Also, how it possible to make the lyrics of We Didn't Start The Fire even more stupid? I wouldn't have thought it could be done.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 24 January 2016 09:52 (eight years ago) link
Cops are falling out of lineCongress running out of timeCeiling being raised againWho cares were broke anywayDonald Trump, HilaryChange is what we realy needDrone Strikes, Neon LightsAmerican dreams
Bruce`s name is caitlyn nowGo ahead and show us howThe hardest thing for women isFinding what to wearMiley Cyrus free the breastKanye West for presidentCharlie Sheen HIVTiger blood that what you mean!?
We didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight it
Gun laws GMO`sLamar ODOM, smart phonesWhoever said money was the answer that you need?Middle east, Syria refugees hysteriaSeeking your asylum never seemed so fucking hardRussian plane taken downNone of us are safe and soundEven Christmas parties are a terrible affair
Charlie Hebdo Heresygoing down in infamyISIS at the rock showParis wont take anymore
Justin Bieber`s back againLebron James` balding headGay Marriage all the wayMalaysian Airlines disappearedTom Brady`s deflated ballsAdele and her a thousand callsChris Pratt, Jurassic WorldHover boards and Star Wars
Earthquakes, handshakesMaking deals with high stakesGlobal warming, habits formingGiving what you takeDo we realize what it takes?Lives matter every raceMichael Brown blown awayWhat else do have to say!?
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 24 January 2016 12:41 (eight years ago) link
oh dear lord please tell me those aren't real
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:30 (eight years ago) link
They are. I watched that whole video in a kind of fascinated horror.
― emil.y, Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
I mean, the content of the lyrics is bad enough, but they're so lazy that they don't even *try* to make it scan or match the original pacing.
― emil.y, Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
I watched it twice, mostly to make sure that I wasn't having some dreadful hallucination the first time through.
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
they flipped the 'what else do i have to say' and 'i can't take it anymore' constructs
sigh
also jasmine thompson is clearly in the ellie goulding mold
― maura, Sunday, 24 January 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
As there isn't a thread for "this exists?!?", here's the hair metal song the balloon hoax boy has made about his experience. Don't worry, topic purists, it's pretty fucking bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVbV_Sis99o
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:40 (eight years ago) link
Ah, that explains why I couldn't place it - I've been avoiding Ellie Goulding since I first heard her nails-down-blackboard wickle giwl voice.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
Clearly. they locked the kid in a room while "Sweating Bullets" played on an endless loop. This may be one of the more abusive families ever.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
so Mike Posner is back on the Hot 100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJf0p4yQek
― apple bottom steen, HOOS with the fur (some dude), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
bleh, this is the sort of song I can't even dislike, I just feel bad for the dude. even if he went to duke
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
Millennials are already having midlife crises?
― skip, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
That song makes me think of this anti smut group: http://www.fightthenewdrug.org
― skip, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 14:59 (eight years ago) link
Hashtag IRL by Throwing Shade
OMG it's about social media WTF?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahwQhkvMFuI
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 29 January 2016 09:13 (eight years ago) link
cosign, meant to post this but forgot
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Friday, 29 January 2016 09:58 (eight years ago) link
Ugh. 'Honeytrap' by her was one of my favourite tracks of last year. I actually still like the music on that one, but yeah, the motif is ridiculously shallow/stupid.
― emil.y, Saturday, 30 January 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
I seem to only come to these threads with songs whose merits I'm confused about.
Naomi Elizabeth - Do You Ever Feel Like You Might Be Coolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYZE037e9Zc
― Lurkers of the world, unite! (Sanpaku), Monday, 1 February 2016 02:25 (eight years ago) link
Unlistenable garbage with a positive message is still unlistenable garbage. Does that help?
― Three Word Username, Monday, 1 February 2016 07:02 (eight years ago) link
Re: masterpieces from January
Iggy Azalea's "Azillion" - um, maybe not *the* worst, but it does sound ridiculous. If they'd put more thought into it, they could've stumbled across a much better rhyme scheme like "incarceration", "nation" and "appreciation". It's got a few problems, anyway. (The n-word soundalike being the most egregious oversight.)
"We Didn't Start the Fire" - burning records in a furnace is never pleasant, but if only the DJs in the '80s had had more nous, they really could've cut this song off at the source. In defence of this version, it's quite well produced and is pretty much in the spirit of the original. But fuck 'em both.
"Red White and You" - ooh, a rock version of "Marvin Gaye" (country, w/e). I knew the thread shouldn't have been named after Meghan, her influence grows by the day.
"Fast Car" - who cares
Throwing Shade - almost feels like it belongs in Earliest mention of the internet in a song or title , the phrases are so clichéd. But I'll reserve criticism until I know whether the archaisms are part of a conceptual joke, or something.
― sbahnhof, Monday, 1 February 2016 11:59 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjknndcGitI
xTheOxx 5 hours agoDidn't like Peter Cetera then, don't like him now either.Al Bhed 4 hours ago umm.....I like this song and all, but the video kinda implies that Cee Lo wanted to fuck that panda
Al Bhed 4 hours ago umm.....I like this song and all, but the video kinda implies that Cee Lo wanted to fuck that panda
― ulysses, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
playlist is up to date with what's on spotify thus far. Back in a month.ILM's Rolling Worst Songs 2016 Spotify Playlist
― ulysses, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:04 (eight years ago) link
"mercy" is awesome wtf
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Speaking of pandas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvRzBQtHlYE
― Iain Mew (if), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
that's pretty inoffensive all things considered.
― skip, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
The entirety of the new Bloc Party album that came out on Friday.
