A Tournament of the Worst Songs of All Time | March Badness 2022, Round 3: The Elite Eight

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Rewatching this again I love how Joe describes Seven Little Girls as ‘it’s over pretty quickly’ as if he’s discussing a root canal procedure.

[@davepalese5170]

Having worked in music for close to 20 years, I've heard my share of bad demos, and that's exactly what Boston's song sounds like. A bad demo. I can only imagine the Artie Fuffkins who had the arduous task of promoting it.

[@davidellis5141]

Ironically their initial demo was essentially the first record. It just needed a bit of polish.

[@frangarcia7774]

Congrats on the 9k subs!!! You guys surely deserve it. I'm so glad to see how much you've grown since I first started following you many subscribers ago. You definitely should have much more but it's great to see that you are slowly but steadily increasing your numbers. I'm positive that the good work will finally pay off

[@johnhermes4112]

Next year for “March Badness”, I think you guys should consider doing a tournament of the worst artists/bands. Love the content guys!

[@dereks7745]

This is a great idea.

[@williambowers2820]

Queen wins.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Perhaps do a step sideways…. Worst documented live performances….? Or worst album covers. (I think - and I’m sure Jason would agree - that Corey Feldman’s Angelic To The Core should be in there).

[@edhart8583]

Hearing Jason say Ew is funnier then the Jimmy Fallon song.

[@jimtremblay5539]

Great job guys I look forward to your videos every week!

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Thank you, Jim. - Joe

[@connorlovell9188]

Congratulations on 9K subscribers, guys! You deserve it! You fellas run my favourite KZbin channel! Have a great day, my friends! 🙂

[@Sir_Eyeball]

What would I give to see a Making-Of documentary of the Boston album? Eveything.

[@davidellis5141]

Tom Scholtz " Did the check clear ? " Manager " Yes " Tom " Well , here's the album 👌 😆 " 💸 💰

[@janpoelkamp4229]

🤣🤣🤣 That will get me through my last shift tonight, for sure! Thanks, man! 🤣

[@wesleyorser4451]

Bold predictions for tomorrow's U2 Listography: 1. All three of you will have Songs of Experience at the bottom (where it belongs) 2. Joe will rank How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb above Achtung Baby (because I would) 3. Someone will have Zooropa in their top 2

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Quite bold. - Joe

[@someguy7424]

Bold predictions indeed. 2 and 3 MIGHT happen, but I doubt 1 will happen with a discography that also includes Pop, October, No Line on the Horizon (which I like, but have heard some harsh criticism about), and Zooropa (3 can still come true, but there is no middle ground with that album).

[@walterevans5658]

This has been great. Fantastic idea, guys. By the way, like others have commented, can't wait for your take on U2's discography tomorrow. I apologize ahead of time for the length of my comments on that one. LOL.

[@pruneface90]

No excuses for the existence of Hey Soul Sister. Anyone and everyone who likes that song, sang along to that song, paid money to own that song, or voted to save that song in this competition, should pay dearly for their crimes. That said, the mutant child of Fallon and William James Adams Junior is worse.

[@rockingbirdey]

I like that song.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@rockingbirdey Assuming you mean Hey Soul Sister: There was a reason it sold millions of copies . . . Not a song I particularly like, but the worst-song-ever treatment is not deserved. 🤨

[@janpoelkamp4229]

@@NaughtyVampireGod Misery can come in all-encompassing measurements. Some sales figures make me fear for the sanity of mankind.

[@zacharypopp3549]

EW!: "It's only 2 minutes 14 seconds. How hard could it be to listen to the whole thing once?" Me checking the time after what feels like an eternity: 21 seconds in

[@japanesehercules]

The Mr. Show sketch was Bob Odenkirk’s parody of Stevens (the Blow Up the Moon sketch from S3) and Lee Greenwood in general

[@kylelooper2156]

Ew! is going to be tough to beat. It's like Fallon decided to do a much, much worse version of Valley Girl, which was actually pretty funny ... in, like 1985. Like, I'm sure.

[@someguy7424]

I agree except I didn’t think Valley Girl was that funny to begin with. “Ew” is an air ball on every level, and should be the champion.

