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Jeebo

(2,436 posts)
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:24 PM May 26

Songs you hate, but everybody else loves?

Last edited Tue May 27, 2025, 01:21 AM - Edit history (1)

My nominee for this dubious distinction is the Beatles' Hey Jude. Every year over the Memorial Day weekend, when the Beatles channel on Sirius satellite radio plays the Top 100 Beatles songs as voted on by their listeners, that song always is in the top five. One year at least, it was number one.

(This year it was number one or two. I was listening but wasn't able to listen to the top two because I had to stop listening to deal with an emergency. Somebody please tell me what those top two were. I'm sure Hey Jude was one of them.)

I can't stand that song. It is WAY too monotonous, it goes ON and ON and ON and ON, and even before all the seemingly endless na-na-nas begin, it does little for me. I love the Beatles, I think they're the best band EVER, nobody else is even close, and yet, there are a few Beatles songs I don't like. Just a few, but Hey Jude is at the top of that list. When Hey Jude comes on the Beatles channel, I change the channel, or turn the radio off. I just simply cannot take the monotony.

— Ron

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Songs you hate, but everybody else loves? (Original Post) Jeebo May 26 OP
This ZDU May 26 #1
You want her heart to stop? True Dough May 26 #2
No, no BOSSHOG May 26 #4
Crassness welcome here, Boss True Dough May 26 #5
LMAO ZDU May 26 #7
Hate the song PJMcK May 26 #13
Funniest episode ever: Ilsa May 27 #51
Brilliant! PJMcK May 27 #59
Oh God yes, I can't stand this song! Diamond_Dog May 26 #20
This is my favorite rendition. catbyte May 27 #46
Perfection ZDU May 27 #64
Btw, if you're ever in a bad mood and need a laugh, go to the actual YouTube channel for this and catbyte May 27 #70
opening theme from chariots of fire. AllaN01Bear May 27 #116
I saw a cartoon not too long ago here on DU BOSSHOG May 26 #3
I saw that. sl8 May 27 #47
YMCA CanonRay May 26 #6
That's too easy! PJMcK May 26 #15
I used to like this song; it reminded me of my dad Mad_Dem_X May 27 #103
Don't know if people still love it, but they did in the 1980s BlueKota May 26 #8
Thank you! Boomerproud May 28 #121
This message was self-deleted by its author Prof. Toru Tanaka May 31 #158
"I Will Always Love You' Skittles May 26 #9
Agree wholeheartedly! Dolly Parton's version is just perfect. (she did write it after all) nt yellowdogintexas May 26 #11
Interestingly enough, it's the most popular remake in history (or at least in modern times) Polybius May 26 #24
I know, and I will never understand it. nt yellowdogintexas May 29 #131
I came into this thread hoping that no one would mention "My Heart Will Go On" or "I Will Always Love You" Polybius May 26 #22
honestly Skittles May 26 #28
I second that UGH, can't stand that song either. 😕 Dave Bowman May 27 #90
It was ok the first thousand times milestogo May 30 #138
not for me Skittles May 30 #142
Yellow Submarine peacebuzzard May 26 #10
'Why don't we do it in the road?'...'Revolution 9'...The Beatles put out a lot of crap songs. sop May 27 #58
I agree there. too much milquetoast peacebuzzard May 27 #120
Everything by Steely Dan Johonny May 26 #12
That's too bad PJMcK May 26 #17
Kid Charlemagne. Love that tune. chicoescuela May 26 #30
100% with you on that. MuseRider May 27 #88
I literally like every Steely Dan song I've ever heard. Paladin May 29 #125
Right. There are no bad Steely Dan songs. dchill May 31 #156
Close runner-up for my "No Bad Songs" award: Billy Joel. Paladin Jun 1 #160
"For the Longest Time" sucked when released... lastlib Jun 1 #163
Amazing how tastes can differ. returnee May 29 #133
I would add Dire Straits and the Beach Boys chowder66 May 26 #19
Well, We Agree On The Beach Boys ProfessorGAC May 27 #75
