Anonymous wrote:Dave Barry did a survey about this and published the results in a Book of Bad Songs. It was published something like two decades ago and I ordered one of the last copies for XDH.

The winners (losers) according to Barry's survey:

"MacArthur Park" as sung by Richard Harris (written by Jimmy Webb)[

"Yummy Yummy Yummy (I Got Love In My Tummy)" performed by Ohio Express

"(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka

"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro

"Timothy" by The Buoys (written by Rupert Holmes)

"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus

And can I add, any lyrics that boil down to "Your ho is sleeping with me because I'm richer than you."

Oh wait, here's Barry's book: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Radio-Programming/Book-of-Bad-Songs-Barry-1997.pdf. The 25-year copyright thing must have expired.

Dave Barry did a survey about this and published the results in a Book of Bad Songs. It was published something like two decades ago and I ordered one of the last copies for XDH.

The winners (losers) according to Barry's survey:

"MacArthur Park" as sung by Richard Harris (written by Jimmy Webb)[

"Yummy Yummy Yummy (I Got Love In My Tummy)" performed by Ohio Express

"(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka

"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro

"Timothy" by The Buoys (written by Rupert Holmes)

"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus

And can I add, any lyrics that boil down to "Your ho is sleeping with me because I'm richer than you."

This one song, simultaneously has a great lyric and the cringiest lyrics at the same time. 99% cringe for sure

Best:

All right, stop whatcha doin' 'cause I'm about to ruin
The image and the style that ya used to

Cringefest:

My name is Humpty, pronounced with a Umpty
Yo, ladies, oh, how I like to funk thee
And all the rappers in the top ten
Please allow me to bump thee
I'm steppin' tall, y'all and just like Humpty Dumpty
You're gonna fall when the stereos pump me
I like to rhyme, I like my beats funky
I'm spunky, I like my oatmeal lumpy
I'm sick wit dis, straight gangsta mack
But sometimes I get ridiculous
I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice
Uh, yo fat girl, come here, are ya ticklish?
Yeah, I called ya fat, look at me, I'm skinny
It never stopped me from gettin' busy
I'm a freak, I like the girls with the boom
I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom, I'm crazy
Allow me to amaze thee
They say I'm ugly but it just don't faze me
I'm still gettin' in the girls' pants
And I even got my own dance
The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump
(Oh, do me, baby) come on, uh

Anonymous wrote: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

This is the weirdest song.

Anonymous wrote:She's just 16 years old
Leave her alone, they said
Separated by fools
Who don't know what love is yet

My first thought also. I detest this song.

The song that has these lyrics;

Why you got to be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway.

Good luck with that relationship! I hate the words and the way he sings it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:… Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers

I’m curious why this has elicited such strong reactions from some of you? Is it because this is obviously not the truth for all women?

I find it creepy because when I think about parental love I don’t want to think about girls becoming lovers.

Yes! This is just gross.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:… Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers

I’m curious why this has elicited such strong reactions from some of you? Is it because this is obviously not the truth for all women?

It's probably because he's a total POS womanizer who was absolutely crap to multiple women, singing about how other men should be good to women/girls and respect them and value them in ways he obviously didn't/doesn't.

I didn't know that about him, but I still hate these lyrics. Because it implies that the only reason a father should care about his daughter is because she'll one day be someone's girlfriend. Like that's all a daughter is good for. How about loving a daughter just for herself?

Don't need no hateration
Holleration in this dancery

Hey good lookin what you got cookin?

Diana Ross Upside Down

nstinctively, you give to me the love that I need
I cherish the moments with you
Respectfully, I say to thee
I'm aware that you're cheating
When no one makes me feel like you do

Apparently a lot of people hate this because it turned up in my search for lyrics! Nobody should be putting this in a song post 1500s. Figure out a better quality rhyme. Shakespeare would have.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:… Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers

I’m curious why this has elicited such strong reactions from some of you? Is it because this is obviously not the truth for all women?

I find it creepy because when I think about parental love I don’t want to think about girls becoming lovers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:… Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers

I’m curious why this has elicited such strong reactions from some of you? Is it because this is obviously not the truth for all women?

It's probably because he's a total POS womanizer who was absolutely crap to multiple women, singing about how other men should be good to women/girls and respect them and value them in ways he obviously didn't/doesn't.

Anonymous wrote:… Fathers, be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers

I’m curious why this has elicited such strong reactions from some of you? Is it because this is obviously not the truth for all women?

There are many