“Q” Bombs: September 4, 2011

Posted on September 4, 2011 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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Although cosmic forces mentally smacked me around again by having “Dirt Road Anthem” rebound to return as the #1 video on the CMT Top 20 Video Countdown Homeboy, for an eighth week, I am happy to report that with “Homeboy” by Eric Church falling off of the countdown, I found it difficult to replace it on the “Q”bomb list. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t a lot of bad videos and songs out there, they just appear to be more of a mediocre variety. Of course, that’s a whole different issue.

Worst Videos for the week of September 4 , 2011

1. Skyscraper—Demi Lovato
2. Dirt Road Anthem—Jason Aldean
3. I Love You This Big-Scott McCreery
4. If I Die Young-The Band Perry
5. Not Over You—Gavin DeGraw
6. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
7. Country Girl (Shake It for Me)-Luke Bryan
8. Good Life-One Republic
9. You and I-Lady Gaga
10. Stereo Hearts-Gym Class Heroes with Adam Levine

1. “Skyscraper”—Welcome to the top of the trash heap! This video hit #1 on The VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown this week so it gets top “Q” Bomb honors. I saw Demi do a live version of this song this week and it wasn’t any better.
2. “Dirt Road Anthem”—#1 on The CMT Top 20 Video Countdown…..AGAIN!!!!! I never thought I would have to resort to this but….DOUBLE INFINITY ODWITS!!!!!!!!!
3. “I Love You This Big”—Yay! It dropped a notch this week! Honestly, couldn’t anybody else beat this guy on American Idol!!????
4. “If I Die Young”–The only reason this video isn’t ahead of Scott McCreery’s is because no matter how much I don’t like the song or the video, I have to admit that Kimberly Perry is pretty easy on the eyes. But didn’t she used to be Meg Ryan?
5. “Not Over You”—Not going any higher yet. I’ll take that as a good sign.
6. “Remind Me”—Same thing. Holding steady is a good thing.
7. “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)—Still hanging in the Top 10. I still can’t believe that people like this atrocious video and song. It has zero sex appeal and the fake documentary style can’t give it any appearance of substance.
8. “Good Life”—Still falling! Maybe it is a “good life.”
9. “You and I”—I’m still not sure about this one. I can tell you that the song hasn’t hooked me yet.
10. “Stereo Hearts”—A tough choice for this list. That can change.

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Phil’s Faves: songs, August 28, 2011

Posted on September 2, 2011 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.

Top Ten Songs for the Week of August 28, 2011

1. Brighter Than the Sun-Colbie Caillat
2. Am I the Only One-Dierks Bentley
3. I Wanna Go-Britney Spears
4. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall-Coldplay
5. Mean-Taylor Swift
6. Brown Eyed Handsome Man-Paul McCartney
7. Honey Bee-Blake Shelton
8. Letting Go-Suzy Bogguss
9. Best Thing I Never Had-Beyonce
10. Sparks Fly-Taylor Swift

1) “Brighter Than the Sun”–-A big “simbie” for me right now! However, this one looks like a “bear song.”
2) “Am I the Only One” —Still good, but Dierks ran into the Colbie lawnmower.
3) “I Wanna Go” —The repetition in the song just keeps on working! That whistling helps a lot, too!
4) “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” —This is not that good, but there’s no competition right now to knock it off.
5) “Mean” —Might be the last week for this one.
6) “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” —A Cajun flavored Buddy Holly cover from Run Devil Run that just sounded GREAT this week.
7) “Honey Bee” —Nothing out there to keep this from popping back onto my list. This must really be the “dog days of summer.”
8) “Letting Go” —A song I haven’t heard in years that, I swear, can still make me cry every time I hear it.
9) “Best Thing I never Had” —Welcome back!
10) “Sparks Fly” —I think this is one that will grow on me, but I smell a “bear!”
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, August 28, 2011

Posted on September 2, 2011 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.

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.

Top 10 Videos for the week of August 28, 2011

1. I Wanna Go-Britney Spears
2. Am I the Only One-Dierks Bentley
3. Best Thing I Never Had-Beyonce
4. Brighter Than the Sun-Colbie Caillat
5. Honey Bee-Blake Shelton
6. Mean-Taylor Swift
7. Take It Off-Joe Nichols
8. Different—Ximena Sarinana
9. Holdin’ on to Black Metal-My Morning Jacket
10. Sparks Fly—Taylor Swift

1) “I Wanna Go” —A good song and Britney looks great in the video!
2) “Am I the Only One” —A favorite summer video of mine hangs on!
3) “Best Thing I Never Had” —I wonder if this video had anything to do with the baby bump?
4) “Brighter Than the Sun”—Can anyone say “heavy rotation!”
5) “Honey Bee” —Still a “sweet” little video!
6) “Mean” —Probably the last week for this second best video of this summer!
7) “Take It Off” —Yeah! The return of this hot little video!
8) “Different”–A catchy song with a cute video!
9) “Holdin’ on to Black Metal”—Wow! The reason why bands make videos!
10)”Sparks Fly”—A concert video recap with a good song!

