Stupid Songs That Were Big Hits [Archive]

jsw

Sep 3, 2004, 01:01 PM

I am outraged that you consider "Boogie in your Butt" by Eddie Murphy to be a stupid song. ;)

Seriously, any Eddie Murphy song - with the possible exception of " Livin' La Vida Loca" on the Shrek 2 soundtrack ;) - needs to be on this list... except that none of them were "big hits".

wordmunger

Sep 3, 2004, 01:02 PM

"King Tut" by Steve Martin
Anything by Weird Al

CubaTBird

Sep 3, 2004, 01:09 PM

Here is another one

"Songbird" by Kenny G (1986) (wasn't a hit till 87' though)

Super sappy and I can't imagine how it got on the charts..... He even was mtv at the time i think.....

jsw

Sep 3, 2004, 01:10 PM

"King Tut" by Steve Martin
Anything by Weird Al
Well, yes, but these were supposed to be stupid. ;) Of course, that's probably your point!

CubaTBird

Sep 3, 2004, 02:40 PM

"Heartbeat" by Don Johnson (1986) that song is funny lol, he just lookin for a heartbeat.......... haha

Duff-Man

Sep 3, 2004, 05:59 PM

Duff-Man says...."Macarena" - 'nuff said....oh yeah!

kgarner

Sep 3, 2004, 06:08 PM

Don't forget Mambo #5. I hated that song.

musicpyrite

Sep 3, 2004, 06:08 PM

Does this take into account political events? If so then I say anything by Michael Jackson.

Otherwise, I'll say anything by Flaming Lips.

kgarner

Sep 3, 2004, 06:12 PM

Curse you Duff-Man! Now I have that blasted Macarena song in my head.

Make it stop!!!!!!!

iLikeMyiMac

Sep 3, 2004, 06:31 PM

Hey Ya! - OutKast (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=3640667&selectedItemId=3640353)

stoid

Sep 3, 2004, 06:34 PM

Mmm Bop

musicpyrite

Sep 3, 2004, 06:37 PM

Mmm Bop
ahahahha, I remeber that song..... oh boy, I didn't think it was the worst song, but the kids at my school used to play it so much I started to hate it. I never like Hanson anyways.

Ahhh the memories, what was I in? 3rd grade?

Trekkie

Sep 3, 2004, 10:49 PM

ahahahha, I remeber that song..... oh boy, I didn't think it was the worst song, but the kids at my school used to play it so much I started to hate it. I never like Hanson anyways.

Ahhh the memories, what was I in? 3rd grade?

What so now in the 7th grade you're more refined now? ;)

I don't have songs, I have lists of artists though...

oh wait, one song that should be burned from history like a genital wart: Celine Dion with My Heart Will Go On.

'artist' wise (and I use that term loosley)

Christina hadnohaira
Brittney 'the slut' spears

Actually the above two seem to be competing for 'how low can you go'. There should be a pool onto who hits Playboy and who gets Penthouse

Jessica 'the brain' simpson. I'd bet money she's a marketing genius
new kids on the block, and their alter egos n'sync, 98, back street boys, any band with 'the jock, the rebel, the cute boy, the baby' type mold
Anyone related to a late 90/early 00 teeny bopper trying to glom onto the fame of the sibling
Any american idol winner, or loser as the case may be.

jbembe

Sep 3, 2004, 11:08 PM

Otherwise, I'll say anything by Flaming Lips.

WHAT!!!!!! Somebody's smokin' crack!

Anyway, how about "Don't Worry Be Happy"?

jsw

Sep 3, 2004, 11:17 PM

I just wanted to say goodbye to this thread. I will not be returning to it. Every time I come back, another god-awful forgotten-for-decades song is hammered back into my brain. it's horrible torture, so I must go. Best of luck to the rest of you.... ;)

"Do re mi" from the Sound of Music.... ["Doe, a deer, a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun; me, a name I call myself,...."]

stoid

Sep 3, 2004, 11:31 PM

That Cher song, what was it called, "Believe"

*gag*

jbembe

Sep 3, 2004, 11:42 PM

That Cher song, what was it called, "Believe"

*gag*

that also fits into the most-embarrassing-song/album-that-i've-ever-purchased category

ouch. :eek:

aus_dave

Sep 4, 2004, 07:58 AM

Cher is a musical genius compared to some of these clowns :D...