Agree on Beach Boys being highly overrated. I can't stand them either. Diamond_Dog May 27 #77
I just never could get into these bands (it's the sound, not necessarily the singers or artistry). chowder66 May 27 #80
I Have 3 Categories For Artists ProfessorGAC May 27 #84
I like it! chowder66 May 27 #97
Brian Wilson was highly respected Johonny May 27 #112
I never followed them so I wouldn't know. chowder66 May 27 #113
You don't even like this one? highplainsdem May 27 #35
No Johonny May 27 #62
I love this one Danmel May 27 #74
This is a great song. Dulcinea May 31 #149
I can't stand them either bif May 27 #71
Oh no! I love them! Scrivener7 May 27 #102
'The First Time, Ever I Saw Your Face' House of Roberts May 26 #14
Johnny Cash does a cover of this song that always brings me tears. He nails it and makes it his own. Midnight Writer May 27 #98
Rockin' Robin Tarzanrock May 26 #16
Really annoying cover. The original by Bobby Day wasn't so bad. highplainsdem May 26 #33
Anything by the Partridge Family! (n/t) PJMcK May 26 #18
I was going to say I'd never heard any of their songs, never watched the show...and then I googled highplainsdem May 27 #36
Total Eclipse of the Heart. Diamond_Dog May 26 #21
The 1994 remake by Nicki French was much better Polybius May 26 #26
Songs by Bob Seger Wolf Frankula May 26 #23
Agree. MIButterfly May 27 #39
I like "Good Old Rock and Roll". The rest not much. Ritabert May 27 #81
Sympathy for the Devil MichMan May 26 #25
Please please please no one say Imagine or Hallelujah Polybius May 26 #27
"Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do." Yes, it's very hard to do. Ridiculous lyrics. Doodley May 26 #29
Hallelujah is just a modern version Buzz cook May 27 #43
Leonard Cohen's presence also manifests in "Bird on a Wire" which seems to repeat Judi Lynn May 27 #63
You'll like this. Amazing cover of Hallelujah by K. D. Lang. Gives me chills every time. Scrivener7 May 27 #104
Feliz Navidad. We will rock you. God bless America (sappy and based on make believe). Sibelius Fan May 26 #31
I always turn off Feliz Navidad The Blue Flower May 27 #110
I gotta disagree about Hey Jude. My first slow dance at 11 with the cutest girl in fifth chicoescuela May 26 #32
Chico Escuela? Jeebo May 27 #42
Si chicoescuela May 27 #49
Danny's Dumb Song (Loggins & Messina) lastlib May 26 #34
You Were Always on my Mind MIButterfly May 27 #37
Anything by Nirvana. mwmisses4289 May 27 #38
A lot of bands only use 3 chords Figarosmom May 27 #41
Actually, Nearly Every Nirvana Song... ProfessorGAC Jun 1 #164
The song Funkytown by Lipps Inc Figarosmom May 27 #40
Copacabana (At the Copa) Doc_Technical May 27 #44
You didn't want to be around my grandma when that song played on the radio. hunter May 27 #60
OMG! I love that song. MIButterfly May 27 #92
That's the one Barry Manilow song I don't like. Eugene May 27 #115
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon Morbius May 27 #45
Ha! I want them to play "Miss Me Blind" at my funeral. MIButterfly May 27 #93
American Pie Emile May 27 #48
As a pro guitarist this ones easy: justaprogressive May 27 #50
A LONG Solo With 3 Guitars... ProfessorGAC Jun 1 #165
As a dedicated slide player justaprogressive Jun 2 #170
Agreed, Agreed, Agreed, &Agreed ProfessorGAC Jun 2 #171
Guitars! justaprogressive Jun 2 #172
Love The Wood! ProfessorGAC Jun 2 #173
The Logical Song - Supertramp FishBones51 May 27 #52
The Logical Song - Supertramp FishBones51 May 27 #53
Absolutely detest "Miss You Like Crazy" by Natalie Cole genxlib May 27 #54
An incomplete list FuzzyDicePHL May 27 #55
I hate Sweet Caroline with a passion. Dulcinea May 27 #68
They used to play Sweet Caroline at the U.S. Open when Caroline Wozniacki played. Jeebo May 27 #91
"Loving you" that awful song where mucifer May 27 #56
Maria Carey SarasotaDem May 27 #57
My Way chowmama May 27 #61
