Tux of Borg Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 My Webpage 50 Worst Songs Ever: The Bocephus Edition The series on VH1 premiers this Wednesday, so I figured it's high time we here at the BC dot C took a look at this list, compiled by the tools over at Blender magazine of the 50 worst songs ever. My opinion: It's a buncha bull sh--. Not even in the way that most of these VH1 lists are bull sh--. At least with, say the Rolling Stone 50 (or was it 100?) Greatest Pop Songs, they were kinda on to something and gave you something you could sit around with friends and B word about (or sit alone in the dark and B word at the TV). Who really gave a !@#$ about any of these songs in the first place? 50 CÉLINE DION “My Heart Will Go On” 1998 49 RIGHT SAID FRED “I’m Too Sexy” 1992 48 THE BEATLES “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” 1968 47 BRYAN ADAMS “The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You” 1996 46 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK “Hangin’ Tough” 1989 45 JA RULE FEAT. ASHANTI “Mesmerize” 2002 44 MEAT LOAF “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” 1993 43 UNCLE KRACKER “Follow Me” 2000 42 SIMON & GARFUNKEL “The Sounds of Silence” 1965 41 BILLY JOEL “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 1989 40 COLOR ME BADD “I Wanna Sex You Up” 1991 39 RICKY MARTIN “She Bangs” 2000 38 REDNEX “Cotton Eye Joe” 1995 37 GERARDO “Rico Suave” 1991 36 MASTER P FEAT. SILKK, FIEND, MIA-X AND MYSTIKAL “Make Em Say Uhh!” 1998 35 R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” 1991 34 DAN FOGELBERG “Longer” 1979 33 AQUA “Barbie Girl” 1997 32 WILL SMITH “Will 2K” 1999 31 CRASH TEST DUMMIES “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” 1994 30 WHITNEY HOUSTON “Greatest Love Of All” 1986 29 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” 1995 28 JOHN MAYER “Your Body is a Wonderland” 2001 27 EUROPE “The Final Countdown” 1987 26 THE DOORS “The End” 1967 25 PUFF DADDY FEAT. FAITH EVANS AND 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” 1997 24 FIVE FOR FIGHTING “Superman” 2000 23 COREY HART “Sunglasses At Night” 1984 22 TOBY KEITH “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” 2002 21 SPIN DOCTORS “Two Princes” 1992 20 LIONEL RICHIE “Dancing On The Ceiling” 1986 19 MR. MISTER “Broken Wings” 1985 18 CHICAGO “You’re the Inspiration” 1984 17 HAMMER “Pumps and a Bump” 1994 16 4 NON BLONDES “What’s Up?” 1993 15 THE REMBRANDTS “I’ll Be There For You” 1995 14 BETTE MIDLER “From a Distance” 1990 13 GENESIS “Illegal Alien” 1983 12 THE BEACH BOYS “Kokomo” 1988 11 CLAY AIKEN “Invisible” 2003 10 PAUL McCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER “Ebony and Ivory” 1982 9 MADONNA “American Life” 2003 8 EDDIE MURPHY “Party All the Time” 1985 7 BOBBY McFERRIN “Don’t Worry Be Happy” 1988 6 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS “The Heart Of Rock & Roll” 1984 5 VANILLA ICE “Ice Ice Baby” 1990 4 LIMPBIZKIT “Rollin’” 2000 3 WANG CHUNG “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 1986 2 BILLY RAY CYRUS “Achy Breaky Heart” 1992 1 STARSHIP “We Built This City” 1985
Buftex Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 I think at least one of these songs is vying for a spot on TSW all-time greatest songs... Anyways, hard to argue with most of these choices (except maybe "Ob-la-di-la-da"), but who really cares. Trying to come up a list of the 50 worst songs of all time, is even more difficult than coming up with a list of the 50 worst....
jq1ders Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 840969[/snapback] Agreed...wheres some of the real crap, like most of your rap/hip hop.
justnzane Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 840969[/snapback] agreed... the top 10 i agree is pretty much garbage. but the doors didn't deserve to be on that, Billy Joel and John Mayer shouldn't be either.
/dev/null Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 2 BILLY RAY CYRUS“Achy Breaky Heart” 1992 840965[/snapback] Hey I like Achy Breaky. When someone complains about my taste in heavy metal (Metallica/Slayer/Pantera) I play them some Achy Breaky and they STFU
YardRat Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 42 SIMON & GARFUNKEL “The Sounds of Silence” 1965 I disagree.....vehemently.
Dibs Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 48 THE BEATLES“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” 1968 44 MEAT LOAF “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” 1993 42 SIMON & GARFUNKEL “The Sounds of Silence” 1965 41 BILLY JOEL “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 1989 40 COLOR ME BADD “I Wanna Sex You Up” 1991 35 R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” 1991 33 AQUA “Barbie Girl” 1997 29 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” 1995 27 EUROPE “The Final Countdown” 1987 26 THE DOORS “The End” 1967 24 FIVE FOR FIGHTING “Superman” 2000 23 COREY HART “Sunglasses At Night” 1984 20 LIONEL RICHIE “Dancing On The Ceiling” 1986 16 4 NON BLONDES “What’s Up?” 1993 15 THE REMBRANDTS “I’ll Be There For You” 1995 12 THE BEACH BOYS “Kokomo” 1988 10 PAUL McCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER “Ebony and Ivory” 1982 7 BOBBY McFERRIN “Don’t Worry Be Happy” 1988 1 STARSHIP “We Built This City” 1985 840965[/snapback] I definitely must be strange....I don't mind-quite like all of these ones.