- "Agadoo", Black Lace

sample lyrics:

Agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, shake the tree,
Agadoo-doo-doo, push pineapple, grind coffee

- "Achy Breaky Heart", Billy Ray Cyrus
- "Hey Mickey", Tony Basil

That was painful :p.

iMeowbot

Sep 4, 2004, 08:40 AM

Janis Joplin, "Mercedes Benz", 1971.
David Geddes, "Run Joey Run", 1975
C W McCall, "Convoy", 1975.
Men Without Hats, "Safety Dance", 1983.

Blue Velvet

Sep 4, 2004, 09:45 AM

'Shaddup your face' by Joe Dolce

UK/Aus/NZ will know this one...

There's bound to be an MP3 floating around somewhere.
Truly horrible...

Here are also some other suggestions:
http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030423_joedolce.html

...including 'Long-haired Lover from Liverpool' by Jimmy Osmond

iLikeMyiMac

Sep 4, 2004, 10:09 AM

Down Under - Men at Work

yellow

Sep 4, 2004, 10:14 AM

'Shaddup your face' by Joe Dolce

Anything like KRS One's song "Shutupayouface (http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/krs_one/thesneak/shutupa.krs.txt)"?
Which isn't a bad song considering KRS One finally started to believe his own hype.

iGav

Sep 4, 2004, 10:23 AM

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

iMeowbot

Sep 4, 2004, 10:46 AM

Anything like KRS One's song "Shutupayouface (http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/krs_one/thesneak/shutupa.krs.txt)"?
They borrowed a few lines, but not much. If you heard the original, you'd probably recognize it; I don't think anywhere escaped it.

iLikeMyiMac

Sep 4, 2004, 12:31 PM

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
He ripped off the beat from Under Pressure by Queen too.

sorryiwasdreami

Sep 4, 2004, 12:43 PM

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!?!?!?!?!? Ruf Ruf Ruf

-Baha Men

yellow

Sep 4, 2004, 03:41 PM

I don't think anywhere escaped it.

Luckily, I litterally never listen to the radio. Ever. Not in 14 years! I'm completely immune! Muahahaha!!

zelmo

Sep 4, 2004, 05:03 PM

tech4all

Sep 4, 2004, 05:34 PM

Man, half the songs everyone hates, I like :eek:

Here is another one

"Songbird" by Kenny G (1986) (wasn't a hit till 87' though)

Super sappy and I can't imagine how it got on the charts..... He even was mtv at the time i think.....

Man I love that song. IMO

Duff-Man says...."Macarena" - 'nuff said....oh yeah!

That song rocked! IMO

That Cher song, what was it called, "Believe"

*gag*

I liked that one. Very good beat to, IMO.

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!?!?!?!?!? Ruf Ruf Ruf

-Baha Men

I just heard that an hour ago and I think its good. IMO

Man I knew I was different, but I didn't know I was that different :o

vollspacken

Sep 4, 2004, 08:09 PM

anything current rock music...

:p

and BTW, I think "Heartbeat" by Don Johnson is pretty cool... :)

vSpacken

iMeowbot

Sep 4, 2004, 09:19 PM

I'm quiite distraught that no one has mentioned "The Sign" or any other song by those megastars... ummm, does anyone even remember the name of that alleged band?
Ohhhh, Ace of Base! Yeah, Swedish pop is always extra-special, don't forget Roxette and, of course, ABBA.
Oh yeah, and anything by Jimmy Buffet.
You simply need to be in a extra-special state of mind to enjoy him :D

CubaTBird

Sep 4, 2004, 09:21 PM

NINJA RAP by Vanilla Ice (1991)

9.95 by Spunkadelic (1990)

Go ninja go ninja goOO! lol

Phat_Pat

Sep 4, 2004, 10:41 PM

"Tipsy" my god that song was good for 3 mintues

and lets not forget "Slow Motion"

Slow motion for me move it in slow motion for me......

bah!

puckhead193

Sep 4, 2004, 11:44 PM

That rap song that goes "move b!tch get out the way" As Chris rock put it, he's "singing" a song about a "b!tch" in his way and wants her to move....how thoughtful
Another song is that other rap song..."till the sweat drop down my balls"... wow what great lyrics.....NOT
As you can prob. tell I HATE rap

sorryiwasdreami

Sep 5, 2004, 12:22 AM

I'm quiite distraught that no one has mentioned "The Sign" or any other song by those megastars... ummm, does anyone even remember the name of that alleged band?