[@179rich]

Except Ew! is just a tossed off joke song never meant to be taken seriously. On the other hand, Hey Soul Sister and If You Were in Love WERE meant to be taken seriously.

[@TimeToGetAlone]

Fallon also wanted to meme it onto the charts too, and make it it did. #26 :o

[@edhart8583]

Just reading the lyrics of Hey Soul Sister, made me laugh out loud. I would say, people like this song only because the tune has a feel good vide.

[@lubilou64]

Crikey! This is almost as exciting as The Jam v OutKast Patreon vote 😆 (I'm going for "Ew" for the overall win - please!)

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Lookin forward to your Jam rankings, Lou . . 😎

[@Michael253]

It is so ironic that you are going to have EW!, as the un-funniest song ever that is supposed to be funny; and If You Were in Love, as the unintentionally funniest song ever; up against each other. I just listened again to the Boston song and laughed hysterically.

[@179rich]

I must be out of my freaking mind. Ew! has grown on me. I listened to it for pleasure a few times. I marvel at its badness and it amuses me. I think a case can be made for this song winning, but on the other hand, it's a joke song not meant to be taken seriously. It was just tossed off. In that regard, the Boston song seems muuuuuch worse because it WAS meant to be taken seriously.

[@someguy7424]

All 4 are quite bad, but “Ew” should take the cake, and likely will.

[@KingKoop100]

Thanks so much. Truly enjoying this.!

[@rickjensen74]

I think Boston should've advanced. Good call there. Scholz's sudden inability to craft a competent song is so mystifying. (BTW, I can't wait for tomorrow's U2 albums list ... really can't wait)

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Boston should know better. It seems as if all the years of overthinking has left Tom Scholz baffled himself.

[@barrypeirson3710]

Dear Lord I hate "Hey Soul Sister". I didn't realize how much I did but now that you mention it) remind me of it...

[@ttmilbr]

That was great, love your commentaries. Don't agree with Hey Soul Sister, it just doesn't bother me like "we'll put a boot in your a$$.." but looking forward to the final four!

[@Vanessa.P]

First vote will be easy. That second one, though, that's a tough match up. One of my most hated songs of all time vs one of the most laughably bad songs I have ever heard. How do I choose?

[@RealJeffTidwell]

Congrats on 9K subs!

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Thanks!

[@collectrify]

The Boston song is inept and an astonishing production fail. But Hey Soul Sister is a serious premeditated crime against the world. Boston should have their license revoked, but Train should burn in hell.

[@gregdale1066]

May i submit puff the magic dragon . Little jackie paper grates on my last nerve ! :)

[@MrUnclesean]

this....not to late for a write in campaign.... song blows harder than a dragon sneezing

[@ChrisNorwood3]

I gave Train a fair shake back in the Meet Virginia days. Couldn't find enough in two albums to make me a fan, and it kept getting worse. However, I've been taken by surprise with their latest single, AM Gold. It's 👍 .

[@pastmemories1035]

No. In fact I make the worst songs of all times, of all the universe. I have put them on my channel.

[@walterevans5658]

Out of this Final Four...it has to be "Ew."

[@SomeSong2]

Well, looks like the back seat crashed into a ditch. That was my St. Peter's Peacocks to win the whole thing.

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

Stupid me, I’ve been following this and forgot about voting the next round. Yes! Train is moving on 🍻

[@christoddur]

Everyone knows the WORST song of ALL-TIME is "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene Duncan. Only follow the link if you want your ears to bleed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKC2m5urfsdpi9U

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Aww, I kinda like that one. 🙃 It's actually an anti-abortion song and is a push back on feminism. I'm not really in agreement with the politics, but it's a sweet song anyway.

[@bengalgangster]

a final four destined for greatness fallon vs. boston for their" one shining moment"🐯🐯

[@davidellis5141]

The 🏀 is tipped ..

