sub, I value your musical tastes as much as anyone here. You were the first to tell me about Tricky, Massive Attack, Portishead, etc, but everything that Pole says here is true and I think you know that. That reminds me - I had "D'yer Maker" on as I pulled into work this morning. And believe me there are far worse songs on the Zep catalog than "D'yer Maker" mainly some on the first album and of course, "Hot Dog" (what the hell was Plant and Page thinking on that one?).
I like(at least a little bit) 3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight. 31. Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm Other songs that I don't think are the worst ever, but I don't like all that much are 48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 35. Shiny Happy People 13. Illeagal Alien 26. The End I'm on the fence about 'Sounds of Silence'. It is pretty corny, but I don't know if it goes on the list or not. Other people have already mentioned the two songs that definitely should have been on the list. 'Seasons in the Sun' and 'You Light Up My Life' Then there is there are two songs which could have been on the list but are so bad they are funny so they may have been spared... 'Wildfire'(that horse song) and 'Leader of the Band'
I can't believe so many people like "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel. From the moment I heard that song I thought it was a rip-off of REM's "End of the World" song (that didn't really get airplay at the time). WDSTF also just sucks on it's own merit.
That line was pretty cheesy. But I loved it at the time. (I was only 14; hopefully that's a good enough excuse.) I still like the song overall and the concept of it... And what about 44. I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), Meat Loaf, 1993 ...one of my favorites of all time, and one of my few "personal theme songs". Does everybody really hate it that much? (I guess, believe it or not, it has been a while since 1993.)
48. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles UHHH!!! WTF.. This song awesome.. i think ill go listen to it all day just in protest of this ****ty list by blender
You're right...even the Beatles worst song (not saying this is their worst) is better than some of the trash today. If it were up to me, all of Britney's songs would be on there. 33. Barbie Girl, Aqua, 1997 Funny...I immediately thought about this song when I opened the thread.
People who hate that song obviously have no clue about the greatness that IS Jim Steinman. Steinman doesn't write bad songs, hell he even made Air Supply sound passable with "Making Love Out of Nothing at All."
I was a sophomore in high school at the time it was released. I liked it. I owned Storm Front. Some years later i popped in Storm Front...and though I know the words by heart...realized, "man...this song is really bad." I think he just tried so hard to fit so many historical references in there that he gave the music barely a second thought. Having said that...I would be ecstatic to be able to write a song so "bad!"
No Mmm-bop by Hanson? I Touch Myself (Divinyls) Are You Jimmy Ray (Jimmy Ray) Iko Iko (Belle Stars) (Kokomo ROCKS!!!) Bad Touch (Bloodhound Gang) Rock Me Amadeus (Falco) What was that one song with the retro video ... it had Q-Tip in it. The lady has on the bright clothes with the 60s hairdo ... oooh yeah, Groove Is In The Heart by Deee-Lite! I HATE THAT SONG!!!! There are so many more that can go on the list above the songs listed. Like most, I actually like a lot of the songs on the list :-D
Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again, Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence. In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone, 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence. And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening, People writing songs that voices never share And no one dare Disturb the sound of silence. "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might teach you, Take my arms that I might reach you." But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed In the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made. And the sign flashed out its warning, In the words that it was forming. And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls." And whisper'd in the sounds of silence. Paul Simon, 1964. Such a great song, especially when you consider when it was written... 1964. The lyrics really fit the time frame of '67's The Graduate, and that makes it even more remarkable to me. I've sometimes wondered just what Simon was stoned on as he penned it. I have great memories of '67 and that flick (and so much more!), but I was in what we call middle school today in 1964. Imagine what Simon and his buddy where doing back then? Wow. Context is everything, my friends.
Thank you Deckard. I always thought it was a very profound song, especially compared to the usual stuff written/played in the mid-60's. I don't know what it's doing on that list... maybe someone just wanted to start some controversy and ruffle a few feathers.
