General Gregory N. Pigott: Late Night Music Almost Christmas Edition Part 84........"It Can't Be That Bad"

I got this idea watching a Lady Gaga video.....what is the world coming to?

In order to be considered for this list, the SONG TITLE had to feature the word "BAD". Also receiving votes in this category were "Girls All The Bad Guys Want" by Bowling For Soup, "Need U Bad" by Jazmine Sullivan, "Good Times, Bad Times" by Godsmack, and "Want You Bad" by The Offspring.

"U Got It Bad"- Usher. Usher grabbed the #1 spot on the Billboard Charts with this song that closed out 2001's charts and the video featuring his future girlfriend Chili. This song only reminds us how stupid Usher was to let Chili- just look at her. I have to admit I was always more a fan of Usher's albums "My Way" and "Confessions" and never being big into "8701" despite it's popularity. This song just seems like it belongs on one of those other albums. I'm taking away bonus points for the fake rain near the end of the video- that is just stupid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3IWTfcks4k

"The Bad Touch"- The Bloodhound Gang. Argue with me if you want, but lead singer Jimmy Pop STILL looks like Mike O'Malley to me. I swear I used to think it was the same person. This "hit" was released in 1999 as the lead single from The Bloodhound Gang's album "Hooray For Boobies". I think I know where their mind was this entire album. This video was recently voted the #11 most inappropriate video of all time on MuchMusic.com. I'd really like to see who beat them out on this list. This is without a doubt, the most inappropriate video in the history of this blog- easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xat1GVnl8-k

"Bad Company"- Bad Company. Surprisingly, this is Bad Company's first ever appearance on "Late Night Music". This self-titled song was on the self-titled album of Bad Company in 1974. While there have been many instances of artists releasing songs that are the same as their band name (unfortunately), this is without a doubt the most successful attempt ever. Despite Bad Company being a great 70's rock band and their unbelievable "holy crap I didn't know they were British" effect, this song almost disqualifies itself for being so lame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf3uiCfNkaM

"Bad Romance"- Lady Gaga. After the success of her debut album "The Fame", Lady Gaga originally decided to release new material onto a reissue album of "The Fame". Instead, Lady Gaga decided to leave the new material as a standalone EP entitled "The Fame Monster" and made it one of the most successful EPs of recent music history.Speaking of inappropriate videos- this one somehow relates Lady Gaga being sold as sexual slave in a bath house to this song about being in love with your best friend. Those two relate how exactly? Despite this nonsense connection, you can see from the view counter on the site that this video is one of the most watched videos in the history of youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I&NR=1

"Bad"- Michael Jackson. In 1987, Michael Jackson released his much anticipated follow up to "Thriller" and his worldwide debut as a white woman with a jheri curl with "Bad" and this title track being the second single from the album. All of you who know me know good and well that I am and always was a huge supporter of MJ's music, but this video is so incredibly stupid it's seriously unreal. There is no way you can convince me that the point of this video was to make Michael Jackson out as being "Bad".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-w2WNxeqE

"You Give Love A Bad Name"- Bon Jovi. In 1986 Bon Jovi released their best album as a band "Slippery When Wet", which was also one of the best albums of the 80's. This lead single from the album gave Bon Jovi their first #1 hit. Is it just me, or does Richie Sambora look like he's not really singing in this video? He co-wrote the song with Jon Bon Jovi and he doesn't even know the words? Bonus points for this being one of my favorite party songs from college.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ

"Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad"- Meatloaf. The first verse of this song sounds like Carly Simon singing- I'm just saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgK6dBefpu8

"Bad Day"- Daniel Powter. Our Canuck friend Daniel Powter is a great example of a modern day one hit wonder. This #1 song from 2005 has not only proven to be his 15 minutes of fame, it's proven to be one of the best songs from the 00's. However, I see this video and I feel like I'm watching a Gavin DeGraw video. Bonus points for filming part of the video on the subway in Los Angeles, because most people haven't seen the inside of one of those trains anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg

"Bad Man"- R Kelly. Most people forget about the 2000 re-make of the film "Shaft". (With good reason. Seriously, not only was it called a "sequel" 29 years later with Shaft's "nephew" the new lead guy, but John Singleton directed it- why would you want to see it anyway?). However, the soundtrack featured two R Kelly tracks, which included this pretty good song despite it peaking at #118 (yes you read that right) on the Billboard Charts. This was pretty surprising because R Kelly was in between a time of a huge popularity with his success of "R" still flowing and with "TP-2.Com" coming out later that year. I have to admit I just snickered at the irony of this song and R Kelly's legal history. Question for this video is how many of you actually think R Kelly is playing the guitar in the video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Euz9a0oAlw

"A Bad Dream"- Keane. Keane followed up their 2004 debut smash "Hopes and Fears" with 2005's "Under The Iron Sea" and it became one of the most popular albums in the world in 2005 with this single closing out the album's singles in 2006. This was the only single from "Under The Iron Sea" to not crack the Top 20 which is pretty surprising because it's always been one of Keane's best songs to me. Unlike most British groups, there is no mistaking Keane for a British group. Seriously, just look at lead singer Tom Chaplin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLoYVnh4sY

"I'm Bad"- LL Cool J. Oh yeah, he's bad alright, at ripping off Run DMC's look. Ya know I've always liked LL, but he seems alot more hard and actually capable of being a badass today than he did 23 years ago. This video must have been made before he started working out. Bonus points for the foreshadowing lyrics of "my rap is like a shark's fan". Those of you who know what I'm talking about are laughing pretty hard right now. I'm taking away points for the stupid Police dispatchers in the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVDfyc2lh4Q

"Bad Habits"- Maxwell. What a great song to open an album with! This lead track off of "BLACKSummer's Night" was released shortly after "Pretty Wings" in 2009, and was actually released about a month before the actual album. This video just confirms the fact that Maxwell is not only immensely talented, he's also without a doubt one of the most cool human beings alive- it's almost not fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6s41gpCfg8

"Bad For Me"- Danielle Peck. Just for you country fans- now shut up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_QxtpfX9g

BONUS VIDEOS- "Shooting Star"- Bad Company. The best song from them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5qGhqbXsLM

"Bad Day"- Alvin and the Chipmunks. From the first movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhIov5DnX5s