Phil’s Faves:Songs, September 23, 2012

Posted on October 13, 2012 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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Seasons have changed but Jessica Dayle’s “Summertime” refuses to leave as it stays on top for a ninth straight week! Three songs about peace for the International Day of Peace make an appearance to round out other great songs!
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of September 23, 2012

1. Summertime—Jessica Dayle
2. Maybe I’ll Fly—Barbara Lynn Doran
3. Oh Love—Green Day
4. My Bet’s I’m a Fool—Jessica Dayle
5. She’s So Mean—Matchbox 20
6. Time Is Love—Josh Turner
7. Pontoon—Little Big Town
8. Give God the Blues—Shawn Mullins
9. For Pete’s Sake—The Monkees
10. Peace, Salaam, Shalom—The Chants for Peace Project featuring Rhonda Bantsimba and Jeanne Mackey

1) “Summertime”—Seasons have changed but neither fall nor winter is going to keep Jessica Dayle from enjoying her “summertime.” In the coda, the chord changes also give the song a warm feeling. Once again, it’s another musical hug! In this segment, Jessica sings: “When winter winds blow we’ll cuddle up with the memory/Of summertime my babes and me.” So “summertime” can last all year long in Jessica’s world. I really like that!
2) “Maybe I’ll Fly”—Barbara Lynn Doran may be flying as high as she’s going to get here, but the sky’s the limit for her with songs like this one!
3) “Oh Love”—Oh, yeah! Green Day keeps moving up!
4) “My Bet’s I’m a Fool”—I personally wouldn’t bet against Jessica Dayle so I see no reason why she would bet against herself. On the other hand, you’ll probably win that bet only one time. She has her own style of retribution…and you’re not going to like it. The song, on the other hand, is a winning bet with a big payoff! Check it out!
5) “She’s So Mean”—I wonder if this song is a true story. Regardless, it’s a good subject for a rockin’ song!
6) “Time Is Love”—Josh Turner is really starting to get under my skin. It’s catchier than I thought!
7) “Pontoon”—It’s about time to put Little Big Town’s boat into storage for the winter…..
8) “Give God the Blues”—Shawn Mullins puts out a smoldering slow blues number about the problem of religion and fanatics told from an angle of sympathy for God. There are many great lines in the song about how so much is done in God’s name, but usually for the wrong reasons, so it “gives God the blues.” I think this is one of the best songs of the year—especially, lyrically!
9) “For Pete’s Sake”—The Monkees put out a few “peace and love” songs and this is one of them. I’m not sure if the title references Peter Tork or is just a cliché to say it’s so obvious that we should just all get along by loving each other. Taken from their “Headquarters” album, Mickey Dolenz does a nice job on lead vocals and there’s some really good organ bits! The song is way too short—just like the movement that it came from………
10) “Peace, Salaam, Shalom”—Jeanne Mackey helped put out a collection of chants about peace and love called “Home to the River of Love” by the Chants for Peace Project—a group of 22 singers and instrumentalists. This particular chant is about peace sung in English, Arabic, & Hebrew, and features extremely spirited vocals by Rhonda Bantsimba as well as Jeanne Mackey. It’s sung as if their group could bring peace to the world just by themselves alone. But they can’t and need more help. This is their gift to everyone else to do their share!
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, September 23, 2012

Posted on October 12, 2012 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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Maroon 5 and Adam Levine punch their way to the top spot, but competition looks kind of weak right now as two artists, Little Big Town and Taylor Swift have two entries apiece (?) on the list!
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of September 23, 2012

1. One More Night—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
2. Piece of My Heart—Faith Hill on CMA Music Festival 2012
3. Ronan—Taylor Swift for Cancer Benefit
4. Pontoon—Little Big Town
5. Lovin’ You Is Fun—Easton Corbin
6. She’s So Mean—Matchbox 20
7. Born This Way—Little Big Town
8. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye—Train
9. Come Over—Kenny Chesney
10. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together—Taylor Swift

