L.A. WeeklyBy Rob Harvilla
And now it's time for the “I love you like a fat kid loves cake” memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying melange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I provided a trusted colleague with the 16 artists who qualified and had him assign seeds — Lil Wayne you expect to go deep into a showdown like this, but Lucinda Williams? Some fantastic match-ups resulted, but in the end, nobody is topping Nickelback's backstage-pass bon mot, as devastating a blow to feminism as Katy Perry and Sarah Palin combined. Oh, for those innocent days of 50 Cent.
Click to see the full “Worst Lyrics of 2008” finals
Further Reading:
L.A. Weekly's Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed
Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers
Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008
Top 10 Indie Rock Albums of 2008
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