Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:51 am

The only rule is that the artist/group must be acknowledged as good-to-great and the song has to extremely suck by any standards, not just be a bad song relative to the overall catalog. (Covers do not count, although I'm not sure why.) I'll kick this off ...

"I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:53 am

Four Tops - Loco in Acapulco

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:54 am

Aerosmith - "I don't wanna miss a thing"

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:54 am

This is a fun thread idea

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:58 am

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:59 am

Sting - Desert Rose

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:01 am

There are some tunes I won't go with because it will start an argument over whether the artist is "good to great", and this can be a hurtful place sometimes. So I'll just go with Start Me Up.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:02 am

Bob Seger - Like a Rock

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:05 am

Michael Jackson - Heal the World

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:06 am

At least four of these so far have been part of commercial campaigns that were ubiquitous enough that I can remember them.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:07 am

Which is why Johnny Cougar - OUr Country belongs!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:08 am

Rem - Stand

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:10 am

I'd throw out something like

The Beach Boys - Kokomo

just to try to get into the spirit of the thread (and make a timely reference), but I think I enjoy cheesy songs too much to put much heart into it.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:10 am

Jerloma wrote:Rem - Stand

Bold going with that over "Shiny Happy People".

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:11 am

rass wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Rem - Stand
Bold going with that over "Shiny Happy People".

C'mon. Everybody Hurts.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:13 am

Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop). This would be the second to last track - the complete throwaway spot. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS™

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:13 am

The Cure - Friday I'm in Love

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:17 am

P.D.X. wrote:
rass wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Rem - Stand
Bold going with that over "Shiny Happy People".
C'mon. Everybody Hurts.

Which would kill ANY mix tape.

U2 - One Love

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:21 am

U2: Lemon

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:23 am

rass wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Rem - Stand
Bold going with that over "Shiny Happy People".

I was about to go w/ "Shiny Happy People" right now. First fight?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:24 am

Are the B-52s considered good? If they are, then Loveshack. A thousand times Loveshack.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:24 am

rass wrote:The Beach Boys - Kokomo

I was going to post that one. Honestly, I think nothing is going to top it.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:26 am

I'm gonna say the best choices should be songs that millions of people seem to love, not deep, obscure tracks.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:26 am

The Police: "Da Doo Doo Doo"

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:27 am

Let's wait for every REM song to be nominated before we figure it out. It won't be long.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:27 am

Jerloma wrote:Are the B-52s considered good? If they are, then Loveshack. A thousand times Loveshack.

No. They are pieces of shit in a garbage can.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:28 am

Phil Collins - I Can't Dance

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:28 am

Jerloma wrote:Are the B-52s considered good? If they are, then Loveshack. A thousand times Loveshack.

Rock Lobster is far worse IMO, but it could be because a college housemate played it fucking nonstop for a while.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:31 am

Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:32 am

If what I presume to be a bands two biggest songs by a margin are both awful, the band is awful. They are not on the mixtape.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:32 am

Spin Doctors - Two Princes

(They were once an alternative staple, right?)

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:33 am

Ryan wrote:Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

That's a good one. /secretlyenjoyssingingalongtodontgobreakingmyheart

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:34 am

Ryan wrote:Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

I'll see that and raise you Crocodile Rock.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:34 am

Ryan wrote:Let's wait for every REM song to be nominated before we figure it out. It won't be long.

I liked REM for a few albums way back when.

But this song is an abomination: Bowie and Jagger - Dancing in the Streets - MEA CULPA as it is a cover.

I'll substitute a much worse duet: Ebony And Ivory - Jackson and McCartney

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:34 am

P.D.X. wrote:Spin Doctors - Two Princes

(They were once an alternative staple, right?)

I don't pass the Spin Doctors on the smell test, personally.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:34 am

(By the by, bonus points for the person who knows the song that led to the "no covers" rule.)

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:34 am

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:35 am

mister d wrote:(By the by, bonus points for the person who knows the song that led to the "no covers" rule.)

Van Halen?

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:35 am

AB_skin_test wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:Spin Doctors - Two Princes

(They were once an alternative staple, right?)
I don't pass the Spin Doctors on the smell test, personally.

Yeah, they only really had two big songs, right, and that was one of them?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:36 am

Also, this could just be a set of all "new" Christmas songs by prominent artists from the last 40 years.