I was going to do a top 10 worst songs of the year but instead decided to do a 10 Worst Things About Music In 2007.

 

10 More Elvis Re-issues

 

Does anyone really care about these? I'm sure everyone is well aware that he's one of the most influential artists ever, whether you like him or not, but we don't need to be reminded everytime some pathetic anniversary comes up. He's been dead ages now, leave him to rest!

 

09 The Spice Girls

 

As if they weren't bad enough first time around they reformed this year and managed to release something even worse which no one cared about, and rightly so. Considering they're one of the 'biggest' acts of the last 15 years it really shows how God-Awful they are that they had the worst ever performing CIN single. FLOP.

 

08 Westlife (the continued success of)

 

Now they don't offend me anywhere near as much as they seem to do to a lot of people. But they are c**p and I fail to understand why so many people want their albums every year when they all sound EXACTLY THE SAME.

 

07 Cascada

 

It really shows how bad the state of music is when an act as awful and cheesy as these can have two albums that sell really well. What happened to proper dance and pop? Lowest common denominator stuff. Really is.

 

06 X-Factor

 

Get rid of it now. It's become tired, old and dull. This years was the 10th TV talent show. Surely everyone with even the slightest bit of talent will have auditioned now? As proved by the absolutely APPALING final 12 this year. Get rid.

 

05 The Fray

 

And the award to the most boring act of the year/decade...

 

04 Charity Duets

 

There have been three high profile ones this year. All have reached number one and they are easily the three worst number ones of the year. The Proclaimers was funny once, but its novelty value wore thin extremely quickly. Then we have the dull as dishwater Melua/Cassidy duet currently in the top 3. Actually, forget what I said about The Fray. THAT is the most boring song of the year, easily. Its sole purpose (apart from charity, obviously) is to make housewives wet. But worst of all is of course Girls Aloud & Sugababes. One of the worst songs EVER. The two finest girl groups of the decade (and in my opinion, ever) duetting, there was the foundations of a pop classic. Xenomania could have written a pop classic which could've sold loads and been regarded not only as one of the finest ever charity songs but one of the finest ever pop songs. But instead they KILLED a RunDMC/Aerosmith classic about perving on girls in the changing room. The (very) low point of both of their careers.

 

03 Radio 1

 

Once again, they sink to new lows. The Djs get worse and the songs they play go in the same direction. They're supposed to be the frontrunners in championing new music yet they're only third of all BBC stations with Radio 2 and 6Music being a hell of a lot further ahead. Instead their DJs find it much better to promote utter TOSH such as Billie Piper, Space Pirates, Soulja Boy, El Chombo and Jonny Trunk & Wisby (which wasn't even original!). They don't playlist New Young Pony Club because 'they sound like CSS'. So that's two acts on the playlist (which will be C-List, highest) that sound like each other. Can't have that, eh? Especially when they A-List every song by the oh so different Twang, Pigeon Detectives, Kaiser Chiefs, Enemy, Reverend & The Makers etc. ALL SO DIFFERENTIATED. 'I Found Out' was released about 8 weeks ago and MISSED THE TOP 40 yet is STILL A-Listed. Now I like it but what's the point? It wasn't popular then, why would it be now? And then they go and sensor The Pogues (though yes, probably just for publicity) because they say f***** yet it's perfectly fine to A-List....

 

02 Soulja Boy

 

A song about ejaculating over a girls back whilst she sleeps and sticking the sheet on it so she has a cape. Vile, disgusting and offensive. By far the worst single released this year. If not, ever. Utterly repulsive and anyone that likes it must surely need some kind of help.

 

But worst of all...

 

01 Commercial Indie-Pop

 

Mainly Orson, The Hoosiers, Maroon 5 and Scouting For Girls. All absolutely dreadful bands yet for some unknown reason people seem to like this repetitive, rip-off nonsence. There's nothing wrong with indie bands making pop songs. The Shins and Rilo Kiley have done it brilliantly this year but these are just appaling. Completely unoriginal and not one redeaming feature. Anyone could have wrtitten 'She's So Lovely'.

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by RabbitFurCoat

^ What an absolutely brilliant post.

 

Seriously if I was compiling a worst Top 10 things about Music in 2007, then at least 8 of those would have made the list.

Agree with everything on there :lol:

 

The Girls Aloud vs. Sugababes duet was by far one of the foulest things I've heard in years. How could they even attempt something as important & influential as what it is. Sadly, the X-Factor will never go away, as once the X-Factor is over, Simon will introduce us all to the Euro-Factor. :rofl: One thing I don't agree with 100% fully though is Maroon 5, 'Songs About Jane' was an excelent album, they've just had a strange year this year (with the change in direction of their music), but it was still a good album. :lol:

The only small points I would disagree with are

9) The Spice Girls DID have some great songs first time around, they just really cocked this comeback up.

