Better Than the Badgers (Perpetrating Memes Again)

[omorka]

For anyone who didn't see it from greeneyedpagan's post, this was freakin' awesome. Warning: extremely not work-safe, probably shouldn't be viewed if there are sensitive people in the room.



This was a music magazine's list of the 50 Worst Songs. The idea is to old the ones you actually like.

1. We Built This City ... Starship
2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung (as a wise Canadian once said, it just doesn't feel like Earth Day without Wang Chung!)
4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit
5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice
6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News
7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin (although this is one where an awful lot of people didn't listen to the lyrics)
8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
9. American Life ... Madonna
10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken
12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys (guilty pleasure, here)
13. Illegal Alien ... Genesis
14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler (although it's not her version that I actually like - try the Four Bitchin' Babes)
15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts
16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes
17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer
18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago
19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister
20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie
21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors (oh, how can you not like this song? I do have to filk the poly female POV, though)
22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith
23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart
24. Superman ... Five for Fighting
25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
26. The End ... The Doors
27. The Final Countdown ... Europe (another guilty pleasure)
28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer
29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something
30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston
31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies (does liking the Weird Al parody count?)
32. Will 2K ... Will Smith
33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua
34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg
35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M. (best of Athens, GA!)
36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal
37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo
38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex
39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin
40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd
41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel (hey, I got a couple of my kids to like this song! Not that their taste is particularly good or anything)
42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel
43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker
44. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf
45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
46. Hangin' Tough ... New Kids on the Block
47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams
48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles
49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred (especially with this out there)
50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion

Comments

[greeneyedpagan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed my movie, but yours was great too!
Naked men. Gotta love them! Gotta love Alan, too...

[omorka.livejournal.com]

Now, if we could just get naked Alan Rickman, we'd be doing pretty good . . . ;)

[brezhnev.livejournal.com]

I don't see how this could be the fifty worst songs ever produced. I mean, they left out the oeuvre of Daniel Johnston (http://www.hihowareyou.com/), especially the early stuff. And it's surprising that there aren't at least a few songs like "F___ Martinez" by 2 Live Crew (http://www.lyricsdir.com/0/2-live-crew/).

But even if the list only includes a subset of the pop genre, how could they not include "Crimson and Clover"? I'm sure that singing from the bottom of a fishtank was a novel idea, but it didn't really work out too well.

I love Tommy James and the Shondells

[binaryathena.livejournal.com]

and I like "Crimson and Clover"
ok, not as much as "I Think We're Alone Now," but still, I like it

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

Ah, Mr. Mister. Did I ever tell you about the time I was in the House of Blues green room talking with the guitarist from Mr. Mister, the bass player from Kajagoogoo and Peter Gabriel's bass player about how hard it is to hear yourself on stage. A total 80's moment (except for me, of course.)