Worst songs of eras

[antipodean]

@crucial said in Worst songs of eras:

Was massively overplayed to the point of annoying though.

I'd say that's true for a lot of successful songs. Looking at this list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Year-End_number-one_singles_and_albums) I don't see a lot of songs that have replayability for me.

[dogmeat]

@antipodean Jesus wept.

Lot of novelty songs feature in the 60's.

A very high proportion of the top selling sounds could feature in this thread.

Adele did well to have the same album top seller two years running

[Nepia]

@barbarian said in Worst songs of eras:

@crucial said in Worst songs of eras:

@taniwharugby said in Worst songs of eras:

I'll disagree with that one.

As much as I'm not a fan of anything else O'Connor has done I think she did a perfect rendition of this. Even Prince couldn't top it and he wrote it.

Was massively overplayed to the point of annoying though.

I'll stick up for Sinead as well. This is a really interesting article on that song, as a part of a wider series into every US number 1. Sinead ripping up a picture of the Pope on SNL looked insane at the time, but has aged remarkably well. https://www.stereogum.com/2160540/the-number-ones-sinead-oconnors-nothing-compares-2-u/columns/the-number-ones/

This entire thread feels like his column when he gets whiny about a song he doesn't like because it's not cool enough.

Me, I second @crucial nomination of that 4 Non Blonde song. I can't stand listening to that.

[Victor Meldrew]

@dogmeat said in Worst songs of eras:

@victor-meldrew Yeah It's why I was keen to put up a version that showed the lyrics so people could .... enjoy ... the ... full poetic majesty of them

slipped and almost hurt herself
and I laughed until I cried

I mean it resonates with teh romantics the twig, the tears,

Man, you missed out those lush, oh-so-tasteful heavenly choirs at the end

[JC]

I'm back!

[Nepia]

@jc Never heard or heard of that song.

[Victor Meldrew]

Bloody amazed no-one's mentioned this steaming pile of horse manure

[Victor Meldrew]

@nepia said in Worst songs of eras:

@jc Never heard or heard of that song.

Well, aren't you the lucky one...

[antipodean]

@barbarian said in Worst songs of eras:

@crucial said in Worst songs of eras:

@taniwharugby said in Worst songs of eras:

I'll disagree with that one.

As much as I'm not a fan of anything else O'Connor has done I think she did a perfect rendition of this. Even Prince couldn't top it and he wrote it.

Was massively overplayed to the point of annoying though.

I'll stick up for Sinead as well. This is a really interesting article on that song, as a part of a wider series into every US number 1. Sinead ripping up a picture of the Pope on SNL looked insane at the time, but has aged remarkably well. https://www.stereogum.com/2160540/the-number-ones-sinead-oconnors-nothing-compares-2-u/columns/the-number-ones/

Wow that's a catalogue of awful memories. Just look at the crap that made number one in 1989 (https://www.stereogum.com/category/the-number-ones/?chart_year=1989)

Phil Collins’ “Another Day In Paradise”
Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire”
Milli Vanilli’s “Blame It On The Rain”
Bad English’s “When I See You Smile”
Roxette’s “Listen To Your Heart”
Janet Jackson’s “Miss You Much”
Milli Vanilli’s “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You”
Gloria Estefan’s “Don’t Wanna Lose You”
New Kids On The Block’s “Hangin’ Tough”
Paula Abdul’s “Cold Hearted”
Richard Marx’s “Right Here Waiting”
Prince’s “Batdance”
Martika’s “Toy Soldiers”
Simply Red’s “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
Fine Young Cannibals’ “Good Thing”
Milli Vanilli’s “Baby Don’t Forget My Number”
Richard Marx’s “Satisfied”
New Kids On The Block’s “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”
Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings”
Michael Damian’s “Rock On”
Paula Abdul’s “Forever Your Girl”
Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You”
Madonna’s “Like A Prayer”
Fine Young Cannibals’ “She Drives Me Crazy”
Roxette’s “The Look”
The Bangles’ “Eternal Flame”
Mike + The Mechanics’ “The Living Years”
Debbie Gibson’s “Lost In Your Eyes”
Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up”
Sheriff’s “When I’m With You”
Phil Collins’ “Two Hearts”
Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative”

[JC]

@nepia Then don't play it. There's still time to save your sanity.

