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Elgin Clock 03-06-2004 02:28

VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
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1  Starship - We Built This City
 2  Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
 3  Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
 4  Limp Bizkit - Rollin (Urban Assault Vehicle)
 5  Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
 6  Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
 7  Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time
 8  Ricky Martin - She Bangs
 9  Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
10  Huey Lewis And The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll
11  Gerardo - Rico Suave
12  New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
13  Aqua - Barbie Girl
14  Will Smith - Will2K
15  Crash Test Dummies - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm
16  Europe - The Final Countdown
17  Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
18  MC Hammer - Pumps and a Bump
19  Chicago - You're The Inspiration
20  Toby Keith - Courtesy Of The Red White And Blue
21  The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You (FRIENDS TV Show Theme)
22  Lionel Ritchie - Dancing On The Ceiling
23  Sisqo - Thong Song
24  Phil Collins - Sussudio
25  Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
26  Bryan Adams - The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
27  Wrekx and Effect - Rump Shaker
28  Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
29  Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
30  Nelly - Pimp Juice
31  R. Kelly - You Remind Me 0f Something
32  Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
33  Jenny Lopez - Jenny From The Block
34  Crazytown - Butterfly
35  Don Johnson - Heartbeat
36  Color Me Badd - Sex Me Up
37  Bette Midler - From A Distance
38  Ja Rule - Mezmerize
39  Snow - Informer
40  4 Non Blondes - What's Going on
41  JC Chazez - Some Girls Dance With Women
42  RedNex - Cotton Eyed Joe
43  Master P - Make Em Say Ugh
44  Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
45  Ruben Studdard - Sorry (2004)
46  Spin Doctors - Two Princes
47  Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston - Something in Common
48  Michael Bolton - Can I Touch You There
49  Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You
50  Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses At Night

Scroll down to see all 50!

Ok, I finally got the list to display right.. Hopefully.
Thanks Eddie McD for the help! :)

So, this is the list that VH1 and Blender magazine gave for the "Top 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs"

Do you think any of these should be removed from the list?
If you want to just reference the song by the number on the list that's ok.

Any songs you think should be added to the Most Awesomely Bad list??

Elgin Clock 03-06-2004 02:40

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Ok, so the songs I think they should get off the "bad" list are songs number:

1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, & 50

These are the songs that I think are good.
I'm not saying they are my favorite songs of all time, but they do not deserve to be on the "Bad" list in my opinion.

There are far more deserving songs that could be on the "Bad" list like:
Hanson - MMBopp
Alanis Morrisette - Ironic
Some Spice Girls song - yeah that's right, I only said Some of their songs...
Any Jessica Simpson Song
Any Ja Rule Song, yeah I agree with them on that one - A lot of rap songs belong on there in my opinion as a matter of fact.
Eminem? Where he at on the Bad List??
Definately The Macerena should have been on there and not Cotton Eyed Joe.

I'll think of some more later.. I'm sure of it. :D

Jay H 237 03-06-2004 05:43

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
I don't believe #20 belongs on there either.

It's funny how every time someone does a list the songs you think would do well wind up near the bottom and the ones you thought would do worse wind up near the top. The local classic rock station (I95) did a 500 song memorial day countdown and the songs you thought would do better wound up being in the first part of the count down.

MissInformation 03-06-2004 09:18

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Before anyone gets too upset about the list, they should actually watch the show, because they do commentary on why the song should be on there. I think they missed the sarcasm of number 13 and 17, if you take them as straight songs, of course they're dumb... And I've always really liked numbers 15, 40, and 46. I guess this just shows that everyone is allowed to have some awesomely bad taste every now and again... :D

For bad lyrics alone, these two songs should have been on the list: I didn't know I Could Lose You by Rodney Crowell (it was a country hit), the lyrics in question being "rain falls down on my parade like water" and Sugar Walls by Sheena Easton (80s hit for those too young to remember), bad lyrics, well, all of them are bad, but especially "blood races to your private spots"

Heidi

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#30, Pimp Juice? Hmmm...

evulish 03-06-2004 09:21

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Now I'm mad. NO MEATLOAF SONG IS BAD!! Yay for Meatloaf! No one appearing in RHPS movie production should be on the worst-100 whatever list for anything! Rahh! I don't like #20. I'm glad it's there :) *thinks of that Southpark episode where they build the ladder to heaven* *puts on some Vanilla Ice*

Elgin Clock 03-06-2004 12:48

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay H 237
I don't believe #20 belongs on there either.

I didn't pick that for my keepers list, not because it's not good.
I just don't like country music that much, and I can honestly say I never heard that song before the countdown.

