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Post by pelicanguy on Jul 14, 2006 16:51:42 GMT -5
They're called wimps because their songs are either whiny, preachy or just plain wedgie-deservers.
25. Robert Smith 24. Donovan 23. 'N Sync (except Justin Timberlake) 22. Natalie Merchant 21. Pat Boone 20. Garth Brooks 19. Bread 18. Common 17. Metallica 16. Paul McCartney 15. Christopher Cross 14. Cat Stevens 13. Belle and Sebastian 12. Graham Nash 11. Barry Manilow 10. Hillary Duff 9. Chris Martin 8. Babyface 7. Rascal Flatts 6. Kenny G 5. Peter Cetera (of Chicago) 4. Boyz II Men 3. Dan Fogelberg 2. Nick Lachey 1. James Taylor
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Post by Blaque on Jul 14, 2006 18:09:04 GMT -5
I don't agree with Babyface. His ballads are no more whiney than anyone else's.
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Post by pelicanguy on Jul 14, 2006 18:41:34 GMT -5
He is getting a bit old with all that whining.
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Post by Blaque on Jul 14, 2006 19:59:56 GMT -5
I guess he's just sticking to what he knows.
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Post by dolphinfan on Jul 15, 2006 17:44:07 GMT -5
Common not a wimp? baby face is boarder-line!!
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Post by pelicanguy on Jul 24, 2006 17:00:29 GMT -5
Now for the explainations:
EVERYBODY IN N'SYNC EXCEPT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: * Just as surrounding yourself with fat people makes you look thin, J-Tim's cool-guy status reflects how uncool his boy-bandmates were. Lance Bass achieves cosmonaut accreditation but can't find anyone to launch him into space; Joey Fatone sings show tunes; Chris Kirkpatrick fronts a presumably Spinal Tap-inspired "rock" outfit called Nigels II; and JC Chasez records "I'm Not Sleeping Alone," in which he doth protest too much. * WUSSIEST MOMENT: In "Without Me," Eminem says Kirkpatrick should get his ass kicked "worse than them little limp-bizkit bastards." No one argues.
COMMON * Being a sensitive backpacker MC is one thing. But when you're a teetotaling, incense-burning, chrocheted-scarf-wearing vegitarian whose real name is Lonnie Lynn...well, let's just say street cred isn't an issue. Call him the hip-hop Stuart Smalley: "I just wanna be happy with being me," Kanye's boho homey once rapped. Awww... * WUSSIEST MOMENT: Shortened his name from Common Sense in 1995 after being sued by a ska band with the same name. A ska band.
BABYFACE * Ever since his late-80s ascendance, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds has sought to take the bump and grind out of R&B and replace it with gentle, easy-listening melodies and Dr. Phil-worthy affirmations. The Barry Manilow-loving songwriter-producer-performer writes about love with the soft-focus banality of a guy born to pen Hallmark cards and sings as if he's trying not to wake his grandmother in the next room. * WUSSIEST MOMENT: Writing an album worth of tunes about the struggles of being a love-starved middle-aged woman for the "Waiting To Exhale" soundtrack.
BOYZ ii MEN * Never mind the quasi-thuggish "z" in their name - these Philly melismaniacs are about as gangsta as crying in your pillow. Four early-90s R&B hearthrobs with an image ore wholesome than fortified milk, they crooned their way to more than 25 million in sales and set the stage for all the boy bands who followed. * WUSSIEST MOMENT: The please-forgive-me-baby No. 1 smash "On Bended Knee," which singlehandedly set men back at least 10 years.
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Post by Blaque on Jul 26, 2006 15:52:39 GMT -5
COMMON * Being a sensitive backpacker MC is one thing. But when you're a teetotaling, incense-burning, chrocheted-scarf-wearing vegitarian whose real name is Lonnie Lynn...well, let's just say street cred isn't an issue. Call him the hip-hop Stuart Smalley: "I just wanna be happy with being me," Kanye's boho homey once rapped. Awww... * WUSSIEST MOMENT: Shortened his name from Common Sense in 1995 after being sued by a ska band with the same name. A ska band.I don't really know anything about Common but just because he's not out here gang banging and cussing up a storm doesn't make him a wimp. He sounds OK to me.
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Post by pelicanguy on Jul 27, 2006 17:33:09 GMT -5
I didn't write this.
I like Common too.
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