“Q” Bombs:September 11, 2011

A “Q” bomb, like an “H” bomb, will be my term for a music video that I consider to be sub par 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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I’m still getting a cosmic smackdown this week, but for different reasons. One of my favorite songs of the summer crossed a line from which there can be no return. Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” transformed from one of my favorite songs of the summer to one of my worst. I can see a song going from “Q”Bombs to Faves as I get used to it or maybe made an original snap judgment of its worth. But once you make the journey from good to bad, I don’t see how a song can redeem itself to come back. Read more about it in a special “Q”sing on September 11, 2011.

Worst Videos for the week of September 11, 2011

1. Dirt Road Anthem—Jason Aldean
2. Pumped Up Kicks—Foster the People
3. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
4. Skyscraper—Demi Lovato
5. I Love You This Big-Scott McCreery
6. If I Die Young–The Band Perry
7. Country Girl (Shake It for Me)-Luke Bryan
8. Good Life-One Republic
9. You and I-Lady Gaga
10. Not Over You—Gavin DeGraw

1. “Dirt Road Anthem” —#1 on the CMT Top 20 Countdown…..AGAIN!!!!! Nine weeks at the top???!!! ….TRIPLE INFINITY ODWITS!!!!!!!!!
2. “Pumped Up Kicks” —How does a song go from being a favorite at one time to, months later, change and almost top the trash heap? See the September 11, 2011 “Q”sings.
3. “Remind Me” —Oh, no. It’s moving up on The CMT Top 20 Video Countdown! It’s No. 2 this week, which means that it will probably knock out “Dirt Road Anthem” next week. I can feel next week’s headache starting already……………………..
4. “Skyscraper” —Another video, 1 of 3 this week that are on my lists, that takes place on the salt flats or desert. Maybe that’s why I’m not getting the “skyscraper” thing….
5. “I Love You This Big” —Still hanging on, but dropping slowly. Yay!
6. “If I Die Young” –A song and video that seems to have a perpetual life……
7. “Country Girl (Shake It for Me) —I’ve said enough about this one already. Why you choose to watch it or listen to it is your problem….
8. “Good Life” —It looks like it leveled off this week. So close to falling off, yet so far…..
9. “You and I” —It’s been three weeks now. I guess I don’t like this one. It’s too……..weird. And for Lady Gaga that’s saying a lot.
10. “Not Over You” —Almost “over you” as it falls a lot this week.

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