Terrible, abhorrent, garbage songs. All genres

[Dbeasy 15135]

4 Non Blondes What’s Up

1.7 billion YouTube views.

825 million Spotify plays. 

[Paul Wesley 3289]

57 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

none of these songs are as bad as The Shaggs.

I hear you, but there are different kinds of "bad."

There's "bad" like no musical talent at all (Shaggs), and "bad" like really talented people creating commerce that tries to pass itself off as art (pandering).

(edit)  Arguably, there's another kind of bad, which is adopting some kind of silly affectation and using some sort of pressure/trick to get everyone to agree that the action has artistic merit.   

Edited February 7 by Paul Wesley

[Underdog 28808]

59 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

4 Non Blondes What’s Up

1.7 billion YouTube views.

825 million Spotify plays. 

What can I say?  I like it.  I like it a lot...  A whole lot. 

[hookem48 4703]

These threads always turn into songs you don't like, not Terrible, abhorrent, garbage songs. All genres

 

Now I give you Terrible, abhorrent, garbage songs. All genres

 

 

[Rimbo 26165]

42 minutes ago, Paul Wesley said:

I hear you, but there are different kinds of "bad."

There's "bad" like no musical talent at all (Shaggs), and "bad" like really talented people creating commerce that tries to pass itself off as art (pandering).

(edit)  Arguably, there's another kind of bad, which is adopting some kind of silly affectation and using some sort of pressure/trick to get everyone to agree that the action has artistic merit.   

Look, if someone locks you into a Music Appreciation Straitjacket and says you either have to listen to "My pal's name is foot foot" for the next three hours straight or Starship's "We built this city" instead, what do you choose? I'm pretty sure I know which one I'd choose.

[Paul Wesley 3289]

47 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

Look, if someone locks you into a Music Appreciation Straitjacket and says you either have to listen to "My pal's name is foot foot" for the next three hours straight or Starship's "We built this city" instead, what do you choose? I'm pretty sure I know which one I'd choose.

Sure, I’ll concede that’s true.  But you’d have to also agree that it’s the other kind of “terrible” that we’re actually subjected to on a regular basis. 
 

You aren’t getting the Shaggs in elevators, dental waiting rooms, commercial breaks, etc.  

[Rimbo 26165]

19 minutes ago, Paul Wesley said:

Sure, I’ll concede that’s true.  But you’d have to also agree that it’s the other kind of “terrible” that we’re actually subjected to on a regular basis. 
 

You aren’t getting the Shaggs in elevators, dental waiting rooms, commercial breaks, etc.  

not with THAT attitude, you aren't

[jimmyjazz 46300]

1 hour ago, hookem48 said:

These threads always turn into songs you don't like, not Terrible, abhorrent, garbage songs. All genres

 

Now I give you Terrible, abhorrent, garbage songs. All genres

That's a terrible example.  At least "Mickey" had a classic (if simple) pop hook.

[ajax 2626]

2 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Look, if someone locks you into a Music Appreciation Straitjacket and says you either have to listen to "My pal's name is foot foot" for the next three hours straight or Starship's "We built this city" instead, what do you choose? I'm pretty sure I know which one I'd choose.

All true but it's more fun to make fun of stuff that other people like. No one unironically likes the Shaggs. And there's a kind of guileless innocence to them that makes it easy to forgive their gawd awful music.

On the other hand, you have terrible music that critics cream themselves over.

Like Xiu Xiu. Critics seem to love them because their music is so difficult to listen to and they deal with serious subject matter. Give me the Shaggs over this garbage any day.

 

 

 

Edited February 7 by ajax

[Rimbo 26165]

7 minutes ago, ajax said:

All true but it's more fun to make fun of stuff that other people like. No one unironically likes the Shaggs. And there's a kind of guileless innocence to them that makes it easy to forgive their gawd awful music.

On the other hand, you have terrible music that critics cream themselves over.

Like Xiu Xiu. Critics seem to love them because their music is so difficult to listen to and they deal with serious subject matter. Give me the Shaggs over this garbage any day.

 

 

 

You're right. That's awful.

Imagine being a music critic. Not only is 99% of everything crap, but 99% of the NOT crap is insanely derivative. Then one day, something genuinely weird like this comes along. The novelty alone is refreshing! It's new and different! Even if it isn't GOOD, it's going to stand out.

[ClubWhatever 12159]

Most hair band metal is truly awful music.  

[Napoleon 8708]

These threads that ask for responses that tend to have a linked YouTube video with each post always crash on my phone.

iPhone 14 (Pro Max)…

-SAFARI crashes

-CHROME crashes

Does this happen for other people?

