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September 19, 2006

The 50 worst things ever to happen to music

These lists are ultimately a space-filler used by magazines to provoke argument and distract people from the fact that some interview fell through. And by no means do I agree with any list that calls Sgt. Peppers one of the worst things to happen to music. But that doesn't make this mish-mash from Blender any less entertaining to read.

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On September 19, 2006 10:06 PM, cam c. said:

Meh, that's like that bit in Salon (I believe) that called Star Wars the worst thing to happen to movies...

I'm with them on t.a.t.u, hip-hop skits, Andrew Lloyd Weber, light aircraft and especially Fred Durst, though...

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On September 20, 2006 3:21 AM, I am Steven. said:

Salon said that Star Wars was the worst thing to happen to movies? Hmm....yeah, I can actually see that. We went from brilliant studio films like "Dog Day Afternoon" and "All The President's Men" to Rambo-action sequel drivel, because Star Wars showed that those films made more money.

Now, what's this about Sgt. Pepper's? I asume they mean the movie version...

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On September 20, 2006 5:25 AM, scott said:

Sting should have been way, WAY higher in the list. The top ten were pretty week. Let the arguing begin!

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On September 20, 2006 11:51 AM, Warren Frey said:

I agree on the Sting thing. Some of the stuf made me laugh, particularly the thing about the lame hip hop skits (what IS it with those, anyway...Kanye West's new album is great except for that fraternity mumbling crap..) and yeah, I've got no love for Popera.

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On September 20, 2006 12:33 PM, I am Steven. said:

There could have been a list called "50 Worst Things Ever To Happen to Music, Thanks To Sting", really.

Is it wrong to actually like "Jesus Christ Superstar"? My secret shame....still so much better than that Gibson Jebus movie.

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On September 20, 2006 1:24 PM, Warren Frey said:

Yes, in fact it is. But then I hate all musicals, with special ire resrved for "Grease" and "Phantom of the Opera." "Topsy Turvy," however, is Victorian gloriousness, a muttonchopped and balderdash laden festival of old-timey.

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On September 20, 2006 3:39 PM, cam c. said:

Hah! I see Steven and I agree that old-skool-Green-Goblin-Movie-Jesus is far superior to modern-mumbling-in-Aramaic-Movie-Jesus... someday we'll have religious sects split by which version of big-screen Jesus they prefer!

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