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By: Christy Hardin Smith Friday November 2, 2007 10:05 am

This one is on my list...

TBogg and Kevin Drum are making a list of the worst blog posts of all time. Personally, I think the one that LG&M dug up -- and no, that title is not a joke -- absolutely makes the list. But then, perhaps I've somehow missed something even more odious lurking out there in the blog weeds.

So, I'm opening the floor for nominations. Which blog posts make your "worst of all time" list? What's the most odious composition in blogtopia? (Yes, Skippy coined that term.) And, while we're at it, I thought we could share a few really bad song moments as well. Click the YouTube above for one of the songs that makes me turn my radio off.

Happy Friday everyone...

PS -- Thanks so much to everyone who nominated us as "Best Liberal Blog" for the Weblog Awards. It's an honor to be among all the great blogs listed. Much appreciated!

83 Responses to “Ooooooh, Let’s Play…”

Steve-AR November 2nd, 2007 at 10:08 am

Biodun November 2nd, 2007 at 10:10 am

Christy!

Happy Friday. We all need it!

Steve-AR November 2nd, 2007 at 10:12 am

I try to avoid site that might provide the manure to answer the question. I am allergic to brain bleach so I let TRex do the primary research.

Biodun November 2nd, 2007 at 10:14 am

“Best Liberal Blog” for the Weblog Awards.

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

Toby Wollin November 2nd, 2007 at 10:14 am

Good afternoon, Christy - the good news this afternoon is that early next week, we will probably miss the hurricane, BUT, Accuweather is predicting probable Lake Effect Snow. Surface temps in Lake Ontario are, in places, up to 58 degrees F.
Lake Effect Snow indeed.

Biodun November 2nd, 2007 at 10:15 am

What’s the most odious composition in blogtopia?

I wager you’ll find that at chez Michelle Malkin…

rms November 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 am

Well, its not a blog post, but it made it into many:

“The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”

Steve-AR November 2nd, 2007 at 10:17 am

OT..No more Bush “Red States” Utah finally went gray.

link

Christy Hardin Smith November 2nd, 2007 at 10:17 am

Biodun at 4 — I didn’t either, until I got a congrats on being a finalist e-mail from a friend of mine. *g*

Bustednuckles November 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 am

Any thing to do with Doughy Pantload automatically
should A**rocket to the top of that list.

BTW, any regular lurkers are invited to go vote for the Best Liberal Blog on the planet.
(cough, cough)

angry_cyclone November 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 am

Worst of all time for me is anything Atlas Shruggs has to say. Blergh!

Thunderbird November 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 am

My nominee would have to be Malkin’s ridiculous video in the cheerleading outfit.

*shudders*

realworld November 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 am

EPU’d and tangential. Love the music Christy!

I’ve been wondering for a while if any of the legal problems Qwest has had were related to their refusal to play ball with the NSA when I came across this.
Nacchio says feds punished Qwest

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio alleged in court documents that the federal government canceled a lucrative contract with the National Security Agency after the company refused to participate in a separate surveillance program that the telecom firm thought might be illegal, according to a news report Saturday.

So we want to give amnesty to those who break the law and punish those who uphold it.

Yes, indeed, this is the values administration isn’t it?

newspaperbrat November 2nd, 2007 at 10:20 am

Biodun @ 4

“Best Liberal Blog” for the Weblog Awards.

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

FDL is now 58. It appears we can vote every 24 hours - ;~)

Toby Wollin November 2nd, 2007 at 10:21 am

newspaperbrat @ 14

Biodun @ 4

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

FDL is now 58. It appears we can vote every 24 hours - ;~)

I just voted also. Go FDL!!

Biodun November 2nd, 2007 at 10:21 am

CHS @ 9:

Funny. Sorta like when Doris Lessing got the news of her winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in front of her house that morning…*g*

SufiLizard November 2nd, 2007 at 10:22 am

newspaperbrat @ 14

Biodun @ 4

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

FDL is now 58. It appears we can vote every 24 hours - ;~)

I went and added my vote:-)

Christy Hardin Smith November 2nd, 2007 at 10:23 am

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

angry_cyclone November 2nd, 2007 at 10:23 am

Count my vote cast for the best blog evah!

Thunderbird November 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 am

Christy Hardin Smith @ 18

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

“Afternoon Delight” by Starland Vocal Band.