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“Q” Bombs: August 28, 2011

Posted on August 28, 2011 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.

Worst Videos for the week of August 28, 2011

1. If I Die Young-The Band Perry
2. I Love You This Big-Scott McCreery
3. Dirt Road Anthem—Jason Aldean
4. Skyscraper—Demi Lovato
5. Not Over You—Gavin DeGraw
6. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
7. Good Life-One Republic
8. Homeboy—Eric Church
9. You and I-Lady Gaga
10. Country Girl (Shake It for Me)-Luke Bryan

1. “If I Die Young”–Come on! #1 on VH1 Top 20 Countdown??!! This was on the CMT list for almost a year and never made it to #1! My blog about country crossovers gets proven again—unfortunately.
2. “I Love You This Big” —#1 on the CMT Top 20 Countdown??!! If I Die Young #1 on VH1??!! Definite signs of the coming apocalypse!!!! INFINITE ODWITS!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. “Dirt Road Anthem” —Finally, some good news! No longer #1… and the downward slide begins.
4. “Skyscraper” —I thought this might be my bomb for the week, but my attention was diverted to other lousy videos.
5. “Not Over You” —Still wearin’ the same hat, dude?
6. “Remind Me” —All right! More good news! This one is already starting to fall on CMT. I don’t know. Maybe it’s me. It just makes so much sense for Carrie to wear those heels crossing that salt flat!
7. “Good Life” –No longer #1 on VH1. My migraine is beginning to ease a bit.
8. “Homeboy” —Even the title isn’t spelled correctly! It should be “Home Boy.”
9. “You and I” —Visually interesting but way too freaky—so far.
10. “Country Girl (Shake It for Me) —It’s baaaack! Like a bad penny!

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Phil’s Faves: Songs August 21, 2011

Posted on August 23, 2011 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.

Top Ten Songs for the Week of August 21, 2011

1. Am I the Only One-Dierks Bentley
2. I Wanna Go-Britney Spears
3. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall-Coldplay
4. Red Light Love-Those Darlins
5. Pumped Up Kicks-Foster The People
6. Mean-Taylor Swift
7. Brighter Than the Sun-Colbie Caillat
8. I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried-Rodney Crowell
9. I’m a Lonesome Fugitive-Dave Alvin
10. Cheese and Onions-The Rutles

1) “Am I the Only One” —It took most of the summer, but it finally got to me!
2) “I Wanna Go” ——If Britney wants to ‘go,’ who’s gonna stop her?!
3) “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” —I think this is actually a bear song. There’s nothing to it, but it’s just so darn catchy!
4) “Red Light Love” —The song sticks in your head without Yo Gabba Gabba!
5) “Pumped Up Kicks” —A lot of empty space… and that includes the lyrics which I’ve now begun to decipher.
6) “Mean” —There’s nothing yet to knock out this simple but effective song!
7) “Brighter Than the Sun”–The most handclaps (a very effective hook for me) I’ve heard on a song in a long time!
8) “I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried”—I went on a cross country drive this week and this one was incredible to hear again!
9) “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive”—Same reason as #8. Why can’t they just let him settle down?!
10) “Cheese and Onions”—A parody of The Beatles “A Day in the Life” that was done far better than it should have been! Long live The Rutles!

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Phil’ Faves: Videos August 21, 2011

Posted on August 22, 2011 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.

Top 10 Videos for the week of August 21, 2011

1. Am I the Only One-Dierks Bentley
2. Best Thing I Never Had-Beyonce
3. I Wanna Go-Britney Spears
4. Honey Bee-Blake Shelton
5. Mean-Taylor Swift
6. The Edge of Glory-Lady Gaga
7. Love Done Gone–Billy Currington
8. Hey Mama—Mat Kearney
9. Brighter Than the Sun-Colbie Caillat
10. Different—Ximena Sarinana

1) “Am I the Only One” —A sly tongue-in cheek video that grows on you!
2) “Best Thing I Never Had” —I am sure that this video will stay on my list as long as they keep showing it!
3) “I Wanna Go” —If Britney wants to ‘go,’ who’s gonna stop her?!
4) “Honey Bee” —The reaction shots still look cute!
5) “Mean” —I still like that flapper look!
6) “The Edge of Glory” —The video is not as good as the song, but it’s good enough !
7) “Love Done Gone”—A catchy song with a nice New Orleans feel to the video!
8) “Hey Mama”—I might like this video only because of Matt’s explanation of the song’s origins on how he met his girlfriend!
9) “Brighter Than the Sun”—Colbie really ‘shines’ in this perky little video!
10) “Different”—A very cute summer video (finally!) that contains a nice homage to famed director-choreographer Busby Berkeley!

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“Q” Bombs: August 21, 2011

Posted on August 22, 2011 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.