Page 1 of this thread crashed several times and I gave up. Posting this on Page 2 because it is still early and isn’t crashing my phone. 

Maybe posting videos behind 

Spoiler

 

…👆SPOILER folders would be a good idea. 

[Superhero 8858]

Can’t get worse than this

 

[Parliament 14352]

How about this one.  She simply can’t sing.  
 

 

[texasdago 7587]

Fergie can sing... just not there.

BUT

BUT

Behold, the worst...

 

[jimmyjazz 46300]

WTF is that?

[alincoln 2385]

What about the celebrities covering Imagine from their mansions during Covid?

[South Austin 52639]

 

1 hour ago, texasdago said:

Fergie can sing

She makes use of her vocal cords in such manner that can be classified as singing.

[CoTex 1162]

21 hours ago, Rip76 said:

 

If you're ever trying to learn to play the guitar, this is an easy song to start on.   Maybe that means its garbage.  Maybe it means it will not fade from use anytime soon.

[texasdago 7587]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

WTF is that?

It is as bad as it gets is WTF it s.

[Rimbo 26165]

12 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

Most hair band metal is truly awful music.  

True, but that just goes with the ol "99% of everything is crap" adage.

There's some amazing hair metal as long as you stick to the early 1980s (or bands that started at any point before 1982).

[hookem48 4703]

16 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

That's a terrible example.  At least "Mickey" had a classic (if simple) pop hook.

Its a fantastic example and there's nothing classic about it.

[ajax 2626]

5 hours ago, texasdago said:

Fergie can sing... just not there.

BUT

BUT

Behold, the worst...

 

I personally feel blessed to be able to see Tonya Harding sing Let It Be, with Costanza dancing in the background.

[jimmyjazz 46300]

21 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Its a fantastic example and there's nothing classic about it.

You're wrong and you should feel terrible about your poor taste.

[Michael Knight 12997]

is this where we talk about Drake?

[South Austin 52639]

A neat exercise when you’re drunk or have nothing better to do is to see how long you can make it through this song.

 

[Vic Mackey 47182]

A neat exercise when you’re drunk or have nothing better to do is to see how long you can make it through this song.
 

Lol WTF is this?

[Rimbo 26165]

3 hours ago, South Austin said:

A neat exercise when you’re drunk or have nothing better to do is to see how long you can make it through this song.

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

3 hours ago, South Austin said:

A neat exercise when you’re drunk or have nothing better to do is to see how long you can make it through this song.
 

Lol WTF is this?

 

I mean, it's definitely amateur, but it's not even close to the level of the Shaggs. And the shitty video is hilarious in all the best unintentional ways, from the fat chick half-heartedly mouthing the lyrics, to the occasional out of tune note from the guitar, to the almost offensively bland lyrics. At its core it's got a pretty decent synth riff and chord progression that never goes anywhere and gets driven into the ground by two minutes in.

 

[squib 1127]

 

 

Oddly enough, this song is eerily similar to The Best Yoko Ono Ever. 

[zlavydra 2123]

Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin," or whatever the fuck it's called.  Execrable.

[nolongerU2horn 768]

On 2/6/2024 at 6:46 PM, Paul Wesley said:

There's "bad" like no musical talent at all (Shaggs), and "bad" like really talented people creating commerce that tries to pass itself off as art (pandering).

 

[Rimbo 26165]

On 2/6/2024 at 8:59 PM, Napoleon said:

These threads that ask for responses that tend to have a linked YouTube video with each post always crash on my phone.

iPhone 14 (Pro Max)…

-SAFARI crashes

-CHROME crashes

Does this happen for other people?

Page 1 of this thread crashed several times and I gave up. Posting this on Page 2 because it is still early and isn’t crashing my phone. 

Maybe posting videos behind 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

…👆SPOILER folders would be a good idea. 

hey, ain't my fault you're a poor 🤣🤣🤣

[Rimbo 26165]

1 hour ago, squib said:

 

 

Oddly enough, this song is eerily similar to The Best Yoko Ono Ever. 

OMG I'd forgotten about this!

ok, we've found competition for The Shaggs officially. "Made a Beatle unlistenable" absolutely qualifies

[Al_4_ISU 12509]

If you're an older Millenial/young Gen X, this song will always remind you of how every chick you were after in 1997 was hopelessly in love with Leo.

I remember the chick I was into at the time crying on the school bus when this piece of shit came on the radio, because she was just too overcome with the emotion of poor Jack dying of hypothermia in the north Atlantic.  I guess I probably dodged a bullet there.

