“Q” Bombs: March 25, 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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The Civil Wars…and Taylor Swift stay on top for a second week, Bruce Springsteen finds himself on two lists this week—one good, one bad, and a couple of new entries replace the awful video by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. You know. The song called…Wait. I know it…Don’t remind me. I can figure this out……………………
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Worst Videos for the week of March 25, 2012

1. Safe and Sound—Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
2. Drive By—Train
3. I Don’t Want This Night to End—Luke Bryan
4. Fine By Me—Andy Grammer
5. God Gave Me You—Blake Shelton
6. Better Than I Know Myself—Adam Lambert
7. It All Belongs to Me—Monica and Brandy
8. Alone With You—Jake Owen
9. Set Fire to the Rain—Adele
10. Wrecking Ball—Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”

1) “Safe and Sound”—Still top 10 on CMT. I’m worried that the release of “The Hunger Games” this week, which this song is from, will push Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars back up the list……………………….
2) “Drive By”—Not much heart in either the video or the song……………..
3) “I Don’t Want This Night to End”—I think it’s getting closer to the end of this Luke Bryan video………………………..
4) “Fine By Me”—This Andy Grammer song sounds exactly like his last one! Have I said that before or something?………………………
5) “God Gave Me You”—This Blake Shelton entry is starting to fall fast…………….Yay!!!!
6) “Better Than I Know Myself”—I never understand what Adam Lambert is trying to convey. It’s like he has a chip on his shoulder about his own situation………………
7) “It All Belongs to Me”—I don’t get this one either. Why would you make a static video when you have two beautiful singers in it?
8] “Alone With You”—This one’s falling fast…………………………
9) “Set Fire to the Rain”—And this one fell off a cliff………………………..
10) “Wrecking Ball”—Bruce Springsteen is my second favorite musical artist, second only to The Beatles. I have seen him so many times I can’t even remember what the number is, so it pains me to have to write this. He and the band kicked off a week’s celebration of his new CD, “Wrecking Ball” by appearing twice on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” However, the opening performance of this song was marred by off key vocals and basic straining to reach the notes. I’m particularly referring to the backup singing. The song is good, but the band could have used a little more practice.
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