Board 8 > What four songs are on the Bad Songs Mount Rushmore?

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Leonhart4
05/21/24 8:23:32 PM
#51:


I won't stand for this Cotton Eye Joe slander

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Leonhart4
05/21/24 8:26:02 PM
#52:


Ifrit posted...
We still have to hear them though.

I'm a parent of a 2 year old and a 6 month old. I hear them plenty. Kids songs are meant to be kinda dumb, so it's almost against the spirit of the rule. I feel like these are meant to be mainstream release songs, not silly kids songs.

But I mean dumb kids songs could also be its own Rushmore, so I'll nominate that.

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PunishedJeezy
05/21/24 8:28:42 PM
#53:


Starship - We Built This City
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It
Imagine Dragons - Thunder


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ZenOfThunder
05/21/24 8:31:06 PM
#54:


PunishedJeezy posted...
Imagine Dragons - Thunder

yeah this one sucks


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PunishedJeezy
05/21/24 8:31:14 PM
#55:


redrocket posted...
What the ACTUAL FUCK are all these votes for We Built This City?!?!?!!!!?????!!!

A number of music publications have called it one of the worst songs in history and Grace Slick (a Starship member who sings on We Built This City) called it "the worst song ever."

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Yesmar_
05/21/24 8:35:54 PM
#56:


Who Let the Dogs Out?
Mmmbop
Friday
Honey, I'm Good

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jcgamer107
05/21/24 8:36:38 PM
#57:


redrocket posted...
What the ACTUAL FUCK are all these votes for We Built This City?!?!?!!!!?????!!!
Well it's a bad song

Yesmar_ posted...
Mmmbop
I actually kind of like this song and Hanson in general

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Yesmar_
05/21/24 8:37:27 PM
#58:


Yesmar_ posted...
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Mmmbop
Friday
Honey, I'm Good

Replace "Honey, I'm Good" with "We Built this City." Definitely doesn't reflect my own opinion, but I try to be objective with these topics.

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KamikazePotato
05/21/24 8:37:30 PM
#59:


Crazy B-

No Video Game Songs

Well I'm out for the day.

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redrocket
05/21/24 8:37:50 PM
#60:


PunishedJeezy posted...
A number of music publications have called it one of the worst songs in history and Grace Slick (a Starship member who sings on We Built This City) called it "the worst song ever."

Fuck Everyone!!! That song is a classic!!!!!!!

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squexa
05/21/24 8:40:35 PM
#61:


Underleveled posted...
"Friday" is iconic for being bad, so it's Rushmore worthy, meant for us or not.

IDGAF about Captain & Tennille. I think it's just a mediocre song. But ask anyone who was a young adult in the 70s and they'll cringe at the thought of it. So to me it's Rushmore-worthy.

Oh I agree. I'm just saying I don't agree with kids songs being exempt, but making it fair game to go after pop for preteen/teen girls when we're mostly a bunch of 40 year old men. Baby Shark is pretty notorious for being extremely annoying.

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Yesmar_
05/21/24 8:41:47 PM
#62:


Remember when "Milkshake" was considered the worst song ever for some reason? There was a "Worst Song of all Time" board contest back in 06 or so, and I don't think I've ever seen a more dominant winner than "Milkshake." Nothing came close to beating it.

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Dedf1sh
05/21/24 8:42:29 PM
#63:


Some good choices here and some controversial choices, but I want to mention one of my least favorite songs, Somebody That I Used to Know.

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Leonhart4
05/21/24 8:42:36 PM
#64:


If you want to vote for a kids song, go for it.

I don't really think it's what this Rushmore is asking for though. Like yeah "Friday" is technically not our demographic but you'll hear it on the radio. You don't hear Baby Shark on the radio.

Hmmm...I just remembered Barbie Girl. Trying to think if I should replace a song on my list with it.

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jcgamer107
05/21/24 8:44:00 PM
#65:


Milkshake is extremely bad so not surprising

Somebody That I Used to Know is alright - there's a remix of it on YouTube with a harder beat that elevates it quite a bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfSNegIncTw

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rwlh
05/21/24 8:46:44 PM
#66:


I wouldn't normally participate in a discussion about worst music since I get irritated with a lot of the discourse around it, but I have to nominate something nobody else has said:

The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thHcvTDGWvg&list

From Wikipedia:
The Shaggs were formed in 1965 by the teenage sisters Dorothy, Betty and Helen Wiggin. Though they had no interest in becoming musicians, they were forced to write, rehearse and record an album by their father, who believed that his mother had predicted their rise to fame.[1] They composed bizarre songs with untuned guitars, erratic time signatures, disconnected rhythms, wandering melodies and rudimentary lyrics about pets and families.[2] After their album, Philosophy of the World, was reissued in 1980, Rolling Stone suggested that it was the worst album ever recorded.[3] In 2022, Vice wrote that it was the "best worst album of all time".[4] It developed a cult following,[5] with fans including Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain.[1][6]

It's simultaneously the worst album ever recorded and an avant-garde masterpiece. I'd say it absolutely qualifies for this.
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greengravy294
05/21/24 8:48:18 PM
#67:


Rebecca Black - Friday


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Dedf1sh
05/21/24 8:51:31 PM
#68:


jcgamer107 posted...
Somebody That I Used to Know is alright - there's a remix of it on YouTube with a harder beat that elevates it quite a bit
If you're talking about the Miami Nights 1984 version then yes I am a fan of that one, but we're not voting based on remixes. I think the original song is unlistenable.

