The 10 Worst Songs of 2015 (so far)
Well, it would be rude not to, wouldn’t it? After all, we’ve had the 20 Best Songs of the year to date* so this is the only logical follow-up. Following a truly rigorous selection process, we’ve come up with a fair reflection of the absolute worst of 2015 so far and we’re confident you’ll approve of said choices.
*Had we heard Selena Gomez & A$AP Rocky’s hypnotic ‘Good For You’ and Alice Glass’ blistering ‘Stillbirth’ in advance of posting said list, you can bet big money that they would have placed, but hey, there’s always the end of the year list to consider. For now, let’s roll up our sleeves and get stuck in.
Remember, this was a pain-staking selection process.
10 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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9 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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8 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
7 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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6 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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Feel like I need to take this opportunity to formally apologise to Big Josh here for landing him in this predicament. Much like the videotape from Ringu, I felt the overwhelming need to pass this on to another, to share the pain in a bid to numb it. There’s no respite from this particular throbbing ache though. ‘Ibiza’ is the sound of a confused, doomed cat with a live chainsaw rammed into its side. [DH]
5 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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READY MIX, PACKET OF SMASH. I’m on what must be about my 37th consecutive listen. I return to my computer from the kitchen, having knocked up another drink and it’s like one of those mornings when you wake up, think it’s Saturday when it’s actually Tuesday. Except Tuesday is this fucking Prodigy song again instead of your mundane day job. Grim scenes, to say the least. Stockholm Syndrome has set in, however, and I’ve begun to feel sorry for my captors. It must be difficult staring at all of these kids with their “bleached-hair wanking mates”, surely?!
4 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
If you hit up http://genius.com/The-prodigy-ibiza-lyrics, you’re met with the following:
Sleaford Mods are well known for knocking down other scenes of music that are just generally meaningless.
The Prodigy are one of the earliest scenes of electronic music in the UK. Starting in 1990; these guys have been round for more than 2 decades now, so they know enough about the scene of electronic music and Ibiza to express this viewpoint.
In this song, Sleaford Mods use The Prodigy as a platform to almost double-satirically portray the image of Ibiza and also knock at EDM. It’s quite funny when you take a step back from it.
But a song this WHITE KNUCKLE RELENTLESS doesn’t allow you to step back. No, sir. It’s pedal to the metal on the motherfuckin’ wheels of steel. It’s a shit reference to Danny Dyer. It’s carnage, baby. It’s MAYHEM. It’s a screaming broken pinball machine that just wants to be plugged out. It’s about having the gall to slag off any other musician when you’re arrogantly parroting this dreck. As for big bad Sleaford Mods? WATCH OUT, TIRED MUSIC SCENES, you’ve been well and truly fackin’ warned guv. [DH]
3 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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2 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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1 | The Prodigy ft. Sleaford Mods
‘Ibiza’
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EIGHT QUID A PACKET?! It’s nearly midnight of a Thursday, as I chug my fifth drink of the evening. “I can drink”, I note drily (to myself). What does Big Keith mean by eight quid a packet? Cigarettes? £8? Surely they’re not that expensive in England and surely they’re not that expensive in Spain as to the best of my knowledge they tend to be cheaper in other parts of the continent. Then – if I’m right – what does the price of cigarettes have to do with the fall of Good Music in Ibiza? NO TONE, THEY’RE FACELESS, THE MIX ON STICKS. Was there some sort of correlation between the amount of tobacco consumed per Pound Sterling and the fall of the price of USB sticks/computer memory when it comes to quality music produced?!
No, it suddenly dawns on me, The Prodigy are just like other artists such as David Crosby who music and art has simply passed by. Things change, and certainly sometimes for the lesser (You Won’t BELIEVE What I Wrote In Number 5 On This List!) , but when an entire genre or generation is the problem, well then perhaps the issue is you. This is something that has been an obstacle throughout time. And, as I finish my 67th listen of ‘Ibiza’ and my seventh drink, might I just say: erfaw asdfsadfsa etfwaasdf