worst world record...
the land speed record...
i mean whats the point! you can fly???
and its not like us normal people can go mach 2 down to the shops....
hmm its just one of the top of my head =S
nice to see youve got this Q thing goign now =)
( ?, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:59, Reply)

Tom Hark
by The Pirhanas.

Not only did their bassist tell me I didn't deserve my fiancee's hand in marriage (the cranberry, last time I download mpg's of him off TOTP2 website to laugh at him!), but it seems to have been adopted by every fucking football team as a chant of some sort. And we all know footy fans are gay.
( Mr Spleen Can do better. C-, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:53, Reply)

William Shatner's
version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, geniusly awful
(chopin, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:43, Reply)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!!
"The Ballad of Tom Jones" by Space featuring Cerys Matthews. Without doubt the most awful record ever made. Some bloke with a wobbly voice singing as though he's got a baked potato in his throat, and Cerys Matthews giving it the full-on angry Welsh bit. Awful lyrics too: "I've never thrown my knickers at you / and I don't come from Wales." Just terrible.
(nasalhair The Twix guy!, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:43, Reply)

David Bowies'
Laughing Gnome.

Not only is it a woefully unfunny and dreadfully unoriginal "novelty amusement" record with no musical value, but it's a massive tarnish on the career of one of the UK's great musical talents.

If Bowie hadn't made the Laughing Gnome (and possibly dancing in the streets), he'd rightly be regarded for the genius he is.

I think he should have to play it at every live show he ever does as punishment.
(MattDP (Squiggle), Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:42, Reply)

Worst Record Ever
It has to be MacArthur Park by Richard Harris - the lyrics (see below), the music, the anguish in his voice, it is all far too painful. What on earth possessed the man?

"MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!"
(Fi, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:34, Reply)

Robbie Williams - Come Undone
Its a recent one I know and there's probably worse but my missus was playing it last night. It's the fucking self-pitying "ohhh its not all its cracked up to be, this being a rock star lark" sentiment of this single (along with, lets be honest, most of his recent output) that just makes me want to throw my TV out the window whenever it comes on. If life as a multi-millionaire, globe-trotting singer who could shag any woman (or bloke as I suspect) that he wants is *that* hard Robbie, DON'T FUCKING DO IT!! Get a job as a postman or something. Just stop filling the airwaves with this self-obssessed, mawdling shite.

By the way, its Kriss Kross not Criss Cross and thats a wicked tune.

EDIT: No probs, Slocombe ;-)
( Squid Ink should be stored upright in a cool, dark place, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:33, Reply)

Kriss Kross
are gonna make you Jump Jump.

enough said. Apart from the fact that they wore their jeans backwards. happy baby orangutan s

EDIT: cheers Squid :)
( Prof. Slocombe, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:24, Reply)

The Divinyls........
......I Touch Myself.

I was a teenage boy doing things that all teenage boys did. Usually to this song. Until I saw the god awful yellow teeth'd fag ash Lil that sang it! Christ.
( Evil Bastardo, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:24, Reply)

Big Brovaz
Are slowly heading closer and and closer to worst record status every time they release a new track. The S-Club of R&B?
(gustral, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:05, Reply)

I once bought an anti-poll tax record called "Alvin Lives!......in Leeds".
It was a purchase largely motivated by my socialist principles, but after 45 minutes of dire cover versions by agit-pop bands things were becomeing very strained. The final track is a cover version of Bohemian Rhapsody by the late and unlamented Manchester band Cud. If you can dig out an mp3 you'll understand why. Garbage.

As to why I hate it so much, it destroyed my faith in social justice and democracy.

No, really.
( supermoore: HUNG, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:04, Reply)

ANYTHING
at all, from ANY musical, EVER.

They're awful, all of them. But especially Grease, or, God forbid, Grease 2.
( Herr Tezcat, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:03, Reply)

I Wanna be the only one by Eternal
THE most annoying record in the world. Putting aside the teeth gratingly cheesy lyrics; the minute before the end of the song has to go down as the most painful attempt to make something so bland sound interesting. It's the Key Changes that get me, one is bad enough in any song, I think it shows that the person responsible cannot be arsed to write another verse and as such just knocks the same verse/chorus up a key to make it sound interesting. This track by Eternal uses about 5 key changes, everyone designed to destroy your soul. I HATE IT. I can feel myself getting tense just thinking about it......thank you for listening.
(unkle77 Click sig for totally ambient tunes!, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:03, Reply)

on the ...
i like it button, are we meant to click it if we actually like the song and we want it salvaged, or we like the idea that it's a terrible song?
( bertram, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 11:01, Reply)

gregorian chant abba...

ok, so it was a present, but i kinda like it
click for linkage

and the best/worst... well you can't go wrong with money money money
( daf 's been photoshopping real life again, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:59, Reply)

Worst record ever?
Probably the one about wlaking the furthest with an old style milk bottle on your head. All down to that chap Ashrita Furman, he also does longest walk on his hands and furthest pogo sticked down stairs. Or any records that are attempted for PR stunts, they are usually complete rubbish but I will have to back to you on which one I think is the worst.
(gustral, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:56, Reply)

My worst record was Barry Manilow's Bermuda Triangle. It was also my first record. I don't know what I was thinking. One Voice on the B-side really didn't help matters.

