My choice is easy, since it haunts me still: "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister. Strident, screechy vocals, sententious, self-important lyrics, and nearly endless play in the summer of 1985, the summer I spent working in a greenhouse, a job I loathed to the core of my being. If hell is other people, it'll be Mr. Mister for me.
Then again, if you like it, no big.
I nominate Offspring:
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I can never get past the rhyme "I know I'm being used, that's OK because I like the abuse."
Throw in the whiny voice and frat boy chorus and I think we have a strong nominee.
My second vote goes to "The Living Years," by Mike and the Mechanics, mostly for its lyrical mush:
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Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
How did he hear an echo (auditory) in tears (visual, tactile)? Beats me.
And speaking of former Genesis members going on to write crap, LIsa nominates "In the Air" by Phil Collins as the worst song of the century.
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ReplyDeleteWell, I have to go with the majority on this one: "We Built This City" by Starship. Apparently, it won "Worst Song of 1980's".
ReplyDeleteMargaret learned a new phrase at school today that is timely and appropriate: earworm.
Interstingly, runner-up was Europe's "Final Countdown", which any fan of AD knows is the awesomest song ever.