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| Beatles classic voted worst song |
| 2004-11-10 |
| The Beatles' 1968 song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da has been voted the worst song ever in an online poll. The track was on the band's White Album - which is often regarded as one of the best albums ever made. It was rated as being worse than former footballer Paul Gascoigne's Fog On The Tyne in a Mars survey of 1,000 people. In third place was Meat Loaf's 1993 hit I'll Do Anything For Love, while 5ive, Cliff Richard, Vanilla Ice and Steps were also in the top 10. TOP 5 'WORST' SONGS 1. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles 2. Fog on the Tyne - Gazza and Lindisfarne 3. I'll Do Anything For Love - Meat Loaf 4. Diamond Lights - Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle 5. We Will Rock You - 5ive featuring Queen |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #42 Good King Sauerkraut, Look out! On your feet so porous While the snoo lay round about Deep with Crispness Chorus ---Churchy La Femme |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-10 10:49:08 PM |
| #41 #28 - Mojo, Surely you're not referring to "Thank God I'm a Pubic Hair"? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-10 10:34:58 PM |
| #40 "My Momma told me, you better not mess around" Shivers ... |
| Posted by: Beau 2004-11-10 10:29:18 PM |
| #39 Stevie Nicks: Stand Back.....repetitive melody, unintelligent lyrics, it's got it all... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-10 10:26:42 PM |
| #38 ...they lowered themselves to play with one of the most gaggy of entertainers of all time. I like him too. Rocky Mountain HiIIIIIIgh, Coloradoooooo.... The hydrogen bomb of bad songs is, of course, "It's a Small, Small World". Don't force me to use it. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-11-10 9:51:24 PM |
| #37 Anything by Celin Dione |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-11-10 9:06:53 PM |
| #36 Old Spook, that one is definitely Gitmo quality :-) |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-11-10 8:49:56 PM |
| #35 Oogah chaga oogah chaga ooga oogah oogah chaga... (Hooked on a feeling) AAAUUUUGGGHHH! Earworm and bad song! Floorwax and a dessert topping... |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-11-10 8:45:07 PM |
| #34 A third vote for "Having My Baby". And anything by Bobby Goldsboro as a runner up. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-10 8:40:55 PM |
| #33 And Cthulhu fntagn right back at you. I would not have you think for a minute that I insult the Muppets. No, only that they lowered themselves to play with one of the most gaggy of entertainers of all time. Sort of like forcing Aerosmith to perform with Desi Arnez. |
| Posted by: Weird Al 2004-11-10 8:38:58 PM |
| #32 Billy Don't Be a Hero Evergreen Gads, there's so much dreck, it's hard to decide... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-11-10 8:29:29 PM |
| #31 Badger Badger Badger… |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-11-10 6:57:59 PM |
| #30 Steve: In the Jungle, the mighty Jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.. But I like that song. Did you know that it's just some extra lyrics on top of a song called "Wimoweh"? I think I have the Yma Sumac version around here somewhere... And you, Weird infidAl dog, shall die for insulting the honor of the glorious John Denver and the Muppets Christmas album! Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat/please to put a penny in the old man's hat Ha ha! Choke on that! You're having my baby... Ia! Ia! Paul Anka fhtagn! |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-11-10 6:48:16 PM |
| #29 "Dragostea din tei"... in the U.S. you might not know it but many Europeans call this Romanian summer hit of 2004 "Ceaucescu's Revenge"! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-11-10 6:27:32 PM |
| #28 Anything ever played to death on Dr. Demento qualifies, Jules... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-11-10 6:04:19 PM |
| #27 What's that one song that goes, "You're having my baby, what a wonderful way to say how much you love me..."? *HURL* |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-10 5:53:28 PM |
| #26 Mojo! Barnes and Barnes! My college years came rushing back...and lets not forget Cemetery Girls (sang to California Girls). |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-11-10 4:23:46 PM |
