What Celebrities Would You Say Released The Worst Music?

[JamesG]

I'm talking about people who are mainly actors or athletes who try to venture on into the music world.

These are some of the people I know who have released music:

Bruce Willis (Bruno)
Steven Seagal
Lindsay Lohan
Scarlett Johansson
Kevin Costner
Shaquille O'Neal
Macho Man Randy Savage
Paris Hilton

Has anyone heard any of the music released from the above?
Do you know of any others?

[Nighthawk76]

Eddie Murphy and Don Johnson

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by Shine

Eddie Murphy and Don Johnson

lol thanks.

Actually Party All The Time is one of my guilty favorites.

[ABlairican Pie]

What?? Nothing about William Shatner covering the Beatles??

[tv star collector]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

What?? Nothing about William Shatner covering the Beatles??

Leonard Nimoy also recorded an album.

Bonanza's Lorne Greene and Pernell Roberts both recorded several
albums. And Clint Walker (of Cheyenne) recorded a gospel album.

Actually, Lorne Greene had a very good singing voice. I haven't heard the
others. Andy Griffith and Jim Nabors were both good singers, too (esp.
gospel music). Comedian Frank Fontaine (of Jackie Gleason's show) was
also an excellent vocalist.

Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley) recorded an
album, which really isn't bad. And comedians Jerry Lewis and Bill Cosby
both sang on albums.

Clint Eastwood recorded a duet with Merle Haggard. I'm sure there are
other examples, but those are the only ones that come to mind.

[catlover79]

SHAQ!!

[Faith]

David Hasselhoff

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Faith

David Hasselhoff

I completely forgot about him - he and Marla Maples once did a cover of "If I Were a Carpenter".

[JamesG]

Just remembered about the music albums released from The Brady Bunch cast.

Maureen McCormick and Christopher Knight had a duet album in the 70s.

Also, McCormick tried to get into country in the mid-90s but her album was a flop and she never recorded music since.

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by Faith

David Hasselhoff

Forgot about him too. The only thing I have heard of his was his Hooked On A Feeling cover and I have no desire to listen to anything else of his.

It's funny because he was a top charter in Sweden I believe.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by JamesG

Just remembered about the music albums released from The Brady Bunch cast.

Maureen McCormick and Christopher Knight had a duet album in the 70s.

Also, McCormick tried to get into country in the mid-90s but her album was a flop and she never recorded music since.

I've listened to Maureen's country album and it's not bad. Maureen has a good voice, but I just don't think it's very distinctive. As for David Hasselhoff, supposedly he's a top recording act in Germany.

[JamesG]

This is AllMusicGuide's review of Steven Seagal's Mojo Priest.


Review by Thom Jurek

Apparently, action movie actor Steven Seagal didn't toss in the towel after 2004's Songs from the Crystal Cave. That record couldn't make up its mind what it wanted it to be: adult contemporary, Triple AM, neo-soul, rock, or modern slick blues.

Mojo Priest is a step up in terms of focus, and Seagal has learned how to use a recording studio. But here, he's focused on a kind of watered down, nocturnal form of urban blues. It's ultra-slick; perhaps because the studio engineer was none other than David Z.. The production is full of sheeny, high-end wash, with excellent backing vocals by Debra and Carla Barnes and Daunielle Hill.



It's like a postmodern read of Chicago blues, but without the grittiness or immediacy. Everything here has been so carefully plotted out — with the exception of the songwriting — that it feels like a by-the-numbers set list.

Seagal's guitar playing, despite showcasing his Les Paul on the cover, leaves plenty to be desired. It rarely rises above bar band pedigree, and most of the time, isn't that good. On "Love Doctor," not even the mighty Ruth Brown can rescue this 12-bar disaster. She sounds shrill and harsh while Seagal's vocal is all buried in smoke and reverb. The guitar solo is laughable.

"Dark Angel" creeps above the bar because of the killer slide work by Bob Margolin, but the lyrics are hilarious in that they lay out the eight-fold path to enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism, talking about nature of mind and protector deities. Margolin once more rescues the pathetic "Gunfire in a Juke Joint" from banality with his slide.



Seagal's evocation of blues clichés would just be bad if it weren't so nauseatingly serious. All of this music takes itself so seriously that it borders on delusional excess. Check the cover: there's the man himself wearing thousand dollar threads, holding a pristine Les Paul; sitting on a chair on the front porch of some rundown shack. When he talks of drinking all the time, carrying a 45, and gambling constantly on "Gunfire in a Juke Joint," one has to wonder who he's trying to channel (perhaps he's trying to channel Robin Trower, who is trying to channel Jimi Hendrix, who is channeling Robert Johnson?).

The intentionally swampy "Alligator Ass," with its phase shifted guitar and gospelized backing chorus and choogling Hammond B-3 just falls flat on its ass. "BBQ" sounds like it's trying to call forth Son Seals from the grave but the late, great bluesman is probably turning in it instead. Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Koochie Man" and Elmore James' "Dust My Broom" are so hopelessly clueless in terms of their spirit and execution that they should have been left off the disc, and Seagal should be put on trial for murdering them.

On the poetically titled "Talk to My Ass," Seagal plays "guitar," "lead guitar," and "rhythm guitar" — wha??? It's a tale of domestic disquiet that makes us root for the downtrodden wife. He duets with Bo Diddley on "Shake" that closes the formal set out. Also of interest is that players like Robert Lockwood, Jr., Homesick James, and Henry Townsend also played on the sessions and are given credit for "additional tracks" (the three mystery bonus cuts tacked on at the end).



Seagal has given us another side of his ego on Mojo Priest— as if we needed one — no doubt encouraged by his manager, the notorious Miles Copeland.

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[70s show watcher]

gweneth paltrow i cant stand to hear her sing it hurts my ears

[JamesG]

Can't believe I didn't think of it before but Joaquin Phoenix definitely should be mentioned.

Hoax or not his music sucks and I can't wait for his debut rap album to come.

[Sharop]

Originally Posted by JamesG

Can't believe I didn't think of it before but Joaquin Phoenix definitely should be mentioned.

Hoax or not his music sucks and I can't wait for his debut rap album to come.

His older brother River was really into music and had his own band (Aleka's Attic.) I think he preferred music over acting. I don't know exactly what is going on with Joaquin, but apparently River's songs weren't bad.