(o/t-ish) Your Most Hated Songs......EVER!!!

Probably, they were from Birmingham after all :D

What chance did they have with UB40 as role models. Also contenders for the everything they did was shite throne.

Four words immediately come to mind: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

Other (un)faves: pina Coloda song Just about anything from Leo Sayer or Bob Seger Arms Wide Open-Pearl Jam (oops, I meant Creed!) Go Let It Out-Oasis The Eagles entire discography Ditto for Lynerd Skynerd (or however the hell they spell it) My Heart will Go On :puke:

Anyone remember Milli Vanilli??! shudder

Oh yeah, I almost forgot:

Margaritaville!

Oh, don't mention Milli Vanilli, please?? There's even more semi-German bands llike that:

what about the legendary Boney M!!! and don't forget Modern Talking, who gave us evergreens like "you can win if you want,if you want it you can win", and the unforgetable "you're my heart you're my soul"

wonder why no one's nominated "Can't Get You Out of My Head" yet...

Snap. "Rhythm is a Dancer." (makes me wanna punch people) 4 Non Blondes. "What's Going On." or whatever it was called. *shudders* anything at ALL written by Diane Warren. Bryan Adams. "Everything I Do..." :headoff: anything 'tall by Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Mariah Scarey, Whiney Houston, and any other divalicious overemoting vibrato-abusing songstresses/songsters you can think of. all the nu-metal shite polluting the land. ...and anything involving the Fine Young Cannibals!

Who Let the dogs out...great choice

Think some of musical youth are dead, and some certainly went to prison - drug dealing the little shits...

Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the sky is 1 song thats still irritating me a great deal.

Any Bob Marley - overrated beyond belief Any Hard House Any 'wacky' American tunes..such as Barenaked Ladies (esp 'One Week') or Ben folds bastard Five. I hate them.

Hear'Say and all that Pap Idle wank. Grrrrrrr.

2 unlimited - Get ready for this Hearsay's Pure and Simple - bunch of gimps Manic Street Preachers - Masses for the Classes - utter shite

Originally posted by Seb Briggs Manic Street Preachers - Masses for the Classes - utter shite

It's not as bad as "Let Robeson Sing" !!!!

Originally posted by Zizou Zidane > Originally posted by Seb Briggs> > Manic Street Preachers - Masses for the Classes - utter shite

It's not as bad as "Let Robeson Sing" !!!!

you may be right there. And its masses against the classes innit?...blame a hard day at work...again.

Originally posted by Seb Briggs > Originally posted by Zizou Zidane> > > > Originally posted by Seb Briggs> > > > Manic Street Preachers - Masses for the Classes - utter shite>

It's not as bad as "Let Robeson Sing" !!!!

you may be right there. And its masses against the classes innit?...blame a hard day at work...again.

Yeah - I did a desperately bad Mark E Smith rendition of "Masses against the Classes" in the Ship and Shovell under Charing Cross arches last summer - bastards didn't know what-uh had hit them !

Originally posted by Seb&nbspBriggs Who Let the dogs out...great choiceThink some of musical youth are dead, and some certainly went to prison - drug dealing the little shits...Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the sky is 1 song thats still irritating me a great deal.Any Bob Marley - overrated beyond beliefAny Hard House Any 'wacky' American tunes..such as Barenaked Ladies (esp 'One Week') or Ben folds bastard Five. I hate them.

i'd agree with the BNL comment, 'cept that we can't be blamed this time!

BNL are Canadian!

Originally posted by Seb Briggs > Originally posted by Fingers> I agree with Marty's and Cheeky Monkey's nominations but here are two more which are often found on lists of supposed all-time musical greats:> > Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody> Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven> > And if they aren't controversial enough, I've just thought of another:> > John Lennon - Imagine> > I'm taking cover now...

i f*cking hate all three as well. Nice One. I'm also adding Radio Ga Ga by Queen as the most desperate song of all time

Can I just throw in for good measure "Let it be" by The Beatles?

Damn, mr fingers got there before me, with both of my first two choices.

Apart from that, and the obvious fish-in-a-barrel targets like Phil Collins and Cliff, I'd nominate just about anything by Groove Armada.

Also I nominate the Exorcist, which, though pedants might carp that it doesn't technically qualify, being a film and not a song, I just really really hate and think is one of the most overrated pop-culture artifacts of all time.

Originally posted by janaki wonder why no one's nominated "Can't Get You Out of My Head" yet... Snap. "Rhythm is a Dancer." (makes me wanna punch people)4 Non Blondes. "What's Going On." or whatever it was called. *shudders*...and anything involving the Fine Young Cannibals!

