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NEW YORK POST READERS VOTE ON “THE WORST SONGS OF ALL TIME”

The NY Post readers complied a list of the “worst songs of all time.” Here is their list:

Starship: We Built This City:

When even the co-singer of the song, Grace Slick, calls it “the worst song ever” (as she did in a Vanity Fair interview in 2012), it has to be pretty bad.

USA for Africa: We Are the World

The charitable intentions couldn’t hide what a stinker of a song it was. Prince knew it and, despite huge criticism at the time, wisely refused to take part.

Barenaked Ladies: One Week

Reader Heather Pink referred to this simply as the song “about Chinese chicken.” It’s not actually about that, but Barenaked Ladies’ one big hit is so heinously grating, it’s enough to spark eye rolls of recognition all ’round.

Bobby McFerrin: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Righteously blasted in the lyrics of Fight the Power by Public Enemy, McFerrin’s whimsical a cappella hit also attracted withering criticism by reader Dave Richard, who regarded it as a “real steaming pile of crap.”

Terry Jacks: Seasons in the Sun

Adapted from a Jacques Brel song, Jacks’ wimpy delivery and the cornball lyrics about a man reflecting on his life make it one for the pop morgue.

Berlin: Take My Breath Away

For fans of Top Gun, it’s the song that signifies the on-screen passion of Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. For readers like John Farrell, it’s merely “vomit-inducing crap.”

Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots: Disco Duck

A novelty Number one hit for radio DJ Dees in 1976, this maddeningly irritating hit marks where disco truly did suck.

Steve Miller Band: The Joker

Keeping classic-rock radio stations in business since 1973.

Baha Men: Who Let the Dogs Out

Fun for about two weeks in 2000, when it came out. The bane of music fans the world over in the 16 years since.

Piko-Taro: PPAP

In October, this Japanese comic made chart history when his 45-second viral hit became the shortest song ever on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s still long enough to be massively aggravating.

The Hues Corporation: Rock the Boat

Looking back, this early disco single feels so thin, it’s practically invisible.

Eddie Murphy: Party All the Time

Much mocked, but Murphy’s hit — written and produced by Rick James — is exasperatingly catchy.

Nena: 99 Luftballons

Look closely, and 99 Luftballons actually reveals itself as a song about nuclear apocalypse, but that subtlety was lost under the annoying melody.

The Beatles: Hey Jude

Paul McCartney famously does three-hour live sets these days. But two and a half of them is him singing the “na na na na” part of Hey Jude.

Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You

Any marriage is deemed legally null and void without a playing of this song at the wedding.

Men Without Hats: The Safety Dance

This ’80s electro-pop track was always pretty lame — and its case wasn’t helped by the stupid dancing in the video.

Los del Río: Macarena

The dance craze that still rears its ugly head every summer.

Billy Ray Cyrus: Achy Breaky Heart

Cyrus might be cool again, but for many, that doesn’t forgive him this original sin.

Europe: The Final Countdown

The absolute nadir of bombastic ’80s poodle-rock. Now fittingly used in car-insurance commercials.

Desiigner: Panda

The Brooklyn MC’s mumbling number one hit was a target for some confused readers. “The words don’t even make sense,” complained Jennifer Smith.

Do you agree with this list? What do you deem to be the “worst songs of all time?”

source: nypost.com

JON BON JOVI DISCUSSES THE BAND’S NEW ALBUM “THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE”

Ray Waddell of Billboard spoke with Jon Bon Jovi. Excerpts from the Q&A appear below.

Billboard: In recording This House Is Not For Sale, did you have an objective going into the studio as to what you wanted to accomplish, or did the album take shape as you went along?

Jon Bon Jovi: The very initial process was just to begin writing. In January of ’15, the political landscape having taken shape, I had just come out of my own internal issues with Richie leaving, and I wasn’t even clear on where I was with the record company — that was still nowhere yet. So I just started to write. When I saw that [Uelsmann] photograph, and that became the album cover, that really gave me a foundation, a cornerstone, and I really started to go in that direction and make it a more personal record.

