Monday's Song from Hell - March 11th

I think this classifies as such not because the song itself is so horrible or so catchy that you can't stop humming it (and I can't catch any intelligible words), but for what it has inspired so many people to do. Making 30 second videos of people dancing to the song became a viral internet sensation nearly overnight, and thankfully has started to recede nearly as fast.

15 seconds of someone in a helmet/mask dancing as if they were invisible to the rest of the room, then 15 seconds of everyone dancing, usually awkwardly and with some kind of partial costume and/or odd props.  And usually a bit of partial "nudity" and perhaps suggestive hip movements.

But it's so ridiculous that even children are convinced of how silly it is. And that is why they love it too. So this may be the most innocent version of it on the internet.  It makes it no less annoying however.

Monday's Song from Hell - February 11th

Not that this song is so catchy or annoying that you can't forget the tune or some riff from it.  Rather the lyrics and story that it tells is a bit haunting.  Powerful stuff you could say.  I think country music has a good history of telling stories that are sometimes hard to tell.

This is in honor of this song winning two Grammy's last night: Carrie Underwood for Country Solo Performance, and Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins for Country Song.