Watching the Beta Boys video from the previous year's thread led me down a Youtube recommend alley to the work of their sole female member, "Fellatia Geisha". It's, um, interesting. Not exactly good interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvXyrySKtU
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 6 February 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Oh wow, she has a new one this week, and um...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLha5zlBQMc
Lots of things going on here, but I can't help zeroing in on the use of an FCUK t-shirt to apparently signify rebellion against "intersectional feminism"
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 6 February 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link
Was just coming here to post the Ansel track.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:25 (seven years ago) link
abysmal real name of 2017 and hard to see how that track & video will be beaten either
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:34 (seven years ago) link
the second one is kinda like beat poetry on a Thursday night at Borders circa 1999
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:38 (seven years ago) link
I don't hate this ansel elgort thing as much as I should
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:41 (seven years ago) link
I guess I'll tolerate anything* if it's over a decent synthesizer
* except, like, nazi shit, no one post that buzzfeed article, I've read it
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:43 (seven years ago) link
i didn't think it was bad either
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:58 (seven years ago) link
um
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 04:08 (seven years ago) link
there was an "exposé" a few months about a "burgeoning" "subgenre" of fascist/neo-nazi themed songs over giorgio moroder ripoffs
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 04:15 (seven years ago) link
So far nothing in this thread is truly awful.
― daavid, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 05:05 (seven years ago) link
best/worst thing about the ansel elgort song is his overenunciation of every single word
― na (NA), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
i think he learned it phonetically
― na (NA), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
as a person who has actually liked a fair number of FJM/J. Tillman things, his decision to double down on po-faced "political" lyrics has resulted in, I believe, some dizzying new lows worthy of this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT2-0y1542I
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 15:48 (seven years ago) link
That Elgort video is pretty good on mute, cause you know, cute mostly-naked boy + Cocaine Noir visuals.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
I hope his acting is better than his singing, otherwise he might ruin the upcoming Edgar Wright movie that he's starring in.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
The Elgort song is mostly guilty of trying too hard. It reminds me a bit of that Kiefer Sutherland country track from last year in that regard (although that was way funnier).
Those Fellatia Geisha tracks are just straight up appalling, through. Like Kitty (Pryde) performing lyrics written by Milo Yiannopoulos.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
haha that ansel elgort song is hilariously bad, thread delivers
fjm is annoyingly bad ;_;
― niels, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
apparently there's a 13-minute song kicking around but I don't feel up to torturing y'all on that level
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link
This is from 2014, but I was just sent it because he's touring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXYgLPBfF_w
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
At long last, the lead single of a certain animated group's upcoming 4th album. No, not that one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7A6-WllOSQ
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
This Prozzak song isn't good, but they were probably one of the very last turn-of-the-millennium bands that I would have expected to still be around in 2017, so that's something.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
Well their upcoming album, due in March, is called "Forever 1999".
― MarkoP, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
wow 2017 shaping up to be worse than last year
wonder if that arthur brown shit is to poor for tom waits to sue
― niels, Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
alternate titles: "Sia Continues To Not Do Subtext"; "I Didn't Expect Melanie Martinez To Be Where Katy Perry Is Being Positioned, Huh"; "If You Told Me Katy Perry Was Doing 'Pleasantville' I Would Have Expected Pinup Shit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gsGhdZDC-0
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
"stumbling around like a wasted zombie" is a great description of whatever the chorus is trying to do
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
there's something so awkward about how capitalism/mainstream pop absorbed counterculture in the way it's expressed here - it's like when Dr. Evil does the "i'm hip" routine
worst indeed
― niels, Sunday, 12 February 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
the thing is, it isn't really counterculture at all. it's Sia writing a Sia song that is essentially "Chandelier"
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 12 February 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
I only meant to suggest that criticizing popular culture within a pop framework is awkward when the content of the critique is so banal/superficial/"without any subtext"
it isn't really counterculture - but doesn't it rely on misconstrued countercultural aesthetics?