6) The final 12 was the worst collectively it's been for a while. However Rhydian would have stood out in any of the previous series.

 

But other than that, a huge AMEN.

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by Shoat

10| I agree. What's the point in having all these singles that will spend 1 week in the chart and stop having another new up and coming band getting in the chart? Pointless.

09| I agree again. Why do they have to reform? Just to get more money on there tour and keep up the publicity if you ask me. Plus, it kind of backfired when there charity single failed to get into the Top 10. :lol:

08| All the songs sound the same to me.... How many covers can you do untill you realise that no-one cares?

07| I actually quite like Cascada. :lol: The first album was a bit samey mind. :(

06| Exactly. If you has enough talent to win the X-Factor then you would have entered in the first one... The people who audition afterwards are just people who have no confidence or just arn't good enough.

05| I like The Fray as well... :lol:

04| Girls Alound & Sugababes made the biggest mistake of their year when they did that... And don't get me started on the "500 Miles" song.... <_<

03| I'm afraid they only play "Radio Friendy" songs... No new talent coming through, nothing different, just same old boring mainstream music... -_-

02| How Radio 1 (again) said that The Pouges were more offensive then this is dreadfull... Awful song.

01| What is the point in Scouting For Girls? What kind of band are they... $h!t... that's what they are. -_- It's not even music.. They play practicly the exact same song over and over again just with different lyrics....

Brilliant post RFC. Excellent top 10 of worst. But the bit that strikes home most is your number 3 and number 2. The utter sh*te that is Radio 1 (I wish you would have singled out the particularly awful Chris Moyles - the highest paid piece of untalented, unfunny and totally musically by-passed lard-arse ever). And the reference to the censoring of the word 'f*****' from the Pogues song and yet seeing nothing wrong with the exploitative lyrics of another - because its 'hip'.

 

Norma

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by Norma_Snockers

I would put #3 at no.1. I like Orson, Hoosiers, Scouting For Girls and Maroon 5. Although i think those 4 are unique in each way their songs are a bit samey. I like Cascada aswell, they haven't destroyed dance music there are people buying Cascada who have never bought anything to do with dance before, unfortunately i see a few clones coming up.

Other than that the list is fine

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by Harve

the Pogues is more offensive than Soulja Boy for the simple fact that it uses a discriminatory word used against homossexuals. Soulja Boy is just generally repulsive, doesnt really attack anyone in particular. I certainly find the Pogues more offensive, and Soulja Boy more repulsive. 2 different things.

the Pogues is more offensive than Soulja Boy for the simple fact that it uses a discriminatory word used against homossexuals. Soulja Boy is just generally repulsive, doesnt really attack anyone in particular. I certainly find the Pogues more offensive, and Soulja Boy more repulsive. 2 different things.

Jesus. :mellow:

 

Because of the word f*****? The word that can mean HUNDREDS of things, and was written over 20 years ago.

the Pogues is more offensive than Soulja Boy for the simple fact that it uses a discriminatory word used against homossexuals. Soulja Boy is just generally repulsive, doesnt really attack anyone in particular. I certainly find the Pogues more offensive, and Soulja Boy more repulsive. 2 different things.

It does not offend homosexuals. (well, should not). I doubt they have them in Portugal but a f***** is a traditional food dish in the UK a bit like a meatball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_%28food%29 ). That is what it refers to and has nothing to do with the slang term to offend gay people. Shane McGowan confirmed this himself in the BBC Documentary about the song. Besides, it wasn't until around 1990 that the slang term f***** moved out of the US, 3 years after Fairytale Of New York was written.

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by RabbitFurCoat

I like Cascada aswell, they haven't destroyed dance music there are people buying Cascada who have never bought anything to do with dance before, unfortunately i see a few clones coming up.

Other than that the list is fine

I think they have. There is plenty of other dance music out there for people to buy. Even rubbish like Samim or the endless Bodyrox rip-offs are better. Why not buy them?

And yay for all the agreements! ^_^

I think they have. There is plenty of other dance music out there for people to buy. Even rubbish like Samim or the endless Bodyrox rip-offs are better. Why not buy them?

 

Precisely. There are so many decent, credible dance acts out there who have had their albums ignored and their singles under-perform. And then Cascada come along on their one-trick pony; have a blonde woman wave her hair about a bit like she's in a shampoo advert, stick some high-pitched off-key vocals onto a tacky dance beat, and have pound signs flash up in your eyes.