[@bengalgangster]

@@davidellis5141 the result will be my 2nd fav behind the result of duke losing!🐯

[@lucrativeangstproductions3305]

Boston is a band I have very little use for. Even their first and best album strikes me as mildly enjoyable bland corporate rock at best. So it’s bizarre that I find myself defending their song, If You Were in Love. Sure, it’s nothing great, but one of the worst songs of all time? At worst, it seems like a half-assed stab at going alternative. And I kind of like the weird arrangement. I can think of a shit-ton of much worse songs-several other Ray Stevens tunes, for instance, most anything by Jewel, the idiotic Sister Christian by Night Ranger, most anything by Motley Crue, and on and on.

[@someguy7424]

I strongly agree on “Sister Christian”. I hate that song worse than all these 4. The ONLY time I tolerate it is in Boogie Nights.

[@trickygoose2]

I feel almost proud that Hey Soul Sister 'only' got to number 18 in the UK when it reached number 1 in Australia, Hungary, Ireland and The Netherlands. I finally got to listen to the Bon Jovi song and I spent most of the minute or so I could stomach wondering just how much JBJ wants to be Bruce Springsteen. I think the Boston song could be quite good with vastly better production and mixing but it sounds like it was thrown together by someone with dodgy hearing. Ew! makes me glad that, as a Brit, it is fairly easy to avoid Jimmy Fallon. It is appalling on every level.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Thanks for reminding me that HSS was #1 in Holland. Makes me question the overal taste of my heritage again… 👍

[@ashrobinson4604]

Surely in the end a terrible song by professional musicians must be worse than the relatively untrained!; the way a bad meal by a highly rated chef is worse than something I might cook at home for myself!

[@TZ61]

Have never been a fan of the "grown men" acting like 14-year old girls genre so I'm looking for "Ew" to go a long way.

[@jzb2414]

Looks like "Ew" is going to win it all...I find that disappointing because I'm not sure it's enough of an attempt to be a serious song to be on par with most of the other entries.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Agreed. Based on strong personal distaste and all-round suckage Limp Bizkit should’ve won the tournament, but at this point the only real contender in my mind is Train. Ew! is a novelty throwaway-est of all throwaways. It’s easy to avoid whereas Hey Soul Sister was reigning supreme especially back in the day. Boston has the advantage of having a stellar past in their pockets.

[@drdavid1963]

Ray Stevens isn't all that bad - he did a banjo-driven ditty called Misty in 1976 that is pretty good

[@oppothumbs1]

Train does not realize they are bad, I assure you. I don't like to listen to them ever but "Hey Soul sister" is at least the best bouncy and catchy of their songs even if one only wants to listen once or twice. Sure it's slightly politically incorrect and messy to some that this white dude loves a black woman in his imagination, i think? "So gangster, I'm so thug You're the only one I'm dreaming of". This deserves to be laughed at or with but put your contempt away. Drops of Juniper is worse and so is Meet Virginia. And Ahab the Arab was supposed to be funny and novel at release and no early reviews worried about the song's insensitivity with the exception of Ben Affleck who wrote how disgusting the song was in a moment of long-lasting guilt over that fact that maybe one of his ancestors owned a slave. A bad thing for Ben, but what does that have to do with you now that you want to hide the fact?

[@ryankramzer1256]

I also think drops of jupiter is a contender for all time awful

[@oppothumbs1]

@@ryankramzer1256 Sure the band is the motherload of bad songs.

[@ryankramzer1256]

I know plenty of people who did tai-bo back in the day, but at no point did it cause me to look inward and decide that I had room to grow

[@oppothumbs1]

@@ryankramzer1256 Hey Hey eh eh eh I thought the line was "She checks out Mozart while she does Porno" which would make a little more sense if you have ever seen Taibo (Tai-bo) Family Porn.

[@davidellis5141]

The " winner " of Train 🚆 V Boston will surely win the mediocre four. I Vote 🗳 for Train - C'mon & Ride It .. Choo Choo..

[@gregv4741]

I tried to vote, but it looks like voting is closed already

[@TastesLikeMusic]

It’s not. Just glitchy. Try refreshing or clearing your cache

[@gregv4741]

I see it's fixed now

[@janpoelkamp4229]

I foresee Hey Soul Sister edging it out against Ew! All things considered Ew! is nothing but a stupid, dime-a-dozen novelty song. Train will win by virtue of it’s sheer pandering obnoxiousness. I voted for Ahab and Soul Sister, btw.