Oh yeah, and anything by Jimmy Buffet.

Ace of Bass; or maybe you mean The Black Crows, but I hardly think so. They weren't as bad as some things posted in this thread.

sorryiwasdreami

Sep 5, 2004, 12:25 AM

Cold Hearted Snake - Paula Abdul

"He's a cold hearted snake
Look into his eyes
Oh, oh oh
He's been tellin' lies"

LOL

P.S. This is a great thread.

Abstract

Sep 5, 2004, 12:29 AM

Okay, so the songs don't have to be bad, just "stupid"?

I thought you meant bad songs, but okay, I'll "As$hole" by Dennis Leary. If that's not the dumbest song ever, I don't know what is. :)

"Baby Got Back"....although that song also has a lot of truth in it. :p

Pomme

Sep 5, 2004, 12:40 AM

JeffTL

Sep 5, 2004, 01:22 AM

Well, actually, Jimmy Buffett hasn't exactly had many hits -- you have your Come Monday, Margaritaville, to a certain extent Changes in Latitudes, the cheeseburger, the cameo in the Jackson song about getting drunk on company time, and the entire License to Chill. He's actually more of an example of great material that ISN'T a hit -- I don't recall He Went To Paris ever being at the top of any charts.

Flowbee

Sep 5, 2004, 02:08 AM

"Disco Duck" by Rick Dees.

Pomme

Sep 5, 2004, 02:51 AM

"Disco Duck" by Rick Dees.

Thank the Lord I'm not familiar with that one.

Flowbee

Sep 5, 2004, 03:08 AM

Thank the Lord I'm not familiar with that one.

The Lord wants you to be...

Disco Duck sold 4 million copies and went to #1 in the mid 70's.

Here's a taste of the lyrics:

Went to a party the other night
All the ladies were treating me right
Moving my feet to the disco beat
How in the world could I keep my seat
All of a sudden I began to change
I was on the dance floor acting strange
Flapping my arms I began to cluck
Look at me... I'm the disco duck!

Unfortunately not on the iTMS... yet.

aus_dave

Sep 5, 2004, 11:19 PM

I can't resist; I have to chime in. I know I'm forgetting a million, but the one that came to mind the minute I saw the title of this thread:

Ain't Nothing But Mammals - The Bloodhound GangI think you mean "The Bad Touch" - the chorus featured the line ""You and me baby aint nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel". Nothing wrong with that song IMHO :cool:.

This was from their "Hooray for Boobies" album if anyone is interested :D.

Pomme

Sep 6, 2004, 02:59 AM

I think you mean "The Bad Touch" - the chorus featured the line ""You and me baby aint nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel". Nothing wrong with that song IMHO :cool:.

This was from their "Hooray for Boobies" album if anyone is interested :D.

Oh dear. Just goes to show we can't always trust Google, then. Thanks for pointing that out!

balconycollapse

Sep 6, 2004, 03:14 AM

iMeowbot

Sep 6, 2004, 03:43 AM

Crash Test Dummies, "Superman's Song", 1991.
Devo, "Peekaboo", 1982.
Donovan, "Mellow Yellow", 1969.

CubaTBird

Sep 6, 2004, 01:24 PM

"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell (Ft. Michael Jackson) >>>1984

CubaTBird

Sep 6, 2004, 01:29 PM

"Up All Night (Sleep All Day)" by Slaughter >>>1985

iMeowbot

Sep 6, 2004, 06:49 PM

The Clash, "Lost in the Supermarket", 1979.
Nancy Sinatra, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", 1966.
The Beatles, "Yellow Submarine", 1968.
Smokie, "Living Next Door to Alice", 1976?

rendezvouscp

Sep 7, 2004, 06:11 AM

Down Under - Men at Work

I beg to differ. While it was huge in 2000 during the Olympics, it's still a pretty good song. While very weird, it is a good song. It sadly represents the Aussies though, like "We are the Champions" represents the US in a way.
–Chase

brap

Sep 7, 2004, 10:29 AM

...Devo, "Peekaboo", 1982...
Man, by that logic everything They Might Be Giants have ever released belongs here. Incorrect, IMHO. Devo couldn't do a thing wrong - ever. I totally adore their contribuition to the Powerpuff Girls album 'Heroes and Villains' - not commercially succesful, so keep it off the list...