The Wreck Of The Edmund Motherfucking Fitzgerald. Iggo May 27 #65
I was a teen then (for the song...not zhe wreck) The Madcap May 31 #154
Achy Breaky Heart, God Bless the USA Lee Fucking Greenwood, Little Drummer Boy, doc03 May 27 #66
One I used to like in the early 70s but can't stand now, boonecreek May 27 #67
That song from Barbie by Billie Eilish. Dulcinea May 27 #69
Any modern "Country" song... LudwigPastorius May 27 #72
Truth Johonny May 27 #114
True that! oasis May 30 #147
Anything by Fleetwood Mac bif May 27 #73
I like "Hypnotized" early Fleetwood Mac with Bob Welch as lead vocalist Ritabert May 27 #82
I like that song and I never hear it anymore. MIButterfly May 27 #95
Once the later group took over we never heard of it again Ritabert May 27 #96
I agree bif Diamond_Dog May 27 #83
I'm talking the Peter Green era. bif May 27 #87
The plain fact of the matter: Stevie Nicks can't sing worth a shit. (nt) Paladin May 29 #123
Money by Pink Floyd Midnight Writer May 27 #76
I'm surprised the BeeGees is not on this list, peacebuzzard May 27 #78
I like the disco years not their early songs Ritabert May 27 #85
lol during disco I danced to anything peacebuzzard May 27 #86
True. Still remember "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps Ritabert May 27 #89
A great **GREAT** song by this group!! Leghorn21 May 27 #106
This Girl Is On Fire spooky3 May 27 #79
Anything by Dave Matthews Band Diraven May 27 #94
Agreed! Can't stand them. Mad_Dem_X May 27 #105
So whiny Danmel Jun 1 #167
Jeebo............. Upthevibe May 27 #99
The Carpenters. All of their oeuvre. Scrivener7 May 27 #100
I like his lyrics, but Dylan's singing sucks JoseBalow May 27 #101
White Room Hey Joe May 27 #107
Oh, that reminds me! "Sunshine Of Your Love." Iggo May 27 #118
All I Want for Christmas ScoutHikerDad May 27 #108
Anything Billie Eilish sings. Her whisper voice is terrible. Pisces May 27 #109
Agreed. Dulcinea May 31 #150
Hotel California by the Eagles Justice Brandeis May 27 #111
Anything by the Steve Miller Band. Archae May 27 #117
OK, you force me to tell my Steve Miller story. Paladin May 29 #124
Great story, funny. Captain Zero May 31 #153
He was in the lineup at a concert I attended in 1976. Harker May 30 #136
Went to an outdoor concert of his in the 1990's, and it was delightful. Paladin May 30 #139
That's good to hear. Harker May 30 #140
Sorry your experience wasn't as enjoyable as mine was. (nt) Paladin May 30 #141
It was fine, really, thanks. I went primarily to see Tommy Bolin. Harker May 30 #143
Nice concert lineup. I would have loved to have seen Frampton. (nt) Paladin May 30 #144
That summer was his. Harker May 30 #145
I saw Frampton at Madison Square Garden Danmel Jun 1 #168
I watched an interview by him on "Night Flight," years ago Archae May 30 #146
Maggie Mae. ArnoldLayne May 27 #119
Steely Dan JMCKUSICK May 29 #122
"The Horse with no Name" bif May 29 #126
That song really blows, doesn't it? Beyond-stupid lyrics. (nt) Paladin May 29 #127
You beat me to it. madamesilverspurs May 29 #128
Don't stop believin' by Journey MenloParque May 29 #129
Don't flame me when you read this. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. jls4561 May 29 #130
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. Alpeduez21 May 29 #132
God Only Knows returnee May 29 #134
Bohemian Rhapsody. Queen. Harker May 29 #135
"Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" by Cher milestogo May 30 #137
Jackson Browne's The Load Out KTB2025 May 30 #148
Queen songs. Eh. Captain Zero May 31 #151
MacArthur Park SheltieLover May 31 #152
Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road The Madcap May 31 #155
Anything by Charlie Chapulin May 31 #157
In other words... The Madcap Jun 1 #161
A Whiter Shade of Pale. whathehell Jun 1 #159
Wildfire LogDog75 Jun 1 #162
Stairway to Heaven subterranean Jun 1 #166
This Whitney cover malaise Jun 1 #169

