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Top Ten Worst Songs Made Since 1950 [View all] AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 OP
After that Starship debacle the Jefferson Airplane reformed AZSkiffyGeek Dec 4 #1
Everyone forgets the first Starship album "Blows Against the Empire" dwayneb Friday #83
Once Mickey Thomas joined they went downhill fast AZSkiffyGeek Friday #91
You can't have a list of worst songs without..... lastlib Dec 4 #2
Agree, debm55 Dec 4 #3
Danny's song is dumb, especially the paper cup line. AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 #4
Totally agree regarding Havin' My Baby. wnylib Thursday #18
Absolutely agree about the first one! ShazzieB Tuesday #101
Two songs popped into my mind, unbidden sorcrow Dec 4 #5
Afternoon Delight is terrible. Take a Letter Maria I completely forgot about. Knock Two Times is another I considered. AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 #8
Afternoon Delight was so bad that Sneederbunk 9 hrs ago #135
What? No "Muskrat Love"? Shipwack Dec 4 #6
Captain and Tennille are in a class all by themselves, like the Bay City Rollers AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 #9
Finally, someone named it! Sanity Claws Thursday #51
Oh god, youre so right! ShazzieB Tuesday #104
then there's Norman & James Hold the Ladder Steady(both by sue thompson) and msongs Dec 4 #7
The Lion Sleeps Tonight Cartoonist Thursday #10
I couldn't include a traditional african folksong, but the Tokens version does get tiresome quickly. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #11
I like the Weavers version! ShazzieB Tuesday #111
Pete Seeger is one of my idols. When my father had business in Beacon on time, I met him when I was seven in the AZLD4Candidate Tuesday #118
Oh, wow, what a great story! ShazzieB Yesterday #123
The parody anti-Trump version was way better jmowreader Thursday #61
There's an interesting story about it. I'm a liitle vague on it but... electric_blue68 Friday #69
Two that deserve honorable mention sarge43 Thursday #12
Absolutely Macarthur Park NoRethugFriends Thursday #27
Must admit I liked Macarthur Park dwayneb Friday #84
Ghastly song. Paladin 10 hrs ago #125
I was wondering when MacArthur Park would show up. Scrivener7 Thursday #29
I kind of like McArthur Park, however the description of you & your sis singing it in a parody style, then cracking up.. electric_blue68 Friday #70
MacArthur Park is brilliant! Freddie 9 hrs ago #129
Sarge43 named the first two worst songs that popped into my head 10 Turtle Day Thursday #13
Look up Working My Way Back to You by the Four Seasons AZLD4Candidate Thursday #17
I was just about to nokinate Ruby. ShazzieB Tuesday #105
Worst That Could Happen Freddie 9 hrs ago #130
This one deserves at least an honorable mention True Dough Thursday #14
Ballad of the Green Berets justaprogressive Thursday #15
did you not read the first paragraph of my post? Any suggestions may be used in future lists if done politely. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #16
I am at a complete loss as to what this post is on about. Scrivener7 Thursday #31
I don't get it, either. ShazzieB Tuesday #112
Winnah! zanana1 Thursday #23
Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield wnylib Thursday #19
To be fair, in Young Girl, the girl did hide her age from the singer and at the end, he told her to get lost AZLD4Candidate Thursday #25
Well, he claims in the song that she hid her age. wnylib Thursday #47
the song is about an 11 year old? prodigitalson Thursday #50
Song never said the girl's age, just that she's a young girl AZLD4Candidate Thursday #59
It is about an adult man's strong attraction to and desure for wnylib Friday #72
that's really gross prodigitalson Friday #73
Saw Gary Puckett in concert last year Freddie 9 hrs ago #131
Considering lyrics of rap and hip hop, Puckett is tame. AZLD4Candidate 8 hrs ago #138
you could make a whole list of statutory rape songs prodigitalson Thursday #30
"Turn Around Look At Me" by the Vogues Ritabert Thursday #37
Every Breath You Take - Police prodigitalson Thursday #49
Great song. highplainsdem Thursday #62
It's ok. I got tired of hearing it. prodigitalson Friday #71
That song was deliberately meant to be creepy. ShazzieB Tuesday #113
She's Sexy and 17 Coventina Saturday #92
that one depends on the jurisdiction prodigitalson Tuesday #99
"You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone Submariner Thursday #20
Might not qualify under Rule A, because it only charted around 38 or so... malthaussen Thursday #21
Holy crap, I've never heard of this one. 3catwoman3 Thursday #48
I was going to mention this one if no one else did. Worst song ever! FuzzyRabbit Thursday #52
This is the worst recent one (NSFW) Mosby Thursday #22
How is it that there are this many comments and not one has mentioned Danascot Thursday #24
Again, all of these are awesome when I do another list like this. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #26
I love it. malthaussen Thursday #63