1) “One More Night”—Adam Levine loses and wins at the same time. I wish the song were as good as the video, but the video is GREAT!
2) “Piece of My Heart”—Faith Hill recently appeared on an ABC CMA Music Festival. This is usually broadcast around the beginning of the school year. Faith—looking better than she did twenty years ago while rocking a sweater and skin tight jeans, and sounding just as good, floored me with a version of her first hit, “Piece of My Heart!” I forgot she even did this song. But instead of the familiar country sound, Faith gave it the full Janis Joplin treatment—even getting down on her knees! It reminded me—and the goosebumps I got were the proof — just how good she really is! WOW!
3) “Ronan”—One more sad week with Taylor Swift. You can find the video elsewhere on my website.
4) “Pontoon”—Finally, after many months, Little Big Town reaches number one on CMT! It’s about time everybody else caught up to me!
5) “Lovin’ You Is Fun”—Easton Corbin is catching on, but it’s not a ball of fire at the moment. It should have caught on three or four months ago……………..
6) “She’s So Mean”—Matchbox 20 moves up again in spite of the fact that it looks like Rob Thomas is wearing green eye shadow…………………..
7) “Born This Way”—Little Big Town seem to be currently riding a “pontoon wave” where they can’t do anything wrong. They turned in a country bluegrass version of a Lady Gaga cover that was really sharp at a CMT performance!
8) “50 Ways to Say Goodbye”—Maybe Train decided to hang around a little bit longer. That’s OK with me for this video!
9) “Come Over”—Kenny’s almost off the list, but I think that this is one of his better songs and videos!
10) “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”—Probably the last good thing I can say about Taylor Swift’s video for her single from her upcoming “Red” album, is all of the musicians in their animal outfits as everyone jumps up and says “Whee-eeeeeeeee” to start the chorus. “Never Ever” is a very weak initial single in my opinion. I think it’s a “bear” song and only sold well because she has so many fans and hadn’t released anything new in a while. It’s the equivalent of The Beatles’ “Lady Madonna.”
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“Q” Bombs: September 23, 2012

Posted on October 8, 2012 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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Rascal Flatts stays on top for another week. I don’t think they’re going to hang around like they normally would because their video keeps hanging around in the lower teens on CMT………………..
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Worst Videos for the week of September 23, 2012

1. Come Wake Me Up—Rascal Flatts
2. Cowboys and Angels—Dustin Lynch
3. Blown Away—Carrie Underwood
4. Oh Love—Green Day
5. As Long As You Love Me—Justin Bieber and Big Sean
6. Wanted You More—Lady Antebellum
7. Too Close—Alex Clare
8. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
9. Titanium—David Guetta with Sia
10. Good Time—Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen

1) “Come Wake Me Up”—Yes, Rascal Flatts have made another snoozer of a video. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………
2) “Cowboys and Angels”—The longer Dustin Lynch’s video hangs around, the less I appreciate his song…………………..
3) “Blown Away”—Carrie Underwood has way too many fans to “blow away” her bad video…………………………
4) “Oh Love”—Apparently there are a couple more “unedited” versions of Green Day’s latest video. I don’t think anything could possibly help the video, so I’m not concerned with hunting them down……………….
5) “As Long As You Love Me”—Justin Bieber looks like he may have peaked on VH1. Yay!!!
6) “Wanted You More”—Such a bad video for a decent song. This is sometimes why I don’t like videos because downer songs are hard to translate to a different medium……………..
7) “Too Close”—Alex Clare is starting to move “too close” to the top ten on VH1………
8) “Ho Hey”—The Lumineers leveled off on VH1 this week. Maybe there’s some hope they’ll start to drop…………..
9) “Titanium”—Yawn………………………………………
10) “Good Time”—Yeah, I know it may be too soon to throw a “Q” bomb at Carly Rae Jepsen after her monster hit….so I’ll throw it at Owl City since they headline the video. I mean, Carly Rae Jepsen does her thing being all cutesy and bubbly which is what she’s there for. The chorus sounds like it was pulled from a combination of Carly Rae’s own “Call Me Maybe” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurls.” It just seems way too derivative and familiar.
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, September 16, 2012

