Simon & Garfunkel – the Dangling ConversationĤ1. Smith, Hurricane – Oh Babe, What Would You Say?ģ9. Richie, Lionel – Dancing on the Ceilingģ6. Tyler, Bonnie – Faster Than the Speed of Nightģ4. Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones – Kissģ0. O’Sullivan – Gilbert – Alone Again (Naturally)Ģ9.
McFerrin, Bobby – Don’t Worry Be HappyĢ6. Manfred Mann’s Earthband – Blinded by the LightĢ4. Lewis, Huey & the News – Hip to be SquareĢ3.
Herman’s Hermits – I’m Henry VIII, I AmĢ2. Stills, Stephen – Love the One You’re Withġ9. Gibb, Andy & Victoria Principal – All I Have to Do is Dreamġ8. Zager & Evans – In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)ġ1. Peter, Paul & Mary – I Dig Rock and Roll MusicĦ. The Fifty Worst Rock-And-Roll Singles of All Timeĥ. The Worst Rock ’n’ Roll Records of All Time (1991) - Jimmy Guterman & Owen O’Donnell (It's not necessarily our job, though, to stand up for the very worst.) The 50 Worst Artists In Music History (Blender, circa 2003) Other than that, even the most famous musicians have some lame music that might be defended by someone. Obviously, in lists like these, there are going to be outliers that make you say something like, "Hey screw you, pal, the Doors are great." I think that any song beloved enough to be in the AM main page top 2000 should be ineligible on our list. I remember the list below from the now-defunct Blender. We could post a few of these lists, and that could at least start a discussion. Some websites are more than happy to let you know what is supposed to be the worst in music. I will use the formula from recent the polls.Īny additional ideas, comments, rules, parameters, etc. Deadline will (edit: most likely be after the roll-out of the results of the all-time songs).Ĥ. Submission will start the same time as the all-time songs poll, since I feel that in coming up with the list of the all-time songs it will also remind people of their "guilty pleasure" songs. Post your list in another thread I'll be opening.ģ. The minimum list size is 20 songs, maximum is 100.Ģ. If you don't believe in guilty pleasures/don't feel "guilty" in liking a song, then submit your top songs you enjoy listening to that does not deserve the reputation you think they get.ġ. no ones gets embarrassed listening to any of the 1,000 songs ?Ģ. or do you think like maybe the top 1,000 are "untouchables", a.k.a. All songs are eligible, even novelty songs or even those listed in the AM top 10,000. I used to listen and jam to it all time in the mid 90's and now that I've seen all these lists in AM without the song (it even made a top awful songs of all time list), I keep thinking where did my ears go wrong.īelow are some talking points I came up with:ġ. If I have to cite a personal example, I don't get the hate for "Two Princes" by Spin Doctors. Many of the reasons why people end up feeling "guilty" about music involve seemingly arbitrary external constraints." (complex) " ongs that most of us secretly like, love even, but probably keep to ourselves for playing loud in the car or for a Saturday morning spent doing chores." (udiscovermusic) "music that is supposedly so bad that people feel "embarrassed" listening to it" (bustle). How these break down can tell us a lot about how we see ourselves. Other definitions are: "something you like, but feel guilty about liking, because you are aware that your fondness for said thing is a little embarrassing or not so great." () " n the real world, there are social pressures, signals that communicate preconceived notions of what music we can and can't like. In short, my idea of a guilty pleasure is probably in line with the description found in wikipedia, to quote " guilty pleasure is something, such as a film, a television program or a piece of music, that one enjoys despite feeling that it is not generally held in high regard, or is seen as unusual or weird." There is no denying, especially for us AMFers, that these lists, to a degree, influence our listening habits and inform us what songs are held in high esteem. We also live in a time where all these lists by critics can be easily found and referenced to (as AM can attest). We live in a time where music is available in a few taps and clicks. I have long been intrigued with the concept. Hello AMFers! I have decided to run a survey of the "guilty pleasure" songs of all-time.
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