World's Worst Music concert will do good

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 13, 1987 ;     383 words ......of it. It stinks, as a matter of fact. We're so excited." Emily Lodine is talking about plans for the second annual World's Worst Music concert to be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Ave., Evanston. The organizers have billed...

STONE ME! JAGGER ON WORST ROCKERS LIST.(News)

The People (London, England);  August 17, 2003 ;     119 words ...Byline: STEVE MYALL ROCK legend Mick Jagger has been named one of the WORST artists in pop history. The Rolling Stone's solo efforts are slated as worse than a tone-deaf six-year-old . Mick, 60, is 13th in a shock...

Bolton, Jagger, Dion named in music's hall of shame.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 13, 2003 ;     78 words ...MICHAEL Bolton, Celine Dion and Mick Jagger were named today among the 50 worst artists in music history. David Bowie's Tin Machine, Bob Geldof and The Doors also made the list compiled by US music magazine Blender...

Jagger in worst list.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  August 14, 2003 ;     84 words ...MICK Jagger has been named alongside Michael Bolton and Celine Dion as one of the 50 WORST artists in music history. Superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold, Bob Geldof and even The Doors made the list compiled by US music magazine Blender...

No translation needed with Mana's rock

The Boston Globe;  July 26, 1996 ;     457 words ......night Howard Stern had it all wrong. Remember? When Selena died, and he said some inane thing about how Mexicans listen to the worst music. Obviously he'd supped once too many times in the Muzak of Taco Bell, and never heard the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated...

The Award Goes to . . . Other Spring Notables

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 25, 1992 ;     183 words ......wins this one for starting two hours late. BEST MUSIC: The '70s disco happening at Chloe, including "And the Beat Goes On." WORST MUSIC: The chanting at Comme des Garcons. BEST MUSIC POTENTIAL: Backstage at Chanel, where Michael Hutchence of INXS hung out with...

From The Forum; Your views on buskers.(Features)

Birmingham Mail (England);  October 23, 2008 ;     161 words ......junction of New Street and High Street. The deafening pan pipes brigade and the 'clothes' shop is allowed to blare out the worst music at maximum volume. None of these are a public nuisance, yet some poor bloke with a guitar whom you can quite happily walk...

Reviews: Come on feel the noise: Double glammy

The Scotsman;  September 26, 2001 ;     341 words ......Theatre, Musselburgh *** THEY call it the decade that taste forgot: big hair, flares, platforms, glitter, and some of the worst music in pop history rubbing shoulders with some of the best. But still, there's a whole generation of people now in their forties...

CM Confidential.(Features)

The People (London, England);  December 30, 2001 ;     565 words ......artists such as Westlife, Victoria Adams, Hear-say and Atomic Kitten. But it wasn't all bad. With the charts clogged up the worst music ever penned since God created sound, it was very much the year of the album. And here's our international famous five... The...

Dot dot dot; Lichtenstein and the art of parody.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 1, 1997 ;     411 words ......jokes at first, even obvious ones, and not everyone was laughing. A New York Times critic labeled Lichtenstein one of the worst artists in America, and others predicted he would be quickly forgotten. But Lichtenstein became a giant of 20th century art, not...

Paul Martin's showbiz column: BAD BOB; Geldof named one of the WORST...

The Mirror (London, England);  September 10, 2003 ;     303 words ......relief efforts. But BOB GELDOF has been handed a place in rock history that he won't be quite as proud of - as one of the WORST artists in music history. The Dubliner has been voted among the 50 worst stars by readers of America's biggest magazine, Maxim. The...

Letter: We want musicians, not just celebrities.(Letters)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 17, 2006 ;     163 words ...Byline: Jean Bennington I REFER to the article about Lisa Scott-Lee being awarded the worst music award. Many young singers these days appear to have little talent. Unfortunately talent is something you don't seem to need, only...

CDS

Dayton Daily News;  July 2, 2004 ;     174 words ......Jeff Tweedy and Co. However, Ghost, as a whole, is uneven and by far the weakest Wilco album to date. It features some of the worst music the band has ever produced. Less Than You Think is just painful to listen to. Running more than 15 minutes, only three of...

How will we remember the nineties? No 32: Nelson Mandela

The Sunday Herald;  October 3, 1999 ;     409 words ...Nelson Mandela has been responsible for some of the best human sentiment and worst music of all time. On the one hand he is a symbol of hope, of bravery, of ideals held and executed with conviction. On the other hand...

Musicians need to refocus on task at hand

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  February 4, 2004 ;     405 words ...Today's youth is experiencing possibly the worst music of any modern generation. The everyday formula of calculated rebellion, good looks and dance music has become boring. Stale. Even...