Posted on October 4, 2012 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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There’s an all Canadian top three and Jessica Dayle’s “Summertime” rules for an eighth straight week!
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of September 16, 2012

1. Summertime—Jessica Dayle
2. Maybe I’ll Fly—Barbara Lynn Doran
3. My Bet’s I’m a Fool—Jessica Dayle
4. Here Comes the Sun—Yuna
5. Pontoon—Little Big Town
6. Oh Love—Green Day
7. Ain’t Misbehavin’—Suzy Bogguss and Verlon Thompson
8. If These Old Walls Could Speak—Nanci Griffith and Jimmy Webb
9. She’s So Mean—Matchbox 20
10. Time Is Love—Josh Turner

1) “Summertime”—Probably the hook that grabbed me the most the first time I heard Jessica Dayle’s song is the chorus, Summertime, my babes, and me. Now, I rarely hear the word “babe” in a song. It’s almost always “baby.” Sheeeeeeeeessssssssssshhhhhhhhh.
I absolutely never hear the word “babes” in a song—especially sung by a woman. I have no idea who these “babes” are, but if there’s “babes” involved, I am so there—at the least just to find out what’s happening! 😉
2) “Maybe I’ll Fly”—Barbara Lynn Doran is ready to “take flight.” If this song is any indication of future songs from her, you’d better get a ticket for the ride because it’s gonna be a good one!
3) “My Bet’s I’m a Fool”—One thing that you learn on Jessica Dayle’s song is that you better not cross her because she has her own way of getting even. It makes for a great song, though!
4) “Here Comes the Sun”—I’m still liking Yuna’s take on The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun!” It’s a very positive listening experience!
5) “Pontoon”—Little Big Town are still riding high, but the time is gonna come when they’re going to have to head into port…………….
6) “Oh Love”—This must be the longest single Green Day has ever put out clocking in at over five minutes, but it never feels that long. The mid-tempo rocker just pulls you along for the ride!
7) “Ain’t Misbehavin”—This is a pleasant instrumental gem from Suzy Bogguss accompanied by Verlon Thompson on the familiar standard. You can find it on a compilation album featuring Taylor guitars entitled, “Sounds of Wood and Steel, Vol.3.” It’s interesting to hear the song without a vocal, but I can only imagine what Suzy might sound like singing this one!
8) “If These Old Walls Could Speak”—Jimmy Webb wrote an incredible song about a couple who still love each other but for some reason can’t find the words to get out of the situation they’re in—probably because of pride. The walls, however, know the true history of their love for one another, but, of course, they can’t say it to them. A truly aching song where the listener becomes the walls, and you wish that you could put the pair back together. Nanci Griffith, with mostly piano accompaniment, interprets this beautiful song perfectly!
9) “She’s So Mean”—I’ve liked Matchbox 20’s song for a couple of months now, but this is the first time I’ve been able to get it on my songs list. Straight up rock usually can’t be beat!
10) “Time Is Love”—I’ve always liked Josh Turner. It’s difficult not to like a guy who makes good music and has a man’s sized voice to throw into the mix. “Time Is Love” isn’t his best, but it keeps growing on me!
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Phil’s Faves, Videos: September 16, 2012

Posted on October 4, 2012 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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Taylor Swift makes a surprise visit to the top with a tender, touching charity performance!
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of September 16, 2012

1. Ronan—Taylor Swift for Cancer Benefit
2. One More Night—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
3. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye—Train
4. Pontoon—Little Big Town
5. Lovin’ You Is Fun—Easton Corbin
6. Come Over—Kenny Chesney
7. She’s So Mean—Matchbox 20
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together—Taylor Swift
9. That’s Why I Pray—Big & Rich
10. The Wind—Zac Brown Band

