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Post by Whitneyfan on Oct 15, 2017 17:39:28 GMT 1
I would say any of the Band Aids which weren't the original, but as they were for charity I suppose they can be forgiven.
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Post by vastar iner on Oct 15, 2017 18:17:34 GMT 1
The worst #1 of all time is clearly Babycakes by 3 Of A Kind. Stopped The Libertines from having a no. 1. Still one of those WTF moments. I never actually put the worst one down. Which is "Something Stupid" by Williams & Kidman. It takes some going to take the worst ever number one hit beforehand and make it even more unlistenable, but the fat dancer somehow managed it.
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 15, 2017 20:13:40 GMT 1
My least favourite # 1s by decades :70s : Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 80s : Irene Cara - Fame 00s : Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name For 90s : it's something from those awful dance # 1s. OK, So you think the worst #1 of the 1970s is a song which Rate Your Music users currently rate as the 15th greatest single of all time; Pitchfork rate as the 5th greatest track of the 1970s (not bad considering it failed to reach the USA top 100); which NME in 2012 rated as the 6th greatest track of all time; & a 2012 Radio 2 Poll rated as the 7th Greatest UK #1 of all time. And that was in the decade with numerous wretched UK #1 hits. As for the 00s number one ... considering what it stopped arguably makes it the greatest UK number one of the decade, not least as with hindsight it started the beginning of the end of a musical cancer of a show which is having a major celebration today for beating Pointless Celebrities & (an episode from the 32nd series of) Casualty for the first time this year. As for Fame (firstly not a patch on the David Bowie USA #1 track of the same name) ..... I think Donna Summer was correct to pass on the mediocre song; but the phenomenon of the proto Glee meant it got to UK #1 by default, still it is far more preferable to Seven Tears & Save Your Love from the same year (1982).
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Oct 15, 2017 20:22:20 GMT 1
so? Music is subjective and if he doesn't like them then that's a valid viewpoint
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 20:24:30 GMT 1
That Who number 1 on worst number 1 all time
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 15, 2017 20:33:06 GMT 1
The Robson & Jerome story went something like this. They were actors in Soldier Soldier and in one acting scene their characters went to a karaoke and sang that song. Simon Cowell saw the episode and was working for some record company at the time and wasn't actually having much success, but saw the potential in releasing that as a single as it had been watched by quite a lot of viewers. Robson & Jerome weren't even that keen as they knew they weren't great singers, but Simon Cowell convinced them that with auto-tune techniques they could be made to sound decent enough and the public would buy it. Unfortunately they did, and we know what Simon Cowell went on to do after that... Simon Cowell started off (having been inspired by The Tweets - Birdie Song) by making a quite good novelty record which sadly did not make #1, but sure beats The Goombay Dance Band; & Rene & Renata from the same year: Sadly it was all downhill from there with initial success with Sinitta, but soon his record label Fanfare went bankrupt in 1989, so ended up becoming head of A&R at BMG where he signed such musical artistic "geniuses" as the puppets Zig and Zag, Power Rangers, Teletubbies, and World Wrestling Federation. Then came the success with Robson & Jerome with Milli Vanilli style help from two session singers including Des Dyer (of Jigsaw) www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1098841/The-fake-factor-Robson-Jerome-Cowells---needed-help-hold-tune.htmlBut he also had the genius to turn down signing the Spice Girls; when Take That split there was an option to sign each member as a solo artist, so of course he passed on Robbie Williams. But hey he also gave the world 5ive, Girl Thing, & of course Westlife .... before his reign of terror with fiX-Factor & Britain's Got no Talent so let's import loads of foreign acts from my lucrative franchises in other countries to audition for my scripted show
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 15, 2017 20:42:41 GMT 1
so? Music is subjective and if he doesn't like them then that's a valid viewpoint So you are saying the conscientious of musical opinion & expertise is invalid. Sorry, but there is a difference between opinions and a load of cockney slang "Jane Horrocks". Sorry, but if someone stated in their opinion that Cheryl Cole was a better singer than Aretha Franklin; or that Westlife were more talented than The Beatles, they would be plainly wrong because it is clearly nonsense. Still I guess by ignoring logic and experts opinion that is how you end up with Trump as POTUS & Brexit leading to the UK economy going into a downward projectory.....
