The Anti-Spotlight

Well, you could probably see this one coming too: with a Song Spotlight on a potential chart breaker, I offer a page devoted to describing the worst song- or songs- on the radio. This is where I get my club and bash these records good, hoping the radios will follow suit and NEVER PLAY THESE SUCKERS AGAIN!!!

The Calling- For You

I once thought The Calling could do no worse than "Camino Palmero": my was I wrong. Here, the band cries and whines even more, using even more canned emotion to explain to their lovers that they'll be "there for you." Give it up guys- no one's taking you seriously.

Celine Dion- I Drove All Night

I'll give Celine Dion this much: she didn't write this- it's a cover of a Cyndi Lauper tune. However, she still manages to make it an awfully canned and way too overwrought song, just like the rest of her songs.

Lucy Woodward- Dumb Girls

Memo to record execs: Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" worked once. It won't work again.

Our Lady Peace- Made Of Steel

It's finally come down to this. Our Lady Peace, the biggest sellouts the recent music history has known, can no longer wring a solid single out of a boring album. These guys now sound a lot like Creed- and a lot less interesting.

Fat Joe- Need You

This guy should stick to partying with girls, because his love songs stink.

Fuel- Won't Back Down

It used to be that Fuel were deep and reflective rockers. Now they're bent on sounding as much as Creed as possible. 'Tis sad, really.

Kira- I'll Be Your Angel

Eventually, Lasgo will sue their pants off- because this song sounds suspiciously like "Something", doesn't it?

Danii Minogue- Put The Needle On It

Picture Kylie Minogue, Danii's older sister, singing "Hot In Herre". *sigh* Perhaps Kylie should tell her younger sister that she can be sexy WITHOUT insulting the listener's intelligence...

The Party People- Listen Up

Eventually, this BOOM-BOOM-BOOM party track gets really, really, REALLY, tiring. Didn't these guys learn that too much reptition is not okay?

Hot Water Music- Remedy

Not that it's actually terrible, but these guys don't add anything at all to rock. Yawn.

Queen Latifah- Go Head

Very simple rhymes and a staler party track- I could expect more from a veteran.

Ra- Do You Call My Name

Not another nu-metal angst song! Aaargh! Oh, cry me a river, guys. Please go to your mommies so they can change your diapers. Please.

The All-American Rejects- Swing, Swing

Question: can kiddie rock get any more lame? Answer: just hear this song.

-DG

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