1) “Ronan”—Taylor Swift sang a beautiful heart wrenching song on a Cancer Benefit show! I haven’t felt so sad after a song since I heard Coldplay do “Fix You” at a Hurricane Katrina special…………
2) “One More Night”—I am still fascinated by Adam Levine as a boxer, literally fighting for his son and his woman, who at the same time is packing everything up to move out. Talk about the agony of…victory……………
3) “50 Ways to Say Goodbye”—I don’t think I have to come up with 50 ways to say goodbye to Train…………
4) “Pontoon”—Little Big Town moves up again on CMT, and they now have their first official #1 song! Who told you about it first? Yeah. That’s right. Phil Maq Daddy! 😉
5) “Lovin’ You Is Fun”—If I didn’t say it before, I’ll say it now. Corbin Easton looks like he’s having a lot of fun in the video and that sells the song!
6) “Come Over”—Well, you didn’t think it was going to last forever, now, did you Kenny…………..
7) “She’s So Mean”—I guess I’m not actually that tired of Matchbox 20’s video…………………
8) “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”—And I don’t think Taylor Swift’s video is never ever going to be #1 on my list…………….
9) “That’s Why I Pray”—I put Big & Rich’s video back on my list because there is a part of the song that says, Some stupid video posted as a joke/Somebody’s life gets ruined which to me, relates right back to the attacks on U.S. Embassies around the world. Sure, there’s freedom of speech, but sometimes that can cost innocent people their lives.
10) “The Wind”—Zac Brown Band may be hanging around until that autumn frontal passage blows through………………… QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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“Q” Bombs: September 16, 2012

Posted on October 4, 2012 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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Rascal Flatts stays on top for another week, but two new annoyances enter the chart………..
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Worst Videos for the week of September 16, 2012

1. Come Wake Me Up—Rascal Flatts
2. Cowboys and Angels—Dustin Lynch
3. Blown Away—Carrie Underwood
4. As Long As You Love Me—Justin Bieber and Big Sean
5. Oh Love—Green Day
6. Wanted You More—Lady Antebellum
7. Ho Hey—The Lumineers
8. Too Close—Alex Clare
9. Titanium—David Guetta with Sia
10. Let’s Go—Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo

1) “Come Wake Me Up”—Did the guy in the video wake up in time? No. If he did he would have prevented Rascal Flatts from making the video…………….
2) “Cowboys and Angels”—Oh, come on now. I’m getting tired of writing things for this video……………………
3) “Blown Away”—It looks like Carrie Underwood is going to have another monster video that is going to stay on the list for weeks and months, but I can’t wait until it gets “blown away………………..”
4) “As Long As You Love Me”—Justin, if you loved me, you would make your video go away…………
5) “Oh Love”—Is that actually a pejorative for Green Day’s video………………..
6) “Wanted You More”—I’ve grown used to Lady Antebellum’s song, but the video has to go…………………..
7) “Ho Hey”—The Lumineers moved up quite a bit this week on Vh1, so instead of dropping off, it has now moved up the trash list………………..
8) “Too Close”—Alex Clare places his first “bomb” on the list as he takes his place as the male equivalent of Adele…………………….
9) “Titanium”—David Guetta and Sia make a return appearance in a video about a high school girl with supernatural powers. Really? If she had super powers, the video would have been good………………….
10) “Let’s Go”—Another drop for Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo. Now, don’t anybody stop them if they should decide to head for the exit……………
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, September 9, 2012

Posted on September 29, 2012 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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Green Day is now on a good list and a bad one. That’s not easy to do! But Jessica Dayle has been placed in the odd position of being in competition with herself, and her singer friend is closing in on the top spot. It’s a good place to be as “Summertime” rules for a seventh week!
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of September 9, 2012

