That's right - it's time once again for the thread that no one ever seems to stop me from doing, the coveted and prestigious Fuzzies Awards, now entering their tenth incredible year with nearly half a dozen people giving a shit!
The rules, as always, are simple. You get two - that's right - two votes in each category, and you can get those votes to me however feels right to you. Post 'em here, send me a P.M., post 'em on my blog, show up at my house and burn 'em on my front lawn - it's your call.
BEST COVER SONG/PARODY OF THE YEAR: *"Wonderwall" - PAUL ANKA *"Strangers In The Night" - CAKE *"Bitches Ain't Shit" - BEN FOLDS *"Badfish/Boss DJ" - JACK JOHNSON *"It Ain't Me, Babe" - JOAQUIN PHEONIX and REESE WITHERSPOON
MOST OVERPLAYED SONG: *"Since U Been Gone" - KELLY CLARKSON *"Sugar, We're Going Down" - FALL OUT BOY *"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - GREEN DAY *"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
COMPILATION/SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR: *"The Corpse Bride" soundtrack *"Katamari Damacy" soundtrack *"Monty Python's Spamalot" original Broadway cast recording *"Stubbs The Zombie" soundtrack *"Walk The Line" soundtrack
WORST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"My Humps" - THE BLACK-EYED PEAS *"Bad Bad Man" - JOHN CENA *"I Just Wanna Live" - GOOD CHARLOTTE *"Trapped In The Closet" - R.KELLY *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"Girl" - BECK *"An Honest Mistake" - THE BRAVERY *"Feel Good Inc." - GORILLAZ *"Wake Me Up When September Ends" - GREEN DAY *"The Denial Twist" - THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST SONG OF THE YEAR: *"Candy Shop" - 50 CENT *"My Humps" - THE BLACK-EYED PEAS *"Sugar, We're Going Down" - FALL OUT BOY *"Don't Cha?" - THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
BEST NONSINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"Que Onda Guero?" - BECK *"When The President Talks To God" - BRIGHT EYES *"The Mariner's Revenge Song" - THE DECEMBERISTS *"Bastard" - BEN FOLDS *"Slow Down Gandhi" - SAGE FRANCIS
BEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"Doesn't Remind Me" - AUDIOSLAVE *"Holiday" - GREEN DAY *"Mr. Brightside" - THE KILLERS *"Gold Digger" - KANYE WEST feat. JAMIE FOXX *"My Doorbell" - THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *50 CENT *DESTINY'S CHILD *R. KELLY *GWEN STEFANI *THREE DOORS DOWN
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *BECK *BRIGHT EYES *SYSTEM OF A DOWN *KANYE WEST *THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"Monkey Business" - THE BLACK-EYED PEAS *"You Can't See Me" - JOHN CENA *"Get Rich or Die Trying" soundtrack *"Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge" - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE *"Love Angel Music Baby" - GWEN STEFANI
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"Extraordinary Machine" - FIONA APPLE *"Guero" - BECK *"blinking lights and other revelations" - EELS *"Late Registration" - KANYE WEST *"Get Behind Me, Satan" - THE WHITE STRIPES
HALL OF FAME: I'm gonna be a sport and let you vote for three - count 'em, three - here. The top three vote getters will be inducted*, the next six will be nominated again next year, and the last place finisher will be forever exiled from the Hall. For one year. At least. Cough.
*BECK (Last year: 4th) *BEN FOLDS FIVE (Last year: N/A) *GREEN DAY (Last year: N/A) *BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS (Last year: 1st) *WILLIE NELSON (Last year: N/A) *NINE INCH NAILS (Last year: 2nd) *RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (Last year: 5th) *SOUNDGARDEN (Last year: N/A) *THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (Last year: 3rd) *WEEZER (Last year: 6th)
*: The current Hall of Fame: (Alice In Chains, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Run DMC, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, "Weird Al" Yankovic)
PRE-EMPTIVE COMPLAINT FOLLOW-UP: Actually, I probably would have nominated Kanye West for Artist of the Year even if he hadn't slammed Dubya at the telethon - I did so two years ago - but I won't deny that it helped.
"That's my problem - I'm too frank. That's why my mother shoved me down the stairs. But then she is fat."
BEST NONSINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"When The President Talks To God" - BRIGHT EYES
Aw geez. That song is far worse than any of your Worst nominees. It's embarrassingly narrow and juvenile. At least "Bush Must Be Defeated" by Dan Bern has the cute piling up of increasingly audacious rhymes. "When the President Talks to God" is just a bunch of empty putdowns and caricatures. And regardless of whether or not the target is deserving, a terrible song is a terrible song.
BEST COVER SONG/PARODY OF THE YEAR: *"Bitches Ain't Shit" - BEN FOLDS *"It Ain't Me, Babe" - JOAQUIN PHEONIX and REESE WITHERSPOON
MOST OVERPLAYED SONG: *"Since U Been Gone" - KELLY CLARKSON *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
COMPILATION/SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR: *"The Corpse Bride" soundtrack *"Walk The Line" soundtrack
WORST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"My Humps" - THE BLACK-EYED PEAS *"Trapped In The Closet" - R.KELLY
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"An Honest Mistake" - THE BRAVERY *"The Denial Twist" - THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST SONG OF THE YEAR: *"My Humps" - THE BLACK-EYED PEAS *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
BEST NONSINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"When The President Talks To God" - BRIGHT EYES *"Bastard" - BEN FOLDS
BEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"Holiday" - GREEN DAY *"Mr. Brightside" - THE KILLERS
WORST ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *R. KELLY *GWEN STEFANI
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *BECK *THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"Monkey Business" - THE BLACK-EYED PEAS *"Love Angel Music Baby" - GWEN STEFANI
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"blinking lights and other revelations" - EELS *"Get Behind Me, Satan" - THE WHITE STRIPES
HALL OF FAME: I'm gonna be a sport and let you vote for three - count 'em, three - here. The top three vote getters will be inducted*, the next six will be nominated again next year, and the last place finisher will be forever exiled from the Hall. For one year. At least. Cough. *GREEN DAY (Last year: N/A) *BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS (Last year: 1st) *NINE INCH NAILS (Last year: 2nd)
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I am so out of touch with most of what's listed here that I will limit my vote to the Hall of Fame
HALL OF FAME:
*BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS *BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS *BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS
I saw him in Burlington, VT less than a year before he died so he gets all 3 of my votes
Oh Oh Oh Oh Popozao Popozao……which when translated from federline to english means "watch me spend all Brit’s cash before she dumps me and I become a Reality TV Star on VH1”……
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Bob Marley has been the first runner up for the Hall at least six years running. No matter who I nominate, he finishes in fourth and it's driving me crazy. You've pushed him well into the lead, hopefully it'll stick.