So I had to determine how to process everything I had been through with Richie’s leaving, and what was on the horizon with the company, and even what I went through with the Bills [Bon Jovi had been part of a group that attempted to buy the NFL’s Buffalo Bills]. All those times I told you I couldn’t talk to you about [the Bills], there was like a gag order, it was really traumatic, all of those things. It gave me a lot to write about, so it was a very personal and vulnerable record.

Billboard: You had live “listening parties” for the new record. That would seem a challenge, as often new songs tend to sort of find their way on tour as you work them out live.

Jon Bon Jovi: We had five rehearsals in New Jersey and then did it, and then I wanted to do it in a couple of other places, so we went to London, Toronto and New York. I wasn’t thinking enough to think “oh my god, this could fall flat, or this might not work.” I had the audacity to say “f–k you, I’m going out there and doing all 15 songs,” then was blessed to hear and read the reactions to it, and people loved it. I really never thought about the idea that people might not be comfortable listening to 15 new songs, but it does make sense, in retrospect. I’m glad I didn’t think of it.

Billboard: You’ve received a lot of awards and sold a lot of records, with a lot of hits, but the Legend Of Live will be the first time Bon Jovi is honored for their body of work on the road. What does that mean to you?

Jon Bon Jovi: It means a lot, and I’ll tell you why. Doc McGhee, our first manager, had an adage about this band: “Bon Jovi will play a pay toilet, and use their own change.” In our youth, he insisted we go everywhere, whether it was Europe or Asia or Australia or Africa. He always thought “some day, when America turns its back on you, you’ll have other places in the world to go.”

Not only did we go, we built a reputation as being a good live band, and knowing how to adapt. So when we were opening for 38 Special and Judas Priest on the same tour, we were able to still try to win fans over. I sat at his desk in 1983 and said “I think we should go out with the Cars and Bryan Adams,” and he said “no, we’re going to go out with the Scorpions and KISS, and that’s going to be more of a loyal rock audience and not a pop audience.” We went and cut our teeth with that kind of mindset, and built a reputation as a band you didn’t want to open for you. And I’m proud of that. Now we’ve done 3,000 shows, or near enough. I know how to do it.

Billboard: If songwriting, recording and performing live are the three legs of the stool, how would you rank them?

Jon Bon Jovi: Sorry to say, under the guise of this conversation, that touring is last. For me, writing is first. Then, anything that hits the paper you think is good enough to go into the studio with, that’s second, because you want to see it come to life. And then, finally, it’s going out and sharing the work with the people. The only reason I say that is because I know my commitment physically and mentally to the art, and the desire to be the best I can be, and I know that commitment is not one I take lightly. I always thought of those that came before me, and trying to say that we weren’t a waste of your hard-earned dollars. This is people’s fun money for a month to buy a ticket, I’ve got to make sure that we deliver everything.

Billboard: Without the song, you don’t have anything to take on the road.

Jon Bon Jovi: No, you don’t…

Read more at Billboard.

This House Is Not For Sale is out now (November 4th) and the band has announced 2017 tour dates, starting on February 8th in Greenville, SC. View the band’s entire itinerary by clicking here.

source: billboard.com

BASSIST JEFF PILSON TELLS EDDIE TRUNK THAT THE JAPANESE DOKKEN TOUR WAS “DRAMA FREE,” AND ADDED, HE IS “UP FOR MORE” SHOWS

Bassist/vocalist Jeff Pilson was a recent guest on Eddie’s Trunk Nation SiriusXM show on the Volume channel.

When asked how reunited Dokken Japanese tour went, Plison replied (via blabbermouth.net), “You know what? It was very, very drama-free; I was kind of surprised — very pleasantly so. It was a great time. We actually had a lot of fun. We connected on a friendship level that I wasn’t really expecting, to be honest with you, and it was great. I mean, it was really, really fun — much more so than I was expecting.”

