WORST SONGS OF THE DECADE? THESE DON’T EVEN COVER IT.
Monday, January 4th, 2010 at 1:00pm by Axl RosenbergSo The Village Voice – which, depending on who you ask, is either a bastion of intelligent artistic commentary or the most pretentious toilet paper in print – recently compiled a list of the fifty worst songs of the decade, and, sure enough, some terrible nu-metal found its way onto the list. Here are three notable entries, via Blabbermouth:
08. LIMP BIZKIT and JOHNNY RZEZNIK – “Wish You Were Here”
10. FIELDY’S DREAMS – “Baby Hugh Hef”
12. DISTURBED – “Land of Confusion”
14. KORN – “Ya’ll Want A Single?”
15. HINDER – “Born To Be Wild”
19. NICKELBACK – “Something In Your Mouth”
27. KELLY OSBOURNE and OZZY OSBOURNE – “Changes”
Now, I’d never argue that these are terrible songs. But of the seven songs listed above, four are covers. And I just can’t take a cover seriously as the worst pick for each of these groups.
I understand how upsetting it is when someone ruins a song a you love. But then again, none of the artists listed above are great songwriters, and their covers therefore have one distinct advantage over pretty much every other song in their catalogue: they were written by someone else?
So, yes, the Durst/Rzeznik duet of “Wish You Were Here” is an absolute rape of Pink Floyd’s genius – but the original isn’t going anywhere. How can a version of that beautiful song possibly be worse than this Limp Bizkit original, released in 2000?
And Disturbed’s version of “Land of Confusion,” at least, features no monkey noises of any kind.
Hinder is a band that is only enjoyed by retards, and “Born to be Wild” is a pretty retarded song to begin with. Still, I showed this video to my nephew, and he has consequently been held back two grades:
Here’s what Kelly Osbourne gets into when her dad isn’t around to protect her… this sounds like something the killer from Silence of the Lambs would listen to while he tucks it back and starves a chubby chick:
Also, I just can’t take any “worst song” list seriously unless it has this gem on it:
Jesus. That is the worst thing Danielle Harris has ever been in. And Danielle Harris was in four of the very worst Halloween movies. FOUR.
Alright, team… your turn to weigh in… what were the worst songs of the decade?
-AR
Come on. 5FDP have way worse songs than that, not to mention that they have the worst guitar tone of all time.
yeh the bleeding is probably their best
not that their anygood. least bad would put it better
agreed
They got a 9/10 review in Metal Hammer for their new album and said it sounded like slipknot meets machine head with tool quality vocals. so after i was done prespectavely jizzing i downloaded the album to discover it was (as i suspected) a complete piece of shit and actually has a song called “Falling In Hate”. Fucking really?
The Comedown by BMTH. Say No More.
inb4predictablebrokencyde/attackattacksong
But Ja rule and swiss beats, with Metallica :)
Da-ha-ha-hamn 5FDP sucks!
ANYTHING by Theaory Of A Deadman! I fact, they win worst BAND of the decade.
Chocolate Rain, Anything by new Slipknot, “1-2-3″ by Britney Spears, “The Unforgiven 3″ by Snaretallica, and the whole ‘FIYA!’ E.P. by Dvar.
Damn, I like Unforgiven 3.
- 3 zillion cool scene/kvlt/br00tal/tr00 (delete as appropriate) points for me…
Snoop Dogg covering Sad But True at Metallica’s MTV Icon in 2003
Ya know… that may be the winner.
That was the best performance of that whole show. Snoop rules.
i like that korn song!
…and it’s kind of shitty that they put that limp bizkit song on the list. sure, the song is terrible, but it was recorded for a charity, so they should get a LITTLE credit for that aspect
I’d say the ten worst songs of the decade are all of the nickleback singles, and they’re all tied for number 1 because I can’t tell the difference between any of them
+1
I kinda liked Disturbed’s ‘Land Of Confusion’ cover. You heard me.
