2003 Annoying List

[Radical347]

My oh my, what a horrible year in music it's been. The Annoying List can attest to that. But first, some things that can't go unsaid.

2003: The year their credibility died
Liz Phair
Jewel
Counting Crows
Train

Please stop while you're ahead because all the rest of the songs on your album make me want to jump into a blender on puree
Jason Mraz

[glow=red,2,300]S.O.S.[/glow] (Some Overrated Songs)
10 Matchbox Twenty - Unwell
9 Sixpence None the Richer - Don't Dream It's Over
8 Uncle Krapper ft. Dobie Gray - Drift Away (I know everyone hates it but spending that long on the top of the AC chart is inexcusable)
7 Jewel - Stand
6 3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone
5 OutKast - Hey Ya
4 50 Cent - In Da Club
3 Liz Phair - Why Can't I
2 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
1 Jewel - Intuition

Guilty pleasures and/or songs that narrowly avoided the Annoying List for the sole reason they're too bad and or novelty to be taken seriously but not bad enough to be annoying as hell
5 Trapt - Headstrong
4 J.C. Chasez - Some Girls Dance With Women
3 Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me
2 Uncle Kracker - Memphis Soul Song
1 R. Kelly - Ignition (original)

If anyone needs clarification on any of the above, please do ask.

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...

(Disclaimer: If a song sucks that isn't on here, either I forgot it or it's a D+ or higher. What a shitty year in music it's been, most of the D+ songs didn't even make it... usually the cut-off is around a C-.)

[red]50[/red] Lillix - It's About Time
Two Advils for the price of one! What a deal... or not.

[red]49[/red] Josh Kelley - Amazing
"Baby, you're amazing." Thanks, I never wudda guessed. And some advice... it's generally not a good idea to try to be as cheezy as John Mayer.

[red]48[/red] J Ho & Whoever she shacked up this time - I'm Glad
I'm just glad they don't play this anymore.

[red]47[/red] Chantal Kreviasuck - In this Life
It'd be decent if someone else sang it. My God. Her voice sounds like what vaginitis would sound like if it had a voice.

[red]46[/red] Paranoid Social Club - Wasted
I'd have left the Rustic Overtones too if this is what they'd turn into!

[red]45[/red] Dave Matthews - Save Me
This is on way too much crack to even be tolerable due to being on crack. Mister walking man save me, save me, blah blah blah blah

[red]44[/red] Stacie Orrico - Stuck
I don't like what her voice does when she starts singing the chorus. The song sucks too.

[red]43[/red] Jewel - Intuition
What has she done to herself. And writing a song about selling out as an excuse to sell out isn't going to work. (unless you're a member of the R&R Message boards and/or Pulse Music )

[red]42[/red] Uncle Krapper ft. Dobie Gray - Drift Away
I'm aware that the original wasn't that bad and this isn't that far from the original, but new songs are NOT supposed to sound like this.

[red]41[/red] Joan Loser - Only You Know & I Know
She should have learned from Love is Alive that she can't do remakes... er, scratch that -- she should have learned from One of Us that she can't do music.

[red]40[/red] Michelle Branch - Are You Happy Now?
Stop trying to be Alanis and/or Advil. Only Alanis can be Alanis and lots of people can be Advil but why would anyone want to.

[red]39[/red] Vanessa Carlton - Ordinary Day
Singing an almost offensively ordinary song and trying to be all dynamic... doesn't work.

[red]38[/red] Advil Lavigne - I'm With You
Her voice sucks, and the lyrics except for "damn" look like what a 4th grader would write as part of an English assignment.

[red]37[/red] Seen Pull - Like Glue
Another annoying song. Somebody shut him up already.

[red]36[/red] John Mayer - Come Back to Bed
They recalled it but the damage to my ears has already been done.

[red]35[/red] The Thorns - Blue
Somebody should have told Droge, Sweet, & Mullins that -- not to be cliche or anything -- too many cooks spoil the broth. Their other song barely missed the 50.

[Radical347]

[red]34[/red] Missy Elliot - Gossip Folks
Hands down, Missy at her worst.

[red]33[/red] No Doubt - Running
This sounds like Super Mario Bros. & while I like Mario, there's a time and a place for everything & the place is not my radio & the time is not while I'm listening.

