Don't think - What Was the Worst Piece of Music You've Heard Today?

at my new job they play "KPRI 102.1 - AUTHENTIC ROCK FOR YOUR WORKDAY!!!!" so i could just as easily say the new sheryl crow or the new jack johnson or the new bodines or or or

My tastes aren't that eclectic; I just work in a record store.

Oh man, that scene, combined with (enhanced by?) that song KILLS me!

oh, and brainia - what's your beef with Joe Pass? Have you ever heard his 'psych' record Guitar Interludes? OMFG

worst song I heard today? Hmmm...well, it would have to have been at work, that's a given. Probably that one that goes "you were my eyes when I couldn't see / you were my etc etc etc" - is that like Vanessa Williams or something? Anyway, that.

Wait! "The O'Franken Factor" started up one of their segments with Jane's Addiction's "Ocean Size!" Account saved!

I enjoyed that song, however.

Today no bad music yet.

-- CeCe Peniston (anthonymicci...), June 25th, 2004. (later)

Wha??? I so don't get you sometimes, Anthony. While I'm hardly a big AiC fan, "Heaven Beside You" is a perfectly inoffensive track. Yet you champion hopeless piffle like Hoobastank. My scalp is red from scratching.

Reviving this thread because I made the mistake of revisiting the Revolting Cocks' Linger Ficken Good...And Other Barnyard Oddities which is one of the worst things I've ever heard. RevCo were really good on their early 12"s and first two studio albums, and their live album is a fucking blast. This, though, is literally stunning. Like, you feel like someone hit you in the head with a hammer after listening to it. And it's long. Each song has one bad idea that gets pounded into the ground for between six and nine minutes. Utter, irredeemable shit.

This is ILM, though, so...countdown to someone leaping to its defense in 3...2...

Oh I actually had this moment today, when I listened, like REALLY listened, from the car radio, to "Layla" by Derek And The Dominos, and was balking at the closing guitar solo and thinking "this is really bad". Then it transitioned into an extended piano jam that seemed interminable, and I couldn't believe it was in fact the same song, but I Shazam'd it to make sure, and it was. What a goddamn terrible song!

I texted a friend to tell them "wow! 'Layla' really is the worst fucking song and I think I actually heard the whole thing for the first time today!" and they replied "what, you haven't seen Goodfellas?"

Reviving this thread because I made the mistake of revisiting the Revolting Cocks' _Linger Ficken Good...And Other Barnyard Oddities_ which is one of the worst things I've ever heard. RevCo were really good on their early 12"s and first two studio albums, and their live album is a fucking blast. This, though, is literally stunning. Like, you feel like someone hit you in the head with a hammer after listening to it. And it's _long_. Each song has one bad idea that gets pounded into the ground for between six and nine minutes. Utter, irredeemable shit.

This is ILM, though, so...countdown to someone leaping to its defense in 3...2...

Some awful song was playing in a restaurant, the dude singer was wailing about being 7 years old. Even my 8 year old was making fun of it.

Some of that Korean children’s cartoon music has to be being used by Black Ops teams the world over to break the human spirit.

"Crackin' Up" is the worst song Happy Mondays never wrote.

I bought Linger Ficken Good in high school. I don't know what the actual industry turnaround times were for underperforming albums to find their way to the cut-out bin, but this one seemed amazingly quick. As a teenager, I liked Gila Copter and the one at the end with all the cussing and homophobic insults ("This is porno for your mind, and porno for your crotch!") but could tell that this didn't compare very well to the Ministry albums I had.

This album came to mind recently when I forced myself to re-watch the Ralph Bakshi film Cool World (my 3rd or 4th ever date movie, when I was 13). It made me think of this album, aesthetically.

to be perfectly clear, I don't like the homophobic insults *now* and I also didn't hate gay people when I was younger, but unfortunately it still worked for me as humor, I guess.

Lately I keep hearing incredibly simplistic nursery-rhyme pop in supermarkets, betting it's Taylor Swift, and it's always fucken Taylor Swift.
Apologies to any Swifties who read this.

that's ok boomer

xp This song?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Years_(Lukas_Graham_song)

UGH YES

There’s a Ram Truck commercial running now that both features and promotes (as in, there’s a shot of the title and artist name on a vehicle’s stereo) the song “Heart Like a Truck,” by Lainey Wilson… the climax of the ad is soundtracked by Wilson singing “HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAART” in a loud, harsh note that sets my entire skull on edge.

patti smith's cover of smells like teen spirit. what a horrible song to pick to spotlight the lyrics and try to make every single syllable seem incredibly profound

Not exactly the worst, but was in a boutique hotel lobby with a somewhat sleazy-contempo vibe in such a way that the Michael Jackson ("Wanna Be Starting Something") felt uncomfortable (maybe I was thinking of recent conversations about Jackson) and after that it was "Dirty Laundry."

Watching the first episode of Daisy Jones and the Six, the band’s breakout rock anthem in its club days sounds like 1992 Gin-Blossoms-Marcy’s-Stone-
Temple alternative, and Laurel Canyon rock not even in the slightest. “I put the sword in the stone” Lol. The script should have rearranged deep cuts of seventies rather than trying to create pastiches.

...that "I wanna marry you anyways" song...

"Hey Soul Sister"

In a grocery store, this song came on, and literally stopped me in my tracks (right in the dairy section). I was simply flabbergasted by its awfulness... and had to Shazam it, to find out exactly what was offending my ears in so extreme a fashion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNSBq6hvU1s

Not today, but the last time I was stopped in my tracks with the thought "wow this is truly abysmal" it was Meghan Trainor's "Mother".

Not sure who the artist was, but I was in a record store briefly last night and they were playing something that sounded like a young woman's voice, autotuned and filtered to hell, speak=singing "edgy" lyrics about taking pills and having sex (honestly I wondered if it was some sort of Weeknd cover) over some really basic trap beats. Typing up that description just now makes it sound more interesting that it was, the forced edginess was so awkward, the vocals were redlined and maxed out (probably intentional, but it sounded awful) and the beats were so boring.

Shazam came up empty, but the AC was also running super loud in the store and may have futzed with things.

A colleague was playing the album by Ice Spice, and suffice to say -- that shit is NOT FOR ME.

There was a funny incident on Radio 1 this week where a DJ invited another DJ into the booth, only to find that her guest (a) was clearly drunk and (b) said that she hated the song that was playing.

Not Arielle Free being taken off air because of this pic.twitter.com/Z4WOgZaMUT

— Lewis Green (@lewistgreen) August 1, 2023

No idea who this was, it was a "modern" version of Karma Chameleon, bland EDM arrangement, totally unnecessary.

that maroon 5 video and song, jfc

me doing ok | me feeling horrible
before | after

A 'High Vis' live clip, sounded like Neds Atomic Dustbin with a shouty singer.