BOSSHOG

(42,665 posts)
4. No, no
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:33 PM
May 26

She wants to be a donor.

FYI, I Got the donors card punched on my drivers License lest you consider me crass and without feeling. Okay I can be crass.

PJMcK

(23,769 posts)
13. Hate the song
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:12 PM
May 26

Didn't like the movie

Celine is okay but she has no subtlety in her interpretations.

Just my opinion.

PJMcK

(23,769 posts)
59. Brilliant!
Tue May 27, 2025, 09:16 AM
May 27

Thanks for sharing the clip! Just hysterical.

"Oh, she's a destitute lounge singer from Quebec and Let's keep it that way, please."

Priceless.

Enjoy your week, Ilsa.

catbyte

(37,051 posts)
70. Btw, if you're ever in a bad mood and need a laugh, go to the actual YouTube channel for this and
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:00 AM
May 27

read the comments. I laughed until I cried.

BOSSHOG

(42,665 posts)
3. I saw a cartoon not too long ago here on DU
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:30 PM
May 26

A picture of All four Beatles standing around and one asks the others “any ideas on how to finish Hey Jude?”

PJMcK

(23,769 posts)
15. That's too easy!
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:13 PM
May 26

It was so much fun back in the long ago day.

As usual, Everything Trump Touches Dies and this song will forever be connected to the Felon-in-Chief.

Mad_Dem_X

(9,937 posts)
103. I used to like this song; it reminded me of my dad
Tue May 27, 2025, 05:58 PM
May 27

who loved the song. Now, it just reminds me of the Orange Menace.

BlueKota

(4,268 posts)
8. Don't know if people still love it, but they did in the 1980s
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:42 PM
May 26

Betty Davis Eyes. I hated that song and would rush to turn the radio station, anytime it played. I still loathe it. I made one of my friends at work laugh, because I said some one should send Kim Carnes four dozen crates of throat lozenges and do us all a favor. My throat hurt just listening to her. Torture on my ears.

Response to BlueKota (Reply #8)

yellowdogintexas

(23,288 posts)
11. Agree wholeheartedly! Dolly Parton's version is just perfect. (she did write it after all) nt
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:01 PM
May 26

Polybius

(20,147 posts)
24. Interestingly enough, it's the most popular remake in history (or at least in modern times)
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:26 PM
May 26

FWIW.

Polybius

(20,147 posts)
22. I came into this thread hoping that no one would mention "My Heart Will Go On" or "I Will Always Love You"
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:24 PM
May 26

I'm 0 for 2.

Skittles

(164,743 posts)
28. honestly
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:34 PM
May 26

the reason I mentioned it was because I heard it while shopping for groceries just a few days ago and I was gritting my teeth and almost abandoned my merch to flee......I was literally saying under my breath, shut up, SHUT UP! I do admit I have misophonia so a LOT of sounds drive me nuts. As far as that OTHER song goes - it's good in the movie, NOT so good standalone. Yes INDEED.

milestogo

(20,771 posts)
138. It was ok the first thousand times
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:44 AM
May 30

but when everybody in the world started singing it - especially those who don't have a prayer of singing it right - they just wore it out.

peacebuzzard

(5,586 posts)
10. Yellow Submarine
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:55 PM
May 26

The Beatles did have some monotonous songs. For me, right up there is also Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. I love the Beatles and don't mean to list two, but their Yeah Yeah Yeah songs were very bland to me.

sop

(14,583 posts)
58. 'Why don't we do it in the road?'...'Revolution 9'...The Beatles put out a lot of crap songs.
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:48 AM
May 27

Johonny

(23,803 posts)
12. Everything by Steely Dan
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:07 PM
May 26

They're the one 70s act I just can't stand. There is just nothing there for me.

PJMcK

(23,769 posts)
17. That's too bad
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:27 PM
May 26

Steely Dan's music is extremely sophisticated and the musical performances from every musician on every track are professional and profound.

Still, I understand some people's reticence because their lyrics are so obtuse as to be somewhat incomprehensible.

Yet their orchestrations and performances demonstrate superior musicianship. For example, listen to their song "Aja.": The structure of the composition is sophisticated and the playing by the musicians is amazing. Listen to Wayne Shorter's sax solo! And Steve Gadd's drum solo at the end of this epic song is beyond description except to say he's inspired!

And yet, to each their own. We recently saw the Bob Dylan film and I hate his voice and performances. Yet many of his songs are exceptional. Timothy Chalamet was terrific and he actually plays all the guitar parts! I didn't want to see the film but my wife insisted. Chalamet won me over. (I still hate Dylan's voice and performances!)

I've been a Dan Fan since Katy Lied. The song "Doctor Wu" has an incredibly inventive piano part and it inspired some of my musical endeavors.

Enjoy whatever moves you! That's one of the many things that makes music incredible.

MuseRider

(34,700 posts)
88. 100% with you on that.
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:59 PM
May 27

I was just learning about them when I saw them on a double, they were new and opened for Zappa (with Flo and Eddie). I was taken by them. Not a huge fan by any means but I do think there is a lot of talent there. Wayne Shorter, what a huge loss to music that was.

Just poking in because I wanted to put a star on Dan. I really hate judging music like this. It is such a personal love. I am a retired classical music player and the things said about that are sometimes just stupid funny.

