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Wed May 9, 2012, 03:15 PM

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82. We didn't start the Fire, Billy Joel

Repetitive and tuneless in a boring way.

2nd place: Virginia, by Billy Joel

3rd place: that song by Meat Loaf, anything by him with his unromantic rejection of love

Next: that song by Dan Fogelberg where he meets his ex in a grocery store

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193 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Worst Song Of All Time--Absolutely, Positively THE WORST.... [View all]	lastlib	May 2012	OP
Anything by Bobby Goldsboro	TrogL	May 2012	#1
+1 "Honey" is the most awful song ever recorded, with	hifiguy	May 2012	#4
"Watching Scotty Grow" comes a close second	TrogL	May 2012	#10
I think I mentioned before...	LeftishBrit	May 2012	#56
But, come on --	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#39
good choices!	lastlib	May 2012	#45
Honey. Ha, even Billy Graham hated it.	Sequoia	May 2012	#154
+10000000000	snagglepuss	May 2012	#112
God, I saw him at a club in Brazil, Indiana in 1980.........	mrmpa	May 2012	#179
The worst of all times?...are you kidding me?	zeemike	May 2012	#2
My mother would sing those	TrogL	May 2012	#9
My grandma used to make fun of me for some of Led Zeppelin's lyrics	OriginalGeek	May 2012	#17
When my folks criticized rock and roll lyrics	rocktivity	May 2012	#160
lol!	OriginalGeek	May 2012	#162
I know....I heard them as a child too.	zeemike	May 2012	#18
Pink Floyd saved my life	TrogL	May 2012	#23
Interesting story of your salvation.	zeemike	May 2012	#36
Springsteen covered Summertime Blues on his Darkness on the Edge of Town tour in '78.	bluedigger	May 2012	#81
Mine too as well asDown in the Water in the the Itty Bitty Boo	snagglepuss	May 2012	#115
Big Rock Candy Mountain? Have you seen all the lyrics? Great Song. Kind of socialist.	HERVEPA	May 2012	#44
Never seen that before	zeemike	May 2012	#48
Thanks	HERVEPA	May 2012	#118
Oh, I love those!	LeftishBrit	May 2012	#55
I believe it's "Mairzy Doats"	Bake	May 2012	#59
It's "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."	rug	May 2012	#67
A kid'll eat ivy, too. Wouldn't you?	bluedigger	May 2012	#83
I have teenagers. They will too.	rug	May 2012	#84
a star to rug	SCantiGOP	May 2012	#86
That is a song from my childhood. I love it. n/t	RebelOne	May 2012	#136
And to think "Big Rock Candy Mountain" is all about anal rape	Taverner	May 2012	#66
The Big Rock Candy Mountain was a song sung by the hobo's as they	WCGreen	May 2012	#171
Well I have gained a new appreciation for that song.	zeemike	May 2012	#175
Big Rock Candy Mountain is a great song--social commentary.......	panader0	May 2012	#177
I had never really seen the lyrics	zeemike	May 2012	#180
"Havin' my baby" -- Paul Anka	hlthe2b	May 2012	#3
Yuck!! I hated that song since the first time I heard it. n/t	RebelOne	May 2012	#51
Yes.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#95
It's even worse when sung by the Hallelujah Tabernacle Choir	csziggy	May 2012	#119
Copa Cabana or however the fuck it is spelled.	HopeHoops	May 2012	#5
YES	BillStein	May 2012	#54
Manilow has like four songs. He just changes the dumb lyrics around to make new ones.	HopeHoops	May 2012	#96
"If" - David Gates and Bread	bluedigger	May 2012	#6
Haven't heard that one in a while. Obnoxiously mellow	Populist_Prole	May 2012	#87
I submit this:	ret5hd	May 2012	#7
They've got youtube blocked at work	TrogL	May 2012	#11
Diamanda Galas singing "Plague Mass" live.	ret5hd	May 2012	#13
Something by Diamanda Galas, whose music	hifiguy	May 2012	#14
Aww c'mon - she had Jonesy for an album!	OriginalGeek	May 2012	#21
I totally adore Diamanda Galas.	Codeine	May 2012	#106
Actually, I am intrigued by her. Quite a voice when she uses it in a more traditional style.	ret5hd	May 2012	#123
Someone's knocking at the door - whatever that song is by Paul McCartney and Wings	LynneSin	May 2012	#8
NOOOOOO!!!	rppper	May 2012	#149
"Macarthur Park" or "I've never been to me." They absolutely tie. nt	raccoon	May 2012	#12
This ^	geardaddy	May 2012	#16
I love McArthur Park (but my sanity does not bear close scrutiny)	TrogL	May 2012	#25
I've heard the Richard Harris original.	geardaddy	May 2012	#28
LOL I love it too and have never understood the hate. Gee maybe I too have gone over the edge.	snagglepuss	May 2012	#117
It is the lyrics that are insane. The melody is actually quite nice.	hlthe2b	May 2012	#33
