Sheryl Crow's 'Soak up the Sun' is one of the worst songs in history

[Orrex]

And the crazy thing is that she's actually quite a talented song-writer. But that piece of fluff is so awful that I now have to buy a new radio to replace the one I just sledgehammered.

[AlCzervik]

1. why are you listening to a station that would play that song in the first place?

hmm?

[ACTION BASTARD]

2. Why are you listening to Sheryl Crowe in the first place?

[AlCzervik]

6. i'm not, take it up with Orrex, he has an explanation.

really, he does.

[Orrex]

9. This sledgehammer has two sides, you know!

One for each of you stinkers.

:grr::grr:

[truedelphi]

51. Save a lil bit of the sledgehammer for your TV as Sheryl Crow

Tends to get her songs bought out for commericals - then you hear her songs all the time, if you don't grab the remote quick enough

[Orrex]

3. It was on in the next room, if you must know

Reception isn't the greatest 'round these parts, so we only get about a dozen stations. Eight of them are Godmusic, three are country-pop, and the fourth is a smorgasbord.

[AlCzervik]

4. yes of course, that is a perfectly reasonable explanation.

:eyes:

[Orrex]

5. I dare you to say that within a sledgehammer's distance from me

:grr:

[LynneSin]

7. Clearly you've never heard that "Someone's knocking on the Door" song by Paul McCartney

Not sure what he was smoking when he wrote that but it wasn't very good shit.

[Orrex]

8. 'Dance Tonight' is pretty wretched, as well

Perhaps the dinkiest, most insipid lyrics he ever penned. Any other artist would have been ejected from the studio for trying to record that pap.

[Lubernaut]

10. I kinda like the melody on that song!

Plus it reminds me of being very small and going to football practice in my mom's car.

[Danger Mouse]

18. Honestly, I think it was one of his better solo songs. I can listen to it without homicidal urges.

Which is more than what I can say for 'Silly Love Songs' or 'Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime'

[peekaloo]

34. memories

in high school I had a teacher who would lock the door once class started and if you were late to class, tough toenails, you were left outside. One day a very insistent classmate wouldn't stop knocking on the door yet the teacher wouldn't acknowledge it. Finally someone spoke up "Hey someone's knocking on the door!"....to which the class stoner, who usually slept through class, raises her head and sang "someone's ringing the bell" then promptly went back to sleep!

I am forever grateful to that song and the moment of hilarity it brought.

[mitchum]

11. She's Steve Miller or Lenny Kravitz with ovaries

a mediocre hack
mainstream mannerist

[Orrex]

12. A dangerous but very good assessment!

The only song I've ever liked by Lenny Kravitz is Mr. Cab Driver, which I think was like 22 years ago.

And Steve Miller did a great job on that one song, over and over and over again for four decades.

[marknovota]

13. C'mon, there is more bad songs.

What about Barbie girl by Aqua?

[Danger Mouse]

19. You might...heh...enjoy this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOAQSwqt-VQ

[mvd]

14. Awww.. personally that's one of my favorite summer songs

I'm a Sheryl fan, but not every song has to be as deep as "Home," for example.

[Efilroft Sul]

15. Haters would eat the corn from her shit if they had the chance.

Plenty of other recording "artists" out there who can't hold a candle to Crow. I just don't understand the hate for her here. She's one of our own.

[Danger Mouse]

17. Just because you suck less than people who REALLY suck doesn't make you good.

It makes you slightly less sucky.

[Orrex]

24. That's insane

I'm one of our own, but I don't recall you paying money to hear me sing.

That song is awful regardless of her political views.


Actually, it's worse because she's on the Left; she should know better!

[ghostsofgiants]

30. What I don't get is how someone's political views are supposed to make their music better, somehow.

Always baffled me. Sure, if it's good music to begin with, it's fun to find out they're like minded politically, but that really doesn't affect the quality of the music.

[mitchum]

36. Exactly; by that fucked up "reasoning" Maya Angelou is a better poet than Ezra Pound

it's just tribalism over aesthetics

[ghostsofgiants]

43. You always hear it, and it drives me crazy.

It's why Green Day had such a popular resurgence, especially around here. That in and of itself tells you all you need to know. :P

[ACTION BASTARD]

Not so much hate, as extreme indifferance. Crow is like Madonna to me.

I feel...nothing.

[Danger Mouse]

16. No she's not. She sucks. But not as bad as Fergie. or Nickelsuck.

[SPKrazy]

20. I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBUzzBm4cg


mindless fun :D

:P

love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it

[jmowreader]

21. And it's sung so wonderfully...

like she realizes how fucking awful that song is.

[soleft]

22. Lighten Up

[Orrex]

23. I know, I know

It's not getting what you want/it's wanting what you've got.

:eyes:

[tigereye]

25. yeah, the lyrics don't make much sense - sort of like it was written by com-

mittee, but the melody and hooks are kind of catchy....


It's kind of a guilty pleasure. She writes a lot of her own stuff, and plays a few instruments as well. And she has great pipes.


:shrug:

[Orrex]

27. I have nothing against her, except

That the radio seems to love playing her worst stuff. Her raspy shriek in Strong Enough back in the 90s was enough to make me build a cryo-chamber and sleep through the rest of the decade. What did I miss?

On the other hand, her Leaving Las Vegas is a magnificent song. It's a crime that it almost never appears on commercial airwaves.

Even All I Wanna Do is nowhere near as bad as it seemed when it was in 24/7 rotation back in the day...

[nytemare]

29. I like her lesser-known music.

"Difficult Kind" was one that didn't get airtime, but really is a good song.

"Soak up the Sun" was one to appease the mainstream, I suppose.

