For this July 4th edition of the Worst of Music, I think it’s only appropriate that we look at the continuously falling musical star of one of America’s former sweethearts. Britney Spears shot to fame in the late 90s as jailbait but hasn’t held onto those heights since she married Kevin Federline. But nobody seems to have told her that her fifteen minutes are up. For example, she’s still releasing craptacular music and hoping her looks get her by with her new single I Wanna Go. Continue reading
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Worst of Music: Katy Perry – Last Friday Night
So what happens when one of the day’s top artists gets annoyed with the YouTube sensation. She releases one of the crap songs off the end of her album as a single so she can make a music video mocking said YouTube sensation. And that’s how we’ve ended up with Katy Perry’s song Last Friday Night as this week’s WoM winner. It may not be the worst song in the world this week. It just has the least care put into it to make it music. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Jason Aldean – Dirt Road Anthem
There was a surprise in this week’s Billboard Hot 100. The #9 song wasn’t a hip-hop or dance track. It was actually a country song. But this isn’t just a regular country song. It’s the nearly impossible to comprehend hybrid of twangy southern country and rap. I never thought it would happen but it has and it definitely shouldn’t have. This week’s WoM winning offender is Jason Aldean with Dirt Road Anthem. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Nicki Minaj – Super Bass
We’ve got a first-time WoM winner taking home the prize of this week’s Worst of Music. For the last few months, I keep hearing about this Nicki Minaj character and how she’s a good hip-hop artist and a looker to boot. This week, I discovered that both those statements are dangerous overstatements. As proof, I submit her WoM winning song Super Bass. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Tonje Langeteig – I Don’t Wanna Be A Crappy Housewife
It seems that the internet has been looking for the next Rebecca Black. While there are dozens of wanna-be YouTube artists who can’t sing but post crappy webcam videos of themselves, it takes that special someone to get a professional recording studio to produce a song and music video for them. And that brings us to this week’s Worst of Music winner. It’s a Norwegian housewife that you’ve never heard of before and you’ll never hear from again with a song called I Don’t Wanna Be A Crappy Housewife. Continue reading
Sunday Link-Off: The Boys of Summer
It’s time for the Sunday links. Since it’s been a while since I’ve done a linkdump, I’ll have some old ones in here. But in the meantime, here’s Blake Lively because we’re seeing a lot more of her lately (pun intended).
There’s a new show on FX starring Frodo Baggins and an imaginary dog… I don’t get it either. Anyway, Fox decided to promo it during their baseball games in the worst way possible. (MockSession)
The NFLPA’s latest move to get more money for the players? Stay decertified. (Yahoo Sports)
Having fun at school is verboten! Two high school seniors had some fun by performing a lightsaber fight in the cafeteria. The principal didn’t like it so much. (WHDH)
After the jump, other NHL disciplinarian candidates, strange TLC shows and Ukrainian parliament vs. Mortal Kombat. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Rihanna – S&M (Live)
This week’s Worst of Music comes from the comments of last week’s WoM post. AbandonCulture nominated Rihanna’s S&M performance from the Billboard Music Awards last weekend for this week’s WoM. Now, I know we’ve already done S&M on the WoM before but this live performance is just a whole new barrel of laughs and AC brings up a good point in her nomination that made me rethink my initial assessment of this song. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Pitbull – Give Me Everything
Selecting a Worst of Music song this week might have been the most difficult task that the WoM award committee has faced. That’s because six of the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100 have already won the WoM and there was actually a good song on the list too. So of the remaining three, this week’s song comes from WoM standard-bearer Pitbull with his latest single called Give Me Everything. Continue reading
Worst of Music: Glee – Rolling in the Deep
Last week in the Lowdown Blog Man Lab, I dissected British singing sensation Adele. I mentioned that I wasn’t a fan but that didn’t mean I wished harm upon her. Unfortunately, last week on Glee, harm is what found her as the Glee cast got a hold of her #1 song Rolling in the Deep. The result is enough for us to call for the cancellation of Glee. Continue reading
Man Lab: Adele 101
Not to make it seem like the Man Lab is a glorified music review service but our theory is that it never hurts to know about the music that women seem to love. Our last Man Lab music primer was about Arcade Fire. This time, we take a look at British singer Adele. I heard about Adele only a couple of weeks ago from listening to women talk about how much they like her music. Knowing how much common interests help you make an impression with a woman, here’s what you need to know about Adele. Continue reading
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