Posted in: Musicouching by ktarcus on July 14th, 2008 | 0 Comments
A none definitive group of bad songs.
We all of us have different taste when it comes to music but there are some recordings mad which should really be taken apart digitally and rendered inoperative to save us all from any more grief.
Here is a short list of my worst ten remembered this afternoon and the reasons why they appear.
By no means definitive as every time I hear some relic from the past like two little boys (Rolf Harris) for instant my list is re-arranged.
The answer Lionel was no and you should have realised it the first time you asked droning on and on and on and on for what seemed like an eternity and the video was designed to sap the will to live out of a nun it was so emotionally demanding.
Terry Jacks came up with this abomination which I’m sure was a subliminal advert for Prozac making you feel more depressed the more it was played, I suppose the real reason for it appearing here is that it was continuously played by every radio station around the world (why) when it was released.
Puff Daddy was the culprit I believe ripping out the guts of a brilliant song Every breath you take by the police then reciting some dirge over the main melody about some addict who had passed away (that’s the impression I got from it)
Written and performed by two of the worlds leading song writers of their generation Mcartney and Wonder certainly let themselves down with this one the lyrics so undemanding I am surprised they put their names down as actually writing it as a five year old could come up with better rhyme schemes than this, As for the promotional video to accompany it. Phew!
Joe Dolcie what an annoying little ditty this turned out to be so catchy every mother and granny in the world must have bought it. Here in England it spent five weeks at the top of the charts preventing Vienna by Ultravox from reaching number one (not all bad then)
Vanilla Ice and his cold crew? Another rip off of a classic eighties song this time Under pressure by Queen with David Bowie the repetitive lyrics consisted of Ice Ice baby At first I thought it was an advert for some new bar opening up selling cocktails.
The umpteenth attempt at a number one Christmas hit by old father time himself Cliff Richard. The ultimate rip off as he stole sorry re-recorded this tune after hearing some little church choir singing it, the video has some of the worst arm swaying motivational dross in it to boot.
The cheeky girls, A self promotional song and video written by their ambitious mother, I have yet to find one redeeming feature in this song.
How on earth they can classify this as a contest about musical talent is beyond me but such is life it keeps Terry Wogan in a job.
Having read my list so far I am wondering if any of you have guessed what I would class as number one worst song ever. Well wait no more.
Mutilated by one William Shatner. Yes it’s another re working of a classic only in this instance a true gem. Whoever had the cheek to allow this to be put out for public consumption should have been strung up by his testicles with Shatner beside him. Be warned should you go looking for versions of these songs on the internet your insurance may be invalidated if you suffer bleeding from the ears whilst listening to this little ditty which deserves to boldly go back where it came from and be destroyed.
Well that’s it for my top ten worst at the moment perhaps you have your own list?
Why not share it.
