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Crap artist/Great song

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 09:09 AM

Lou Gramm -- Midnight Blue

Edgy DC Jun 16 2006 09:10 AM

My followin' days are over / Now I'm just gonna follow through

metirish Jun 16 2006 09:28 AM

Proclaimers - I'm gonna be(500 miles)

Elster88 Jun 16 2006 09:30 AM

And now it'll be stuck in my head the rest of the day.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 09:35 AM

Hey, wait a minute. The Proclaimers aren't crap.

metirish Jun 16 2006 09:41 AM

I was thinking the same thing Johnny when I was posting the song, there not crap in the same way as Lou Gramm but still...ok I'll go with this artist. Poison - Every Rose has it's thorn

holychicken Jun 16 2006 09:42 AM

Hey, wait a minute. I'm gonna be(500 miles) isn't great.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 09:44 AM

Hey wait a minute, Every Rose Has It's Thorn sucks!

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 09:45 AM

Odds of this becoming the worst thread ever +++++++++++

metirish Jun 16 2006 09:46 AM

It could be fun though, sorry if I ruined your thread Johnny...

Edgy DC Jun 16 2006 09:57 AM

I think the Proclaimers are better, not worse, than their ice-cream cone of a deliciously/naseatingly catchy lone stateside hit.

Elster88 Jun 16 2006 09:58 AM

They look goofy in the video.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 09:58 AM

metirish wrote: It could be fun though, sorry if I ruined your thread Johnny... You din't ruin anything. I was using you guys to get "Midnight Blue" out of my head. It's my fault.

Elster88 Jun 16 2006 09:59 AM

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 10:03 AM

I recommend the Proclaimers -- best identical-twin Scottish soul band ever.

Mr. Zero Jun 16 2006 10:06 AM

Ace Frehley-Back in the NY Groove (though I think he didn't write it).

RealityChuck Jun 16 2006 10:09 AM

Barry Manilow -- Copacabana

Mr. Zero Jun 16 2006 10:12 AM

Copacabana? Maybe Mandy. maybe.

Edgy DC Jun 16 2006 10:12 AM

I think Barry in general is better than "Copa" also.

Mr. Zero Jun 16 2006 10:14 AM

true.

silverdsl Jun 16 2006 10:31 AM

metirish wrote: Poison - Every Rose has it's thorn LOL, I guess I shouldn't admit to having been a big Poison fan back in the day, huh? Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"

Rockin' Doc Jun 16 2006 01:01 PM

Most Britney Spears videos - with the sound muted. It makes all her songs more bearable. Of course, she's gotten so sleazy in recent years that even her videos aren't fun anymore.

RealityChuck Jun 16 2006 01:08 PM

Edgy DC wrote: I think Barry in general is better than "Copa" also. Manilow, in general, sucks. Copa is his only song worth listening to, mostly because his deadpan delivery makes it so funny.

seawolf17 Jun 16 2006 01:18 PM

Hey! Nothing wrong with Poison at all. I have every album.

metirish Jun 16 2006 01:21 PM

I lay my head on many a young girls shoulder while slow dancing to " Every Rose...."

Edgy DC Jun 16 2006 01:58 PM

]Manilow, in general, sucks. Copa is his only song worth listening to, mostly because his deadpan delivery makes it so funny. Barry came and gave without taking, then you sent him away.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 02:09 PM

metirish wrote: I lay my head on many a young girls shoulder while slow dancing to " Every Rose...." I want pictures. Speaking of disposable metal power ballads, other than its we-gotta-remind-the-kids-it's-supposed-to-be-a-metal-song guitar solo, and the video that made Beavis remark "These chicks look like guys," I have a soft spot for "Love & Affection" by Nelson. VG, I know.

Mr. Zero Jun 16 2006 02:35 PM

The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award: Bon Jovi

Edgy DC Jun 16 2006 02:40 PM

The hair and the solo are the only things that make "Love and Affection" metal. They were originally pushed as Springsteenian white rocknsoul with twin-brother harmonies (they even covered "Fourth of July (Sandy)") but the record machine dressed them up as metal dudes. They forsook the Bodeans Path for the Tesla Way.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 16 2006 03:57 PM

That's a nice little melody anyway, really sugary.

Elster88 Jun 16 2006 03:58 PM

Rockin' Doc wrote: Most Britney Spears videos - with the sound muted. It makes all her songs more bearable. Of course, she's gotten so sleazy in recent years that even her videos aren't fun anymore. Agreed.

TheOldMole Jun 16 2006 09:06 PM

Kung Fu Fighting.

Gwreck Jun 17 2006 12:14 AM

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again maybe also Asia - Heat of the Moment (?)

TheOldMole Jun 17 2006 01:48 AM

Come to think of it, how can "Kung Fu Fighting" have failed to make Greg's list?

Elster88 Jun 17 2006 09:45 AM

Gwreck wrote: Whitesnake - Here I Go Again Good one.

ScarletKnight41 Jun 17 2006 10:31 AM

My friend always hated to admit that he likes the song "Beautiful" because Christine Aguilera is so objectionable.

Elster88 Jun 17 2006 10:39 AM

Depends on your definition of crap artist. She has an incredible voice.

ScarletKnight41 Jun 17 2006 10:43 AM

She does, but she's just such a twit.