MadBuffaloDisease Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 Who's the retard who compiled THAT list? Probably the same retard who said that "Livin' on a Prayer" was the best song of the 80's.
truth on hold Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 pretty impressive. some others to consider: "babe" styx "dust in the wind" kansas "the entertainer" billy joel "fly away" lenny kravitz anything from yanni, enya and kenny g My Webpage 50 Worst Songs Ever: The Bocephus Edition The series on VH1 premiers this Wednesday, so I figured it's high time we here at the BC dot C took a look at this list, compiled by the tools over at Blender magazine of the 50 worst songs ever. My opinion: It's a buncha bull sh--. Not even in the way that most of these VH1 lists are bull sh--. At least with, say the Rolling Stone 50 (or was it 100?) Greatest Pop Songs, they were kinda on to something and gave you something you could sit around with friends and B word about (or sit alone in the dark and B word at the TV). Who really gave a !@#$ about any of these songs in the first place? 50 CÉLINE DION “My Heart Will Go On” 1998 49 RIGHT SAID FRED “I’m Too Sexy” 1992 48 THE BEATLES “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” 1968 47 BRYAN ADAMS “The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You” 1996 46 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK “Hangin’ Tough” 1989 45 JA RULE FEAT. ASHANTI “Mesmerize” 2002 44 MEAT LOAF “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” 1993 43 UNCLE KRACKER “Follow Me” 2000 42 SIMON & GARFUNKEL “The Sounds of Silence” 1965 41 BILLY JOEL “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 1989 40 COLOR ME BADD “I Wanna Sex You Up” 1991 39 RICKY MARTIN “She Bangs” 2000 38 REDNEX “Cotton Eye Joe” 1995 37 GERARDO “Rico Suave” 1991 36 MASTER P FEAT. SILKK, FIEND, MIA-X AND MYSTIKAL “Make Em Say Uhh!” 1998 35 R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” 1991 34 DAN FOGELBERG “Longer” 1979 33 AQUA “Barbie Girl” 1997 32 WILL SMITH “Will 2K” 1999 31 CRASH TEST DUMMIES “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” 1994 30 WHITNEY HOUSTON “Greatest Love Of All” 1986 29 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” 1995 28 JOHN MAYER “Your Body is a Wonderland” 2001 27 EUROPE “The Final Countdown” 1987 26 THE DOORS “The End” 1967 25 PUFF DADDY FEAT. FAITH EVANS AND 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” 1997 24 FIVE FOR FIGHTING “Superman” 2000 23 COREY HART “Sunglasses At Night” 1984 22 TOBY KEITH “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” 2002 21 SPIN DOCTORS “Two Princes” 1992 20 LIONEL RICHIE “Dancing On The Ceiling” 1986 19 MR. MISTER “Broken Wings” 1985 18 CHICAGO “You’re the Inspiration” 1984 17 HAMMER “Pumps and a Bump” 1994 16 4 NON BLONDES “What’s Up?” 1993 15 THE REMBRANDTS “I’ll Be There For You” 1995 14 BETTE MIDLER “From a Distance” 1990 13 GENESIS “Illegal Alien” 1983 12 THE BEACH BOYS “Kokomo” 1988 11 CLAY AIKEN “Invisible” 2003 10 PAUL McCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER “Ebony and Ivory” 1982 9 MADONNA “American Life” 2003 8 EDDIE MURPHY “Party All the Time” 1985 7 BOBBY McFERRIN “Don’t Worry Be Happy” 1988 6 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS “The Heart Of Rock & Roll” 1984 5 VANILLA ICE “Ice Ice Baby” 1990 4 LIMPBIZKIT “Rollin’” 2000 3 WANG CHUNG “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 1986 2 BILLY RAY CYRUS “Achy Breaky Heart” 1992 1 STARSHIP “We Built This City” 1985 840965[/snapback]
/dev/null Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 why the hell whenver someone makes a long post why does someone have to quote the long post?
BoondckCL Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 why the hell whenver someone makes a long post why does someone have to quote the long post? 841043[/snapback] Irritates the hell out of me.
KD in CA Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 The S&G and Doors inclusions are bizarre to say the least. Those are both classic songs that are light years from this list. You can put 99.9% of everything written this decade behind those two songs. But overall there are some serious duds there. Except for 'Illegal Alien' I liked that one!
truth on hold Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 some more: "pina colada song" rupert holmes "stumblin in" Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman (the video is particularly gross) "jump" van halen w/ dlr "I LOVE YOUR WAY/free bird medley" Will To Power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNglt80xQIM pretty impressive. some others to consider: "babe" styx "dust in the wind" kansas "the entertainer" billy joel "fly away" lenny kravitz anything from yanni, enya and kenny g 841040[/snapback]
justnzane Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 some more: "pina colada song" rupert holmes "stumblin in" Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman (the video is particularly gross) "jump" van halen w/ dlr "I LOVE YOUR WAY/free bird medley" Will To Power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNglt80xQIM 841054[/snapback] killin me here. pina colada song.... it is the shiznit
millbank Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 "Who Let The Dogs Out " Baha Men should have a place on list...
GoodBye Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 "Superman" by Five for Fighting??? I disagree. I kinda like that Crash test dummies song.
The Senator Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 Ridiculous, I say. How can any list of "Worst Songs" not include Bob Carlisle's sickeningly syrupy 'Butterfly Kisses'?
truth on hold Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 MMMBop Hanson Ridiculous, I say. How can any list of "Worst Songs" not include Bob Carlisle's sickeningly syrupy 'Butterfly Kisses'? 841119[/snapback]
/dev/null Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 Anything off William Shatner's album The Transformed Man
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