AOL Music Names 111 Wussiest Songs of All Time--Do you Agree?

[PrettyinPink55]

Here is the link to AOL Music's list of the 111 most Wussiest songs ever.

I really like a lot of them on the list!!!!! I consider them classics!!!! :(

You can see the song and there is a little paragraph about each song and then also listen to it to see for yourself if it is "wussy". I've provided the links so that you guys don't have to keep clicking next. :)

Songs 111-102
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-111-102

Songs 101-92
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-101-92

Songs 91-82
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-91-82

Songs 81-72
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-81-72

Songs 71-62
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-71-62

Songs 61-52
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-61-52

Songs 51-42
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-51-42

Songs 41-32
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-41-32

Songs 31-22
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-31-22

Songs 21-12
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-21-12

Songs 11-2
http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-11-2

And the Number 1 Wussiest song.................

"Shiny Happy People" by REM (I love that song!!!!)

http://music.aol.com/feature/111-wussiest-songs-number-1

[PrettyinPink55]

I SOOOOOOOOOOOO don't agree with alot of these!!!!!

[ABlairican Pie]

I'm surprised #110 wasn't up higher. Kurt Cobain, no kidding??
109 was okay, but yeah, wuss-o-riffic. Their cover of The La's "There He Goes" was even wussier.
Hmmm, 108, nut surprising from a guy whose later career was chock full of classic wuss rock, a total betrayal of his guitar abilities.
104, one of the reasons I was not impressed with "Born In the U.S.A." compared to the Boss' earlier stuff.
103, sung by Davey Jones, go figure.
102. I don't agree with that one being wuss, it's a good synth-pop tune. Okay, being a synth-pop precursor to all things Goth and screamo, I can see it now.

[Cactus Jack]

I agree with some, and dont agree with some


But Seasons in the Sun shoulda bene number one "WAH WAHWAH WAH WE HAD SEAOSN IN THE SUN WAH EAH STRAFISH ON THE BEACH BOO HOO" Yeah, Terry Jacks, I blame YOU for making my ears bleed once in 2004, UGH I SWEAR that song sohulda been number 1

[Cactus Jack]

Oh yeah and wheres the rest of the tracklist of Back to Bedlam? :lol: :rotflmao:

[ABlairican Pie]

101, a song so wuss-tastic, they made a bad karaoke Cheerio's commercial out of it.
100. Wuss MTV fodder.
99. No wonder Slash hated doing wuss-tacky-ular G N' R ballads.
98. Gee, a former prog-rock drummer goes wuss. When's Bill Bruford of Yes fame gonna get HIS wuss ballad?
95. Muy wuss.
92. Didn't someone on here say before Manilow was BETTER than The Beatles?? The King of All That Was Wuss. No kidding.

[ABlairican Pie]

87. A ballad so wuss, it's hard to believe they even used it in the killer 1981 animated flick HEAVY METAL with Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, and Sammy Hagar.
85. Buon Apetito!! Wuss Castrati!!
83. Just reading about Chicago for my rock and roll history thread, that they started out pretty radical in the late 60's. Wow, a lot can change in about 15 wuss years.
82. Not only does the song but the damn song title scream WUSS.

[Cactus Jack]

Seasons in the Sun shoula been numbe r one though

That song is so wuss-tastic, makes you wonder if the guy has any manly featuures, Terry Jacks was the Jams Blunt of the 70s ,made one really crappy song a huge hit and whiens through the whole song

[Cactus Jack]

I'm surprised #110 wasn't up higher. Kurt Cobain, no kidding??

