Post by MIKEB on Dec 30, 2006 2:57:40 GMT -5
I won't be putting this on my chart website since my site is about music I like so I'll post it here instead!
20 Worst Songs of 2006
It was difficult coming up with 20 songs to make this Worst of 2006 list. For starters, I only included songs that I knew enough to remember how bad they were. So basically, if I only heard a song once but don't remember anything from it, I didn't include it. Maybe that's why it was difficult to come up with a list of bad songs because typically, if I hear it once and it sucks, I don't bother wasting my time hearing it again unless I'm forced to. Which was the case with a lot of these, or I heard them once and remember them and how much they sucked enough to write a bit about them....that and Shawn Desman didn't release anything this year. It would be nice if I allowed myself to include songs based on their stupid title but that isn't exactly fair even if it's accurate. Anyway, here's the list:
#20 Ashlee Simpson - L.O.V.E.
To be honest, I don't quite remember this one since it was from awhile ago but I needed something to round out my list and I remembered that this song was almost as dumb as "La La", which, if I remember correctly, was in my Top 5 or Top 10 worst songs of whatever year it was a single.
#19 Alicia Keys/Bono - Don't Give Up
The main reason why this song is in here is because, despite being for a good cause, really ruins an amazing song. I normally would have let it pass because it was done for good but when I think about it, a bad recording is a bad recording and I found it hard enough coming up with 20 songs as it is without having to pass over a bad one just because of good intentions.
#18 Fort Minor - Remember The Name
I liked 'Where'd You Go' but this one didn't quite match up with it. I tried to like it. I really did but all that percent stuff in the chorus made me want to forget the name and everything else about this song.
#17 Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me
Too cliché and unoriginal. BOO!
#16 Fefe Dobson - Don't Let It Go To Your Head
I liked a few Fefe songs and she seems like a nice girl but really, she's more of a punk-wannabe than Avril was when she first hit the scene. Fefe needs to stop trying to make punk and rock music go to her head and maybe take some tips from Avril.
#15 Fergie featuring will.i.am - Fergilicious
I forgave Fergie for 'London Bridge' because that song was catchy but why did she release this one next? Anyone that names a song after themselves the way Fergie has here really needs to get over themselves. And is she trying to rip off the Monster Mash in here? This song is a complete mess and is like an attempt at combining AT LEAST ten different songs into one. There is one catchy part in here, somewhere amongst the jumble of tunes but that's it.
#14 Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair
Jessica Simpson pisses me off so much and this song is actually her best that she's done in awhile. I'm surprised it's an original but I haven't dug deep enough to find out how original. Congrats to her on not screaming and wailing uncontrollably throughout this entire song though, otherwise, it would be much higher on this list of crap!
#13 Naomi Streimer featuring Santana - Cars
Not good for a relative unknown trying to make a name for herself by collaborating with one of rock's biggest names and as a result, turns up on this list. Naomi Streimer is hailed as having a voice as big as Celine Dion or Lara Fabian but she sounds terrible in this song. And lo-and-behold, there's Carlos Santana with his very typical, expected and now very overdone and boring guitar playing between each line in the verses. It was cool with 'Smooth' and it worked for 'The Game Of Love' but everything he's done after that is just so predictable. Nobody's interested anymore...
#12 Ashlee Simpson - Boyfriend
Ugh! I'm glad nobody talks about her anymore except when they talk about her nose job.
#11 Meatloaf and Marion Raven - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
I have nothing against Meatloaf and I'm not sure who this Marion chick is. I also know that this song was pretty much made for him but after Celine Dion did a marvelous job on this song in 1996, why did Meatloaf have to? If he had done it first, it might have worked but he didn't. He missed out on this song. He shouldn't have redone it. And if so, he should have just made it sound exactly like Celine's (except in his voice, obviously!) because that's the way the song was made to sound. I guess he really did have no choice but to try to make the remake sound different though, eh?
#10 Danity Kane - Showstopper
What the hell IS this shit?!
#9 Rihanna - We Ride
Typical R&B-sounding crap with annoying ride-symbols throughout.
#8 Cassie - Me And You
More typical R&B junk. One hit too many for this no-name. Better make my burger right when I come in to order in April, Cassie, or I'll be talking to your supervisor.
