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

This post has spawned a host of earworms for me. *sigh*

[ursusarctos.livejournal.com]

Some of the cheese mentioned in the posts are near/dear to me. Others make me want to gouge my eardrums out with barbed wire. I HAD to listen to a lot of this stuff, I hit 14 in '74, the zenith (nadir?) of Musique du Frommage. Due to that traumatic experience, I took to disco/electronica/euro-proto-punk and became a homer-sexual.
That said, if I NEVER again hear:
1. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
3. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
I could die a happy man. That comes from doing time in high school in LA (lower Alabama) during this period. Thank Gawd there was plenty of tasty cheese available then to offset these overplayed things.