Today we drove out to Wickenburg, to climb Vulture Peak… here are some sights of the hike!

Almost to the top! Someone left this little creature for us to find!

It was a beautiful day, and a gorgeous vista. So what on earth could go wrong?
 

Well, on the drive  to Vulture Peak, we were listening to some oldies/ classic rock radio station, and the most hateful sounds in the Southwest bleated out of the speakers…

“…Aruba, Jamaica, Oooooooh I wanna take you down to KOKOMO”

Ugh. One of my personal most hated songs of all time. Which got us all chatting a bit. What makes a song really the worst?

There are a few criteria for this. It can’t be a “laughably bad” song like “who let the dogs out” or something. It can’t be a “guilty pleasure” bad song. I’m talking about songs that have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. A lot of times this is synonym for “boring songs.” 

So what are some of the worst? Here’s a short list we thought of. Please let me know some of your “URRGH” songs too!

-Kokomo- (Beach Boys) I snapped somewhere between the marimba, the falsetto, and the cheesy 80s sax solo. Barf. Garbage

-Margaritaville- Along the same vein as Kokomo, this is music for the barely alive. When it came on the radio I got a bit twitchy. It makes me like margaritas less, which sucks since we went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch today shortly after hearing this…

-The wanderer- I’m not even talking about the obnoxious lyrics of this one. I’m talking about the blunt-object barked out vocals of the lead singer. I don’t even want to know who sings this stinkbomb. Its awful.

-Any bad 50s tune with horrid high shrieking a la “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Sherry Baby” or “Duke of Earl.”

What the frog is a “Duke of Earl” anyway? You pick one- you are either a Duke or an Earl, and you should be singing notes, not grunting the same lyrics for 3 minutes.

-Celine Dion. In general. Get a pulse, lady.

Hmmm, that’s all I have for now. Gosh, there must be worst songs out there though. Come on and share some with me!

Hasta manana,