ILM Top 100 of the 2000s: 2000-2004: Worst tracks

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with 1 vote each aka AWESOME MIX CD!!!:

Aaliyah 'More Than A Woman'
Aimee Mann 'Save Me'
Angie Stone 'Wish I Didn't Miss You'
The Avalanches 'Frontier Psychiatrist'
Ballboy 'All The Records On The Radio Are Shite'
Big & Rich 'Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy'
Blur 'Out Of Time'
Daft Punk 'Harder Better Faster Stronger'
Daft Punk 'One More Time'
Destiny's Child 'Say My Name'
Dizzee Rascal 'I Luv U'
Flora Purim 'Primeira Estrela'
Fog 'Ether Teeth'
Grandaddy 'The Warming Sun'
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz ft Ying-Yang Twinz 'Get Low'
Missy Elliott 'Work It'
The New Pornographers 'Letter From An Occupant'
Outkast 'The Whole World'
R Kelly 'Fiesta (Remix)'
Rachel Stevens 'Some Girls'
The Roots 'The Seed v2.0'
So Solid Crew '21 Seconds'
The Strokes 'Last Nite'
Xiu Xiu 'Sad Pony Guerilla'
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Our Time'

with 2 votes each:

Andrew WK 'She Is Beautiful'
Britney Spears 'I'm A Slave 4 U'
Britney Spears 'Toxic'
Depeche Mode 'I Feel Loved'
George Michael 'Amazing'
Jay-Z 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.)'
Justin Timberlake 'Cry Me A River'
Outkast 'Hey Ya!'
Radiohead 'There There'
Sean Paul 'Get Busy'
Shania Twain 'Nah! (Sean C Brown mix)'

with 3 votes each in joint 9th:

Andrew WK 'Party Hard'
The Flaming Lips 'Fight Test'
Nelly 'Hot In Herre'
R Kelly 'Ignition (Remix)'
Radiohead 'Pyramid Song'
TV On The Radio 'Blind'
Usher 'Yeah'
The White Stripes 'Hotel Yorba'

with 4 votes each in joint 6th:

A Perfect Circle 'Judith'
Eminem 'Stan'
Kelis 'Milkshake'

joint 4th with 5 votes each:

Christina Aguilera ft Redman 'Dirrty'

Morrissey 'America Is Not The World'

in 3rd place with 7 votes...

Liz Phair 'Extraordinary'

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but sharing pole position for most hated track of the last five years...with a huge 12 votes apiece...

Sisqo 'Thong Song'

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Well - I - don't mind it so much, but too many of the ILM parish find this cheeky mock classical ode to womens pants k-lame.

The Vines 'Get Free'

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Pretty much embodying the raucous and brazen yet tired concept of NME-approved 'rock n' roll zeal' - but it seems there are just better bands out there executing this idea better...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I didn't see the box for voting for most hated track. I'll cast my retrospective tactical vote for the Vines to lift it clear of Sisquo.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I voted for '21 Seconds'...apart from that the only tracks I REALLY dislike here are 'Fiesta' and I guess 'Get Free' tho there are a handful I have not heard (including Liz Phair)

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

'get free' was the only one on the list that i'd heard and actually hated. i am glad it won.

― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 16 August 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"America Is Not The World" fer me, tho I suppose it's a lot more irrelevant in the long run than, say, "The Thong Song" will be (as in we'll still hear that one many more times, while "You Are The Quarry" will probably fall into back catalogue obscurity soon enough, thank God)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 16 August 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I voted for "Makeshift Patriot" because I thought the song was nominated, not the album. So I'd just like to state here that I hate that song (I am pretty sure its a song).

― artdamages (artdamages), Monday, 16 August 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

yeh that may be an error on my part - who's researching this bitch?!

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I now wish I had voted for that Liz Phair song.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

The Sisqo cover reminds me of how great the Artful Dodger remix is!!!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

what's happened to the Fosca track i listed?!!?!!?!??!?1

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't even know there was an AD remix of that song.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I voted for the Liz Phair, yay

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

'Be the Rain'

― Jimi, Monday, 16 August 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sisqo cover"?

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

cover art

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

COVER ART?!

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

ken I think I have mistakenly listed Fosca among the albums, error no. 2

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you put the Bardo Pond track I voted for in the albums, as well.

