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We Built this City - Worst Song?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by rocketsjudoka, Mar 31, 2020.

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Is We Built this City the Worst Song?

  1. Yes..

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  2. Hell Yes!

    10 vote(s)
    18.5%
  3. No..

    17 vote(s)
    31.5%
  4. It totally ROCKS!

    18 vote(s)
    33.3%
  1. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Why was "I ran" dissed so hard in La La Land. I kind of liked it.

     
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  2. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    OMG, if I'd known that dumb movie had a keytar in it, I might have given it a shot. Looks pretty funny.
     
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  3. FranchiseBlade

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    If not the worst, it is certainly close. Macarthur Park is certainly in the running as well. The absolute worst might be 'What's Up?' by 4 non blondes. The song literally makes me sick to my stomach.
     
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  4. FranchiseBlade

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    You should be banned for tainting the championship Rockets by putting them in that song.
     
  5. deb4rockets

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    We Built this City tops my list of the worst song of the 80's.

    As for the 70's the three stupidest songs I can think of were Muscrat Love, Me and You and a Dog named Boo, and Disco Duck. They were all nauseatingly cheesy as hell.

    This has to be one of the stupidest videos ever made.



    But, the artists who put out the most cheesy hit songs I can think of in the 70's were Captain and Tenille and Olivia Newton John. I never understood the appeal.

    In the same token, there are artists I really like with hit songs I can't stand. Rhianna's Diamond tops that list, because of the repetitive line "Shine bright like a diamond" being used 24 times in the song.
     
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  6. Buck Turgidson

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    Holy **** you're giving me flashbacks, you jackass! There was a literal dumb blonde in HS who would from time to time sing that song at full blast in the hallways between classes.
     
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  7. Kemahkeith

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    If you realy want to hear the worst songs ever i have 1A and 1B right here for you.
    You're welcome


     
  8. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    wow….I never bought the album, but if that song comes on the radio, I don’t change the station. I’d say that I even kinda like it. Does that make me a lesbian?
     
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  9. FranchiseBlade

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    I'm okay with people having wildly incorrect and criminally offensive opinions.
     
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  10. FranchiseBlade

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    Too painful to imagine, but sadly it's very imaginable.
     
  11. Buck Turgidson

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    How many Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos albums do you own?
     
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  12. Kemahkeith

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    Do you drive a Subaru?
    How many Lilith fairs have you been to?

    If the answer to these questions is no and zero you are straight my man.
    Ironically Indigo Girls, Life by the power of two, was my wedding song.
     
  13. Buck Turgidson

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    ...and nobody should have any qualms about sh!!talking to those people

    She was quite well-built for a 16/17 yo. One day in the hallway my buddy says "if you're gonna sing that song the least you can do is bounce up and down while you do it". So she did.
     
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    It's like they figured out 3 generic guitar chords and decided to write a song with them.

    Songs where the verse is exactly the same as the chorus are a huge pet peeve of mine. I'm looking at you, House of the Rising Sun....
     
  15. FranchiseBlade

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    Ha! I appreciate real life encounters with living stereotype/caricatures
     
  16. Buck Turgidson

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    Someone else earlier in the thread named Boston's "More Than a Feeling" as one of the worst songs ever.

    So take solace in the fact that there's someone out there with an even worse opinion than yours.
     
  17. Pole

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    Zero Lilith fairs and I drive an F150. I know some Chevy people that think that’s gay though, so I’m still slightly unsure.
     
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    None…..but I did own some Sinead O’Connor
     
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  19. Buck Turgidson

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    Ani DiFranco?

    This is not a terrible song

     
  20. ima_drummer2k

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    Sorry, but that song makes me want to start taking hostages. Same depressing chord progression ooooover and ooooover again.....
     
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