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I’d do anything for love – Meat Loaf
(I still don’t believe it actualy went number one in the charts, eventhough it’s 9 years ago <img> <img> )
It came to me this morning, as I was waking up– "Total Eclipse of the Heart".
Man, I actually like some of the songs you guys mentioned. "Slave 4U"? Are you kidding? Rosa likes to DANCE, boys.
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rosaI can think of a few that should have been on the list, at least above some of the others…
#87 Hangin’ Tough-NKOTB
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Man, Hansione, I think you nailed it with Meatloaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That). If memory serves correct I believe the thing Mr. Loaf wouldn’t do for love is find another chord (it repeats the title chorus, what, six or seven-hundred times?).
Other songs that make my flesh crawl:
Every Rose Has A Thorn – Poision (the worst of a bad genre; the heavy metal ballad)
Let’s Hear It For The Boy – by God knows who from some 80’s flick
Anything with excessive vocal histrionics ala Whitney Houston or Christina Aguilera (who just bugs me anyway)
NSync/Backstreet Boys/98 Degrees etc. – I honestly honestly honestly could not tell you the difference between any of them musically (or pretty much any other way for that matter).
Sometimes When We Touch – Dan Hill (possibly the "Plan 9 From Outer Space" of lite rock ballads)
I’d go on, but I’ve only got a 2 gig hard drive.
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the meatloaf song mentioned was quite awful, but his second single off that album was even more rediculous with an even longer title. The song: "Objects in the Rearviewmirror May Be Closer than they are." He says this over and over again. The song is an epic, clocking in at about seven minutes. The video for it was even more rediculous, very sappy deal about a drag race gone bad. Old Meat was watching the whole thing in some puffy shirt with a clenched fist belting out the words. "Objects in the rearview mirror may be closer than they are." Breathtaking!
How about the eighties song "Solid as a Rock"
It appears in the movie Ghost World. Steve Bushemi’s character is on a date with a girl and she is trying to get him to dance to it. It’s hillarious because he only listens to classic underground blues. Great movie if you haven’t seen it.Some more quite bad songs:
Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
Heal the world – Michael Jackson
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (I’ve got love in my tummy) – Ohio Express
Slave 4 U – Britney Spears (well, all of her songs are unbearable, but this one stands out!!!)….and almost every song that ever was in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Anything by Captain And Tennile <img> would qualify
How about worst album?Most times I`ve heard people talking about that William Shatner album from the 60`s :eek:celebrities usually make bad music.Yeah, that Meatloaf thing "I’d Do Anything …" is pretty horrible. And that follow-up was even worse.
In the ceramics studio the other night the radio was on a station that played "I’d Do …" and "Pour Some Sugar On ME" and a couple other songs already mentioned here. I couldn’t believe it. I still can’t believe it and I was there.
From the new Alanis Morisette album:
21 Things I Want in a Lover
do you derive joy when someone else succeeds? do you not play dirty when engaged in
competition? do you have a big intellectual capacity but know that it alone does not
equate wisdom?
do you see everything as an illusion? but enjoy it even though you are not of it?
are you both masculine and feminine? politically aware? and don’t believe in capital
punishment?these are 21 things that I want in a lover
not necessarily needs but qualities that I preferdo you derive joy from diving in and seeing that loving someone can actually feel like
freedom? are you funny? Ã la self-deprecating? like adventure? and have many formed
opinions?these are 21 things that I want in a lover
not necessarily needs but qualities that I prefer
I figure I can describe it since I have a choice in the matter
these are 21 things I choose to choose in a loverI’m in no hurry I could wait forever
I’m in no rush cuz I like being solo
there are no worries and certainly no pressure
in the meantime I’ll live like there’s no tomorroware you uninhibited in bed? more than three times a week? up for being experimental?
are you athletic? are you thriving in a job that helps your brother? are you not addicted?…curious and communicative…
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Like a wise man once said: "Shut up woman and cook…"
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Alanis Morrisette is horrible, just horrible. All of her lyrics read like eighth-grade poetry that has been written expressly for other people to read. Not good jr high poetry. Bad jr high poetry.
