July 24, 2006

Wuss Fuss

Follow up on that AOL list of wussiest songs.

1. I forgot to mention you can hear all 111 songs on AOL's Wuss Radio. You wish you though of that Sirius!

2. Two of my favorite comments so far...

"Erm, i'm a bit surprised that Wonderful Tonight is on there, but not Tears in Heaven lol"

Is that you Anton?!

"Most of those songs were made to be wussy--a quarter of them are bubblegum pop. I'd be more impressed if they came up with a list of songs that had every intention of being tough but ended up being soft."

Good point Kim. Your theoretical list would almost certainly have this at #1.

And no I don't wanna talk about Michael Bay's Transformers movie. I was a GoBots boy.

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hey this is the song that mark wahlberg and john c. reilly record in Boogie Nights...

Posted by: michael at 07/24/06 2:07 PM | Reply
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Yes it is! One of my favorite movies ever. And a great scene. And Michael Penn!

Posted by: scott at 07/24/06 2:09 PM | Reply
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9Bng7NPPY&search=boogie%20nights%20touch

Posted by: Casey at 07/24/06 2:31 PM | Reply
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Good God what did you just make me watch?

Posted by: a is for applebits at 07/24/06 2:33 PM | Reply
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as would David Hasselhoff's "The Night Rocker."

Posted by: bill p at 07/24/06 2:50 PM | Reply
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I LOVE the Transformers movie. And resent strongly the implication that Stan Bush is wussy. I mean, "Dare" is a great song.

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Posted by: Charles at 07/24/06 3:13 PM | Reply
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Uhh..."Tears in Heaven" was written after Clapton's son died. I think by definition that makes it not wussy.

Posted by: Stephen at 07/24/06 3:18 PM | Reply
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One thing that has always bothered me about the Transformers is that Optimus Prime's trailer seems to disappear whenever he transforms. Where does it go? Also, Orson Welles (in his final film role) played the voice of Unicron, a giant hungry planet, in Transformers the Movie. If an actor of similar stature gets involved in Michael Bay's movie, who should it be? Brando's out, so who's on deck? Nicholson? Beatty? Is Charles Nelson Reilly a pipe dream?

Posted by: Jesse at 07/24/06 4:02 PM | Reply
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Thanks. Anything I can do to point out AOL's simple flaws, I do.

Posted by: Kim at 07/24/06 6:28 PM | Reply
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Wow... thanks for unearthing that. I always thought the original was by Sammy Haggar?

Posted by: Jojoba at 07/24/06 8:47 PM | Reply
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Whenever I hear someone mention Michael Bay, all I can think of is that Team America song where they just diss Pearl Harbour.

http://www.musictimes.com.au

Posted by: MusicTimes at 07/24/06 8:57 PM | Reply
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gobots? are you fucking kidding me?

Posted by: starscream at 07/25/06 12:37 AM | Reply
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transformers > gobots

class dismissed.

Posted by: gobots suck at 07/25/06 1:06 AM | Reply
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a wise friend breaks down everything into gobots/transformers...coke is transformers, pepsi is gobots. wwf is transformers, wcw is gobots. and so on.

Posted by: jim at 07/25/06 1:50 AM | Reply
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"i was a gobots boy"

so what you're saying is, you were poor.

Posted by: dallapozza at 07/25/06 8:54 AM | Reply
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jesus christ. GOBOTS? seriously?
that had better be an attempt at humor somehow.

Posted by: freeminot at 07/25/06 9:29 AM | Reply
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Ray LaMontagne is Transformers, James Blunt is Gobots.
Saetia is Transformers, Story of the Year is Gobots.
Subway is Transformers, McDonald's is Gobots.
Radiohead is Transformers, Athlete is Gobots.
Pitchfork Media is Transformers, MTV is Gobots.

We get the point...

Posted by: Ben at 07/25/06 1:31 PM | Reply
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Posted by: Ben at 07/25/06 3:33 PM | Reply
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Scott, as author of the first of your favorite quotes, i'm afraid i'm not Anton lol also, I know Clapton wrote Tears in Heaven for his dead son who fell out of a hotel window, but just listen to it! Jesus... I mean i have plenty of questionable songs, but that's king of the wuss for me lol I just have a soft spot for shit talkign clapton, to me there are people far better out there. also, i'm not the same as the Ben above me, i'm English and have no idea what Gobots is lol

Posted by: Ben at 07/25/06 3:35 PM | Reply
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why havent you put chad vader on stereogum yet!!!!!!!!!

its hotter than eggs popin on the sidewalk!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0

Posted by: doug at 07/25/06 8:02 PM | Reply
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GO BOTS 4 LIFE, Scott. It says so in gothic letters on my abdomen.

Posted by: christopher at 07/26/06 3:49 AM | Reply
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