[red]32[/red] Pink - Trouble
Just shut up about how bad you wanna be and crappy you are. We all know.

[red]31[/red] The Pretenders - Complex Person
Chrissy Hyde is probably old enough to have an autographed copy of the Pentateuch and should not attempt in any way, shape, or form to emulate Gwen Stefani. Not to mention, this song is horrid.

[red]30[/red] Sugarrhea - Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)
For once, everyone else too realizes that a Sugarrhea song sucks!

[red]29[/red] Chingy - Right Thurr
I don't know what the hell he's saying or doing but my poor ears can't take it.

[red]28[/red] Liz Phalluslover - Why Can't I
Oh my God will you quit screeching!!!!!!!!1

[red]27[/red] XXXTina - Fighter
see above

[red]26[/red] Busta Rhymes ft. Mariah Crappy - I Know What You Want
For you to shut up... and seriously, in the words of crash46... "what the hell is this."

[red]25[/red] POD - Will You
Worst song from an already bad band. Obnoxious metal trying to be passed off as noise.

[red]24[/red] 50 Cent - 21 Questions
Will you shut up? Do you know how bad your songs are? (To the reader, feel free to make up 19 more... I was gonna be clever but I don't feel like wasting any more time talking about this piece of crap)

[red]23[/red] Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands
Fake reggae at its worst.
"UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH"
Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[red]22[/red] XXX Tina - Beautiful
You don't really expect us to believe that 1) you're beautiful in every single way and 2) words don't bring you down.

EVERYTHING BELOW THE DOTTED LINE IS AN [red]F-[/red]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

[red]21[/red] Good Ch'tte - The Anthem
A song about not conforming, complete with music, lyrics, & a video that conforms to every single one of today's pop standards.

[red]20[/red] Nelly - Air Force Ones
Umm, yeah...

[red]19[/red] Eminem - Superman
I don't care if it's cleverly written, the content is dumb & tastelessly rude.

[red]18[/red] John Mayer - Why Georgia
This song makes no sense & yet I get the feeling he's trying to make some sort of pretentious statement. Well, "Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Why Georgia why?" isn't going to get one very far. Seriously, what the hell does that mean.

[red]17[/red] Lil' Jon & the EastSide Boyz - Get Low
A song could have the greatest beats (I'm not saying this does, coz it doesn't) but if it insults my intelligence it gets an automatic [red]F-[/red].

[red]16[/red] Sarai - Ladies
Words cannot describe how awful this is. Ladies, put your hands up. Umm, yeah. And another thing... don't try to sound like that unless you can sing like Anastacia or Joss Stone.

[red]15[/red] Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent
This song with offensively play-it-safe lyrics sounds like one of those rubber bouncy balls getting punctured over and over again. Someone needs to get her some better material.

[red]14[/red] Pink ft. William Orbit (& it's oh-so-painful to include his name on this) - Feel Good Time
See 27 & 28 and multiply that by 6 or 7

EDIT: oh my God. How could I have forgotten about Beyonce.
[red]13[/red] Beyonce ft. Seen Pull - Baby Boy (and I really do hate this now, not just because it's her)
[red]12[/red] Beyonce - Crazy in Love

(previously:
[red]13[/red] Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
[red]12[/red] Kelly Rowland - Stole)

[red]11[/red] Train - Calling All Angels
This isn't just a weaker version of "Drops of Jupiter," it's s**tty pretentious propaganda. What kind of morons would include lines like "when children have to play inside so they don't disappear" in a song. I can't think of any song I've heard in my 20 years more pretentious.

[red]10[/red] B2K ft. P. Diddy - Bump Bump Bump
When it comes to why this song sucks, I think "shake it like an hourglass" & "see that sexy body go bump bump bump" speak for themselves.

[red]9[/red] Kid Yuck ft. Sheryl Crow - Picture
Quite possibly the dumbest song of the year.

[red]8[/red] Lil Kim ft. Christina Gaguilera - Can't Hold Us Down
Generic, crappy, and trite, and an on-steroids version of everything that's wrong with these two.

