Let’s be terrible songs of the 2000s era (01-09)

I'm Creed!

It does not get any worse than this:

Oh yeah and this.

Hold my beer, R2.

It's terrible, but I love it. Sisqo, The Thong Song

Anything involving Fergie

R5 The Thong Song is an awful song but Sisqo’s vocal performance saves it. That boy can sang. And it’s catchy as fuck.

Dang, R8, you beat me to it just as I was about to post. Truly execrable.

Always hated this piece of shit

When Mariah thought any hip&hop r&b song made her cool. This is pure trash.

This is terrible. And ironically they have one of the best songs of the decade with Drops of Jupiter.

When the Queen was a judgmental black Karen. But the vocal arrangement on this hypocritical anthem slaps.

[quote] And ironically they have one of the best songs of the decade with Drops of Jupiter.

It's not ironic. That song is also terrible.

Madonna fan but I hate this song. It aged poorly.

But this is by far her worst single of the decade.

r13 "one of the best songs of the decade with Drops of Jupiter. "

Oh sweet jesus you must be kidding. WTF.

I disagree. Music still holds up. But not only that it’s slickly produced with grounded and clever lyrics. It’s Madge’s best dance song since the 80s. Ray of Light, Like a Prayer, and Material Girl are her best songs ever.

I could easily see Doja Cat doing a song like Music today.

When Beyonce whined/screeched out "Irreplaceable" - whoever didn't rework that in a key suitable for her voice deserves to be punished for making us hear this.

R20 is trolling. Must be.

[quote] When Mariah thought any hip&hop r&b song made her cool. This is pure trash.

Here is Mariah Carey at her absolute worst, with no fewer than 5 featured artists.

R22 That’s the remix 😝. A lot of people don’t know. Mariah Carey and Da Brat are best friends.

r21 Absolutely not

This entire album is a Pandora's Box that keeps on giving, so anything from it could fit this thread. Basically, the horror of 2009 in one aggressively pushed, stupid package.

That annoying early 00's guy you just wanted to punch in the face.

sorry, it should've been this^^

R25 oh my. When crunk goes hillbilly it hurts my ears.

No Air - Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

Gives You Hell - All-American Rejects

and let's not forget William Hung's version of She Bangs

When bad people happen to good songs:

I almost forgot how much shit we got bombarded with in the first decade of this century. Maybe I'm just subconsciously trying to erase it from my memory.

R31 what is that site you posted. Is it some type of cyber monitoring?

No, it's Rate Your Music, pretty standard site on which people rate record collections.

Oh also Nickelback - Photograph - absolutely horrid

Solo Gwen Stefani was a crime against humanity.

The Counting Crows' version of "Big Yellow Taxi" (R30) probably went something like this:

Record label: "Adam, you're ugly, you're not getting any younger, and your band's popularity is fading. The '90s are over. Let's add Vanessa Carlton to the song to boost its popularity."

Adam Duritz: "No! I'm not going to duet with her."

Record label: "Don't worry. She'll just sing 'Ooh, bop, bop, bop.' "

R35 It truly was with this being the only exception.

Here is Mariah's original version of Loverboy she had to scrap when JLO stole the sample used. It's not amazing but miles better than what Mariah had to release in 2001

R38 Jlos version was much better stolen or not. I really don’t remember. It seems like Jlos album came out first the one with Love don’t coast a thing on it. But ironically they both used remixed version. Mariah reworked the version you posted and the again released a remix version to boost sales. The original of Julia here was not a hit but the I’m Real remix featuring Ja Rule was a huge hit and scored Jlo her 2nd 1 on the Hot 100.

A five year old cold write those lyrics

This was also horrible

And this monstrosity

Some of Sugar Ray's songs were guilty pleasures. Not this one. It was a career-killer.

R41 ??????????? Wow.

Look at how straight I am!

I'm Rivers Cuomo's famed songwriting spreadsheet

R46, that song is really fucking terrible. Popular musicians don't do "irony" well. It's almost always used in a lazy way. See: Katy Perry's latest single being "satire".

r39 You do not use the word "ironically" correctly. Perhaps you are meaning "coincidentally."

Anything by Nickelback.

R41 That's not a terrible song. And I'm not even a fan

r50 Horrid

R46 Weezer always annoyed me, like there was an inside joke no one else was in on, vs. Cake, who you seemed in on the joke with them.

Also preferred Everclears Santa Monica, judge me as you will.

This hideously tuneless, overproduced monstrosity about absolutely nothing. Rap rock has to be the WORST invention in the history of humanity alongside the atomic and neutron bombs, war and genocide.

R16 You are out of your collective minds. "Music" by Madonna STILL slaps.

R54, sorry, but it sounds so cheesy to me. I think Don't Tell Me holds up much better. Hopefully, we can agree that American Life is far worse than either.

"Music", just like "Ray of Light" (the song) were huge when they were released but she has much better songs on those albums. "Ray Of Light", in particular, has aged pretty badly with all those bleeps, blops, and tacky production. In fact, I'll take any other single off that album and most album tracks over it.

This horrible pile of shit, performed by Ashanti's voice, Ja Rule and the lip-syncing Wicked Witch of Puerto Rico.

R56, agreed. And the music video is very dated. Frozen, the song and video, have aged much better.

I'd forgotten about this one. One of the worst songs I have ever heard. Robbie recently said releasing this was the biggest regret of his career.

"We Are Young" by FUN (Jack Antonoff)

My lumps

R60 fuck off.

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^Sorry. Let me try that again.

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Listen up, sweethearts

What a stupid time for music.

It really was a terrible time. I was in high school then and I couldn't stand the music from that era. It got better again though.

R67, I was in high school in the first half of the decade. I actually remember thinking Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga were a much-needed break away from the teen pop shit we were bombarded with.

Agreed R68. Most people are nostalgic for the music of their teenage years. Not me.

R69, you and me are alike. When I was a teenager, teen pop, nu metal, Southern hip hop, etc. was what dominated. I hated all of that shit. And I have 0 nostalgia for any of that stuff. "I Want it That Way" makes me cringe. All of that Max Martin stuff is the same. And don't even get me started on Britney Spears. But, then again, I"ve always been way more into older music.