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CTyankee

(66,896 posts) Sun Aug 24, 2025, 11:56 AM Sunday

Is this the worst song ever? [View all]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/lifestyle/worst-pop-song-built-city/

My opinion is just "meh."

I wonder why it got singled out for being bad. Lots of bad songs.

What do you think, O DU Loungers?

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Is this the worst song ever? [View all] CTyankee Sunday OP

It's all so subjective, of course True Dough Sunday #1

that is a cover of a classic blues song DBoon Sunday #3

I like that a lot! efhmc Sunday #45

What is the name of that first song? efhmc Yesterday #57

Not really representative justaprogressive Sunday #6

I find that no better True Dough Sunday #12

Yep. Musical taste is completely subjective. OldBaldy1701E 7 hrs ago #66

No. johnp3907 Sunday #2

nope this is justaprogressive Sunday #4

Oh, I remember that one! Grim Chieftain Sunday #23

Oh, my goodness 😄 electric_blue68 Sunday #36

Lee Greenwood song Trump always plays "Proud to be an American" Walleye Yesterday #54

The title is actually "God Bless the USA" and that gets my vote Wiz Imp 27 min ago #68

Not by a stretch malaise Sunday #5

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler Diamond_Dog Sunday #7

Theme from The Titanic on Recorder dgauss Sunday #27

MacArthur Park gets my vote. Dulcinea 3 hrs ago #67

I humbly nominate Mari Wilson's "Telephone Man." cloudbase Sunday #8

Yoko Ono Donkees Sunday #9

Can someone please put her out of her misery? NameAlreadyTaken Sunday #21

This one is way worse catbyte Sunday #10

How could I forget that one, catbyte! Diamond_Dog Sunday #15

Not as bad as Johnny Fever's playing the version House of Roberts Sunday #17

That wasn't Johnny Fever Oeditpus Rex Sunday #25

Previously known as Heavy Early. callous taoboy Sunday #31

That was a later episode Oeditpus Rex Sunday #41

He wasn't Heavy Early until he changed shifts House of Roberts Sunday #43

Sugar Sugar by The Archies Keepthesoulalive Sunday #11

To my profound disgust and embarrassment, this dreck was the song of the year in 1969... 3catwoman3 Sunday #19

WTF Skittles Sunday #29

I used to call it The Age of Malaria... yorkster Yesterday #56

oh dear Skittles Yesterday #58

Awww. That's a fun song NameAlreadyTaken Sunday #22

Well... 2naSalit Sunday #13

My worst: I'm Ambivalent About You The Blue Flower Sunday #14

Oh my gawd, what a great title! Iggo Sunday #35

It's many decades old The Blue Flower 22 hrs ago #61

It's a top 5 for sure Bristlecone Sunday #16

Actually worst songs ever: punk rock and mwmisses4289 Sunday #18

... Oeditpus Rex Sunday #26

I never liked that song, but that's just my opinion. Americanme Sunday #20

Not even close Oeditpus Rex Sunday #24

The first half of Free Bird makes me want to badly murder myself. Iggo Sunday #34

Other way around Oeditpus Rex Sunday #40

I get annoyed about claims of best/worst whatever TexLaProgressive Sunday #28

This may not be the worst song ever, but it's definitely in the top five. MIButterfly Sunday #30

"She always knows her place" ??? 😬 electric_blue68 Sunday #38

The oldies station I listen to in my car has this one from time... 3catwoman3 Sunday #46

It's excellently produced. So, no, not even close to the worst song ever. Iggo Sunday #32

Really? We Built This City is worse than LogDog75 Sunday #33

OMG. It was kinda scary, it was so awful. CTyankee Yesterday #48

These were not hits but I intensely dislike them.... electric_blue68 Sunday #37

This is pretty bad Florida Dem Sunday #39

Lol...I had a buddy back in the 80s that sang a version of that. Iggo Sunday #42

"A Disgusting Parody of the Lighthearted Classic 1973 Country Music Song 'I Love' by Tom T. Hall" sl8 Yesterday #50

Worst? ProfessorGAC Sunday #44

"Is this the worst song ever?" LudwigPastorius Sunday #47

And Mickey Thomas, who had a magnificent voice. ms liberty Yesterday #51

Thought of another one. Wives and Lovers sung by Jack Jones. MIButterfly Yesterday #49

Tiptoe Through The Tulips gab13by13 Yesterday #52

The Tiny Tim version? LogDog75 Yesterday #59

People sing to dump their angst on you bucolic_frolic Yesterday #53

From "The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records": sl8 Yesterday #55

Sounds like a pair of albums Dr. Demento would play LogDog75 Yesterday #60

CTyankee .......... Upthevibe 11 hrs ago #62

I think if 1960's Jefferson Airplane never existed, Aristus 9 hrs ago #63

What is it? Cannot get through all the goop to get to it. efhmc 7 hrs ago #64

"We Built this city" CTyankee 7 hrs ago #65

Jordy - « Dur dur d'tre un bb Wiz Imp 7 min ago #69

Another candidate -anything by Wild Man Fischer Wiz Imp 34 sec ago #70