Writer's Block: Kill the music

[csberry]

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As with the movie question in the past week, there are so many bad songs that are SO BAD that I really enjoy them. What exactly constitutes "absolute worst song ever written?" If it has a catchy hook, isn't that better than a tone-deaf composition? While I despise "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas, I would never say it was a horribly written song. HOrrible lyrics, possibly, but the song isn't really "bad."

As far as the song that would make me writhe in agony...there is a close race between a few songs. Any rendition of "American Pie" is total torture to me. The few Heidi Montag songs I've heard would be considered "cruel and unusual punishment" if a court of law ever used her tracks in a criminal sentence. And while I never recall hearing the mix in the 80's I completely HATE the version of "Tainted Love" with "Where Did Our Love Go" blended into the end.

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[cosmosmariner.livejournal.com]

I hate that version of "Tainted Love" also! I mean, I like the Soft Cell version of "Tainted Love" but I had that gloopy added on crap at the end. Totally ruins the song.

"My Humps" is dreadful.

Madonna's version of "American Pie" is the definitive bad cover of that song.

[chris21718.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Tainted Love and Where Did Our Love Go were from different albums. The version of Where Did Our Love Go on the album sounds different than the one blended onto the end of Tainted Love on the 12 inch version that has the blend (which isn't the original 12 inch single anyway, I believe). I also have a short version of the blend.