Worst song of all time

[standardtom]

In a fun burst of “opinions are like assholes,” CNN.com has done a few stories and a poll on the “worst song of all time.” ( Part 1, Part 2, some songs that were chosen, and various opinions about them, 1974: Creme de la creme of clunkers )

So, let’s have your opinions... what are the worst songs in history, in your (not-so) humble opinions?

“There's Got To Be A Morning After” by Maureen McGovern immediately pops to mind for me. “I Just Called To Say I Love You” sounds like Stevie Wonder is seriously toking helium, to the accompaniment of a broken circus calliope.

Friend-unit Tim timksweden observed to me years ago that "All I Need Is a Miracle" by Mike + The Mechanics should be titled "All I Need Are Singing Lessons."

So c'mon... let's hear 'em!

* Ahem... um... I will admit that I kinda like some of the songs on CNN's lists... *scuffs toe*...

Comments

[timksweden.livejournal.com]

A solid majority of the songs CNN lists are on my iPod.

And I'm not ashamed to say that.

I'll also say that "Hollaback Girl" cannot be the worst song of all time, for the simple reason that it is not a song.

As far as I'm concerned, The Music Died the day Madonna released "Justify My Love." Ah, the novelty of the music-less song.

Another excellent example of that is Twitney's "I'm a Slave For You," or however the moron chose to spell those words (I'm sure it was "4 U," but I don't give a shit).

I refer to Celine Dion's song from "Titanic" as "My Heart Will, Hopefully, Stop."

[ursusarctos.livejournal.com]

I have a ton of the listed offenders on my iPod too. I think what makes *some* of these songs painful is the abuse/hype/overplay they got at the time of issue. Some of the hate is deserved simply because they were released, but much is earned through promotion.

[timksweden.livejournal.com]

I fully agree.

BTW, in regard to Tom's mention of me in his post: In fairness, whoever the lead singer was for Mike Plus the Mechanics didn't really have a bad voice at all. It's just that SONG. Oh, the horror....