The worst music ever.

@Teraus: Actually... There's this metal band who found a way to take that horrible beat and shape it into something, at the very worst, actually interesting. It must be seen to be believed:

edited 23rd Jun '13 1:31:43 PM by NEO

No regret shall pass over the threshold!

As a non-metal fan, that was interesting, although I like the singing better than the screamy vocals.

"Interesting" would be a fitting word, I think, but I still wouldn't call it good. It's okay...ish

Has someone mentioned Nicky Minaj's Stupid Hoe yet? I know it's a satire or something, but that doesn't make listening to it any less degrading.

edited 23rd Jun '13 11:09:48 PM by Teraus

"You cannot judge a system if your judgement is determined by the system."

I actually like that song. There's more degrading songs out there, and it's far from boring.

I think the worst song ever is probably a combination of hard to listen to, unremarkable, and boring.

I don't know... Most boring songs don't feel offensive enough.

"You cannot judge a system if your judgement is determined by the system."

I disagree. To me, nothing is worse than the average, the ordinary, the unremarkable. If nothing can be said about it, it's worse than something really bad that can at least be mocked for its shittiness.

Fear the cinnamon sugar swirl. By the Gods, fear it, Laurence.

I would rather listen to the most inane, boring and generic song ever (which would be many similar songs, as a single song can't be "generic" only by itself) than listen to something so stupid and tasteless that it makes me feel depressed. Of course, said atrociously retarded music will always be enjoyed by someone, and so will the boring, unremarkable songs.

"You cannot judge a system if your judgement is determined by the system."

Is there anyone who can upload that mystic orange album? It's not up anymore

Someone posted in this a discord I was in

Edited by Ultimatum on Mar 29th 2020 at 12:54:56 PM

New theme music also a box

I was at a David Bowie tribute night and they played this believe it or not. It was mainly a DJ night with one short live performance in the middle, and it was right before the performance- I feel like other than giving the performers time to set up it was designed as an audience bathroom break. I find it So Bad, It's Good if anything - the humor is extremely corny, and I can see where a "serious" artist like Bowie would be embarrassed by it, but it's catchy and not unlistenable (unless you really can't stand the "chipmunk" effect the titular gnome sings in)

Edited by MikeK on Jul 5th 2020 at 8:42:38 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzt6yI3Dw8

admittedly this song is a guilty pleasure for me but it still sucks

I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS

RAC and NSBM, mostly because it's used to help fund fascist militias.

If I had to name a song that really gets on my goat, it’s Eminem’s Without Me. I can’t stand Eminem in general and this song is a perfect reason why as it’s nothing more than one long ego-stroking whinge at people for daring to not like him

If you're not careful, the media will have you hating the oppressed and loving the oppressors

If you're curious the Eminem song that's apparently considered the worst by fans is the highly NSFW "Fack" - weirdly he made it the first proper song on his Greatest Hits Album. According to the So Bad Its Horrible page, he's apologized for the song and blames drugs for recording it.

(Edited because originally I was personally bashing the song a bit and felt like i was helping it turn into a complaint thread)

Edited by MikeK on Sep 21st 2020 at 8:29:08 AM

Yeah, I'm not a huge Eminem fan, but I like that one. It just kinda goes together in a fun way.

Everybody's all "Jerry's old and feeble" till they see him run down a skyscraper and hijack a helicopter mid-flight.

Somehow this hasn't been locked yet so have this abortion of a track:

I hate everything about it, but the hook especially has to be one of the worst in pop music.

I can't believe this is the same band that made London Calling...

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I'd also like to bring up Alex's Song by Blur; an actually good song ruined by pitch shifting.

Edited by Routeferret on Mar 31st 2021 at 3:59:50 PM

i think i’m in love (probably just hungry)

I almost feel like this was a failed attempt to make the music fit the whole "Dictator" theme - either 1) it's so difficult to discern the melody, rhythm or lyrics because the music symbolizes the confusion and doublethink of living under a dictatorship, or 2) the lyrics are a dictator bragging about how he keeps his country organized, and the music is incredibly disorganized to drive home the point that he's an Unreliable Narrator. Or maybe it's just the most poorly produced song on an already poorly produced album.

There's this rapper named RAZZLEKHAN (all one word) that was infamous for stealing $4.5 billion in Bitcoin, and her music is just... I'm not sure if it best fits the So Bad, It's Good Music section or the So Bad Its Horrible section for Musicians. However, I know many people have considered her music to be cringe-inducing, so fair warning there if you want to look at that woman's music. I mentioned it before in the respective forum pages for both the So Bad It's Good and So Bad It's Horrible sections in question, and I'm still not sure as of right now...

Alright, I'll take a stab at this topic.

This one should be fairly obvious (at least to any Anthony Fantano fans here) but the album Angelic 2 The Core by Corey Feldman. A beginning-to-end trainwreck by someone who clearly isn't a very talented musician. The songs range from bizarre to unlistenable.

Album playlist here, Fantano's take here.

Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Feb 24th 2022 at 9:30:39 AM

TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall

Leslie Phillips, "Walls of Silence," from her 1985 album Black and White in a Grey World.

It starts with audio of a couple arguing, which is an unsubtle way to indicate the song's theme. The synth, the mid-tempo music, and the background singers are competent. That leads me to think the song is more mediocre than bad. There's a great guitar solo.

Is "Walls of Silence" bad enough for a worst music ever topic? Only when compared to the home demo version, released two years later on a greatest hits / B-sides album called Recollection. Slowed down, with few instruments, and no chatter or background singers, the song becomes haunting. Big improvement, in my opinion.

Leslie Phillips left the religious music industry in a huff during the late 1980s. She has recorded as Sam Phillips since then. I liked her albums through the late 1990s, though I haven't tried any of her 2000s-2010s music.

Edited by dorkatlarge on Apr 17th 2022 at 8:03:18 AM

The thread ain't called "the most mediocre music ever", my guy.

The music speaks for itself.

Edited by VapourSoulOS on Jun 23rd 2022 at 11:02:55 AM

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