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tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
edited December 2007 in Other Music
Worst song on a great album? "The Crunge" off of Led Zeppelin's otherwise brilliant "Houses of the Holy."
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    mother from synchronicity....
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    cutback wrote:
    mother from synchronicity....


    wow good call!!! that song is scary!

    my vote is

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  • stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    tonadax wrote:
    Worst song on a great album? "The Crunge" off of Led Zeppelin's otherwise brilliant "Houses of the Holy."
    "I'm just trying to find the bridge...Has anybody seen the bridge?" Horrible.

    Here's another turd:


    Led Zeppelin III - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

    Thank god it's the last song on the album
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  • spnkrispnkri Posts: 137
    Dam That River - Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Not For You - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    Vibeology - Paula Abdul - Spellbound
  • sadprofessorsadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    spnkri wrote:
    Dam That River - Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Not For You - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    Vibeology - Paula Abdul - Spellbound


    On the first two... Seriously?

    And the last one... WTF?
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    [quote="stevieraveon
    Here's another turd:


    Led Zeppelin III - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

    Thank god it's the last song on the album[/quote"]


    Bugger it...that was my first thought when I saw this thread...what a shitty song to end possibly the 3rd, or 4th greatest album ever....
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • KatzenjammerKatzenjammer Posts: 57
    QotSA- Rated R. What a beautiful album- diverse, mellow, beautiful, dirty, and always orginal. Rated R is THE perfect balance of vocal and instrumental harmony, sweet melodies and heavy rhythm guitar. R is everything that makes QotSA addictive and sticky.

    But "Quick and to the Pointless". WTF. >:V I bit my ears off after that song.
  • reznors edgereznors edge Posts: 136
    Starf***ers Inc. - The Fragile. It doesn't really belong on the album, but I think Trent was hoping it would boost album sales.
  • sadprofessorsadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    reznor's edge wrote:
    Starf***ers Inc. - The Fragile. It doesn't really belong on the album, but I think Trent was hoping it would boost album sales.

    Yeah that was definitely, "oh shit we need a single"
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    spnkri wrote:
    Dam That River - Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Not For You - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    Vibeology - Paula Abdul - Spellbound


    why do you even know paula abdul has an album called spellbound?
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    restlesssoul wrote:
    why do you even know paula abdul has an album called spellbound?

    Hahahaha... 'Vibeology'?? I wonder what the BEST song from that album is.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    reznor's edge wrote:
    Starf***ers Inc. - The Fragile. It doesn't really belong on the album, but I think Trent was hoping it would boost album sales.

    I think it's great. It makes me laugh.

    'STARFUCKERS!!'

    LOL
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    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • spnkrispnkri Posts: 137
    restlesssoul wrote:
    why do you even know paula abdul has an album called spellbound?

    Well, that last song was sort of a joke, although I really did buy that album...15 years ago. And that song really does suck compared with the rest of Spellbound.

    But I stand by the Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam songs I mentioned. But then again, I also like Riot Act. A lot.
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    bang bang maxwell's silver hammer - abbey road
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    spnkri wrote:
    Dam That River - Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Not For You - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    Vibeology - Paula Abdul - Spellbound


    I can't believe you think Not for you is a terrible song. Great album...what about that Foxy mop shit? That's surely the worst track PJ ever made.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    jamie uk wrote:
    I can't believe you think Not for you is a terrible song. Great album...what about that Foxy mop shit? That's surely the worst track PJ ever made.

    more like the most underrated song they ever made....
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  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    Eddie Better wrote:
    bang bang maxwell's silver hammer - abbey road


    No way. Its a classic



    My picks....

    "Parachutes" from Pearl Jam's Avocado
    "Worried About You" from the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    No way. Its a classic

    No. Come Together and Something are classics. Maxwell's Silver Hammer is the worst song on the album(which is what this thread is about). BTW, Parachutes is a geat little tune... :)
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    Eddie Better wrote:
    No. Come Together and Something are classics. Maxwell's Silver Hammer is the worst song on the album(which is what this thread is about). BTW, Parachutes is a geat little tune... :)


    I also like Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Only Paul McCartney could write a song about a guy who goes around murdering people by smashing them in the head with a hammer and make it so catchy.


    and while a lot of people would probably disagree with me, and it's probably not the worst song on the album, but I have, and always will, completely hate 'Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey' from the White Album (which is my favorite album). I skip it almost every time. I just hate that opening drum beat and guitar riff. I think it sounds horrible. this is coming from a guy who likes Honey Pie and Revolution 9 though so to each their own I guess.
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  • KatzenjammerKatzenjammer Posts: 57
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Hahahaha... 'Vibeology'?? I wonder what the BEST song from that album is.

    I hope you realize Pearl Jam has used an equally nonsensical word to name their third album, and that one was pretty good.

    Not that I'm defending Paula Abdul or anything...
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    stevieraveon wrote:
    "I'm just trying to find the bridge...Has anybody seen the bridge?" Horrible.
    Ha, ha, ha, ha. I always think that part is hilarious.
  • spnkrispnkri Posts: 137
    Perhaps I was being unfair earlier with my Paula Abdul Vibeology remark. I think this song works much better live than it does in the studio, and her 1991 MTV VMA performance was actually very well choreographed. Plus, no lip synching. And you can't tell me you've never danced to this song naked.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpQs32z2AGQ
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    Love The Crunge, Buddy Holly, Not For You, and Quick and to the Pointless.

    The first thing that came to mind was Revolution 9 from The White Album. I would also like to nominate Tighter & Tighter from Down on the Upside. That album would be much tighter without it.
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  • ii44ii44 Posts: 430
    tonadax wrote:
    Worst song on a great album? "The Crunge" off of Led Zeppelin's otherwise brilliant "Houses of the Holy."

    Best song on the album, hands down.

    I nominate Your Time Is Gonna Come for LZ. Awful. Just awful.
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    stevieraveon wrote:


    Led Zeppelin III - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

    Thank god it's the last song on the album


    i disagree with you 100%. i love that song.
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