HA HA HA HA HAAA!!! Well done Janaki!! excellent choices! Remember that priceless lyric "Im serious as CANCER when I say Rhythm is a DANCER!!!" what a crock of utter unmitigated CACK!! Must be contender for one of the worst lyrics ever! And that song by 4-Non Blondes - you got the title right - HIDEOUS CATERWAULING!! That unforgettable bit where you can see that stupid big-gobbed lead singer's veins almost explode thru her neck when she sings...FOR A GENERAY-SHUR-HUNNNN!!!!. And of course Fine Dung Crapballs - he has a voiuce like that chimp in Tarzan - remember his EXECRABLE cover of Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love?" - total arsepit central!

The hell continues:

SPIN FOOKING DOCTORS - Two Princes (was that one of the most gut-bustingly mundane pieces of cack ever written or what???) MARIAH CAREY - Without You (ugh!!!!) SOME DICKHEADS - Who Let The Dogs Out?!! (too right!) THE FARM - Don't You Want me/Alltogether Now/Groovy Train (toe curlingly awful) JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR (The theme song) ATB - 9pm Til I Come (cretinous trancey bollocks par flatulence!) PHIL COLLINS - In The Air Tonight ABBA - Dancing Queen CULTURE CLUB - Karma Chameleon BROS - Drop The Boy/When Will I Be Famous?/Silent Night/Too Much - Spastic plastic dogbreath muzak as I once referred to it as. KAJAGOOGOO - Too Shy (one of the worst ever lines in pop: "Youre Moving In Circles Won't you dilate...ooh baby try...." YEEEEEEUCCCCHHH!! :\puke: 2 UNLIMITED - No Limit SMART E'S - Sesames' Treet (utter bandwagon bollocks!!) MICHAEL BOLTON - Soul Provider/When A Man Loves A Woman ( total desecration beyond the call of duty) LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool. Shite heavens! I even had this as a 6 year old kid! I've been traumatised by the guilt ever since. TIGHT FIT - The Lion Sleeps Tonight BELLE STARS - The Clapping Song COCKNEY REJECTS - The Greatest Cockney Rip-Off (who needs tenth rate Sham 69 copyists anyway??) AUTHOR UNKNOWN - You Need Wings (always hated that fooking song!!) SYLVIA - Y Viva Espana (just horrid!!) BLACK LACE - Superman (this one is even worse than their other two, even more famous monstrosities!!!) DR. HOOK - Sexy Eyes...Not with that fooking eyepatch, you ain't, you giblet!! THEME TUNE TO "MATCH OF THE DAY" - SLADE - Merry Xmas Everybody. Sorry Noddy, I love all your other records, but THIS ONE just sets my teeth on edge now!! ERASURE - Oooh Sometimes!! (and a lot of their other records, for that matter) Someone strap this guy down and tar and feather him- QUICK!! KEN DODD - Think Of Me Wherever You Are (a staple on his weekend seaside show special durinfg the mid-70s - truly cringeworthy treacly yuck-fest of gigantic proportions..... THE SEASIDE SHOWTIME TV THEME - aaaaarghhh!!! ANITA DOBSON - Anyone Can Fall In Love.... and anyone with a hideous frizzy perm that dates someone else with a frizzy perm in clogs can weld crap syrupy lyrics that don't scan to a pretty shite theme tune to start with, can't they?? CRAIG FROM "BIG BROTHER" - At This Time Of Year - too bad for words actually..... RICK ASTLEY - Cry For Help. Too right - I cry for help everytime I hear this song too, in case my bowels start loosening from the sheer bemulleted slushy oversentimentality of it all.....

...Right, there's obvious more waiting to be uncovered and paraded down the boardwalk of shame, so hang on in there, baby..... ;)

Originally posted by Oh Look! There Goes The Laughing Martian Again!! > Originally posted by janaki> wonder why no one's nominated "Can't Get You Out of My Head" yet... > > Snap. "Rhythm is a Dancer." (makes me wanna punch people)> 4 Non Blondes. "What's Going On." or whatever it was called. *shudders*> ...and anything involving the Fine Young Cannibals!