Nobody has mentioned the seminal "retard song" the record companies bring out over Xmas over here to get the kiddies' money. Can you say 'Mr. Blobby', 'Bob the builder' and the tomato ketchup song? OK, these are all old now, I gave up on radio about 5 years back... someone else will fill you all in on the latest. Do you get this shameless stupidity every Xmas anywhere else - or is it just us?

Addendum. Pretty much everything ever released to the charts here is st00pid - it's the funny-ha ha factor which persuades those with nothing better to do to buy crap. "Outkast" seems to be a big offender nowadays, expensive videos, outwardly trying-to-be-funny lyrics and a small degree of charm offset by the belief they're hard men. Oh yeah!

CubaTBird

Sep 7, 2004, 03:46 PM

its interesting to note that men at work's land down under song probably got a revival at the 2000 games BUT it was a BIG hit in 83', when it originally came out..

iMeowbot

Sep 7, 2004, 07:25 PM

Man, by that logic everything They Might Be Giants have ever released belongs here.
They [Devo] really did lose track of what they were doing around 1982. They apparently ran out of new things to say, and only the schtick was left. It's a shame, really, but it seems to happen to most artists.

TMBG really are very different. They have avoided retreads and continue to find new and interesting ways to look at the mundane.

Do you get this shameless stupidity every Xmas anywhere else - or is it just us?
Novelty records do show up and make themselves noticed some years, but for the most part the US pattern is to stick to the same recordings from years ago.

CubaTBird

Sep 7, 2004, 07:44 PM

or are the british like 10 years ahead of the US in terms of musical advances and experimenting technologies? :o

yuc7zhd2

Sep 7, 2004, 08:36 PM

I think its just that the British actually educate youth in music in open enrollment schools (I've taken care not to say public - theres a major difference between public schools in the U.S. and in Britain, if you're not familiar ask your local Brit or Yank). The U.S. system really fails to do so, unless you're one of those lucky bastards in an affluent suburb. Devo never treaded retard water, and the proof is in Mark Mothersbaugh's modern work. I never really thought of Outkast the way they're mentioned here, but then again, I don't listen to the radio or watch music tv stations (total misnomers there). I always thought they could kick just about anyone's ass talentwise. Listen to the drums on BOB and tell me that they couldn't out squarepush squarepusher, not to mention the fact that the one guy wants to move to france and make crazy coltrane style jazz music.

brap

Sep 8, 2004, 05:47 AM

or are the british like 10 years ahead of the US in terms of musical advances and experimenting technologies? :o
Hoping that's sarcasm... no, really? The chart over here is generally the stuff you have released 2 months previously plus some homegrown indie crapola. Of course, if you like homegrown indie crapola (The Streets, The Strokes, The Darkness, The [insert plural band name here], Franz Ferdinand ... a bunch of others) then yeah, you're way out of the loop!

iMeowbot: I see your point. Since I was only... uh, negative 1 at the time, Devo's release timeline is a little alien to me. I just picked up a bunch of albums a couple of years back and have grown to adore them all - same with XTC; strokes of genius, if a little repetitive at times.

yuc7zhd2: Musical education in schools, in what sense? Maybe I just went to (and god knows, I did) crappy schools all my life - music class featured playing Frere Jacques on a keyboard for 2 years. Outkast - I've heard their album played many, many times through the freakin' wall of my partner's dorm last year since I too don't listen to the radio, and don't have a TV. I've caught their videos every once in a while though, the band seem to "role play" in each of them a different gang of loveable rogues. Ugh.

