Songs so bad they're on a list all their own

Houston Chronicle ^ | April 20, 2004, 4:05PM | CLIFFORD PUGH

[bootless]

This was obviously a list of break-up songs, played while young women exercised their good judgment on these weenies.

Toby Keith? Love it?

Clay Aiken's Invisible? It's an intriguing and listenable song by a terrific singer.

I could go on.

They aren't the BEST songs ever, but they're certainly not the worst. For that list, Dave Barry has the definitive Worst Of list.

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Run Joey Run - (Who knows?)
Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention

These 50 aren't even close.

[dirtbiker]

No list would be complete without "Sugar sugar" by The Archies, or without "Chick-a-boom" by Daddy Dew Drops.

[Polonius]

A very questionable list ... the inclusion of the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkle and the Beatles smacks of a desire to be hipper-than-thou. Also, songs like "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "The Heart of Rock & Roll" may be dated and even slightly annoying, but the mid- to late-70s alone produced much, much worse music.

[katz]

"If You Wanna Be Happy" Thank you. Kool song.

[Miss Marple]

Yes!!! "Muskrat Love" was the all-time WORST song ever recorded! It's absence from this list indicates the authors are not playing with a full deck.

[Kirkwood]

For me the lyrics don't matter. I can easily ignore bad lyrics. But when the person sings off key or the pitch is all wrong, then it makes me want to swerve my car off the road and hit a tree.

[alloysteel]

I humbly submit "Puberty Love" from "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"

But that song was MEANT to be intentionally bad. Some of these others just wander around and stumble into being bad, with no redeeming social benefit whatsoever.

[cardinal4]

I just thought of another one- Boogie Fever by the Sylvers. That was a real floater...

[VadeRetro]

She has a lot of vocal range, but like nuclear energy, it can be quite dangerous if used improperly.

There's a high note in "Loving You" that, when I accidentally played it loud on the radio, caused my neighbor's dog to commit suicide by kamikazee-ing into the traffic.

[Ichneumon]

What other songs do [belong on the list]?

"Don't Rock the Boat (Baby)", by the Hues Corporation.

And I'd like to say tha while I have disagreed with many of your FR posts in the past, I heartily agree with most of your analysis in this post.

It looks to me as if the people making the list weren't concentrating on the purported topic (*bad* songs) as much as they were knee-jerking about songs that have been *overplayed* too much (due to their popularity -- *not* the sign of a "bad" song), to the point where people got royally sick of them through relentless repetition.

Much of this list is "oh god, not *that* again" songs (e.g. the Titanic theme), not songs that are truly "bad".

[Sofa King]

42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel ... 1965 WHAT????? All you have to do is go to the 'rap' section in a music store, grab any 4-5 CDs, and right there you'll have 50 songs worse than that.

[dirtbiker]

Don't forget "Bad Blood" by Neil Sadaka (sic)

[bootless]

Aw c'mon , Let's Get Drunk (aka A Different Kind of Love Song) is a Jimmy Buffett classic. Lots of fun, not to be taken seriously.

"I just got a waterbed, it's filled up with Elmer's Glue ... so honey, why don't we (ahem) get lunch at school?"

[Mr. Mojo]

I generally detest "anthem" type songs.

One of the worst (imo) is "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" by Rick Derringer.

Here's a list for you. (Some are actually excellent songs, and most have either "rock" or "rock and roll" in the title).

[Not A Snowbird]

Achy Breaky Heart did get very annoying... but it was great to line dance to. Better than an aerobic workout!

[NathanR]

ROFL

[bootless]

Oops. Love it? should be Love It!

[Kirkwood]

"The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace"

I hate to admit it, but I actually kind of like this song... has an old-town Chicago barroom sound to it.

[handk]

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife.
If you want my personal point of view,
Get an ugly girl to marry you.

LOL.

[bootless]

Feelings, by Morris Albert.