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Oct 15, 2017 21:02:12 GMT 1
Sorry, but if someone stated in their opinion that Cheryl Cole was a better singer than Aretha Franklin; or that Westlife were more talented than The Beatles, they would be plainly wrong because it is clearly nonsense. Perhaps but he didn't say that. If he said he likes Fight For Your Love better then Respect that is a valid opinion
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Post by Smurfie on Oct 15, 2017 21:41:27 GMT 1
Babycakes is an example of an awful number one for me. Mr Oizo was a pointless one. Other horrors for me: Combine Harvester, The Joker, Blurred Lines, that Xfactor cover of David Bowie, 7 Days.
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Post by SheriffFatman on Oct 15, 2017 22:28:46 GMT 1
Some fascinating opinions coming in here! (I love The Joker!)
For me there are 3 types of cover version:
1. Covers where an earlier version is changed and in some way improved. These are the rarest and best covers, no. 1 examples include Mr. Tambourine Man, Tainted Love, Always On My Mind and the Righteous Brothers’ version of Unchained Melody.
2. Covers which are just note for note copies of the original. As far as improving the canon of popular music is concerned these are completely pointless, but despite the dubious motivation the end result is not usually terrible, simply because they’re very similar to the original. No. 1 examples of these include You Can’t Hurry Love, Uptown Girl and This Ole House.
3. Covers where they take an original track, change it and the end result is worse. Particularly appalling examples of this at no. 1 include Under The Bridge, two more recent versions of Unchained Melody and, yes, American Pie by Madonna.
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Post by vya on Oct 16, 2017 1:11:05 GMT 1
Anything urban that features lots of swearing and that has no beat just noise to it will be the number 1 i hate most It did have a tune (albeit exactly the same one as the immediately previous number one, but this time done on a recording set from poundland), but Frankee's "F.U.R.B." did seem like a low point, not so much in the charts, as in Western civilisation. The nastier and more spiteful lyrics generally got cut out on radio broadcasts in the UK. I remember hearing the full version in a pelmeni cafe in Riga and being even more unimpressed than I was already. ...although in theory, and sometimes in practice, the "reply song" can be a pretty good thing....
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Post by Earl Purple on Oct 16, 2017 12:08:54 GMT 1
3. Covers where they take an original track, change it and the end result is worse. Particularly appalling examples of this at no. 1 include Under The Bridge, two more recent versions of Unchained Melody and, yes, American Pie by Madonna. although whether the new arrangement is worse may be subject to opinion. For example, unlike his previously faithful cover version that got to #1, Phil Collins's "A Groovy Kind Of Love" is totally different to the original. Some may consider it inferior but some may prefer the new arrangement. In any case, you should probably respect him more for doing it with a new arrangement rather than the karaoke cover he did with "You Can't Hurry Love". Of course, in my opinion, both cover versions of his song "Against All Odds" are far inferior to his original.
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Post by borneoman on Oct 16, 2017 13:07:15 GMT 1
come on the all saints cover of under the bridge is not that bad, i kinda like it, it's not on the same level as the westlife/boyzone covers
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Post by Whitneyfan on Oct 16, 2017 14:09:33 GMT 1
You can add A1s insipid version of Take On Me, and also some of Atomic Kitten's attempts at covers.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 16:48:31 GMT 1
I prefer all those covers at # 1 instead almost every # 1 single from last 5 years.
How I can forgot about such awful # 1 as "Bonkers" ? That guy had three consecutive # 1s, it's very shameful page in UK chart history.
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Post by Earl Purple on Oct 16, 2017 17:04:41 GMT 1
I recall Dizzee Rascal - "Bonkers". 2008 I think. About his only song I do remember. Wasn't that bad.
A few other weirdish #1s I remember along the way, like "We No Speak Americano" especially the days they got played at the gym when I used to go. I even remember it was by Yolanda Be Cool.
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Post by Smurfie on Oct 16, 2017 19:29:06 GMT 1
I wouldn't have classed Yolanda Be Cool as weird - it was just a run of the mill crossover summer hit, as far I remember, just at the tail end of that type of song era.