I really don't disagree with anything you say explicitly (except that my opinion sucks), but I will answer a few of your less obvious suggestions. One, you imply that I don't like D'yer Maker because of its lyrics. Nothing could be further from the truth. I don't know the lyrics to D'yer Maker very well (I do know he says "When I read the letter it made me sad sad sad" at one point) and frankly don't really care what they say. I dislike this song because it is an especially egregious example of musical imperialism, especially at a point in Led Zepellin's career when they seemed to have finally abandoned the outright musical theivery that marked their first two recordings. It sounds exactly like what it is - British men playing Carribbean music as a joke (in same article that I mentioned earlier, JPJ says "It just makes me cringe a bit. It started off as a kind of joke, really. We were sitting around a playing some stuff. It got into a reggae rhythm and we put it down. I wasn't happy with the way it turned out; it wasn't thought through carefully enough"). Maybe they were just having fun, but the result was a song that (intentionally or not) clumsily parodied reggae rather than respected it. The fact that you miss this speaks volumes. Second, despite what you say, you do value commecial success because you wouldn't have mentioned it otherwise. Funny enough, musical sales (or lack thereof) seem to determine whether a song is actually included, rather than excluded. Most of the songs on Blender's list were hits, and most of the "should have been on the list" suggestions on this thread were hits. So clearly, whether or not alot of people liked a song does not exclude it from a "Worst Songs" list because otherwise this list would be filled with the songs of my previous bands. You also suggest that D'yer Maker should be valued because it was many people's first exposure to reggae. It is almost universally agreed that the soundtrack to The Harder They Come (release in 1972) was the key album that exposed Americans to reggae. Furthermore, Bob Marley released his Catch a Fire less than three weeks after Houses of the Holy with the full weight and support of Chris Blackwell/Island Records behind it. It ended up being an international hit. I doubt that D'yer Maker had much to do with the success of either of these two records. Despite what you suggest, I don't lie awake at night obsessing over D'yer Maker song and the people who like it. If you decide it's the only song you want to listen to for the rest of your life, far be it from me to stop you. But this list is all about opinions, and despite my careless choice of words, I don't think anyone but you interpreted my words as anything else. So take it easy on the insults, because you really don't want to go there. And BTW, it should be "your opinion," not "you're opinion."
You did invite us to "flame away"--hence the "sucks" comment. Sorry to offend with my careless choice of words.
I listen to 6 of the songs on that list on a regular basis (I usually just leave on CD of mp3's in my car and 5 of them are on it). 1. We Built This City, Starship, 1985 9. American Life, Madonna, 2003 <- I have this CD 16. What's Up?, 4 Non Blondes, 1993 24. Five For Fighting , Superman, 2000 31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, Crash Test Dummies, 1994 35. Shiny Happy People, R.E.M., 1991 Many of the other songs on the list I at least thought were fine when they came out, but I got tired of them like Follow Me, We Didn't Start the Fire, and Your Body is a Wonderland. I am of the opinion that music is not inherently good or bad though, so if the people at Blender think these are the fifty worst songs of all time, that is fine with me. I have a feeling they are being disingenuous though, for reasons stated earlier.
Artist: The Wondergirls Lyrics Song: Let's Go All the Way Lyrics Sitting with the thinker, trying to work it out It's a traffic jam of the brain, makes you wanna scream and shout Presidential party, no one wants to dance Looking for a new star to put you in a trance Let's go all the way Let's go all the way Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, let's go all the way Working in a factory eight days a week Try to make dollar, damn what a beat Cartoon capers happen in reality Rich man, poor man, living in fantasy Let's go all the way Let's go all the way Oh oh oh, let's go all the way Wow, thinker Yeah yeah yeah Living in New York, looks like an apple core (apple core) Asphalt jungle, got to be a man of war California dreamers sinking in the sand (the sand, the sand, the sand) The Hollywood squares are living in Disneyland Wee! Ho Let's go all the way (let's go all the way) Let's go all the way (let's go) Ah, we can make a better way Let's go all the way Go all the way Let's go all the way Yeah Na na na-na na na na na na na na-na Na na na-na na yeah ahhhhhhhhhh ---- weeeee!!
