Worst song in rock history:

[beardown07]

Anything by Nickelback, Creed or any of the other thousands of 90's post-grunge musical diarrhea.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

This fat lil' blonde doughboy lead singer needs to be shot...

 

[fknhippie]

Props to the OP for stating the obvious. I always though Springsteen was a joke. His songs are purposely written as "odes to americana" to be as mass marketed as possible. I've heard dumb critics to go as far as claim that he killed disco with his music and we should all bow down in thanks. Fucking wrong.

I never liked Springsteen, but if he killed disco, I might have to rethink this.

 

[fknhippie]

Couldnt agree more. Springsteen is awful and extremely overrated, he doesnt sing, he rambles.

But i will give him credit as a good song writer.

 

[fknhippie]

a cacophony of caterwauling over shitty, spiraling jazz riffs:

Hey, I just used "caterwauling" last night. Was going to ask Chewie if this is a common word down south.

 

[packerzrule]

 

[outlaw okie]

Darken nailed it. Anything by those late 80's girly soft metal bands are the worst.




Kind of a catchy song but it ruined metal and made kids run to rap and grunge

 

[Nosferatu]

I also think any of that beach boys shit from the 60's sucked, every song was literally the same song they just changed the lyrics from surfin' to girls to cars.

 

[Voltaire26]

What makes it particularly of note is that Born To Run is consistently hailed in several people's Top 10 lists of best rock songs of all time. Listen to it; it's horrid. Sounds like the lyrics are out of key, off tempo, the riffs are sloppy and spiraling. Super gross.

That is the amazing thing ... you are allowed not to like any song or think any song is the worst. The free market will sort out the lame ones. Maybe you haven't heard the right version of Born to Run. Whatever, it's ok not to like it and I will go on thinking it's a really good song.

 

[Ojb81]

I actually like this song.
But it's really terrible.

Lol agreed, awful. But would this even be considered "rock"? This is more along the lines of "eurotrash" to me

 

[Ojb81]

Also, anything that came out of the "nu-metal" era of 99-02 deserves consideration for this thread, particularly those asshats "Tantric" and this godawful song

 

[beardown07]

@SDPaddlefish wants to suck Scott Stapp's meat whistle while Fred Durst cheers him on.

 

[whywork2]

I like the commercial that uses that melody to my Pepperona, for some reason that just cracks me up.

 

[whywork2]

the guy has talent.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Final countdown by Europe and Geico needs to go broke for bringing it back.

 

[SDPaddlefish]

@SDPaddlefish wants to suck Scott Stapp's meat whistle while Fred Durst cheers him on.

WTF?

 

[GNG]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

you really consider that a "rock" song?

wow!

 

[ElTexan]

That is the amazing thing ... you are allowed not to like any song or think any song is the worst. The free market will sort out the lame ones. Maybe you haven't heard the right version of Born to Run. Whatever, it's ok not to like it and I will go on thinking it's a really good song.

1 . the free market chose avatar, the Star Wars prequels, and Titanic... Speaking of lame.
2. I chose the version on the album, the version played in pretty much every concert. So yeah, pretty sure that's the right one for discussion purposes.

 

[cerealboi]

I win.