250. Britney Spears — “Sometimes” — If pop songs had flavors, this one would taste like strawberries.
249. Tonic — “Head on Straight” — For some bizarre reason, I and the Grammy Awards voters were the only people who liked Tonic’s “Head on Straight” album. It consistently rocks, although oddly, there isn’t one song that stands out from the pack, so I’ll choose the title track as the default representative.
248. Black Eyed Peas — “My Humps” — It takes a certain brilliance to create a song this stupid, so I’m giving due credit.
247. Flickerstick — “Chloroform the One You Love” — Flickerstick are such romantics.
246. Franz Ferdinand — “Dark of the Matinee” — It goes through a lot of musical twists and turns, and you don’t want to get off the ride.
245. Rick Springfield — “I’ve Done Everything For You” — It gets right to the point: “I’ve done everything for you/ You’ve done nothing for me.”
244. The Killers — “Mr. Brightside” — Brandon Flowers’ imagination runs wild (but not in a good way) as he thinks about a girl he likes. And yet he looks on the bright side. A classic example of the music and lyrics being out of sync in an intriguing way.
243. Stereophonics — “Have a Nice Day” — The Stereophonics are my all-time favorite band that sounds like the Goo Goo Dolls. Including the Goo Goo Dolls.
242. Guided By Voices — “The Brides Have Hit Glass” — GBV seemed like it made catchy-on-the-first-listen pop tunes without really trying. And yet sometimes there was a little extra depth there.
241. Bruce Springsteen — “Sad Eyes” — “Sad eyes never lie.” Another truism from Bruce.
Comments
246. and 244.
🙂# Posted By chance | 7/8/10 3:55 PM
Chance, are you doing a series of drive-by blog postings today? Does that mean you dislike the other songs or you are just indifferent? I need to know when I have horrible taste in music as well as when I demonstrate good taste.# Posted By John Hansen | 7/8/10 3:58 PM
The Grammy people liked Tonic? I never really got into them. I think the only reason you like them is because Emerson Hart did the theme song for American Dreams. I heard a single from the new Stereophonics album the other day it was pretty catchy. I cant tell you what that Flickerstick song sounds like but they were the best band on Bands on the Run. They should do another one of those shows. I hate that BEP’s song.# Posted By Matt | 7/17/10 12:02 AM
I liked Tonic pre-American Dreams. Emerson Hart put out a nice solo disc a couple years ago, too, but the most recent Tonic record is pretty bad. I recall that I loved the third Tonic record, “Head on Straight” and you said it sounded cliched to you when I played it in the video store. For some reason, it got a Grammy nomination.# Posted By John Hansen | 7/17/10 9:18 AM
