thesexofit said:

Sorry, but that is REALLY not going to help your cause.

minneapolisgenius said:

I did admire how he tried to buy the Isley bros. publishing so that he couldn't be sued for plagarism. That takes balls.

Where the hell is SHAKIRA in that list???? She must be right behind GYPSI KINGS

Where the hell is SHAKIRA in that list???? She must be right behind GYPSI KINGS

Sdldawn said:

DING DING DING!

SDLDAWN DISCOVER SECRET OF MUSIC JOURNALISM

WTF is up with comparing Jamiroquai to Stevie Wonder all the time? I can't and have never seen it. The only similiarities is the funk and that both Iroquai and Stevie has owned one decade each. Listen to Jamiroquai's 2003 night tales and you will hear where there inspiration come from, not one Stevie song on it. Gipsy Kings and Color Me Badd shouldnt been on the list either.

A list like this is pretty pointless, as it is certain that a roundup of 50 local bands from any city in the world could easily replace a large number of them But I guess it would be even more pointless to fill a list with bands that nobody has ever heard of.

That said, there are some that do not belong.

50 IRON BUTTERFLY
Haven't heard enough to comment one way or another, although “In-a-Gadda-da-Vida” is a crime in and of itself.

49 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
I sort of liked that "Walk On The Ocean" song. Based on that alone, I can't see how they could make this list while others were left off.

48 MASTER P
Doesn't belong on this list. He's not a "musical artist". At all.

47 GOO GOO DOLLS
"Dizzy Up The Girl" and "A Boy Named Goo" aren't bad albums. And "Iris" is a pretty great ballad IMHO. They don't belong here.

46 THE SPIN DOCTORS
No problem with them being on this list. Even though I know all the words, "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" just hasn't aged well.

45 GIPSY KINGS
No clue. But I am hesitant to say anything about them. Flamenco music is notorious for its violent subculture.

44 MANOWAR
Can't say that I disagree. But, really, where the hell is Stryper?

43 MIKE & THE MECHANICS
Mike Rutherford, though ahead of his time, made the fatal decision to fill his band with the guys that worked on his '82 BMW. In 1991, he went on to form the much better MIKE & THE MUSICIANS. By this time, nobody gave a shit.

42 RICK WAKEMAN
I have no idea if he belongs here or not. However, if half of what was stated in the Blender description is true, I would consider him a top 10 (or is that bottom 10?) candidate.

41 WHITESNAKE
The riff for "Still Of The Night" alone makes this a bad choice for the list. That and the (formerly) ridiculously hot Tawny Kitaen on the car in the "Here I Go Again" video.

40 BLIND MELON
Stop pickin' on the dead guy. "No Rain" was a great song... well, it was a good song... ok, it wasn't really, was it? Oh well, that bee girl was cute as a button, huh?

39 BOB GELDOF
Bob Geldolf for some odd reason comes off as a tool. That said, I can't recall ever hearing any of his music - nor having the desire to. So it pains me to say that I have no opinion on his inclusion in this list.

37 THE DOORS
Overrated? Yes. One of the 50 Worst? No freaking way.

36 98 DEGREES
Why them and not O-Town? Or LFO? Or whatever? Nick Lachey has a better voice than anyone in most any boy band. And he nailed Jessica Simpson (until she obviously cheated on him and broke his heart). Now that I've defended 98 Degrees and admitted to knowing the names of two even lesser "boy bands", I must now make up for it by listening to some obviously heterosexual music. (puts on Judas Priest CD)

35 PAUL OAKENFOLD
I think I heard something he did for a movie soundtrack or something. I can't really remember. But I do remember him always wearing sunglasses for some reason. And I don't believe he is blind. Based upon this, I wholly endorse his inclusion in the list. If I'm wrong and he really is blind, I take back the sunglasses comment. But leave him on the list because he still sucks.

34 LIVE
Okay, now this is ridiculous. I feel safe in saying that they do not belong on this list, for I own all of their CDs. They have a number of songs that are better than anything ever produced by about 45 of the artists on this list. Rant over.

33 JAPAN
I find it reprehensible and more than a little bit racist that Blender would include an entire country in a list like this. Shameful.

32 THE HOOTERS
Kind of liked them for about 3 minutes in 1986. They have a song about zombies or something. I wouldn't organize a march or anything against their inclusion on this list, but i tend to disagree with it.

31 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Released in 1992, "Mr Wendal" and "Tennessee" make their inclusion here suspect, as these were very good hip hop/pop songs which showed promise of a group that would be around for many years. Unfortunately, the fact that they sued Fox TV in 2003 over the name of the show "Arrested Development" showed promise that they have stupid lawyers.