So is the a “Worst Songs” list or a “Worst Covers” list?
Also, this list is invalidated by the lack of any Black Eyed Peas or Fergie songs… I mean, I really expected to see ‘My Humps’ in the top 5.
The In Flames version is better.
Of “Land Of Confusion” I mean. Not “My Humps”.
Their version of that is TERRIBLE.
Wrong! I like In Flames but their version sucks balls… the Disturbed one is not bad at all…
Wrong! I don’t like Disturbed and their version sucks balls… the In Flames one is not bad at all…
This could be the start of something beautiful…
Wrong! I like both Disturbed and In Flames and both covers are decent but I prefer the In Flames version.
“This could be the start of something beautiful…”
That was pure win, sir!
I gotta agree, the In Flames version is shit. Disturbed’s cover is really good
my humps is fucking amazing
I heard that In Flames version of ‘My Humps’ is OFF THE CHAIN SON.
Agreed. Disturbed may be shit, but they did do a half decent cover there. It could have been FAR worse.
staind or nickelback…the entire discography from either one of those.
Anything by those talentless cock-chuggers Brokencyde.
Worst song of the decade: Five Finger Death Punch – The Bleeding….oh wait, already there! In that case: any Limp Bizkit song
Worst song of the decade: Soulja Boy Tell`em – Crank That (Soulja Boy). ’nuff said.
for all the guys that live on mars and don’t know what this is all about, here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFIYGkROII
65 MILLION views. Kill me now.
Yeah, fuck that dude with the end of a broken beer bottle.
so… you’re complaining about how many views it has… by posting a link to the video, thus bringing in MORE views?
Hmm not enough time in the day but im gonna go ahead and say every song on the Metal Hammer POS “Tribute Album” for Dime. Save for Evile, Chimara and Machine Head. Everything else on there is enough to get Phil back on Heroin. Its that bad.
Oh and everything by HellYeah…Why Vinnie?!
Why do songs that appeal to pop culture always suck?
That God Damn Vampire Weekend song
Once again eveybody forgets 3DOORS DOWN
Chased Through the Words By a Rapist by Waking the Cadaver. fucking shit i want them dead…
Disturbed’s Land of Confusion is great.
That whole album is awesome.
Enh. I don’t find 5FDP to be so bad, as I’ve heard much worse.
Soulja Boy
The stupid, “You’re a JERK!” song that I keep hearing around school and want to punch the person playing it.
Anything by Hannah Montana and/or the Jonas Brothers.
I can tolerate 5FDP… as long as I don’t watch their “Look how hard we try to be metal gangstas!” music videos.
Dude, they’re called Five Finger Death Punch… you know they’re all hard and work out and stuff.
Plus I have heard from a reliable source that they are contractually obliged to punch at least one person in all their videos.
Haha! Yes I think 5FDP have that in their deal, though if I’m trying to be ’serious’ about compiling shitty songs it wouldn’t make my list, somehow I don’t see how “The Bleeding” is a bad song.
True. To be fair compared to much of the garbage out there they are just depressingly generic. Bit of Pantera, bit of Slipknot, some Nickelback friendly choruses, some solos to prove that they’re “real” metal, some generic angsty lyrics about how people don’t understand… meh. They just don’t do anything for me. Other people like them, that’s fine.
I declare anything by the Fall Out Boy / Paramore school to be the “worst” song, for the simple reason that somehow that sort of pop (and it is blatant pop, just holding guitars) has become perceived as actual “rock”…. it upsets me that that is what rock is perceived as by the masses these days.
kryptonite is a great song
Get off this website.
lolol
I liked that Kelly Osbourn song but I’ve got a weak spot for elctro-pop.
the disturbed cover DOES include monkey sounds! listen to the pre-chorus it’s like “rah rah rah” fuck those guys.
Absolute worst? Black-Eyed Peas: My Humps.