1. Summertime—Jessica Dayle
2. Maybe I’ll Fly—Barbara Lynn Doran
3. Pontoon—Little Big Town
4. My Bet’s I’m a Fool—Jessica Dayle
5. Tight Shoes—George Bedard (Original Single Version)
6. I Heard the Bluebirds Sing—The Browns
7. Here Comes the Sun—Yuna
8. Oh Love—Green Day
9. (Kissed You) Good Night—Gloriana
10. Over—Blake Shelton

1) “Summertime”—Jessica Dayle sweetly sings to her boyfriend that I’m wearin’ my favorite dress/You waited all winter to see. Man, that must be some dress! Just another one of the many reasons to like “Summertime!”
2) “Maybe I’ll Fly”—Barbara Lynn Doran’s song on its own is just great! That smoking hot guitar solo in the middle makes it even better!
3) “Pontoon”—Some big old speedboat cut in front of Lille Big Town and they had to slow down after being caught in its wake……………
4) “My Bet’s I’m a Fool”—I have used a variation of the advice that Jessica Dayle’s mother gives her about staying out late. I always told my children that, “When you’re out, nothing good ever happens after midnight.” Jessica’s quotes her mother as saying that there’s no respectable place to go after midnight. I wholeheartedly agree! Jessica does a great job and The Magnolia Buckskins on back-up vocals give her the right amount of female support as they throw away the validity of the boyfriend’s excuses!
5) “Tight Shoes”—Those shoes should be feeling pretty comfortable by now, since George himself has described the song as the one he’s probably played the most over the course of his career……..
6) “I Heard the Bluebirds Sing”—Earlier this year, I went through withdrawal symptoms for this song made famous by The Browns, a country singing group from the fifties and sixties. At the time, I couldn’t locate a copy of the original but I found a more than respectable replacement by Canadian singer, Tracey K. Houston, that wisely included Jim Ed Brown of The Browns, singing harmony with her. But my fix has been satisfied as I finally found a vinyl copy of the RCA single. It is everything I remember the song to be and then some as two singers describe a long time romance that sounds like it was pulled from a remote holler! Just sublime!
7) “Here Comes the Sun”—Yuna’s version of The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” was included on the soundtrack to “Savages,” which was released earlier this year. It has new age sensibilities with a little bit of Eastern psychedelic flavoring! It’s really enjoyable and one of the best covers of George Harrison’s song!
8) “Oh Love”—Green Day put out a lousy video for this song, but it still has all of the qualities that I like about Green Day’s music: a catchy simplistic melodic within a basic rock framework. They’re just toying with us because this is the kind of song they could do in their sleep. But it gets under your skin!
9) “(Kissed You)” Good Night”—I think this week is the “good night kiss” for Gloriana………….
10) “Over”—I keep thinking “it’s over” with Blake Shelton, but he keeps hanging around………………..
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Junior Senior: Move Your Feet!

Posted on September 27, 2012 by PhilMaq

Junior Senior: Move Your Feet

I like this dance song—which sounds like it was ripped from the 80’s, even though it’s from 2002! Using the 8 bit format was ingenious, since it was almost 20 years old and outdated when they made the video. And the squirrel just cracks me up!

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Phil’s Faves: Videos, September 9, 2012

Posted on September 27, 2012 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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Kenny Chesney arrives at the top of my faves list! Thanks for “comin’ over” Kenny…….
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of September 9, 2012

1. Come Over—Kenny Chesney
2. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye—Train
3. One More Night—Maroon 5 with Adam Levine
4. Takin’ Pills—The Pistol Annies
5. Pontoon—Little Big Town
6. Lovin’ You Is Fun—Easton Corbin
7. She’s So Mean—Matchbox 20
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together—Taylor Swift
9. The Wind—Zac Brown Band
10. Blow Me (One Last Kiss)—Pink

