Mental Constipation

Dear blog,
just now, I ate so much, a little bit of me died as I got up from the dinner table.

Still thinking about my top 5 list, but it’s difficult. The ones I have were pretty easy because they are so unique; everyone can say they love Bob Dylan or 2pac or whatever, because their music is everywhere, but because such artists are considered classics the quality of their music is almost a given. I guess I’m looking for something with a more special sound.

While I’m still deciding, though, here are two songs I absolutely hate:

Graceland, by Paul Simon
Holy shit, how I hate this song. I mean, seriously, “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar“. What the fuck? I can’t really listen to the song very long before I start throwing violent fits, but I’m pretty sure it’s about some pedophile who’s driving to Graceland with his kidnapped son.

Big Yellow Taxi, covered by Counting Crows
Christ, it’s just too horrible. Made even worse by the fact that I for many years thought they sang “big paradise put up a parking lot”, this song is just too much to bear. It’s just too.. incredibly.. cheesy. The nasal vocals of that douchebag singer.. and just look at how the guys move on stage! Someone should put them down.

I was going to make it a top 3 and include This Love by Maroon 5 as well, but that song is really just cringe-worthy and awkward, compared to the seizure-inducing nausea fests above. Don’t worry though, there’s plenty more hate where that’s coming from.

Oh, and anything by Smash Mouth.