On the possibility of the classic lineup playing more shows, the bassist said, “I don’t know for sure whether that’s it. We kind of talked about it a bit and it seems like it’s still pretty much at, ‘No, let’s leave it where it was.’ That’s the current plan anyways. If it changes, it changes, and that would be great. I mean, I’m up for more, if it works out, although scheduling-wise, for me, it’s real tough. But no, I think for the time being, that’s it, and if that’s the case, that’s great. I’d rather end it on a positive note anyway. We’ll see. Again, it was a positive experience. Yes, we got along, but that doesn’t mean we’re gonna open the floodgates and do a whole big tour. That’s probably not gonna happen.”

The classic lineup of Dokken (singer Don Dokken, guitarist George Lynch, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer Mick Brown) reunited for a special Japanese mini tour that began on October 5th in Osaka and ended in Tokyo on October 12th.

EDDIE TRUNK ON HIS NEW FIVE-DAY-A-WEEK SIRIUS/XM RADIO SHOW, “IT IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY HEAVY METAL”

Greg Prato of the Long Island Pulse the spoke to our very own Eddie Trunk. Portions of the interview appear below.

Long Island Pulse: What do you attribute your ongoing popularity with your radio shows and as a spokesperson for heavy metal music?

Eddie Trunk: I think it’s consistency. I’ve been doing this for so long now on so many different levels, that after a while, people just kind of get in a comfort zone with you. They know that you’re coming from a place of passion. They know that even if they don’t necessarily agree with your positions on things, that you’re going to have a dialogue about it. I love giving other people a chance to engage in the discussion. I started doing this over 33 years ago. I’ve never wavered. I just believe what’s in my heart and I call it like I see it. That being said, that doesn’t mean I don’t respect other people’s opinions or other music that people like. Over time, the artists and the fans realize that at my core, I’m still first and foremost a fan. But I’m a fan with a voice to not only give the artists a voice, but to also be a voice of the fans.

Long Island Pulse: You just started a daily talk show about music for SiriusXM, Trunk Nation. What’s that been like so far?

Eddie Trunk: One of the really cool things about what I’m doing now with this new show is that it is not exclusively heavy metal. I love that genre, but I’ve always loved and respected other genres of rock music. In my first week-and-a-half, I had members of Yes in the studio, Peter Frampton, Perry Farrell. Great conversations. Even though some of these guys I may not know every song or crank up every one of their albums—like I would with UFO or KISS—I certainly respect and know what they do. It’s really exciting for me to be able to serve my natural audience, but now, also bridge out a little bit further.

Read more at the Long Island Pulse.

source: lipulse.com

ALTER BRIDGE ANNOUNCE “THE LAST HERO” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Alter Bridge will embark on their first headline tour of 2017 across North America beginning on January 21st in Mobile, AL. The Last Hero Tour will make stops in cities across the country such as Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, New York, NY and Las Vegas, NV before wrapping up in Seattle, WA. Artist presale tickets are currently on sale. Tickets and VIP Packages will be available publicly on Friday at 10:00AM local time and can be purchased at alterbridge.com/tour.

The Last Hero, marks a return to the Top 10 on the Billboard charts for Alter Bridge in the United States; their first since their debut release, 2004’s One Day Remains. The band peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 with over 27,800 units consumed via sales and streaming. The band also hit #4 on the Top Current Albums chart selling almost 27,000 (26,955 sold), landed at #2 on the Rock Chart and the band’s first-ever #1 album on the Independent Albums Chart. The Last Hero topped charts around the globe as well landing at #6 in Australia, #5 in Germany, #8 in Italy, #2 in Scotland, and #3 in the United Kingdom.

Alter Bridge is Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips on drums.

The Last Hero Tour tour dates:

January:

21 Sanger Theatre Mobile, AL
22 Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
24 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI
25 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
27 Anthem At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, IA
28 Voodoo Lounge at Harrah’s Casino North Kansas City, MO
31 Rapids Theatre Niagra Falls, NY

February:

1 Phoenix Concert Theatre Totonto, ON
3 Metroplis Montreal, QUE
4 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
7 House of Blue Boston Boston, MA
9 Playstation Theater New York, NY
10 The Fillmore Silverspring, MD
12 The Ritz Raleigh, NC
14 House of Blues Houston, TX
16 Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, NV
18 The Marquee Tempe, AZ
19 Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
20 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
22 Moore Theatre Seattle, WA

For more information, please visit alterbridge.com.