― cis (cis), Monday, 16 August 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

yep :(

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Who voted for Ether Teeth?!

― David Allen (David Allen), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Who voted for the brown mix of that Shania song?

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I voted 'Hey Ya!', naturally, though the only one I couldn't quite fathom is 'More Than A Woman', then again, almost every Timbatrack barring 'Keep It Movin'' and 'Get Ur Freak On' got a vote.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes. I somehow missed that 'More than a Woman' was on the list of nominations, or else I would have voted for it (as best, not worst). It would seem an odd song to hate, though I suppose it's quite repetitive so if you don't like it, it might bug.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

It didn't make my best. I had to literally force myself to limit my Timba votes, which meant that Tweet got left out too. I watched the vid on Sunday and remembered how cute she is, technically that should have swung it for her...

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I went the Tweet way.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i didn't vote in this thing (tho i offered up a couple of nominations that i now regret), but i count about 13 songs here that i not only LIKE, but would count as some of my favourite music ever (plus a bunch of other that i just like)

― m. (mitchlnw), Monday, 16 August 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

don't complain if you didn't vote

― frankE (frankE), Monday, 16 August 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I should point out now that tracks (and also the albums) voted for here ended up having TEN points docked from their total no. of votes FOR...this was not mentioned before cos I am being sponsored by EVIL BIG BROTHER.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

not really complaining, just remarking on how i differ from voting ILMers

― m. (mitchlnw), Monday, 16 August 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I should point out now that tracks (and also the albums) voted for here ended up having TEN points docked from their total no. of votes FOR

Were ALL albums/tracks mentioned here docked 10 points (or just those within the top 5/top 10/etc.)?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 16 August 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

just those that actually got votes as favourites, which included everything posted above I think yes.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I'm glad (and a little surprised for some reason) I'm not the only one who hated on 'Thong Song'.

― Reed Rosenberg (reed), Monday, 16 August 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I did vote and I complain. I mostly compain that I was so dense I didn't notice "Get Free" on the list. Ditto "Fight Test". "America Is Not The World" IS abominable but also, easy target!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 16 August 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

In view of the song's lyrics, that seems kind of just.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Fair enough. I wouldn't have complained if it had topped the poll, actually. Maybe I'm still stuck in some kind of Moz love/hate dichotomy.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 16 August 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Join the (rubbish) club.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"Extraordinary" is such a wonderful tune and it hurts my heart seeing it here with so many anti-votes!!! (FYI i have never heard her previous canonical stuff, but i can't imagine it being that glorious really, what with it being all Matrix-less. also, i don't read Pitchfork.)

i didn't vote for it, but i would have if the ballot had had, say, 30 spots.

― Mind Taker, Monday, 16 August 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Why in the name of all that is holy does everybody hate "Fight Test"??? I think it's one of the best songs of the decade so far!!

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 16 August 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

my dear dear thong song - shunned by ilm. *sigh*

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

sign o the times

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"Fight Test" would totally have been my choice if "America Is Not The World" hadn't been nominated; but God, that awful "and I love you" part, he had to go and be *spineless* as well as wrong-headed.

I kinda like "Get Free", and think that The Vines have a lot more potential for "aw, bless 'em" style affectionate reminiscing a few years down the line than The Flaming Lips will ever have. I mean, The Vines were such obvious no-hopers from the get-go, it's like hating on some random stormtrooper instead of Darth Vader.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha ha - you're right, but sometimes it's nice to beat up some random poxy stormtrooper.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

(and I like 'Fight Test', though there are far better Flaming Lips tracks)

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Di, I don't rate "The Thong Song" very highly, but I am sad that it got voted worst of the lot.

Couple that with 50 on the albums thing, and it makes me feel like much of the bitterness towards nu-ILM that was making the rounds some time ago was more justified than I thought it was at the time.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

nobody in their right minds would vote the thong song the worst track if they had seen me and my flatmate dance to it.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

But how do we know old ILM would have fared any better? I don't hate any of these songs, but every day I get closer to hating that elitist "everything was better in the old days when we were much cooler" attitude of many (not just ILE) interweb message boards (not saying you specifically Daniel-Rf, I understand your concerns, but this is a collective vote, and the equivalent of "Thong Song" might just as easily topped a consensus list back then, altho' we'll never know).

