I really hope the blackout crew are in this.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"This last part isn’t Aaron (or America’s) fault, but cracked me up anyway. Four different lyric Web sites (incorrectly) list the second verse as: “Everybody come together, make it half-black, white, Spanish, Chinese…” I’m pretty sure that means that Carter’s idea for world harmony would be to have everyone ejaculate in a big bucket and make a new race of awesome hybrid people."
If I ever meet Whiney, I will high five him for this.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Never heard of Aaron Carter, I guess he one of those US-only stars?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"he was"
haha "one of those"
he was a "star" to 12 year old girls for a few years - not really notable aside from being the brother of a backstreet boy
― u madoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
oh the lolz in that entry, my God
Hate pieces are almost always more fun to read than love pieces IMO.
― the blackest thing ever seen (HI DERE), Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
god, whiney's write ups have been so good & funny
― u madoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
btw that aaron carter album got a classic 4-star review at AMG by steven thomas erlewine
― u madoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
man if there are 43 songs WORSE than this aaron carter thing, it's gonna be a crazy ride
― hotel coral essex (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 22 October 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I dunno, I'm more offended by "Oh Aaron" than this one (which is pretty bad, sure, but I think the Beastie Boys' "An Open Letter to NYC" is way worse on this theme -- lacks the WTF that makes "America AO" if nothing else completely insane).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNI43Q6MNt0
― dabug, Thursday, 22 October 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL wrong Aaron Carter! That was the one I linked over at Idolator, subgenre of videos if not songs exactly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4yAuL204zE
This NEEDS to be on the list:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iul3ujcBGwU
― dabug, Thursday, 22 October 2009 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
43!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 October 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i really like the beat to open letter to nyc y'all crazy.
― hotel coral essex (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 22 October 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
omg that aaron carter writeup
― k3vin k., Thursday, 22 October 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I hadn't heard that Basshunter tune before, quite funny! Though Double You already did a much better Eurodance version of "Please Don't Go" back in 1992:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX19QG_RFXQ
― Tuomas, Thursday, 22 October 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i like that beastie boys song altho the rub n tug remix is way better
― i got nothin (deej), Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
tuomas, i will see your double you and raise you a kws (who also released a version in 1992 because of some distribution-related snafu):
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― maura, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
oh no :(
let's try that again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w1TzLR2tYc
― maura, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
42!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 October 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
lol I am psychic
― the blackest thing ever seen (HI DERE), Friday, 23 October 2009 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I had actually forgotten how terrible this song is, for some reason I thought I thought it was okay and forgettable but no, it is actually fucking terrible.
― the blackest thing ever seen (HI DERE), Friday, 23 October 2009 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
41!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 October 2009 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
ill cop to pretty much loving "kryptonite" but i can understand why it's on this list
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
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!
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I really, really, really appreciate Idolator for doing this difficult work. Thank You.
― Shh! It's NOT Me!, Friday, 23 October 2009 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
that song makes me feel queasy it is so bad although thanks idolator for making me remember like a feather.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
haha that KWS video was filmed in the local nightclub "Gloss"(now Hamilton Palace) in Hamilton (my town)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 23 October 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― dabug, Friday, 23 October 2009 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
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?
― 7borad dudes get sb'd, frequently. (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 24 October 2009 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― i got nothin (deej), Saturday, 24 October 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Hoot Smalley, Saturday, 24 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
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).
― the not-fun one (Ioannis), Sunday, 25 October 2009 10:57 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 25 October 2009 11:53 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― da croupier, Sunday, 25 October 2009 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link
lol wikipedia says "citizen soldier" went to #1 in australia, waht
― da croupier, Sunday, 25 October 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
* worse
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
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/
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
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.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ha i feel bad for that wavves dude
― i got nothin (deej), Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
zach hill is the drummer in wavves now
― plax (I know, right?), Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
hey you're not kidding, what the hell.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
yah i'm not sure how to feel about that
― plax (I know, right?), Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
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), Sunday, 25 October 2009 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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), Sunday, 25 October 2009 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
― plax (I know, right?), Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:17 PM (5 hours ago)
wow
― k3vin k., Monday, 26 October 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link