Best Song / Worst Song

[pissin2]

Guns N' Roses best song is Coma.

Their worst is My World.

[GoinGoinGone2Hell]

Lionel Richie - Best: You Are/Worst: Running With the Night ("You and me on the town, ooh, we let it all hang out...we were running with the night, playing with the shadows..." Wow, Lionel, you're a wild man! So dangerous and scary!!!)

Paula Abdul - Best: Rush Rush/Worst: Vibeology (I still recall when she appeared on some awards show singing this song, totally fat and out of shape AND totally out of tune. Scary.)

The Bangles - Best: If She Knew What She Wants/Worst: Eternal Flame

Taylor Dayne - Best: Oh holy crap. They all sound the same to me. I guess "Prove Your Love"/Worst: The remake of "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe". I hate it when artists whose careers are slipping do a remake just to try and get an easy hit out of it. Stinks of desperation.

Hall & Oates - Best: Say It Isn't So/Worst: that one they did with Bon Jovi

Roxy Music/B.Ferry - Best: To Turn You On/Worst: Do The Strand

Guns N' Roses - Best: Welcome to the Jungle/Worst: Live and Let Die

Tom Petty - Best: Free Fallin'/Worst: Don't Come Around Here No More. The song was horrible, the video was even worse.

[Kensterberg]

Lionel Richie - Brick House/Truly (ugh!)

Paula Abdul - oh god ... everything sucked so hard, but I guess Straight Up would be her "peak" (such as it was) ... gotta agree that Vibeology was one of the worst singles of the nineties.

The Bangles - Best is really hard ... but I'll take their cover of Hazy Shade of Winter by the slimmest of margins over If She Knew What She Wants (while thanking them for giving steller songwriter Jules Shears some much needed royalties) ... worst: easy, Eternal Flame.

Taylor Dayne - Best? Um, how about Tell It To My Heart, since that's the only one I can remember. Worst? Everything else.

Hall & Oates - Best is again awfully tough ... comes down to Sara Smile or Rich Girl, and since I'm feeling more "up" today, I'll go for Rich Girl ... worst ... Kiss On My List sounds embarrasingly dated today.

Roxy Music/B.Ferry - Love is the Drug/... can't think of any Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry that would really qualify as "worst" ... one of Ferry's overly synthed numbers probably.

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine/Knocking on Heaven's Door (one of the worst covers in rock and roll history, and likely the worst version of a Dylan song ever, even worse than William Shatner performing Mr. Tambourine Man).

Tom Petty - Refugee (though I gave serious thought to a bunch of other songs, including Don't Come Around Here No More) ... worst is probably The Last DJ, which just sounds hackneyed and cranky (although the rest of the album isn't bad).

[Matheus]

To play catch up:

Michael Jackson
Best: Billie Jean
Worst: You Are Not Alone

Janet Jackson
Best: Anytime, Anyplace
Worst: All 4 U

Paula Abdul
Best: Cold-Hearted
Worst: Rush, Rush

Bangles
Best: Manic Monday
Worst: Hazy Shade Of Winter

Tom Petty
Best: Mary Jane's Last Dance
Worst: Free Fallin'

Guns N' Roses
Best: Welcome To The Jungle
Worst: Sweet Child O' Mine (such a shitty cover of that Sheryl Crow song)

And just because I can...

Madonna
Best: Like A Prayer (even though I like Die Another Day better)
Worst: Like A Virgin

[koolkat]

Ok, since we forgot Madonna, I'll post mine:

Madonna: Frozen/ worst: American Life, I just hate the buzzing synth noises.

And since most people have posted their favourites on the last batch, here's a few more. Hope none have already been mentioned.

Stevie Wonder
Patti Smith
U2
Fleetwood Mac
Cyndi Lauper
Phil Collins (solo)

[koolkat]

Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (jammin) / worst: I just called to say I love you.
Patti Smith - this one's tough, but I'll go with 'Dancing Barefoot'. Still gives me goose bumps every time I hear it to this day. worst: that 'Cannibal' song from a few years back.
U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky / The Sweetest Thing
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy / Don't Stop
Cyndi Lauper - She Bop / Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Phil Collins (solo) - Sussudio / 'Everyday' from the terrible album 'Both Sides'.

[Kensterberg]

Stevie Wonder: Superstition/Ebony and Ivory (a real low point for both Macca and Stevie)
Patti Smith: Because the Night/Hey Joe (version)
U2: this is insanely tough ... for today, Where the Streets Have No Name/A Night at the Heartbreak Hotel (a simply horrid Rattle and Hum era outtake)
Fleetwood Mac: Go Your Own Way/ ... really tough to pick a bad FM song, as I'm just not that familiar with their entire catalog ... so I'll go with the much overplayed Don't Stop
Cyndi Lauper: Money Changes Everything/True Colors
Phil Collins (solo): I Missed Again/anything from Tarzan

[maarts]

OK, good question!