― niels, Sunday, 12 February 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
imo a song that tells people they are zombies and have to find real purpose in such vague terms is virtually insidistinguishable from telling people to get real jobs and stop watching reality tv
― mh 😏, Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
30 years agohttp://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/35-incredible-things-that-mtv-gave-us-w431175/the-words-promo-w431566
― maura, Monday, 13 February 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
Fuck, Sia has really dropped off in quality since We are Born - not sure if it's related to her sobering up and doing music 24/7 or the money. Happy for her health-wise I guess.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Monday, 13 February 2017 03:04 (seven years ago) link
xp promo otm and a self-indictment
― mh 😏, Monday, 13 February 2017 03:44 (seven years ago) link
am I horrible if I say sia's best bits were zero 7 vocals
― mh 😏, Monday, 13 February 2017 03:45 (seven years ago) link
Nope.
― how's life, Monday, 13 February 2017 09:51 (seven years ago) link
Otoh, "I'm watching porn in my hotel dressing gown" is v Rolling Worst Music 2002.
― how's life, Monday, 13 February 2017 12:11 (seven years ago) link
(picture of Trump in bathrobe)
― mh 😏, Monday, 13 February 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRhZFNHrT6c
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Bryson Morris sings that song / so i don't even bother
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
I like that he has braces.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Dare I stick my head out and admit that I sort of like the Katy Perry song, just a bit put off by the rubbish lyrics and scansion
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
I cannot get past that Cocorosie/ANHONI song
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
The best thing that I will say about that Perry song is that, after hearing it maybe twice, it doesn't actively annoy me in any way. Other than that, I can't right now recall a single thing about it.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Filed under "Machine-gunning fish in a barrel":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hlSgENWCcU
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dcmovies/images/b/ba/1966_Batsignal.jpg/revision/latest%3Fcb%3D20120909125345
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Thursday, 23 February 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
Jessie Ware co-wrote this. I'm horrified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwzD8U4u76k
― monotony, Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
Go fuck yourself, Ed.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
wow, fuck this guy so much
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 5 March 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
Gross
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 5 March 2017 01:03 (seven years ago) link
I know you're lonelyPlease remember you're still freeTo make the choice and leaveDon't call me up, you need to show me
another very strong contender indeed
― niels, Sunday, 5 March 2017 09:06 (seven years ago) link
but where were you when he documented meeting a kid with cancer?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
I love chris isaak but this shit is fucked uphttps://open.spotify.com/track/1bH8yq5PlCTlzPypoFof7p
― niels, Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
Did he even have anything to do with this, or is this a case of metadata shenanigans? He doesn't seem to be promoting it anywhere.
Anyway, here's the singer in question: https://www.instagram.com/davidsbaumanis/
― maura, Thursday, 10 August 2017 14:29 (six years ago) link
(I also like that someone on his FB page posted a note to Agent Desmond.)
― maura, Thursday, 10 August 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
Some lad called Ron Jelly or something like that. The sooner I get these headphones fixed the better
― saer, Thursday, 10 August 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
Bastille - Basket Case
― Spottie, Friday, 18 August 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
6 Music keep playing this for some reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAIzVw9_VQ&list=PLU9Xdwsq_bJaiB2bgVq0lg5ujv7_-gG1o&index=4
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link
Try again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAIzVw9_VQ
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
reason : mercury prize entrant
― mark e, Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
has Castle on the Hill been mentioned? Ed Sheeran never fails to horrify:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qp5vcuMIlk
his voice, the production, it's all so terrible - but the lyrics are even worse! absolutely dreadful
― niels, Sunday, 1 October 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
That song played dozens of times at the place i worked at over the summer - i hated it so goddamn much and i'm so glad I don't have to be around that office radio anymore. Yeah, we get it ed, your friends in high school were burnouts. that doesn't make you any less of a cheeseball.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 1 October 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
harry styles - sign of the times
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 1 October 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
i fully expect "castle on the hill" to be nominated for song of the year grammy
― dyl, Sunday, 1 October 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
"Castle On The Hill" is not nearly the worst thing Sheeran's released this year
― monotony, Sunday, 1 October 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
yeah it's going to get record/song of the year noms for sure unless the grammys just give up and give every song that hit number one in its nomination period (which ended yesterday) a nod
― maura, Sunday, 1 October 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
that list, btw, would be (in reverse chronological order)
bodak yellowlook what you made me dodespacitoi'm the onethat's what i likehumbleshape of youbad and boujeeblack beatlesstarboy (woof) andcloser (WOOOFFFF)
― maura, Sunday, 1 October 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
despacito owned the charts huh
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
Last call to get some nominations in here for the worst song of 2017.I'll likely run a poll in late December.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
Is that one where Ed Sheeran keeps saying "I'm in love with your body" on here?
