Lexxi Marie Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 My mum told me to put on Christmas music and I put on Wham! just to see what she'd do. HAHA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 My sister makes me listen to Christmas music all day at work. Ugh? That´s a real bad trip... I have to put my iPod every time I go shopping and they play Christmas music... all my sympathies with you, Shawna... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 I have been working at my local supermarket for about 30 hours a week for the last few weeks, and they are playing pretty much only Christmas carols and Chrismas songs. Actually, they have at least three different versions of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", and each of these three versions plays at least twice a day. If only I had some way of making myself temporarily deaf... The list is certainly controversial, but it's good to see a number 1 most people can agree with. I don't see how they could possibly not include Slipknot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) Couldn't fault this list (except for the missing ones)....even the ones that I had fond memories of, a quick YouTube and I was reminded of just how crap they really were...very apt commentary. All that's missing is Bono and the rest of his whiney, posturing, talentless cohorts....then the list would be complete. Edited December 12, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 All that's missing is Bono and the rest of his whiney, posturing, talentless cohorts....then the list would be complete. That would be Cher AND Chastity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 That would be Cher AND Chastity? Aah, Ron, that's where we would disagree. Cher has a preposterous sense of irony and a knowing sense of humour that elevates her waaaay above the rock hoi poloi. Bono is so far up his own jacksey he is chewing his own lungs...if I may coin a phrase. Cher....talent....sense of irony and self-awareness. Bono....talentless....err, that's about it. I rest my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 I happen to agree, but I'll even go against my own preferences for a cheap joke or pun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 I happen to agree, but I'll even go against my own preferences for a cheap joke or pun. ahhhh cheap. That's what I adore about you, Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 ahhhh cheap. That's what I adore about you, Ron. You can wait all your life waiting to hear this from a beautiful woman....right back atcha.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexxi Marie Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Bono on stage in Glasgow: Everytime I clap my hands a child in Africa starves to death. Glaswegian: Well stop doin' it then! ehee... Heartless but tickles my funny bone. Hmm. I think for U2, anything pre-Joshua Tree is well ace. After that they cheesed out. I rather like Cher, she's a bit of alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 I must say I like some of her songs too, before she decided to duet with a bunch of synthesizers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexxi Marie Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 ^Yeah she's much better "raw". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Cher is a carrot? I like U2, except for their 90's stuff. Their 80's material is far better than most of the crap that was in the mainstream during that decade, and their most recent album isn't too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexxi Marie Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) You know what I meant Edited December 12, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Bob Geldoff, 39? His musical career was a sham, (We are the World); but he was the star of Pink Floyd's 'Wall' & he also stole INXS's lead singer's model actress girlfriend away, which lead to his suicide; so wouldn't that be a Double-Whammy? Also Iron Butterfly is pretty far-fetched on a list of worsts. IMHO ...Wham! And again, they missed this? I would've placed George Michael tops of the pop on glop for any terrible singers list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Bob Geldoff, 39? His musical career was a sham, (We are the World); but he was the star of Pink Floyd's 'Wall' & he also stole INXS's lead singer's model actress girlfriend away, which lead to his suicide; so wouldn't that be a Double-Whammy? I've read more misinformed posts in my time, but not many. Several years before starting up "Live Aid", Geldof was the very successful frontman of The Boomtown Rats, who scored a string of UK Top 20 hits, (including chart-toppers "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays") and was temporarily poster-boy for the commercial end of the punk generation. He made no musical contribution whatsoever to "We Are The World", which was the abominable contribution of top US artists to the Live Aid thing, under the banner of "USA for Africa" or somesuch. Therefore you have completely dismissed the successful part of his musical career, whilst "crediting" him with something with which he had no involvement. he also stole INXS's lead singer's model actress girlfriend away, which lead to his suicideThis could hardly be further from the truth. Bob Geldof was married for quite a number of years to former "wild-child", later TV presenter/journalist, Paula Yates. They had three preposterously-named children together. Whilst presenting a TV programme, "The Big Breakfast", (made , somewhat ironically, by Geldof's TV production company), wife Paula engaged in the most outrageous of flirtations with her studio guest, Michael Hutchence, in front of millions of cereal-munching viewers. And thus began one of the most public cases of marital infidelity: the mother of all marriage-ending, family-wrecking, communally drug-tripping love-trysts, splattered across the media for all to see. It was Hutchence who nicked Geldof's wife, (and Yates who abandoned her children in the process), leaving "Saint Bob" a broken man. The public humiliation must have been pretty difficult for Geldof to bear, I would imagine. At least he eventually got custody of the children- following a bitterly-fought and highly-public custody battle- on account, (presumably), of the atrocious, shameless, out-of-control behaviour of his errant, drug-abusing ex-wife, (the Jezebel). That Hutchence and "tragic Paula" both went on to die in sordid, sorry and frankly undignified circumstances, (whilst Geldof continues to command worldwide respect and veneration), is a great advert for the concept of karma. To somehow hold Geldof responsible for Hutchence topping himself is like..."wow..." (shakes head in utter disbelief) Get your