pbbeck Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Trying to settle a bet with a friend. Post what you believe to be the worst rock album ever. I have one in mind, and I believe it will show up in the first five posts. Thanks for playing! Link to comment
tallman Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Senior moment? http://www.mvagusta.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14511 Link to comment
SeanC Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 There are so many terrible artists, songs and albums, and so many criteria for determining who's worse than whom, that it's impossible to arrive at a singular "worst ever" album mutually agreed upon by all audiences and critics. For me, the criteria is simple: start with an artist or band whose music you love so much it changed you, formed you, spoke directly to you. You bought each and every album, listened to them from start to finish. Over and over. But the results are personal: Now pick the album that made you feel the connection was irrevocably lost. I'm not talking about albums you didn't like as much or considered a temporary detour, experiment, or in any case forgivable, but rather an album filled with music you actually despised, whose very chords, notes and lyrics made you feel angry, cheated or depressed. There are two such albums for me: R.E.M.'s Out of Time (the one with "Shiny Happy People" and "Losing My Religion") and The Police's Synchronicity, which was really the precursor to many horrible, unlistenable Sting albums. I.e., I don't hold Andy and Stewart responsible for this final, dreckfest of an album. Sting's to blame. It was a Police album in name only. Deciding which of these two albums is worse than the other is sort of like choosing between uncontrollable vomiting and explosive diarrhea. So it's a tie. I can pick a whole bunch of other terrible albums from artists I never much liked or listened to, but no bond was broken or expectations dashed for the simple reason none existed to begin with. Link to comment
T__ Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Trying to settle a bet with a friend. Post what you believe to be the worst rock album ever. I have one in mind, and I believe it will show up in the first five posts. Thanks for playing! Paul, what ERA are we talking here. The last concert I went to was Hendrix playing in Seattle in the late 60’s.. Twisty Link to comment
MNCruiser Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hopefully sometime soon I will learn to figure out which threads are worth clicking on and which aren't. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 "Worst" and "rock" are both kind of subjective. That said, a web search on "worst rock album ever" turns up some candidates that have been offered up for ridicule by the masses: Having Fun with Elvis on Stage by Elvis Presley Self Portrait by Bob Dylan Irwin Chusid These guys came up with a lot of candidates. Amazon has a list of "horrible rock albums." I also keep seeing repeated references to "The Philosophy of The World" by The Shaggs. Link to comment
pbbeck Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hopefully sometime soon I will learn to figure out which threads are worth clicking on and which aren't. How's the view from up there? Link to comment
90%angel Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 It's cold in Minnesota, maybe the poster is just grumpy cause of that. We'll try not to let the fact that it's 80 degrees here today slip from our lips...oh wait, sorry. I'm not sure I have a candidate for worst rock album ever. I wasn't fond of Zooropa when it first came out, but I've since come around. If you like classic U2, the album isn't for you, but if you can accept them doing different styles, then I like some of the songs. Also, one man's dreck is another person's...well, treasure is stretching it a bit, but I like a lot of the tunes on Out of Time. Link to comment
steveknapp Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 It's cold in Minnesota, maybe the poster is just grumpy cause of that. Also, one man's dreck is another person's... Lisa needs to practice of which she speaks. Cold and snow. Loving it. Can't wait til I shake this flu. Link to comment
90%angel Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Better you than me, Steve! Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Winger's first White Lion - Pride foreigner IV Van Halen - Anything 1984 and beyond Link to comment
Dances_With_Wiener_Dogs Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 "even more junk to avoid like the plague" Link to comment
rmurwin Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 How can the worst 4 on that list all be from AFI? I've never heard of them, but apparently someone on Amazon must really dislike them... His name is Mike Crotch... Oh, I get it... I see what you did there... Link to comment
10ovr Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I have a Tiny Tim 45,,Dose that count TIP TOE,,Come on sing along,I know you know the words Link to comment
pbbeck Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 The one I had in mind was "Van Halen 3." It's the only CD I've ever purchased, then thrown out in anger. Also, I'm surprised that "Dynasty" from Kiss hasn't been mentioned. I mean really... disco? Kiss? I was made for lovin' you baby! Link to comment
RonStewart Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I once bought Dancing in the Dark by The Boss - on vinyl. Turned out that The Boss was some German Sprinsteen impersonator, and the album was dance-beat versions of Sprinsteen songs. I threw it out in anger. Never shop for music when exhausted. Has the OP lost his bet yet? [edit]Got it - VH 3. Link to comment
velomoto Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Has Paris Hilton put out a rock album??? Link to comment
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