I’m sure she’s a lovely person, and I admire her perseverance. But really. Someone buy that girl a thesaurus.
xo
no-record-deal-rosaIf you’re going to talk about lyrics, listen to sonic youth. cool as the band is, they cannot write lyrics.
Yes, they can. It all depends, I think, on which member of Sonic Youth is writing the lyrics. Some of the lyrics written by Lee Ranaldo are excellent. "Wish Fulfillment," to name only one, has beautiful lyrics.
But even the lyrics by Kim Gordon are far better than the mindless crap Oasis dares to blurt out. I mean, Standing on the shoulder of giants? They can’t even spell the titles of their albums correctly. Anything on that last album could qualify as worst song ever, if you’d ask me.
Some more serious contenders:
Bryan Adams – Everything I do…
Celine Dion – My heart will go on
Shakira – Wherever, whenever<img> <img>
I’m going to have to strongly disagree EVILMALC.
I think in fact a lot of Sonic Youth’s lyrics are very deep. So deep, they are hard to undertand. You just have no frame of reference to understand them. They are highly elusive in meaning. Many of the issues Sonic Youth is dealing with are very hard to explain in the first place. I think a lot of it also has to do with the fact that the issues are so complex that they are not easily understood by the band, let alone trying to explain it to others, which makes it that much harder to understand (Like when they go into total chaotic sessions. They are to the point where lyrically and musically they can no longer express what they are trying to express, so it comes out as chaotic, disturbing , and unsettling sound). You have to remember that many of Sonic Youth’s songs are dealing with very raw and untamed emotion or feelings. You have to remember that Sonic Youth is part of a highly controvercial generation that dealt with many serious issues that younger people haven’t necessarily had to deal with. (I can explain this statement in much greater detail, but I don’t feel like going into it right here). The lyrics are highly sexually, intellectually, and emotionally charged. Quite simply, no words can really do the feelings justice. You just have to "feel" it in the music and voice. Also, Sonic Youth is very sound oriented, so it’s not necessarily what words are used within the context of the song, but rather the emotion being conveyed behind the lyrics. You also have to remember that Sonic Youth are excellent musicians. The trilogy songs on DAYDREAM NATION are actually just smaller chapters in an entire story (i.e. the CD), much like Pink Floyd’s The WAll. You have to see the bigger picture.A few songs that are lyrical quite good…
Winner’s Blues
Bull in the Heather
Self Obsessed and Sexxee
Androgynous Mind
Sweet Shine
100%
Swimsuit Issue
Theresa’s Sound World
Shoot
Wish Fulfillment
Tunic
Kool Thing
My Friend Goo
Becuz
Junkie’s Promise
Little Trouble Girl
Panty Lies
Sunday
French Tickler
Hits of Sunshine
The Inneffable MeIf you want me to, I’ll take the time later to break them down for you. Maybe they are dealing with issues that you yourself have never had to deal with, which would make it harder to understand. Maybe you just need a little help seeing them from a new viewpoint. Just ask…I’ve spent many years dissecting Sonic Youth’s lyrics trying to understand them myself. <img>
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I’m right with Jasper – how could we have forgotten about Oasis. This band is a joke and an absolute disgrace. Every song is awful, and their infatuation with the Beatles is very sad – calling your son Lennon??!! Jesus, I would be so embarassed if I were one of the (surviving) Beatles, that this group of non-talented half-wits were trying to emulate me so.
And now they’ve even gone down the late George Harrison route (pronounced the English way – root, not rowt <img> and gone all sitar like with their latest release (sorry, don’t even know what it is called). Liam is in the papers fighting bouncers again. What I’d give to roll a couple of rounds with the lad.
See ya later
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