Oh yeah. That bloody Princess Diana song was awful too :)

yuc7zhd2

Sep 8, 2004, 08:37 PM

Hoping that's sarcasm... no, really? The chart over here is generally the stuff you have released 2 months previously plus some homegrown indie crapola. Of course, if you like homegrown indie crapola (The Streets, The Strokes, The Darkness, The [insert plural band name here], Franz Ferdinand ... a bunch of others) then yeah, you're way out of the loop!
As a man in the states, I can say that most people believe British music to be far superior, right or wrong. There is something about it though thats just lacking in the states, I don't know what it is but there is something. If I hear any modern music that I like, and find out the band are from the states I'm quite surprised.
edit: also sorry about the british music education thing, and thanks for clarification, I admittedly assumed wrong. Whenever a US publication writes about british bands they always take some 'they met in a british school in music class - just like radiohead' kind of thing. glad you clarified. for your own reference, the us music education system sucks hard.

Blue Velvet

Sep 9, 2004, 12:25 PM

Kung-Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas

"wooh wooh-wooh wooooh..."

:)

brap

Sep 9, 2004, 03:27 PM

As a man in the states, I can say that most people believe British music to be far superior, right or wrong.
Woah. Can't see that after the tripe produced now -- although I'm biased ;) - for what it's worth, I do tend to agree the British indie has a bit more charm than the conveyor of R'n'B artists, sole vox, Rap-rock combos and such you export.
edit: also sorry about the british music education thing, and thanks for clarification, I admittedly assumed wrong.
Ah, see, we're at cross purposes. You're taking music class as meaning at an earlier (compulsory) phase of education, rather than the voluntary College or University levels here - I stuck music out as long as possible but ugh. Sure a bunch of bands meet in College or Uni (we have differnet names - i believe college level here is late High School there?) - they actually have to want to be educated!

Just had another thought - "Everything I do, I do for you" by Bryan Adams was pretty f**kin stupid. Sold many millions.

scem0

Sep 9, 2004, 11:02 PM

Anything by Outkast.

Any rap other than Missy Elliott.

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Hey! I love that song!

scem0

stcanard

Sep 9, 2004, 11:55 PM

Son of a Bitch - by AC/DC or was it Nazareth?

Everytime I hear this songs I can't stop laughing because I'm sure somebody somewhere thinks it "rocks sooo hard". I can just see someone crankin' the AM/FM radio in a rusty hatchback at the Taco Bell drive through. That's right..."now you're messing with a son of a bitch".

Needs more cowbell...

Nazareth. Later covered by G'NR (they did a good job too). Remember when that song came out, it was hard enough that most radio wouldn't play it.

I've been going through my cassette/vinyl collection putting it on my iPod, and it's fascinating seeing how music has changed. Stuff that in it's day only the most hard-core would listen to (early Sabbath/Ozzy/Dio, Iron Maiden, Priest et al) these days you can hear on adult contemporary stations. I remember a radio station in the 80's explaining that while they were experimenting with harder music during the day (and this was _the_ hard rock station in Toronto) there were still some lines they would not cross, like playing "Whitesnake" on their morning show.

Now, back on topic let's go into the really awful stuff...

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Poka-Dot Bikini

brap

Sep 10, 2004, 12:19 PM

Now, back on topic let's go into the really awful stuff...

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Poka-Dot Bikini
Woah! Timmy mallett, man! (ewewewew)

MikeAR

Sep 10, 2004, 04:16 PM

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!

Quite possible one of the most irritating, catchy songs ever written.

Doga

Sep 10, 2004, 08:37 PM

Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco
An Irving Berlin classic turned into new-wavy electrocheese. Many moons ago when this rendition was on the charts, Taco was on tour. His concert in Montreal was cancelled - because only a handful of tickets were sold. Heh heh. Now there's karma in action.

Careless Whisper - Wham!
When you want stupid lyrics, look no farther than this song. I'm never gonna dance again... guilty feet have got no rhythm... :eek:

Run Joey Run - David Geddes
Do not, under any circumstances, set your time machine to bring you back to 1975.

Oh - any song sung by Helmut Lotti automatically qualifies as quite, quite stupid.

