Friends,
Last night was an evening of indulgence, let's say. And being who I am, indulgence became over-indulgence, by the fistful, thus the night ended with me clutching some porcelain and thinking "I don't remember eating this many black olives." Turns out it was chocolate cake. And let me say, I had about two drinks from a gin martini, and I can still taste it, and I've brushed my teeth a few times, and have eaten breakfast, but I can't get that frigging pine fresh echo out of my mouth.
Anyway, another life lesson retaught, and in honor of this, today's Bad Music Sunday is devoted to people/bands who should have known better when releasing these songs onto the world. These people could be respectable musicians, or they were at one point, but they somehow forgot themselves.
Elton John - Nikita
REM - Shiny Happy People
Mick Jagger & David Bowie - Dancing in the Street
Now, David Bowie makes great cameo appearances. Queen's Under Pressure, that performance he did with the Arcade Fire on their song Wake Up, but here. I mean, this is the best the lead of the Rolling Stones and Ziggy Stardust could do? Really? But you do kind of have to love Mick's exuberance.
U2 - Original of the Species
I know U2 has some clunkers, like this one for example, but at first I had Lemon here, and I tried for anything off their Pop album (except the song Please, which makes me want to cry), but you know, this one, with it's cunning rhyming of "it" with "it" well, it takes the cake.
Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot
Dude was/is in the New York Dolls...even says so right in the video
The Cure - Caterpillar
I know I had a Cure song on before, but this one really belongs.
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
You know...I still kind of like this video. Something about Chevy Chase...maybe this doesn't belong...
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
Dude comes from impressive musical stock, and he's a right brilliant musician himself...and what's he known for? This:
viva el mustache
April 20, 2008
Bad Music Sunday: People Who Should Know Better
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5 comments:
McFerrin's song is brilliant in itself. And the video is awesome. But, apparently, I like bad music. Woo!
PLUS! it has Robin Williams in it. Can't go wrong there.
Interesting you put Robert Smith on Bad Music Sunday (again)...his 49th Birthday is today, April 21st. Happy Birthday Robert!
If you want to publish a bad Cure song you should have published "Wron Number" which was released in 2001? I think it was an attempt by Robert to do something solo but he is the cure and the cure is him also "Just Say Yes" with Saffron(that annoying girl from Republica). Those were really annoying too hard core Cure fans and not as annoying as Catapillar.
whoops my bad forgot the "G" in wrong.
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