"We Built This City" voted as the worst single ever

News.Com.AU | April 21, 2004 | Patrick O'Neil

[yankeedame]

Dotty ditties with cringe factor

By Patrick O'Neil
April 21, 2004

LOVE or hate them you can't get these stinkers out of your head.

Blender magazine Blender Magazine has rated We Built This City as the worst single ever constructed in its list "The 50 Worst Songs Ever".

The magazine said the Starship song earned the accolade because it inspired "the most virulent feelings of outrage".

To make the list, each pungent ditty had to be a hit.

Entry was based on unintentionally poor songwriting.

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's maudlin duet Ebony and Ivory also featured, as did R.E.M's Shiny, Happy People and John Mayer's Your Body is a Wonderland.

But the inclusion most likely to spark calls of blasphemy is the listing of the Simon and Garfunkel ballad The Sounds of Silence.

"It's the poetry meaningfulness that got our goat," said Blender editor Craig Marks. "With self-important lyrics like, 'Hear my words that I might teach you', it's almost a parody of pretentious '60s folk rock."

Few outside the boot-scooting fraternity would contest the listing of the Billy Ray Cyrus atrocity Achy Breaky Heart at No. 2.

Fallen star Vanilla Ice made it in with perennial dance-floor filler Ice Ice Baby, as did good-times theme song Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin.

Eddie Murphy's ill-advised foray into music, with the 1985 tragedy Party All the Time, was evidence actors other than J-Lo should not sing. It ranked No. 8.

Herald Sun

[South40]

I've heard Scott Ritter's favorite song from the 80s is "Little Girls" by Oingo Boingo.

BTW...the B-52's ROCK!

[Auntbee]

Well, I'm not that old. I'm only 47.

[South40]

lol! I'm only 46. :-P

[TheBigB]

*sigh* I knew a girl back then who could've been my Cover Girl, but I didn't have the Right Stuff and I wasn't Hangin' Tough enough.

[Auntbee]

Isn't this fun!!

[Colonel_Flagg]

Though come to think of it, I'll raise you "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby.

Your turn. :)

[drjimmy]

Isn't this fun!!
Yup. Until the boss finds out how I've spent my day!

[Auntbee]

Same here. Lucky for me he's down the hall a bit.

[TheBigB]

I'll see that, and raise you a "Ballerina Girl" by Lionel Richie.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Not to be confused with Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Nor with Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Sacco and Vanzetti."

< / George Carlin>

[StrictTime]

Has anyone mentioned:



Lyrics:

Im too sexy for my love, too sexy for my love Loves going to leave me Im too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt So sexy it hurts And Im too sexy for Milan too sexy for Milan New York and Japan And Im too sexy for your party Too sexy for your party No way Im disco dancing Im a model you know what I mean And I do my little turn on the catwalk Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah I do my little turn on the catwalk Im too sexy for my car too sexy for my car Too sexy by far And Im too sexy for my hat Too sexy for my hat what do you think about that Im a model you know what I mean And I do my little turn on the catwalk Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah I shake my little touche on the catwalk Im too sexy for my too sexy for my too sexy for my Cos Im a model you know what I mean And I do my little turn on the catwalk Yeah on the catwalk yeah on the catwalk yeah I shake my little touche on the catwalk Im too sexy for my cat too sexy for my cat Poor pussy poor pussy cat Im too sexy for my love too sexy for my love Loves going to leave me And Im too sexy for this song

(No, I didn't want to spend time formatting that...)

[Colonel_Flagg]

I loved Duran Duran.

OMG .. A Duran Duran Fan Fan! I mercilessly abused my kid sister for years for having a Simon LeBon poster on her wall. But then she turned to New Kids On The Block.

Ah, sis .. such a target-rich musical environment ;)

[Freedom4US]

Awwright then...

"I Don't Even Care If I Get Wet" Barbara Streisand

*cackle*

[Snowy]

Okay, when I was growing up (before I liked Sam Cooke) I loved Duran Duran.

Oh my Lord. I just don't know where to start!

[rintense]

Another B's lover! Go check out the posts earlier in the thread. Kate's work on Iggy Pop's "Candy" was fabulous. As for REM, their last good album was 'Automatic for the People'. Everything after that was crap. REM is the worst band I've ever seen live.

[Freedom4US]

There are a couple songs that maybe the writers should have been investigated:

"Go Away Little Girl"

(I'm not suppoooossed to beeee alooone with you......)

[Colonel_Flagg]

Now we're talkin' real money. :)

One song I've never been able to stand was "Red Red Wine" by UB40. Am I still in?

[Colonel_Flagg]

There's a definite evil streak to you. :)

hmm.

"99 Luftballons", Nena. heehee ....

[Auntbee]

Add "Young Girl" to that list. Was that Gary Puckett and The Union Gap?

[TheBigB]

Time to break out the big guns