My poor ears: The worst songs of 2007

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My poor ears: The worst songs of 2007
Posted: December 26, 2007, 1:00 PM by Mark Medley
Music



This time of the year is usually devoted to looking back and praising the best the year had to offer. While that's fine and good, the important thing to do as the year winds down is to identity the worst of the worst, if only so that we can learn from our past mistakes and ensure our ears are spared in 2008. There was a lot of good music this year -- check out our ongoing poll of the top 50 albums of the year -- but far too many terrible songs managed to infect iPods worldwide.

You couldn't go anywhere without hearing the steel drums of Crank That, the single that launched 17-year-old rapper Soulja Boy into superstardom. I give the kid credit, his do-it-yourself mentality (he initially published the song online and produced his own, low-budget video) has earned him a lot of money. However, lyrics such as "Haters wanna be me/Soulja Boy, I'm the man/They be looking at my neck/Saying it's the rubberband man" are further proof of the dumbing down of hip-hop. You can also lump A Bay Bay by Hurricane Chris into that category, which makes Watch My Feet sound like something Elvis Costello would write. Help me Lupe Fiasco, you're my only hope.

Moving on to R 'n B, is there anything more obnoxious than T-Pain's Buy U A Drank, which has the unfortunate alternate title of Shawty Snappin'. He's a good producer, writes catchy melodies, but dude, lay off the vocoder. Whenever I hear this song, I think I'm listening to the debut single of a computer or robot (and this means his duet with Chris Brown, Kiss Kiss, suffers a similar, terrible fate.) Buy U A Drank's only saving grace are Yung Joc's opening lyrics: "Why don't you meet me at the bar/respect big pimping," which I'm sure are supposed to sound tough but are really, really funny. But listening to this song, the only thing I need is a drank.

Timbaland introduced the world to OneRepublic and their song Apologize, and for that I shall never forgive him. No Timbaland, it's too late to apologize.

When Britney Spears asks "You want a Piece of Me?" the answer is no, please don't Gimme More.


I figured I'd go easy on my fellow Canadians, but Avril Lavigne has given up any homefield advantage she might have once had. Not only is her song Girlfriend atrocious, she had the nerve to release it in seven different languages: French, Italian, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, and Portuguese. Avril, please! Canada has a reputation to uphold, though it may be too late to salvage it: the video has been watched a staggering 65 million times.

I know the song was treated as a joke, but this list wouldn't be complete without mentioning Tay Zonday's YouTube smash Chocolate Rain. Thankfully, his 15 minutes are up.

But the crown for 2007's worst offender goes to the Plain White T's, and their song Hey There Delilah. Not only does it suffer from lyrics seemingly ripped from the diary of a high school freshman, but, once you've listened to it, you can't get the song out of your head. Maddening.


Source: My poor ears: The worst songs of 2007 - The Ampersand

[Morenor]

:haha: well I guess not all like girlfriend people's tastes are different...

[cookie_dough]

Girlfriend is the ultimate 'Marmite' song to be fair...

[Captain Barbossa]

ok..his opinion...

[Guess Who Batman]

CHCOCOLATE RAAAAAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[iva.vilovic32]

lol haha!

[Josh]

Well he seems a bit obsessed. He even knows exactly which languages Girlfriend was recorded in, and how many views the video has... he probably checks it everyday to see if it made the top.

[rockpit]

Maybe by poor ears he means he can't hear clearly ...

[Guess Who Batman]

or they dont have money.

[Far Away]

this was predictable(well most)

[Jimmyzz]

65 million views, but now its already 66 million views, lol

[Avril 41]

ehhh

[Lewymocha Original]

!!!!! "She had the cheek to record it in 7 different languages"

[Prudence]

Ehhh. meh.

I find it so amusing how Canadian always find the need to diss on her and say how un-proud they are of her when she basically is one of their biggest, if not biggest exports.

[If U Seek Amy]

well isnt that a bitch.