― David A. (Davant), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 04:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Bloody hell, and I voted for "Thong Song"... because of all the songs on the list, it provoked the biggest spontaneous Ewww.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I really regret not voting for "Thong Song" as one of my favourites now. And people hating Britney, oh no!

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

David A, well, it's true that we don't know *for certain*, and much of the whining about the Golden Age of ILM seems very laughable after you look at the *old* ILM faves list, which is corny indie fux0rville all the way, but I find it hard to believe that Sisqu and 50 would've fared so badly with the old guard; just look at how they were received at the Freaky Trigger Focus Group.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

And people hating Britney, oh no!

-- The Lex

Yeah, that was me. Musically Britters is fine pop. I just really, really object to songs like Slave 4 U and Born To MakeYou Happy. I hate that weak damaged blonde thing. Would Beyonce ever sing anything like that? Pink? No. I think the sentiments are really sick, and to dress them up as tweeny pop is even sicker. (Feminist rant over)

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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i've had 'Everytime' in my head all day today, I think it's alright

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Jess totally otm way upthread! When I read the list of last-place, one-vote most hated tracks I wanted to line people up and shoot them. "WHO VOTED FOR 'ONE MORE TIME'?! I WANT TO SEE HANDS ABOVE HEADS!"

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I voted for The Seed 2.0 - but I was in a hurry, there are more deserving tracks. Why did I vote for it? The chorus annoys me.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll out myself as the New Pornographers voter in this category - and admit that I'm just more underawed by it than anything + annoyed by the ppl who seem to love it but then, well, vehemently dislike the other things on Jess' list up there. (my pfm guilt ;) ) I never really put much effort into disliking things - if I voted in that category 10 times, I likely would have picked 10 different tracks.

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

of all the wtf one votes aaliyah is the one that provokes the loudest wtf from me

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't believe:

That Aaliyah and 'Say My Name' got votes (Britney is far easier to beleive, although it's still wrongness).
That I was one of two 'Hay Ya!' hayters.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Andre 3000 is made of straw and scares people.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

i can vaguely believe the 'say my name' hate - the dc group dynamic changes there and it is sorta a harbinger of 'say goodbye to 'bugaboo' and 'bills, bills, bills' and hello to our new style/next album which will suck btw'. was that destiny's child album nominated? i'd forgotten how incredible it was.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

The Writing's On The Wall was from '99 originally, James. I'm not so sure about the harbinger stuff, it was a Shek'spere jam (or was it Jerkins?), just like most others on the album (and notably absent from the next) and is part of that general homogeny (esp. similair to 'Bills', but with a sweetness I prefer) and the concerns were similar to 'Bigaboo', 'Say My Name' etc.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

oh damn yr right about it being 99 - a banner year for the sporty thievz. i'm thinking harbinger just cuz it seemed like the first one (to me anyhow) where beyonce seemed so out front.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

sweet jesus five years ago already

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I voted for "Cry Me a River" because I'm maddened by the acclaim it gets, doubly so because it overshadows the other three singles on the album, all of which are truly fantastic. I just don't hear what's great about "Cry Me a River" at all.

In retrospect, however, I should've voted for "The Thong Song," because I genuinely dislike that song whereas I'm just indifferent to CMAR.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm thinking harbinger just cuz it seemed like the first one (to me anyhow) where beyonce seemed so out front.

In that, you are otm. I love watching the part in the 2001 live in Rotterdam DVD where Kelly slays Beyonce on 'Get On The Bus'.

I love CMAR, but it's also somewhat supplanted by 'Nowhere' and 'Keep It Movin'', though it's commendably quirkier than both in some ways.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm a little dissapointed that my "best track" vote for Extraordianry gets cancelled out by these most hateds, but oh well. I suspect that the faves and most hateds are going to wprk against each other, making room at the top for the "meh" records.

― danh (danh), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm a little dissapointed that my "best track" vote for Extraordianry gets cancelled out by these most hateds, but oh well. I suspect that the faves and most hateds are going to work against each other, making room at the top for the "meh" records.