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Dancedreamer
05/21/24 9:05:52 PM
#69:


Thong Song (Sisqo)
Cheeky Song (Touch my bum) (Cheeky Girls)
Baby (Justin Bieber)
Friday (Rebecca Black)

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MZero
05/21/24 9:08:08 PM
#70:


Friday (Rebecca Black)

only one that immediately comes to mind

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rwlh
05/21/24 9:12:12 PM
#71:


Also nominating

Insane Clown Posse - Miracles

I am shocked this one hasn't come up yet. Universally ridiculed and mocked in a way I rarely see songs get.
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MZero
05/21/24 9:15:03 PM
#72:


ZenOfThunder posted...
Song should be commonly regarded as of very poor quality!

I feel like a lot of people are not following this prompt itt

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Raka_Putra
05/21/24 9:26:32 PM
#73:


Oh man... I just remembered another good one.

Replace You're the Inspiration with
This Is The Thanks I Get from Wish

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jcgamer107
05/21/24 9:29:39 PM
#74:


rwlh posted...
Also nominating

Insane Clown Posse - Miracles

I am shocked this one hasn't come up yet. Universally ridiculed and mocked in a way I rarely see songs get.
Magnets, how the fuck do they work

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mcflubbin
05/21/24 9:31:19 PM
#75:


Imagine Dragons - Thunder
Andy Grammar - Honey I'm Good
MAGIC! - Rude
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines

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PunishedJeezy
05/21/24 9:34:45 PM
#76:


PunishedJeezy posted...
Starship - We Built This City
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It
Imagine Dragons - Thunder

I will drop We Built This City
and add
MAGIC! - Rude

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ZenOfThunder
05/21/24 9:34:54 PM
#77:


Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines

cannot believe this was a "song of the summer"

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PunishedJeezy
05/21/24 9:41:26 PM
#78:


there should probably be some awful Country representative here, like Honky Tonk Badonkadonk or She Think's My Tractor's Sexy, but I'm not sure what really stands out from that group

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Dedf1sh
05/21/24 9:42:39 PM
#79:


There are definitely some songs that play at work which I could nominate if only I knew what they were.

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DomaDragoon
05/21/24 10:03:08 PM
#80:


  • Friday, Rebecca Black
  • MacArthur Park, Richard Harris
  • Thunder, Imagine Dragons
  • Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus

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Wanglicious
05/21/24 10:09:04 PM
#81:


Rebecca Black - Friday
Kelis - Milkshake
Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

read the topic first because i would've had different ones. i only remembered Friday, the rest came as a result of remembering the songs and going "oh yeah i hate that one." good call by Milkshake by whoever said it first and Black Eyed Peas have so many bad ones but this is the one i remember hating most. Shape of You is just plain an awful song that somehow got popular and is so, so overplayed. the man himself doesn't like it and has better other songs that frankly took me a while to listen to because this one was garbage.

was initially also going to have baby shark but there's a fair point that it's meant for literal babies and toddlers, the rest of these for everyone. it's like putting the barney song in. then there's Swift songs or Bad Bunny but we'll be here for a while. those 4 at least hurt and annoy, as does Hollaback Girl but that's a 5th for me.


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ZeroSignal
05/21/24 10:12:44 PM
#82:


Mambo No. 5
Friday
What Does the Fox Say?
Baby Shark

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ZaziGuado
05/21/24 10:27:27 PM
#83:


I was surprised this song didn't get more attention when it was released:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5sN7kgEw954

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skulltrumpets
05/21/24 10:48:43 PM
#84:


Friday - Rebecca Black
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

I feel a little bad about Friday but eh it would be weird not to include it.

just thinking about Robin Thicke makes me wants to take a shower. Ew.

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Seanchan
05/21/24 10:56:29 PM
#85:


redrocket posted...
What the ACTUAL FUCK are all these votes for We Built This City?!?!?!!!!?????!!!

I'm playing GTA5 at the moment and it popped up on the radio and I kept driving around just to finish listening to it.

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KamikazePotato
05/21/24 11:01:44 PM
#86:


I'm listening to various suggestions I'm unfamiliar with and most of them sound pretty decent.