My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas prodigitalson Thursday #28
Country Rap is what it is if you take out the letter OUNTRY. Just like Chinese Rap if you take out the HINESE AZLD4Candidate Thursday #41
You mean you don't like the line "my lovely lady lumps?" AZLD4Candidate Thursday #42
The ealier they are found the more treatable they are prodigitalson Thursday #43
I personally don't like songs that make female singers sound like vapid airheads. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #44
Indeed it does, and somehow its even worse prodigitalson Thursday #45
Add Billy Joel's "For The Longest Time" to this list. lastlib Thursday #32
"Piano Man" is a much worse song... appmanga Tuesday #106
I ADORE "For The Longest Time"! ShazzieB Tuesday #114
That Honey song was so awful, even Sequoia Thursday #33
Yep "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro was seriously cringeworthy dwayneb Friday #75
doesn't meet any of the criteria but my friend accused me of trying to kill him The Wandering Harper Thursday #34
Lee Greenwood's God bless the USA tikka Thursday #35
What about "Short People?" Jrsygrl96 Thursday #36
Short People was deliberately sarcastic and directed spooky3 Friday #81
Yes! ShazzieB Tuesday #115
Glad to hear that! I met Randy Newman when I volunteered spooky3 Tuesday #120
"Escape (the Pina Colada song)" Ritabert Thursday #38
oh God yes AZLD4Candidate Thursday #39
Anything from the "Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas" album bif Thursday #40
Honeycomb CanonRay Thursday #46
Are you thinking of the song boonecreek Thursday #55
Yes! I guess I just remembered that stupid line. CanonRay Thursday #56
The first time I heard it boonecreek Thursday #57
Honeycomb was by Jimmy Rodgers LogDog75 Friday #68
Disco Duck. Kung Fu Fighting. megahertz Thursday #53
Feelings by Morris Albert LookoutMtnWriter Thursday #54
crimson and clover and Saturday in the park lynintenn Thursday #58
Crimson and Clover I love for the complex musical riffs using a Mogg. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #60
AZLD4Candidate............. Upthevibe Thursday #64
"Billy" was awful! But here's a disco hit I loved: spooky3 Friday #88
YOUR having MY Baby - Paul Anka BOSSHOG Thursday #65
American Pie Emile Thursday #66
Many of the songs mentioned I actually like LogDog75 Friday #67
For sure everyone has different tastes dwayneb Friday #85
"All of Me" by John Legend skypilot Friday #74
All 10 are swift songs. Groundhawg Friday #76
Katy Perry too. All sounds the same. Same beat, melody, lyric tempo, and all written by a six year old boy AZLD4Candidate Saturday #97
You 100% nailed number 1 Bristlecone Friday #77
In the spirit of the season - "Last Christmas" by WHAM! dwayneb Friday #78
"She was only sixteen" sung by Dr Hook an Klarkashton Friday #79
Hey, Ringo Starr is no pervert! 😉 ShazzieB Tuesday #109
Wives and Lovers Jack Jones 1963 Amanita Pantherina Friday #80
Ugh nt spooky3 Friday #87
A rare mistake by Burt Bacharach and Hal David Freddie 9 hrs ago #133
No one hated "Seasons in The Sun" as much as I did? spooky3 Friday #82
For sure I hated that song a lot in 1974 dwayneb Friday #86
Rock version of a Spanish Civil War song. I tend to give things like this a pass. AZLD4Candidate Saturday #95
This may not fit your standards, as it is a spoken word record... GReedDiamond Friday #89
This was just as terrible as the "I was there" one the right wing put out after 9/11 AZLD4Candidate Saturday #96
Aw I like Barbie Girl FullySupportDems Friday #90
I agree! ShazzieB Tuesday #107
Thank you! I thought it was just me lol FullySupportDems Tuesday #121
Let's Hear It For The Boy EuterpeThelo Saturday #93
Paper Roses, Ebony and Ivory, She's Sixteen (She's Beautiful and She's Mine) Midnight Writer Saturday #94
Johnny Preston "Running Bear" Doc_Technical Saturday #98
Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight radical noodle Tuesday #100
More, More, More BeyondGeography Tuesday #102
Nothing like a divisive music post. Basso8vb Tuesday #103
You're absolutely right. ShazzieB Tuesday #116
Hungry Like the Wolf, and Your Body is Wonderland consider_this Tuesday #108
90% of the music from the 50's and 60's. Elessar Zappa Tuesday #110
I finally thought of one that nobody's mentioned yet! ShazzieB Tuesday #117
I'd rather listen to "We Built This City" ten times in a row ... dawg Tuesday #119
From my favorite artist - title track from Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970) JoseBalow Tuesday #122
Oh come on...Chris De Burgh's "Lady in Red"? jmowreader 10 hrs ago #124
Nooo, now I got Achy Breaky Heart stuck in my head! Dave Bowman 10 hrs ago #126
All disco music, every bit of it---with one glorious exception: Paladin 10 hrs ago #127
Kokomo happybird 10 hrs ago #128
Anything by the BeeGees and Andy Gibb. Oh I forgot whatever doc03 9 hrs ago #132
So the burning question is... Freddie 9 hrs ago #134
I just remembered boonecreek 9 hrs ago #136
Afternoon Delight Aviation Pro 8 hrs ago #137
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