[red]7[/red] Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
It was good when Tears for Fears did it, it was alright when Rubyhorse did it, and it was even amusing when Limp Bizkit did it. But it's usually not a good idea to make a song consisting entirely of cliches. Especially when the singer is a whiny British dude and the instrumentals sound like a 3 year old banging on a tin can over and over again. I cannot get over what a horrible mess of a song this is.

[red]6[/red] Jewel - Stand
Did Jewel purposely try to sound as crappy as possible & write as pretentious lyrics as possible & (not that this matters but) sound as radio-unfriendly as possibly? A better question is... why the hell were any of you surprised when this didn't become a hit?

[red]5[/red] Sixpence None the Richer - Don't Dream It's Over
You cannot sing a sad song like this in a happy voice... or a voice that creaks, skips, & goes all over the place. In a perfect world Neil Finn will have your head delivered on a silver platter. Trash of the worst kind.

[red]4[/red] Justin Timberlake - Senorita
Trying to cash in on being imitation Latin but he's a little too late. Unfortunately everyone bought it up anyway. Him trying to be a player would be cute if it wasn't so damn nauseating. And what is with the horrible sounding coeds at the end.

[red]3[/red] Mya - My Love is Like... Wo
What a horrible title. But even more, what a horrible song. Just because Destiny's Child had a hit when they sang about their @$$ doesn't mean you should too... theirs sucked horribly and so does yours.

[red]2[/red] The Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi
They don't add any magic to this song (not that this song could have been saved anyway, but...), all it is is the original song put through the Counting Crows filter. It wouldn't have been so bad if 1) they didn't release it and 2) they didn't get the #1 pop singer to sing for a combined total of about 14 seconds and bill it as "f/ Vanessa Carlton." I really hate this. And if that weren't bad enough every time I hear the song it just sounds worse and worse.

[red]1[/red] Simple Pain - Addicted
This song sounds like crap, they rip off Lit twice but it's not even funny because it's been done before and even if it hadn't have been it still wouldn't be funny because Simple Pain isn't clever enough to pull it off, it's associated with such a horrible MTV show (and I even like most cheezy MTV reality shows), and I could go on and on and on....

[pophector]

A few errors:

Why include Ordinary Day when that is clearly a 2002 song?
Same for Dilemma...
And why say: Lil Kim f/Christina Aguilera? ???

[Radical347]

pophector said:

A few errors:

Why include Ordinary Day when that is clearly a 2002 song?
Same for Dilemma...
And why say: Lil Kim f/Christina Aguilera? ???

Because crap never stops being crap.

As for Lil Kim and XXX tina... both are always interchangeable & disposable.

[pophector]

In that case, I'm surprised I see no Magic Stick or The Jump off! :o

[FreakyFlyBry]

I strongly disagree with:
50 Lillix - It's About Time
44 Stacie Orrico - Stuck
42 Uncle Krapper ft. Dobie Gray - Drift Away
40 Michelle Branch - Are You Happy Now?
39 Vanessa Carlton - Ordinary Day
38 Advil Lavigne - I'm With You
28 Liz Phalluslover - Why Can't I
27 XXXTina - Fighter
22 XXX Tina - Beautiful
13 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
11 Train - Calling All Angels
9 Kid Yuck ft. Sheryl Crow - Picture
2 The Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi
1 Simple Pain - Addicted

I disagree with:
47 Chantal Kreviasuck - In this Life
43 Jewel - Intuition
37 Seen Pull - Like Glue
33 No Doubt - Running
32 Pink - Trouble
26 Busta Rhymes ft. Mariah Crappy - I Know What You Want
24 50 Cent - 21 Questions
18 John Mayer - Why Georgia
15 Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent
14 Pink ft. William Orbit (& it's oh-so-painful to include his name on this) - Feel Good Time
12 Kelly Rowland - Stole
6 Jewel - Stand
5 Sixpence None the Richer - Don't Dream It's Over
3 Mya - My Love is Like... Wo

I don't mind:
49 Josh Kelley - Amazing
48 J Ho & Whoever she shacked up this time - I'm Glad
45 Dave Matthews - Save Me
30 Sugarrhea - Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)
21 Good Ch'tte - The Anthem
20 Nelly - Air Force Ones
19 Eminem - Superman
16 Sarai - Ladies
10 B2K ft. P. Diddy - Bump Bump Bump
8 Lil Kim ft. Christina Gaguilera - Can't Hold Us Down
7 Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

