Worst of the 50 Best Songs of All Time According to Rolling Stone's BRAND NEW, 100% Revamped Top 500

The Smiths (!!)

I mean it was a great band

MJ too, for that matter.

i don't think morrissey's reputation was at all good in 2010 but it's only gone downhill since of course

the smiths ballot poll had something like 60+ voters and that was in 2017 or so.

I just youtubed all the songs from the list which I didn't know yet or hadn't heard in ages.

Of most of the songs that weren't really my thing, I didn't think they were bad or worth voting for 'worst of the list' (Kanye, MIA).

I never really understood the White Stripes, I find Jack's vocals pretty unpleasant, but the guitar parts in Seven Nation Army are pretty good.

It's probably blasphemy to say so... but to me, 'Get Ur Freak On' is nothing more than an unappealing voice rapping over a ringtone. Actually tempted to vote for it. Can someone explain to me why Missy has such a high status? Am I just not hearing some brilliant technical skills or whatever?

I couldn't stand Gasolina. More likely vote.

But in the end, I will probably put another vote in for Lorde - Royals, for the same reason others have mentioned: it may not be terrible but it's not great and also so unremarkable that I can't even imagine why it would be on a list like this.

Get Ur Freak On' is nothing more than an unappealing voice rapping over a ringtone. Actually tempted to vote for it. Can someone explain to me why Missy has such a high status? Am I just not hearing some brilliant technical skills or whatever?

The spareness of the beat while that Punjabi melody plays atop + Missy's catchphrases. Why do you need technical skills?

remember my sister telling me about "the most stupid r&b song ever" which she had just heard, it was "just some wailing over some drums"

friends, I worked out she was talking about 1 Thing. :(

As great as "1 Thing" is, I can absolutely hear how a certain set of ears might find it the opposite.

the ears of a clown?

to quote smokey

I can understand someone finding "1 Thing" or "Get Ur Freak On" annoying and repetitive. Likewise with "Tutti Frutti", which seems like kind of the archetype of pop song as an energetic, simple hook that you'll either find infectious or moronic.

don't let a moronic hook put you off, i mean plenty of people voted for new order

I'd venture to say that every single song that was taken off the list is better than Royals, Paper Planes, and a majority of what's on the list that was recorded post-2004. "Royals" isn't better than any James Brown song. James Brown could have quite literally recorded himself snorting coke off of Maceo Parker's saxophone and it would have been more interesting than Royals.

Oh I love Missy :(

Get Yr Freak On hasn’t aged that well imho, but it’s still a classic… I understand why someone hearing it for the first time in 2021 would find it somewhat annoying. Supa Dupa Fly or Work It would be the big singles I’d choose to introduce someone to her.

I love "Beep Me 911" more than anything else Missy's released, but she does need to be represented by something that works on a dancefloor.

I agree "Beep Me 911" is her best solo track.

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Went with "Idioteque," out of the ones I've heard. "Kid A" was where Radiohead lost me HARD.

There are potentially songs on here I like less, but I went with "Idioteque" because I don't know if I've ever seen such a spectacular collapse in quality over the course of just one album.

really annoyed by Whiney everyone anyone else who are posting songs first and artists second in their lists

kinda amazed there's still people who hate kid a that much

really annoyed by Whiney everyone anyone else who are posting songs first and artists second in their lists

ah fuck voted for juicy because i absent-mindedly picked my fav

For shame.

pretend there’s one less for that one and one more for royals

haha - that’s what you Royals h8ers get

Hmm.

I guess whichever song is worst here, doesn’t mean it’s terrible.

There are a bunch that would not be in the list if they reran it ten years from now, but.

I like “idioteque” a lot, but it’s not really a song as it’s main appeal is it’s musical style. It’s nearer an instrumental.

Often with these polls, I’ll think “which one would I play right now if I had one free go on the jukebox” but.

So, no vote from me.

Always thankful for that poll making me realize what a majestic and otherworldly song "I Only Have Eyes For You" is. It eventually ended up winning our 1950s poll iirc.

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Best ilx poll ever, btw. I have the rundown on minidisc

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50. Daddy Yankee feat. Glory, "Gasolina" 13

fuck off you pissheads

The fact that "Runaway" got the most votes in this particular poll shows me that you never have as many allies as you think you do.

is that a reference to the song "runaway"? i haven't listened to or thought about that song in 10 years

Someone thinks "Be My Baby" is the worst song on this list(?)

“feat.” not popular with voters (= 25% of all votes)

didn't vote in this poll, but am most inclined against All Along the Watchtower. I thought the sound of it was awful, and it was an emblem to me of the taste of the straight people I was beginning to hate as a teenager. In retrospect I still don't like it

08. Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On" 3

smh

That’s an interesting perceptual thing, bc “All Along the Watchtower” sounds awesome to me and like it could be Hendrix’s best ever track in terms of production. I suppose it is a type of production specific to a certain era though

Xp

I guess perception is everything, it's awesome technically but really dispiriting to me

Blue Monday came up for me on youtube after it for some reason, a much much better song

i like hendrix as much as anyone but watchtower was never a particular favorite -- much prefer the original version

I can't imagine preferring the original, even Dylan thought Hendrix improved on it.

keep in mind that a lot of people accidentally voted for their fav instead of least fav

I get that “Dreams” and “ Tiny Dancer” are way overplayed by now, but I’d hate to live in the skin of someone who thinks they are the worst songs in here.

08. Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On" 3

smh

You syh, I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one who thinks it's shit.

Which Elliot song do you prefer?

Had to listen to Runaway to work out if I'd heard it before. My god it's horrible.

I'm not a kneejerk hater of Kanye's music (there are a few things I like) but I often find myself wondering how his 2010s stuff can make people feel good when they listen to it: This claustrophobic, mid-range, coke-eared sound with loads of deliberately horrid sound choices, and largely humourless, self-absorbed lyrics about being proud of how much of a dick he has become despite it making him feel terrible inside.

Earlier Kanye involved the listener; there was self-deprecation but it was done with humour. He was always the main event, but you felt like you were at the party with him, joking around with him. Whereas the main feeling I get from the later stuff is like being at the end of the party when it's just assholes still snorting lines at 7am and talking gibberish as the sun comes up and pierces your senses and you desperately wait for a taxi to take you home

It's the most gratuitous, self-indulgent song on his most gratuitous, self-indulgent album.

self-absorbed, i mean

Oh, it's the "toast for the douchebags" song. I do know it and actually like it OK, ha. Definitely wouldn't change my vote.