HA HA HA HA HAAA!!! Well done Janaki!! excellent choices! Remember that priceless lyric "Im serious as CANCER when I say Rhythm is a DANCER!!!" what a crock of utter unmitigated CACK!! Must be contender for one of the worst lyrics ever! And that song by 4-Non Blondes - you got the title right - HIDEOUS CATERWAULING!! That unforgettable bit where you can see that stupid big-gobbed lead singer's veins almost explode thru her neck when she sings...FOR A GENERAY-SHUR-HUNNNN!!!!. And of course Fine Dung Crapballs - he has a voiuce like that chimp in Tarzan - remember his EXECRABLE cover of Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love?" - total arsepit central!

sankyuu very much, Martian. :D glad you were amused. did you ever get exposed to the even MORE horrifying (and i didn't think this was possible!) REMIXED version of that 4 Non Blondes song? unbelievable. and that horrifically caterwauling wench went on to put out a solo album, too!

i'd completely forgot about that lyric...but i keep being reminded of how absolutely TERRIBLE that Snap song is due to all these crap "Ultimate Dance Party XXVVIICC" compilations for which ads keep invading the TV every time i've got it on, it seems! you're bringing back hideous, horrible memories of torture in grammar school. no wonder the other kids didn't like me!

finally... i really DON'T remember that Buzzcocks cover! and am completely horrified that they even attempted it! *shudders* eee. dead on with the monkey bit, though...and he looked like one, too!

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Originally posted by Oh Look! There Goes The Laughing Martian Again!! The hell continues:SPIN FOOKING DOCTORS - Two Princes (was that one of the most gut-bustingly mundane pieces of cack ever written or what???)MARIAH CAREY - Without You (ugh!!!!)SOME DICKHEADS - Who Let The Dogs Out?!! (too right!)THE FARM - Don't You Want me/Alltogether Now/Groovy Train (toe curlingly awful)JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR (The theme song)ATB - 9pm Til I Come (cretinous trancey bollocks par flatulence!)PHIL COLLINS - In The Air TonightABBA - Dancing QueenCULTURE CLUB - Karma ChameleonBROS - Drop The Boy/When Will I Be Famous?/Silent Night/Too Much - Spastic plastic dogbreath muzak as I once referred to it as. KAJAGOOGOO - Too Shy (one of the worst ever lines in pop: "Youre Moving In Circles Won't you dilate...ooh baby try...." YEEEEEEUCCCCHHH!! :\puke:2 UNLIMITED - No LimitSMART E'S - Sesames' Treet (utter bandwagon bollocks!!)MICHAEL BOLTON - Soul Provider/When A Man Loves A Woman ( total desecration beyond the call of duty)LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool. Shite heavens! I even had this as a 6 year old kid! I've been traumatised by the guilt ever since.TIGHT FIT - The Lion Sleeps TonightBELLE STARS - The Clapping SongCOCKNEY REJECTS - The Greatest Cockney Rip-Off (who needs tenth rate Sham 69 copyists anyway??)AUTHOR UNKNOWN - You Need Wings (always hated that fooking song!!)SYLVIA - Y Viva Espana (just horrid!!)BLACK LACE - Superman (this one is even worse than their other two, even more famous monstrosities!!!)DR. HOOK - Sexy Eyes...Not with that fooking eyepatch, you ain't, you giblet!!THEME TUNE TO "MATCH OF THE DAY" - SLADE - Merry Xmas Everybody. Sorry Noddy, I love all your other records, but THIS ONE just sets my teeth on edge now!!ERASURE - Oooh Sometimes!! (and a lot of their other records, for that matter) Someone strap this guy down and tar and feather him- QUICK!!KEN DODD - Think Of Me Wherever You Are (a staple on his weekend seaside show special durinfg the mid-70s - truly cringeworthy treacly yuck-fest of gigantic proportions..... THE SEASIDE SHOWTIME TV THEME - aaaaarghhh!!!ANITA DOBSON - Anyone Can Fall In Love.... and anyone with a hideous frizzy perm that dates someone else with a frizzy perm in clogs can weld crap syrupy lyrics that don't scan to a pretty shite theme tune to start with, can't they??CRAIG FROM "BIG BROTHER" - At This Time Of Year - too bad for words actually.....RICK ASTLEY - Cry For Help. Too right - I cry for help everytime I hear this song too, in case my bowels start loosening from the sheer bemulleted slushy oversentimentality of it all........Right, there's obvious more waiting to be uncovered and paraded down the boardwalk of shame, so hang on in there, baby..... ;)

excellent additions, Martian. i highly second them. but i believe i can top them ALL...

dunno if this is something that has ever had the bad taste to set foot off of these shores. and i sincerely hope not, for fear that the rest of the world will think less of us Americans than they already do (and usually with good reason!).

one word. many CDs. KidBop.

if you are unfamiliar with this concept (and i really hope, for ALL of your sakes, that you are)...imagine all of the terrible songs we've been listing above. done typical crap karaoke-style arrangements...and choruses of kids singing. yay, six-year-old-girlies singing along with "Oops! I Did it Again!" and the like. "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is another favourite on these comps...and let's see, "I Want it That Way"...hrrm. i know there's tons more.

but if you thought that the originals were plenty worth of sort of reactions, please take a moment to contemplate the sheer torture and overall wrongness of these versions.

however bad the originals are, this ups the :\puke: quotient for me by about a zillion.