I wasn't impressed with:
25 POD - Will You

I strongly agree with:
34 Missy Elliot - Gossip Folks
29 Chingy - Right Thurr
17 Lil' Jon & the EastSide Boyz - Get Low
4 Justin Timberlake - Senorita

I haven't heard:
46 Paranoid Social Club - Wasted
41 Joan Loser - Only You Know & I Know
36 John Mayer - Come Back to Bed
35 The Thorns - Blue
31 The Pretenders - Complex Person
23 Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands

Wow, despite all the songs I really like on there (14 of them, in fact!), you actually managed to include 4 songs that I absolutely despise on there.

[af18c]

FreakyFlyBry said:

I strongly disagree with:
27 XXXTina - Fighter
22 XXX Tina - Beautiful

I strongly disagree as well. Both of these songs have meaning with a great message, not to mention the crazy vocals

[insect2]

All I can say is: Only one Timberlake song?

And is Joan Loser supposed to be Joan Osborne or someone else?

[pophector]

insect2 said:

And is Joan Loser supposed to be Joan Osborne or someone else?

Oh definitely Osborne when you have "Joan" & "One Of Us" together...

[Matt4319]

Songs that I consider "very annoying" (probably out of about 25):
50 Lillix - It's About Time
48 J Ho & Whoever she shacked up this time - I'm Glad
37 Seen Pull - Like Glue
29 Chingy - Right Thurr
27 XXXTina - Fighter
23 Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands (I tried to listen to this a couple of days ago, and I could not get past the 1:00 mark)
21 Good Ch'tte - The Anthem
8 Lil Kim ft. Christina Gaguilera - Can't Hold Us Down
4 Justin Timberlake - Senorita
2 The Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi
1 Simple Pain - Addicted

Songs that made my top 25 of the year list:
40 Michelle Branch - Are You Happy Now?
18 John Mayer - Why Georgia

So I give the list a thumbs up overall.

[iceman]

Glad to see we agree on the Sean Paul and that particular Mya song. Where's Lumidee?

[j]

HowieDayFan said:

[red]20[/red] Nelly - Air Force Ones
Umm, yeah...

Is that the best you can do? Heheh just kidding.

I thinkthe [red]F-[/red] dotted line should be moved up the page by a song or two.

Overall I thought some of your observations were pretty astute and spot-on (e.g. Jason Mraz).

[halo19]

None of those songs ever made my top 10, although Coldplay was very close. And I like Paranoid Social Club, Missy (I can see why you'd hate it tho), Pink, and others, but I find myself agreeing more often than not with you.
"With My Own Two Hands" is easily the worst Ben Harper single.
Many songs that made my 50-song list of made that list, too. I'm not sure you'd agree with me, but thoughts of any other year being the nail-of-the-coffin have permanently been defeated by 2003. I don't believe it can get worse.

[Rob64]

Hey!! "Superman" and "Picture" are among my top 10 of the year!

[BlahBlahBlah]

Nice list. A lot of songs I considered to be annoying (Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker, Nelly, Good Charlotte, Train, Sixpence None The Richer, Simple Plan, etc.) or overrated (Matchbox Twenty, 3 Doors Down, though "Here Without You" should've been on the overrated list too) would be on there.

[crash46]

Now that's better...I only have a few that I strongly agree with:

4 Justin Timberlake - Senorita: I'd move it to the guilty pleasure list, because it's indeed awful, but it's funny.

17 Lil' Jon & the EastSide Boyz - Get Low: I don't take it seriously enough for it to insult my intelligence, so I think the song is great.

19 Eminem - Superman: I do care that it's cleverly written, and like "Get Low", I don't take it seriously, so it ends up being hilarious.

So basically, it seems that when I disagree, it's only because I don't try too hard to listen to the songs and end up liking them for the same reason you think they're awful. :)

[George Tropicana]

HowieDayFan said:

[red]18[/red] John Mayer - Why Georgia
This song makes no sense & yet I get the feeling he's trying to make some sort of pretentious statement. Well, "Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Why Georgia why?" isn't going to get one very far. Seriously, what the hell does that mean.

