89 Most Redundant, Repetitive Cliches in Music 24 - 16
- 24. Guyliner
- 23. Sleeping With Record Execs
Mariah married her record company's president, Lenny Kravitz allegedly slept with Virgin Records execs, and even Madonna famously admitted to sleeping her way into a record deal. It's the oldest trick in the book --
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22. The "I'm Just Like You, But Rich" Song
It's not the rocks that are fooling us, Jenny From the Block, it's your ridiculous diva behavior. The J-Los of the world -- who only step foot in their old neighborhoods when they're escorting Barbra Walters -- feel the need to convince the world they are still the same old person when their servants, black cards and Leer jets say otherwise. Is it to soothe the pangs of guilt they have about their lavish new lives? Nah, couldn't be.
The Culprits:J. Lo's 'Jenny From the Block'Faith's 'Mississippi Girl'Mary J.'s 'Deep Inside' - 21. Ridiculous Riders
From Mariah's pink toilet paper to J.Lo's counter-clockwise-only stirred coffee to Moby's fresh underwear, rockers have taken Van Halen's legendary "no brown M&M's" concert rider demand to new levels -- simply because they can. The ultimate? Iggy Pop's "cauliflower/broccoli, cut into individual florets and thrown immediately into the garbage."
See the demands firsthand - 20. The Posthumous Album Record labels know that music -- just like paintings and literature -- is worth more after its maker has gone on to meet theirs. 2Pac's peeps have made the biggest killing, having released an astounding eight albums since his death in 1996 -- twice as many as when he was alive. The getting's so good, we're still expecting Left-Eye and Aaliyah to come back with a long-lost duet CD any day now.Check out 2Pac's NEW video. Seriously.49 More Awesomely Dead Rock Stars
- 19. Dating Winona Ryder Beck. Evan Dando. Dave Pirner. Ryan Adams. Tre Cool. Pete Yorn. Damien Rice. Paul Westerberg. Hell, raise your hand if you're in a band and haven't dated Winona. The world's most famous shoplifting groupie has been around more times than an old Beatles 45. Courtney Love put it best when she said, "You're no one in music until you have feuded with me or slept with Winona." Which means Dave Grohl is the biggest rock star EVER!
- 18. Firing the Drummer
Ever since Pete Best gave way to a guy named Ringo, bands have notoriously had a revolving door of drummers. Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins both had five, GN'R has had six (and counting). Stickmen will forever be on edge because they all know in rock, when the going gets tough, the drummer gets fired.
- 17. The Mother Theresa Syndrome
In the past decade, pop stars have struggled to bring water to Africa, bring African babies to America, and save other distressed peoples who have never heard their music. Props to them for giving a little bit back, but we've listened to 'One' about 4,000 times and still don't think Bono deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 16. The Spoken-Word Breakdown
"Girl" only gives it up if a baritone balla whispers sweet nothings into her ear while his bros "oooh" and "aaah" in the background. But it never lasts -- even that dude from Boyz II Men got to the end of the road.