Michael Jackson
Best: Wanna Be Startin' Something
Worst: Heal the World _{Nurse! Bucket!}

Janet Jackson
Best: Rhythm Nation
Worst: Black cat

Bangles
Best: Going Down To Liverpool
Worst: Manic Monday

Tom Petty
Best: Refugee
Worst:The Last DJ

Guns N' Roses
Best: Patience
Worst: November Rain
_{and that's squeezing real hard for I loathe Axl...}

Stevie Wonder
Best: Sir Duke
Worst: I just called to say I love you

Patti Smith
Best: Beneath The Southern Cross
Worst: People Have The Power

U2
Best: Bad _{especially the Live Aid-version}
Worst: Vertigo

Fleetwood Mac
Best: Sara
Worst: Not That Funny (live)

Cyndi Lauper
Best: Unhook The Stars
Worst:She Bop

Phil Collins:
Best: Inside Out
Worst: Anything off his last two solo-albums

Roxy Music:
Best: In Every Dreamhome a Heartache
Worst: Cry Cry Cry

Hall & Oates
Best: She's Gone
Worst: Family Man _{better left to Mike Oldfield}

Lionel Richie
Best: All Night Long
Worst:Truly
_{prefer his Commodores stuff over this, especially Brick House!}

I don't know any good Paula Abdul-tunes.

[pissin2]

why the hell is everyone saying Welcome To The Jungle is Gn'R's best??

[maarts]

The Pretenders
Best: Back On The Chain Gang, although I'm quite partial to their version of Thin Line Between Love And Hate too
Worst: Hymn To Her

The Police/ Sting
Best: Every Breath You Take
Worst: De do do do de da da da

Duran Duran
Best: Girls On Film
Worst: Union Of The Snake

Wham/G.Michael
Best: ehhhh
Worst: Last Christmas

Depeche Mode
Best: Stripped
Worst: Agent Orange

Mariah Carey
Celine Dion-
I don't listen to them.

Lenny Kravitz
Best: Be
Worst: I Belong To You

Prince
Best: Purple Rain (live-version from the USA, 1987, goes for about 15 minutes-heaven!)
Worst: If I Was Your Girlfriend

Beastie Boys:
Best: Sabotage
Worst: Girls

R.E.M.
Best: Find The River
Worst: Disappear

Elton John
Best: Funeral For a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
Worst: Nikita

INXS
Best: By My Side
Worst: Suicide Blonde

Motley Crue
Best: Dr. Feelgood
Worst: Girls Girls Girls

Kiss
Best: Beth
Worst: Shandy

Lou Reed
Best: The Bed
Worst: High In The City

Pink Floyd
Best: Echoes
Worst: Sisyphus

[Kensterberg]

Hey maarts, we agree on Petty! And I'd have a hard time arguing with Bad as U2's best ... though Vertigo is nowhere near as bad as some of their (justifiably) more obscure tunes ... such as their horrid cover of Happiness is a Warm Gun, or even the atrocious Hawkmoon from Rattle and Hum. Just MHO of course ...

[chrisfan]

Stevie Wonder - Jungle Fever / Ribbon in the Sky
Patti Smith - don't know enough of her stuff
U2 - With or Without You / Vertigo
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way / Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors / Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - not really a bad song, just doesn't do much for her talent
Phil Collins (solo) - Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning / You'll Be In My Heart

[GoinGoinGone2Hell]

Stevie Wonder - Best: You Haven't Done Nothin'/Worst: I Just Called To Say I Love You (Ebony and Ivory is actually slightly worse, but it was Macca's tune so he gets the blame, not Stevie)
Patti Smith - Best: Redondo Beach/Worst: Piss Factory (I'm sure it was groundbreaking at the time, but it's almost comical now)
U2 - Best: One/Worst: Jesus Christ
Fleetwood Mac - Best: Hypnotized/Worst: Big Love, acoustic live version (great tune, but Lindsay Buckinham really can't sing anymore)
Cyndi Lauper - Best: She Bop/Worst: Her cover version of "What's Going On"
Phil Collins (solo) - Best: I Missed Again/Worst: oh, such a large pile of crap to dig through...let's go with "One More Night"

[Matheus]

U2
Best: Discotheque
Worst: With Or Without You

Fleetwood Mac
Best: Sara
Worst: Yeah, this isn't hard... anything when Lindsay and/or Stevie and/or Christine McVie weren't involved.

Cyndi Lauper
Best: She Bop
Worst: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (gay as fuck)

Phil Collins
I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite. - American Psycho

Yeah, I fucking hate Phil Collins

Beastie Boys
Best: Sure Shot
Worst: Fight For Your Right

Motley Crue
Best: Kickstart My Heart
Worst: Smokin' In The Boys Room

REM
Best: Man On The Moon (I fucking love Andy Kaufman)
Worst: Stand

[koolkat]

pissin2 said:

why the hell is everyone saying Welcome To The Jungle is Gn'R's best??

Simply because it is. 'Coma' is indeed a great track, but 'Welcome to the Jungle' kicks MAJOR ass!!

Everything about this song is amazing. The build up/intro, the guitar solo, the bridge (with the famous line 'When you're high, you never, ever wanna come down') and Axl speed-singing "Watch it bring you to your.... kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-knees!"

It's just a totally brilliant, original piece of music. And even the video was cool.