Day 17: Michael Bay

As everyone knows, on this day in 1965, Hollywood icon/director/producer Michael Bay was born. In honor of some of his work (Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys, Armageddon...) I have decided to compile a list of incredibly shallow songs that either cover up or celebrate their shallowness through distraction in melody or guitar riff or nice beats. Now, don't get me wrong, some of these songs are great, proving that artistic value can be salvaged out of piss-poor lyrics. And, some of these songs are just plain dumb. Catchy... perhaps. But dumb. Most of them are just victims of style over substance.

Without further ado...

YouTube:
01. Metallica - Fuel
02. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
03. Foreigner - Hot Blooded
04. Journey - Any Way You Want It
05. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
06. Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
07. Puff Daddy - It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)
08. Cash Money Millionaires - #1 Stunna
09. Jay Z - Big Pimpin'
10. Linkin Park - Paper Cut (Ironically a coincidence that these two songs were matched up for the Jay Z/Linkin Park CD)
11. Good Charlotte - Girls & Boys
12. Jonas Brothers - Burnin' Up
13. Fastball - The Way
14. Duran Duran - The Reflex
15. Kanye West - Coldest Winter
16. Queen - Killer Queen
17. The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
18. Kid Rock - Bawitdaba
19. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
20. Poison - Unskinny Bop
21. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
22. B52's - Rock Lobster
23. Jimmy Buffett - MargaritaVille
24. Toto - Africa
25. The Beatles - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Unavailable on imeem)

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Day 17: Michael Bay

And, of course, Henry the Horse dances the Waltz?
-Erik

Bonus Video, Collision Course!!!


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