Tim McGraw and Def Leppard Get Together to Show the World What it Means to Suck

You may recall an entry I wrote for this blog some time ago when Tim McGraw’s PR company announced his plan to collaborate with ’80s sensation Def Leppard. When I wrote the post, I decided to be charitable, to abstain from criticizing it until I heard it. “After all,” I thought, “who knows? It might be good — I doubt it, but stranger things have happened.” I mean, Tay Zonday’s “Chocolate Rain” video on YouTube has been viewed 21,221,014 times! Point being, anything can happen. Sure, a single that couples modern country and ’80s glam rock will probably make me want to puncture my eardrums; but maybe, just maybe, it will be one of those songs we’re embarrassed to like (think: “Since U Been Gone”).

In this case, however, it is not one of those songs. To the contrary, it is more hilariously godawful than anyone could have imagined. From the cookie-cutter modern country intro to the bland, impotent excuse for a guitar solo, this piece of crap represents everything that disgusts me about the sort of music that gets terrestrial radio play. I challenge you to watch as much of this as you can stand, all the while considering that, according to a January press release, this took THREE YEARS to put together. Now, without further ado, we are ashamed to present THE WORST MUSIC VIDEO EVER MADE.

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2 Responses to “Tim McGraw and Def Leppard Get Together to Show the World What it Means to Suck”

  1. Posted by Briguy on May 4th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    I understand that Tim McGraw and members of Def Leppard collaborated recently on the song “Nine Lives.” I haven’t heard it (and most likely won’t in the foreseeable future, but not due to a disinterest or non-interest in the song). That said, I guess there’s unusual (for lack of a better word) pairings that work and some that don’t work. Willie Nelson seems to work with everyone he comes in contact with. I don’t have an answer for this one.

  2. Posted by ben on May 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    Briguy, you can listen to it gratis on imeem.com by following the hyperlink in this entry! Thanks for coming back to see us - would you mind having a listen there or checking out the video on YouTube and letting us know what you think?

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