It does not offend homosexuals. (well, should not). I doubt they have them in Portugal but a f***** is a traditional food dish in the UK a bit like a meatball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_%28food%29 ). That is what it refers to and has nothing to do with the slang term to offend gay people. Shane McGowan confirmed this himself in the BBC Documentary about the song. Besides, it wasn't until around 1990 that the slang term f***** moved out of the US, 3 years after Fairytale Of New York was written.

 

 

You're a bum

You're a punk

You're an old $l*t on junk

Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed

You scumbag, you maggot

You cheap lousy f*****

Happy Christmas your arse

I pray God it's our last

 

 

I doubt they're referring to food...

 

unless of course there's a 3rd meaning for the word.

You're a bum

You're a punk

You're an old $l*t on junk

Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed

You scumbag, you maggot

You cheap lousy f*****

Happy Christmas your arse

I pray God it's our last

I doubt they're referring to food...

 

unless of course there's a 3rd meaning for the word.

And I doubt they're referring to gay people. :lol:

Jesus. :mellow:

 

Because of the word f*****? The word that can mean HUNDREDS of things, and was written over 20 years ago.

 

Even if that's true, nowadays the word f***** has ONE meaning, used in popular culture as a discriminatory word against gay people. So yeah, it should bleeped out otherwise young people listen to the radio and suddenly think its ok to use the word, that it's acceptable.

Well I don't know if I can think of 10 but a few annoying things about the popular music of 2007 are:

 

*The comebacks: How could people like Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs, KT Tunstall, James Blunt etc come back with their sophomore albums and fail to produce even one tune anything like as catchy as the earlier singles? It's happened to all of them. Hard-Fi don't have a new Hard To Beat or Livin' For The Weekend; Kaisers' only decent single thus far has been Ruby; KT's comeback song was just plain boring! Where did it all go wrong?

 

*Kylie's 2 Hearts: Over the past couple of months this has grown on me, but it will always remain her worst lead single with Parlophone. Why, after the genius moments that are Spinning Around, Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Slow and I Believe In You would she return with this overly basic pop song? No wonder it didn't make the Top 3. Like A Drug would've been a much better choice of single.

 

*Radio 1: Are without doubt the most influential station when it comes to the charts; most of their listeners are teens and men and women in their twenties, ie. the single-buying market, so it's a shame they've gone completely indie and aren't giving much pop a chance. Sophie Ellis-Bextor has one flop single and they don't playlist her next; Fall Out Boy or The Killers have three or four flops and yet they keep on making the A-list. It's revolting!

 

And that's that. :D

I couldn't agree more about The Fray. The lead singer has a voice that makes Dido sound interesting, coupled with the fact that they released one of the most boring, going nowhere songs I've ever heard in the form of How To Save A Life. Even their attempt at a more upbeat song was sleep-inducing. The worst band of 2007 by far for me.

 

As for Westlife, it's embarrassing that they can release any old tosh and still sell a million copies. The fact that they've had fourteen number one's, more than Madonna, Abba, Michael Jackson, Queen, The Rolling Stones to name a few is a complete joke and reflects very badly on the current state of the UK music industry.

 

I have nothing else to add to the rest, but I do agree. Except Cascada who I quite like, although I do see your point.

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by superbossanova

Even if that's true, nowadays the word f***** has ONE meaning, used in popular culture as a discriminatory word against gay people. So yeah, it should bleeped out otherwise young people listen to the radio and suddenly think its ok to use the word, that it's acceptable.

 

Absolutely ridiculous.

 

I've got one word to say to you: CONTEXT!

 

The song was written in 1986 & recorded for release in 1987.

 

The word "f*****" in this context referred to the popular meat ball dish served with a gravy sauce and usually served with mashed poptato & peas, that was and remains very popular in Ireland, the Midlands, South West England.

 

However, it is very well known that at times of recession, or during the World War, a lot of offal and fat was included in the mix by butchers, hence cheating the consumer of the legitimate said meat dish. Therefore hence the insult was a reference to being a cheater or a fraud (as confirmed by the lyricist Shane MacGowen on the BBC3 Documentary on the making of the same song, and clearly nothing to do with the other more recent Americanization meaning imported in the 1980s of the word (i.e. when famously used in the (bloody awful) Money For Nothing by the aptly named Dire Straits)), when consuming the dish as it was less nutritional and tasty than it should be.

I know it sounds harsh, but it's like some people CHOOSE to take offence.