There are plenty of things that have happened in the world of music that have made people of good will sick to their stomachs. These are some of the most vile and abhorrent offenses against music and all that is good and right with the world. And disclaimer here, these are just a silly opinion.
We are the World
I wanted to be specific so I chose one prime example of a cheesy celebrity sing-a-long, but there are many more painful examples of this. Anytime there is a problem in the world there will always be a long list of sappy celebrities to sing a song about it and make everything worse. Personally, this one is worse because in elementary school they made our whole school sing it for the nightly news. We can’t be to hard on this one though it did give us the amazing footage of Bob Dylan sort of singing along.
Carl Lewis Starts a Human Chain
A wonderful treat straight out of the 80’s. An Olympic athlete tries to unite mankind with the power of song and an old woman blowing bubbles at him in the weight room. Hilariously bad and definitely a crime against music.
Perfect Whiner Music
This is one of the stupidest songs ever written. It will make anyone who likes actual music want to vomit. Some whiney buttmunch complaining about his daddy. To quote the great Beavis, “Awww, is Daddy’s little girl gonna cry?”
Robert Plant is In The Mood
Wow. That is all I can say as I watch and see how the mighty singer of Led Zeppelin has fallen. Another of the tremendous atrocities against music that we get from the 80’s, this one seems to hurt more than others.
Aerosmith Medley Featuring EVERYONE
Too many cooks in the kitchen. Unfortunately all that any of them know how to cook is reheated, day old macaroni and cheese. Medley’s and all-star sing-alongs generally get under my skin and this one was one of the most memorable.
Wish You Weren’t Durst
The world was still in pain after the attacks of 9/11. Goo Goo Man and Limp Durst thought they’d get in on the carnage by slaughtering an all-time great song by Pink Floyd. They even changed the lyrics in a very poor attempt to make them more meaningful for the 9/11 benefit they were playing at. I wonder if they did this for the nookie. I would rather hear Gilbert Gottfried cover this song than to see it soiled in such a way.
St. Anger
This was the culmination of many years of Metallica not being Metallica. It was when I realized they were gone for good. I could not believe that the same name that graced the cover of “Master of Puppets” was involved with this melee of pangy noise.
Jimmy Page Disgraces Kashmir
For the Soundtrack of the late 1990’s Godzilla movie Puff Daddy decided to tarnish one of Led Zeppelin’s classic hits, “Kashmir”. Not only were there horrible lyrics involved but a bad movie too. Why did Jimmy Page let Puff Daddy do this and not let Weird Al do a polka tribute to Zeppelin?
This list is by no means complete so feel free to let me know what I have missed.