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NFUN
05/21/24 11:02:39 PM
#87:


Seanchan posted...
I'm playing GTA5 at the moment and it popped up on the radio and I kept driving around just to finish listening to it.
oh good call

Remove Backseat Freestyle
Add Planet X (Louis Cole)

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Underleveled
05/21/24 11:06:07 PM
#88:


KamikazePotato posted...
I'm listening to various suggestions I'm unfamiliar with and most of them sound pretty decent.
There are quite a few songs with multiple votes each that I unironically like (We Built This City, Rockstar, Achy Breaky Heart, Somebody I Used to Know, Rude, Mambo No. 5, probably some others). I get that "bad" is hugely subjective but it does highlight just how far some of my opinions are from the norm.

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Brayze_II
05/21/24 11:06:20 PM
#89:


Black Eyed Peas: My Humps
Billy Ray Cyrus: My Achy Breaky Heart
Disturbed: Down with the Sickness
Jason Aldean: Try That in a Small Town

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mcflubbin
05/21/24 11:07:54 PM
#90:


mcflubbin posted...
Imagine Dragons - Thunder
Andy Grammar - Honey I'm Good
MAGIC! - Rude
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines

Remove Thunder

Add:
Kid Rock - All Summer Long

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Leonhart4
05/21/24 11:09:44 PM
#91:


KamikazePotato posted...
I'm listening to various suggestions I'm unfamiliar with and most of them sound pretty decent.

Yeah, I'm okay with several of the songs mentioned here. Some songs became hated through how overplayed they were, so if you're just listening to them for the first time now, it wouldn't have that effect on you, of course.

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KamikazePotato
05/21/24 11:19:09 PM
#92:


Underleveled posted...
There are quite a few songs with multiple votes each that I unironically like (We Built This City, Rockstar, Achy Breaky Heart, Somebody I Used to Know, Rude, Mambo No. 5, probably some others). I get that "bad" is hugely subjective but it does highlight just how far some of my opinions are from the norm.
I was actually thinking of 'We Built This City' when making that post. It's pretty inoffensive! I get that people will struggle to name actual bad songs because we typically don't listen to bad music, but so far this Rushmore's results seem highly questionable.

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Leonhart4
05/21/24 11:24:59 PM
#93:


As mentioned before, "We Built This City" has been listed many times on worst songs lists.

I don't really get it either, but it certainly has the reputation of being a terrible song, so it fits the bill for this Rushmore.

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Ifrit
05/21/24 11:54:36 PM
#94:


We Built This City has a reputation as a bad song, voted worst song ever in multiple publications. Which I think earns it its spot on the 'Bad Songs' rushmore.

When I was younger, I didn't mind the song at all. I can still listen to it without complaint. But when you listen beyond the chorus (which is all I think most people who remember it fondly remember) you start to see why people thought it was bad. Quick, off the top of your head name a lyric from the song that isn't "We built this city on rock and roll" or some variation of! You probably can't.


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redrocket
05/21/24 11:56:35 PM
#95:


Ifrit posted...
We Built This City has a reputation as a bad song, voted worst song ever in multiple publications. Which I think earns it its spot on the 'Bad Songs' rushmore.

When I was younger, I didn't mind the song at all. I can still listen to it without complaint. But when you listen beyond the chorus (which is all I think most people who remember it fondly remember) you start to see why people thought it was bad. Quick, off the top of your head name a lyric from the song that isn't "We built this city on rock and roll" or some variation of! You probably can't.


This is like 90% of catchy pop songs, bub.

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MZero
05/21/24 11:57:27 PM
#96:


Underleveled posted...
There are quite a few songs with multiple votes each that I unironically like (We Built This City, Rockstar, Achy Breaky Heart, Somebody I Used to Know, Rude, Mambo No. 5, probably some others). I get that "bad" is hugely subjective but it does highlight just how far some of my opinions are from the norm.

All of those are hit songs that most people enjoy so you are actually the one closer to the norm

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Xtlm
05/21/24 11:58:19 PM
#97:


Design The Skyline - "Surrounded by Silence"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSZI6UJEUQ
This. Just give it a go. Make sure to stay till the end.

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HaRRicH
05/22/24 12:00:00 AM
#98:


The two that have been named so far:
What Does the Fox Say?
Friday

The two than have not been named yet:
Hoobastank - The Reason
Khia - My Neck, My Back

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Mega_Mana
05/22/24 12:02:21 AM
#99:


Paul McCartney, "Temporary Secretary"
Phil Collins, "Sussudio"
Justin Bieber, "Peaches"
Rebecca Black, "Friday"

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jcgamer107
05/22/24 12:17:37 AM
#100:


Lol oh yeah Temporary Secretary is a good one, shoutout Mega 64.
https://youtu.be/yWFSTvxdxV4?si=nsO2lu94ZO4_8DbK

But:

Mega_Mana posted... ,
Phil Collins, "Sussudio"
wtf...?!

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