[@Chaz4543]

If you think that Toby Keith song is bad, he has many songs just as bad if not worse. Check out I Wanna Talk About Me and Red Solo Cup for example. You could have easily put a bunch of his songs into the tournament. The video for I Wanna Talk About Me is pure cringe and he raps in it. Its so bad.

[@Cpayne30]

I'll stick up for I Wanna Talk About Me. Gotta love the "crazy ex loveeeeer" part.

[@Chaz4543]

@@Cpayne30 Yeah I guess at least its "fun" if you like dumb fun music.

[@rtrout57]

Krams' funniest episode!

[@ignatiusjackson235]

Did you guys just deprive us of a Bon Jovi vs. Toby Keith match-up?!?! Not cool, fellas. Not cool.

[@Plotinus75]

The worst song ever may be your intro.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

C’mon!!!! - Joe

[@Plotinus75]

@@TastesLikeMusic Was that the theme music to the Sally Jessy Raphael show?

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@TastesLikeMusic I liked yer old intro music better . . But no biggie either way . .

[@179rich]

At least I get fair warning when that bubbling noise comes on. That's my cue to hit the mute button before that annoying Oprah guitar chimes in.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

I don’t mind the intro. It’s good enough. Shouldn’t be a big attention grabber, but just a nice, comfortable and recognisable little tune. Nothing wrong there, guys! 👍

[@jeffspicoli763]

Love this concept, but I kinda think you guys should've left out novelty and "comedy" songs

[@cecil1100]

wow so bad, I judged my votes on how quick I wanted to turn the song off, Train wins that for me and Ewww a close second. To me Ewww doesn't seem worthy enough for the whole badness list of alleged musicians who are on it.

[@Cpayne30]

The Boston is the worst thing on here by far. It's so poorly made that it isn't musical. Very glad to see Soul Sister continue too.

[@PabloReyesVelasco]

Really disgusting songs to the semis. Good job!

[@anthonysablan8650]

Man I kinda like that Boston song minus the awful production. Do I have brain bramage ?

[@TastesLikeMusic]

No, it has a terrible charm to it, I think. - Joe

[@BazStrickland]

More boooyyyzzz….?

[@DCToonTime]

Sorry, it may be the old man in me, but I finally listened to that Boston song and I don’t think it’s bad enough to even be in this tournament. In fact it’s not bad at all. There I said it!

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Well, that’s just incorrect.

[@jeffreykillion6001]

I agree with Joe...Ahab the Arab is just horrid, especially at around the 1 minute mark.

[@jasonrobert4384]

My two personal contenders for monotonous song-hell. "NothingCompares2U" and "AmericanPie".

[@xyloxia]

It looks like Boston has a comfortable lead over Train so far, but I'd like to make a case for Hey Soul Sister. If You Were In Love is truly bad and inexcusable, but it's an album track from an unpopular album that will be heard by no one other than die hard Boston fans who are probably okay with it. Hey Soul Sister, on the other hand, was the top selling song on iTunes in 2010, as well as a Billboard #3 with millions of plays worldwide and has been used in TV shows and commercials. If we don't do what we can to stop this madness, this awful tune will someday be regarded as representative of the music of the 2000's and 2010's. I urge anyone who hasn't already voted to cast a vote for Train! Personal Note: My hatred for this song stems in part from the fact that in 2010 I could not escape it at work, where a coworkers radio played it 2-3 times a day, 5 days a week, for months on end!

[@trickygoose2]

Boston's lead at the moment is quite small. I voted for Train as it is more irritating.

[@barryosullivan1486]

Ew is awful but it's a joke song. Not a very good joke but it wasn't meant to be a proper song. Hey Soul sister is the most pandering, souless pile of dung imaginable but for pure lousy execution from a band who should really know better The Boston song should win.

[@tcanders123]

'Seven Little Girls' isn't good, but it's NOT about underage kids. Poor choice of words? Sure. But it's a teen boy singing to teen girls. Shitty song, but don't make it into something it's not.