It was only saved by being covered in scratches, so the lyrics went somthing like:

Bermuda Triangle, it makes people disappear
Bermangle, don't go too near...

( stup0t, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:55, Reply)

Groovy kind of Love - Phil Collins.
Why. Why make a tune that is such a bland arpeggio. It just goes up and down and does nothing other than irritate. I was reminded of this awful piece of music in the car this morning in the fog. Apt. Grey.
(jimkins, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:49, Reply)

Anything by Savage Garden
I'd quite like to stamp on their throats the caaants
( Toast_not_ghosts, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:45, Reply)

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,
by Cyndi Lauper.
Why? Because it is an appalling, appalling song that somehow has become a girly anthem.
I distinctly remember the rush of women that all thundered to the dance floor when this song was played at Millionares Nightclub in Redhill.
The tune, the lyrics, Cyndi Lauper, all of it, shit, shit, shit.
( bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:40, Reply)

cheeky girls
they're ugly, talentless, shit, crap, skinny, and pathetic. who honestly gives a watermelon about a cheeky holiday?
yep, thats about at worst as it can get. and dont even get me started on those happy baby orangutan called Steps. honestly, who the ..........*muted*
(masterbassist, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:40, Reply)

Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
Is the only song that's ever made me feel physically sick. Especially the Bee Gee's backing vocals.
Every time I hear it, I feel a little queer...
(Sleary, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:38, Reply)

That bloody 'Enterprise' song...
...that's always on at 7.00pm on a Sunday on Channel 4. My housemate Bruce insists on singing along to it every week with out fail when he takes over the living room TV. The songs not necessarily that bad, but it goes on for the entire duration of the opening credits - "I've got faith....of the heart..." and so on. He sounds like a spacker strapped in the back seat of a bus crying out for an ice cream. It is that bad. Actually, that's not a proper record, but it is the worst noise I've ever heard.
(nathanjohnston, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:26, Reply)

Blazin' Sqaud - Flip Reverse
I just can't stand them with their faux-gangsta-RnB-urban-claptrap. They are a bunch of effeminate looking white boys who should just give it up. That's them specifically, but the track Flip Reverse is just wrong wrong wrong! Basically the boys announce their desire for sex with teenage girls and then reveal their secret plot to coerce them into anal sex with the line "if you let me, I'm going to flip reverse it".

I actually consulted with Capital DJ Foxy regarding this issue, hoping that given his previous experience as a doctor he would be able to confirm my thoughts. He wasn't sure, but agreed that there must be some very confused teenage girls out there.
( Jay, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:25, Reply)

I am the one and only !
Chesney Moley Hawks - that has to be the worst, the look and feel and cheeseyness of it all. And of course that Mole Mole Moley Moley Mole with Moles on !
(minikins, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:24, Reply)

Overkill...
The worst record ever for me has to be Daniel Beddingfield's 'If You're Not The One'. Why? because I've heard it so many effing times!!! His voice breaks in the middle of it (should have had a glass of water before he started recording) and his voice changes so he can reach the high notes. The worst thing is is that I know the words and whenever I hear it, I find myself singing along. Oh yeah... an even worse thing, I was doing the college radio one day and for some insane reason I decided to play it.... arrrggghhh......
(richietheg my dad buries dead people. he's an undertaker., Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:23, Reply)

Anything by The Streets
Not only is Mike Skinner shite yet inexplicably popular, Iain Canfield on Xfm took the mick when I suggested that he (Skinner) was a middle-class mummy's boy.

Oh, and the Grease soundtrack, which all my friends seemed to love and so was on endless repeat in cars. Aargh. Still, Little Shop of Horrors on the other side of the tape was OK.

Also, Firestarter by The Prodigy - I hate it when a previously good - yet slightly obscure (obscure if the entire school is into Metal or Pop) - group makes a shit record and becomes popular. Actually, this last one probably doesn't qualify as worst record ever...

I could go on all day, I am a bitter man...
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:23, Reply)

Worst Song?
"Roll away the stone" by Mott the Hoople.

Discuss.
(davidblunkettsdogblankets, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:20, Reply)

One day...
I booted up my computer and put winamp onto Random, with my entire hard disk on the playlist. and all of a sudden, Some opera music comes on... Maria Callas?!? Opera?!? What? I've never downloaded this/I don't own the CD. IT'S NOT MINE! but I've got the entire album. and it's crap. Where it came from I'll never know.
(Timmy (Esq), Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:17, Reply)

any album by Shania Twain
Shania Twain is EVIL - like the frooits of the deveeel! She's planning to take over the world by commanding the seagulls into mass kamakazee airborne warfare against our planes. Her left and right hand women are Nicole Kidman and Demi Moore - a truly evil trio! Men are not safe ...
(fudge the return of the man with the cat on his head, Wed 3 Dec 2003, 10:11, Reply)