facts straight. His solo career was nothing to write home about, mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heard It On The XM Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 My two cents on this list: #50, Iron Butterfly: I like "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" as much as the next guy, but if you've ever been in an adventurous and/or masochistic enough mood to try listening to the five tracks on the other side of that album, you'll immediately understand why this group deserved to make the list. I found only one of them, "My Mirage" (a stereotypical psychedelic anthem) to be even marginally listenable. #43, Mike & the Mechanics: I thought their debut album was pretty good, and I didn't really mind Beggar on a Beach of Gold either. The Living Years, on the other hand, was a complete waste of time and plastic (and whatever other materials go into making cassettes and CDs). #42, Rick Wakeman: I like Yes but I've never really gotten into Wakeman's solo material. What little of it I have heard, I could take it or leave it. #37, The Doors: The only entry on this list that I completely disagreed with. Now, if we were talking about the lineup that carried on after Morrison's death, it might have been a different story... #32, The Hooters: I actually rather liked their debut album Nervous Night. I've only heard a couple of their songs after that album though, so for all I know they could have gone downhill from there. Oh, and for the record, the band had nothing to do with the restaurant chain (although both formed at about the same time). #21, The Alan Parsons Project: Like most prog-rock groups, APP was really hit-and-miss, but putting them among the 50 worst rock artists of all time is a bit of a reach. #18, Pat Boone: At least his metal covers are good for laughs. #6, Kansas: See #21, The Alan Parsons Project. #3, Michael Bolton: And to think he started out as a hard rocker! Then again, his one hard-rock hit, "Fool's Game" wasn't particularly memorable either. #2, Emerson, Lake and Palmer: See #21, The Alan Parsons Project and #6, Kansas - then multiply by a factor of at least 10. ELP's music was basically prog-rock on 'roids. Now, here are some artists and bands that should have made the list: Post-Paul Rodgers Bad Company: Could you even recognize them as the same group after Brian Howe took over as their frontman? My God, he took one of the great bands of all time and made them sound like a bunch of pipsqueak Survivor wannabes. (The band Survivor, that is, not the TV show.) The next guy, Robert Hart, wasn't much better; he sounded as though he was doing an impression of Robert Palmer doing an impression of Rodgers. James Taylor: See Dan Fogelberg (#19 on Blender's list). At least Fogelberg didn't sing through his nose. Quiet Riot: Just as Whitesnake shamelessly mimicked Led Zeppelin, so QR shamelessly mimicked Slade. You'd think they could have at least picked a more interesting group to imitate. Speaking of which... White Lion: As if Bon Jovi themselves hadn't become tiresome enough by the late 1980s, along came these Bon Jovi wannabes. Yaawwwnnnn..... Europe: From Sweden, the same country that foisted ABBA and Yngwie Malmsteen upon the music world, these pseudo-hard-rockers gave us the simpering love ballad "Carrie" and, of course, their vapid signature anthem "The Final Countdown" which is still used to torture innocent, unsuspecting fans at sporting events to this day. As the list's author said, "Beware all bands named after states or continents!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Although there are many artists on this list with whom I am unfamiliar, it is very interesting nonetheless. I disagree with the inclusion of Mike & The Mechanics, Rick Wakeman, The Alan Parsons Project, Kansas, and The Gipsy Kings on the list. I love the music of The Alan Parsons Project, although I do agree that Pyramid was far and away the group's worst album. While Rick Wakeman did produce some overblown and pretentious solo albums, he also created some gems like Criminal Record and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. I quite like Mike & The Mechanics. I saw them in concert in Toronto, and they put on a very good show. As for Kansas and The Gipsy Kings, a little goes a long way, but, if I am in the right mood, I like to listen to Carry On Wayward Son and Dust In The Wind and to the infectious beat of the Gipsy Kings. I heartily agree with the inclusion of Whitesnake, Richard Marx, Crash Test Dummies, Bad English, Dan Fogelberg, Yanni, and Michael Bolton on the list. I can't think of any solo artists whose work I despise more than that of the insipid trio of Fogelberg, Bolton & Marx. A steady diet of their music would give one a bad case of diabetes. There are many very talented Canadian bands and solo artists, but the group The Crash Test Dummies is not among them. Because I liked the music of Journey, I made the egregiously stupid mistake of buying the debut album of Bad English. I listened to it once and then consigned it to the rubbish bin. Yanni is elevator music at its worst! I didn't like Deep Purple when Coverdale was the band's lead vocalist and I particularly dislike the music (and I use the word loosely here) of Whitesnake. While I'm not a big fan of The Doors, they don't deserve to be included on this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 As soon as I saw Japan make this list, I got the notion that maybe this list was published March 31st at 11.59pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 I like the Doors. How can you not put Motley Crue on this list!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowza52 Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 this list is somewhat innaccurate. the doors are good, emerson lake and palmer are decent (not great), and yngwie malmsteen is a great guitarist. i agree with number 1 being ICP tho..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 I love the music of The Alan Parsons Project (...) I particularly dislike the music (and I use the word loosely here) of Whitesnake. APP is just very good. I love his music. And I couldn´t agree more with you, CanAm, I hate Whitesnake these days, everybody around me seems lo love them and play them constantly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Starship??? The Doors??? Kansas??? Iron Butterfly?? This dude is insane!! Let's put him in a mental institution where he'll be nice and comfy in a straight jacket!!! "All music was good 'till the 90's came along!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 *gasp* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 *double gasp* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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