Have you ever heard a song on the radio that you just simply dislike. You turn it off quickly and forget all about it (or your forced to listen to it because your little sister/your mother/your girlfriend or boyfriend just loves the song for some wierd reason. Think back to that song. Why do you hate it so much?
With this new category we will focus on the bad jesters. Those who are not at all entertaining and certainly are not talented. It can be a set of lyrics, a song, an album, or a band in general. The only qualification is that it has to be popular and it has to be bad enough to be put on the Court’s Wall of Shame. Yes, the bad jesters will focus on those beats and words that just are plain poor.
We want to hear your thoughts. Who do you dislike? Comment about your most hated bands and inspire us to check out some more bad music. We dare you. Look for posts soon!
My favorite band is Pink Floyd. Yes, I do admit that The Beatles are the greatest band of all time but Pink Floyd holds a special place in my heart mainly for their work on “Dark Side of the Moon” and “Wish You Were Here,” two albums that portray the pinnacle of psychedelic music. Yet, the link I bring you today comes from a very different Pink Floyd. A Floyd well before there first release of “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” in August of 1967. A Floyd that held a completely different sound under a different band leader named Syd Barrett. Of course, less then one year after this video was recorded Barrett performed his last concert with Pink Floyd and because of his unstability due to excess LSD usage and deteriorating mental health he was impossible to deal with on stage for he continually changed chord progressions and melodies to a mash-up of ideas in his head. But, here in February of 1967 we are still in the emerging years of the young Pink Floyd Sound and we should celebrate this awesome rare video from the UFO Club.
appearance may not be pleasant his view on this new music is sharp. He speaks of the rise of Psychedelia positively, saying that it is just simply a new way of expressing oneself through music and while people may fear it there is really no need to. Well, Paul, after watching this video with suited dancers dancing some warped mix of 50’s moves and swaying,and constant images of protests and ominous headlines I am honestly a little scared. After watching the video I just could not stop thinking to myself, Roger Waters should only know what he, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and one guitarist with a haunting voice named David Gilmour will do in a few years time.
The Music Court 