How about

1.La Bamba - Los Lobos (That song was number one for way to long)

2.Fat - Weird Al Yankovic (never thought this guy was funny)

3. Nikita - Elton John

4. Two of Hearts - Stacey Q (Anyone else remember her ?)

5. Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi (Another one of those hits that was played way to much)

6.Heart and Soul - Tpau (for taking JD's name)

7. Get Ready - Carol Hitchcock (she looks like Peter Garrett)

8. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz

9. The Final Countdown - Europe (Hairy bastards)

I got into dance music in the mid-to-late 80's (sorry, 1980's just in case anyone thinks I was born before the Queen Mother) but there's one track from that era I absolutely cannot stand and that's "Ride On Time" by Black Box. Snap's "Rhythm Is A Dancer" was awful and 2 Unlimited's "No Limits" (everybody now - "No, no - no, no, no, no - no, no, no, no - no, no, there's no limits") was absymal but "Ride On Time" was even worse. It was just a woman screeching over a bog-standard piano line. To make matters worse, the woman who appeared in the video and went on Top Of The Pops wasn't even on the record - the vocal was by Loletta Holloway. "Ride On Time" proved that if you were famous on the dance scene you could make formulaic crap just to make money and people who were dishonest, stupid or both would call it cutting-edge music.

Brendan, how can you nominate Europe's "The Final Countdown" without quoting the lyrics? Have you forgotten "We're heading for Venus/And still we stand tall/And maybe they've seen us..."?

Candle in the wind - Fat Bald Versace wearing gimp Any novelty record.....ever (plus parts 1 to a zillion) Everything i do i do it 4 U - Bloody Lumberjack I second that emotiom - Pretentious eastern c***s Words - FR (fooking retatd) David Nelly the Elephant - Toy Dolls (if ever a band where ruined by one song) Tragedy - The perma-tanned geezers and the androids as well Happy Talk - Captain Sensible (git)

Whilst Captain Sensible's "Happy Talk" was a terrible record it has one redeeming feature - it was the first number one record to include what is known in polite society as "the C-word". The story I've heard (and if I remember rightly Captain Sensible told it) goes like this:

The Captain was trying to record the line that goes something like "Jolly baby, I'm the lucky one" (I don't think the last word is actually "one" - I can't remember what the word is but I think it's an unoffensive American slang term) but no matter how he sang the line as it was written he didn't think it conveyed the feeling he wanted to put across. Partially in frustration and partially in an attempt to get the right sound instead of singing the line as it was written he changed the last word to "the C-word" and when the producer heard this he said it sounded perfect. He tried singing the line as it was written again but he still couldn't get it to sound as good as the take on which he swore so eventually they gave up and put the take with "the C-word" on the final version because they thought no-one would notice what he was actually singing.

Well, I'd just like to chuck in a few too meself -

"Here To Stay" - by New Order.

HO HO HO!!! ONLY JOKING!!!

Actually, I certainly can't dredge up so many wretched moments like our walking encyclopedia Marty has done here , but I'd just like to say that amongst my most despised tunes of torture I'd have to say every bleedin' song that ever featured on a musical as they well and truly grate beyond the call of duty! South Pacific! Oliver! Cats! Starlight Express! West Side Story! Grease (ESPECIALLY GREASE!! ), et al...

Then add to that Renee and Renato's "Save Your Love My Darling.." - that video was so bad it was hilarious! Joe Dolce's "Shaddup You Face" Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" Flash and the Pan - "Waiting for a Train" Chris de Bleuuuurgh! - ANYTHING BY HIM!! Especially that unforgettable Power Bollock classic about alternative drugs "High On Emulsion"! Michael Jackson - anything he's done since Thriller basically The Bee Gees - nearly everything they've done, those voices, how can anyone take their songs even slightly seriously? That song "Una Paloma Blanca" (by Jonathan King?) gets reet on me tits as well. I used to love The Goodies as a kid but that song they did "Black Pudding Bertha" was really annoying - the kids in my class used to keep doing the stupid dance, pretending to pull on their (non-existent) braces and flat caps. And that Monty Python song "Always Look On The Bright Side" - what the fuckin hell? Maybe I'm alone in thinking that songs a pile of cack!

Shit, can't come up with anymore at the moment. I need a beer now to stiumlate my thinking power...