CubaTBird

Sep 10, 2004, 09:42 PM

i know people who listen to wham's careless whisper just for the sax lol.... nd its a very "silky smooth" song lol :p like syrup pouring over a maple tree smooth

Doga

Sep 19, 2004, 08:52 PM

Remember this (http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1973/111973.html) one? :p

t300

Sep 20, 2004, 03:27 AM

One time I was in London..Late at night, going down to catch the Tube and I was enchanted by a man...

A black man playing "Careles Whisper" with his saxophone and it was amazing. I went over and put a 5 pound not in his case. It was a great night, and that man made it!

Anyway, WHAM!...well, they are coming back, I tell ya...

rickvanr

Sep 20, 2004, 01:21 PM

Down Under - Men at Work

That isnt a bad song... when you compare it to an artist such as... hmm, abba

rickvanr

Sep 20, 2004, 01:26 PM

Anything by Outkast.

Any rap other than Missy Elliott.

Hey! I love that song!

scem0

when i hear missy elliot play, i want to either, shoot the radio, or myself. She's awfully bad, as is most rap. I'll agree there. The movie Office Space's soundtrack had a decent rap collection on it though.

Lacero

Apr 2, 2005, 11:30 PM

YMCA - Village People

And if you are talking songs played at weddings, it would have to be the Chicken Dance.

Daveway

Apr 2, 2005, 11:45 PM

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

You have got to be joking, this is a classic. Arguably one of the best in history. How dare you :eek:

Lacero

Apr 2, 2005, 11:53 PM

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was named Britain's favourite pop single of all time (http://emusician.com/news/emusic_bohemian_rhapsody_voted/) on Wednesday in a poll by Guinness World Records (GWR).

More than 31,000 people voted in the poll for GWR's "British Hit Singles" book.

The six minute epic first topped the charts in 1975 and became No. 1 again in 1991 when a fund-raising version was released after the death of the group's singer Freddie Mercury.

Guitarist Brian May, who collected the award with fellow band member Roger Taylor, said on Wednesday: "The song was apparently so far ahead of any rival that even months before the deadline, its position in this new poll was unimpeachable. Thank you, people, for the memory."

The song, written by Mercury, also continues to live on every night at the musical "We Will Rock You" which is running at a London West End theatre.

Its video was also recently voted third best of all time by viewers of the music channel VH1.

David Roberts, Editor of GWR's "British Hit Singles," said: "Queen is a band whose achievements are legendary...It (Bohemian Rhapsody) really was miles ahead of the opposition."

The top 10 favourite singles of all time are:

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Imagine - John Lennon
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Dancing Queen - Abba
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Angels - Robbie Williams
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Yesterday - The Beatles
Let It Be - The Beatles

Daveway

Apr 2, 2005, 11:56 PM

guilty pleasures would include:
Hungry like a wolf- Duran Duran
Do you really want to hurt me- Boy George
Come on Eileen- Dexy midnight somethings
Weird Science- Oingo Boingo

bad songs:
I'm too sexy- right said fred
anything ace of base
faith- george michaels
like glu- sean paul
you fill up my senses- john denver *gag*

Anyone remember Steal my sunshine from len? clickity (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?selectedItemId=1397697&playListId=875566) It was big in the '90s

I'll be back with more.

dirt farmer

Apr 3, 2005, 12:04 AM

really, what is worse than "skyrockets in flight (afternoon delight)" by the Starland Vocal Band??? :eek:

Daveway

Apr 3, 2005, 12:07 AM

really, what is worse than "skyrockets in flight (afternoon delight)" by the Starland Vocal Band??? :eek:

I would do anything for Love by Meatloaf?

dllavaneras

Apr 3, 2005, 12:24 PM

"Dwarf Star" by Rasputina
Anything by Audioslave (Can't help it, I'm a music snob and a fan of RATM :D)
Anything by The Rasmus
Culiquitaca, by only God knows who
Chacarron, by another only God knows who ;)

edesignuk

Apr 3, 2005, 12:30 PM

Wigfield - Saturday Night :eek:

Blue Velvet

Apr 3, 2005, 12:41 PM

Anything by the... Cheeky Girls :eek: :eek: :p

Applespider

Apr 3, 2005, 03:29 PM

Last Christmas by Wham - the way they sing 'I'll give it to someone special' with the dreadful echo makes me leave any shop that happens to be playing it at Christmas.