Paladin

(30,648 posts)
125. I literally like every Steely Dan song I've ever heard.
Thu May 29, 2025, 04:56 PM
May 29

Brilliant musicianship, inspired lyrics. Great band. My favorite Steely Dan song? Probably "Do It Again."

dchill

(42,543 posts)
156. Right. There are no bad Steely Dan songs.
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:39 PM
May 31

My favorite? Probably "Aja." Or maybe "Babylon Sisters."

Paladin

(30,648 posts)
160. Close runner-up for my "No Bad Songs" award: Billy Joel.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:24 AM
Jun 1

Again, for me it's the musicianship and the intelligent lyrics.

lastlib

(26,057 posts)
163. "For the Longest Time" sucked when released...
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:16 PM
Jun 1

...and hasn't gotten any beter. One of the worst song of all time--almost as bad as "Muskrat Love" or Danny's Dumb Song."

returnee

(555 posts)
133. Amazing how tastes can differ.
Thu May 29, 2025, 08:01 PM
May 29

Steely Dan’s music is so beautiful. It is quite revolutionary in its rock, pop, jazz melding. The musicianship is awesome. I personally love the lyrics as much as the musicIt’s all so beautifully inevitable. Funny how it’s labeled “yacht rock” because to me it’s so un-yachty.

chowder66

(10,665 posts)
19. I would add Dire Straits and the Beach Boys
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:30 PM
May 26

Though I think I like one of The Beach Boys songs.

ProfessorGAC

(73,008 posts)
75. Well, We Agree On The Beach Boys
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:33 PM
May 27

I can't stand them & consider them the most overrated band in rock history.
Dire Straits I loved until Mark bought a distortion pedal. They lost their uniqueness when that guitar tone went away, and I thought he chose very poorly on his distorted tone. So, we disagree there.
As to Steely Dan, we disagree tremendously.
Bit, since the one we agree on is the Beach Boys, that's plenty good enough.
Oh, and I don't like ANY of their songs.

Diamond_Dog

(37,257 posts)
77. Agree on Beach Boys being highly overrated. I can't stand them either.
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:38 PM
May 27

Agree on Steely Dan…. I don’t understand the Steely Dan hate out there.

chowder66

(10,665 posts)
80. I just never could get into these bands (it's the sound, not necessarily the singers or artistry).
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:44 PM
May 27

There are loads of artists that people would hate that I love.... so I get it.

ProfessorGAC

(73,008 posts)
84. I Have 3 Categories For Artists
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:53 PM
May 27

The first is easy. They're the artists I like.
The second is those bands I don't care for, but understand why others do.
The third are bands I don't like and can't understand why anybody does.
The Beach Boys are leading the parade in Category 3.

Johonny

(23,803 posts)
112. Brian Wilson was highly respected
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:51 PM
May 27

Mike Love is a horrible loathsome toad.

Hence, most people's love hate relationship with the beach boys.

Johonny

(23,803 posts)
62. No
Tue May 27, 2025, 09:34 AM
May 27

They are an act I should like. But for whatever reason they don't do anything for me. 2 great composers, but they're not a real band and thus they have no album flow is I think the reason I could never get into them.

I tried listening to them, but they really don't do much for me.

House of Roberts

(6,049 posts)
14. 'The First Time, Ever I Saw Your Face'
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:12 PM
May 26

I've actually changed stations when that came on, returned ten minutes later, and the song was still playing.

Midnight Writer

(24,143 posts)
98. Johnny Cash does a cover of this song that always brings me tears. He nails it and makes it his own.
Tue May 27, 2025, 03:14 PM
May 27

Tarzanrock

(1,033 posts)
16. Rockin' Robin
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:24 PM
May 26

Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. I watched a co-worker kick a jukebox in when he got tired of that damn song playing on the jukebox.

highplainsdem

(56,538 posts)
36. I was going to say I'd never heard any of their songs, never watched the show...and then I googled
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:18 AM
May 27

their songs and recognized one title - I Think I Love You.

Which was horrible, so I will now try to forget it again.

MIButterfly

(556 posts)
39. Agree.
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:59 AM
May 27

I was visiting my best friend and her sister put on a CD of his greatest hits and that's when I realized I didn't like any of his songs.

Doodley

(11,033 posts)
29. "Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do." Yes, it's very hard to do. Ridiculous lyrics.
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:38 PM
May 26

Judi Lynn

(163,549 posts)
63. Leonard Cohen's presence also manifests in "Bird on a Wire" which seems to repeat
Tue May 27, 2025, 09:45 AM
May 27

whatever burbled in Hallelujah all over again.

