Finish this sentence: "The worst Moment in Music History was _________"

[TheMightyFavog]

The very first episode of American Idol.

[pagerbear]

1. The invention of Muzak

[vi5]

2. "Nice to meet you John. My name is Paul....."

Just kidding.

[MallRat]

34. "We Built This City."

Worst. Sellout. Ever.

:puke:

-MR

[dpt223]

35. most awesomely bad song ever

That was #1 on VH1's 50 most awesomely bad songs ever.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. When some marketing exec first had the Boy Band idea

thus making Satan groan, "Oh, great, now we have to dig down YET ANOTHER circle down here."

[TheMightyFavog]

7. You are sooooo sigged!

Great reply

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. I'm flattered! (Ooops, you were faster than me in correcting that typo)

:toast:

[flowomo]

4. When Jerry Garcia said, "Hey, I got an idea! Let's tour!

:)

[Canuckistanian]

38. What does a deadhead say when he runs out of marijuana?

"Man, what a shitty band.."

[Loonman]

5. Robert Pollard buys a guitar

:evilgrin:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

15. Robert Smith discovers lipstick.

:+

[RandomKoolzip]

19. I'm starting to agree with you.

I've spent thousands of dollars buying his records, seeing him in concert, and now the fucker thinks it's okay to just QUIT. Dammit, Bob, my life's ambition was to be your drummer, and now THIS.


What a jerk.



Yes, I'm upset about GbV breaking up. And No, no cheap shots directed at the Cure in retaliation......

[Whitacre D_WI]

30. You can drum for one of his side projects.

Maybe they will play Hopleaf!

[Tina H]

6. the moment Cary Sherman got accepted at Harvard Law. n/t

[coloradodem2005]

8. When fusion gave way to smooth jazz.

When it went from being something creative to the boring Kenny G style shit.

[GreatScott]

10. Okay, Milli Vanilli, let's try it again, but only this time don't sing,

just dance!

[sasquatch]

11. "when Metallica walked into the barbershop"

:cry:

[coloradodem2005]

42. Heh.

I remember seeing something on Metallica's behind the music, where they were at Alice In Chains Unplugged session and On Jerry Cantrell's guitar was the statement: Friends don't let friends get haircuts. Dedicated to Metallica.

[bedtimeforbonzo]

12. When Mark David Chapman

failed to hit Yoko with even a single bullet.

[mikeysnot]

13. The invention of MTV

... nuff said.

[wakfs]

24. 100% Total Agreement

Ruined popular music for all time.

[ForrestGump]

25. Yep

Video really did kill the radio star and, more to the point, led to an era in which people only talked about music videos and not the crappy music being synched to them. "Thriller" was brilliant, but it ushered in a heinous period in musical history.

[dpt223]

29. agreed

nt

[jpgray]

14. Mike Love: "Holy fuck... Mike, you ARE the Beach Boys!"

[Fenris]

32. HAHAHAHAHA!

How true!

[Paranoid_Portlander]

16. ...the death of Mozart at age 36.

Think of the masterpieces he would have created, given a normal lifespan. I think he died of scarlet fever or rheumatic heart disease, now easily treated with antibiotics.

[St. Jarvitude]

41. Lies!

Mozart was killed because HE KNEW TOO MUCH about WHAT'S REALLY IN THOSE MOZARTKUGELN!!!!!

I, along with my hardworking colleagues, have found UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE not only that Mozartkugeln do indeed contain not only MINDCONTROLLING SUBSTANCES but also that Mozart was WELL AWARE of said ingredients.

Take, for example, this AUTHENTIC QUOTE from Amadeus himself:

"There's something funny about these Mozartkugeln."

OBVIOUSLY he KNEW SOMETHING about these so-called MOZARTKUGELN!

People of DemocraticUnderground, I implore you, WE MUST TAKE ACTION! Contact ALL MEDIA in your area. THE TRUTH MUST GET OUT!




Mozartkugeln are great, by the way. :) :) :)

On edit: As was Mozart. Go Mozart :) :)

[tilsammans]

17. . . . disco

Music never really recovered after that.

[Wickerman]

18. Hey, Kurt, here's a lady ya gotta meet - Kurt, Courtney, Courtney...

[IronLionZion]

20. I second that

That bitch can drive anyone to suicide, and then help you do it. :grr:

[RandomKoolzip]

21. The invention of the sampling keyboard.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Now, I'm Going to Take That Personally!!!

At least i did it right, though. I learned to play sax and trumpet well enough so that when i used those samples, i played like a sax or trumpet player, not like a piano player using those sounds.

Also, i incorporated a lot of noises and random musical events into my playing, but with a live band around me. I never had a desire to do a Howard Jones.
The Professor

[BigMcLargehuge]

23. "... and now I present to you the winners of the Eurovision song contest-

ABBA!!!"

April 6th 1974 - A dark day for music, a dark day for humanity.

[candy]

26. Invention of karioke!!

[TrogL]

27. Elvis on Sullivan

I saw it live.

I was so not impressed.

Repeated viewings have not made it any better.

[xxqqqzme]

28. Mick & Tina Turner

burning up the stage....then Mick takes his shirt OFF......pleeeze put it back on.

[BigMcLargehuge]

31. His duet with Bowie at that same period was brain meltingly bad too

Dancin' in the streets... PEW!!!

[Fenris]

33. Creed is given a record deal (wait, I have more!)

Kid Rock is born.

Dave Matthews is convinced his music doesn't suck.

John Mayer first tries to sing.

Johnny Marr decides the Smiths is below him and spends the next decade and a half convincing people that maybe he wasn't the lone source of the Smith's greatness.

Morrissey puts his two best tracks on the same goddamn album, thus ensuring another 10 years of mediocre releases.

Kurt Cobain decides to clean his gun.

Someone greenlights Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Movie.

[Les BOOGIE]

36. Hail to the Chief Jan 20, 2001

:(

[NightTrain]

37. Billy Joel pursues a music career.

:scared:

[Canuckistanian]

39. Oh, all right Linda, you can sing, too

Just sit over there, next to Ringo...

[SarahB]

40. In the late 80's when Nike ads used "Revolution"

It signaled society did, in fact, completely sell it's soul.

[lucidmadman]

43. I have to go with MTV...

... it really wreaked everything. It's hard to imagine haircuts replacing musical talent but that's exactly what happened.
I didn't like being supplied with pictures. I liked the pictures in my head.
I don't think it's very mysterious that a guy from a fake 'TV band' (The Monkies) pretty much invented MTV with his ELEPHANT PARTS.
I feel like such an old fart saying this, but, so be it...
I still love 'rawk'. But when I listen I listen to stuff I liked in my 20s: The Velvets, Iggy, Bowie, Roxy Music and the second generation of the 'British Invasion': Yardbirds, Who, Them, etc....
I feel that MTV robbed people of a distinct pleasure...