Edgy DC Jun 17 2006 11:53 AM

]My friend always hated to admit that he likes the song "Beautiful" because Christine Aguilera is so objectionable. Just comfort oneself in knowing she didn't write note one or probably have anything to do with choosing it. "Borderline" and "These Boots" being good songs don't make Madonna or Nancy Sinatra good singers. ]Depends on your definition of crap artist. She has an incredible voice. I'll stop short of incredible. And, working with my definition, having the pipes alone falls far short. Take, um, Steve Freakin' Perry. A great range, and a great nuisance.

G-Fafif Jun 17 2006 02:59 PM

TheOldMole wrote: Kung Fu Fighting. Come to think of it, how can "Kung Fu Fighting" have failed to make Greg's list? Take a closer look, Mole. No. 350 in your program. Since Carl Douglas was a true one-hit wonder, and his one hit was awesome, how can it be a great song by a crap artist? He's one-for-one! On Nelson: Though "Love and Affection" did not make the Top 500, I, too, kinda like it. I have a weak spot for melodic metal, a genre aimed, presumably, at teenage girls and grown men who admit to having weak spots. However, I detest Nelson for an interview they gave right around the time Operation Desert Storm began. (Put aside the need to get Nelson's take on international affairs, if you can.) They lashed out at all those college kids (some pejorative adjective put in front of them) who dared to protest this war. I'm thinking you're standing there with your hair down to your asses, you attempt to follow in the rock & roll tradition AND you're certainly of fighting age if that's your thing, and you're insulting those who would speak out for peace? Wankers. Revenge was had on Nelson, at least to my satisfaction, about eight years later when MTV ran perhaps the single funniest program I've ever seen. It was called "25 Lame," as in the 25 videos we promise to never show again. It was hosted by Jon Stewart, Janeane Garafolo, Chris Kittan and Denis Leary all on the top of their game, tearing into every awful video ever made. Nelson's "After The Rain" was on the list and the hosts went on and on about how the two Nelsons must have brushed each other's hair before going to bed. The artist with the No. 7 song of all time also made an appearance on the set to commemorate the inclusion of "Ice Ice Baby" as Lame and, to show he was ready to move on, took a baseball bat to the videocassette that allegedly contained his biggest hit video. Rob Van Winkle appeared to have truly scared the four comics.

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2006 05:24 PM

The track of this thread seemed to morph from 'Good songs/Bad artists' into 'Guilty Pleasures' which isn't exactly the same thing.

RealityChuck Jun 17 2006 07:00 PM

G-Fafif wrote: Since Carl Douglas was a true one-hit wonder, and his one hit was awesome, how can it be a great song by a crap artist? He's one-for-one! [D. Adams]"Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word awesome that I wasn't previously aware of."[/D. Adams] That's always been on my list of just plain awful songs. Mediocre tunes and god-awful lyrics. (Note to Carl Douglas: "fighting" does not rhyme with "lightning" and "frightning" does not rhyme with "timing.") The whole thing sounded like it was written in five minutes to cash in a some sort of craze before it went away.

Edgy DC Jun 17 2006 08:58 PM

Rhyming isn't everything.

Elster88 Jun 17 2006 09:29 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: She does, but she's just such a twit. That's what I meant. If your definition of a crap artist is dependent on personality, then I agree Christina is a crap artist. If you're going on talent alone, I wouldn't define her as crap.

Elster88 Jun 17 2006 09:30 PM

="Edgy DC"] ]Depends on your definition of crap artist. She has an incredible voice. I'll stop short of incredible. And, working with my definition, having the pipes alone falls far short. Take, um, Steve Freakin' Perry. A great range, and a great nuisance. Well fine, incredible may be stretching it for some. I was more going for the point that a personal definition of "crap artist" may also be dependent on personality and air-headedness.

Elster88 Jun 17 2006 09:31 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: The track of this thread seemed to morph from 'Good songs/Bad artists' into 'Guilty Pleasures' which isn't exactly the same thing. I like watching Britney's videos, and even one or two of Christina's. I even like that one or two Jessica Simpson videos, and I'm still pissed at her for murdering certain songs. But, strangely, I don't feel guilty about it.

TheOldMole Jun 18 2006 02:52 PM

I love the rhyming in "Kung Fu Fighting."

RealityChuck Jun 18 2006 07:28 PM

TheOldMole wrote: I love the rhyming in "Kung Fu Fighting." Do you like the rhyme in "Frank Mills" or "Moon in June," too?

G-Fafif Jun 18 2006 09:46 PM

"Kung Fu Fighting": The only No. 1 hit to celebrate "expert timing".

Johnny Dickshot Jun 18 2006 10:26 PM

Not to mention the seldomly visited neighborhood of Funky Chinatown.

MFS62 Jun 22 2006 09:30 AM

Is it time to start a "great artist, crappy songs" thread, or should we keep it here? Notice, I used a plural. There are some singers who have a great voice, but they never seem to record a song that holds your interest. If we're keeping it here, the first singer I recall who fit that description was Vikki Carr ("It Must Be Him"). She had a voice that made you listen when one of her songs came on the radio. But after listening for about 30 seconds, I would practically rip the dial off my radio in my haste to change stations. Later

Willets Point Jun 22 2006 10:11 AM

I have to admit, I kind of like "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake.

MFS62 Jun 22 2006 11:21 AM

That's OK, WP. We won't tell. Later

Elster88 Jun 22 2006 11:27 AM

Haha, speak for yourself, 62. I've got plenty of personal likes that get me a good-natured ribbing. I'll be glad to return the favor to others.