VOCALIST/BASSIST GLENN HUGHES DISCUSSES BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, AND SAYS, “TONY [IOMMI] IS UNCOMFOTABLE WITH THE TERM ‘HEAVY METAL'”

Robert Cavuoto of Myglobalmind Online Magazine recently spoke with vocalist/bassist/songwriter Glenn Hughes. Excerpts from the interview appear below.

Myglobalmind Online Magazine: I saw a recent tweet that Joe Bonamassa and you were going to getting together to start to write for the next BCC CD.

Glenn Hughes: We actually started about six weeks ago as Joe was at my home for about a week of writing. Today [10/25] we are starting another week of writing together where we will finishing writing BCC 4. Then we go into the studio in January and the album will come out May 20th. It’s such a focused thing. Joe and I are very excited about BCC 4. Back in April when Joe and I were having dinner in Santa Monica we talked about making this new album and decided to really go for it as well as how now may be the right time to do the reunion. Certain things work at the certain times. The love and support we have behind BCC are amazing.

I think all the things that have happened in my life have happened for a reason. Joe is a solo artist and we both love BCC. He is booked out a year in advance as he is a busy guy. I returned to being a solo artist and this CD Resonate is a return to form for me with another America tour next year. For me, all I want to do for the rest of my life is to write, play, and record music. As long as I’m healthy spiritually and mentally which I am, that’s all that resounds to me. That’s all I know how to do in life is to give love and music back to others.

Myglobalmind Online Magazine: Will BCC tour to support this?

Glenn Hughes: It’s impossible to pinpoint that yet or if it will happen at all. Joe and I have to find windows where we can tour or maybe just play select shows behind the album. Between you and I, or whoever is reading this, [laughing] my life is around playing live with the Glenn Hughes solo band. I have a great band and crew to that drive me to continue to play live and to keep me going. That’s what it is all about; to play live in my own band.

Myglobalmind Online Magazine: I always wondered why you and David Coverdale never recorded a CD together.

Glenn Hughes: He has had such a deep run with Whitesnake in the last couple of years. We speak to each other at least once a month. We’ve talked about it has always been a matter of timing and getting it done. I have an incredible management company and we are keeping me busy by doing albums like Resonate and touring the world behind it. It keeps me grounded.

Myglobalmind Online Magazine: To my recollection, you and Ian Gillian are only two people to ever play in Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Which band do you feel is really The Godfathers of Heavy Metal?

Glenn Hughes: Sabbath for sure! Let me tell you a funny story because Tony Iommi and I speak about this from time to time. Tony is uncomfortable with the term “Heavy Metal” and we laugh about it. He doesn’t like to be called this “Heavy Metal Godfather” [laughing]. As a matter of fact, he is! There is nobody that plays with a bludgeoning dark dense sound like him. He is the King of dark riffs; the King of D tuning and even C tuning which is really insane. Richie Blackmore and Purple were the creators of Hammond and that sound with the Strat. A lot of bands have copies that style. Being in Deep Purple was a great thing for me.

Myglobalmind Online Magazine: What did you think when Ritchie handpicked you to be in Deep Purple and then he decides to leave?

Glenn Hughes: It was rough; He left and wanted to make a more classical sound rock album with those types of overtones in more of a Bach and Paganini style. David Coverdale, John Lord and I were going in a different style. I don’t think Ritchie was thinking about Highway Star as he was more about Rainbow Rising. It suited his style more. He just wanted to go somewhere different and God bless him for that.

Robert: What did you think of those first Rainbow albums with Ronnie James Dio?

Glenn Hughes: I never really heard that much of them even though Ronnie and I were such close friends. I wasn’t listening to it as it wasn’t my style of music. I love Ronnie and was one of dearest friends and I miss him dearly.

Read more at Myglobalmind Online Magazine.

Glenn Hughes’ new solo album, Resonate, will be released on November 4th. Read more about the album, and view the track list, here.

To listen to songs from this release, please click on the highlighted titles.

Let It Shine
Heavy

source: myglobalmind.com