I will not argue with your assertions here. But the possibility that this is the worst thread ever is infinitesimally small. There have been so many terrible ,awful, really bad threads before this. I say this pales in comparison. And I guess I will argue after all. The point of the thread was for Boneheads to choose those songs that they found objectionable. It matters not to an Upside Down disparager that other people like it. Or to those who wish I Will Survive simply didn't. Pointing out that a song is number such and such on the all time Billboard chart merely shows to the OP that far too many listeners are not as discerning as he is. Musical knowledge is not a prerequisite to liking or disliking a song. To close, this whole thread is a bit of a joke, meant to distract on a day without Huskies WBB.

OK, hindsight is easy, have to agree with a couple of your points here. First I am caught thinking much too literal for this forum. My bad. Second I should have not called out any of the contributors but rather pointed out to the OP the title of the thread should have been along the lines of Songs You Never Want To Hear.
As a life long fan of music / hobbyist musician I jumped the gun on those that may not realize the quality of the writing, production and performance of a genre they do not care for.