Another vote for "I've Never Been to Me"	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#40
That was my first choice when I saw the thread	caraher	May 2012	#113
Look what you made me do.	pa28	May 2012	#78
old hippies all over DU are giggling. . n/t	annabanana	May 2012	#102
I was talking to a younger person at work one day about how horrible that song was...	PassingFair	May 2012	#159
Well it's not really a laughing matter is it?	pa28	May 2012	#109
Wrong - Macarthur Park is worse	Patiod	May 2012	#85
"I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow	yellowcanine	May 2012	#15
How about "Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Nuclear Unicorn	May 2012	#22
the literal version is better	Enrique	May 2012	#24
That is the BEST literal video of all time	Lydia Leftcoast	May 2012	#31
I think I peed a little I laughed so hard....	Maine-ah	May 2012	#104
The existence of the literal video is the only thing excusing the existence of the song <nt>	caraher	May 2012	#114
Manilow was the bane of 6th grade for me	caraher	May 2012	#116
funny thing is...Manilow didn't write it. n/t	MrsBrady	May 2012	#161
Imagine by John Lennon	Nuclear Unicorn	May 2012	#19
No...nt	CherokeeDem	May 2012	#20
No - here is Herman Cain's cover of it!	Initech	May 2012	#27
I have everything in this thread beat by two words: Hot Problems	Initech	May 2012	#26
Best of the worst...	pipi_k	May 2012	#29
OMG...you win!	zeemike	May 2012	#38
Of	pipi_k	May 2012	#46
I tried them all	zeemike	May 2012	#50
The last one is Lonnie Donegan	SwissTony	May 2012	#151
"Fish Heads" and "They're Coming to Take Me Away" were	begin_within	May 2012	#174
muskrat love	Whisp	May 2012	#30
Afternoon Delight by The Starland Vocal Band	annonymous	May 2012	#32
Best use of "Afternoon Delight" in a movie - PCU	LynneSin	May 2012	#34
That song was used to great effect in an episode of Arrested Development.	dawg	May 2012	#191
"Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ignite"	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#41
Re: posts 30 and 32	hifiguy	May 2012	#35
Can Your Monkey Do The Dog - Rufus Thomas : also : It's a Gas! - Alfred E. Neuman	Kablooie	May 2012	#37
"You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone is certifiable wrist slashing music	Submariner	May 2012	#42
+1	Lil Missy	May 2012	#88
+2	Sequoia	May 2012	#155
Feliz Navidad	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#43
And "The Little Drummer Boy"--another royal turd!	lastlib	May 2012	#141
Worst ever: Guaranteed.	Populist_Prole	May 2012	#47
That's it, pal. I've turned you in to the FBI.	SwissTony	May 2012	#132
Another awful one but funny	Populist_Prole	May 2012	#49
Is that the state song of North Carolina?	zanana1	May 2012	#70
Those are all fine and good.	ceile	May 2012	#52
LOL. I guess that's one of my guilty pleasures.	bluesbassman	May 2012	#77
Will do!	ceile	May 2012	#92
The theme song of 'Neighbours'	LeftishBrit	May 2012	#53
This message was self-deleted by its author	FSogol	May 2012	#61
Hang on Sloopy would be on my list. Plus, that Rush song about trees.	jobycom	May 2012	#57
Tom Sawyer was the answer that came to mind before I opened the thread.	Chan790	May 2012	#165
.	TZ	May 2012	#176
Nothing	jobycom	May 2012	#178
I've never heard a song I've hated more than "Hey Paula."	Silver Swan	May 2012	#58
Anyone call out Muskrat Love yet?	sarge43	May 2012	#60
a song about muskrats screwing	dana_b	May 2012	#63
That must be the explanation -- baked to a golden brown. n/t	sarge43	May 2012	#75
I did like the Big Daddy parody from Dr. Demento	OriginalGeek	May 2012	#90
The Captain is Carmen Dragon's son!!	Manifestor_of_Light	May 2012	#98
That is pretty great	OriginalGeek	May 2012	#100
I LOVE that song!	zanana1	May 2012	#71
Worst song of all time? "Put the Bone in" by Terry Jacks, 1972	FSogol	May 2012	#62
I do not want to even speculate	hifiguy	May 2012	#65
I posted the lyrics. If you dare!	FSogol	May 2012	#69
I read them.	hifiguy	May 2012	#73
My sister bought the 45 in 1972 and used to torture me with that song.	FSogol	May 2012	#76
Oy. I just googled that.	progressoid	May 2012	#124
"Feelings"	dana_b	May 2012	#64
You might enjoy The Offsping's cover of 'Feelings'	Vanje	May 2012	#128
that's better	dana_b	May 2012	#131
OMG	TuxedoKat	May 2012	#156
Joy to the World	TuxedoKat	May 2012	#157
"Are you a boy or are you a girl"	zanana1	May 2012	#68
IIRC, that was The Barbarians.	hifiguy	May 2012	#72
