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Terrible Tunes

stiliststilist Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in Debate and/or Discourse
This is a thread dedicated to awful music: earworms, vacuous pop, stuff that sounds like it was composed by a drunken centipede doing a one-man-band act.

Suggestions:
— I’d like if we could try to keep genre arguments out, but I know that’s impossible. Do try to restrain yourself, though.
— When possible, include a link to the song you’re hating on, so that we can all share in your misery.
— You probably shouldn’t introduce more than one song/artist per post, for the sake of clarity.
— If you want to link something on YouTube but it’s NSFW, prevent embedding by using [vidurl] instead of [url].

But it’s up to you. :)

I’ll lead off:

[/url]Daniel Powter—‘Bad Day’

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  • HeartlashHeartlash Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    This audio/video based horror experience was posted in the metal thread some time ago... Beware.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GNwCITd9g

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Heartlash wrote: »
    This audio/video based horror experience was posted in the metal thread some time ago... Beware.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GNwCITd9g
    If this is a joke, then it’s pretty good. If it’s serious… D:

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Falco makes the best bad music EVAR

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=trOij8SPIAo

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  • Premier kakosPremier kakos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2009
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbYswbyDg1g&feature=related

    Made in Mexico needs to be shot dead, resurrected, and shot again.

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Premier kakos wrote: »
    [ugh horrible music]

    Made in Mexico needs to be shot dead, resurrected, and shot again.

    The other really bad one is Megasus's Red Lottery:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8zjDkSfpQw

    The thing is, at least Red Lottery has a good crunchy doom metal riff. The problem is that it repeats without changing for the whole song, which is like six minutes or something.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    stilist wrote: »
    Daniel Powter—‘Bad Day’

    This is sad. The guy actually has a great voice, and you can hear it quite a bit in the song, until he takes it too far and gets all boy-band-fancy.

    The girl? Not so much... but she is pretty cute.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Caramelldansen.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    This song is just terrible, awful... and kind of NSFW so, fair warning:

    [vidurl=http://youtube.com/watch?v=44f7BewqNqA]My Boobs Are OK[/vidurl]

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Josh Groban—‘You Raise Me Up’

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Heartlash wrote: »
    This audio/video based horror experience was posted in the metal thread some time ago... Beware.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GNwCITd9g

    You know, I thought of this song when I saw the thread title. Hi5, sir.

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    stilist wrote: »
    Josh Groban—‘You Raise Me Up’

    that song is cheesy but holy fuck that guy's over-vibrato combined with his melodrama and fake appreciation for cute little black children makes me want to regurgitate a ball of acid so pure that it will burn to the center of the earth

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  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Ha, from the brokeNCYDE wikipedia page:
    Metal Edge Magazine has called brokeNCYDE "fucking horrendous."

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  • kdrudykdrudy Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Heartlash wrote: »
    This audio/video based horror experience was posted in the metal thread some time ago... Beware.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GNwCITd9g

    It's nice to see the Icy Hot Stuntaz are still around doing their thing.

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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Fergie - Fergalicious

    This song has always irritated me.

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  • MalaysianShrewMalaysianShrew Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    If you are going to bring up Fergie then you must talk about how awful My Humps is. I thought it was a joke and realized it wasn't and looking for a gun.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    MalaysianShrew wrote: »
    If you are going to bring up Fergie then you must talk about how awful My Humps is. I thought it was a joke and realized it wasn't and looking for a gun.

    Don;'t make me post Katy Perry

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  • Premier kakosPremier kakos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2009
    MalaysianShrew wrote: »
    If you are going to bring up Fergie then you must talk about how awful My Humps is. I thought it was a joke and realized it wasn't and looking for a gun.

    What are you talking about? That song is awesome!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g

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  • HedgethornHedgethorn Associate Professor of Historical Hobby Horses In the Lions' DenRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    mcdermott wrote: »
    You know, the competition really has ramped up lately...but sometimes you just can't beat the classics.

    THE HORROR

    Seriously, just walk by somebody singing this sometime...I guarantee it will get stuck in their head, because everybody knows the song.

    Bravo. Thread won.

    It's hard to follow that masterpiece, but here's something that's nearly as effective for anyone who was once in a high school youth group.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=_p96gL1Ij0g

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Someone find those Mortal Kombat songs Doc had

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  • The Raging PlatypusThe Raging Platypus Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I humbly present:

    GO NINJA GO NINJA GO

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  • The Raging PlatypusThe Raging Platypus Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    mcdermott wrote: »
    The Raging Platypus wrote: »
    I humbly present:
    GO NINJA GO NINJA GO

    And a new challenger has entered the ring!!!

    EDIT: And congrats for not going the easy route...that was probably the best pick I can think of from his entire catalog.

    :lol:

    It was so difficult man, there were so many to choose from

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I don't even want to try and find a youtube of it, but the fucking Umbrella song by Rihanna.

