holy crap that billy joel lyric is atrocious.
barbie girl?mm.. at least it`s ironic!

Arson Smith wrote:for 2nd place though, I nominate that fuckin' jittery, too peppy and bouncy "Life Is A Highway (I wanna ride it all night long)" song - fuck man, some people probably think that is ROCK-N-ROLL. ARGH!

By Tom Cochran of Red Rider ("Lunatic Fringe") fame. I guess he had to make up for the darkness. When I first heard this song, in the 80s, I thought "well, we'll see the end of this one in about a week."
The simplest form of simile and the world wets it's pants for it.
A few sequels:
Love Is An Airplane Ride
Death Is A Car Crash
Your First Job Is One Of Those Moving Sidewalks Like They Have At Airports

maybe for 3rd all time shitbeast song I'd choose that "HEY UMM MUM MUM A WAY HEY WY HEAAY... LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN" dreary piece of filth.

Also a play on sentimentality. Yay, children drank lemonade, the Salvation Army Band, huzzah.
Whatever.
They mean Northern England, but I for the longest time I thought it was about New England, because they don't sound like a British band.

Worse, they are called Dream Academy. When I tell people that I love Dream Syndicate, I always get this odd look.
There is a pause.
"Not "Academy," SYNDICATE - Steve Wynn!."

Remember the "doof doof doof doof" dance version they did of this song? How absurd to market a song full of sentimental pap to the ecstacy generation.

#6 then might be any rendition of "Give me the beat boys and free my soul...." FUCK THAT SONG AND FUCK RADIO ALL RADIO STATIONS WHO PERPETUATE ANY OF THESE SHTTING IN MY EAR OR PIPED IN AT THE GROCERY STORE OR ELEVATOR OR ANYWHERE.

This tops the list. In fact, it's on the same plane as Walking In Memphis. It's the same deal: some guy/dudes, decide they are all about the "soul," but see, they are not. There is no soul. You are singing about soul in a souless song, in a souless band.
That's like Elton John writing a tune about how "DIY" he is; how he likes the "simple things."
No authority.

-A

thats an easy one....my humps by the black eyed peas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHhqWTbbJOI

Heard this on the oldies station. didn't believe it was a real song til I saw the lyrics.

So much weak, impotent music. How did you ever get to know so much about Barenaked Ladies?

I've heard one or maybe two Barenaked Ladies songs in my entire life.

I have no interest in listening to them or investigating their catalog any further. There's too much great music in the world to waste time punishing myself with that crap.

Here's a classic lame-o song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfyLfimk55M

"Two Princes" - Spin Doctors
"Macarena" - Los del Rio
"Mmmbop" - Hanson

Songs that have physically driven me from the area:

"My Humps" <- more than once

"Piano Man"

This fucking horrible reggae-lite cover of "The Way You Do The Things You Do" that was apparently a minor hit at some point because there is no god.

jason smith wrote:"Two Princes" - Spin Doctors

it's like listening to your balls fall off.

Marsupialized wrote:(one week lyrics)

holy fuck.

i had to start skipping lines lest i get brain damage.

curiously, what the fuck does all the inane rapping have to do with the stupid chorus?

world of pee wrote:curiously, what the fuck does all the inane rapping have to do with the stupid chorus?

Everything.

My vote for most lame song is the one by Snow Patrol that has the line "If I lay here, if I just lay here...".

It induces murderous thoughts in my brain.