:nod: Me too! Seasons in the Sun is possibly the worst record ever produced,

f you wnat to put it next to omething, put the album with that song on it next to an unflushed toilet, you wont be able to tel a difference :lol:

[ABlairican Pie]

78. Yes, even wuss can be physically painful to listen to.
76. It's ironic that a band known for its ability to shred and write very compelling pop metal had a wuss ballad for their only #1 hit. Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert just slayed on bass and guitar, and yet their biggest hit was this snoozer. A similar wuss fate would befall Extreme's "More Than Words".
74. Unbelievable that the band which gave us some very sleazy rawk tunes like "Hot Blooded" and "Dirty White Boy" would succumb to wuss-mania with this tripe.
73. Hey, it's the ever wuss-tastic 98 Degrees, what does that tell you?
72. See above wuss entry.

[ABlairican Pie]

:nod: Me too! Seasons in the Sun is possibly the worst record ever produced,

f you wnat to put it next to omething, put the album with that song on it next to an unflushed toilet, you wont be able to tel a difference :lol:
OMG, I had to ENDURE that damn song back in the early 70's around 1972 when I was barely even ten!! puke: Thank God that Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were around!!!! :rock:

[Cactus Jack]

OMG, I had to ENDURE that damn song back in the early 70's around 1972 when I was barely even ten!! puke: Thank God that Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were around!!!! :rock:
Yeah!! to the last part :rock:

Im sorry for evryone who has gone trhough the pian of hearing Seasons in the Sun :( AND Youre Beautiful, James Blunt = The New King of Wuss Music

[PrettyinPink55]

Oh yeah and wheres the rest of the tracklist of Back to Bedlam? :lol: :rotflmao:

I knew you'd be happy that was on there! :lol: :lol: :lol: :crazy:

[Seth]

Some of this is good music to listen to when inebriated....and I disagree with a couple of 'em, but for the most part, yeah.

And I know someone who has ALL of these on their iPod

[Seth]

I love the disclaimer:
This list was compiled by real-live wusses (and some who have actually dated wusses) from Los Angeles (Bread country) to Dublin (land of Gilbert O'Sullivan). Our panel of wussperts limited the selections to songs from -- and relevant to -- the rock 'n' roll era: no '40s crooners, no show tunes, no Anne Murray. When compiling, we picked one selection to represent each artist: If you want 15 Barry Manilow numbers, please buy his greatest hits. Most importantly, the songs were selected for their inherent wussness, regardless of quality. Some are loathed, some are cherished (doh, we forgot 'Cherish'!) . . . all are wussy.

[ABlairican Pie]

71. I dunno, I LIKE this song a lot. Whatever might fit the wuss factor for some may not do the same for others.
65. This one pretty much is pretty much a great big ball of corny wuss, but it's kinda cute. I liked the "two cats in the yard" part, because it reminded me of my two monsters here at home (except I currently don't have a yard). :cat: :cat:
64. Ewwwww. For the man who gave us such bad-ass tune-age in the 70's with "Superstitious" and "Higher Ground", this one is just....BAD. Total wusstopia through and through. Years ago they even used it in a phone company commercial. So now not is it wuss, but it became CORPORATE wuss.
63. Now Morrissey and The Smiths were some of the most groundbreaking musicians from Britain in the 80's, up there with U2 and all (yeah, U2 were Irish), very literate and did a cool take on pop, but Morrissey's entire personality reeks of wuss. Vegan and celibate? Wow. A reader from SPIN magazine said that all Morrissey needs is oral sex and a cheeseburger. Not necessarily in that order. All that 80's "raincoat" "shoe-gazer" alternative wuss-rawk like him and The Cure would pave the way for the whiners in screamo. Come on, wusses, be a man!!! Listen to Judas Priest, Saxon, or Manowar!! :rock:

[ABlairican Pie]

61. As much as Styx had some great songs back in the day, Dennis DeYoung's voice did count for a lot of the wuss quotient.
60. Another 80's bad-hair new wave band whose lead singer made it impossible to tell if he was a dude or a chick. Which counted for pure wussification. That was one of the worst deals of the 80's. And what a dopey name!! Kajagoogoo!! Made them sell like hotcakes with Quaaludes. ohno:
55. Wow. With wuss songs like this, it makes you forget Bryan Adams did some pretty cool rockin' songs like "Run To You", "Fits Ya Good", "It's Only Love", and "Cuts Like a Knife". If there was one thing good that came out of this song, Bryan Adams forbade "former" racist David Duke from using it as a campaign song while running for public office.
53. Spice Girls. Sexy but wuss.
52. Bee Gees. Their whiny falsettos indicate all that is wuss.