Now if we're going for stupid songs, you could add just about anything by King Missile - tho I guess none of them have been hits. For those who've never heard of them, titles include 'Cheesecake Truck', 'Jesus Was Way Cool', 'Detatchable P-nis' and 'Double F---ed by Two Black Studs' Bizarre but intentionally funny!

narco

Apr 4, 2005, 02:12 PM

Oh man, I have a few.

Does anyone remember that song in the early 90's where a french baby talked during some techno beat? That was horrible.

Here are some others:

- Was not Was: Everybody Walk the Dinosaur
- La Tour: People Are Still Having Sex
- Baz Luhrmann: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
- Chumbawamba: Tubthumping (Song sucks, but I like the band as people)
- The KLF: 3am Eternal
- Technotronic: Get Up

Blast the person who said Rock Me Amadeus sucked, it's a CLASSIC!

Fishes,
narco.

Lacero

Apr 4, 2005, 02:25 PM

Oh man, I have a few.

Does anyone remember that song in the early 90's where a french baby talked during some techno beat? That was horrible.I know the song you are talking about, but I don't know the name of the song either! I'll have to sleep on it.

Here are some others:

- Was not Was: Everybody Walk the Dinosaur
- La Tour: People Are Still Having Sex
- Baz Luhrmann: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
- Chumbawamba: Tubthumping (Song sucks, but I like the band as people)
- The KLF: 3am Eternal
- Technotronic: Get UpOh my! You brought back some bad musical memories. Thank goodness they're buried in the past! Shame on you for digging this dreck back up! :D

narco

Apr 4, 2005, 02:42 PM

I know the song you are talking about, but I don't know the name of the song either! I'll have to sleep on it.

Oh my! You brought back some bad musical memories. Thank goodness they're buried in the past! Shame on you for digging this dreck back up! :D

Yeah, they may be buried in the past, but the sad thing is they're ALL currently in my iTunes library (minus the baby song). I guess that's why I bought a 60gb iPod: to hold all the crap songs I like to keep!

Fishes,
narco.

clayj

Apr 4, 2005, 04:20 PM

'Shaddup your face' by Joe Dolce

UK/Aus/NZ will know this one...Was this the one with the lyrics that went something like this?:

Whatsa matta you
Hey!
Gotta no respect
Whatta ya think you do
Hey!
Why you looka so sad
It'sa not so bad
It'sa nice-a place
Ah, shut uppa you face

20+ years since I heard that song, and the lyrics are STILL IN MY HEAD! AUUUUGH! :)

Blue Velvet

Apr 4, 2005, 04:24 PM

Was this the one with the lyrics that went something like this?:

Whatsa matta you
...

Oh yes...

It is extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
-- Noel Coward

vieoray

Apr 4, 2005, 04:25 PM

i would walk 500 miles. stupid, stupid, stupid. :rolleyes:

Jaffa Cake

Apr 4, 2005, 04:33 PM

20+ years since I heard that song, and the lyrics are STILL IN MY HEAD! AUUUUGH! :)If it makes you feel any better, it did knock John Lennon's Woman off the top of the charts, and it stopped Vienna by Ultravox reaching Number One (some people rate this as one of the best songs ever that only reached number two, but personally it means nothing to me :D).

clayj

Apr 4, 2005, 04:39 PM

If it makes you feel any better, it did knock John Lennon's Woman off the top of the charts, and it stopped Vienna by Ultravox reaching Number One (some people rate this as one of the best songs ever that only reached number two, but personally it means nothing to me :D).Ugh. Thanks for reminding me of Woman... now THOSE lyrics are bopping around in my head. :)

G105, my favorite radio station in Raleigh, NC, used to have a nightly show called The Top Ten at Ten... people would call in and vote for their favorite songs, and... well, you can guess the rest. One night, after 6 straight weeks of some damn Duran Duran song being #1, the host announced that he would not accept any votes for Duran Duran. #1 song that night: One Night in Bangkok, by Murray Head.

Jaffa Cake

Apr 4, 2005, 04:49 PM

Ugh. Thanks for reminding me of Woman... now THOSE lyrics are bopping around in my head. :)You're welcome! :D

Doctor Q

Apr 4, 2005, 04:54 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few iMixes for these types of songs. I know there is an iMix named Stupid Album Titles (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPublishedPlaylist?id=245133).