#7 Sean Paul - Temperature
Am I the only one sick of Sean Paul? His songs aren't really that bad except for the fact that they all sound the same. Now, I admit I'm ignorant when it comes to dancehall music so not being a fan, it's probably to be expected that I wouldn't understand it but I can't really think of any genre where all the songs sound the same so I really doubt even I would consider all dancehall music to be the same so it must be just Sean's stuff.
#6 Beyoncé - Check On It
The chorus to this one is mind-bogglingly annoying. Wow...!
#5 Mary J. Blige with U2 - One
This cover did NOT need to be made. The original was just fine but the remake, no no no. Rock songs shouldn't be made into R&B covers because ad libs aren't made for rock. Even rock ballads. I'm just surprised that U2 agreed to be on this one. That makes it even worse!
#4 Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
I get so annoyed when nobodies like Paris Hilton get famous. What did she do to be famous? Honestly, I don't remember. But now she's able to appear in any show she wants and she can record an album and even get a hit? She deserves NO credit for any good that can come from her album because she is a nobody and a soon-to-be-D-list star.
#3 Cherish featuring Sean Paul of the Youngbloodz - Do It To It
This song was catchy for the duration of the first half of the first listen. What really pushes it over the edge is the "rap". That can't be rap and if it is... I now understand why rap music is going down the can. It SUCKS!! Some guy talking with an echoed track replaying about 2 seconds behind it. Yeah, ok. Another useless one-hit-wonder. All Sean Paul's should be sentenced to listen to themselves for life. THAT's punishment for adding to the polution in record stores and iTunes.
#2 Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up
I love Gwen. I really do! I want to like her music but her decision to release a second solo CD was not a wise one. We're just winding down from LAMB and we were satisfied but then she rushes out a second album and basically shoves it down our throats. To make it worse, the first single is complete crap! I don't review songs often but I did review this and it was honestly the first time I've ever graded a song with an F! That's how bad I thought this song was. It's just horrible. I'm always one to argue that even the worst songs are still "songs" but this recording... I find it hard to even consider it a "song".
#1 Rihanna - Unfaithful
The worst song of 2006? For sure! Rihanna's vocals on this song are completely horrific! Terrible! Just painful to the ears. Computer-work can make her sound alright with uptempo dancy songs but this ballad was just a mistake from the beginning. The lyrics are just laughable and simply foolish and the fact that Rihanna and probably a lot of her fans can somehow find some sort of emotion in them is embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for everyone involved in this song.
20 Worst Songs of 2006
It was difficult coming up with 20 songs to make this Worst of 2006 list. For starters, I only included songs that I knew enough to remember how bad they were. So basically, if I only heard a song once but don't remember anything from it, I didn't include it. Maybe that's why it was difficult to come up with a list of bad songs because typically, if I hear it once and it sucks, I don't bother wasting my time hearing it again unless I'm forced to. Which was the case with a lot of these, or I heard them once and remember them and how much they sucked enough to write a bit about them....that and Shawn Desman didn't release anything this year. It would be nice if I allowed myself to include songs based on their stupid title but that isn't exactly fair even if it's accurate. Anyway, here's the list:
#20 Ashlee Simpson - L.O.V.E.
To be honest, I don't quite remember this one since it was from awhile ago but I needed something to round out my list and I remembered that this song was almost as dumb as "La La", which, if I remember correctly, was in my Top 5 or Top 10 worst songs of whatever year it was a single.
#19 Alicia Keys/Bono - Don't Give Up
The main reason why this song is in here is because, despite being for a good cause, really ruins an amazing song. I normally would have let it pass because it was done for good but when I think about it, a bad recording is a bad recording and I found it hard enough coming up with 20 songs as it is without having to pass over a bad one just because of good intentions.
#18 Fort Minor - Remember The Name
I liked 'Where'd You Go' but this one didn't quite match up with it. I tried to like it. I really did but all that percent stuff in the chorus made me want to forget the name and everything else about this song.
#17 Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me
Too cliché and unoriginal. BOO!
#16 Fefe Dobson - Don't Let It Go To Your Head
I liked a few Fefe songs and she seems like a nice girl but really, she's more of a punk-wannabe than Avril was when she first hit the scene. Fefe needs to stop trying to make punk and rock music go to her head and maybe take some tips from Avril.
#15 Fergie featuring will.i.am - Fergilicious
I forgave Fergie for 'London Bridge' because that song was catchy but why did she release this one next? Anyone that names a song after themselves the way Fergie has here really needs to get over themselves. And is she trying to rip off the Monster Mash in here? This song is a complete mess and is like an attempt at combining AT LEAST ten different songs into one. There is one catchy part in here, somewhere amongst the jumble of tunes but that's it.
