Worst Song Ever

[gunhilltrain]

I guess Banarama was the British equivalent of The Go-Gos and The Bangles. There are a few analomies in this video. A good chunk of it was filmed in downtown Brooklyn, although one of the rooftop scenes is on the Lower East Side. Also, anybody who works on cars should always tie their hair back, right?

I always wonder if that guy in the Mack truck did all three of them. There is the symbolism of the peeled bananas being thrown out the window. Well, that's how my mind works, anyway.

 

[MetaBob]

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Am I letting down my gender if I say total MILF?

Em

My favorite Susanna Hoffs is the three records she made with Matthew Sweet. One example (from Jay Leno):

Edit: And speaking of Belinda Carlisle, here's Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs covering Our Lips Are Sealed:

And for those looking for another Bangles song to crush on, even if it's a cover, here's September Gurls, which is my second-favorite version ever:

Only the Big Star original is better, I think:

That song answers the trivia question surely asked by someone somewhere: Why did Katy Perry spell "Gurls" that way in her "California Gurls"?

 

[SimonDoom]

From the "so bad it's fun" archives, a staple of the Dr. Demento show, Dead Puppies:

 

[Duleigh]

Which brings us around to another on my Hit List: Wonderful Christmastime.

Wonderful Christmastime -


Paul really, truly was dead

 

[gunhilltrain]

Gunhill, you do realise Pete Townsend wrote the song? It’s his blue eyes the song is on about.

As I said, you've been a bit grumpy recently. (The annoying bimbo is another example. ) Okay, so he's writing about himself, and he's the legendary Pete Townsend. I should give him credit in that the song could be interpreted as being quite self-critical.

 

[MorraRose]

Sweet Cherry Pie

 

[jaykaythree]

Steve Miller did a song I actually kinda enjoy, but it has one verse for which an editor or an English teacher would call him onto the carpet in short order ... that song is Fly Like An Eagle.

The lyrics in question:

Feed the babies who don't have enough to eat,
Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet,
House the people livin' in the street,
Oh-ho, there's a solution ...

But then he never has the decency to tell us what that solution is; he thinks if we paid our good money to buy his record, or take time to listen to him on YouTube, that we should have a go at figuring out the solution for ourselves.

Sorry, Stevo ... no go.

 

[Handley_Page]

I actually like "Brand New Key" for its unabashed references to - ah, let's call it young people's sexuality. (Wouldn't make it as a Lit story.) The woman in the video is older than she is pretending to be. (According to the notes below, she is not actually Melanie.) I wonder if that guy is her real-life boyfriend. In any case, neither one of them looks like that after fifty years or so.

I liked THIS version:

 

[Bramblethorn]

Part of that is that You Are My Sunshine is structured like a murder ballad, but cuts out before the actual, you know, murder.

Unlike Tom Jones' "Delilah" which goes through with it, then adds insult to injury by throwing a pity party for the murderer.

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me, I watched and went out of my mind
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
I could see, that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free
At break of day when that man drove away, I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore

 

[Bramblethorn]

Strong candidate for worst: Mozart, "Queen of the Night". Betcha can't make it through this without wincing.

Almost everything from 1990s-era Eurovision as a close second.

 

[jsmiam]

I will mention this on behalf of the many people (they’re wrong, this is awesome) who feel this is the worst;

The hampster song. (Regretfully I can’t find the captioned one that specifically decoded each and every Dee, doo, and bee…

 

[jsmiam]

And just because he was a giant douchebag at the time, and became hated for his salinity, the song itself was and is catchy.

 

[jsmiam]

Strong candidate for worst: Mozart, "Queen of the Night". Betcha can't make it through this without wincing.

Almost everything from 1990s-era Eurovision as a close second.

I believe we have a winner, if we go literally for worst song ever. Wow!

Nonetheless, each persons individual opinions and reasoning for their own choices are interesting to see too.

Rock me Amadeus!

 

[galaxia_mamamia]

And just because he was a giant douchebag at the time, and became hated for his salinity, the song itself was and is catchy.

Still know every single word to this one, and will stop, collaborate, and listen, every single time I hear it.

 

[ElectricBlue]

And you didn’t get my joke

Lol. I didn't - I read it literally...

 

[ElectricBlue]

As I said, you've been a bit grumpy recently. (The annoying bimbo is another example. ) Okay, so he's writing about himself, and he's the legendary Pete Townsend. I should give him credit in that the song could be interpreted as being quite self-critical.

