“Q” Bombs: March 17, 2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by PhilMaq

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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Worst Videos for the week of March 17, 2013

1. I Drive Your Truck—Lee Brice
2. Stay—Rihanna with Mikky Echo
3. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
4. When I Was Your Man—Bruno Mars
5. Hold On—Alabama Shakes
6. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
7. Two Black Cadillacs—Carrie Underwood
8. 1994—Jason Aldean on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
9. Downtown—Lady Antebellum
10. If I Lose Myself—One Republic
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, March 10, 2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of March 10, 2013

1. Merry Go Round—Kacey Musgraves
2. Be My Baby—Hey Ocean!
3. Beatles Mix—DJ_Hartz
4. Mr. Cabdriver—Lenny Kravitz
5. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
6. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
7. Midnight Creeper—Kevin Selfe
8. Time Machine—Rock N Roll Monkey & The Robots
9. Ain’t Got Time for Love—The Starlight Drifters
10. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, March 10, 2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of March 10, 2013

1. Merry Go ‘Round—Kacey Musgraves
2. Daylight (Playing for Change)—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
3. Next to Me—Emile Sande’
4. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
5. Tornado—Little Big Town
6. Tip It On Back—Dierks Bentley
7. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
8. Pirate Flag—Kenney Chesney
9. Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)—Gary Allan
10. Justin Timberlake on Saturday Night Live

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“Human Touch”–My Favorite Bruce Springsteen Video!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by PhilMaq

Bruce Springsteen has always been known for his live performances and intentionally stayed away from industry videos for several years of his career. In 1992, the musical landscape was changing, The E Street Band had split up, and Bruce found himself in uncharted territory.

So he put together a video and song that was longer than everybody else out there just to make sure that everyone got their money’s worth. And boy did they get it!

What he put out was a song with lyrics that work on different levels and a video of “The Boss” in prime physical shape! The extended searing guitar solo at the end of the song is well worth the time you put into the song. This is my favorite Springsteen studio video!

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“Q” Bombs: March 10, 2013

Posted on March 17, 2013 by PhilMaq

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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Worst Videos for the week of March 10, 2013

1. I Drive Your Truck—Lee Brice
2. Stay—Rihanna with Mikky Echo
3. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
4. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
5. When I Was Your Man—Bruno Mars
6. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
7. Two Black Cadillacs—Carrie Underwood
8. If I Didn’t Have You—Thompson Square
9. If I Lose Myself—One Republic
10. Hold On—Alabama Shakes
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, March 3, 2013

Posted on March 17, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of March 3, 2013

1. Beatles Mix—DJ_Hartz
2. Be My Baby—Hey Ocean!
3. Merry Go Round—Kacey Musgraves
4. Mr. Cabdriver—Lenny Kravitz
5. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
6. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
7. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
8. How Country Feels—Randy Houser
9. Lady Madonna—Roy Scoutz
10. Wild Weekend—Professor Harp
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, March 3, 2013

Posted on March 17, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of March 3, 2013

1. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
2. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
3. Tornado—Little Big Town
4. Overjoyed—Matchbox 20
5. A New Life—Jim James on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
6. Daylight (Playing for Change)—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
7. Little Talks—Of Monsters & Men
8. Tip It On Back—Dierks Bentley
9. Next to Me—Emile Sande’
10. Merry Go ‘Round—Kacey Musgraves

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“Q” Bombs: March 3, 2013

Posted on March 10, 2013 by PhilMaq

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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Worst Videos for the week of March 3, 2013

1. Thrift Shop—Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
2. The Only Way I Know—Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, & Eric Church from 2012 CMA Awards
3. Scream and Shout—Will.I.Am and Britney Spears
4. Better Dig Two—The Band Perry
5. Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
6. One of These Nights—Tim McGraw
7. Two Black Cadillacs—Carrie Underwood
8. When I Was Your Man—Bruno Mars
9. I Drive Your Truck—Lee Brice
10. If I Didn’t Have You—Thompson Square
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Phil’s Faves:Songs, February 24, 2013

Posted on March 10, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of February 24, 2013

1. Be My Baby—Hey Ocean!
2. Merry Go Round—Kacey Musgraves
3. Tip It on Back—Dierks Bentley
4. Love Addict—Jessica Dayle
5. You Don’t Know Me—Ray Charles
6. Beatles Mix—DJ_Hartz
7. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
8. How Country Feels—Randy Houser
9. A Rockin’ Good Way—Brook Benton & Sarah Vaughan
10. Wild Weekend—Professor Harp
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, February 24, 2013

Posted on March 10, 2013 by PhilMaq

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of February 24, 2013

1. Begin Again—Taylor Swift
2. I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
3. Tornado—Little Big Town
4. Overjoyed—Matchbox 20
5. A New Life—Jim James on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
6. Daylight (Playing for Change)—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
7. Little Talks—Of Monsters & Men
8. Tip It On Back—Dierks Bentley
9. Next to Me—Emile Sande’
10. Merry Go ‘Round—Kacey Musgraves

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