The Worst Song: A Treble Podcast

Half joke, half one-hit-wonder, all bad. Co-hosts Jeff Terich and Candice Eley ponder the question, "are there any good novelty songs?" Based on what they find...no, there are not. Plus, this month's recommended track: "Two Hour Lunch" by Thank.

Co-hosts Jeff Terich and Candice Eley love goth music. In fact, Candice might be one of the biggest Cure fans on the planet. But they definitely don't love these particular songs, even if other goth fans do. Spoiler: none of these songs are by The Cure, because their songs are great.

Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom, Crust and...Nu? There's a lot of metal out there in music land, and let's face it - some of it is pretty terrible. Even legendary artists aren't safe in our look at the worst metal songs ever.

Plus, hosts Jeff and Candice share Treble's Essential Track for July: Self-Regulating System by Pharmakon.

The team at Treble recently ran down the 50 best hip hop albums from the current millennium, so naturally we had to ask: what's the absolute worst hip hop song? It's gonna be a tough call, if Kanye, Lil Wayne and Insane Clown Posse have any say in it.

Plus, hosts Jeff and Candice share Treble's Essential Track for May: Holding Pattern from Big Brave.

What do Peter Frampton, Weezer and Portugal The Man all have in common? And exactly what do adult contemporary hit songs, internet memes, and NPR have to do with shrimp scampi? And how does Carrie Brownstein play into all this? There's only one way to find out.

It's March Madness! And no, we don't mean basketball. But we do think the folks that recorded these sports anthems must be mad. From songs you hear at stadiums to those bizarre tracks recorded by the players themselves, these sports songs have us crying foul.

Ah, love. It's inspired so many songs over the centuries, and so many of those songs are...just downright terrible, really. Hosts Candice Eley and Jeff Terich are here to cure your Valentine's hangover with a straight shot of cheese-tastic love songs.

It's that time of year again: the time when music websites everywhere publish their lists of the best songs and albums of the year. But what was the worst thing co-hosts Jeff Terich and Candice Eley heard in 2018? What's worse, pop country or sad rap? And why are soundtracks to musicals so popular? The world may never know, but this podcast won't let them go unpunished.

We've all got one: a song that everyone else seems to love that you just can't stand. Co-hosts Candice Eley and Jeff Terich discuss the hang ups they have with Bruce Springsteen and the Violent Femmes. Plus, Nashville metal band Howling Giant joins the podcast to talk about the song they never want to hear again.

Every summer season has one: that mega hit that you can't escape. Co-hosts Candice Eley and Jeff Terich sift through the jams that probably won't be making it to your summer BBQ playlist.

Tonight, on a very special episode of The Worst Song, co-hosts Candice Eley and Jeff Terich tackle the tough issues...like when bands try to address serious life issues in very silly songs.

From Van Halen to Suzanne Vega, many artists have used their music to discuss serious issues. They didn't all succeed.

The 80s gave us lots of great music...and lots of really, really awful songs, too.

Treble Editor-in-Chief Jeff Terich and co-host Candice Eley are joined by writer and co-founder of the Black Candies literary journal, Ryan Bradford, to discuss the worst songs of the 80s and discover that even some of our favorite bands committed terrible crimes of music in this notorious decade.

What's worse than a bad song? A good song that's been ruined by another band's terrible cover!

Treble Editor-in-Chief Jeff Terich and co-host Candice Eley go under the covers to discover what 311 and The Cure have in common, and what's not so fine about the Fine Young Cannibals. 

2017 brought us a lot of terrible things: a Donald Trump presidency, Nazi-endorsed pizza, and that "Jealous Girlfriend" meme...and these terrible songs didn't help ease the pain.

Treble Editor-in-Chief Jeff Terich and co-host Candice Eley debate which song deserves the official title, "Worst Song of 2017."

It's the most wonderful time of the year...or rather, it's the most annoying-song-filled time of the year. Our holiday gift to you is sharing those very special Christmas tunes that we never want to hear again. Maybe ask Santa to bring you some earplugs.

For years, Treble Editor Jeff Terich has been asking bands and artists, “what song do you never want to hear again?” After collecting answers from dozens of artists, Jeff’s learned a thing or two about what makes for a truly terrible song, and now he’s ready to share what he’s learned with the world.

In Episode 3 of The Worst Song, hosts Jeff Terich and Candice Eley tackle the divisive question: were the 90s the worst decade for music? Maybe not, but there was definitely some terrible stuff ruling the airwaves.

For years, Treble Editor Jeff Terich has been asking bands and artists, “what song do you never want to hear again?” After collecting answers from dozens of artists, Jeff’s learned a thing or two about what makes for a truly terrible song, and now he’s ready to share what he’s learned with the world.

In Episode 2 of The Worst Song, hosts Jeff Terich and Candice Eley tackle the horrors of Classic Rock. No one likes your music, Grandpa.

What song would you never want to hear again? Treble's editor Jeff Terich has been asking bands that question for years, and now he's sharing what he's learned about the songs we hate (and why we hate them).

In this episode, Jeff and Treble Digital Manager Candice Eley discuss pop songs that you can't seem to escape, no matter how hard you try.