Worst song from your favorite band/artist...

[T-ski]

every artist has a stinker, even if you love them.  What song(s) stand out as the worst from your favorite band or artist?

[Crow]

well, the worst thank you scientist song is blue automatic and you can't change my mind
it's not even awful though just kinda meh
the hirsch effekt doesn't actually have any bad songs so i can't point to any there.

[Phoenix87x]

Rush- Dog years
 

[Adami]

Pain of Salvation - A good number of songs from either of the Road Salt albums. Ugh!

[Crow]

Pain of Salvation - A good number of songs from either of the Road Salt albums. Ugh!

oh yeah the right answer is spitfall but this isn't a bad take

[Adami]

Pain of Salvation - A good number of songs from either of the Road Salt albums. Ugh!

oh yeah the right answer is spitfall but this isn't a bad take

Spitfall isn't great, but I'd choose it over a lot of the RS songs. At least they tried to sound good on Scarsick.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Rush- Dog years

Superconductor

[Shredzorz]

Devin Townsend has a lot of songs I don't like, as can be expected from someone who makes so many different kinds of music. But one of the only ones I just don't see any redeeming qualities in is Babysong.

[The Walrus]

I'm pretty sure not a single person on planet Earth like GnR's My World.

Rush- Dog years

It's hard to disagree with this, imo

[YtseJam]

Space Dye Vest and Anally I mean Anna Lee are up there

[King Postwhore]

Rush- Dog years

Superconductor

Nope and nope.

I think I'm Going Bald.

[Adami]

Devin Townsend has a lot of songs I don't like, as can be expected from someone who makes so many different kinds of music. But one of the only ones I just don't see any redeeming qualities in is Babysong.

No.

Space Dye Vest and Anally I mean Anna Lee are up there

No.

[ThatOneGuy2112]

The worst Mars Volta song is probably "Molochwalker". Not even a bad song per se, but it's just a standard prog rock number. Really doesn't fit well in the context of Noctourniquet either.

If not them, then David Bowie's worst song? Given the large catalog there's sure some stinkers from some of his less than stellar albums. Might not be the absolute bottom of the barrel, but "Please Mr. Gravedigger" comes to mind.

[Zook]

Dream Theater - Prophets of War

Iced Earth - Hollow Man, Divide Devour, Days of Rage

Symphony X - The Witching Hour, The Lords of Chaos

The Offspring - So Alone, All Along, Da Hui, everything post-Splinter. I could list a lot more, but these songs offer absolutely nothing.

[Adami]

Iced Earth - Hollow Man, Divide Devour, Days of Rage

I'll give you Hollow Man, but you can do SO much worse than those other songs........SO much worse.

[Zook]

Iced Earth - Hollow Man, Divide Devour, Days of Rage

I'll give you Hollow Man, but you can do SO much worse than those other songs........SO much worse.

I disagree. There are plenty of mediocre IE songs, but those two take the cake.

[Adami]

Iced Earth - Hollow Man, Divide Devour, Days of Rage

I'll give you Hollow Man, but you can do SO much worse than those other songs........SO much worse.

I disagree. There are plenty of mediocre IE songs, but those two take the cake.

Reading this post is giving me a day of rage!

Honestly, Days of Rage is fine. Mediocre, but I enjoy it. But Valley Forge? Waterloo? Like most of the songs on the first two Stu albums? Junk.

JUNK I SAY!

[Zook]

Iced Earth - Hollow Man, Divide Devour, Days of Rage

I'll give you Hollow Man, but you can do SO much worse than those other songs........SO much worse.

I disagree. There are plenty of mediocre IE songs, but those two take the cake.

Reading this post is giving me a day of rage!

Honestly, Days of Rage is fine. Mediocre, but I enjoy it. But Valley Forge? Waterloo? Like most of the songs on the first two Stu albums? Junk.

JUNK I SAY!

