Shirley wrote:The last three posts listed Bon Jovi, Journey and Foreigner.
I can only assume Def Leppard is next.
I think you guys misunderstand the point of this.
No, J-Lo just has the worst taste in music of anyone I know.
Fair point.
BTW, REM has a lot of great songs, but most of them are from the five albums they made before they got noticed by national radio.
(and I agree on Foreigner. Wore out my buddies cassette tape of Foreigner 4. But we were 10 years old.)
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:52 pm
by tennbengal
Shirley wrote:The last three posts listed Bon Jovi, Journey and Foreigner.
I can only assume Def Leppard is next.
I think you guys misunderstand the point of this.
Popularity is a curse.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:19 pm
by Johnnie
This thread is enjoyable. Let me add.
Nas ft. Bravehearts - Oochie Wally.
Jay Z - Girls Best Friend.
Eminem - Ass Like That.
Usher - OMG.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:31 pm
by mister d
J-Lo's honest faves are basically "1:30 AM at the bar and everyone is in a great mood".
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:43 pm
by DC47
My angle on this is to try to think of some legendary pop musicians, whose songs I generally like. And then consider which of their relatively popular songs I would least like to hear come on the radio. Not just mediocre or bad songs. Everyone records so many of these. But songs that seem to be popular enough to still show up on the radio, but which to me are real dial turners.
The Beatles -- Ob-la-di, Ob-la-whatever
Rolling Stones -- Emotional Rescue
Billy Joel -- Anthony's Song
Springsteen -- The Rising
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:22 pm
by howard
Nonlinear FC wrote:Foreigner is in a weird category for me... Joined by the J. Geils Band, and then lesser lights like Asia...
I LOVED them in the 80s, but they are unlistenable to me now. Foreigner, though, is the best example. I know every lyric and note of Foreigner 4. I cans still nail Jukebox Hero, even though I only hear it every 3 or 4 years at this point.
Well, you're just a dirty white boy.
(The Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode featuring Foreigner songs was amazing: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:28 pm
by Pruitt
Nonlinear FC wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead of Alive.
I'm using my (just created and likely unsanctioned/unsupported) veto on this one.
That song is awesome.
(My reaction likely has something to do with one of my buddies absolutely slaying it with this song at Rick's karaoke on spring break in '91. When he donkey kicked the stool off the stage during the crescendo, a good portion of Duvall Street let out a collective cheer. Best. Karaoke. Ever.)
Look, I once got abuse for denigrating Michael Keaton, and I understand how some intelligent people can enjoy his work.
But no one over the age of 14 should listen to Bon Jovi. They are in the pantheon of truly shitty bands, purveyors of idiotic cliches. Infact, I would term them the Bryan Adams of bands.
Sorry if I offended anyone, but Bon Jovi is a hot button for me.
(And this has nothing to do with failed actor Jon Bon Jovi pretending that he has enough money to buy an NFL team and move it to my city).
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:34 pm
by rass
Now, now. The Canadian government has apohlohgized for Bryan Adams on several ohcassions.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:48 pm
by TT2.0
eminem - FACK
unlistenable
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:57 pm
by Shirley
Pruitt wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead of Alive.
I'm using my (just created and likely unsanctioned/unsupported) veto on this one.
That song is awesome.
(My reaction likely has something to do with one of my buddies absolutely slaying it with this song at Rick's karaoke on spring break in '91. When he donkey kicked the stool off the stage during the crescendo, a good portion of Duvall Street let out a collective cheer. Best. Karaoke. Ever.)
Look, I once got abuse for denigrating Michael Keaton, and I understand how some intelligent people can enjoy his work.
But no one over the age of 14 should listen to Bon Jovi. They are in the pantheon of truly shitty bands, purveyors of idiotic cliches. Infact, I would term them the Bryan Adams of bands.
Sorry if I offended anyone, but Bon Jovi is a hot button for me.
(And this has nothing to do with failed actor Jon Bon Jovi pretending that he has enough money to buy an NFL team and move it to my city).
Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. That said, Wanted Dead or Alive is one of my guilty pleasures - the only Bon Jovi song that doesn't get me quickly changing the station.
"We've got each other, and that's a lot"
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:00 pm
by howard
Pruitt wrote:
Look, I once got abuse for denigrating Michael Keaton, and I understand how some intelligent people can enjoy his work.
But no one over the age of 14 should listen to Bon Jovi. They are in the pantheon of truly shitty bands, purveyors of idiotic cliches. Infact, I would term them the Bryan Adams of bands.
word.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:22 am
by Nonlinear FC
howard wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:Foreigner is in a weird category for me... Joined by the J. Geils Band, and then lesser lights like Asia...
I LOVED them in the 80s, but they are unlistenable to me now. Foreigner, though, is the best example. I know every lyric and note of Foreigner 4. I cans still nail Jukebox Hero, even though I only hear it every 3 or 4 years at this point.
Well, you're just a dirty white boy.
(The Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode featuring Foreigner songs was amazing: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
Yeah, but the next summer (1982-3) I met up with a guy that would turn out to be my best friend for life and he turned me on to the rapidly spreading rap/hip hop scene. Specifically, The Electrifying Mojo who would Land the Mothership and crank out a crazy eclectic mix that included rap, early techno, rock and funk. Changed my (musical) life, that show.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:28 am
by Nonlinear FC
Pruitt wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead of Alive.
I'm using my (just created and likely unsanctioned/unsupported) veto on this one.
That song is awesome.
(My reaction likely has something to do with one of my buddies absolutely slaying it with this song at Rick's karaoke on spring break in '91. When he donkey kicked the stool off the stage during the crescendo, a good portion of Duvall Street let out a collective cheer. Best. Karaoke. Ever.)
Look, I once got abuse for denigrating Michael Keaton, and I understand how some intelligent people can enjoy his work.
But no one over the age of 14 should listen to Bon Jovi. They are in the pantheon of truly shitty bands, purveyors of idiotic cliches. Infact, I would term them the Bryan Adams of bands.
Sorry if I offended anyone, but Bon Jovi is a hot button for me.
(And this has nothing to do with failed actor Jon Bon Jovi pretending that he has enough money to buy an NFL team and move it to my city).
The "offended" angle is a bit of a straw man. It's the same thing with food or literature... I'm not the type of person to be offended by someone's personal taste.
I'm, again, going back to the point of the exercise. "Technically"* you shouldn't have put the song up, because they don't pass the "good - great" smell test from your perspective. You think the entire catalog sucks. Fair enough. I'll let the executive team make the call on that.
But the song, if you put Bon Jovi in the good-great category, is not a shitty song. Overplayed? sure.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:03 am
by BSF21
howard wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:Foreigner is in a weird category for me... Joined by the J. Geils Band, and then lesser lights like Asia...
I LOVED them in the 80s, but they are unlistenable to me now. Foreigner, though, is the best example. I know every lyric and note of Foreigner 4. I cans still nail Jukebox Hero, even though I only hear it every 3 or 4 years at this point.
Well, you're just a dirty white boy.
(The Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode featuring Foreigner songs was amazing: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
My favorite ATHF ep of all time. I still want a Foreigner Belt.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:29 am
by P.D.X.
Going Mobile - The Who
A complete turd in an otherwise perfect album.
I don't care about pollution
I'm an air-conditioned gypsy
That's my solution
C'mon, Pete.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:54 am
by howard
watch the taxman and cops miss me
I would've gone with Squeeze Box.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:10 am
by Johnny Carwash
I loathe Can't Buy Me Love. Largely because it's the song you get 60% of the time an oldies station says "the Beatles are up next!"
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:00 pm
by Pruitt
The Who - "Eminence Front"
Self parody.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:09 pm
by howard
Pruitt wrote:The Who - "Eminence Front"
Self parody.
No, not a self parody. It's a put on.
(come and join our party, dressed to kill.)