 

[MajorRewrite]

In The Bush

Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
I like to do the things you like to do too
I like to do it, do it
I want to do the things you want to do too
So baby, let's get to it, do it
Sometimes no fun for peace, peace, peace of mind
Peace of mind
If you must do a peace, peace, peace of mind
Come on and do it, do it
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Push, push in the bush (you know I like to jump)
Push, push in the bush (how 'bout if we could just)
Push, push in the bush (you know I want to get down)
Get down, get down, do it, do it
In the bush, bush (I like it)
In the bush, bush (Yeah, yeah, I like it, I like it)
In the bush, bush (I like it)
In the bush, bush (Get down, get down)
In the bush, bush (Oh, get down, get down)
In the bush, bush (I said I like this, yeah)
In the bush, bush (I like it, yeah)
In the bush, bush (I said I want it)
In the bush, bush
In the bush, bush (You like it)
In the bush, bush
In the bush, bush (Are you ready for this)
In the bush, bush (Sock it to me)
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this, oh
Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
You know I want to get down
Yeah, oh yeah
You know you like it, oh, I like it
You know you like it
I said we like it, oh, we like it
You know we like it, yeah we like it, like it, oh
In the bush, in the bush
In the bush, in the bush
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all

 

[Duleigh]

I've heard about that song, but I've never actually heard it
And now I'm truly grateful for that

 

[NoTalentHack]

Children's songs may be cheating, and in fact, probably are. But there's this guy on YouTube called Blippi that my kids loooooved a few years ago. And, overall, that was fine; he seemed like a guy that hadn't really done any of the focus testing or pandering or any of the other stuff that a lot of the other channels were, and his videos were mostly wholesome ones about cool and often educational stuff that kids would like.

But.

At some point, he decided to get someone in to do songs for him. The guy he got was fine. Nothing special, but better than a lot of children's singers. Except then Blippi wanted to sing, too. And let me tell you: there's no hell that quite compares with listening to a tone deaf person "singing" the same songs over and over and over again. Thank god someone must have said something, because he only sang on a few of the songs, but that was enough. His nasal, atonal whinging will forever be stuck in my mind. When I'm in a memory care facility, my fond remembrances of the past all but gone, the name "Blippi" will cause me to cringe, I'm sure.

 

[SimonDoom]

Wonderful Christmastime -

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Paul really, truly was dead

Excellent choice, and it gets extra demerits because (a) it's by Paul McCartney, and he should know better, and (b) it's about Christmas, and we have to listen to it every damn year that holiday rolls around. Worst Christmas song I can think of.

 

[SimonDoom]

In The Bush

Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
I like to do the things you like to do too
I like to do it, do it
I want to do the things you want to do too
So baby, let's get to it, do it
Sometimes no fun for peace, peace, peace of mind
Peace of mind
If you must do a peace, peace, peace of mind
Come on and do it, do it
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Push, push in the bush (you know I like to jump)
Push, push in the bush (how 'bout if we could just)
Push, push in the bush (you know I want to get down)
Get down, get down, do it, do it
In the bush, bush (I like it)
In the bush, bush (Yeah, yeah, I like it, I like it)
In the bush, bush (I like it)
In the bush, bush (Get down, get down)
In the bush, bush (Oh, get down, get down)
In the bush, bush (I said I like this, yeah)
In the bush, bush (I like it, yeah)
In the bush, bush (I said I want it)
In the bush, bush
In the bush, bush (You like it)
In the bush, bush
In the bush, bush (Are you ready for this)
In the bush, bush (Sock it to me)
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Do you like it, do you like it like this, oh
Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
Push, push in the bush
You know I want to get down
Yeah, oh yeah
You know you like it, oh, I like it
You know you like it
I said we like it, oh, we like it
You know we like it, yeah we like it, like it, oh
In the bush, in the bush
In the bush, in the bush
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all
Some of the time means part of the time
And part of the time means none at all

Yuck. I'd either never heard that song or completely forgotten about it. The musical intro sounds like the soundtrack to a bad 70s detective TV show.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I liked THIS version:

A reference to "a roll in the hay," among other things? So he's got twenty acres and she's got forty-three? A reference to body sizes?

 

[MetaBob]

Steve Miller did a song I actually kinda enjoy, but it has one verse for which an editor or an English teacher would call him onto the carpet in short order ... that song is Fly Like An Eagle.

The lyrics in question:

Feed the babies who don't have enough to eat,
Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet,
House the people livin' in the street,
Oh-ho, there's a solution ...

What is it that you dislike about these lyrics?

I'm guessing you object to "Shoe" being used as a verb, but his use is grammatically and contextually correct. Look it up. Or ask your editor or English teacher. I think he did that rather nicely, in fact.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Sorry, electricblue, you're the second person whose toes I stepped on this week. The other - well, it was about a topic I used to think would be impossible to be a problem on Lit, but it was anyway. I ran into that same topic last year on another forum where such issues were more on point. I'll buy you a beer the next time I'm in Australia.

 

[gunhilltrain]

My favorite Susanna Hoffs is the three records she made with Matthew Sweet. One example (from Jay Leno):


That song answers the trivia question surely asked by someone somewhere: Why did Katy Perry spell "Gurls" that way in her "California Gurls"?

Three other ladies to listen to. Each one of them has a separate musical career. Reminds me of "Nutbush City Limits?" Katy Perry spells it that way because, well, she's Katy Perry.