The Worst Songs of all Time

Rolling Stone Music Now

Rolling Stone | Cumulus Podcast Network

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

From "Blurred Lines" to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch," we look at some of the worst songs ever - while also questioning whether we can really be sure of "worst songs" in 2022, when the canon and our own tastes are in a constant state of reevaluation. Plus, a look at how pressure to go viral on TikTok may be creating bad songs, and why behavior at concerts is worse than ever post-pandemic. Tomás Mier, Brittany Spanos, and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for the discussions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Brian Hyatt, and this is Rolling Stone, music now.
0:05.0	Should be a fun episode today.
0:07.0	We're going to start by talking with Rolling Stones Thomas Muir
0:10.0	about several related stories.
0:12.0	It all starts with a song. about several related stories.
0:12.8	It all starts with a song called Twinkle,
0:15.9	Twinkle Little Bitch, in fact, which inspired the entirety of this episode
0:19.7	in a way.
0:20.3	But Thomas and I are going to talk about the state of viral songs on
0:24.0	Tik-Tok, the pressure on artists to make songs go viral on Tik-Tock.
0:28.8	And about another subject that Thomas wrote an article about which is that post-pandemic, it seems some young
0:34.8	fans may have forgotten how to act at concerts.
0:38.9	And after that, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield will join me to talk about can we still really name the worst songs of all time here in 2022.
0:47.6	But first here's Thomas Meyer. Let's hear one of my favorite pieces of music criticism of the year so far.
0:53.8	And this is Lil Naz X on Tik-Tok.
0:57.4	And the caption, since you can't see it, is
1:00.2	P. O. V.
1:01.1	I'm a teenage pop star girl about to blow up on Tik-Tock.
1:05.0	Row, roll your boat.
1:07.0	Fck you for breaking my heart.
1:10.0	London Bridge is falling down.
1:13.2	Fuck you boy, get out of town.
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