Who's Bad

Thanks to Stef for making me realize I enjoy The Bad Song. (That's a category, not a reference to He Who May or May Not be a Serious Perv). But also, how much the folks at Blender seriously need to hire older people once in a while.
"This is a list of the 50 Worst Songs of All Time, as put together by the hip magazine Blender. Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to bold the items you actually like."

1. We Built This City ... Starship (A lot of these songs I enjoy because I connect them immediately to a lovely time in my past. Like this one takes me back to a Junior Farmer's dance in Alvinston with Dave Nagy, a rather serious Grade 9/10/11 crush. And no, I wasn't a junior farmer).
2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung
4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit
5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice
6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News (This one was played over and over at a house party in town in Grade 11. I was snapped on some sort of liqueur and made a comment in rather poor taste to a supremely nice guy about his nose. Soon after that party I became a DD which helped me to keep all my remaining friends and acquaintances).
7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin
8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
9. American Life ... Madonna
10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken
12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys
13. Illegal Alien ... Genesis (Grade Seven and Eight involved a heavy crush on Phil Collins, both Genesis-drummer and solo artist Phil so all of his stuff is pretty much untouchable to me. And this song isn't bad to rollerskate to, either).
14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler
15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts
16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes
17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer
18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago (Grade Eight, riding a different bus to Laurie's house for a sleepover. My regular bus didn't have a radio or a bench that went all the way across the back seat, so I never minded that the ride was half an hour longer than usual. Looking back, I wonder why I enjoyed music that was well beyond my years. I think I'm better for it, though.).
19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister
20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie
21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors (So I Married an Axe Murderer).
22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith
23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart
24. Superman ... Five for Fighting
25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 -
26. The End ... The Doors
27. The Final Countdown ... Europe
28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer (John Mayer is the next Eric Clapton. You are all required to buy his cds, listen to him and develop a deep, lasting appreciation for his talents. And the cuteness that is him. Everyone. Now. Go.)
29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something
30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston
31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies
32. Will 2K ... Will Smith
33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua
34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg
35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M.
36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal
37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo
38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex
39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin
40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd
41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel
42. The Sound of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel
43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker
44. I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf (MEAT LOAF RULES. Deny Meat Loaf's greatness and you are dead to me.) (That's Stef's comment, but I am equally in that camp, so it stays.)
45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
46. Hangin' Tough ... New Kids on the Block
47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams
48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles
49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred
50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion

Posted at 12:57 p.m.