[Cactus Jack]

I knew you'd be happy that was on there! :lol: :lol: :lol: :crazy:
I am DELIGHTED LOL

[gilligan fanatic]

Wow, I am a big Neil Sedaka and Bobby Goldsboro fan and was suprised they weren't on there. They are always on those kind of lists. I really don't think they are bad songs. Anyone else notice that list had mostly 80's to now songs? There were a few 60 and 70's but the majority of them weren't. Even fewer 50's or 40's. I just glanced through it but I didn't notice any.

[ABlairican Pie]

51. Pat Boone. A man so wuss he not only drained every ounce of big bad bawdy blackness out of early rock and roll hits, but recorded a "heavy metal" album of metal covers with--a BIG BAND orchestra!! You think his version of "Tutti Fruitti" is abominable, his badly mangled and super-sanitized "cute" version of Ozzy's "Crazy Train" is unforgivable. Randy Rhoads is rolling over in his mausoleum by now. Pat--you DESERVED to be banned from TBN. And to think he was actually Ozzy's neighbor...
50. From "Do You Feel Like We Do" to THIS treacly tripe?? Peter Frampton was BEGGING for a career tailspin. And to top it off, at the time he was one of the "good" guys on that abysmal Sgt. Pepper movie with The Bee Gees. Peter Frampton--a career exploration in wuss.
47. What more could be said about wuss personified, Donny Osmond? Yeah, he sang "Puppy Love" before puberty, and I thought it was cute, thinking that it was about our little four legged friends, but then came his whines in the middle of the song. Eccchhh. Oh well, I thought he might have redeemed himself somewhat for defending Prince's right to self-expression, but I am reminded that he warned Rob Halford to put away his whip some years before on The Donny and Marie Show when Priest made an appearance.
Some things never change. I'll bet Marie was hankerin' for a taste of that rippin' rawhide from ol' Rob. :whip
46. Sports was a fine album by Huey and Co. The followup, however, was not. Hip to be wuss is not a thing to have posted on your tombstone.
45. How did tough guy David Soul make a moonlighting career out of being part-time wuss with this song?
44. Clay Aiken. Cat-hater. Double wuss in my book. :mad: A "man" who never owned a Judas Priest album to save his life.

[ABlairican Pie]

39. Ahh, what more could be said about Scott Stapp and Creed?? A guy who could sing a tear-jerker grunge-lite anthem and do half the crap he's done over the past ten years. Even wuss can fly the tear-soaked flannel.
38. A wuss song that came out around the same time as the all-time wuss hit "Seasons In the Sun". At least it doesn't sound TOO cheesy. Okay, cheesy enough. One of the problems with the singer-songwriter movement of the early 70's. Too much justification for being wuss.
36. I'll never understand the people who had the nerve to say this was KISS'
"best" song, simply because it could be played at a supermarket. For all the blood-spewing, firepot-exploding rock and roll all night shout it out loud god of thunder king of the night time world rawk we came to know and love from KISS at that point, the only purpose of this song was to cover the makeout by the dashboard light while watching the submarine races ballad bases with USDA Grade A prime cut choice wuss material. Gene Simmons must have been that hard up for cash to let Peter Criss sing this sap and expect a financial killing.
34. Puff Daddy, Piff Diddy, Poof Doody, whatever. This puke-ified version of Orwellian love songs by the Police makes me cringe for the sheer wussness of it all. And to think Mr. Wuss Daddy even appeared with Jimmy Page on a song....What's rock and roll coming to??
33. I didn't think Celine's track was too bad...until they interspersed those damn audio clips from Titanic into the song. HATED it then...until they de-wussified it with audio clips from Seinfeld into a version of it!! LOL :lol: Yeah, some songs are so wuss that you can't help but listen to them... Not that there's anything wrong with that! ;)