1) “Come Over”—I am not a big Kenny Chesney fan but I like this video and the song. There’s something—maybe even subliminal about that repetitious singing of Come over Come Over Come Over…!
2) “50 Ways to Say Goodbye”—Train doesn’t seem to be ready to say goodbye yet, and I’m OK with that. I mean how many videos have David Hasselhoff singing into an ear of corn?!
3) “One More Night”—I’m not sure that Adam Levine and Maroon 5 have enough stamina to take their video to the top, but I guess we’ll see…….
4) “Takin’ Pills”—All of a sudden I’m not seeing this video very often. That will not be good for The Pistol Annies…..
5) “Pontoon”—Wow! Little Big Town are moving up again on CMT! I’m really happy for them because I still watch “Pontoon” every time it comes on!
6) “Lovin’ You Is Fun”—Corbin Easton has another one of those fun summer videos! I hope it catches on……
7) “She’s So Mean”—I’m starting to lose interest in this Matchbox 20 video…………..
8) “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”—In spite of the fact that this is Taylor Swift’s first Billboard #1 song, I don’t think it’s very good and is probably a “bear” song from her upcoming release, “Red.” What I do like is the fact that it’s all done as a one take video. It took 18 tries, but I like the concept! I have to give her credit for that.
9) “The Wind”—Zac Brown and his band may be getting ready to say goodbye from my list, which is disappointing. I mean, how many years was “Colder Weather” on CMT’s countdown. It isn’t fair, but as much as I personally like the video, it may not have helped to promote the song had it been a “normal” video.
10) “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”—I know Pink’s video flew up VH1’s countdown chart, but I don’t think it’s one of her classic videos. The song definitely isn’t………..
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“Q” Bombs: September 9, 2012

Posted on September 27, 2012 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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Rascal Flatts moves into the top spot, but I don’t think it’ll be for long. Their video and song doesn’t seem to be going over in a positive way………………..
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Worst Videos for the week of September 9, 2012

1. Come Wake Me Up—Rascal Flatts
2. Cowboys and Angels—Dustin Lynch
3. Settle Down—No Doubt
4. As Long As You Love Me—Justin Bieber and Big Sean
5. Oh Love—Green Day
6. Wanted You More—Lady Antebellum
7. Blown Away—Carrie Underwood
8. Let’s Go—Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo
9. Miss Me—Andy Grammer
10. Ho Hey—The Lumineers

1) “Come Wake Me Up”—Rascal Flatts are in their own world of boring videos and wimpy songs that they created years ago. That’s what made a song and video like “Banjo” stick out. Maybe “Come Wake Me Up” was made for their loyal fan base, but it’s flat out boring to me……………..
2) “Cowboys and Angels”—Dustin, I’m counting on you for better things to come because I like cowboys and angels. You’re out of the worst spot for now……………………..
3) “Settle Down”— Last week, No Doubt cracked VH1’s Top 20. I was perplexed. This week it fell like a rock. Faith in my video watchers has been restored…………….
4) “As Long As You Love Me”—Yeah, Justin’s not doing anything for me. No surprise here………………………
5) “Oh Love”—I wish I could say something positive about Green Day’s new video…but I can’t. I don’t think they would be disappointed with that assessment……………
6) “Wanted You More”—There’s a colorful butterfly in Lady Antebellum’s video which is supposed to be the visual thread to bring some hope into the presentation. It doesn’t work…………..
7) “Blown Away”—Carrie Underwood returns to video form with her current offering. I give her credit for tackling the subject she chooses, but the melodramatic video does not work for me…………..
8) “Let’s Go”—Wow! A huge drop for Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo this week! Now it’s just a matter of time………………
9) “Miss Me”—I might just be having a reflex action to Andy Grammer’s video since I haven’t enjoyed any of his yet, but I kind of like the glow stick idea…….
10) “Ho Hey”—I guess mediocrity can have longevity…………………….. QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

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