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It takes a lot for me to truly hate a song. I can find the silver lining in just about any song, regardless if I like the artist or the genre.

But sometimes, I REALLY hate a song.

So thanks, Bloc Party, for making a song that I hate as much as any song I can remember. They're new song, "Mercury" is horrible. The lyrics are weak and repetitive, the beat is a redundant and the effects sound like a high-budget basement recording. It is a truly atrocious song by a band who has released a quality work for the last five years. It is an example how a big budget and big label can destroy an artist and a genre.

Honorable mention goes to The Faint's new songs, "The Geeks Were Right" which, while not as bad as "Mercury" is another example of a formerly grand artist in a horrible state of decline.

Labels: bloc party, songs i hate, the faint

About once a year, I'd get hit with complete bordom of music. I could care less about it. Then, last year, it hit me twice. Now, for the second time this year, it's hit me hard again. (Note: I would totally play the new Hillary Duff track, and everyone would dance their ass of to it.) Anyway, sitting on my desk right now are dozens of unopened CDs. Boris, Bloc Party, Cold War Kids, Of Montreal, !!!, and about 20 more. Unopened. I have been thinking that any time now, I'd get the bug again. So far, nothing.

If you've tried cranking a lawnmower or chainsaw that just won't crank, you know exactly how I feel.

Labels: bloc party, bored of music, boris, chk chk chk, cold war kids, hillary duff, of montreal