[ABlairican Pie]

30. I like this song as well. People have different ideas about what constitutes wuss. Probably not the song the artist to have been playing in New Orleans last summer, tho'.
29. Anything by the band America qualifies as total uber-wuss. Especially a song later covered by propieters of 70's wuss-pop Captain and Tennille. Especially when it deals with rodents getting their freak on. We have better, funner ideas of Mickey and Minnie, though, because it would have been something that stuck in Uncle Walt's craw. He was notoriously prudish.
28. Okay, totally heterosexually challenged MTV pop wuss-teria, a classic example of wuss. In a time before George Michael outed himself and was touted as a ladies' man, but gosh, this was tweakier, if you will than anything he did on his Faith album.
27. Like Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big, Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme was one of the fastest, most innovative shredders in the biz. His guitar abilities were amazing. Songs like "Get the Funk Out", "Pornograffiti" and "Rest In Peace" combined shred-metal with funk in a totally winning way. So what becomes their hit? This throwaway wuss ditty. Too wuss to be even called a power ballad. Where were the monster guitar licks?
26. WUSS, WUSS, PROJECTILE-VOMIT-INDUCING WUSS!!!!! Saccharine sentimentality, oh, these guys worked it and milked it for all it was worth!!!!
puke: puke: puke: If there was a song that needed to be up there with Terry Jacks "Seasons in the Sun", this sure qualifies!!!
24. I dunno, it was something about this guy's damn voice that oozed wuss.
What's worse it that Michael Sweet adopted this guy's vocal style for injecting into pop-metal in Stryper. Yes, and even though the Bible bumblebees had some pretty killer tunes, their overall vibe was wuss. And in the movie, Mark Wahlberg's cop brother asks him the $64,000 question: "What's wrong with Air Supply?" Let me count the ways...
22. OMG, literally. You know, it's really strange, Debby Boone really did some great Christian pop albums in the 80's, such as her powerful dance-oriented Choose Life album. Which makes it hard for me to figure out why the hell, literally, did she start her career with the most painful caterwauling Wuss Love Anthem of all time??

[ABlairican Pie]

21. Have to disagree with this choice, tho', this song is one of the finest soft hits from a British new wave bands of the 80's. It's a very touching song and doesn't qualify for wussiness. Spandau Ballet had some good white
r & b influences. Good bittersweet makeout music.
19. What WAS the deal with wussmeister Richard Marx? He looked like a guy who could belt out a radio-friendly rocker along the lines of Dokken or at least Foreigner, yet he was more of a Michael Bolton Lite. Trivia: Did you know that one of his band members played one of the boys on The Waltons back in the 70's?
18. Not only is R. Kelly a known pedophile, but he's a wuss-o-phile with this slug-like dollop of sap.
17. This wuss classic with the memorable line "Why do birds suddenly appear when you are near?" inspired me to draw a cartoon couple about to have an encounter with Alfred Hitchcock. ;)
16. When Eric Carmen was with the band The Raspberries in the 70's, they had a pretty cool pop rocker, "Go All the Way", kinda naughty and all. But get Eric Carmen solo, and he goes wuss....all by himself. Some people shouldn't be left alone.
12. Wuss personified!!!! Did these guys just get the crap beat out of them by guys in the neighborhood for wanting to do phlegmy dreck like this? What did girls see--or hear in this?? Well, the Backdoor Boys were all eye candy anyway. Never owned a Maiden album to save their lives (even though I used that metaphor previously).

[JT]

OMG! DUDES!

Let's make a LIST of songs that DON'T rely almost ENTIRELY on ELECTRIC GUITARS! And songs sung by WOMEN! And GROUPS FEATURING WOMEN VOCALISTS! And then let's BASH them for no good reason! Let's make a list of LOVE SONGS and poke fun at them for no reason!