Side Note: This song is actually one of the most widely discussed songs on VH1's website forums concerning the countdown as well. Lots of Supporters for that song, and a lot of people who are sick of the amount of threads on this one song. :rolleyes:

And as Heidi said, a lot of the commentary was funny about the particular songs. But just because you can write a joke about a song, doesn't mean that it should be on a "bad" list.

One of the jokes was about the #22 song - Lionel Ritchie's Dancing On The Ceiling.
It was a comment like, What Rhymes with feelings? Kneeling, no that's not good. Tealing, no that's not a word. Ceiling? Yes, that will work.
Good Joke? Sure.. Maybe... But I still like the song.

D.J. Fluck 03-06-2004 14:08

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
That one song by whats her name that they overplayed a billion times when "Titanic" came out...that should be in the top 5.

How could you put Gerardo on that list?! He's a pimp :p I remember the first time I saw that video. It was on Beavis & Butt-Head years ago.

dlavery 03-06-2004 14:29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck
How could you put Gerardo on that list?! He's a pimp :p I remember the first time I saw that video. It was on Beavis & Butt-Head years ago.


Gerardo?!!?! Auugghh! Dave says "that's NOT pimp!!"

-dave

Greg Ross 03-06-2004 14:56

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
Do you think any of these should be removed from the list?

OK. I think I can probably count on one hand the songs I actually recognize by name. Let's see...

Pointer: Achy Breaky Heart (I recognize the title, anyway. I'm not sure I would recognize the song itself, though.)
Tall Man: She Bangs
Ring Man: Don't Worry, Be Happy (This one doesn't deserve to be on the list. :])
Pinkie: I'm Too Sexy
Thumbkin: Cotton Eyed Joe (Thanks to FIRST.)

Well, I thought I had done it, but then I realized that "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm" must be that "song" some car company used in a commercial.

So, of those six, besides "Don't Worry, Be Happy" I would pull "Cotton Eyed Joe" off the list.

Elgin Clock 03-06-2004 15:16

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gwross
OK. I think I can probably count on one hand the songs I actually recognize by name..

Here ya go.

I didn't post this link originally because the list is wrong on the vh1 site.. figures huh?

VH1's officially bad site of their 50 most bad songs.

You can listen to some clips form the songs I mentioned there, to see if you recognize any of them.

chocolateluvrlr 03-06-2004 15:31

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#44 doesnt belong on the list
and gwross...cotton eyed joe is awesome...so yeah, 42 DEFINITELY should not be on the list

Jessica Boucher 03-06-2004 16:17

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gwross
Well, I thought I had done it, but then I realized that "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm" must be that "song" some car company used in a commercial.

You might be thinking of "Da Da Da", a completely different awesomely bad song that surprisingly wasn't listed.

But no matter whether you agree or disagree with VH1, this show is one of their better countdowns, so I suggest you catch it (apparently the next time is Saturday 6/5 at 9pm)!

EddieMcD 03-06-2004 17:26

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Well, depending on how you define bad (and believe me, I know bad songs. Anybody remember my infamous playlist?), these songs are good: 4, 6, 8, 9 (but only if Dr. Zoidberg sings it), 21, 34, & 44. In reference to Cotton Eyed Joe: it's only good at a FIRST event (same goes for The Macarena).

And am I the only one who likes the Friends theme (even though the show inhaled audibly after season three)? Alright, it's probably the ultimate one-hit wonder, but still...

Yan Wang 03-06-2004 17:57

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Whatever song it was in 2002 that they played at Championships over and over that had some nasty sounding, high pitched girls going: "Na na na.. na na na na na na..." ARGHH!

Elgin Clock 05-06-2004 02:27

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Yan Wang
Whatever song it was in 2002 that they played at Championships over and over that had some nasty sounding, high pitched girls going: "Na na na.. na na na na na na..." ARGHH!

Sorry.. I can't "name that tune". You'll have to be a little more specific.

Maybe it was the Ketchup Song by Las Ketchup? That's the first thing I could think of in that time frame with high pitched girls and the "na na na" thing.

See if this is it HERE.

And btw, I think this is a cool song... :D

RudimentaryPeni 05-06-2004 02:33

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I'm suprised that some of the local bands in my town weren't put on the list, oh wait they aren't awsome, they are just bad.

Ryan Dognaux 05-06-2004 14:44

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Hmm.. considering I got the "Rollin (Urban Assault Vehicle)" (editted) song for IRI... I think it's pretty good. Sounds cool at least.

D.J. Fluck 05-06-2004 15:21

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Yan Wang
Whatever song it was in 2002 that they played at Championships over and over that had some nasty sounding, high pitched girls going: "Na na na.. na na na na na na..." ARGHH!


