Favorite Artist / Worst Song

[sammy]

Who is your favorite Singer/Band?

And, in your opinion, what is their absolutely worst song and why?

I'm thoroughly intrigued to hear what folks say...

[zartan]

Belle and Sebastian- Chickfactor

[Edison]

If we're talking all-time favorites, I'd have to go with The Beatles.
There are a couple of weak tunes from the earlier days that are pretty forgettable, but no really bad songs.
So, I'll focus on another all-time favorite;

Go-to band: Led Zeppelin
Worst song: "All of My Love" A weak, soppy, and over-produced toss-away that still manages to get way too much airplay. Lamest song in their catalog.

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"It's over, Jimmy."

[bill binkley]

Ooo, too many to list ...

Pearl Jam: Daughter (so boring), Better Man (over-produced to the point of self-parody ... probably the reason they got rid of Dave Abbruzzese), or anything recorded after 1998's Yield.
Sunny Day Real Estate: Every Shining Time You Arrive (goes on and on ... plus, a drum loop on a Sunny Day album?? WTF), or Television (preachy, possibly the most over-produced song on an over-produced album)
Blind Melon: No Rain ... awful, just awful, and that's the one everybody knows ...

So many more ...

[ritty]

The Police - Mother. It's on Synchronicity and was written by Andy Summers in some bizarre experiment. It's got a middle-eastern screeching sound and vocals that are kind of yelled at you. It's a terrible song.

U2 - Numb. From the Zooropa album. Yeah, I like it when Edge just plays guitar and let's Bono sing.

[POPS]

Barenaked Ladies -- One Week. super fuckin sell out of a great canadian sound, just to get over with American 13 year olds.

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POPS

[Fooomfh]

Tom Petty. Worst song is probably off of 1999's Echo (which is three songs too long, I think), and it's About To Give Out. If that album were 12 songs it would be better than Wildflowers. I said it.

Tom Petty song I really don't want to hear in concert anymore: It's Good To Be King.

[Saff]

Surprise Surprise Bob Dylan - I'll go with All Along The Watchtower off of "John Wesley Harding" Not because it is a bad song, but it is the best example of Dylan's writing not being brought to its full potential. Jimmy Hendrix just twisted the same words into something Dylan never could.

Incidently, also on "John Wesley Harding" is the song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest which is where Judas Priest got its name.

[JPanic]

The Police - Mother. It's on Synchronicity and was written by Andy Summers in some bizarre experiment. It's got a middle-eastern screeching sound and vocals that are kind of yelled at you. It's a terrible song.

Agreed. That is a horrible song, along with "Miss Gradenko". That album answered my question, "Why doesn't Sting let Stewart and Andy write some of the songs?"

[Mr. Keith]

Off the top of my head, I can only think of Gwen Stefani's the horrible, horrible, pep-rally-bait song that is "Hollaback Girl". It doesn't even try to make sense, and I would imagine Ms. Stefani would twist around trying to explain what it means like George Bush answering questions about Iraq. Not that I'm a big fan of hers when she was in No Doubt.

Also, Dave Matthews Band's "Crash Into Me" has always seemed so tedious to me, and I have three of their albums.

[Chip]

I'm a big Dave Matthews Band fan, and I have to agree with Crash Into Me. It's musically repetitive, and I'm always a bit let down at a DMB concert when they play this song because I know there are great songs they could be playing but aren't.

I do love that the teen girls love the song and think it's so romantic, and it's about a peeping tom or something.


-Chip

[elisabeth]

good question!
my favorite band is the old 97's. most of their songwriting comes from rhett miller, who also has two solo albums. his first solo "hit," "come around," is the pits. so bad. and it's especially frustrating because that song brought in a lot of new fans. so i'm glad he's making money to support his family, but i wonder how a guy who is usually a great songwriter, with a ton of knowledge about good music, can write such a crappy song, and be okay with it.

also: the decemberists "when the war came." lame.

[stetsko]

High-school flashback me is going to have to say Rush's"By-Tor and the Snow Dog." It's a horrible horrible song. (It is my favorite thing to scream at concerts, a la "Freebird.")

Today me has pretty much dropped all the crap from her iPod. Although the Violent Femme's"Vancouver" makes me twitch a little.

[jimfath]

Since the Beatles were mentioned and passed I'll press on with them as I'm a fan. I'd say "Revolution 9" is their worst. It's more of an experimental sound scape than a song. Still though it's a complete waste of space on the White album. If you want song songs then any sitar crap that George pulled out of his ass after Norweigan wood. "The Inner Light" comes to mind. Of there popular stuff I never liked "Come Together"

Led Zeppelin "Hot Dog" I know it's a joke but still.

White Stripes "It's true that we love one another" ... I hate Hate HATE this song. It makes me want to punch.

[aneg]

fun!

my favourite band is SLOAN (at the metro may 19th!!) and their worst song, without a doubt is called "pick it up and dial it". i cringe each time i hear it. it's a pseudo-rock anthem equivalent to a bad kiss cover band. thanksfully, everyone hates it and they never play it live.