Hard to imagine anyone else could have written it.

Both make one's spirit gag.

Thank you.

Scrivener7

(55,952 posts)
104. You'll like this. Amazing cover of Hallelujah by K. D. Lang. Gives me chills every time.
Tue May 27, 2025, 05:59 PM
May 27

chicoescuela

(2,022 posts)
32. I gotta disagree about Hey Jude. My first slow dance at 11 with the cutest girl in fifth
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:48 PM
May 26

grade. Seems like yesterday but over 55 years ago. Sigh

lastlib

(26,057 posts)
34. Danny's Dumb Song (Loggins & Messina)
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:56 PM
May 26

And every song Michael Jackson and his siblings ever did. I'll stop there.

MIButterfly

(556 posts)
37. You Were Always on my Mind
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:54 AM
May 27

Here's a guy who's telling his woman how he was never there for her; never paid any attention to her; little things he should have said and done, he "just never took the time" but he was thinking about her. Is there really a woman out there who will say "Awwww, that's so sweet. You totally blew off all the time but you were thinking about me. That's more than enough for me; of course I'll give you another chance." Please.

Another song, and I hate to say this because I love Stevie Wonder and think he's a musical genius, is "I Just Called to Say I Love You." It's as if he just came out of anesthesia after major surgery and was told he had minute-and-a-half to write a song and that's all he could come up with.

hunter

(39,542 posts)
60. You didn't want to be around my grandma when that song played on the radio.
Tue May 27, 2025, 09:22 AM
May 27

Especially if she had a gun and it was your radio.



MIButterfly

(556 posts)
92. OMG! I love that song.
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:19 PM
May 27

Back in the day, even people who absolutely HATED Barry Manilow loved that song!

True story.

Morbius

(516 posts)
45. Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:47 AM
May 27

I hate Culture Club. Every time the song "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" would come on I would shout out, "Yes! I really do want to hurt you!"

ProfessorGAC

(73,008 posts)
165. A LONG Solo With 3 Guitars...
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:29 PM
Jun 1

...all of which go nowhere.
Hammer pentatonic riff 8 times, then hammer a pentatonic riff 8 times, then hammer a pentatonic riff 8 times....
For 6 minutes.
There is no good guitar playing on that song with the possible exception of the opening slide riff.
As you can tell, I'm not a fan either.

justaprogressive

(3,990 posts)
170. As a dedicated slide player
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:47 PM
Jun 2

...give me Duane Allman, Ry Cooder, Lowell George and Sonny Landreth

Dave Hole has chops too...

ProfessorGAC

(73,008 posts)
171. Agreed, Agreed, Agreed, &Agreed
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 01:07 PM
Jun 2

A few more i think are excellent:
Dickie Betts
Don Felder
Billy Gibbons
Ronnie Montrose
Joe Walsh

The 5 of them all very different, but play superb stuff.

BTW: what are your go-to guitars?
For me it's a JS-1000, a MiM Strat, a MiA Tele. I have 4 more, but these are the 3 I rely on.
On acoustic my main 6 string is a Martin D-18CE, and a Carvin Cobalt as my main 12 string.
I have 4 others, in different tunings, 3 six & 2 twelve strings..

justaprogressive

(3,990 posts)
172. Guitars!
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 02:11 PM
Jun 2

A Jackson Dinky Rev Professional (DK5) made by superb builders Chushin of Japan
their products equal the best 90's US made Jackson/Charvels

Schecter Solo 6 gold top... swapped out w/P90s

and my all-time favorite guitar is my Parker PM-20 Mappa Burl with its heel-less neck..

hmmm

here you go:



and the front:

ProfessorGAC

(73,008 posts)
173. Love The Wood!
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 02:24 PM
Jun 2

I have a Schecter, too.
It's a C-1 Blackjack. It's the guitar is use when I just have to have humbuckers & a fixed bridge.
Still a Fender scale, so not a Les Paul substitute. But, it plays easily, sound & looks good.
Since I have all my guitars hanging in the rec room (on the walls where the piano isn't), so looking nice is a pretty big deal.

genxlib

(5,915 posts)
54. Absolutely detest "Miss You Like Crazy" by Natalie Cole
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:35 AM
May 27

The ultimate nepo-baby even right down to the name check.

That song is so cringe.

But honestly, the "duo" she recorded for "Unforgettable" was the worse. Absolutely ruined a classic from an all time great.

