The Black Eyed Peas
Now. I know a lot of pop music, or indeed any kind of music, has it's fair share of annoying tunes. I love my music me, any kind will do as long as it sounds alright to my ears, or makes me want to jump around and kick kids, or relax in a bubble bath, or cry about this and that while stuffing my face with Pringles. Pop, rock, jazz, post rock, post punk, i'm all for it, and I actually still buy records I like.

But.

The Black Eyes Peas: they make me want to kill relatives, knock over valuable things, and/or gouge my ears out with ski sticks. As David Cross once said (about someone else though), i'd rather hear the death rattle of my only child than listen to that shit again.

Where do I start?

The one where they take the Link Wray tune, AKA the Pulp Fiction theme, etc., and cover it with one of the most shitty vocals ever, ie "pump it", "turn up the radio, blast up the stereo, right", not even trying to depart from the original record. Bollocks.

The one that goes "my lumps my humps" and whatnot. What ON EARTH is that woman on about? And why?

The one that goes "LETS GET IT STARTED", complete with the "HAHA"'s and "IN HERE"'s which are so annoyingly twuntish, I can't even think about them without blood coming out of my ears. And the video, the less said about it, the better.

That one about funking with someone's heart. Bollocks to that and all.

I dislike a lot of bands, but this lot take the fucking biscuit, it's verging on real hatred.

If I go to someone's house, and they've got a Black Eyed Peas CD in their collection, i kill them. And I live in France, and Xenu knows how bad music can get over here.
(Alaning, Tue 6 May 2008, 20:33, 3 replies)

Hey!
Where is the love?
( girlinthehole, Tue 6 May 2008, 21:01, closed)

I know how bad the music can get in France
Remember "I am the king of de bongo" circa 2002?
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Tue 6 May 2008, 23:55, closed)

That "King of Bongo" thingy
That was by Manu Chao. He's huge here, even though he's released two almost identical albums of BOLLOCKS. He's quite well liked in South America as well I'm told. He was ok in Mano Negra, sort of. But there is much worse. I remember reading somewhere that french music is as good as british wine, which is spot on I suppose.
(Alaning, Wed 7 May 2008, 7:44, closed)