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
Devour your morsel 'cause I'm a maaaaaaaan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1i6EDj5FkM
Most of the album (judging by YT) isn't as funny/misjudged as it could've been. Maybe if they'd called it Urban Hymns II: Grab My Pamphlet
― sbahnhof, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 00:09 (eight years ago) link
enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ay31B-1PI
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
lock thread.
― how's life, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
Sounds like somebody really enjoyed that half of a Death Grips song they heard on their friend's computer.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
that mouth
― nomar, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
Al Jourgensen's new thing, Surgical Meth Machine, is basically late 80s Ministry crossed with gabber. I'm listening to the album now, and it's awful. It includes a cover of Devo's "Gates of Steel" that's just depressingly bad. Also, Jello Biafra is on it.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 01:00 (eight years ago) link
Thank you Singles Jukebox for alerting me Lukas Graham has a song climbing the Billboard charts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCob76kigA
Which means that Strip No More might not be that far behind.
― MarkoP, Friday, 12 February 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
I also learned that Lukas Graham is a group, not a person, which makes me hate them even more.
― MarkoP, Friday, 12 February 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
there's a what in the who
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 12 February 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
Al Jourgensen's new thing, Surgical Meth Machine, is basically late 80s Ministry crossed with gabber
this sounds awesome as a concept but i also don't ever want to investigate it
lukas graham is such crap, apologies from denmark
wouldn't it be more logical to sing "when I was 7 yrs old" and not "once" btw?
― niels, Sunday, 14 February 2016 10:49 (eight years ago) link
It's okay, America has shipped over more than its share of shit music to the rest of the world.
― skip, Sunday, 14 February 2016 14:37 (eight years ago) link
Holy shit, when is this from, it is the worsthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXRviuL6vMY
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 February 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
released in 2015 but a huge top ten hit in 2016
― some dude, Sunday, 14 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
are these the same guys who did that video that appeared on a Rolling Worst Music thread like three years ago where the guy shaves his head and puts on a balaclava? I didn't realise that they actually had a career
― soref, Sunday, 14 February 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
Those guys are really popular with the Warped Tour/Alternative Press crowd. (I don't hate that song.)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 14 February 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
i hate how he says Goo Dole Days
― qualx, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link
i guess that's the least horrible twenty one pilots song i've ever heard
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 February 2016 22:17 (eight years ago) link
it is an awful song, hopefully i will never hear another one of theirs if it is supposedly one of their better ones
flo rida has another stinker that could challenge for #1 in coming weeks
― dyl, Sunday, 14 February 2016 23:51 (eight years ago) link
i hate how he says Goo Dole Days― qualx, Sunday, February 14, 2016 4:58 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― qualx, Sunday, February 14, 2016 4:58 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
for a while I thought it was good dope days, like some kind of heavy drug song.
― how's life, Monday, 15 February 2016 00:04 (eight years ago) link
Goo Doll Days
― tlopson (crüt), Monday, 15 February 2016 00:08 (eight years ago) link
Easy Target:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvGUwdqthio
― MarkoP, Monday, 15 February 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link
I made it all the way to "Goo Dole Days" (even through that handshake) and turned it off.
― skip, Monday, 15 February 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
wait did you cut it off right at goo dole days and miss the part about his momma singing him to sleep?
― how's life, Monday, 15 February 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
Our society truly is crumbling beneath us
― skip, Saturday, 3 December 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
omg my jaw dropped
― dyl, Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
Is there some context here that I'm lacking, or something super offensive in the lyric that I'm missing, 'cause this just sounds like the same old Train shittiness to me.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
Maybe they'll follow it up with something based off of Minuet in G.
― how's life, Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
lol at "play that song"
Playlist is updated for the month.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Jesus fuck that Train song
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 December 2016 23:22 (seven years ago) link
Spin's shitlist.
Only one I remember hearing is Timberlake, which I don't think is that bad at all.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
we should do a year end poll i think.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
Nah, 2016 was bad enough already.
― sbahnhof, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
okay, i'm convinced
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
i'm glad the trend of publishing year-end worst lists for singles is picking up now
― dyl, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
+1
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
Somebody make it happen if you want.Playlist is put to bed now, added the SPIN picks.
ILM's Rolling Worst Songs 2016 Spotify Playlist
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 13 January 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
Can we just award it to Seven Years?
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 13 January 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
i am more inclined to go with that ghostbusters theme
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 13 January 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
Have we mentioned Robbie Williams' 'I Love My Life' yet? Because honestly fuck off mate, how's anyone supposed to relate to that?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 16 January 2017 13:22 (seven years ago) link
^^ I've thought about posting that one to the thread several times, but (luckily) forgot about it once I was on ilx again. It's excrutating. Whenever it pops up on the car radio or in a shop it drives me mad.
It breaks my brain trying to follow his thought process: 'Oi imma make a song about how I love life, drown it in cliches, that must be a bonafide hit amirite guys?'
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 16 January 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
It's like that 'hope I'm old before I die' song he did years ago that effectively inverted and toned down the Who. i remember my dad being incredulous - 'that's not very rock'n'roll!'
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 16 January 2017 13:36 (seven years ago) link
Dog Latin, so awful. My friend asked me to join her to his gig. No thanks.
― nathom, Monday, 16 January 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
Party like a Russian is in the SBIG / accidentally prescient box though
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Monday, 16 January 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
Normally, calling the new year's thread overdue at this point would be laughably premature, but 2017 has already seen two new Ed Sheeran singles.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 16 January 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
You Didn't Want It, You Didn't Ask For It; The 2016 ILX Worst Song Poll
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 16 January 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link