Yeah whatever, been there, done that. This list is just as ****ty as all other lists of so-called bad songs.

[ABlairican Pie]

11. No surprise that crooning Lionel Ritchie helped add to the wuss universe with this predictable r & b ballad.
10. Turn of 21st Century Brit-pop wuss. Everything by this band is a poster child for Wussipus Rex.
9. Early 70's Titans of California Dreaming wuss. Brought to you by the same
dudes who penned the classic Ode to Poor Grammer in a Song Title, "Baby, I'm-a Want You".
8. Boy oh Boy, did Boy George go out of his way to champion wussiness by creating the ultimate 80's wuss ballad. Of course Mr. O'Dowd's heterosexually
challenged gender bender look and image was a bit much for many to take, did his music have to be so cheese wimpy-wampy on top of it?
7. Two words: Nick Lachey. Two more words: Jessica's bitch. Can you say: WUSS SQUARED?
6. Currently, as I am listening to this ballad, a new song by former Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and his new unsigned band Asesino is playing on the radio, full of thrash-tastic riffs and the whole full meal deal. Is that the only real way to enjoy this tender wuss tune by Dan Fogelberg? Actually, this 70's tune is a sort of guilty pleasure. Sorry, wuss-o-phobes.
5. Woo-hoo, Poison, no surprise there that someone would put these guys toward the top. Aww, this song ain't bad. There has to be some place in the universe for this make-the-chicks-cry power ballad than everyone else's Hall of Shame classic. SO I LIKE IT, DOES THAT MAKE ME WUSS??? I DON'T THINK SO!!!! So every metal tune can't be all creeping death and flights of Icarus and freewheel burning, got to impress the women somehow!! That Mr. Bic guy had to invent his famous flame-throwing invention for something. :rock: :rock:
3. Hey, if we wanted more songs in connection with rodents, we'd play some
Ratt. But here we are, yet another song combining wuss-o-philia with rodentia (like Muskrat Love). You know, when I was about nine or ten in 1972, I saw this movie in the theater. It was a sad sequel to "Willard", yet this song was even sadder (but not in a good way, it was syrupy and depressing).
Decades before the Gloved One would be forever connected with kiddie-pal infamy, he was more or less a cartoon character on Saturday morning.
2. Btw, the AOL list mentions that the song came out in 1997, when in fact it came out in 1977 (and sounds like it). But other than that, this slimy, sorry whiny, emotionally pantywaist excuse for a girlyman song is 16 kilos of pure uncut $1000 street value total WUSS. Wuss tunes like this should be illegal. I wikipedia'd this person and found out he was from Toronto. You'd think that being from the same town as Rush would have helped his musical and lyrical abilities, but NOOOOOOOOOO......
And for the Number 1 Wuss entry:
1. REM, is that surprising?? Why NOT Terry Jacks? Well, the song title is so obviously, blatantly wuss, for one. And apparently, the bizarre fact is that the origin of the song was a response to the horrific events in 1989 with the Tianamen Square Massacre in Beijing, China--and a propaganda poster reading "Shiny Happy People Holding Hands". So the band's tribute to the fallen actually became a testament to the power of alternative wuss college rock with the pairing of Kate Pearson of the B-52's on the track. I dunno, it makes sense that this cerebral, unintentionally feel-good "college rawk" is one of the biggest proponents of wuss music. The problem with early 90's alternative was that it was getting too corporate-friendly. You knew that once the "Nevermind" album hit the top of the charts, Crayonbox--er, Candlebox was around the corner. These alternative dweebs did NOT know how to rock. They were just too damned self-conscious. To illustrate the point, several years ago, an article in Rolling Stone mentioned that Michael Stipe of REM blew off Brian Johnson of AC/DC at a music event. AC/DC stomps worthless ass of REM any day. Stipe acted like he was "too important" to be seen with that "Philistine" rock and roll frontman of AC/DC. :snob: Michael Stipe, what a wuss. ohno: