Rolling Worst Music of 2016 - Making That Meghan Trainor Money

Debuted at #32 this week. 34 million views and counting. From their Christmas album. This is a Christmas song now. Merry Christmas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP8d7hhpoQ

What do you call it when five people do a melisma at the same time?

lol I thought that was going to be from Handel's Messiah and said to myself "Yeah, that's kind of Christmasy by its very nature."

that Pentatonix video makes me want to die.

it also led me to this cover of Jolene (presented by Cracker Barrel), where you can literally hear within 1 second the difference between Dolly's incredible voice and the bland whimpering of five mayonnaise human cue balls: https://youtu.be/oYCoyUxY2HY

welp, congrats thread: you killed Leonard Cohen

And now I'm looking through today's releases and noticed that the poor man's Nickelback, Theory of Dead Man, have just released a cover of Hallelujah as well.

As if 2016 didn't suck enough already, we can expect an even greater flood of "Hallelujah" covers now.

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Listening to the playlist for the first time. Feel like it really got on top of me last year when poll time rolled around.

My worst album so far is Zonkey, by Umphrey's McGee. It's a mash-up album, so at least it's timely.

WARNING: Contains an interpolation of a song that you've probably heard a billion times, but maybe never knew the name of, and really don't need to hear in a pop song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5qWnG5RQTk

(Heart & Soul, from 1938, in case anyone else was trying to place it but didn't want to go through the pain of having to listen again to check)

(Bea Wain due to celebrate her 100th birthday next year, BTW, hope nobody plays her the Train song)

It's the first song you learn on the piano

oh man

Our society truly is crumbling beneath us

omg my jaw dropped

Is there some context here that I'm lacking, or something super offensive in the lyric that I'm missing, 'cause this just sounds like the same old Train shittiness to me.

Maybe they'll follow it up with something based off of Minuet in G.

lol at "play that song"

Playlist is updated for the month.

Jesus fuck that Train song

Spin's shitlist.

Only one I remember hearing is Timberlake, which I don't think is that bad at all.

we should do a year end poll i think.

Nah, 2016 was bad enough already.

okay, i'm convinced

i'm glad the trend of publishing year-end worst lists for singles is picking up now

we should do a year end poll i think.

+1

Somebody make it happen if you want.
Playlist is put to bed now, added the SPIN picks.

ILM's Rolling Worst Songs 2016 Spotify Playlist

Can we just award it to Seven Years?

i am more inclined to go with that ghostbusters theme

Have we mentioned Robbie Williams' 'I Love My Life' yet? Because honestly fuck off mate, how's anyone supposed to relate to that?

^^ I've thought about posting that one to the thread several times, but (luckily) forgot about it once I was on ilx again. It's excrutating. Whenever it pops up on the car radio or in a shop it drives me mad.

It breaks my brain trying to follow his thought process: 'Oi imma make a song about how I love life, drown it in cliches, that must be a bonafide hit amirite guys?'

It's like that 'hope I'm old before I die' song he did years ago that effectively inverted and toned down the Who. i remember my dad being incredulous - 'that's not very rock'n'roll!'

Dog Latin, so awful. My friend asked me to join her to his gig. No thanks.

Party like a Russian is in the SBIG / accidentally prescient box though

Normally, calling the new year's thread overdue at this point would be laughably premature, but 2017 has already seen two new Ed Sheeran singles.

You Didn't Want It, You Didn't Ask For It; The 2016 ILX Worst Song Poll