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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm taking nominations for the most obnoxious and/or self-indulgent songs ever.
I just heard that song "Fancy" by that Iggy Azalea person. Good lord. That's got to be up there.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)I know they're fundamentaly awful on some level, and it's practically Christian rock, but that dude can wail and holler in a most entertaining fashion.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)"You're Having My Baby" - Paul Anka
"She's a Lady" - Tom Jones (actually I was mentally going over the lyrics to this song the other day). Pure obnoxiousness and probably self indulgent as well. Yech!!!
Anything by John Mellen Cougarcamp or Cougar Campmellen or Camp Cougarmellen or whatever the hell he's calling himself these days.
May think of more later
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)In the 1970s when I worked in radio I liked to sign off the air at midnight by playing this....
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Heroin
I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I have made the big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me now, you guys
And all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
In a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man can not be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off and dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' crazy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
Then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess I just don't know
Leme
(1,092 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)even if it has nothing to do with the OP
mackerel
(4,412 posts)Not my taste but I've heard way worse.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)I was morbidly curious and checked out some of her other songs on Youtube. I will sheepishly admit that while the lyrics of her song "Work" are just as horrific, its production value made it somewhat catchy as a song, far moreso than "Fancy".
mackerel
(4,412 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)Leme
(1,092 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)I liked the first few, but after that, my mind got boggled.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Supposedly he's written all the way through chapter 45. It's the best / worst / best and one of the craziest stories ever conceived by man.
sarge43
(28,945 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)blogslut
(38,016 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)Obnoxious?
Definitely not. Neither the Reznor nor the Cash versions.
blogslut
(38,016 posts)I filed them under the category: angry-white-boy-for-no-reason.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)If you were a teenager then (as I was) it worked well with your inner angst. But it doesn't translate as well into adulthood. Which is why I think Reznor has more or less transitioned into movie soundtracks.
That said, I still pump Pretty Hate Machine on long road trips just for old time's sake and to bring back the memories.
blogslut
(38,016 posts)He sought out and revered the most depressing bands. I don't mind the occasional wank-angry tune but jeez.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)The first time I heard it, I couldn't help but to feel a little bit misty eyed.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Ahpook
(2,751 posts)Kali
(55,019 posts)polyfuckingphonic spew
blue neen
(12,328 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun 1973
Debbie Boone - You Light up My Life 1977
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uriel1972
(4,261 posts)What a diasaster
deutsey
(20,166 posts)The monologue in this song is pure Grade A schmultz.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)I do admit I've listened to it just because I'm amazed at how self-absorbed the lyrics are.