[soleft]

35. I actually love to sing this song in Karaoke

That, All I Want to Do, and My Favorite Mistake.

[RandomThoughts]

26. Rocken tune.

I love that song,

Hey, if you don't like that song. :)
"maybe somethings wrong with you that makes you act the way you do :)"

or "Maybe I am crazy to!" yea love it !!!

[Orrex]

28. If I had to choose between hearing it and hitting myself on the head with a a hammer

Wait a minute--what was the second option, again?

[RandomThoughts]

31. just a thought

Just do both, and do it in time with the music :)

[Orrex]

38. I like it!

My sense of rhythm isn't the best, but after six or eight whacks to the skull, I'm sure I won't care!

[SKKY]

32. You have no idea what bad music is!!! THIS IS THE WORST SONG EVER!!!! EVER!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI5kolBpAk

It's impossible to overstate just how bad this song really is.

[Art_from_Ark]

61. I don't have the bandwidth to access YouTube right now

but let me guess-- the song is "Let the Eagle Soar" by a John Ashcroft.

Do I win a prize? :bounce:

[SKKY]

62. Nope. "Heartbeat" by Don "Miami Vice" Johnson...

At least Ashcroft can carry a tune.

[bbernardini]

33. Sheryl Crow is a worthless piece of human trash.

I don't care that she's a Dem. I don't care that she suffered from cancer. The way she treated people like Kevin Gilbert (who had more talent in one booger than she could ever hope to have in her entire life) is unforgivable.

RIP Kevin Gilbert.

[MilesColtrane]

42. What's the story there?

I know Crow didn't use Gilbert on her second album, because they had split up as a couple.

Do you consider this unforgivable, or did she do something else like screw him out of royalties or credit?

[Evoman]

37. Granted, that song sucks....but worst? America...we stand as one. USA USA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3-uqN1tF6g

[begin_within]

39. Not everyone can write a "Feelings" by Morris Albert.

[peekaloo]

40. sucks harder than that Steve McQueen song?

that's a whole mouthful of suck.

[Mad_Dem_X]

41. I can't stand when popular singers...

continue to write songs about having nothing, as if they were still struggling artists. Please! :eyes:

I like one song of hers, "Strong Enough." Otherwise, she annoys the piss out of me.

[XemaSab]

44. Maybe she'll get melanoma

:bounce:

[Orrex]

45. WTF?

:wtf:

I'd smash my radio, but I certainly don't wish Ms. Crow any harm. It's not as though she's Hank Williams Jr., for crying out loud!

[XemaSab]

52. I thought this was the "hate on Sheryl Crow thread"

She spends too much time in the sun, it can lead to nothing but bad things, no?

[Orrex]

53. Ah. Got it!

Well, like I said, I have nothing against the woman herself, and I'm loath to make sport of cancer, given her recent history.

[XemaSab]

55. Now I feel like an ass

x(

[Orrex]

58. I'd say don't worry about it

Sounds like an innocent mistake, if you didn't know about it...

[AlCzervik]

54. she has her 45 on so she can rock on.

[underpants]

46. Got my 45 on So I can rock on.

My friend the communist
Holds meetings in his RV
I can't afford his gas
So I'm stuck here watching TV
I don't have digital
I don't have diddly squat
It's not having what you want
It's wanting what you've got


I'm gonna soak up the sun
Gonna tell everyone
To lighten up (I'm gonna tell 'em that)
I've got no one to blame
For every time I feel lame
I'm looking up o I'm gonna soak up the sun
I'm gonna soak up the sun
I've got a crummy job
It don't pay near enough
To buy the things it takes
To win me some of your love
Every time I turn around
I'm looking up, you're looking down
Maybe something's wrong with you
That makes you act the way you do
Maybe i am crazy too



I'm gonna soak up the sun
While it's still free
I'm gonna soak up the sun
Before it goes out on me
Don't have no master suite
I'm still the king of me
You have a fancy ride, but baby
I'm the one who has the key
Every time I turn around
I'm looking up, you're looking down
Maybe something's wrong with you
That makes you act the way you do
Maybe I am crazy too



I'm gonna soak up the sun
Got my 45 on
So I can rock on.

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[CreekDog]

47. i think she's just mediocre

she's the "meh" musician.

[TZ]

48. Well..

I think you have "meh" taste in music..by the way, I'm driving to NJ to have turkey day with JerseyGirlDem and I bought a Rush double CD to listen to while driving..Thought you'd enjoy that..:P :evilgrin:

[CreekDog]

49. Listening to Rush on the NJ Turnpike?

freakin masochist! :spank: :rofl:

:hug: happy t-day to you and JGD.

[Fran Kubelik]

50. I love that song

:shrug:

[jmm]

56. No worst song thread would be complete without-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9VzEulip9Q

[Radical Activist]

60. oh gawd

Combining the worst cliches of hip hop and the most white trash aspects of pop-country. Can any combination be worse?

[gratuitous]

57. Geez, you kids

Soak Up the Sun if a perfectly serviceable song. For real, actual, make-your-ears-bleed, dear-god-make-it-stop radio play, you need:

Seasons in the Sun
Sundown
Sunshine on My Shoulders

And those are just the "sun" songs. Don't make me come down there with a K-Tel playlist!

[Radical Activist]

59. I'll give her credit for admitting to knowing a communist.

But its not one of her better songs, even on that album.

[B3Nut]

63. Not one of her better tunes

but it's nowhere NEAR as irritating as Black Eyed Peas/Furby/Gwen Stefani/insert plastic fake "artist" here...

And Sheryl Crow said that the sexiest instrument is the Hammond B-3, so she's automatically cool in my book. :D

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[laconicsax]

64. I dare say it's better as a marching band arrangement.