I know there are some "one-hit wonder" iMixes and I also noticed iMixes named "need more cowbell", "needs more cowbell", and other variations on "more cowbell".

jeremy.king

Apr 4, 2005, 05:12 PM

Blue (Da Ba De)

-Eiffel 65

lavar78

Apr 5, 2005, 06:40 PM

Does anyone remember that song in the early 90's where a french baby talked during some techno beat? That was horrible.
That would be "Dur Dur D'Etre Bebe" by Jordi. That song is wrong on every level possible. Hey, that kid should be about 16 now. Wow.

Glyn Hughes

May 11, 2005, 01:18 PM

That would be "Dur Dur D'Etre Bebe" by Jordi. That song is wrong on every level possible. Hey, that kid should be about 16 now. Wow.
Get set for a comeback. I just got back from France where Jordi is taking part in a 'celebrity' reality TV show (The Farm). My how he's grown.

SeaFox

May 20, 2005, 02:21 AM

Blue (Da Ba De)

-Eiffel 65

Yeah, I'll second that. Almost as bad as the music video for it with the guys waving their hands with serious expressions on their faces.

Chappers

May 20, 2005, 04:58 AM

Trekkie

May 20, 2005, 07:48 AM

Yeah, I'll second that. Almost as bad as the music video for it with the guys waving their hands with serious expressions on their faces.

Eh, never saw the video but it had a fun beat for walking too. I mean there are sooo many more songs worse than that, that french kid one mentioned a moment ago :)

Mitthrawnuruodo

May 20, 2005, 08:34 AM

How about:
- The Twist - Fat Boys & Chubby Checker
- Bamboleo - Gipsy Kings
- Diggiloo Diggiley - Herreys
- Live is Life - Opus
- She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
- Boys - Sabrina

...or really every song on my list of most embarrasing songs in my iTunes library (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1363845#post1363845)... :o :D :cool:

Sirus The Virus

May 20, 2005, 08:56 AM

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
I used to like this song. But now I think its the most overplayed annoying song ever written.

killuminati

May 20, 2005, 09:36 AM

Jay-Z - Bonnie & Clyde

That disgusted me. He stole the beat from Tupac and completely wrecked the song. Tupac's song was called Me and My Girlfriend but if you know about Tupac you would know that it was about his gun. Jay Z's was actually about his girlfriend.

swiftaw

May 20, 2005, 10:52 AM

Ok, for us Brits out there, remember these:

Mr Blobby
The Tellytubby song
Bob the builder
Millenium Prayer by Cliff Richard

topgunn

May 20, 2005, 11:01 AM

Toni Basil's "Hey, Mickey"

AppleAce

May 20, 2005, 11:03 AM

Mitthrawnuruodo

May 20, 2005, 11:12 AM

Toni Basil's "Hey, Mickey"That cheerleader video was hysterical... :D

MontyZ

May 20, 2005, 03:21 PM

A bit more recent:

The Ketchup Song by Las Ketchup
Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone

noaccess

Jun 18, 2005, 01:09 PM

Yeah, you're right about O-zone. I had heard that on the radio for almost two years before they split. THE HORROR! :eek:
Now one of the guys started a solo career and I saw his music video on the german Viva TV yesterday. (Oops, shouldn't have said that)

mac-er

Jun 18, 2005, 01:45 PM

The Chipmunk Song (1958)

lavar78

Jun 18, 2005, 04:13 PM

And also, BOOOOOO to the Queen haters. Although Bohemian Rhapsody is definitely not my favorite Queen song, probably simply because it's the only song everyone else knows.
In what world is "Bohemian Rhapsody" the only Queen song people know? What about "We Are the Champions"? "We Will Rock You"? "Another One Bites the Dust"?

I absolutely love "The Chipmunk Song." It'll always be one of my Christmas favorites.

ecche

Jun 18, 2005, 04:20 PM

reading this 2 songs immediately came to mind:

'the wall' by pink floyd. god, i hate these kids singing 'we don't need no education...'

'blowing in the wind' by bob dylan (and its thousands of reincarnations). love all the rest of dylan's work though and actually own the lot of his albums.