Worst Videos for the week of August 21, 2011

1. Dirt Road Anthem—Jason Aldean
2. Good Life-One Republic
3. If I Die Young-The Band Perry
4. Skyscraper—Demi Lovato
5. Not Over You—Gavin DeGraw
6. Remind Me—Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
7. I’m Into You-Jennifer Lopez
8. Homeboy—Eric Church
9. I Love You This Big-Scott McCreery
10. Don’t Wanna Go Home-Jason Derulo

1. “Dirt Road Anthem”—Seven weeks in a row at the top on CMT?!! Triple ODWITS!!!
2. “Good Life”–#1 again on VH1? Aaaaaaargh!!!!
3. “If I Die Young”–#2 on VH1–in an alternate universe!
4. “Skyscraper”—Still climbing. Good for Demi, bad for us.
5. “Not Over You”—You lose points for that hat, too, dude!
6. “Remind Me”—Apparently, I’m going to be reminded every week for the near future how bad this video is.
7. “I’m Into You”—Flat out boring.
8. “Homeboy”—Even the title isn’t spelled correctly!
9. “I Love You This Big”—Seriously, who did this guy beat on American Idol?
10. “Don’t Wanna Go Home”—Ah…..Almost gone. I almost feel better until I look at the list of loser replacement videos.

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Phil’s Faves: Songs

Posted on August 15, 2011 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.

 Top Ten Songs for the Week of August 14, 2011

1. Ballroom Dancing-Paul McCartney
2. Pumped Up Kicks-Foster The People
3. Today Is Your Day-Shania Twain
4. Am I the Only One-Dierks Bentley
5. I Wanna Go-Britney Spears
6. Mean-Taylor Swift
7. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall-Coldplay
8. Red Light Love-Those Darlins
9. Can’t Keep Johnny Down-They Might Be Giants
10. Hippy’s Cha Cha Hips-Soupy Sales

1) “Ballroom Dancing” —A forgotten album track with a lot of energy!
2) “Pumped Up Kicks” —A lot of empty space leaves room for the bass hook!
3) “Today Is Your Day” —A song that I feel stronger about every time I hear it!
4) “Am I the Only One” —“Come on, come on/Get your good time on!”
5) “I Wanna Go” —One of the catchiest songs Britney’s ever done!
6) “Mean” —A well deserving “simbie!”
7) “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” —I can’t wait for the album to come out!
8) “Red Light Love” —Yo Gabba Gabba knows how to pick good songs!
9) “Can’t Keep Johnny Down” —First track on their new album is melodic!
10 “Hippy’s Cha Cha Hips” —A pristine transfer of a playful children’s song that is too funny for this now deceased funny man! Thank you Rhino Handmade!

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Phil’s Faves: Videos

Posted on August 15, 2011 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.

Top 10 Videos for the week of August 14, 2011

1. Best Thing I Never Had-Beyonce
2. Honey Bee-Blake Shelton
3. Am I the Only One-Dierks Bentley
4. Today Is Your Day-Shania Twain
5. Mean-Taylor Swift
6. The Edge of Glory-Lady Gaga
7. Stand-Lenny Kravitz
8. I Wanna Go-Britney Spears
9. Take It Off-Joe Nichols
10. Amen-Eden’s Edge

1) “Best Thing I Never Had” —The prom snippets are both funny and sad at the same time!
2) “Honey Bee” —The best he’s done so far!
3) “Am I the Only One” —I’m not sure what a “Country cutie with a Rock N Roll booty is”…Well, maybe I do……………………………..
4) “Today Is Your Day” —I like the scenes with her family, too!
5) “Mean” —A solid video still hanging on!
6) “The Edge of Glory” —As far as I’m concerned, as long as this video gets played, Clarence Clemons still lives!
7) “Stand” —Sometimes all you need is just a basic rock beat on a snare drum!
8) “I Wanna Go” —I still like it even if I haven’t been listing it!
9) “Take It Off” —Now that’s how you make a sexy sexist video! Luke Bryan, please take notice!
10) “Amen” —A cute realistic looking video!

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“Q” Bombs: August 14, 2011

Posted on August 15, 2011 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.

 Worst Videos for the week of August 14, 2011

1. Dirt Road Anthem-Jason Aldean
2. Good Life-One Republic
3. Country Girl (Shake It for Me)-Luke Bryan
4. If I Die Young-The Band Perry
5. Sykscraper-Demi Lovato
6. Homeboy-Eric Church
7. Don’t Wanna Go Home-Jason Derulo
8. Remind Me-Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
9. I’m Into You-Jennifer Lopez
10. The Lazy Song-Bruno Mars

1) “Dirt Road Anthem” —Six weeks at the top of the CMT Top 20 Countdown?
DOUBLE ODWITS!!!!
2) “Good Life” —A whistling hook distracts the listener from a really boring song!
3) “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” —This pseudo documentary doesn’t deliver the sexiness.
4) “If I Die Young”—When will this song die?!!!! Why is boring so popular today?
5) “Skyscraper” —I know Demi has had issues but this video doesn’t help.
6) “Homeboy” —Well meaning video that seems very forced.
7) “Don’t Wanna Go Home” —Sometimes you can go home again. I’m just sayin’……
8. “Remind Me” —Brad is guilty by association with Carrie.
9) “I’m Into You” —Pretty tame for Jennifer.
10. “The Lazy Song” —Maybe one more week and this one will be gone!

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