"That's my problem - I'm too frank. That's why my mother shoved me down the stairs. But then she is fat."
BEST COVER SONG/PARODY OF THE YEAR: *I'd also like to write in Franz Ferdinand's cover of Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For?" *"It Ain't Me, Babe" - JOAQUIN PHEONIX and REESE WITHERSPOON
MOST OVERPLAYED SONG: *"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - GREEN DAY *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
COMPILATION/SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR: *"Monty Python's Spamalot" original Broadway cast recording *"Walk The Line" soundtrack
WORST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"I Just Wanna Live" - GOOD CHARLOTTE *"Trapped In The Closet" - R.KELLY
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"The Denial Twist" - THE WHITE STRIPES *"Feel Good Inc." - GORILLAZ
WORST SONG OF THE YEAR: *"Don't Cha?" - THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS *"Candy Shop" - 50 CENT
BEST NONSINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"Que Onda Guero?" - BECK *"Bastard" - BEN FOLDS
BEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"Mr. Brightside" - THE KILLERS *"Gold Digger" - KANYE WEST feat. JAMIE FOXX
WORST ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *50 CENT *THREE DOORS DOWN
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *BECK *KANYE WEST
WORST ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"Get Rich or Die Trying" soundtrack *"Love Angel Music Baby" - GWEN STEFANI
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"Guero" - BECK *"Late Registration" - KANYE WEST
HALL OF FAME: *BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS *BECK *NINE INCH NAILS
Behold the "Wise" Words of Renegade Raine, the Bishounen Hunter:
Keep in mind, I'm guessing/picking the most interesting name for most of these, since I gave up listening to the radio a while ago.
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST: *AQUEDUCT *THE FUTUREHEADS
BEST COVER SONG/PARODY OF THE YEAR: *"Wonderwall" - PAUL ANKA *"Strangers In The Night" - CAKE
MOST OVERPLAYED SONG: *"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - GREEN DAY *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI Although that damned Clarkson song is a very close third.
COMPILATION/SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR: *"Katamari Damacy" soundtrack *"Walk The Line" soundtrack
WORST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"My Humps" - THE BLACK-EYED PEAS *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: *"Feel Good Inc." - GORILLAZ *"The Denial Twist" - THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST SONG OF THE YEAR: *"Don't Cha?" - THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS *"Hollaback Girl" - GWEN STEFANI
BEST NONSINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"Que Onda Guero?" - BECK *"Slow Down Gandhi" - SAGE FRANCIS
BEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR: *"Doesn't Remind Me" - AUDIOSLAVE *"My Doorbell" - THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *50 CENT *GWEN STEFANI
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: *SYSTEM OF A DOWN *THE WHITE STRIPES
WORST ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"You Can't See Me" - JOHN CENA *"Love Angel Music Baby" - GWEN STEFANI
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: *"Extraordinary Machine" - FIONA APPLE *"Get Behind Me, Satan" - THE WHITE STRIPES
HALL OF FAME: *NINE INCH NAILS (Last year: 2nd) *RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (Last year: 5th) *SOUNDGARDEN (Last year: N/A)
Crap, I feel old--I haven't heard any of these artists.
BEST COVER SONG/PARODY OF THE YEAR:
Ben Folds
MOST OVERPLAYED SONG:
Kelly Clarkson. (Green Day was overplayed, but it was actually pretty good.)
COMPILATION/SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR:
Spamelot
WORST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
I don't watch videos enough for them to annoy me much, mostly because MTV and VH1 hardly show any, and I don't have digital cable.
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Green Day. Funny, just an hour or two before I saw you'd posted this, I saw the video for "Soul Meets Body" and I was thinking it would be a good thing for you to nominate. Oh, well.
WORST SONG OF THE YEAR:
Nothing worthy of the "worst" title here. I might have voted for "Don't Cha" if not for the fact that my five-year-old goddaughter does a hilarious routine where she sings it and dances.
BEST NONSINGLE OF THE YEAR:
Bright Eyes Ben Folds
BEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR:
Mr. Brightside My Doorbell
WORST ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Three Doors Down. Most of the things you've got for "worst" are merely overpushed; 3DD is just bad.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Kanye
WORST ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
John Cena
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
The Eels Kanye
HALL OF FAME:
Bob Marley & The Wailers They Might Be Giants Ben Folds Five
But, jeez, I feel weird about voting for BFF for a Hall Of Fame when they've only been around for about 8 years, and that's including Ben as a solo artist. Too many current artists. How about nominating, say, The Isley Brothers, LL Cool J, The Temptations, Billy Bragg, The Hollies, Paul McCartney, The Raspberries, Steve Miller...I could go on, but I think I've made my point. I mean, nothing wrong with the newer bands, necessarily, I just think it's premature.
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