50 Worst things to happen to music

49. That dude who yells “Freebird!” at every rock show
40. Parrotheads
38. Sting
17. Fred Durst
6. Madonna’s British accent

The full list

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Honky Tonk Badonkadonk

OK people it’s official. 2005 is the Year of The Country-Hip Hop Mashup. First there was the Tim McGraw and Nelly duet. Now there is Trace Adkins’ Honky Tonk Badonkadonk. Whoa. What’s next, a Lil’ Kim/Merle Haggard duet? Or perhaps 50 Cent and Dolly Parton?

Hear it for yourself…

Poor ole boy, it ain’t his fault
It’s so hard not to stare
At that honky tonk badonkadonk
Keepin’ perfect rhythm
Make ya wanna swing along
Got it goin’ on
Like Donkey Kong
And whoo-wee
Shut my mouth, slap your grandma
There outta be a law
Get the Sheriff on the phone
Lord have mercy, how’s she even get them britches on
That honky tonk badonkadonk

By the way, it’s times like these that I kinda heart CMT, because they can follow up a throw-away song like this with Ray Scott‘s My Kind of Music, about a guy that dumps his date because she can’t name a single Johnny Cash song.

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SXSW Music

Thanks to the Toast for this great set of MP3s from this year’s South by Southwest.

www.boredwithmusic.com/sxsw.html

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Music, R.I.P.

On this day in 1959, the music died.

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Back when Tim McGraw chose good songs

Back When (mp3) by Tim McGraw has to be one of the worst songs ever. And not in a good way, in a really bad way. I’m a fun of bad country songs (e.g. Mississippi Squirrel Revival or I’m Gonna Hire a Whino to Decorate our Home), but these lyrics are soooo terrible. I can’t decide if it’s supposed to be cheesy, or sincerely sentimental – but it fails either way.

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack’s what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I’m down with that
Well it meant you had the flu

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