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worst songs ever?

for blenders may issue, they teamed up with vh1 and composed a list of the 50 worst songs ever…and i think its a load of cock and balls. they cite the 1985 song “we built this city (on rock and roll)” by starship as the worst song ever. while its not something id necessarily rock to, i wouldnt really call it the worst song ever. and its catchy too. while maybe one odd song on their list could be forgiven for subjectivity, the list goes on to list wang chungs “everybody have fun tonight” (!?!), bobby mcferrins “dont worry be happy” (asstards!), billy joels “we didnt start the fire“, simon & garfunkel’s “the sounds of silence“, and the beatles’ “ob-la-di, ob-la-da“. wtf.

the songs on the list were purportedly “selected for their melodies, others “are wretchedly performed” and “quite a few don’t make sense whatsoever…” youre kidding…so wheres britney spears? color me bad? any hair band from the 80s and 90s? limp bizkits entire body of work (tho they did cite “rollin’“). theres a signficant number of songs much worse than the likes of starship and simon & garfunkel. so while everybodys entitled to their personal musical opinions, i think theyre still a bunch of wanks. wang chung rocks yo.

> 50 worst songs ever (via cnn)