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LudwigPastorius

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47. "Is this the worst song ever?"

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 11:07 PM

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It's not close to the worst. It's got a melody, chord changes, a bridge, and Grace Slick to boot. Sure, it reeks of the 80s, but so did every other pop song that came out at that time.

I don't know why it became such a hipster thing to hate on that one, but compare it to the current Spotify Top 10 in the USA. Seven of the ten songs are not even from real artists. They are from the "bands" in an animated movie called KPop Demon Hunters.

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