#14 Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair
Jessica Simpson pisses me off so much and this song is actually her best that she's done in awhile. I'm surprised it's an original but I haven't dug deep enough to find out how original. Congrats to her on not screaming and wailing uncontrollably throughout this entire song though, otherwise, it would be much higher on this list of crap!
#13 Naomi Streimer featuring Santana - Cars
Not good for a relative unknown trying to make a name for herself by collaborating with one of rock's biggest names and as a result, turns up on this list. Naomi Streimer is hailed as having a voice as big as Celine Dion or Lara Fabian but she sounds terrible in this song. And lo-and-behold, there's Carlos Santana with his very typical, expected and now very overdone and boring guitar playing between each line in the verses. It was cool with 'Smooth' and it worked for 'The Game Of Love' but everything he's done after that is just so predictable. Nobody's interested anymore...
#12 Ashlee Simpson - Boyfriend
Ugh! I'm glad nobody talks about her anymore except when they talk about her nose job.
#11 Meatloaf and Marion Raven - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
I have nothing against Meatloaf and I'm not sure who this Marion chick is. I also know that this song was pretty much made for him but after Celine Dion did a marvelous job on this song in 1996, why did Meatloaf have to? If he had done it first, it might have worked but he didn't. He missed out on this song. He shouldn't have redone it. And if so, he should have just made it sound exactly like Celine's (except in his voice, obviously!) because that's the way the song was made to sound. I guess he really did have no choice but to try to make the remake sound different though, eh?
#10 Danity Kane - Showstopper
What the hell IS this shit?!
#9 Rihanna - We Ride
Typical R&B-sounding crap with annoying ride-symbols throughout.
#8 Cassie - Me And You
More typical R&B junk. One hit too many for this no-name. Better make my burger right when I come in to order in April, Cassie, or I'll be talking to your supervisor.
#7 Sean Paul - Temperature
Am I the only one sick of Sean Paul? His songs aren't really that bad except for the fact that they all sound the same. Now, I admit I'm ignorant when it comes to dancehall music so not being a fan, it's probably to be expected that I wouldn't understand it but I can't really think of any genre where all the songs sound the same so I really doubt even I would consider all dancehall music to be the same so it must be just Sean's stuff.
#6 Beyoncé - Check On It
The chorus to this one is mind-bogglingly annoying. Wow...!
#5 Mary J. Blige with U2 - One
This cover did NOT need to be made. The original was just fine but the remake, no no no. Rock songs shouldn't be made into R&B covers because ad libs aren't made for rock. Even rock ballads. I'm just surprised that U2 agreed to be on this one. That makes it even worse!
#4 Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
I get so annoyed when nobodies like Paris Hilton get famous. What did she do to be famous? Honestly, I don't remember. But now she's able to appear in any show she wants and she can record an album and even get a hit? She deserves NO credit for any good that can come from her album because she is a nobody and a soon-to-be-D-list star.
#3 Cherish featuring Sean Paul of the Youngbloodz - Do It To It
This song was catchy for the duration of the first half of the first listen. What really pushes it over the edge is the "rap". That can't be rap and if it is... I now understand why rap music is going down the can. It SUCKS!! Some guy talking with an echoed track replaying about 2 seconds behind it. Yeah, ok. Another useless one-hit-wonder. All Sean Paul's should be sentenced to listen to themselves for life. THAT's punishment for adding to the polution in record stores and iTunes.
#2 Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up
I love Gwen. I really do! I want to like her music but her decision to release a second solo CD was not a wise one. We're just winding down from LAMB and we were satisfied but then she rushes out a second album and basically shoves it down our throats. To make it worse, the first single is complete crap! I don't review songs often but I did review this and it was honestly the first time I've ever graded a song with an F! That's how bad I thought this song was. It's just horrible. I'm always one to argue that even the worst songs are still "songs" but this recording... I find it hard to even consider it a "song".
#1 Rihanna - Unfaithful
The worst song of 2006? For sure! Rihanna's vocals on this song are completely horrific! Terrible! Just painful to the ears. Computer-work can make her sound alright with uptempo dancy songs but this ballad was just a mistake from the beginning. The lyrics are just laughable and simply foolish and the fact that Rihanna and probably a lot of her fans can somehow find some sort of emotion in them is embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for everyone involved in this song.