― danh (danh), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

baby make your booty go dinna, dinna

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it's a pretty good song -- in fact, it's on my list -- but I strongly agree with you that the other singles are better.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, Daniel, I didn't want that comment to turn into a one v one sidetrack -- I could tell from your post it wasn't a position you normally take -- it was more my exasperation at this general anti Nu-ILM sentiment that I keep noticing around here. It's something that seems to happen with all message boards that last more than, say, a year or two. There seems to be a turnover, some valued contributors get a little uptight at the new blood, await a convenient hissy fit excuse, make great generalised pronouncements about the new neighbours, then fuck off. I mean, maybe there's a natural lifespan on these kinds of boards or something, why's it got to be so darmatic and everything?

That said, I do wonder why people would have especially hated on those two, but I can't really talk since I didn't vote for hated songs/albums in the first place.

― David A. (Davant), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, darmatic. Some kind of karmic drama?

― David A. (Davant), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

thing is, in my view the anti nu-ILM feelings peaked some time ago, and these days there's mostly just acceptance or resignation or in some cases the obvious option of just leaving the board. I always thought that the accusations of corny indie fux0rdom and unending snideness towards newbies for not immediatley grasping arguments that the old guard had been throwing around for years were extreme overkill (as well as just plain bullying), and that nu-ILX was still more open-minded/popist* than most any other forum around. The barrage of hatred towards innocous ol' Sisqu and the 50 Cent album (which I can't help but feel *must* in a large part be knee-jerk anti-mainstream Hip-Hop sentiment by ppl who don't dig that type of music anyway, where were these ppl when the actual album was being discussed?) makes me feel like I was wrong about this. Which is not to say that every anti-50 or anti-Sisqu vote was an example of that, of course.

* which is not to say that if you don't surscribe to popism you're uninteresting or shouldn't post to ILM or anything, but I don't think i'm alone in thinking that the fact that a lot of music gets discussed here that just gets discarded almost everywhere else, and that despite popism gaining a lot of ground in the last few years (or has it?) there's still a bigger shortage of ppl discussing chartpop than there is of ppl discussing, say, Radiohead, and as such selfish ol' me really doesn't want to lose that first category.

it's way past my bedtime, I hope this post doesn't come off as too wrong-headed.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It's funny, but I definitely leaned more toward rockism than popism at one point. Not that I leaned there entirely, mind. There were always anomalies, such as (funnily enough) Destiny's Child, among others. When I discovered ILM, I suddenly realised that all those friends of mine who thought I was being "ironic" in my pop-love were full of shit, and I wasn't crazy after all. Or at least, not crazy for those reasons. I suppose I'm not an absolutist, so I'd hate to see an out and out victory for either "side"*. I think it's great and necessary that popism has made inroads, but I don't know if all the rhetoric such as "corny indie fuxx" is exactly helping the dialogue. I mean, I like Radioahead and DC. But that's a slightly different topic, I know.

I do agree that the hate for Sisqo and 50 Cent is a little disturbing, but if you've ever been part of any kind of consensus-building exercise involving fairly large numbers, you'd know that all the ridges and valleys get rounded off, and a general blanding occurs.

Not wrong-headed, btw, but now I wonder if I'm just being contrary toward the contrarian impulse or something.

* Is the fact that I'm even using the word "sides" in scare quotes a sign that the war continues and that Nu-ILM is still no further ahead in spite of the Freaky Trigger pioneers of its past? I mean, shouldn't we have somehow integrated some of these ideas by now?

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Plus, my last post reminds me of another aspect of this. Old ILMers, reading it, will probably be yawning openly. It's undoubtedly a topic that's been discussed ad nauseum here, so it's never easy (and is probably bad manners) to force the topic through another round (then again, there is a very disappointing "Indie Sucks" type thread going on as we speak -- lots of posts, but not a great deal of anything much else). It's easy to say use the search function", but, while sometimes interesting, reading long dead threads is kind of against the spirit of why we post on interweb message boards in the first place.

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

A Perfect Circle 'Judith'
Eminem 'Stan'
Kelis 'Milkshake'

these people are a special kind of insane

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, not on the middle one.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 04:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I think its unfair to say that hating sisquo is the result of anti-popism. That song is really fucking annoying.

― djdee2005, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 05:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, I liked that big Dru Hill single a bunch.

― djdee2005, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 05:04 (twenty-one years ago)

The ILM exodus was mass martyrdom, that's all I'll say about that.