It was a shit disco song, which was already a pretty low bar.

[JC]

Weediest song ever recorded. Someone should have put him in a sack with a breezeblock

[MN5]

@jc said in Worst songs of eras:

I'm back!

I’d personally put this in the “You know it’s shite but it’s actually a guilty pleasure” category.

Not unlike this……

[dogmeat]

@antipodean It's the US #1's so tends to wards a certain blandness IMO

[MN5]

@antipodean said in Worst songs of eras:

@barbarian said in Worst songs of eras:

@crucial said in Worst songs of eras:

@taniwharugby said in Worst songs of eras:

I'll disagree with that one.

As much as I'm not a fan of anything else O'Connor has done I think she did a perfect rendition of this. Even Prince couldn't top it and he wrote it.

Was massively overplayed to the point of annoying though.

I'll stick up for Sinead as well. This is a really interesting article on that song, as a part of a wider series into every US number 1. Sinead ripping up a picture of the Pope on SNL looked insane at the time, but has aged remarkably well. https://www.stereogum.com/2160540/the-number-ones-sinead-oconnors-nothing-compares-2-u/columns/the-number-ones/

Wow that's a catalogue of awful memories. Just look at the crap that made number one in 1989 (https://www.stereogum.com/category/the-number-ones/?chart_year=1989)

Phil Collins’ “Another Day In Paradise”
Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire”
Milli Vanilli’s “Blame It On The Rain”
Bad English’s “When I See You Smile”
Roxette’s “Listen To Your Heart”
Janet Jackson’s “Miss You Much”
Milli Vanilli’s “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You”
Gloria Estefan’s “Don’t Wanna Lose You”
New Kids On The Block’s “Hangin’ Tough”
Paula Abdul’s “Cold Hearted”
Richard Marx’s “Right Here Waiting”
Prince’s “Batdance”
Martika’s “Toy Soldiers”
Simply Red’s “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
Fine Young Cannibals’ “Good Thing”
Milli Vanilli’s “Baby Don’t Forget My Number”
Richard Marx’s “Satisfied”
New Kids On The Block’s “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”
Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings”
Michael Damian’s “Rock On”
Paula Abdul’s “Forever Your Girl”
Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You”
Madonna’s “Like A Prayer”
Fine Young Cannibals’ “She Drives Me Crazy”
Roxette’s “The Look”
The Bangles’ “Eternal Flame”
Mike + The Mechanics’ “The Living Years”
Debbie Gibson’s “Lost In Your Eyes”
Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up”
Sheriff’s “When I’m With You”
Phil Collins’ “Two Hearts”
Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative”

Big year for Paula Abdul and Milli Vanilli.

Of course the latter get vilified for shit songs that they didn’t even sing.

Paula on the other hand gets a pass for some actually quite decent pop tunes and for being insanely hot.

[Victor Meldrew]

@antipodean

There's some bloody good songs amidst the dross though. "The Living Years" is a great song.

And am I the only one who really rates Genesis - old and new - but thinks Phil Collins is utter shite?

[Nepia]

@victor-meldrew said in Worst songs of eras:

@nepia said in Worst songs of eras:

@jc Never heard or heard of that song.

Well, aren't you the lucky one...

Not really, as I just played it.

@jc said in Worst songs of eras:

@nepia Then don't play it. There's still time to save your sanity.

It was a shit disco song, which was already a pretty low bar.

See above, too late.

[JC]

I HATE that this kind of shit made some piston wristed gibbons rich.

[Tim]

@antipodean said in Worst songs of eras:

Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative”

This one was good.

[gt12]

@majorrage said in Worst songs of eras:

@tim said in Worst songs of eras:

There was a lot of shit in the grunge era, but this was the most mawkish, and nakedly striving to be sensitive and deep - pure retarded adolescence. Vedder was very cringe, and this was a song he wrote before joining Pearl Jam.

@mn5 said in Worst songs of eras:

It’s gonna be really awkward when someone posts something and someone else mentions how much they like it.

It took 2 minutes. This tune is an absolute anthem for me.

One of my best rugby memories (I was not a flash player) involves us singing this song in the bus on the way home from a win (Raglan I think).

[mariner4life]

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