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit just thinking about it…

Christy Hardin Smith November 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 am

Thunderbird at 20 — That song is such an earworm, isn’t it? Really gets stuck in your brain and won’t come out…

angry_cyclone November 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 am

Christy Hardin Smith @ 18

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

“Stairway to Heaven” or “Freebird” makes me turn my radio off. YUK!

musicsleuth November 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 am

I can see the LGF crowd has voted early and often.

Loo Hoo November 2nd, 2007 at 10:27 am

Biodun @ 4

“Best Liberal Blog” for the Weblog Awards.

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

Now at 62!

angry_cyclone November 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am

And don’t get me started on the Pina Colada song. Worst Ever!

twolf1 November 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am

Bad song - Bad Blog

SufiLizard November 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am

Christy Hardin Smith @ 18

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

Anything by Celine Dion?

Last Christmas we had a compilation CD of classic Christmas Song. One song on it was kind of cute at first, but the kids loved it so much that I began to absolutely hate it. I think it’s an old Spike Jones song (but I can’t be sure) called “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas.”

Like I said, it was kind of cute at first, but now that’s my nomination for bad song.

Steve-AR November 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am

Way OT..But Al Wynn must be really feeling the heat..He is a co-sponsor of the Impeach Cheney Resolution that comes to the House Floor Nov 6. BTW, nine of the 21 sponsors are women.

Toby Wollin November 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am

Thunderbird @ 20

Christy Hardin Smith @ 18

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

“Afternoon Delight” by Starland Vocal Band.

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit just thinking about it…

I’m dating myself but “Green Tambourine” by Strawberry Alarmclock. Late 60s.

Indy the Indy-pendent Demo-Cat November 2nd, 2007 at 10:29 am

Worst Song: “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods (and around the same time as Paper Lace too, if memory serves). Ah, the 70s!

Loo Hoo November 2nd, 2007 at 10:30 am

Steve-AR @ 8

OT..No more Bush “Red States” Utah finally went gray.

link

That’s a beautiful map! Blue America…

Christy Hardin Smith November 2nd, 2007 at 10:30 am

Indy at 30 — Oh my. I hadn’t thought about the Billy Don’t Be A Hero song in ages. That one is pretty bad. LOL

SufiLizard November 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 am

Actually I think anything off the Foreigner 4 album would qualify, but “I’ve Been Waiting For A Girl Like You” has to be on that list somewhere.

And while we’re at it, “We Built This City,” and pretty much anything by the group after they dropped “Jefferson” from their name.

Elliott November 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 am

Christy Hardin Smith @ 9

Biodun at 4 — I didn’t either, until I got a congrats on being a finalist e-mail from a friend of mine. *g*

I posted the news on FB, does that make me a blog tart?

Loo Hoo November 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 am

Christy Hardin Smith @ 18

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

Sugar, Sugar.

Biodun November 2nd, 2007 at 10:32 am

When I voted, FDL was behind Greenwald. Now it’s surged past GG and catching up to TPM (70-90). Christy’s link is working wonders. Plus with polls closing on Nov 8, it helps to know we can vote every 24 hours…*g* (Hint hint!)

Toby Wollin November 2nd, 2007 at 10:33 am

A Horse With No Name.
This has to have the worst line in any song ever: “The heat was hot..”

egregious November 2nd, 2007 at 10:33 am

New thread from Tula:

Missing In Action On Mine Safety: Sen. Mitch McConnell

SufiLizard November 2nd, 2007 at 10:35 am

Toby Wollin @ 37

A Horse With No Name.
This has to have the worst line in any song ever: “The heat was hot..”

Well if we’re going down that road, you have to give mention to Alannis Morrisette who wrote an entire song about her erroneous understanding of what the word “ironic” means. And I don’t really have anything against her music, but that always bothered me.

Thunderbird November 2nd, 2007 at 10:39 am

The nominee from my generation would have to be virtually anything by Creed or Godsmack. Just yargh!

P J Evans November 2nd, 2007 at 10:43 am

Now at 79, but still behind Greenwald.

realworld November 2nd, 2007 at 10:47 am

FDL is now #2 behind TPM. GO FDL!
(BTW, I also just decided it has been too long since I hit the Paypal button at the top of the page. Another type of voting we can all do.)

This Machine Kills Fascists November 2nd, 2007 at 10:48 am

You mean there are radio stations that still play this dreck?

I think “Billy Don’t be a Hero” was also Paper Lace… I have no idea why I know that. Must be some grade school trivium leftovers…

Horrible song? How about the Puff P. Diddy Daddy Sean Combs version of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” from a few years back?

