“Q” Bombs:August 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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Dierks Bentley climbed to the top on CMT’s countdown, so likewise, he gets the same bad honor on my list. Sorry, Dierks…………………….
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Worst Videos for the week of August 12, 2012

1. 5-1-5-0—Dierks Bentley
2. Drunk on You—Luke Bryan
3. Cowboys and Angels—Dustin Lynch
4. The A Team—Ed Sheeran
5. Scream—Usher
6. Let’s Go—Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo
7. Settle Down—No Doubt
8. Springsteen—Eric Church
9. Glass—Thompson Square
10. Ho Hey—The Lumineers

1) “5-1-5-0”—Sorry Dierks, but #1 on CMT when you’re already on the “Q” Bombs list will more than likely get you the #1 spot as leader of the trash heap. This is an unusual situation for me because I actually like the video more than the song…………………
2) “Drunk on You”—It finally looks like Luke Bryan is starting to go away as he falls from the top spot………….
3) “Cowboys and Angels”—It looks like Dustin Lynch’s song is going to be around for a while, which means the videos will be, too. ODWITS!
4) “The A Team”Ed Sheeran’s bleak cinematic look about a bleaker subject is one big depressing video. But not as depressing as the subject he’s covering…………
5) “Scream”—I wish that I had any kind of reaction, including a scream, when I see Usher’s video…………..
6) “Let’s Go”—For whatever reason, I don’t run across Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo’s video very often, which means that I can’t really remember why I don’t like it anymore. That’s a good thing…………………
7) “Settle Down”—I have never understood the fascination for No Doubt or Gwen Stefani. However, having said that, I really don’t mind the song, I just detest the carnival of freaks in the video and the jarring camera work……….
8)“Springsteen”—With some luck, this might be the last week for Eric Church. I read in Rolling Stone in May that Springsteen supposedly sent a handwritten note on the back of the set list about how he and his family liked the song. I guess if I had a song written about me, even if it wasn’t very good, would possibly be a favorite of mine, too…………….
9) “Glass”—If we break the glass, will this Thompson Square video disappear…….
10) “Ho Hey”—Oh, hey. You guys still around………………………. QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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