Or it could be ATC- Around The World, and if we're thinking of the same song, I hear ya, man. :ahh:

LauraN 05-06-2004 18:38

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OK, "Barbie Girl" is an awesome song. It's supposed to make a statement. (There's even a disclaimer on the CD that says something like "Aqua has no affiliation with Matel Toys; the use of the word 'Barbie' is simply meant as a social statement." :D)

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is an awesome song. And "I'll Be Missing You" is actually remix of a really interesting song. So I think it's kind of silly to put a remix on there, unless they're pointing out the fact that he destroyed the original song. (The original was all about stalking- "Every step you take, I'll be watching you" etc. Creepy but at least interesting. Puff Daddy then rewrote some of the lyrics to make it about missing someone who has died and how they'll be watching over you.)

And HOW in the world can you put Cotton Eyed Joe on there? It's a dance song! If you're going to mock dance songs, how about "The Electric Slide"?!

DanL 06-06-2004 14:09

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Am I the only one who thinks Crazytown's Butterfly has an great and clean bass line? Its rhythmic, and I crank the speakers all the way up everytime the bridge comes on. Granted, the video is rather tasteless, but putting that song on that countdown is a big >:O.

Alex Pelan 06-06-2004 16:29

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Maybe Gettin Jiggy Wit it is the song that Yan Wang is referring to?

Yan Wang 06-06-2004 19:15

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
No, not Will Smith. And after sampling a bit of "around the world", that doesn't seem to be it either. Whatever it was, I don't really care to remember it anymore :)

nehalita 23-01-2005 18:06

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"we didn't start the fire"
EXCUSE ME???? :ahh: that song has more history than our pop stars could comprehend. that song is the best. no way.

and barbie girl??? EVERYONE loved that song when it was out...they're just putting it on there because they realized how stupid the lyrics were. but i bet you they were all "jamming" to that song when it came out. hypocrites.

and "I'll be missing you" is one of my favorite songs. what's wrong with it? there are worse songs to put up there...maybe some Avril Lavigne

grrr I'm mad at a lot of the songs.
"she bangs" however, deserves to be there. :yikes:

**edit** yea, i just realized LauraN said the same thing...that was scary...same songs too....

Koko Ed 23-01-2005 18:19

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Why isn't Vanilla Ice number one?

Yan Wang 23-01-2005 19:15

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed
Why isn't Vanilla Ice number one?

There's a song called "Under Ice" by Stark Effect. It mixes Vanilla Ice with David Bowie... very cool stuff. There's also an anime music video out there that uses this song, though I forget where to find it.

fancy013 24-01-2005 14:28

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I know it is so funny! but i feel so sorry cause some songs there i liked and then they all talking bad things about that song. snifs! but soOOoo funny.

Devil2005 24-01-2005 14:46

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
I have my own qualms with the list, but then again i haven't been a fan of any of VH1's lists including the 100 best rock songs (which apparently includes R&B, hip hop, country, and pop, but i don't mind) and 100 best bands. However, the list that i do respect is Rolling Stone's recent top 500 songs of all time. The only discrepency i see in the RS list is Outkast's "Hey ya". Sorry i don't have a link or anything for you. You'll just have to get the magazine

Elgin Clock 24-01-2005 17:55

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed
Why isn't Vanilla Ice number one?

When done correctly, even songs like those from Vanilla Ice can be remastered and made.. umm.. good?

See HERE for proof!

edit:
Or what about a remixed version of an MC Hammer jam HERE

You gotta love the classics!! :rolleyes:

EddieMcD 24-01-2005 22:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Devil2005
However, the list that i do respect is Rolling Stone's recent top 500 songs of all time.

You mean the top 500 list that didn't contain American Pie by Don McLean (quite possibly the greatest poetic song ever)?

Sorry, I discredit that list as well.

MissInformation 24-01-2005 22:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by EddieMcD
You mean the top 500 list that didn't contain American Pie by Don McLean (quite possibly the greatest poetic song ever)?

Sorry, I discredit that list as well.

Now, I'm not saying American Pie is a bad song, however, I could happily go the rest of my life without ever hearing it again. I'm having a flash-back to a party some 6 or 7 years ago where everyone (but me, I just buried myself amongst the pillows on the couch and pretended to be anywhere else) spent over 3 hours trying to figure out the lyrics (no, they did not bother to look it up on the Net) and then proceeded to sing it, over and over and over... And I may note that only two people there could carry a tune. *Shudder*

Okay, I thought of another song that should have been on the bad song list. Most of you are probably too young to know it, but the lyrics absolutely make me cringe: MacArthur Park by Richard Harris


Heidi

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being a woman makes contradiction perfectly reasonable

Devil2005 25-01-2005 21:36

Re: VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs List - What a joke.
 
Wow, I went back and looked and American Pie isn't on the list. I'm gonna hope that it was just an oversight because i agree that its a great song. I know regardless of who makes these lists, we will argue them, but i have to give Rolling Stone the nod over VH1


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