We Built This City - Starship	bluesbassman	May 2012	#74
To be fair, they didn't write it.	cemaphonic	May 2012	#99
IMHO it's not the songwriting that's the problem with this one.	dawg	May 2012	#192
Oh Puhleeze, you gotta go with Terry Jacks	Burma Jones	May 2012	#79
Seasons in the Sun....worst ode to self pity ever	BlancheSplanchnik	May 2012	#147
Metallica	Demonaut	May 2012	#80
We didn't start the Fire, Billy Joel	treestar	May 2012	#82
For me, it has to be Faith Hill singing "Piece of My Heart". Horrible, horrible, horrible.	Arkansas Granny	May 2012	#89
Holy cow - I love her doing that song. n/t	tabasco	May 2012	#101
Noooooo! No one but Melissa Etheridge should EVER be allowed to cover that	KamaAina	May 2012	#103
Madonna's version of "American Pie"	RFKHumphreyObama	May 2012	#91
Leonard Pinth-Garnell approves these submissions.	Doc_Technical	May 2012	#93
I present : the dulcet tones of John Ashcroft -	baldguy	May 2012	#94
Seasons in the Sun	WolverineDG	May 2012	#97
Definitively. "You Take My Breath Away" by Rex Smith...	SidDithers	May 2012	#105
OK here's two contenders for the worst song ever that easily eclipse everything mentioned so far:	Initech	May 2012	#107
Okay, Okay. How about "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" by Tiny Tim?	HopeHoops	May 2012	#108
Convoy	Kingofalldems	May 2012	#110
Some great bad stuff here, as Leonard Pinth-Garnell might say	deutsey	May 2012	#111
That wasn't very good, now, was it?	BlancheSplanchnik	May 2012	#146
Is That All There Is? Peggy Lee	Grammy23	May 2012	#120
"It's a Small World"	Rhiannon12866	May 2012	#121
The Pedophiles' Anthem	chemenger	May 2012	#122
Yeah, pedophiles are SO into fully grown women...	DutchLiberal	May 2012	#139
Oh, so many ... Let The Eagle Soar!!	Myrina	May 2012	#125
"California Sun" always makes me want to put my head in a meat grinder.	Gidney N Cloyd	May 2012	#126
same song, better version....	rppper	May 2012	#168
Right Said Fred "I'm Too Sexy"	RiffRandell	May 2012	#127
"The Horse With No Name" and ANYTHING by Neil Young.	bif	May 2012	#129
to each his/her own	dana_b	May 2012	#130
Wait. Wut?	Codeine	May 2012	#134
"Ohio"? "After The Gold Rush"? "Alabama"?....	lastlib	May 2012	#142
Well I get the voice bit, but man he put out some good music.	bluesbassman	May 2012	#135
I just had to dig the CD out thanks to this thread.	Codeine	May 2012	#140
I'm in a minority....	MountainMama	May 2012	#182
Agreed. His voice is amazing. nt	Codeine	May 2012	#188
Horse With No Name was by America, not Neil Young...	GReedDiamond	May 2012	#150
This has got to be one of the worst to ever become a hit.	HughBeaumont	May 2012	#133
It might not be the worst song	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#137
Ugh! That song seriously turned me vegetarian at aged 16!	pink-o	May 2012	#163
I wanted to kill Quentin Tarantino for a while...	dogknob	May 2012	#138
Y'all don't want to know what I've heard in my life.	kentauros	May 2012	#143
All you lightweights are out of your league	WhoIsNumberNone	May 2012	#144
My My MY Sharona or some shit like that. God..who thinks of that	MichiganVote	May 2012	#145
I can't imagine how I forgot Bloodrock's "DOA"	hifiguy	May 2012	#148
Not the worst, but possibly the weirdest	FloridaJudy	May 2012	#152
That's hilarious	begin_within	May 2012	#173
Seasons in the Sun or Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast	abbeyco	May 2012	#153
the FREAKIN' "Christmas Shoes"	JCMach1	May 2012	#158
I hate it. So sad!	Liberal_in_LA	May 2012	#185
This thread is not complete without "My Humps"	XemaSab	May 2012	#164
Danke Shon	qwertyMike	May 2012	#166
Click on all the videos in this thread and let them roil simultaneously	jpak	May 2012	#167
We are the champions, by Queen	Lemmy	May 2012	#169
The one that Kim Kardashian sang. I think Paris Hilton sang one too.	Dash87	May 2012	#170
Free Bird...	WCGreen	May 2012	#172
Shocking, No Air Supply?	Texasgal	May 2012	#181
You're all wrong....	MountainMama	May 2012	#183
yeah, "Muskrate Love" is horrible.	Liberal_in_LA	May 2012	#186
Why so much hate for "Roboto"?	dawg	May 2012	#190
I saw Styx get booed off the stage...	rppper	May 2012	#193
"Midnight at the oasis", "Disco Duck", "Don't worry, be happy"	Liberal_in_LA	May 2012	#184
"She's having my baby", sung live as "She's having OUR baby" after outcry from women	Liberal_in_LA	May 2012	#187
I really, really, Really hate "Don't Worry be Happy"	uriel1972	May 2012	#189

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