I always thought this song was wondering why he had to grow up in Georgia instead of somewhere else, wondering what other lives he could've lived.

[crash46]

Mineable1004 said:

I always thought this song was wondering why he had to grow up in Georgia instead of somewhere else, wondering what other lives he could've lived.

But he's from Connecticut, not Georgia.

[FreakyFlyBry]

crash46 said:

But he's from Connecticut, not Georgia.

I believe it's about asking why he had to get his big break in Georgia, or something like that.

[Libra]

I don't understand the insult your intelligence part for Get Low.

If it were me, that would be in the Top 10.

[Radical347]

insect2 said:

All I can say is: Only one Timberlake song?

And is Joan Loser supposed to be Joan Osborne or someone else?

I know, but I don't hate JT's stuff nearly as much as I should. Cry Me a River gets a D+ and Like I Love You & Rock Your Body & his song w/ Black Eyed Peas are around B/B+.

And yeah, it's Joan O.

Matt4319 said:

Songs that I consider "very annoying" (probably out of about 25):
23 Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands (I tried to listen to this a couple of days ago, and I could not get past the 1:00 mark)

You did yourself a favor... After the intro, there's just like 10 seconds of music looped over, and over, and over till the end.

FreakyFlyBry said:

I believe it's about asking why he had to get his big break in Georgia, or something like that.

If that's the case... what a horribly pretentious thing to write a song about, especially someone so amateur as him. That makes me want to move it up next to Calling All Angels.

MikeK102 said:

I don't understand the insult your intelligence part for Get Low.

Insults my intelligence = offensively stupid

[Libra]

HowieDayFan said:

Insults my intelligence = offensively stupid

Good point.

[halo19]

HowieDayFan, did my eyes miss viewing songs like "P.I.M.P.", "The Red", "Suga Suga", et. al. which you gave D and F grades to or did they not make the list? 'Cos I thought you would have hated those enough to mention them. Also, I was shocked the first time not to see Beyonce, so perhaps I'm wrong.

[FreakyFlyBry]

halo20 said:

Also, I was shocked the first time not to see Beyonce, so perhaps I'm wrong.

I was also surprised that Beyonce was nowhere on the list, since you hate her so much.

[Radical347]

halo20 said:

HowieDayFan, did my eyes miss viewing songs like "P.I.M.P.", "The Red", "Suga Suga", et. al. which you gave D and F grades to or did they not make the list? 'Cos I thought you would have hated those enough to mention them. Also, I was shocked the first time not to see Beyonce, so perhaps I'm wrong.

Heh heh, nice non-observations. I indeed still think that P.I.M.P. sucks, I just forgot it... that one probably would go around 21-22, but I don't feel like editing it for now & it would break my heart to remove any of the songs that are already on the list. "The Red" and "Suga Suga" have each moved up to a C-. ("Suga Suga" would have been higher, but I don't like the "shifted shifted higher than the ceiling, it's the ultimate feeling" line.)

[mst3k]

HowieDayFan said:

("Suga Suga" would have been higher, but I don't like the "shifted shifted higher than the ceiling, it's the ultimate feeling" line.)

LOL... that's actually my favorite part of the song.

[Mega248]

mst3k1 said:

LOL... that's actually my favorite part of the song.

Same here. I don't think it would've made my chart if not for the chorus.

[George Tropicana]

FreakyFlyBry said:

I believe it's about asking why he had to get his big break in Georgia, or something like that.

Yep, I just Googled it and I think that's about right.

his adopted home town, Atlanta, Georgia, where he moved in 1998 after a period at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Why Georgia?: Moved from New England to take part in the fine acoustic-music scene at Eddie's Attic.

Why leave Georgia?: Mission accomplished; time to move on to heavier things.

[WhySoSerious?]

HowieDayFan said:

[red]18[/red] John Mayer - Why Georgia
This song makes no sense & yet I get the feeling he's trying to make some sort of pretentious statement. Well, "Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Why Georgia why?" isn't going to get one very far. Seriously, what the hell does that mean.

I don't quite know how you couldn't understand this song. It's all about finding yourself and wondering whether you're on the right path. He's from Atlanta, so he's asking why he's in Georgia.

It's not about him getting his "big break" there. He wrote the song long ago when he didn't even have a deal.