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:13 pm
by Rex
For a great band, the Who had a lot of songs that were just straight up trolling.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:22 am
by tennbengal
Wanted Dead of Alive is a shitty, shitty song. Shitty. Fuckawful. Overwrought bullshit crap song.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:02 am
by Pruitt
Rex wrote:For a great band, the Who had a lot of songs that were just straight up trolling.
When I was a young man, the Who were it. My love for them was nearly religious in its intensity.
But they have released nothing but dreck and/or repackaged versions of "Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy" for the last 35 years.
As the years go by, Page and Plant's decision to end Zeppelin after Bonham died looks like one of rock's all time great artistic decisions. All Zeppelin fans were spared the pathetic sight of 70 year olds lumbering through "Black Dog."
tennbengal wrote:Wanted Dead of Alive is a shitty, shitty song. Shitty. Fuckawful. Overwrought bullshit crap song.
I'm offended.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:04 am
by Ryan
Nonlinear FC wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Wanted Dead of Alive is a shitty, shitty song. Shitty. Fuckawful. Overwrought bullshit crap song.
I'm offended.
Oh come on, get off your steel horse. (It's actually a guitar! How stupid is that?!?)
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:30 pm
by Shirley
Ryan wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Wanted Dead of Alive is a shitty, shitty song. Shitty. Fuckawful. Overwrought bullshit crap song.
I'm offended.
Oh come on, get off your steel horse. (It's actually a guitar! How stupid is that?!?)
I thought the guitar was his gun. The bus was the steel horse. That Bon Jovi - such a lyricist!
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:36 pm
by Ryan
That makes more sense. By default.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:38 pm
by Jerloma
I kind of think Never Say Goodbye is a good song. (ducks)
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:52 pm
by Rush2112
Isn't the steel horse his motorcycle? (Ridden helmet-less so his feathered hair flows majestically in the wind.)
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:13 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Rush2112 wrote:Isn't the steel horse his motorcycle? (Ridden helmet-less so his feathered hair flows majestically in the wind.)
You are correct!
And yes, he has a "loaded six string" on his back to address the gun-toting issue.
BTW, I might also like this song because of it's obvious similarities to Seger's "Turn the Page."
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:14 pm
by A_B
I like this song because it's fun to play on guitar and everyone knows it.
Bon Jovi has plenty of other songs to pick from...Love a Bad Name, Lay Your Hands on Me, Bed of Roses.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:52 pm
by Rush2112
AB_skin_test wrote:I like this song because it's fun to play on guitar and everyone knows it.
Bon Jovi has plenty of other songs to pick from...Love a Bad Name, Lay Your Hands on Me, Bed of Roses.
Anything off what's possibly the worst named album in history, New Jersey.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:35 pm
by rass
AB_skin_test wrote:I like this song because it's fun to play on guitar and everyone knows it.
Bon Jovi has plenty of other songs to pick from...Love a Bad Name, Lay Your Hands on Me, Bed of Roses.
The wife's personal favorite, I think. I give her very little shit for the Bon Jovi thing, especially considering the constant stream of snark otherwise exiting my mouth.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:14 pm
by bfj
Clapton--Wonderful Tonight or Tears in Heaven.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:29 pm
by Pruitt
bfj wrote:Clapton--Wonderful Tonight or Tears in Heaven.
I used to get laid to the first one, so don't agree.
But the second one just has to make the final cut.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:35 pm
by bfj
Pruitt wrote:
bfj wrote:Clapton--Wonderful Tonight or Tears in Heaven.
I used to get laid to the first one, so don't agree.
But the second one just has to make the final cut.
I got oral to a Simple Minds song once. Doesn't make Simple Minds any good.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:37 pm
by Rush2112
bfj wrote:Clapton--Wonderful Tonight or Tears in Heaven.
Anything except for the stuff he did with Cream/Blind Faith.
Re: Hypothetical Worst Mixtape Ever ...
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:38 pm
by bfj
Rush2112 wrote:
bfj wrote:Clapton--Wonderful Tonight or Tears in Heaven.
Anything except for the stuff he did with Cream/Blind Faith.
Yeah, I was waiting for that. I can't believe you don't like Derek and the Dominos.
