“Q” Bombs: March 31, 2013

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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Bruno Mars temporarily knocks Lee Brice out of the top spot. How long will it last………………
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Worst Videos for the week of March 31, 2013

1. When I Was Your Man—Bruno Mars
2. I Drive Your Truck—Lee Brice
3. Stay—Rihanna with Mikky Echo
4. Hold On—Alabama Shakes
5. Downtown—Lady Antebellum
6. Two Black Cadillacs—Carrie Underwood
7. A New Life—Jim James
8. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
9. Just Give Me a Reason—P!nk with Nate Ruess of fun.
10. Feel This Moment—Pitbull and Christina Aguillera

1) “When I Was Your Man”—OK. I was trying to go easy on this one but when it hits #1 on VH1, it deserves what it gets. It’s a boring song with an unimaginative video. What do people see in Bruno Mars because I’m not getting it…………..
2) “I Drive Your Truck”—I didn’t think anything else could knock Lee Brice out of the top spot, but I had to defer to Bruno Mars this week………………
3) “Stay”—Let’s keep the boring coming with Rihanna and Mikky Echo. I found out this week that Mikky Echo is a stage name. Wow. I am so surprised…………….
4) “Hold On”—Yeah. Hold on Alabama Shakes. Don’t go too far just yet…………
5) “Downtown”—Apparently, “Downtown” is one place that I don’t want Lady A to take me…………………………
6) “Two Black Cadillacs”—I just know that Carrie Underwood is going to hang around and torture me for several more weeks, if not months…………..
7) “A New Life”—I really like this Jim James (from My Morning Jacket fame) song. In fact, I thought he did an astoundingly great live performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and it appears on one of my faves lists. But this video is a symbolic hot mess…………
8) “Better Dig Two”—I do like The Band Perry’s Rock & Roll attitude on this one, so I dropped it a couple of notches…………………..
9) “Just Give Me a Reason”—I can give P!nk and Nate Ruess several to get off this list……..
10) “Feel This Moment”–I really hate what Pitbull has done with A-Ha’s “Take on Me.” Sometimes an idea works and sometimes it doesn’t. Throw this one in the failed pile…………..
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