The Worst Song Ever

[Steve of Bloomington]

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.

I listened to Buju Banton for a while, but when I heard about the gay bashing incident he got dumped in the cardboard box of stuff I probably will never listen to again. It is probably not consistent with my other listening choices, but I had a visceral reaction resulting in his banishment to my own personal hate pit.

[fletcher munson]

I'm gonna say Rag and Bone by The White Stripes.  That song made my skin crawl when I heard it.

[Pat K]

I'm gonna say Rag and Bone by The White Stripes.  That song made my skin crawl when I heard it.

Ha! Good one. I don't know if it's the worst song ever, but it's definitely the worst White Stripes song by a wide margin. Hearing that the first time gave me the queasy feeling that some sort of musical or awful concept album must be in their future.

"Meg, look at this! This place looks like a mayun-shun! It's like a mayun-shun!"  Ugh.

[mostlymeat]

for anyone to say they would rather listen to steve miller than joy division is  nuts. 

That's like saying you would rather eat apples rather than oranges.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I have been exposed to so much Steve Miller over my lifetime that my brain no longer hears it.  My neurons have re-wired to not take notice so that they can pay attention to more important stimuli in the environment, like an approaching tiger or my childrens' voices. 

The claps in "Take the Money and Run?"  Like the Music of the Spheres: Everywhere and therefore unhearable.

[nec13]

I didn't realize there were so many Joy Division fans on this board. My question is why?

[dave from knoxville]

How could my mind have let this much time pass without reminding me of "My Humps"? Despicable.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I didn't realize there were so many Joy Division fans on this board. My question is why?

i wouldnt say people are fans, rather, people hate steve miller. 

[nec13]

Eh. They both suck, IMO.

[chinapig]

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worst ever

[iAmBaronVonTito]

easily one of the most self-absorbed things ive ever seen.

[Reeleyes]

I didn't realize there were so many Joy Division fans on this board. My question is why?

i wouldnt say people are fans, rather, people hate steve miller. 

I saw a movie called Series 7: The Contenders which was interesting to say the least but there is an 80's style video in it for "Love Will Tear Us Apart" that is so funny that I always laugh when I hear that song. Otherwise I dislike Joy Division but not as much as Steve Miller.

[Lyle Hemmings]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j9k-WJAggY

Gene Simmons' cover of Firestarter (Yes, the Prodigy song)

[buffcoat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j9k-WJAggY

Gene Simmons' cover of Firestarter (Yes, the Prodigy song)

The worst thing about this cover is what a straight cover it is - down to the "hey, hey"s in the background, and the keyboard, which may have just been dubbed in from the original track.

Never a musical innovator - but Gene can do better than this.

[fonpr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j9k-WJAggY

 but Gene can do better than this.

Sometimes I think you are smart and funny, Buffer.


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