A “Q” Bomb, like an “H” bomb, will be my term for a music video that I consider to be subpar in music, video, or both. This will be a recurring weekly list that will focus on the worst videos that are currently on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus on solely on current or recent videos.
I hate to be so negative about music, but when an artist takes a “bad” song and then brings more attention to it by creating a “bad” video to support it, it will appear on this list. I honestly hope, and it could happen, that this list will be less than 10 items, but I have serious doubts that that possibility will happen. We are, after all, talking about an industry that uses art for huge profits. The companies can’t help themselves.
However, at this point, I will not do a 10 worst music list. I see absolutely no reason to waste time reemphasizing bad music. Once is enough.
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Luke Bryan places two videos on the bad list. I’m sure that’s happened once before, but it’s very unusual. Train stays at the top for a second week………………
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Worst Videos for the week of April 8, 2012
1. Drive By—Train
2. I Don’t Want This Night to End—Luke Bryan
3. Brokenhearted—Karmin
4. Safe and Sound—Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
5. Fine By Me—Andy Grammer
6. Part of Me—Katy Perry
7. God Gave Me You—Blake Shelton
8. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
9. Is There Anybody Out There?—K’naan and Nelly Furtado
10. Alone With You—Jake Owen
1) “Drive By”—I would say much more preparation went into the making of the video than the song, but the song brings the whole effort down………………..
2) “I Don’t Want This Night to End”—I know this “night” is going to end soon because “part two” has now been released, the only question is how fast. I’m sure that CMT will not miss the opportunity to put both parts back to back if not together……………..
3) “Brokenhearted”—This just doesn’t work. Nothing in the video looks good and the pseudo rap part just ruins whatever the song had going for it…………….
4) “Safe and Sound”—I can’t believe the only reason why I have this song above Andy Grammer is because of The Civil Wars………………………….
5) “Fine By Me”—Just an average piece of fluff done a million times before. Andy Grammer is like a boy band without the other boys………………
6) “Part of Me”—I’m sure this video will continue to move up this list. It’s just that in comparison to the others ahead of it, it doesn’t seem that bad……………………
7) “God Gave Me You”—Blake must have good, strong fingertips because this song is taking way too long to fall…………………
8] “Drunk on You”—Part two from Luke Bryan is the best of the three videos that he’s released from his CD. Believe me, that’s not saying much…………………….
9) “Is There Anybody Out There?”—K’naan sounds like K’naan. Nelly Furtado sounds like Nelly Furtado. The two together sound awful. There was no effort made to blend the two styles……………
10) “Alone with You”—Still, the least irritating of all the bad videos…………………. QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
