For rich lyrical complexity, it’s hard to compete with this gem from Daft Punk:
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You win.
But… I’m traumatized by all xmas music. My mom still digs out her collection and starts it up the day after Halloween, and it goes straight on through Valentine’s Day.
I can’t handle it. I’m cool with xmas. It’s fun. But all the xmas music can get rounded up and melted down into something useful. Like tank rounds. Or buckets for waterboarding.
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All things considered, Vanilla Ice, the rapper really wasn’t bad at all. He had some clever lyrics and good delivery. I mean he was no Rakim or anything but really he wasn’t that bad. He was certainly as good if not better than some of his top 40 hip-hop contemporaries of the time. I mean, Public Enemy tried to get him signed to Def Jam for fuck’s sake.
I think the reason he ended up being so derided was his persona as being raised in the mean streets of Miami when in reality he grew up in a wealthy Dallas suburb. Nothing gets you smacked down in the world of hip-hop faster than being a faker and it didn’t take long for him to become a laughing stock. (Apparently much of this was the fault of his record label that manufactured much of his back story.) Of course his overexposure didn’t help matters, either.
I’m not really trying to defend him – he has always struck me as a colossal douchebag and there’s so many rappers that are better than him that it’s not really worth wasting too much brain cells thinking about him. That said, he really doesn’t deserve his reputation as being some sort of hip-hop Antichrist.
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Couldn’t agree more. Growing up on LI, local ordinances required me to like him. Once I escaped, I was able to see the truth for what it is.
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Feel for the people from NJ. They are required by law to like Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen.
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Hey, that was a great song to skate to at the roller rink when I was in middle school. All the cool kids skated backwards while the disco ball and colored lights were going. It was awesome.
And I would trade my memories of that experience for a six pack of beer OBO…
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Hang on Sloopy :vomit:
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I generally don’t like Billy Joel (though now that I just checked his discography, I realize I’ve yet to listen to most of his stuff) but goddamn I loved (and love) almost every track on The Stranger.
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I have never heard ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ and I am fucking not about to start now!!
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I’ll be honest, I’ve always liked this song…
Gimme your lunch money or ill okay the song again
I know some of the lyrics are distorted, so I’ll link to them so everyone can fully appreciate them.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/around-the-world-lyrics-daft-punk.html
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I’d have paid good cash money to see GWAR cover that bit of pop dreck!
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Shaddap You Face…
Are you an Ultravox fan by any chance?
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I’m creating a Spotify playlist of all these horrid suggestions.
Mainly because it reminds me of the cheezy radio on roadtrips when I was a kid. (Partially because I have terrible taste in music.)
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@GilbertWham, are we in agreement about this deserving to be on the most detested list?
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I just don’t think you’d understand.
This may be the most meta pop song ever released. Unironically bland corporate pop about the proliferation of bland corporate pop. If you’re willing to squint a little I think you could call this art.
Full disclosure: I liked this song when it came out.
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I’m a classical composer. Kill me now.
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