Completely un-listenable.

egregious November 2nd, 2007 at 10:49 am

P J Evans @ 41

Now at 79, but still behind Greenwald.

That might be an optical illusion because Glenn’s blog name is so long. I see tpm 109; fdl 83; Glenn 60

Hugh November 2nd, 2007 at 10:55 am

From the last thread, a link to an article on the government’s master watchlist can be found here:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/n.....list_N.htm

and the GAO report it is based on can be found here:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08194t.pdf

IrishJim November 2nd, 2007 at 10:57 am

Christy,

Thanks for the musical throwback. I remember Paper Lace from my K-Tell albums. I did like this song when I was 7.

Ferris November 2nd, 2007 at 11:00 am

Baby Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me: Mac Davis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNWz00R3Ng

“You’re a hot-blooded woman-child. And it’s warm where you’re touchin’ me.”

Genius.

Strategerie November 2nd, 2007 at 11:03 am

Hopefully, nothing from my blog would make it into the “worst blog post” list…

In the meantime, someone’s already mentioned her upthread, but the Celine Dion version of “At Last” makes me want to jam icepicks into my ears. There is One. Version. Of. That. Song. It belongs to Etta James. Nobody else should ever be permitted to even purchase the sheet music, let alone sing it.

-S

p.s. Can you tell I’m a little, well, passionate about this?

Bruce November 2nd, 2007 at 11:06 am

That song’s right up there with My Boy Lollipop.

twolf1 November 2nd, 2007 at 11:15 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MW2cPr0fQ7Y

jayackroyd November 2nd, 2007 at 11:16 am

Theme from the Poseiden Adventure

Liffey November 2nd, 2007 at 11:16 am

Worst. Song. Evah.

Midnight at the Oasis -

send that camel to bed…..

Bay State Librul November 2nd, 2007 at 11:16 am

The blog “JustOneMinute” has my vote for their
Libby analysis.

jayackroyd November 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 am

Oh, and when i was a kid, a DJ rented an apartment in our house. The song he most loathed was a thing called Jam up in Jelly Tights.

jayackroyd November 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 am

Schumer’s phone still busy, by the way.

Bay State Librul November 2nd, 2007 at 11:19 am

Yes, Leahy will vote NO NO.

Hypatia November 2nd, 2007 at 11:23 am

Butterfly Kisses, by I don’t remember whom (probably self-protective amnesia); anything caterwauled by Celine Dion very close second.

peanutbutter November 2nd, 2007 at 11:23 am

Christy Hardin Smith @ 18

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

It’s A Small World
>:->

SamFromUtah November 2nd, 2007 at 11:24 am

Steve-AR @ 8

OT..No more Bush “Red States” Utah finally went gray.

link

Wow - I’d never have believed it. My otherwise-beloved home state is way ahead of the curve on rightie-crazy and way behind on catching a clue. Which still seems to be true, but I never thought it’d go so far as 50-50 approval for a Republican president.

peanutbutter November 2nd, 2007 at 11:25 am

Steve-AR @ 8

OT..No more Bush “Red States” Utah finally went gray.

link

Do you know where the map comes from? Imageshack doesn’t help me ;-) I’d be interested in reading any accompanying material on this…

egregious November 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 am

peanutbutter @ 58

Christy Hardin Smith @ 18

So, no song nominations for the “blergh” list? Geez, I would have thought you guys could have come up with a bunch!

It’s A Small World
>:->

Noooooooo now you’ve done it :)

Bustednuckles November 2nd, 2007 at 11:30 am

Achey Breaky Heart.

There, I’ve said it.

twolf1 November 2nd, 2007 at 11:32 am

Bustednuckles @ 62

Achey Breaky Heart.

There, I’ve said it.

You may be the winner

twolf1 November 2nd, 2007 at 11:38 am

Bon Jovi sings R2D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Sorghum Crow November 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 am

I find most everything at Granite Grok repulsive. One of the bloggers there considers John Bolten the smartest man ever. Ooooh yuck.
for example:

One of the dangers a Democratic-controlled Unites States government brings with it is “repairing” our relationship with the UN. With my favorite diplomat of all time, John Bolton ( the smartest man in America) gone from the scene, and a renewed lovefest with the “world body”, we could wake up one day to discover we have ceded all of our freedoms to the body notorious for its anti-Americanism. Once gone, of course, there’s no telling whether we could get them back. So it goes with guns.

