QOD: Lame Ass Music
Kinda busy over at Command Post today, so I'm just gonna throw this one at you. I know we've done something similar before, but the time is always ripe for making fun of bad songs.
Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" named Lamest Song Ever.
Sounds good to me.
And your choice(s)?
Comments
"Lamest song ever?"
That Jackson Browne crap about his piano.
Who frigin's cares? Tell me about roadies and hootchies!
Posted by: TC@LeatherPenguin | July 21, 2005 11:51 AM
Wonderwall.
Posted by: Carin | July 21, 2005 12:30 PM
"You Get What You Give," New Radicals.
Or, that crappy rappy Barenaked Ladies song.
Both of these give me hives.
Posted by: Adam | July 21, 2005 01:00 PM
Kid Rock's cover of Feel like Makin' Love
Posted by: Darth Monkeybone | July 21, 2005 01:25 PM
Patrick Swayze's "She's Like The Wind," which, for some godforsaken reason, is still on radio playlists throughout the country. It was the most godawful song from a movie, "Dirty Dancing," that was crammed with godawful songs. Swayze must have had some blackmail material on whatever movie or music executive gave it the green light.
If they played this song for inmates at Guantanamo Bay, even conservatives would say it goes over the line of inhumane treatment.
/ rant
Posted by: Ed | July 21, 2005 01:32 PM
Lamest of all?? Too many to choose from...
Soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever leaps to mind...
Posted by: Charlie on the Pennsylvania Turnpike | July 21, 2005 01:33 PM
Bob Seger "Turn the Page" my least favorite of the "It's so hard to be a rock star" genre.
Posted by: Eric J | July 21, 2005 01:44 PM
hey now.. don't go baggin on SNF... the soundtrack is one of the top sellers of all time!
nookie? dumb song. worthy of worst ever? fuck no.
paradise by the dashboard light (meatloaf)? that's gotta be up there.
where do you go? (no mercy) gotta be in there, too.
and what the fuck, they pick on kelly clarkson (no, i'm not a fan), but leave ashlee simpson and her fucking "make me want to la la" song?
now, i consider myself to be a bit of an expert on crappy music (trust me on this one), and it seems they've neglected what should have been a hidden goldmine of shit - 80's movies.
meet me halfway (over the top)? danger zone (top gun)? you're the best (the karate kid)? feel the heat (cobra)? my gawd, those are some of the worst human-caused noises ever.
Posted by: mikey | July 21, 2005 01:45 PM
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Posted by: Easycure | July 21, 2005 03:32 PM
Easycure,
Weird Al did a mmm mmm parody called "Headline News" in the early 90's . The ONLY reason I now (sort of) like the original is because the parody is SO dang funny.
I nominate Charlene's Never Been To Me.
Posted by: Slartibartfast | July 21, 2005 04:37 PM
Muskrat love by C & T comes to mind.
Posted by: kaos | July 21, 2005 05:01 PM
Su Su Sudio--Phil Collins
You don't just want to turn your radio off, you want to pull it out of the dash and throw it out the window.
Posted by: skinbad | July 21, 2005 06:14 PM
Say, Say, Say - MJ & Paul McCartney
Posted by: Matt | July 21, 2005 06:36 PM
Anything by Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston. They are enough to drive you to a murderous rampage.
Hands off Saturday Night Fever !!
Posted by: Frank at work | July 21, 2005 08:50 PM
Any Sublime song. Now there's a band that didn't live up to the name, lemmetellya.
Posted by: Shawn | July 21, 2005 08:52 PM
Say, Say, Say, and Su Su Sudio are gold.
That is all.
(Waiting for my punk rock credentials to be soundly stripped.)
Posted by: Adam | July 21, 2005 09:47 PM
Greatest Love of All
Posted by: Nancy | July 22, 2005 07:03 AM
Bet you have no idea what my choice would be.
Posted by: Rob@L&R | July 22, 2005 07:34 AM
Ebony & Ivory is pretty horrid.
Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge | July 22, 2005 08:11 AM
"Nookie" was definitely in the running for "worst song EVAR" until Richard Cheese did his lounge version, which I sing to my 1-year old niece as we dance and she laughs. I would have nominated "We Are The World"; drawn-out, over-the-top pretentiousness from start to finish.
Posted by: disconnect | July 22, 2005 08:31 AM
"Nookie" was, and still is, a great LB song. If Durst was able to put out something like it now, he would still be considered one of the godfathers of rap metal. Unfortunately, Wes Borland was the key to good rap metal for that group, and Durst went nuts when he left.
"Rollin'" and the theme to MI:2 are great rap metal songs as well. Backlash all you want against Fred for being an arrogant stupid ass, but recognize that LB used to be a really good band, with great songs. They were the Quiet Riot of the 90's.
Posted by: Jado | July 22, 2005 09:50 AM
The Richard Cheese version is wonderful.
Limp Bizkit choo-choo, won't you carry my home!
Posted by: michele | July 22, 2005 10:17 AM
America's "Horse With No Name"
Posted by: Timmer | July 22, 2005 11:31 AM
I can't decide if LB being the "Quiet Riot of the 90s" is insulting to Quiet Riot or LB.
Posted by: Ian S. | July 22, 2005 01:25 PM
Muskrat Love takes it.
Posted by: JoeB | July 22, 2005 02:01 PM
except it spawned an awesome Howard Stern spoof, "Boy with Horse Teeth".
"Mello Yellow" deserves an honorable mention.
Posted by: h0mi | July 22, 2005 06:18 PM
Ed - re: "She's Like The Wind"
When the song (and movie) were "new and hot," somebody in my area supposedly spotted Patrick Swayze in my area. In response, the local top-40 station played that song and nothing else for about 14 hours, saying that they'd keep on doing it until Swayze called in.
If they did that at Guantanamo, detainees would be shredding their Korans and trying to weave the strips into nooses.
BTW, he never called in. I think numerous death threats towards station managers and deejays finally ended the torture.
Although I like the group, AC/DC had a way of making nearly every song quite lame. One pictures the group sitting around (stoned, of course), Bon (or Brian, later) playing his latest creation and saying something about not being able to come up with a chorus. Angus, over in the corner trying to focus, blurts out, "Bloody hell, mate, just repeat the bloody name of the song about a dozen times!"
A song is born . . .
Posted by: BoDiddly | July 23, 2005 10:25 AM
"Jump" by Van Halen sucked much windage. Ooops, sorry no - "Imagine" by John Lennon. Worst.Song.Ever. If you don't know why, actually listen to the lyrics and then go read the Communist Manifesto.
Posted by: Enas Yorl | July 23, 2005 08:40 PM
achy breaky heart - silly ray virus
'nough said.
Posted by: jcrue | July 25, 2005 04:46 PM