[Kennythetiger 9484]

On 2/8/2024 at 2:21 PM, Al_4_ISU said:

If you're an older Millenial/young Gen X, this song will always remind you of how every chick you were after in 1997 was hopelessly in love with Leo.

I remember the chick I was into at the time crying on the school bus when this piece of shit came on the radio, because she was just too overcome with the emotion of poor Jack dying of hypothermia in the north Atlantic.  I guess I probably dodged a bullet there.

In her defense Rose was a selfish bitch. 

[jimmyjazz 46300]

This one is stunningly bad:

 

[South Austin 52639]

On 2/8/2024 at 2:21 PM, Al_4_ISU said:

If you're an older Millenial/young Gen X, this song will always remind you of how every chick you were after in 1997 was hopelessly in love with Leo.

I remember the chick I was into at the time crying on the school bus when this piece of shit came on the radio, because she was just too overcome with the emotion of poor Jack dying of hypothermia in the north Atlantic.  I guess I probably dodged a bullet there.

 

[ClubWhatever 12159]

Yellow Submarine is garbage.   We all live in a yellow submarine?  I mean what the fuck is that shit?

[DougO 5257]

It would be less time consuming to name what songs on the popular charts over the last decade or so weren't total fucking garbage.

[bschoolprof 6273]

We're naming garbage songs among the top 0.1% that actually became well known.

But the truly garbage songs were the ones from your 8th grade friends' garage band that you had to endure at their "practice" simply because you wanted to see their big-titted older sister and her slutty friends.  Those were some truly awful songs.   

[Parliament 14352]

On 2/8/2024 at 2:21 PM, Al_4_ISU said:

I remember the chick I was into at the time crying on the school bus when this piece of shit came on the radio, because she was just too overcome with the emotion of poor Jack dying of hypothermia in the north Atlantic.  I guess I probably dodged a bullet there.

We'll she's down at the local Back 40 bar right now, serving Old Milwaukee and hoping you'll stop in.

[rage-a-holic 4495]

Terrible abhorrent garbage songs so far:

"Mickey"

"Pachelbel - Canon"

"Knights in White Satin"

 

 

 

 

Edited February 11 by rage-a-holic

[Al_4_ISU 12509]

We'll she's down at the local Back 40 bar right now, serving Old Milwaukee and hoping you'll stop in.

No. She’s a nurse with a family but she’s just a very, very bland person.

[Parliament 14352]

On 2/6/2024 at 4:10 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

It mostly killed rock dead, I think? Maybe there is new stuff and I just got old.  It was just shit that was awful and all the listenable music was now rap or pop.

Even pop-punk was better than that stuff. 

IMHO rock got good again when the pop fans abandoned it around 2010 or so.  I worry it’s getting enshittened again by faux badass Country singer’s crossing over.  Hardy’s “Sold Out” is an ironic example.

On 2/8/2024 at 12:36 PM, squib said:

 

 

Oddly enough, this song is eerily similar to The Best Yoko Ono Ever. 

Undefeated

[Delta Charlie 150]

Anything by "No Doubt" or Gwen Stefani. Absolutely heaping pile of stinking, runny, dog shit music.

[Nole-4-Life 804]

On 2/10/2024 at 7:44 PM, Kennythetiger said:

In her defense Rose was a selfish bitch. 

There was space on that door or whatever it was.

[Deej 76983]

On 2/11/2024 at 9:48 AM, ClubWhatever said:

Yellow Submarine is garbage.   We all live in a yellow submarine?  I mean what the fuck is that shit?

"The Beatles were so high they let Ringo sing a couple of tunes." 

 

[Longhornstampede 3186]

On 2/7/2024 at 8:34 AM, texasdago said:

Fergie can sing... just not there.

BUT

BUT

Behold, the worst...

 

Any guesses as to how many auto tune circuits were blown recording this? 

[Deej 76983]

On 2/6/2024 at 7:23 PM, hookem48 said:

These threads always turn into songs you don't like, not Terrible, abhorrent, garbage songs. All genres

 

Now I give you Terrible, abhorrent, garbage songs. All genres

 

 

Mickey may have been fine, but Toni Basil was not. 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13588]

I got stuck in some Oklahoma town in some nearly abandoned chain restaurant in a booth getting ear raped by this.

What is this song about? It's virtually about nothing. "Honey, I shrunk random things and phrases that richocheted through my skull and now we're rich!"

"Don't worry, Sugar Britches. There's a carnie chasing the kids in the video for the wholesome family Heartland appeal"

Edited March 11 by Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand