“Q” Bombs: April 1, 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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Train moves into the top spot with a song and video that’s actually more boring than The Civil Wars. How is that possible……………………………….
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Worst Videos for the week of April 1, 2012

1. Drive By—Train
2. Safe and Sound—Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
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. Part of Me—Katy Perry
8. Brokenhearted–Karmin
9. Alone With You—Jake Owen
10. Set Fire to the Rain—Adele

1) “Drive By”—The song is like a “drive by,” except this time it’s done with notes instead of bullets………………………
2) “Safe and Sound”—Taylor looks pretty in her retro dress but the song is awful…….
3) “I Don’t Want This Night to End”—Believe me, it won’t end. Part two is starting to raise its ugly head. Save yourself if you can…………….
4) “Fine By Me”—Is this guy cute or something? That’s the only reason I can think of to explain why this video and song are popular because I don’t see it………………..
5) “God Gave Me You”—It looks like he’s finally ready to take this song back…………..
6) “Better Than I Know Myself”—I honestly don’t know if he truly does know himself…….
7) “Part of Me”—Divorce “tainted” Katy Perry goes all “Private Benjamin” and “G.I. Jane” in her most recent video. It seems like a pretty harsh reaction to spotting her boyfriend making moves on a co-worker to go and join the Marines. She even cuts her own hair! Gosh almighty! Too bad the video still doesn’t create any excitement. Even my teenage daughter finds it boring. However, I’m sure it will do just fine for Miss Perry. She has her own army of fans……………………..
8] “Brokenhearted”—Ah, the new youtube flavor of the week. Karmin supposedly generated so much interest through social media that they earned a record contract. Wow, was that a mistake……………………..
9) “Alone with You”—Boy, those last two videos almost make this one look good. I said, almost……………………
10) “Set Fire to the Rain”—Well, the fire has now sucked all of the oxygen from the room, and I think Adele’s fire is ready to go out—for the moment…………….
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