Worst metal (“metal”) song? The Devil Wears Prada: Dez Moines.
+1 Interwebz to you sir. TDWP is the most shitty band I have heard in recent days. Talk about having no musical direction whatsoever
No musical direction? Please tell me you weren’t smoking anything dude. If you want “no musical direction”, look at any rap artist over the past 3 years. And TDWP is FAR more better than Attack! Attack! or This Romantic Tragedy! WRAABB is one of my favorite albums of 2009 and their live shows are crazy.
The Devil Wears Prada inspired countless shitty bands, and were themselves terrible. They are the progenitors of shit. Thus, they qualify over Attack Attack!, who may be worse but are also unoriginal in their suck.
Deathcore-era JFAC is equally insidious, and is a runner-up.
Also, there are so many good rappers. They are just unsuccessful. I fucking love Madvillain (non-pop structure bursts of insight over inspired production), and I also recommend the Roots (who do not sample, but have talented musicians).
I haven’t heard note one of their music, but I still find it impossible to imagine that there is actually a band who would call themselves ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.
So I can only imagine that they would be a bunch of complete emo cock-suckers who should be throw into the nearest AIDS pit.
That One Word video is the only time I thought Kelly was attractive. Probably because that wig covered her jowls.
Uh, has anyone noticed that the Limp Bizkit song has lyrics from ‘Closer’ by Nine Inch Nails? Was quite alarmed when I saw that.
It unfortunately has stuff from The Perfect Drug and Burn in it as well.
If there was ever any band that could ruin NIN lyrics, it would be Limp Bizkit
That was because Fred Durst was trying to write a ‘diss’ track to Trent Reznor.
Glad to see the metal sucks hate crew in such a good shape :]
As for the worst song of the decade, anything that Chad Kroeger spewed out of his whore mouth.
1. Fireflies- Owl City
2. My Curse- Killswitch Engage*
3. Hate My Life- Theory of a Deadman
4. Dani California- Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. I Disappear- Metallica*
*= I like the bands, just some crappy songs.
I’m surprised that no one mentioned Black from Sleeper Cell.
Anyway, “War is the Answer” is such a great album in my honest opinion. I don’t mind 5FDP’s music but I can admit the whole “trying to be tough” thing does get annoying.
At least they put Brokencyde right at the top of their list.
Also, this list is more or less spot on, even though it lacks Black-Eyed Peas songs.
Where the fuck is Hey Delilah? Worst song ever and impossible to get out of your head!
Amen. I cringe at the thought of how many fratboys with guitars are trying to get laid by playing that song at parties.
“let the bodies hit the floor”, or whatever is called… and a lot of the songs used in wrestling
It’s just called “Bodies”, but yeah that song fucking sucks. And this is coming from someone who like nu metal and even some of the stuff by that band. I don’t want to hear that song ever again though.
Nobody’s mentioned Puddle of Mudd yet? Seriously?
“Here are three notable entries, via Blabbermouth:
08. LIMP BIZKIT and JOHNNY RZEZNIK – “Wish You Were Here”
10. FIELDY’S DREAMS – “Baby Hugh Hef”
12. DISTURBED – “Land of Confusion”
14. KORN – “Ya’ll Want A Single?”
15. HINDER – “Born To Be Wild”
19. NICKELBACK – “Something In Your Mouth”
27. KELLY OSBOURNE and OZZY OSBOURNE – “Changes””
…somebody needs to learn to count lol
i think there are far worse songs from the decade than the above listed… none spring to mind at the moment which renders this post entirely pointless
Any song that is played on the Radio has my vote
Celine Dion’s butchering of “You Shook Me All Night Long” takes the cake. God, I even cringe at the thought of that cover.
You showed Hinder to your nephew? You oughta be jailed for child abuse. I have reported you to the authorities.
I Got A Feeling by Black Eyed Peas is not only the worst song of the decade but possibly of all time.