FuzzyDicePHL

(728 posts)
55. An incomplete list
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:43 AM
May 27

Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Take On Me (a-Ha)
Low (Flo Rida)
I Melt With You (Modern English)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Shaboozey)
Red Solo Cup (some Country galoot)

Dulcinea

(8,490 posts)
68. I hate Sweet Caroline with a passion.
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:46 AM
May 27

Whoever decided that song should be part of every sporting event should be shot.

Jeebo

(2,436 posts)
91. They used to play Sweet Caroline at the U.S. Open when Caroline Wozniacki played.
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:15 PM
May 27

Seemed appropriate. I didn't hate Sweet Caroline, just indifferent to it, but generally I can't stand Neil Diamond. His raspy voice makes my skin crawl. But this thread is supposed to be about specific songs that lots of people love, but you can't stand.

— Ron

Iggo

(48,894 posts)
65. The Wreck Of The Edmund Motherfucking Fitzgerald.
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:04 AM
May 27

I don’t care what it’s about, I hate fucking sea shanties, and anything that sounds like sea shanties, like Boston bar songs. (I’m lookin’ at you, Billy Joel.)

doc03

(37,919 posts)
66. Achy Breaky Heart, God Bless the USA Lee Fucking Greenwood, Little Drummer Boy,
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:26 AM
May 27

Country Roads

boonecreek

(1,005 posts)
67. One I used to like in the early 70s but can't stand now,
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:31 AM
May 27

"Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. That "bustle in the hedgerow" line makes me want to flee, retching.

Dulcinea

(8,490 posts)
69. That song from Barbie by Billie Eilish.
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:48 AM
May 27

In fact, anything by Billie Eilish. Who told her she could sing? She's terrible.

Johonny

(23,803 posts)
114. Truth
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:09 PM
May 27

I like country, but modern country is really paint by numbers song crafting. If AI were a genre, modern country is the target.

bif

(25,639 posts)
73. Anything by Fleetwood Mac
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:27 AM
May 27

I liked the original British blues band. But then they sold out and just made a bunch of commercial garbage.

MIButterfly

(556 posts)
95. I like that song and I never hear it anymore.
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:30 PM
May 27

People I mention it to act like they've never even heard of it.

Ritabert

(1,178 posts)
96. Once the later group took over we never heard of it again
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:35 PM
May 27

"There's a place down in Mexico where man can fly over mountains and hills"...

peacebuzzard

(5,586 posts)
78. I'm surprised the BeeGees is not on this list,
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:41 PM
May 27

Their harmonies were like fingernails on the chalkboard.

Ritabert

(1,178 posts)
85. I like the disco years not their early songs
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:53 PM
May 27

Can't stand that one about the lights going out in Massachusetts.

Leghorn21

(13,894 posts)
106. A great **GREAT** song by this group!!
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:15 PM
May 27

Great workout song, too, if one is inclined to do such a thing (along with “Wooly Bully” as well)!!

Upthevibe

(9,557 posts)
99. Jeebo.............
Tue May 27, 2025, 03:41 PM
May 27

Almost ALL disco songs....It's hard for me to even call them songs.

There are a couple of ones that I enjoy (You Make Me Feel, Sylvester; I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor).

Scrivener7

(55,952 posts)
100. The Carpenters. All of their oeuvre.
Tue May 27, 2025, 05:49 PM
May 27

I can appreciate that her voice is amazing. But the songs were ... dopey.

Hey Joe

(39 posts)
107. White Room
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:23 PM
May 27

by Cream
Never liked the sound or vocals on that song.
To this day when it comes on the radio I change the station.
And I have always been a blues/ rock guy

Iggo

(48,894 posts)
118. Oh, that reminds me! "Sunshine Of Your Love."
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:21 PM
May 27

The guitar hook is gorgeous, but it’s played out after four bars.

After that, there’s nothing new.

(I do like the drums, though.)

Dulcinea

(8,490 posts)
150. Agreed.
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:10 PM
May 31

She can't sing for crap. I don't get her at all, but I'm not an angsty teenage girl. Give me a good screaming punk every time!

Justice Brandeis

(42 posts)
111. Hotel California by the Eagles
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:36 PM
May 27

I don't "hate" it, but it is massively overrated. It's the Derek Jeter of songs.

Archae

(47,173 posts)
117. Anything by the Steve Miller Band.
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:46 PM
May 27

Especially "Rocking' Me Baby."

No-talent musicians, lousy singer, lyrics written by a total asshole.