30 RICHARD MARX
Good pop songwriter. Doesn't belong on this list at all.

29 SKINNY PUPPY
I have no clue. But I don't like the image of a skinny puppy. Who wants to see that? Skinny puppies should be fed, but not to the point that they become fat puppies. A healthy balance can be found. Support your local animal shelter.

28 CRASH TEST DUMMIES
This one hurts me the most. Brad Roberts is actually one of my favorite songwriters. While they may have only had one big "hit", the rest of their music is largely unknown and/or underappreciated. The statements made by Blender, while adolescently witty and high-five inducing I'm sure, are simply not supported by the evidence. Their first CD, "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" is hard to describe, but is recommended to any adventurous listener. The album "God Shuffled His Feet" contains some pretty great tunes, and "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" is hardly the best of the bunch. And the CD "I Don't Care That You Don't Mind" (which Blender uses to create one of their thoughtful puns) is a better CD than most of the crap they normally feature in their rag. The CD/video collection, "Crash Test Dude" from Brad Roberts is one of the best and most entertaining live shows ever documented. Don't believe the hype. Or lack of hype.

27 COLOR ME BADD
They spelled badd with 2 Ds. That means they were extra bad. And not "bad" as in good. Bad as in "double secret special superhero bad". And one of the dudes looked like George Michael...on purpose.

26 CÉLINE DION
Replace her with Mariah Carey and I'll be satisfied. Not really. I just have an unnatural dislike for Mariah. I'm looking into getting help for it. Of course, she could help things herself by erasing all memory of her music since "Vision Of Love" from my mind. Or at least anything in which she felt compelled to sing over some tired hip-hop beats and/or feature a guest rapper. I apologize for talking about Mariah in a Celine paragraph. Need proof instead that Celine sucks? Watch her do her best Meat Loaf impression in the video for "It's All Coming Back To Me Now", or witness her "cover" of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" from VH1's Divas Live 2002. Great stuff.

25 JAMIROQUAI
I liked that one video where the room was moving and shit.

24 BAD ENGLISH
Damn Yankees did this thing better.

23 CREED
I refuse to comment on this too much for fear of being flamed to a hellish extent. That should let you know where I stand. I know it's "in" to trash this band - and Stapp seems to be quite the dick - but Mark Tremonti is a damn fine guitar player andikindofsortofreallyliketheirmusic. Okay, move along.

22 PRIMUS
I remember being entertained by their videos and their songs (especially the titles of the songs). More interesting than over 50 bands I could name without difficulty. So they don't belong here.

21 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
I can't comment on this except to say that if it's half as pretentious and uneventful as most of Pink Floyd's work, then they definitely belong here.

20 HOWARD JONES
"Blender Is To Blame" for his inclusion here. Some of the finest pop music of the 80's belonged to this guy. Even if 80's pop ain't your thing, he 's not one of the 50 worst. There are probably 50 worse on today's Hot 100 chart.

19 DAN FOGELBERG
I really enjoyed his portayal of TV's "Grizzly Adams" in the 70s. I think the guy that played Uncle Jesse on The Dukes Of Hazzard was in this show as well. He really loved that friggin' bear, man. They had some pretty cool adventures, like this one time when the bear saved his life when he was trapped in a well or a cave or somethin'. He loved that bear.

18 PAT BOONE
He's racist because he's a conservative and so are all the people that like him, so implyeth Blender. Putting that biased assessment aside, and speaking objectively, he fucking sucks.

17 BENZINO
I am proud to say that I don't believe I have ever heard of this "artist". Nor have I ever read his magazine. Can't say that I feel like I'm missing anything particularly groundbreaking.

16 OINGO BOINGO
I believe that they did the title song for the film "Weird Science". As a child of the 80s, I must therefore protest their inclusion on this list in the strongest terms.

15 YANNI
Although I'm not particularly fond of his music, I have seen clips of him performing from time to time (by accident). Based on these few instances, I think it's fair to say that JOHN TESH WOULD CRUSH YANNI LIKE A GIRLIE MAN!

14 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN
While I can appreciate the ability to move one's fingers with dexterity and speed, I am of the opinion that these skills alone do not make one a "guitar hero". His music had about as much passion as the Michael Jackson - Lisa Marie Presley marriage. Utterly forgettable.

13 MICK JAGGER
No interest in his solo stuff. And his band is overrated. Yeah, I just said The Rolling Stones are overrated. I expect a warrant is currently being issued for my arrest.

