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Completely Conspicuous 652: From Bad to Worse

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about bad songs from good artists.

Show notes:

Songs we hate by artists we love
Phil's #6: U2 makes a misstep
Bono's talking tough
Jay's #6: A #1 hit from Cheap Trick featuring outside songwriters
The power ballad became huge for hard rock bands
Phil's #5: AC/DC hits it big after losing their singer
Jay's #5: When the biggest band tries to get weird
Phil's #4: When GNR decided to cover Dylan
They had lots of bad covers
Jay's #4: When Aerosmith hit #1 with a soundtrack ballad
Late-period Aerosmith is tough to take
Phil's #3: The Smiths get preachy about animal rights
Let's hear it for Bovine University
Morrissey with ham-fisted lyrics about vegetarianism
Jay's #3: R.E.M. had a couple of stinkers
A version of the song ended up on Sesame Street
Phil's #2: Punk rock upstarts go acoustic
Green Day ended up becoming very mainstream
Jay's #2: Bowie and Jagger with a very '80s abomination of a cover
Video premiered during Live Aid
Phil's #1: A definitive low for the Police at their most successful time
Andy Summers wrote some bad songs every so often
Jay's #1: Genesis with an all-timer of an offensive song
The video alone is brutal
Blame it on Mike Rutherford

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