Thirteenth Annual

2008
 
o paraphrase Elton John, bad songs say so much (and Sir Elton should know). For every wonderful song, there are ten awful tunes just waiting to work their way into your brains, taking root in your subconscious and driving you absolutely batty. How else can you explain knowing all the words to "The Pina Colada Song?"

hat's what the Worst Songs of All Time are all about. This is the poll that celebrates the worst in music. We want to hear about the songs that make your skin crawl, the tunes that make you break out in hives, and the ditties that cause you to drive off the road when they come on the radio.

ere's what you do: come up with no more than ten (10) of your most hated pop songs from any era and enter them in the space below. We'll tally up the votes, and the brave souls in DMQ will play the top ten vote-getters at our annual Halloween Spook-tacular on Friday, October 31st, 2008 at the Sunset in Ballard. It's that easy! And remember to send us your name and e-mail, 'cause we'll be giving away two free tickets to our Halloween show - and the only way you can win the tickets is to enter!

To give you a taste of what we mean,
here are last year's winners/losers:

 1  "Oh Sherrie" - Steve Perry
 2  "Informer" - Snow
 3  "Young Girl" - Gary Puckett
 4  "Hey Mickey" - Toni Basil
 5  "Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats
 6  "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred
 7  "Sexy Back" - Justin Timberlake
 8  "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My
      Head" - B. J. Thomas
 9  "Come Sail Away" - Styx
10  "500 Miles" - The Proclaimers

Ugh. You get the idea.

 

1.Enter as often as you want, and vote for your songs as much as you want - however, be advised that excessive "Chicago-style" voting may be discounted at the discretion of DMQ. Remember - be crafty.
2.When possible, please give us the name of the song and the artist who recorded it.
3.Only voters giving us their full name and e-mail address will be eligible to win free tickets to the show.
4.Voting ends Friday, October 3rd, 2008.

That's it - have fun!

See you Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at the Sunset in Ballard!