Music thread

Madonna is also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

@Holofan4life  
Which still makes no sense.

Every time I hear “Broken” by lovelytheband (yes, that is their real band name), I always expect them to start singing “Control yourself / Take only what you neeeeed from it.”

@TheHappySpaceman  
That song sucks and that band name sucks. “Kids” is a much better song from a much better band.

@ILoveMyoozik  
Agreed. And for god’s sake, why do so many recent band names suck?
 
Right off the top of my head, I can think of lovelytheband, Portugal. The Man, fun. (all lowercase and with a period at the end), MAGIC!, and 3OH!3.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Not as bad as the band names from the 60’s like The Turtles, The Byrds, The Zombies, The Kinks, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The McCoys, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, Freddie & The Dreamers, Gary Lewis & The Playboys and The Monkees. Hmm, I wonder who they were trying to imitate? Gee, I wonder…
 
I’s also be remissed if I didn’t bring up Spiral Starecase, 1910 Fruitgum Company and Strawberry Alarm Clock. Yes, these were real bands.

@ILoveMyoozik  
Nah, I still consider the names I listed to be worse on account of the 2010s hipstery nature of them.
 
Though… okay, yeah, 1910 Fruitgum Company is pretty bad.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Every decade has its share of bad band names, and those 2010’s you shared were the worst of that decade. The ones that I listed for the 60’s aren’t bad, especially the top ones, but they were way too derivative. The bottom ones though are horrible. I mean seriously, who names their bubblegum pop band 1910 Fruitgum Company? It sounds like the name of a candy manufacturer than a music act.

@ILoveMyoozik  

 
It really does.
 
Here are some other horrible band names: The Dick Clark Five, Nine cm Worm Makes Own Food, The Vodka Family Winstons, Ashtray Babyheads, Ed Asner Is Gay, Zipgun, Fred Astaire’s Asshole, The Right To Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole, and The Inalienable Right To Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole.
 
(Wait, all of those were just the original names for the Butthole Surfers…)

@TheHappySpaceman  
I hate The Dick Clark Five, they’re the worst of The Beatles copycat bands and their number one song “Over And Over” is one of the worst songs of the 60’s.
 
Also, what the fuck are those other band names?

@TheHappySpaceman  
Every single one of those are terrible names for a group…period.

@ILoveMyoozik  
You’re thinking of The Dave Clark Five. I’m talking about The Dick Clark Five, which was one of the original band names used by the Butthole Surfers, as are all the rest of those names I just listed.
 
@The Equestrian Zodiac  
The fact that they were all different names literally used by the same band makes it funnier.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Oh yeah, it’s that band, I didn’t notice the subtle name change. Still, my point stands that they suck.

@ILoveMyoozik  
The Butthole Surfers suck? Or the Dave Clark Five suck? Because if it’s the former, I heavily disagree, but if it’s the latter, then… I haven’t heard enough of the DCF to know.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Dave Clark Five. I like the Butthole Surfers, I find their music to be funny and enjoyable.
 
If you like a cheap, Wal-Mart brand Beatles that sings generic 60’s love songs and awful covers of soul songs from 5 years before, then DCF is the band for you.

David Guetta ft. Akon - Sexy Chick  
“I’m tryna find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful…”  
FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY  
“Damn, youse a sexy bitch! A sexy bitch!”
 
Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris - Tonight  
“Please excuse me, I don’t mean to be rude…”  
FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY  
“…But tonight, I’m fuckin’ you!”

@TheHappySpaceman  
I pointed out that first one in another thread.

@ILoveMyoozik  
I know, I was inspired by your post to include it here next to “Tonight.”

@TheHappySpaceman  
I’s say Enrique’s line was much worse than Akon’s line.

@ILoveMyoozik  
Both of them have the first line about politeness immediately contradicted by the very next line, but at least Akon’s doesn’t sound rapey as all hell. Like, for all the people getting upset at “Blurred Lines” a few years later, where were they when “Tonight” was released?
 
No wonder Enrique hasn’t had any top 10 hits in the years since then.

@TheHappySpaceman  
You’d be correct, but he would still continue getting a few Top 40 hits, including a Top 20 hit in 2014.

Billy Ray Cyrus in 2019 has the #1 right now.

@Holofan4life  
I know right? And literally before that, The Jonas Brothers got a number one.

@ILoveMyoozik  
And Bradley Cooper got a #1 song as well