The Worst Song Ever

[buffcoat]

That's why he's Teddy Rockstar.  You think Liam Gallagher is going to write a heartfelt account of his conflict over, say, his appreciation for Beenie Man?

I think not.

[nec13]

That's why he's Teddy Rockstar.

Ted Nugent?

[Reeleyes]

Respect indeed!  But here I go, about to break that streak - I have to admit I find it much harder to justify supporting so many of these Dancehall guys through their sometimes blatant and violent homophobia again.  It was something that I just chose not to deal with for so long because, for example, "Inna Heights" was SUCH an amazing record, and evinced what seemed to be a rather compassionate soul in Buju Banton, in contrast to a lot of his previous work, like "Boom, Bye-bye" that just showed the mind of another violent gangster waxing tough, and I always want to believe that people can grow and change (because then there's hope for myself, you know?).  But then it started to bug me too much.  Hell - I went through a DECADE of not listening to the Bad Brains before making a still somewhat shameful deal with myself to not deny the genius that WAS my favorite band of all time because the singer went off the rails into nut-job Rasta religious and/or political fundamentalism (and, a few years after writing the offending song, also went through an extremely queeny phase, living as a "kept man" for some rich dude in LA, then became "just a nut-job").  It's a familiar story, I guess - Wagner, the first couple of Skrewdriver records, a lot of Black Metal, a lot of Rap, etc.  How do you accept a body of work that has these offending bumps in the road (or in the case of Skrewdriver, of course, takes a complete left turn into offense so cartoony that it would almost be laughable if there wasn't a direct correlation between their music and the actual injury and death of human beings)?  And for that matter, am I revealing a bleeding heart or a selfish skill at avoidance in even suggesting that there's a question?
And on top of THAT, why did I stay up twittering about CrabCore so late last night?  It's put me in a mood to question everything.
But NOT my love for Ian Curtis, to answer your other question.  I honestly can't even address the idea that he was a "terrible lyricist" and that their "music was dull" with getting hot under the collar.
So I'm gonna go jump in the ocean instead.
 

Wow man. This is certainly the deepest post I've read on this forum. This is an issue that has plagued me for a while too with Bad Brains and to a much greater extent with Skrewdriver. My father was jewish, I have African American heritage on my mother's side, and my brother is bi-sexual. I can't in good conscience tolerate such blatant examples of ignorance. I can still get into the early Bad Brains because as you said HR is a nut job but Skrewdriver is just disappointing. Due to this issue I stayed away from Turbonegro for about 10 years just based on the name but then I found out about their whole deal and I get it now. It's really tough to find out that a musician or any type of artist that you respect is so far off of your own ideals. Honestly I think that with the collective consciousness of the world today ignorance almost has to be chosen. I can't imagine anyone actually believing that another race is inferior to their own. I think it's some type of weird doublethink thing where young people just don't want to admit to themselves that their parents are so wrong about such a big issue, it's the same reason people still spank their kids and vote republican.

PS I'm not a fan of Joy Division but I'll take them over Steve Miller any day of the week.

[buffcoat]

He gets his lovin' on the run.

[Stupornaut]

I actually like "Fly Like an Eagle" a fair amount but I blame my hip-hop nerdery for that.

[Matt]

It's far from the worst song ever, but I heard Oasis's "Don't Look Back in Anger" in a record store last weekend, and I was blown away by how lazy it was. That Gallagher dude just pasted together every easy hook he could come up with and called it a song. Pretty boring stuff.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

It's far from the worst song ever, but I heard Oasis's "Don't Look Back in Anger" in a record store last weekend, and I was blown away by how lazy it was. That Gallagher dude just pasted together every easy hook he could come up with and called it a song. Pretty boring stuff.

i actually like this song, but more for nostalgic reasons than the song being any good. 

[dave from knoxville]

It's the FIE NUHL COWNT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN

[Steve of Bloomington]

It's the FIE NUHL COWNT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN

My daughter was singing that the other day.

And here I'd thought maybe she'd be in a better world than I grew up in...

[buffcoat]

It's far from the worst song ever, but I heard Oasis's "Don't Look Back in Anger" in a record store last weekend, and I was blown away by how lazy it was. That Gallagher dude just pasted together every easy hook he could come up with and called it a song. Pretty boring stuff.

That Gallagher dude's always been lazy, that whole sledgehammer thing was so over in about '81.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

It's the FIE NUHL COWNT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN

My daughter was singing that the other day.

And here I'd thought maybe she'd be in a better world than I grew up in...

or...she loves arrested development.  always look at the bright side, steve.

[buffcoat]

It's the FIE NUHL COWNT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN

My daughter was singing that the other day.

And here I'd thought maybe she'd be in a better world than I grew up in...

Because of the music or the nuclear war threat?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

It's the FIE NUHL COWNT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN

My daughter was singing that the other day.

And here I'd thought maybe she'd be in a better world than I grew up in...

Because of the music or the nuclear war threat?

or...she loves arrested development. 

[buffcoat]

It's the FIE NUHL COWNT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN

My daughter was singing that the other day.

And here I'd thought maybe she'd be in a better world than I grew up in...

Because of the music or the nuclear war threat?

or...she loves arrested development. 

No, tito, I meant what Dave's fears were based on.

[Steve of Bloomington]

It's the FIE NUHL COWNT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN

My daughter was singing that the other day.

And here I'd thought maybe she'd be in a better world than I grew up in...

Because of the music or the nuclear war threat?

Yes.