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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: 50 worst songs on VH1 |
| Date | Sun, 16 May 2004 04:34:13 -0500 |
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At 12:44 AM 5/16/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>VH1 has now made a show based on that Blender List of the 50 Worst Songs of
>All Time, and it is one of the 50 Worst Shows they've made. Actually, I
>usually like the shows they do where they collect a panel of talking heads
>to make obvious, ironic comments, but in this case they don't give any
>credit at all to the people writing the songs. It's as if they never
>entertained the thought that the people writing the songs might have had a
>sense of humor, too, and were joking around. It's not that I love "I'm Too
>Sexy," but it's just a goof for God's sake! All the panelists are a bunch of
>smug schmucks who no one has ever heard of (though a couple of them I have
>seen in local comedy clubs, and they weren't funny there, either). The
>constant criticism is how the lyrics are stupid, but you can rest assured
>that among the 50 Best Songs are a bunch of songs with lyrics that could be
>ridiculed just as easily.
This formula works fine for thier "I Love The 80's" shows when they can get
popular comedians and musicans to muse, but none of the people they selected
for this specal were funny or knew anything about the artist, especally that
oh-so-smug British twit editor of Blender.
VH-1 should have called the show more accurately "The 50 most annoying
songs of
the Video Era". Nothing from 1983 back, and too many easy pot-shots. To thier
credit they left junk like the "Macarena" and "Who Let the Dogs Out" off.
50. Corey Hart, "Sunglasses at Night"
49. Puff Daddy, "I'll Be Missing You"
48. Michael Bolton, "Can I Touch You There"
47. Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston, "Something in Common"
46. Spin Doctors, "Two Princes"
45. Ruben Studdard, "I'm Sorry"
44. Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
43. Master P, "Make Em Say Uhh"
42. Rednex, "Cotton Eye Joe"
41. JC Chasez, "Some Girls (Dance with Women)"
40. 4 Non Blondes, "What's Up"
39. Snow, "Informer"
38. Ja Rule, "Mesmerize"
37. Bette Midler, "From a Distance"
36. Color Me Badd, "I Wanna Sex You Up"
35. Don Johnson, "Heartbeat"
34. Crazytown, "Butterfly"
33. Jennifer Lopez, "Jenny from the Block"
32. Mr. Mister, "Broken Wings"
31. R. Kelly, "You Remind Me of Something"
30. Nelly, "Pimp Juice"
29. Meatloaf, "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
28. Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up"
27. Wreckx-N-Effect, "Rump Shaker"
26. Bryan Adams, "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You"
25. Michael Jackson, "You Rock My World"
24. Phil Collins, "Sussudio"
23. Sisqo, "The Thong Song"
22. Lionel Richie, "Dancing on the Ceiling"
21. Rembrandts, "I'll Be There for You"
20. Toby Keith, "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"
19. Chicago, "You're the Inspiration"
18. Hammer, "Pumps and a Bump"
17. Right Said Fred, "I'm Too Sexy"
16. Europe, "The Final Countdown"
15. Crash Test Dummies, "Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm"
14. Will Smith, "Will2K"
13. Aqua, "Barbie Girl"
12. New Kids on the Block, "Hangin' Tough"
11. Gerardo, "Rico Suave"
10. Huey Lewis & the News, "Heart of Rock 'n' Roll"
9. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
8. Ricky Martin, "She Bangs"
7. Eddie Murphy, "Party All the Time"
6. Deep Blue Something, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
5. Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby"
4. Limp Bizkit, "Rollin'"
3. Wang Chung, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
2. Billy Ray Cyrus, "Achy Breaky Heart"
1. Starship, "We Built This City"
They failed to mention that "We Built This City" was co-written by Bernie
Taupin, who created classics with Elton John, (and also Dennis Lambert who
wrote and produced hits for The Four Tops, Grass Roots, Travares and others in
the 70's).
Billy
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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