I had to go back and listen again. Yep, it's the same Diciples of the Lie rip off with a horrible chorus. Valley Forge is just OK, but I like Waterloo. Sure, it's Ripper reading out of a history book, but the chorus is great.

[ozzy554]

Black Sabbath - The Illusion of Power. Now I actually like forbidden, it would still be near the bottom of my sabbath ranking but overall I like it. Guilty as hell, Rusty angels, I wont Cry for you and kiss of death are all solid IMO. Illusion of power was an interesting experiment but it did not work. The main problem is that it was the album opener, The first thing people hear when they give it a spin. If they buried it in the middle I don't think it would have as infamous of a reputation as it did. Killed the album before it even got started.

[jammindude]

I actually ADORE Spitfall. The entire rap community gets completely owned by a total outsider. I love it.

Reasons OTOH....

And for Rush, I would put Neurotica, Face Up, and You Bet Your Life WAAAAAAYYYY below anything anyone has mentioned so far.

[JLa]

Porcupine Tree
Most of the stuff from their earlier works. Like, "Message from a self destructing tulip" or "Jupiter Island", both from "On the Sunday of Life". What was Wilson smoking?!

Dream Theater
Hello "Dark Eternal Night".

[Mladen]

Iron Maiden - Childhood's end
The Beatles - Act naturally
Dream Theater - You not me
Rush - Rivendell
Radiohead - Stop whispering

Just a few that crossed my mind.

[Max Kuehnau]

DT: all of FII, most of D/T (to say the least, I posted about that in the tier list thread)
Yes: And You And I (these lyrics, oh dear me, no), all of Tales From Topographic Oceans

these were some that came to mind

[MirrorMask]

Iron Maiden - Childhood's end

On the same album where there are The Apparition and Weekend Warrior?

(I'd also pick Hooks in You, what a weird farewell song from Adrian...)

[Max Kuehnau]

Iron Maiden - Childhood's end

On the same album where there are The Apparition and Weekend Warrior?

(I'd also pick Hooks in You, what a weird farewell song from Adrian...)

yes these are both on Fear Of The Dark (although Hooks In You is on No Prayer For The Dying)

[MirrorMask]

Yeah, it was not a request for confirmation, but more along the lines of "you already have in mind an album, Fear of the Dark, where there is the super ultra repetitive The Apparition and the very lousy Weekend Warrior, and yet you pick Childhood's End as their worst song?"

[a51502112]

Rush- Dog years

I've never understood the dislike for this song.

[bl5150]

Van Halen - How Many Say I ?

[jammindude]

DT - Prophets of War

[Mladen]

Yeah, it was not a request for confirmation, but more along the lines of "you already have in mind an album, Fear of the Dark, where there is the super ultra repetitive The Apparition and the very lousy Weekend Warrior, and yet you pick Childhood's End as their worst song?"

Don't get me wrong, I dislike WW and The Apparition almost equally. 

[Kwyjibo]

Van Halen - How Many Say I ?

Loss Of Control is ten times worse.

[Learning2Live]

DT - Raw Dog
Neal Morse - Road Dog Blues
Metallica - Slither

[Stadler]

Rush- Dog years

Superconductor

Nope and nope.

I think I'm Going Bald.

Listen to your King.   

[Stadler]

Black Sabbath - The Illusion of Power. Now I actually like forbidden, it would still be near the bottom of my sabbath ranking but overall I like it. Guilty as hell, Rusty angels, I wont Cry for you and kiss of death are all solid IMO. Illusion of power was an interesting experiment but it did not work. The main problem is that it was the album opener, The first thing people hear when they give it a spin. If they buried it in the middle I don't think it would have as infamous of a reputation as it did. Killed the album before it even got started.

Listen to the Prince Of Darkness.

[The Walrus]

I agree with Adami about Iced Earth; at the very least, you can do way worse than Days of Rage. Divide Devour and Hollow Man though... can't argue with those, they are poor.

Dragonforce - Silence
Dream Theater - This Is The Life (first one to come to mind, although I might be able to argue a couple others)