    Fuck.

    That.

    Shit.

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  • The Raging PlatypusThe Raging Platypus Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I really hate that song too, but it turns out it's actually a pretty decent song when put in the hands of other artists. (Once they de-pop-ify it, of course.)

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    The Raging Platypus wrote: »
    I really hate that song too, but it turns out it's actually a pretty decent song when put in the hands of other artists. (Once they de-pop-ify it, of course.)

    Oh, totally. I just heard the Marie Digby semi-acoustic version and realized "man, this is actually a good song!"

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  • mystikspyralmystikspyral Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    That Katy Perry song "I Kissed a Girl" makes me ill every time I hear it. It's played over and over again at the bars and on the radio. I live in a small town and when I go to the bars there's always some "we are tweens at heart" girls clutching each other and (usually) drunkenly squealing this song every time it comes on. They seriously rush the dance floor and hop up and down together to it. I can't say dancing, I can not make myself apply that term. The song really isn't that great to start with and they keep blasting it from every media outlet possible.

    Sorry I can't link it... I can't access YouTube from work.

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  • MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Y'all are a bunch of snobs.

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  • kdrudykdrudy Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    mystikspyral wrote: »
    That Katy Perry song "I Kissed a Girl" makes me ill every time I hear it. It's played over and over again at the bars and on the radio. I live in a small town and when I go to the bars there's always some "we are tweens at heart" girls clutching each other and (usually) drunkenly squealing this song every time it comes on. They seriously rush the dance floor and hop up and down together to it. I can't say dancing, I can not make myself apply that term. The song really isn't that great to start with and they keep blasting it from every media outlet possible.

    Sorry I can't link it... I can't access YouTube from work.

    I was just annoyed it wasn't a cover of the Jill Sobule song which is classy.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    mcdermott wrote: »
    mystikspyral wrote: »
    That Katy Perry song "I Kissed a Girl" makes me ill every time I hear it.

    I liked it.
    I liked iiiiiiiiiiiit!

    her cheery red chapstik?

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    MrMister wrote: »
    Y'all are a bunch of snobs.

    Seriously. "Ewwwww! Pop music!"

    I mean, Barbie Girl isn't on my list of favorite songs ever, but it's damn catchy.

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    This cover destroyed this song. Seriously - there was no need to humiliate it before murdering it. I'm not a fan of pop bands covering great old songs... but this takes the cake. It still makes me angry.

    I give you:

    ALL SAINTS: Under the Bridge.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA_c1o5Y95o

    *weeps*

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    mystikspyral wrote: »
    That Katy Perry song "I Kissed a Girl" makes me ill every time I hear it. It's played over and over again at the bars and on the radio. I live in a small town and when I go to the bars there's always some "we are tweens at heart" girls clutching each other and (usually) drunkenly squealing this song every time it comes on. They seriously rush the dance floor and hop up and down together to it. I can't say dancing, I can not make myself apply that term. The song really isn't that great to start with and they keep blasting it from every media outlet possible.

    Sorry I can't link it... I can't access YouTube from work.

    All that faux-lesbo crap got really old. Thanks, ladies, we know that you're aware that most guys like the idea of chicks making out with each other, but it moved into attention-whoring territory the 38th time you posted a picture on facebook of your tongue touching another girl's.

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  • GoodOmensGoodOmens Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I don't even want to try and find a youtube of it, but the fucking Umbrella song by Rihanna.

    I have never, ever heard this song. I might be the only person in North America who hasn't.

    And that "Under the Bridge" cover is a perfect case of missing the goddamn point.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I present...Soulja Boy's YAHH TRICK YAHH

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=26vH3w4vE4o

    Enjoy.

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  • TalleyrandTalleyrand Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Hedgethorn wrote: »
    Bravo. Thread won.

    It's hard to follow that masterpiece, but here's something that's nearly as effective for anyone who was once in a high school youth group.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=_p96gL1Ij0g

    Oh man. That's just opening up a whole other can of worms.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eu4PWSnVabg

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Cloudman wrote: »
    I present...Soulja Boy's YAHH TRICK YAHH

    Enjoy.

    Here's a cover making a song better, marginally.

    Soulja Boy

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    nexuscrawler wrote: »
    mcdermott wrote: »
    mystikspyral wrote: »
    That Katy Perry song "I Kissed a Girl" makes me ill every time I hear it.

    I liked it.
    I liked iiiiiiiiiiiit!

    her cheery red chapstik?
    I hate myself for knowing this, but it's cherry.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Tav wrote: »
    Cloudman wrote: »
    I present...Soulja Boy's YAHH TRICK YAHH

    Enjoy.

    Here's a cover making a song better, marginally.

    Soulja Boy
    I don't know, I think that's actually worse. At least I can understand what Soulja Boy's saying :P

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