Crappest 100 List Of All Time
Website The Punch reacted to the Triple J Hottest 100 Of All Time results by publishing a list of their own called Crappest 100: The Worst Songs Of All Time. I know what you’re thinking right now – “Jess, you got the title of your post wrong! You meant to write ’songs’ where you accidentally wrote ‘list’”
I make no mistakes*.
With a panel of music experts that included Daily Telegraph editor David Penberthy and columnist Joe Hildebrand submitting ten horrible songs each, a list of the Crappest 100 songs of all time was compiled. Except these music experts could barely get the names of the songs right. You should read through the list yourself (’All Along The Watchtowter’, Joe Hildebrand? Really? Really? Just two chords, you say?) but here are a couple of choice comments from readers heckling the entire exercise.
- Slippery Thing eh? I have not heard that one.
Oh, don’t be a pedant. Slippery Thing, Born Slippy… what’s the difference, eh?
wtf is “doo wop”? i thought the hanson song was “mmmm bop”. get someone to proof read or do a bit of research. 2 song title errors in an article about bad songs… shame shame shame.
That someone who uses the acronym ‘wtf’ earnestly and replaces the word ‘to’ with the number two feels it’s their place to chastise you about errors and proof reading should speak volumes, The Punch.
‘Doo Wop’, ‘Slippery Thing’… add to that some pretty safe and lame choices that suggest The Punch contributors don’t have a crumb of musical knowledge… number #1 with a bullet in the Worst Music List of All Time.
Zing!
Why have a go at Craig McLachlan for the lyrics of Mona? Why don’t you then bag Bo Didley and The Rolling Stones versions.
Well, the writer would need to be aware the song is actually a cover.
When I ruled the world – Coldplay = Viva la vida – Coldplay. Good research is the cornerstone of a good slagging.
Indeed it is. It’s hard to take a list seriously when the writers cannot correctly name the single from the biggest selling band of 2008. It makes me question their music knowledge, you know? Doo Wop, Slippery Thing, When I Ruled The World…. such classics!
Also, any list that says Fairytale Of New York is anything but FUCKING AWESOME is a farce.
So Triple J listeners, look on the upside! This list is actually worse than the one that named the Hilltop Hoods the best Australian band of all time!
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*Well, we all know I do make mistakes – every damn day, actually – but not when it comes to the title of this post, oh no.
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“That someone who uses the acronym ‘wtf’ earnestly and replaces the word ‘to’ with the number two feels it’s their place to chastise you about errors and proof reading should speak volumes, The Punch.”
Actually I think you’ll find that he was using “number 2″ to replace the word “two”. Fair point on the “wtf” though.
SLAM! I’ll cop that one on the chin and blame the lack of coffee. Still, surely less errors in this post than the list itself? Here’s hoping.
Some truly awful music on that list, and some that I would argue most strenuously against their inclusion.
I will firstly take umbrage with Paul Colgan over his selection of Fairytale of New York. He is a man that has never experienced this song being belted out by all in a packed Dublin niteclub on Christmas Eve. Sure beats listening to the Neighbours Xmas Carols LP over a glass of eggnog with nanna.
There were a few glaring omissions for me.
* ‘Agadoo’ by Black Lace – a music video that highlights the perils of eating wild field mushrooms when writing music.
* ‘Informer’ by Snow – are there more than 3 words that are legible besides “a leaky boom boom bam”?
* Anything that Lady Gaga attempts. She needs to visit Dr Nitschke and sign up for one of his ‘courses.’
* ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ by Rednex – no explanation needed.
* ‘Knock you Out’ by Joel Turner & the Modern Day Poets – bonus shit points for having Anthony ‘the cockjockey’ Mundine in the filmclip.