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by / on May 6, 2013 at 12:42 pm / in Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where the Rolling Stones, well, sucked

Like most fans, we were hoping the Rolling Stones would pull out some deep cuts as they convened to celebrate five decades of debauched rock. What we got, however, was “Emotional Rescue”

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by / on February 27, 2013 at 7:34 am / in Gimme Five, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Led Zeppelin, well, sucked

It’s become fashionable to like Led Zeppelin again, after the release of their 2007 partial reunion concert. Luckily, Celebration Day, which debuted in the Billboard Top 10 last fall, doesn’t include any of these duds.

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by / on January 8, 2013 at 10:40 am / in Gimme Five, Pop Music, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where the Beatles, well, sucked (again!)

We called “All You Need Is Love” a pasted-together goof, “The Long and Winding Road” a devastatingly maudlin bore. And you ripped us to shreds. Now, we’re back for more.

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by / on December 22, 2012 at 8:15 am / in Gimme Five, Metal, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Van Halen, well, sucked

Criticizing Van Halen for the times it were too corny or over-the-top almost feels disingenuous. After all, the band’s legend was founded on their blend of dizzying virtuosity with pervy jokester asides.

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by / on November 7, 2012 at 8:42 am / in Gimme Five, Pop Music, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Fleetwood Mac, well, sucked

When looking for entries by Fleetwood Mac in Something Else! Reviews’ regular Sucks Series, there was plenty of blame to go around. After all, more than dozen different songwriters have moved through the band’s ranks.

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by / on October 18, 2012 at 7:50 am / in Folk, Gimme Five, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Bob Dylan, well, sucked

It is fair to say that the most difficult comparison Bob Dylan ever faces is with his former selves. Still, over the years, there have been some selves that were undoubtedly worse than others.

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by / on September 27, 2012 at 8:30 am / in Gimme Five, Pop Music, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Solo Beatles records that, well, sucked

For all of the promise that greeted their time apart — we’ll get four Beatles albums a year now! — the reality was far different as Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison embarked on solo careers.

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by / on August 17, 2012 at 8:21 am / in Gimme Five, Pop Music, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Supertramp, well, sucked

Supertramp’s golden era is generally understood to have been between 1974-79, spanning Crime of the Century through Breakfast in America. Perhaps predictably, none of our selections come from that period.

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by / on August 10, 2012 at 8:30 am / in Gimme Five, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Chicago, well, sucked

It would be easy enough to fill this list with songs from Chicago’s turn-of-the-1990s slickster years. And just as easy to heap scorn on their post-Terry Kath slump in the late 1970s. Instead, we did both.

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by / on July 31, 2012 at 8:30 am / in Gimme Five, Progressive rock, Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Genesis, well, sucked

There was the Peter Gabriel era, the Phil Collins-led edition, and then that Ray Wilson album. We’re not getting into which one was better — only when Genesis didn’t quite live up to our expectations.

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