Village Voice counts down 50 worst songs of decade, calls out brokenCYDE

Contributed by Fuzzy. Posted by jesse on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 3:00 PM (EST)

The Village Voice has created a list of the fifty worst songs of the decade, including entries from James Blunt, Xiu Xiu, Nickelback, Weezer, Beastie Boys, and Crazy Frog. Counting Crows took the number one slot with their cover of "Big Yellow Taxi," but the Voice also had beef with brokeNCYDE and used some inflammatory language, which has been included here for posterity's sake:

Bands like brokeNCYDE and electro-doofus earthstains like 3OH!3 are essentially excuses for rich white kids to play dress-up with the most sexist and materialistic elements of hip-hop--pretty much a minstrel show in crooked haircuts.

You can view the entire list here, at the bottom of their entry for number one.

Bands in this story

Xiu Xiu

Weezer

Beastie Boys

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dancinshoes (December 26, 2009)

The Dynamite Hack song should not be there.

It was an awesome cover.

Pretty much agree with the rest of the list.

chadreligion (December 26, 2009)

yeah, consider that cover was released about 98 or 99

mclz (December 27, 2009)

agreed, that boyz n the hood cover is fucking awesome

MonsterLobster (December 28, 2009)

Tell me you are all joking.

Marizo (December 26, 2009)

Say Anything's cover of "Got Ya Money" is the greatest thing ever

Also, did anyone see the cover for the new Against Me album

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_x8aaWrOPG68/SzPOEORxIUI/AAAAAA AAAFo/On7w762vmn8/s400/vd0j1l.jpg

AlexpunkFL (December 26, 2009)

Don't be an idiot, that's not the real album cover

Marizo (December 26, 2009)

I was joking dumbass

i_rock_hard (December 27, 2009)

lol... alexpunk is so punk rock man

alpod4 (December 26, 2009)

lol

name (December 26, 2009)

this is actually an extremely enjoyable read. I wish I could rail against shit music and get paid for it..

almostpunkenough (December 26, 2009)

amen to that. let's start a blog, see if we can't get ourselves famous for it.

tom1022 (December 26, 2009)

alright, i'm taking the plunge; i'm going to listen to a borkencyde song. wish me luck.

ZachLeg (December 26, 2009)

listen to this one.

ive listened to a few. this one pisses me off the most

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPnIq_tFcA

almostpunkenough (December 26, 2009)

shudder. i hate you now.

angrymatt (December 27, 2009)

The first time someone linked me to a brokencyde song I thought it was an intentional joke. I can't believe these folks are for real about this.

tom1022 (December 27, 2009)

hahahah. i don't care what anyone says, including brokencyde, this band is an intentional joke. and i'm telling myself that only because i don't know how i could live in a world where someone made this type of music in earnest.

the_buse (December 27, 2009)

Sweet Jesus, I couldn't even make through the whole song the first time.

nick_s (December 27, 2009)

I tried that a while ago, I'm still scrubing the vileness off.

Morbo_09 (December 27, 2009)

Just listened to them for the first time, people actually listen to this shit? my poor ears

ericwilcom (December 26, 2009)

never heard of brokenshit before this. i listened to that song they posted and i thought i was going to throw up.

AligatorAlex (December 27, 2009)

Oh if you think it's bad now, try looking at the lyrics.

kingkbar (December 26, 2009)

I think I saw this the other day on the scrolling whats happening bar. Whats the difference between what gets posted on the bar and what gets posted as a story?

Fuzzy (justin) (December 26, 2009)

"Happening Now" is kind of a link-dump for us editors. For the most part you aren't going to see stuff that's linked up there repeated on the front page. In cases like this, however, one editor might want to expand on it and make sure everyone takes a look. It's not something we expect to happen regularly but I wouldn't rule it out. We're pretty flexible from all the yoga we do in the Org HQ before work.

-Justin

ZachLeg (December 26, 2009)

"You drove your shitty steamroller over something everyone loved so you could pander your sensitive pussyhound whine to people waiting in line at the Carl's Jr."

This is the best musical critique of the decade.

Marizo (December 26, 2009)

His scathing critique of the song and shitting all over Adam Duritz makes it the best review I've ever read.

ZachLeg (December 26, 2009)

all of the reviews are pretty goddamn funny. im looking forward to the toby kieth review

cpp_ (December 26, 2009)

Brokencyde is a real band? I thought they were a joke my buddy showed me their video and I was laughing hysterically. One of their singers is like screaming and strangling this chick in their vid. They are like 16 year old rich suburban white kids and their drinking 40's like they can't afford a 6 pack, I guess since they are an actual band I am glad it made it to this list.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (December 26, 2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWKqOtREU8I

Essential watching.

Morbo_09 (December 27, 2009)

that offends all my sense's

Necktattoo (December 27, 2009)

clap your fucking hands Sacramento

jeremythunder (December 27, 2009)

well, i must say they sound at least tolerable live. if you don't watch them, it sounds like any other mediocre crunk act.

3:00 never mind.
10:30 fucking killlll meeeeeeee
19:30 "we call this one skeet skeet'
20:00 i turned it off.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (December 27, 2009)

Are you kidding me? It's even worse live because it actually seems like they're trying. GET YOUR SEX ON!! BROKENCYDE IS MY CREW! GET CRUNK IN THE CLUB! DON'T GIVE A FUCK!

dX927 (December 28, 2009)

they're a real band but everything is very tongue in cheek and people take them entirely too seriously.

scorpiondeathlock (December 26, 2009)

i have to question "y'all want a single" not being number 1 and 0 songs off of St. Anger making the list. Shoot Me Again and Invisible Kid belong in the top 20.

magic-pig_detective (December 27, 2009)

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Michael_Jackson_Jordan (December 26, 2009)

Xiu Xiu shouldn't be on this list. The song isn't really much of a song rather than a reading anyway, and at the time it was released, anti-war sentiments were at fever pitch. What a dumb selection.

NefariousFIG (December 26, 2009)

Yeah, I think so too. The person points out that they're a big Xiu Xiu fan, so it's kind of obvious that they more or less find the song bad relative to the rest of Xiu Xiu's catalog. So it seems kind of ridiculous to include it on the extreme list they're making.

I absolutely love Xiu Xiu and I absolutely agree that the song is pretty cringeworthy, but certainly not among the worst of the decade (or even of 2001).

RoyStorey (December 26, 2009)

I'm just glad that other people remember that shitty Hot Action Cop song.

scorpiondeathlock (December 26, 2009)

in my 6th grade art class we had to draw a poster that depicted our favorite song, and the teacher went around asking us what song we were going to choose so he could make sure it was appropriate. he gets to this semi-retarded kid, who may or may not have had sex with his sister on numerous occasions, and asks him. the kid, without hesitation, screams out "Fever For Da Flavor Of Da Pussy", and gets sent to the office.

classic.

IanIsSuperRad (December 26, 2009)

Outside of the store I work in at the mall is a Need For Speed game that plays this song over and over again all day (edited of course) so I hear it every single time I go in and out of work.

I never even got a chance to forget this song existed.

suburbanshack (December 26, 2009)

this is so spot on. i can totally relate to his 30h3 hate because they are my least favorite band in a long time.

but i do like weezer.

badbrain (December 26, 2009)

I appreciate the intentions of the list, but that Big Yellow cover is far from the worst song of the decade, and it kind of discredits the list itself by choosing that as number 1

almostpunkenough (December 26, 2009)

agreed. as much as i hate that song it's not even close.

almostpunkenough (December 26, 2009)

why include the Crazy Frog shit? i know it's among the most irritating audio in history, but it's obviously just a joke and shoulda been left off so that someone who took their shitty music seriously could be included.

kylewagoner (December 26, 2009)

Thank you, but I'm still a huge Weezer fan no matter what anyone else thinks.

dreeeamweaver (December 26, 2009)

this countdown went on for weeks. just saying. also, way too much fred durst. dude wasn't THAT bad.

cheesetits (December 26, 2009)

Really?

scorpiondeathlock (December 26, 2009)

...he was like a chainsaw

danhatesyou (December 26, 2009)

What?

dX927 (December 28, 2009)

all he wanted was a Pepsi

hashbrowns (December 27, 2009)

Fred durst's guitar solo should have been on this list.

rumblefish330 (December 26, 2009)

I dont wanna be a complainer but how is this punk news?

i-type-poorly (December 26, 2009)

That brokeNCYDE music video has been a source of comedy from youtube between close friends of mine. I had no idea they were recognized enough for any publication to call them out. They are the greatest joke of a band ever.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (December 27, 2009)

They just finished a nation-wide headline tour playing to 400-1000 people per night.

DrGunn (December 27, 2009)

a friend showed me a couple of their videos and i refuse to believe that it's not a joke.

boobthemusicindustry (December 26, 2009)

wait, this isnt a joke?

keithus (December 27, 2009)

I hear that Counting Crows song every time I go to CVS. It's the only place I've ever heard it.

UrkMan (December 27, 2009)

William Hung is probably so excited that he made a list.

Although, why even include him? HIs music was obviously just a parody of itself.

nick_s (December 27, 2009)

Slagging off Adam Duritz is a bit of a journalist cop out. Some of the list is good, but the critique is too obvious.

Grue (December 27, 2009)

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/12/the_50_wors t_so_7.php

OK, Gym Class Heroes are shit, but implying that My Chemical Romance is better than Hot Water Music and At The Drive-In should be a fucking crime.

domotime (December 27, 2009)

3 doors down kryptonite? It might not be someone's cup of tea, but I never considered it a bad song or anything.

And the Counting Crows cover is the WORST SONG OF HTE DECADE!? haha why? I read the article and still dont get it. It's a harmless/nothing of a cover...that sounded okay, i think.

and am i the only one that thought the say anything cover was good/funny?

joeydevil (December 27, 2009)

I think Adam Durtiz must have publicly slammed these two or something because no way is that THE worst song of the decade. Its a completely forgettable cover. Sure its bad but worst of the decade? That sounds more like personal bias to me. Brokencydes whole back catalog is worse than that song. The list is good for the most part but that pick dscredits the entire list.

A_Lan (December 27, 2009)

Sorta surprised there was no Soulja Boy, or Lady gaga on that list. I didnt think that some of the songs were THAT bad. plus it was far to long of a read. they basically wrote a book about how crappy each song was. It was still funny though :D

dX927 (December 28, 2009)

so that's the worst song of the decade but Madonna's cover of American Pie doesn't even get listed? alright...