If not, that.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
did Meghan Trainor sit this year out or something
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:27 (six years ago) link
crypto, reposting this for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1-pKWOt2yM
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
meghan trainor is on a talent show panel with diddy and dj khaled
she also put out a dumb smurfs tie-in song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyL3YKK_1BI
― maura, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
Eminem - Walk On Water
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link
That American Soul song U2 did on SNL this week should be in the mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efi4SCY0TA0
― DJI, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
"refujesus"
― DJI, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
that smurfette track is very bad
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
lol, i forgot that trainor's debut album was 'title'
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
it's useful at least as a marker for showing why kelly clarkson's 'whole lotta woman' and kesha's 'woman' are really quite good
― maura, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
https://themuse.jezebel.com/the-worst-songs-of-the-year-2017-when-pop-nearly-kille-1821231799
Katy Perry ft. Migos, “Bon Appetít”Maroon 5 f. SZA, “What Lovers Do”Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor SwiftEd Sheeran, “New Man”Louis Tomlinson, “Miss You”Katy Perry, “Swish Swish”Miley Cyrus, “Malibu”Portugal. The Man, “Feel It Still”Branchez & Big Wet, “Turn Up on the Weekend”Chainsmokers f. Florida Georgia Line, “Last Day Alive”
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
why would they include Malibu tho?
also, I know they had to pick a token Sheeran track, but I think they should have clarified in the blurb that every Ed Sheeran track is the worst
― niels, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
is this the shortest a worst-of-the-year thread has ever been, in 2017 of all years
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
too much horrible shit to mind in all other corners of life imo
― Simon H., Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
i was pretty impressed by how awful that branches & big wet song is
― na (NA), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
swish swish is a bad song but it really requires the video to move over into terrible
I don't know what a JMSN is, but this is some garbage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrWVngO2gu8
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:49 (six years ago) link
That’s the only worst-songs-of-the-year list from a major publication this year? Come on, ILM writers, you can do better than that! Where’s Whiney?
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 28 December 2017 12:20 (six years ago) link
EW’s five worst songs of the year:5. Katy Perry, “Into Me You See”4. Post Malone feat. 21 Savage, “Rockstar”3. The Chainsmokers, “Break Up Every Night”2. DJ Khaled feat. Chance the Rapper, “I Love You So Much”1. Bhad Bhabie, “These Heaux”Five worst albums:5. Prophets of Rage4. Lil Yachty, Teenage Emotions3. The Chainsmokers, Memories... Do Not Open2. Kid Rock, Sweet Southern Sugar 1. Chris Brown, Heartbreak on a Full Moon
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
kind of a layup there tbh
time puts post malone at #1:http://time.com/5048308/top-10-worst-songs-2017/
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
esquire brings in taylor swift’s powerpoint presentation http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/g14470314/worst-songs-of-2017/
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
not linking uproxx’s because it was poorly written trash
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
young & menace is kind of amazing
― imago, Thursday, 28 December 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
it is! easy to hate though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
"bhad bhabie" isn't really any worse that a dozen other people doing similar work; picking on her seems unimaginative
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 28 December 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
if you want to be galaxy brain cynical you will likely not piss off any advertisers by shitting on bhad bhabie
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 28 December 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
anyone who didn’t have qveen herby on their list didn’t plumb the depths enough
― maura, Thursday, 28 December 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
I know 2017 is over, but I'm still plowing through 2017 year-end playlists and just came across this ghastly thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtVFTuIZFYU
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link