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Worst Oscar Song Nominees Ever: Our List Will Go On From 'Armaggedon' to 'Titanic'
- Posted on Feb 22nd 2013 1:00PM by Natalie Zina Walschots
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Original songs can come to define a film as much as an iconic scene or line; the way that "Over the Rainbow" has come to define the Wizard of Oz or the stirring theme "Into the West" made The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King even more triumphant.
Adele's "Skyfall" seems like a sure bet this year, but not all nominated songs are so classy. Every once in a while a song shows up in this category that is so hilariously bad, so inexcusably putrid, that reading its very name in the list of nominees hits the brain like a sour note.
Sometimes it is the passage of time that makes these nominees awful, as they pass out of fashion or times change. In other cases, they are just maudlin garbage that somehow ended up in the spotlight in a year light on Disney films or musical adaptations.
Here is our top ten list of the worst "Best Original Song" nominees in the history of the Oscars. Feel free to argue in the comments.
- "Learn to be Lonely," 'The Phantom of the Opera' (2004)
- "Vanilla Sky," 'Vanilla Sky' (2001)
- "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing," 'Armageddon' (1998)
- "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" '˜Don Juan DeMarco' (1995)
- "Blaze of Glory," 'Young Guns 2' (1990)
- "Glory of Love," 'Karate Kid, Part 2' (1986)
- "They're Either Too Young or Too Old," 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' (1943)
- "That's Amore," 'The Caddy' (1953)
- "Unchained Melody," 'Unchained' (1955)
- "My Heart Will Go On," 'Titanic' (1997)
- Worst Grammy Award Nominees Ever
- David Seville "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (Nominated)
- Vaughn Meader 'The First Family' (Won)
- The New Vaudeville Band "Winchester Cathedral" (Won)
- A Taste of Honey (Won)
- Robin Williams / The Blues Brothers (Nominated)
- USA for Africa 'We are the World' (Nominated)
- Jethro Tull 'Crest of a Knave' (Won)
- Milli Vanilli (Won)
- Eric Clapton "Layla" (Unplugged version) (Won)
- The Rolling Stones 'Voodoo Lounge'
- Skee-Lo 'I Wish' (Nominated)
- Quad City DJ's "Space Jam" (Nominated)
- Will Smith "Men In Black"/"Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (Winner)
- Steely Dan 'Two Against Nature' (Winner)
- Baha Men "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (Winner)
- Creed "With Arms Wide Open" (Winner)
- Paul McCartney 'Liverpool Sound Collage' (Winner)
- Afroman "Because I Got High"
- Herbie Hancock 'River: The Joni Letters' (Winner)
- Al Walser "I Can't Live Without You" (Nominated)
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- Don McLean "American Pie"
- U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
- Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
- Dr. Dre "The Day the Niggaz Took Over"
- Bob Dylan "Hurricane"
- Pearl Jam "Jeremy"
- Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
- The Neville Brothers "Sister Rosa"
- The Tragically Hip, "Wheat Kings"
- Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
- The Cranberries "Zombie"
- Bloc Party "Hunting for Witches"
- The Postal Service "Sleeping In"
- Bruce Springsteen "The Rising"/"My City of Ruins"
- Arlo Guthrie "Alice's Restaurant Massacre"
- Filter, "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
- KISS, "Detroit Rock City"
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies, "Zoot Suit Riot"
- Steve Earle, "Ben McCulloch"
- Arcade Fire "Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)"
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Saw Peter do this song about 3 years ago. He said he originally wrote it for the Rocky movie but was not used there. Seem better fitting here
February 25 2013 at 12:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAbout the Titanic song the review person doesn't like: If you fall from the bow, you twit, you don't land on a propeller!
February 25 2013 at 10:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMoney talks !!!
February 25 2013 at 9:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI disagree with most of the choices as they are some of my favorite songs. One obvious omission from the list is the song that robbed Dolly Parton of the award in 2006 \"It\'s Hard Out Here For A Pimp\".
February 25 2013 at 8:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyArmageddon is a fictional Hollywood movie. The asteroid that hit Russia and injured a thousand people is not.
There are more rocks out there. The Great Lakes, the Grand Canyon, etc. were not created by rivers and glaciers, they are glancing impacts caused by asteroids. If we detect these rocks early, they can simply be nudged to miss the Earth.
"My Heart Will Go On".........makes my reflexes lightning fast...to change the station .
February 25 2013 at 7:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply\"Unchained Melody\" isn\'t a bad song at all--believe it or not,. it\'s still kind of popular with high school male choirs. I know. I used to conduct it every other year. Always got a big audience response.
February 25 2013 at 12:39 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Replysome will like some will diss like
February 24 2013 at 10:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI didn't mind the Titanic theme song. What I minded was the no-voice who sang it. By the way, "They're either too young or too old" was a pretty popular song in its day. In fact, in my dating years, I was in a dilemma similar to Nia Vardalos. My sisters got all the cute guys (when we were little, they always got the cute dolls, too); the guys who were brain-dead or in serious danger of violating probation tried to seek me out. While bemoaning my fate to my mother, she broke into song: "They're either too young or too old." It was funny, but didn't change anything.
February 24 2013 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySongs are like food. Either you like them or you don't. To each his own.
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