12 TIN MACHINE
Simply a two word review: Shit Machine. Wait...you can't print that...can they? Can they print that?

11 LATOYA JACKSON
There are a number of people on this list that stretch the limits of the term "artist". There are also some that stretch the limits of their face. Latoya does both. As a side note, when was the last time you saw Latoya an Michael in the same place at the same time?

10 AIR SUPPLY
Newsflash for straight women currently in a relationship: if your boyfriend refers to an Air Supply song as "our song", your relationship is doomed to fail. Because your boyfriend is a homosexual.

9 LEE GREENWOOD
Blender includes him here because he has a song called "God Bless The USA". If it were instead called "Poppin' Pussy In The USA" or "Back That Ass Up, America", he wouldn't be on the list. You know it's true. Other than that song, he wouldn't appear on Blender's radar. And a song that gives thanks to those that have died in the cause of freedom and asks God's blessings upon one's country is much more offensive than just about anything. He might suck, but the only thing I have to judge him on is this one song - I don't know anything else he's done. And if they were honest, neither does Blender.

8 VANILLA ICE
He has every right to the #1 spot. I guess the classic "Ninja Rap" from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze saved him from that distinction.

7 ASIA
Not content with dissing a country (see #33), Blender widens its attack to disrespect an entire continent.....Okay, I've got to stop and comment on this one. "The Heat Of The Moment" - this video played 73 times a day on MTV after its release. There were only 5 videos available at the time, because the art form was very young. It was an incredibly exciting time, yet Asia somehow managed to make the song worse by including (if I recall correctly) a gymnast, a bunch of TVs, a bunch of shots of someone playing keyboards, and a globe shattering or some such nonsense. I haven't seen it in probably 20 years, so let me hit YouTube and see how close my recollection is - BRB).....Well, There were a bunch of TVs in the sense that the screen was split up into a bunch of squares in the video, and there were a bunch of shots of someone playing keyboards, and a globe didn't shatter, but there was a globe featured prominently (and an hourglass didn't just shatter - it exploded!). But there was no gymnast. At all. What video in the early 80s had a gymnast? Was it "Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band? I guess YouTube will hold the answers. Anyway, yeah - Asia sucked.

6 KANSAS
Finally, the folks at Blender aim their steely arrows at the USA. They rightly disparage the pitiful state of Kansas, which (as you probably know) ranks near the bottom of all 50 states when it comes to being hip and cool. I also hear that they have the lowest per-capita viewership of MTV's afternoon lineup of programming. That's right, shows such as Parental Control, Date My Mom, Next, and Yo Momma are repeatedly ignored by a large percentage of Kansans. They don't deseve to live.


5 STARSHIP
This is the last straw. "We Built This City" is one of the greatest songs ever! What the hell is going on with this crap list? It's full of doodie crap!





Okay - seriously, I'm kidding. I know that's hard to believe. If anything, Starship should be in a battle for the top spot.

4 KENNY G
He's not interesting enough to hate. At least not as much hate as Blender throws his way. #4? No way. At least the guy can play his instrument. Whatever.

3 MICHAEL BOLTON
I'll be honest with you, I love his music. I do. I'm a Michael Bolton fan. For my money, it doesn't get any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman".

2 EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
This sounds really bad. This list is boring me now (if you've read this far, I apologize) but I'll mak up for it with #1.

1 INSANE CLOWN POSSE
The only thing worse than the "music" produced by these morons are the morons that listen to it. I mean, c'mon. Seriously. Perhaps the most vile thing to come from both the rap and rock genres (and that's saying alot). I would even go so far as to say that the previous 49 members of this list are all debatable, meaning that you could like any of them and still have a shred of credibility when it comes to discussing music. But here is where the division is made. ICP is the "Battlefield Earth" of music. In other words if you listen to this crap for any other reason than to make fun of it, your opinion in regards to music is forever tainted. I always try and keep an open mind, but good God this shit is so beyond simply sucking. In fact, if you have kids and let them listen to this, you should lose your kids. They should go to a family that will let them listen to something better - like pigs fucking. This isn't a joke. If you listen to this group, forced sterilization is probably warranted. The fact that these guys are actually making a living off of such drivel is scary. The NSA should forget about tapping phones and that bullshit. They should just track sales and downloads of ICP "music" and keep an eye on their fans. They're bound to do something stupid and/or illegal about once every 12 minutes. Have I mentioned that Blender got #1 right? Think about how bad you have to be to be #1 on a list of bad artists that leaves Limp Bizkit off entirely.

minneapolisgenius said:

I kike Phil Collins better ; really he made some good tunes , must admit tho he made some real crappy ones too

JulesWindu said:

That's funny!

how could Creed not be #1 or even in the top 10?

just think of 50 rappers and there u go.

novamonkey said: