“Q” Bombs: February 12, 2012

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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There are a couple of “twos” on this list that does not help the performers: Two songs about “rain” and two appearances by Carrie Underwood. Read on………………..
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Worst Videos for the week of February 12, 2012

1. Not Over You—Gavin DeGraw
2. I Don’t Want This Night to End—Luke Bryan
3. CMT Crossroads—Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood
4. Born to Die—Lana Del Ray
5. It Will Rain—Bruno Mars
6. Set Fire to the Rain—Adele Live at The Royal Albert Hall
7. God Gave Me You—Blake Shelton
8. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
9. Tattoos on This Town—Jason Aldean
10. Tonight Is the Night—Outasight

1) “Not Over You”—Three weeks now and it’s moving up!!!??? TRIPLE ODWITS!!!
2) “I Don’t Want This Night to End”—Oh, come on! A smug country singer who thinks that he’s found his special someone on the road. Boy, that’s original………..
3) “Crossroads”—This CMT program usually pairs some very interesting artists from the rock/pop world with a country artist. There have been some great ones over the years. One of my favorites was a pairing of Robert Plant with Alison Krauss. Even though they had recorded and toured together, you could tell that they were exploring musical areas that they hadn’t known about each other. I found it very fascinating and the music was incredible! Contrast that episode with this stinker. Out of all the country artists that Steven Tyler could have been paired with, this is who they come up with? I’m sure Steven didn’t mind because she’s pretty and I’m sure there was some kind of American Idol connection, but as far as I’m concerned, she didn’t have the credibility for someone with his resume. I’m obviously going against the grain here, because Crossroads had their biggest ratings in 7 years. I thought it was awful and an insult to most diehard Aerosmith fans…………………………….
4) “Born to Die”—Where do I start on this one? First of all, her performance on Saturday Night Live did not win me over. I haven’t seen so comatose a performer since Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies! I mean, how can you tell if she’s still living according to the title of her song? She has generated a lot of recent buzz about being the next “big thing.” I prefer my music to actually have some life in it……………….
5) “It Will Rain”—Weeks of watching and listening to this song has not changed my opinion of it……………..
6) “Set Fire to the Rain”—Another performer that I’m going against the tide on. It’s just a boring video…………………….
7) “God Gave Me You”—The torture appears to be ongoing. This video is taking forever to fall…………..
8] “Remind Me” —OK. This one’s taking two forevers to drop off……………..
9) “Tattoos on This Town”—I’ve actually been watching this one lately instead of ignoring it. Not because I like the video any better but because I keep trying to think about why I don’t like it. I’ve come to the conclusion that it bit off way too much. The characters aren’t defined and then you’re supposed to feel sad at the end because a guy dies in Iraq or Afghanistan. I hate that kind of storytelling…………………..
10) “Tonight is the Night”—I really didn’t think this video would be around this long. I will say that the chorus is starting to hook me…………………………
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