Paladin

(30,648 posts)
124. OK, you force me to tell my Steve Miller story.
Thu May 29, 2025, 04:48 PM
May 29

My late father-in-law worked for a large pharmaceutical company back in the 1970's as a "detail man." He visited doctors in their offices in Dallas, marketing his company's line of medicines and trying to persuade the doctors to prescribe them for their patients. My wife and I had dinner at the in-laws' place one evening, and my father-in-law kept chuckling about something that had happened that day. He'd had a sales appointment with a doctor he'd always enjoyed dealing with, but on that day, the doc was absolutely furious: He ended up divulging that his practice had done particularly well during the year, and that he'd made over $1.5 million. My father-in-law asked him what he was so mad about, and the doctor---did I mention that it was Dr. Miller we're talking about?---said his rock & roll musician son had made twice that amount, during the same period of time. I was a Steve Miller Band fan before I learned about his dad, and I remain a fan to this day...

Harker

(16,291 posts)
136. He was in the lineup at a concert I attended in 1976.
Fri May 30, 2025, 08:44 AM
May 30

He was a total asshole. Came on stage and said, "everybody expects me to do this, so I'll get it out of the way" before playing for twenty seconds with the guitar behind his head. I can't recall what else he said, but he was condescending, rude, conceited, and thoroughly insulting.

Paladin

(30,648 posts)
139. Went to an outdoor concert of his in the 1990's, and it was delightful.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:02 AM
May 30

Bonus feature: Bunches of high school-aged kids sitting around us, singing along with Miller's songs; they knew the lyrics word-for-word, and most of the songs were written before those kids were even born.

Harker

(16,291 posts)
143. It was fine, really, thanks. I went primarily to see Tommy Bolin.
Fri May 30, 2025, 02:42 PM
May 30

Gary Wright and Peter Frampton were enjoyable, too.

Harker

(16,291 posts)
145. That summer was his.
Fri May 30, 2025, 02:57 PM
May 30

A beautiful day at Mile-Hi Stadium, Denver. I lived in Boulder, which was Tommy Bolin's adopted home.

One of my fondest memories was of sitting on a curb for an hour, alone, listening to the The Tommy Bolin Band practicing in a house on University Hill.

Good times.

madamesilverspurs

(16,267 posts)
128. You beat me to it.
Thu May 29, 2025, 05:10 PM
May 29

Thought it was a joke when it first came out, haven't changed my mind since.

.

jls4561

(2,409 posts)
130. Don't flame me when you read this. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.
Thu May 29, 2025, 05:27 PM
May 29

I was in New York visiting my friend Lucy after college. Lucy’s parents had been up in Connecticut visiting and Lucy ‘s mom had picked mushrooms, which she cooked and served for dinner. Lucy declined to eat any, and her little brother declared that he despised mushrooms. They were very yummy, so I had two helpings. Couple of hours later, I was in the bathroom, violently throwing up. Lucy’s little brother was playing “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” over and over and over again, as junior and kids are wont to do. Not the whole album, just the one song. The next thing I knew I was in the hospital, along with Lucy’s parents.
Lucy’s mom had picked some wrong mushrooms.

Don’t get me wrong. I thought it was a good song, and still do. I just can’t listen to it anymore because even typing about it makes me slightly nauseous.

returnee

(555 posts)
134. God Only Knows
Thu May 29, 2025, 08:13 PM
May 29

It’s amazing to me how so many top level musicians think this is the greatest song ever written. Any song purporting to be a love song that starts the lyric with “I may not always love you…” is a loser right off the bat. The music is beautiful. The lyric ruins it.

KTB2025

(16 posts)
148. Jackson Browne's The Load Out
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:53 PM
May 30

I guess it's not inherently bad; just too many people think it's profound or emotional or universal or whatever, when it's really just a very long way of saying, "thanks, you were a great audience, good night." And rock star songs about being a rock star always seem superficial to me...

Captain Zero

(7,934 posts)
151. Queen songs. Eh.
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:13 PM
May 31

I'll listen to one on the car radio, but only because I have to pay attention to traffic

The Madcap

(1,215 posts)
155. Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:23 PM
May 31

Oh....Muskrat Love....come to think of it, nobody liked that.

whathehell

(30,165 posts)
159. A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 12:25 AM
Jun 1

I know there's more, and I wish I could remember them all but it's late.

LogDog75

(489 posts)
162. Wildfire
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jun 1

This one was played on the radio back in the late 70s. It's a beautiful song but because it was played too much people hated hearing it when it come on the radio.

subterranean

(3,630 posts)
166. Stairway to Heaven
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:33 PM
Jun 1

I liked it the first few hundred times I heard it, but it eventually became too much of a good thing!

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