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

The barrage of hatred towards innocous ol' Sisqu and the 50 Cent album (which I can't help but feel *must* in a large part be knee-jerk anti-mainstream Hip-Hop sentiment by ppl who don't dig that type of music anyway, where were these ppl when the actual album was being discussed?) makes me feel like I was wrong about this. Which is not to say that every anti-50 or anti-Sisqu vote was an example of that, of course.

26 votes isn't exactly a barrage of hatred. And as you note, these ppl don't feel strongly enough about these artists to attack them on their threads. So I don't think this vote is really indicative of any grand trend.

― Symplistic (shmuel), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 05:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Unleash The Dragon was better than the Thong Song, even if it didn't have that key change. Get Free is probably my most hated song on this list.

Mr Writer is surely the worst single of the decade though. If I'd been able to, I'd have voted for that, but that would have required someone to nominate it and even ILM isn't that bad yet.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 08:44 (twenty-one years ago)

No votes for the date rape anthem that is Hey Baby!

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

but Mr Writer is the best Stereophonics song this decade! Step On My Old Size Nines, Handbags And Gladrags, Have A Nice Day and Movie Star remain far worse

Jarlrmai are you talking about No Doubt?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:19 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, certainly, David, as I said the entire corny indie fuxx0rz thing annoyed the hell out of me when it was at its height too, and I don't even care all that much about Indie. And this board can benefit from the presesnce of chartpop hatas just as it can from chartpop apologists. And yeah, djdee is right, maybe I'm reading too much into this entire thing. I guess I just overreacted a little because the entire thing of an album that didn't get criticised much on threads suddenly showing up at #1 on the most hated list made me assume that (as stated previously) most of the hatas weren't genre fans who happened to find this album disappointing, but ppl who hadn't even listened to it and were more-or-less railing against what it symbolises (which might not even be true!) And then seeing "The Thong Song" in one of the top positions here drove this point home even more. As I said, I don't even like the choon much (I like "Get Free" more, even), and there's probably copious amounts of speculation on my part here...

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't choose any "worsts" for these reasons - I think if I'd taken the time to listen to something then it must have some value to me. "Disappointed" I may be, but going out and buying an album and then going "that was THE worst album ever" would be a bit stupid really.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

but that wasn't quite the point - the idea was to pick your least favourite out of the nominees presented - possibly keeping in mind what was likely to get lots of pro votes and what wasn't. of course unbeknownst to everyone, with the 'docking 10 points per hate nomination' it ended up damaging more than one track and album wrt to getting in the final top 100!

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

but either i liked the track, hadn't heard it or was indifferent to it. there were plenty of tunes that weren't my cup of tea (like most of them on this list) but that's because I'm not into commercial pop.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:10 (twenty-one years ago)

it's worth noting that maybe a quarter of voters did not vote for anything hate-wise

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

WHY IS TRAIN NOT ON THIS LIST

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 22 August 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

It's better than 'Strict Machine'? It wasn't nominated? No one would hate taking a trip down a river made entirely from Alison's own vaginal juices? Help me out here.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Sunday, 22 August 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't even remember what I voted for, what is wrong with me.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Monday, 23 August 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I wouldn't remember either if I hadn't saved a copy. I keep checking it and going 'wtf was i thinking.'

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 23 August 2004 01:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i love andrew wk

-- gygax! (gygax0...), May 16th, 2004.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish I'd nominated a different album or track.

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

the top five are all fuckin' classics except for every time Sisqo says "livin' la vida loca."

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

haha number one worst is my number one best nomination. fuckin' a.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

worst song of the decade is that Barenaked Ladies song about chimpanzees on postcards.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

the irony is that BNL sucked too much to get involved with this poll.

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

everyone who voted for any of these songs should be forced to listen to American rawk radio for a day. They will collectively CREAM for a Vines track after basking in the beauty that is Drowning Pool, Godsmack, Audioslave, Incubus, etc, etc, etc, WTF, etc

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

if you can't think of anything worse than bubblegum Nirvana or a gay midget who can't think of anything that rhymes with "Thong" yer...faaaahhck this is infuriating.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I've decided that all of you are Ryan Schrieber and ILX is nothing but a big practical joke at my expense

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

toptoptop worstworstworst topworst top20002004 top20002004worst worsttracks worstsingles

― a banana (alanbanana), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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