Village Voice's F2K

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ill cop to pretty much loving "kryptonite" but i can understand why it's on this list

j.r. rotem really is the worst human being on the planet but "better in time" & "becky" are waaaayyy better than "whatcha say" which imo could've made this list!

I really, really, really appreciate Idolator for doing this difficult work. Thank You.

that song makes me feel queasy it is so bad although thanks idolator for making me remember like a feather.

haha that KWS video was filmed in the local nightclub "Gloss"(now Hamilton Palace) in Hamilton (my town)

Aw, the V-Hudge song isn't THAT bad, though it is probably her worst song. Best song was a bonus track on her first album, "Don't Talk":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fp794lMR4c

ill cop to pretty much loving "kryptonite" but i can understand why it's on this list

ditto, i suppose. although I'm not sure if it's really one of the 50 worst song of the decade. it's an inoffensively bland modern rock track. surely even 3 doors down have done worse. that awfully maudlin song from American Pie 2, for example?

3 doors down have def done worse. what about that song that was playing in movie theaters for months trying to get you to join the army? at least 'kryptonite,' shitty as it is, kinda earned its spot on the charts

Beyond the boundaries of your city's lights,
Stand the heroes waiting for your cries.
So many times you did not bring this on yourself,
When that moment finally comes,
I'll be there to help.

On that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care,
I'll be right here.
Citizen soldiers holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair.
Standing on guard for the ones that we sheltered,
We'll always be ready because we will always be there.

When there are people crying in the streets,
When they're starving for a meal to eat,
When they simply need a place to make their beds,
Right here underneath my wing,
You can rest your head.

On that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care,
I'll be right here!
Citizen soldiers holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair.
Standing on guard for the ones that we sheltered,
We'll always be ready because we will always be there...

There... there... there...

Hope and pray that you'll never need me,
But rest assured I will not let you down.
I'll walk beside you but you may not see me,
The strongest among you may not wear a crown.

On that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care,
I'll be right here!
On that day when you don't have the strength for the burden you bear,
I'll be right here!
Citizen soldiers holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair.
(Citizen soldiers)
Standing on guard for the ones that we sheltered,
We'll always be ready because we will always be there.

the whole thing reeks of challoping for ilx's (one's peers: i.e., pretentious 20-some-year-olds reparazent!) favor. big fucking surprise. still, if it wasn't all so consistently obvious it may have been somewhat funnier (tho i sincerely doubt it).

3 doors down have def done worse.

Perhaps, but if you were subjected to rock radio for upwards of 8 hours a day any time between 2000 and 2003, you heard this song enough times to make you wish for deafness. Its ubiquity alone qualifies it for the list over any other 3DD song.

if you want to claim a song's ubiquity is exceptional, don't use the set up "if you were subjected to rock radio for upwards of 8 hours a day anytime between 2000 and 2003." Because, in that context, later years offer similarly ubiquitous - and worse - gold & platinum singles by three doors down.

lol wikipedia says "citizen soldier" went to #1 in australia, waht

what about that song that was playing in movie theaters for months trying to get you to join the army?

I'm here without you babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Without_You

I think.

and yeah, I think I heard "Kryptonite" about eight thousand fucking times when I was in, oh, seventh grade. whoever said that the band has worst songs though is completely correct. see above post.

* worse

Don't know where else to post this, but . . . Whiney was interviewed by the AV Club y'all:

http://www.avclub.com/newyork/articles/christopher-r-weingarten-talks-about-twitter-and-t,34154/

Sample:

AVC: What is your response to the internet commenters who didn’t like your speech at the 140 Characters Conference? Some of them thought you should “just get with the times.”

CW: This goes well beyond the music-criticism industry. This is every industry right now. Where there was once jobs for 100 people in the old way of doing things, now there’s a new way of doing things where only 10 people can do it. You’re either one of those 10 people or you get fucked. I’m worried that maybe one day we’re not going to be paying for musicians. Maybe one day we’re only going to have bedroom crybaby bullshit like Wavves. I’m terrified to think the future is just going to be Pitchfork reviewing MySpace pages, because there’s not going to be anyone left to put out records or review records. It’s just going to be a series of links and an advertisement.

ha i feel bad for that wavves dude

Like, I think Asher Roth should get punched in the balls, but [his album's] first track’s got kind of a hot beat. He got like a 1.5.

zach hill is the drummer in wavves now

hey you're not kidding, what the hell.

yah i'm not sure how to feel about that

3 doors down have def done worse.

Perhaps, but if you were subjected to rock radio for upwards of 8 hours a day any time between 2000 and 2003, you heard this song enough times to make you wish for deafness.

Or if you were ever in a band that did covers and had to play the fucking thing.

Or if you went to a bar that had a band that played covers and had to listen to them play the fucking thing.

zach hill is the drummer in wavves now

― plax (I know, right?), Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:17 PM (5 hours ago)

wow

bad drummer teams with bad bedroom guitarist, news at 11

uh, can't speak for everyone but zach hill's really good imo

wavves suck obv

i'm pretty sure zach hill is making more money touring w wavves than he ever has w hella or marnie stern - pretty sure dude is just trying to stave off getting that job at the corner burrito joint

aka don't hate the player, hate the game

i documented my complaints elsewhere but dude's drumming is as annoying as fuck

dnr there was so much money in throwing tantrums for spanish ppl

sarahel posted a really nice little thing about his drumming style somewhere, like a little breakdown. Astrological straights is a first class alb

he can probably lay down a solid beat and pour beer over the other guys head at the same time though

I wish I were in Wavves.

3 doors down have def done worse.

Perhaps, but if you were subjected to rock radio for upwards of 8 hours a day any time between 2000 and 2003, you heard this song enough times to make you wish for deafness.

Or if you were ever in a band that did covers and had to play the fucking thing.

― a wicked 60s beat poop combo (Pancakes Hackman), Monday, October 26, 2009 12:30 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Or if you went to a bar that had a band that played covers and had to listen to them play the fucking thing.

― ...And You Will Know Us by the BLAZE of YA DEAD HOMIE (los blue jeans), Monday, October 26, 2009 1:41 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

life is hard.

Is 3 Doors Down your mom or something?

Ioannis fyi tbh whiney says stfu

"also tell him that if he thinks taking down Basshunter and 3rd-tier Aaron Carter singles is "obvious" then I don't know what amazing musical world he's wrapped himself in"

tell him the feeling's mutual, Hoos.

can't wait for the "Hey Ya" and "Crazy" write-ups, btw.

i can't stand 3DD, Dan.

xps

Okay, really? You think making fun of James Blunt and brokeNCYDE is on par with making fun of Outkast and Gnarls Barkley?

I mean, really?

no. just mean to point out that it's mostly been a bit too obvious thus far. hopefully that will change as the countdown continues. cripes, man, let me deal with my feelings of disappointment in my own way, will ya?

uhhh really confused as to what you expected

So horrible, terrible, awful songs shouldn't be obvious?

challops are a couple threads over

something funny maybe?

xps