Is Rick Perry's 'country rap' campaign song the worst song of all time?

[shenmue]

Story here

Signs point to "yes."

[mindwalker_i]

1. No, it's totally awesome

We're done. There's just no way any of our people can even come close to such awesomeness, so let's just throw in the towel now. Our energy is much better spent freaking out over words.

[tularetom]

2. Nope not as long as this piece of crap is still out there

Even CNN agrees:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/04/19/eye.ent.worstsong/index.html?eref=sitesearch

[shenmue]

3. :)

Thanks.

[Logical]

11. Not even close. A #1 song. Wow, how many forgettable side B tracks are 1000 times worse. nt

[tularetom]

12. You're probably right. There are a lot of almost equally bad #1 songs

Who Let the Dogs Out, I'm Too Sexy, Disco Duck, Achy Breaky Heart, We Built This City, Rockstar (actually anything by Nickleback), etc.

But the question was, was Perry's stupid campaign song the worst ever, and that maudlin pukefest immediately came to mind.

[Logical]

13. Well, after watching the video it does seem terrible now! :-) nt

[gordianot]

4. In another universe Rick Perry is unique and this song stands a chance

There is far worse.

[lovemydog]

5. It's pretty high up there.

I look forward to the parodies.

[kwolf68]

6. A good song for Rick would be

the song

"Help, Im white and I can't get down"...it was from someone called the Gezenslaw Brothers. Hilarious ass song.

[TlalocW]

7. Any actual song with the words America in it or sounding vaguely patriotic

Are either by artists who don't want republican candidates using them, or when they use them, they're eventually told that every other word in the song is about something they wouldn't agree with - Born in the USA, American Girl, Fortunate Son, etc.

TlalocW

[tanyev]

8. Quite possibly, but I will give him props for not simply stealing a popular song without permission.

[treestar]

9. It is pretty bad

Hilariously bad.

"the weapon of my choice" Oh boy. Face palm.

[hatrack]

10. If I click on the link, does it auto-play? I don't want to injure or nauseate myself . . .

[MoonRiver]

14. Anything associated with Rick Perry is 100% crap.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. "I answer to no one..."

Hahahahaaha...

Also, I confess I was impressed for 1/10th of a second when the video started with a beautiful young black woman...and then I realized it was an ad for Dior.

[Brother Buzz]

16. Has anyone played it backward?

Inquiring minds want to know

[Recursion]

17. I'm a working country musician. This is inexcusable

There are some very good artists exploring country's (very old, btw) common ground with hip-hop.

This is insulting to musicians everywhere.