Strategerie November 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 am

I thought of another one, familiar to those who’ve spent a lost evening at Bad Karaoke: Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive”.

I’m thinking, however, that Christy’s suggestion of “It’s A Small World” is the mother of all earworms and therefore, The Worst.

-S

T-bear November 2nd, 2007 at 11:44 am

The piece so eminently forgettable - I’ve forgotten but it was by the creeps who brought you “YMCA” and it had to do with being ‘murican. Sorry I can’t do better than that.

Mommybrain November 2nd, 2007 at 11:45 am

Anything by Pammy Schmatlas.

I read somewhere today that Red State has banned Ron Paul supporters. Munch munch

msmolly November 2nd, 2007 at 12:02 pm

Biodun @ 4

“Best Liberal Blog” for the Weblog Awards.

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

Can someone please post the link again? I voted awhile ago and forgot to bookmark it so I could vote again tomorrow. GO FDL!!

Procrastinating_Revolutionary November 2nd, 2007 at 12:04 pm

*Anything* by Huey Lewis. Uber sh*tty generic rock.

The Heart of Rock and Roll? …uh. no.

We Built this City (as previously mentioned) is another atrocity.

As far as recent political stinkers: A retort to 88% of the diplomats union thinking that Condoleeza Rice isn’t fighting for them.

“Eight-eight per cent of the country believed in slavery at one time – was that correct?” Harry Thomas

WTF does that have to do with this ? Seriously. WHAT. THE. F*CK ?

It is like these guys have been given “Strawman’s Brainless Field Guide to Specious Arguments”

egregious November 2nd, 2007 at 12:05 pm

msmolly @ 69

Biodun @ 4

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

Can someone please post the link again? I voted awhile ago and forgot to bookmark it so I could vote again tomorrow. GO FDL!!

Contest link

msmolly November 2nd, 2007 at 12:05 pm

msmolly @ 69

Biodun @ 4

Thanks for that link. I just voted. FDL is now 41. I didn’t even know this was going on…

Can someone please post the link again? I voted awhile ago and forgot to bookmark it so I could vote again tomorrow. GO FDL!!

OOPS. Sorry, it’s at the end of Christy’s post. Got it. Thanks, eg.

joe November 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 pm

I nominate the Powerline post by Hindrocket, in which he rhapsodizes about how strange it must be to be George Bush, because he’s such a genius and nobody realizes it.

Tom Traubert November 2nd, 2007 at 12:50 pm

Thunderbird @ 12

My nominee would have to be Malkin’s ridiculous video in the cheerleading outfit.

*shudders*

Yep. That’s my nomination too.

Aquarius40 November 2nd, 2007 at 1:03 pm

Toby Wollin @ 37

A Horse With No Name.
This has to have the worst line in any song ever: “The heat was hot..”

HAHAHAHA….ohh,man…AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

jussumbody November 2nd, 2007 at 1:26 pm

You hate the Night Chicgo Died? Who pissed in your Cherios? Maybe you just never heard it sung enthousiastically off tune by a 4th grade music class (we were allowed to sing ONE song at the end of each weekly class). That was our 3rd favorite song after Band on the Run and We had Joy We Had Fun We Had Seasons in the Sun (and the Coke song during Xmas). I had to laugh out loud when I heard this one. This one they NEVER play on our oldies station.

maralenenok November 2nd, 2007 at 1:39 pm

I can’t believe no one’s mentioned MacArthur Park. Oh nooooooo…

Greg P. Smith November 2nd, 2007 at 1:57 pm

maralenenok @ 77

I can’t believe no one’s mentioned MacArthur Park. Oh nooooooo…

Obviously, you’ve never experienced the heartbreak of rain soaked cake.

Cap’n Rufus November 2nd, 2007 at 1:57 pm

I Believe I Can Fly - Arrrhh Kelly

mhpcr November 2nd, 2007 at 3:52 pm

Just voted for FDL…yay!
And have you heard Barbra’s Christmas Album?

Suezboo November 3rd, 2007 at 7:02 am

What ? Nobody bring up The Ballad of the Green Berets by Staff Sgt Barry (OK, NOW I’m blanking).

Suezboo November 3rd, 2007 at 7:03 am

Sadler.(Thks, Wkpd)

twolf1 November 3rd, 2007 at 7:36 am

Stop the Madness

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