we built this city, worst song ever!!

[dinobike]

As many in here, i'm a music fan and find this article very
interesting.

http://www.blender.com/articles/article_786.html

Also there´s a vh-1 special this wednesday about the same topic.

[The village idiot]

Good Morning America was talking about this a few weeks ago.

[Ripper2860]

Put my vote in for Barry Manilow's "I write the songs".

[freestyler]

"We Built This City" is by far NOT the worst song ever in my book. Who are these dipshits rating these songs?

[indolikaa]

Those dickheads at Blender couldn't lead a pack of hungry wolves to fresh meat in a butcher's shop.

[hech54]

I've always hated that piece of shit song but I can think of much worse ones. Solid As A Rock by Ashford and Simpson comes to mind instantly.

[indolikaa]

My head is solid, solid as a rock!

[mastersmurfie]

Put my vote in for Barry Manilow's "I write the songs".

Don't forget about Lola...she was a showgirl...and music and fashion were always her passion...at the Copa...Copa Cabana...

[hech54]

Put my vote in for Barry Manilow's "I write the songs".

Everybody cracks on Barry. I don't own any of his stuff but at least he actually plays a musical instrument, sings and writes alot of his own material. The musician side of me has always at least respected Barry.
He is one of the few of that type of music that I do respect....and he never got a nose job..

[hech54]

My head is solid, solid as a rock!

Which head?..

[teegee420]

I shamefully admit to digging "Party All The Time" back in the day. I'll listen to anything Rick James produces.

[glockjs]

yeah david hasselhoff and dion sanders albums were great, but we built this city was pure crap

[Ripper2860]

Speaking (well, actually writing) of Davids ...

Here's one that induced projectile vomiting in my youth -- "Don't Give Up On Us" by David Soul of Starsky and Hutch (original),

Oh, yeah -- and the ever nauseating -- "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks...

"We had joy; we had fun; we had seasons in the sun; but the stars we could reach were just the starfish on the beach"...

Help me! It's now in my head -- some put me out of my misery !!!!

[curryman]

Renee & Renata. Save Your Love
now there's a shit song.

crikey, just thinking about it makes me feel bad

[fmctm1sw]

I guess that old WWF "Piledriver" album didn't qualify. Because if it did Koko B. Ware's title track from it would make "We Built this City" seem like "Hey Jude."

[Rookie64]

I've always hated that piece of shit song but I can think of much worse ones. Solid As A Rock by Ashford and Simpson comes to mind instantly.

Yea, Solid As A Rock is really bad - so bad that it was completely forgotten


I can think of many that are far worse than what's on their list -

Wrap Her Up by Elton John & George Michael

We Got The Beat by the Go-Go's

Cool Places by Jane Wiedlin

Family Man by Fleetwood Mac (yes, even the best bands have some real stinkers in there - credit goes all to Lindsey Buckingham)

Courtney Love's attempt at covering the song, Gold Dust Woman

a very very awful song by Soft Cell (not Tainted Love, though that one stinks too) from the early '80s that used to make me sick every time it was played on MTV...I think that one should be at the top of the very worst list.

Girls On Film and Rio by Duran Duran

(Keep Feeling) Fascination and Don't You Want Me by The Human League

Muskrat Love by Captain & Tennille

Material Girl and Lucky Star by Madonna

Church of the Poison Mind by Culture Club

Homosapien by Pete Shelley

Oh Sheila by Ready for the World

Tiptoe Through the Tulips and On The Good Ship Lollipopby Tiny Tim (though most anything by Tiny Tim is bad)

Freedom of Choice by Devo (among others)

If they're gonna put Whitney Houston on their list, it may as well be that godawful cover of the Dolly Parton classic, I Will Always Love You - never did a song hurt my ears so much.

Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles

Language Is a Virus by Laurie Anderson

Long Time Gone by The Dixie Chicks (among others)

I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis & The News

Mr. Roboto by Styx

West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys

I'm Going Hungry by Peal Jam

Any song by the Thompson Twins

....and I could go on

I'm not even gonna touch Rap or Hard Core Techno, since I can't take enough of it to even know what's there.


Corey Hart does not belong on that list...it's too bad he's only remembered for that one song - he has a lot of good songs in more recent years.


I agree that We Built This City sucks, but not sure it's merits the number one spot ...that it came from a band that used to be very good, it does deserve a mention.

[offline]

Anything from The Sounds of Music

[Capmaster]

The Butthole Surfers' "U.S.S.A."
Frenzied flatulence with no apparent direction or redeeming qualities.

[hech54]

I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis & The News?

I liked Huey Lewis & The News. They were real musicians playing real music....nothing offensive...nothing shocking. They reminded me of the J Geils Band. None of them were spectacular musicians but together they were pretty good.

[Rookie64]

I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis & The News?

I liked Huey Lewis & The News. They were real musicians playing real music....nothing offensive...nothing shocking. They reminded me of the J Geils Band. None of them were spectacular musicians but together they were pretty good.

They were ok - I was going by what was listed on that site (linked above)
They had Heart Of Rock & Roll on their worst list...I was thinking if they're gonna pick on one of their songs, it may as well be I Want A New Drug - lot of high notes in there
Kinda cheesy '80s stuff - I wasn't wild about the top 40 pop tunes in that era. The bands were cool but you'd never know it by what was on the charts.


There were worse songs, but I wanted to stick with what most people heard of.

[Defcon]

Any song by Air Supply....... Pretty Bad !!!

[flaninacupboard]

i always find it amusing that people hate songs that they worshipped at the time. barbie girl got to number one somehow......
i still enjoy all of my music, i think my oldest cd is from 1988, not bad considering i was 4 years old at the time! :P

[offline]

Still have my single of Space Invaders.. Arrrrggggh !
What *was* I thinking

[888888]

ANY (c)RAP "song" is worse than We Built This City. I am not too familiar with Starship but it seems that people pick on certain songs and albums just because they have a dated 70s-80s synth sound. That does not make them bad songs. For example, I think "In Through the Out Door" is Led Zeppelin's second or third best album.

[hech54]

ANY (c)RAP "song" is worse

Agreed but:
Don't get me started...RAP is not music...it is theft plain and sample....oops....simple.
The RIAA turns their heads on THAT thought don't they? Of course...it's making them money. Two-faced DICKS!!!!

OK...I'm better now.

[Faustus]

Short version: that list blows

[gitreel]

carma-chamelion by culture club

[888888]

There are millions of shitty songs done by shitty artists as well as whole genres that I personally dismiss as c(RAP).

The worst song released by a good band or artist is probably Revolution 9 on the White Album. That thing is an abomination and basically an album killer (along with other filler like Wild Honey Pie).

Roger Waters' "Amused to Death" album also comes to mind as the most dissapointingly terrible album for me.

[tgpo]

Songs that cause me to want to kill myself:

All Britney Spears Songs
All Jessica Simpson Songs
All Christina Agulara Songs
Any Limp Bizket Song
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Anything by Creed
Slow Songs with Acoustic Guitar

Basically all the crap Clear Channel wants me to listen to, I don't like

[fmctm1sw]

ANY (c)RAP "song" is worse

Any WCW wrestling fan will remember the single "Rap is Crap" by the West Texas Rednecks. Curt Hennig (RIP) and Bobby Duncum Jr (?) and I think there was one more.