| #25 Steve, They Might Be Giants does a great adaptation of that one in The Guitar. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2004-11-10 4:00:28 PM |
| #24 Fishheads, fishheads itty bitty fishheads fishheads, fishheads eat 'em up, yum! |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-11-10 3:54:29 PM |
| #23 Oh, thanks alot, Angie. Now before I break out the electric drill to remove that earworm, here's one for you: "In the Jungle, the mighty Jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.." |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-11-10 2:55:35 PM |
| #22 Two words: Muskrat Love. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-11-10 1:50:45 PM |
| #21 Anything by B.Manilow and R.Stewart. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-11-10 1:06:32 PM |
| #20 How about "best" bad song? Arlo Guthrie's "Pickle Song." |
| Posted by: Weird Al 2004-11-10 12:42:36 PM |
| #19 John Denver and the Muppets Christmas album |
| Posted by: Weird Al 2004-11-10 12:37:42 PM |
| #18 The Doctor: Worse than contemporary Christian pop must be rock songs by former "Christian pop" acts. I mean, do we really want to hear Amy Grant sing about the big yellow taxi taking away her old man? Mike, do you mean John Gorka? He's not so bad. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2004-11-10 12:27:54 PM |
| #17 Gotta be "Imagine" by John Lennon. I wish ol' Catcher in the Rye-guy had got him before he could write this POS. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-10 12:03:02 PM |
| #16 Indigo Girls. Morrisey. Moby. John Gorkum. Pete Seeger. Annie Lennox. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-11-10 11:26:51 AM |
| #15 Don't be so hard on yourself, bob. I mean muck. |
| Posted by: Crikey 2004-11-10 11:23:32 AM |
| #14 anything by bob dylan. im cant believer all that money that guy is made he is never take a singin lessin. >:( |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-11-10 10:34:15 AM |
| #13 3. I'll Do Anything For Love - Meat Loaf 5. We Will Rock You - 5ive featuring Queen These too songs may not be the best that the artists have to offer but they are a long, long, long shot from the worst songs ever recorded. I'm starting to think online polls are untrustworthy. |
| Posted by: RJ Schwarz 2004-11-10 10:32:55 AM |
| #12 Ab-La-Di, Ob-La-Da isn't that bad even if it has nonsensical lyrics. I would put Revolution #9 as the worst song of all time. |
| Posted by: RJ Schwarz 2004-11-10 10:30:38 AM |
| #11 fred is that the same tuner as the one that is go: ima saw you (and him) walker in the rain you were holdin hands and ima never be the same |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-11-10 10:12:08 AM |
| #10 Dave Barry's readers thought so a few years ago, Fred. And I'd agree, except for one thing. Have you heard any of the "contemporary *Christian* pop"? It's terrible. Forget a single song - just stick the whole genre in there. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-11-10 10:05:14 AM |
| #9 "Someone left the cake out in the rain And I'll never have that recipe again, Oh, woe!" That's not the worst song ever written? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-10 10:02:06 AM |
| #8 Aaaaarrrrruuuuggghhh! Earworms! |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-11-10 9:55:53 AM |
| #7 Dropkick me, Jesus Witchita Lineman Rhinestone Lineman |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-11-10 9:55:41 AM |
| #6 Anything by Yoko Ono |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-10 9:52:37 AM |
| #5 Where's "Disco Duck?" Where is "Afternoon Delight?" "Stayin' Alive?" The Cyndi Lauper discography? "Run Joey Run" by David Geddes? "Boogie Oogie Oogie?" "Eve of Destruction?" "In the Year 2525?" "Chuck E.'s in Love?" "99 Red Balloons?" John Mayer's "No Such Thing?" The Cure, "[insert song title here]?" |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-11-10 9:36:02 AM |
| #4 or expose to chers wondrus hit "halfbreed". |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-11-10 9:31:04 AM |
| #3 I thought the "Barbie Girl" song would surely win. Or any handful of songs from Britney Spears. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-11-10 9:17:40 AM |
| #2 Clearly they weren't sufficiently exposed to We Built This City. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-11-10 9:04:42 AM |
| #1 What? Not MacArthur Park? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2004-11-10 8:54:49 AM |