But yes, Bonkers is rubbish.
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Post by Laurence on Oct 16, 2017 23:24:02 GMT 1
I know there are loads of merit less covers but for original non-novelty no.1s I HATE. Only going from 2000 onwards
DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber and about 7 rappers - I’m the One Sam Smith - Stay with Me Taio Cruz - Dynamite The Corrs - Breathless Bass hunter - Now You’re Gone Ne-Yo - Closer
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Post by Whitneyfan on Oct 17, 2017 12:10:59 GMT 1
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Crazy Frog yet.
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Post by SheriffFatman on Oct 17, 2017 16:28:27 GMT 1
I've been working on this quite a bit, I have whittled it down to 98 potential contenders from 1952 until the end of 2000. There's still some I need to listen to because I'm not familiar with them, so they're not included, and I have a lot of work to do adding in ones from 2001-2017, but as it stands these are the contenders for the top 50 in my book. There's 98 of them...
Lita Roza (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window Winifred Atwell Let's Have Another Party Perry Como Magic Moments Russ Conway Side Saddle Russ Conway Roulette Lonnie Donegan My Old Man's A Dustman Elvis Presley Wooden Heart Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard Come Outside Manfred Mann Do Wah Diddy Diddy Frank & Nancy Sinatra Something Stupid Dana All Kinds Of Everything England World Cup Squad Back Home Clive Dunn Grandad Mungo Jerry Baby Jump Dawn Knock Three Times Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) The New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Amazing Grace Donny Osmond Puppy Love Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling Little Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool Donny Osmond Twelfth Of Never Donny Osmond Young Love Ray Stevens The Streak Telly Savalas If Windsor Davies & Don Estelle Whispering Grass Typically Tropical Barbados Brotherhood Of Man Save Your Kisses For Me J.J. Barrie No Charge The Wurzels Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) Manhattan Transfer Chanson D'Amour The Floaters Float On Brotherhood Of Man Figaro Brian & Michael Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm Sexy Lena Martell One Day At A Time Fern Kinney Together We Are Beautiful Johnny Logan What's Another Year St Winifred's School Choir There's No-one Quite Like Grandma Joe Dolce Music Theatre Shaddap You Face Michael Jackson One Day In Your Life Aneka Japanese Boy Julio Iglesias Begin The Beguine The Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder Ebony & Ivory Charlene I've Never Been To Me Renee & Renato Save Your Love USA For Africa We Are The World Spitting Image The Chicken Song The Firm Star Trekkin' Jason Donovan Sealed With A Kiss Sonia You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers Let's Party New Kids On The Block Hangin' Tough Kylie Minogue Tears On My Pillow Partners In Kryme Turtle Power Bombalurina Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini The Simpsons Do The Bartman Hale & Pace The Stonk Color Me Badd I Wanna Sex You Up 2 Unlimited No Limit Mr Blobby Mr Blobby Take That Babe Take That Sure Rednex Cotton Eye Joe Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Nenah Cherry with Eric Clapton Love Can Build A Bridge The Outhere Brothers Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) Robson & Jerome Unchained Melody / The White Cliffs Of Dover The Outhere Brothers Boom Boom Boom Robson & Jerome I Believe / Up On The Roof Michael Jackson Earth Song Gary Barlow Forever Love Peter Andre Flava Robson & Jerome What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted / Saturday Night At The Movies / You'll Never Walk Alone Peter Andre I Feel You Michael Jackson Blood On The Dance Floor Gary Barlow Love Won't Wait Teletubbies Teletubbies Say 'Eh-Oh' All Saints Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade Billie Because We Want To Another Level Freak Me Melanie B featuring Missy Elliott I Want You Back Billie Girlfriend Chef Chocolate Salty Balls 911 A Little Bit More Mr Oizo Flat Beat Westlife Swear It Again The Vengaboys Boom Boom Boom Boom Cliff Richard The Millennium Prayer Madonna American Pie Five / Queen We Will Rock You A1 Take On Me Mariah Carey & Westlife Against All Odds Spice Girls Holler / Let Love Lead The Way Bob The Builder Can We Fix It?
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