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Jeebo

(2,512 posts)
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:24 PM May 2025

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 2025 OP
This ZDU May 2025 #1
You want her heart to stop? True Dough May 2025 #2
No, no BOSSHOG May 2025 #4
Crassness welcome here, Boss True Dough May 2025 #5
LMAO ZDU May 2025 #7
Hate the song PJMcK May 2025 #13
Funniest episode ever: Ilsa May 2025 #51
Brilliant! PJMcK May 2025 #59
Oh God yes, I can't stand this song! Diamond_Dog May 2025 #20
This is my favorite rendition. catbyte May 2025 #46
Perfection ZDU May 2025 #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 2025 #70
opening theme from chariots of fire. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #116
I saw a cartoon not too long ago here on DU BOSSHOG May 2025 #3
I saw that. sl8 May 2025 #47
YMCA CanonRay May 2025 #6
That's too easy! PJMcK May 2025 #15
I used to like this song; it reminded me of my dad Mad_Dem_X May 2025 #103
Don't know if people still love it, but they did in the 1980s BlueKota May 2025 #8
Thank you! Boomerproud May 2025 #121
This message was self-deleted by its author Prof. Toru Tanaka May 2025 #158
"I Will Always Love You' Skittles May 2025 #9
Agree wholeheartedly! Dolly Parton's version is just perfect. (she did write it after all) nt yellowdogintexas May 2025 #11
Interestingly enough, it's the most popular remake in history (or at least in modern times) Polybius May 2025 #24
I know, and I will never understand it. nt yellowdogintexas May 2025 #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 2025 #22
honestly Skittles May 2025 #28
I second that UGH, can't stand that song either. 😕 Dave Bowman May 2025 #90
It was ok the first thousand times milestogo May 2025 #138
not for me Skittles May 2025 #142
Yellow Submarine peacebuzzard May 2025 #10
'Why don't we do it in the road?'...'Revolution 9'...The Beatles put out a lot of crap songs. sop May 2025 #58
I agree there. too much milquetoast peacebuzzard May 2025 #120
Everything by Steely Dan Johonny May 2025 #12
That's too bad PJMcK May 2025 #17
Kid Charlemagne. Love that tune. chicoescuela May 2025 #30
100% with you on that. MuseRider May 2025 #88
I literally like every Steely Dan song I've ever heard. Paladin May 2025 #125
Right. There are no bad Steely Dan songs. dchill May 2025 #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 2025 #133
I would add Dire Straits and the Beach Boys chowder66 May 2025 #19
Well, We Agree On The Beach Boys ProfessorGAC May 2025 #75
Agree on Beach Boys being highly overrated. I can't stand them either. Diamond_Dog May 2025 #77
I just never could get into these bands (it's the sound, not necessarily the singers or artistry). chowder66 May 2025 #80
I Have 3 Categories For Artists ProfessorGAC May 2025 #84
I like it! chowder66 May 2025 #97
Brian Wilson was highly respected Johonny May 2025 #112
I never followed them so I wouldn't know. chowder66 May 2025 #113
You don't even like this one? highplainsdem May 2025 #35
No Johonny May 2025 #62
I love this one Danmel May 2025 #74
This is a great song. Dulcinea May 2025 #149
I can't stand them either bif May 2025 #71
Oh no! I love them! Scrivener7 May 2025 #102
'The First Time, Ever I Saw Your Face' House of Roberts May 2025 #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 2025 #98
Rockin' Robin Tarzanrock May 2025 #16
Really annoying cover. The original by Bobby Day wasn't so bad. highplainsdem May 2025 #33
Anything by the Partridge Family! (n/t) PJMcK May 2025 #18
I was going to say I'd never heard any of their songs, never watched the show...and then I googled highplainsdem May 2025 #36
Total Eclipse of the Heart. Diamond_Dog May 2025 #21
The 1994 remake by Nicki French was much better Polybius May 2025 #26
Songs by Bob Seger Wolf Frankula May 2025 #23
Agree. MIButterfly May 2025 #39
I like "Good Old Rock and Roll". The rest not much. Ritabert May 2025 #81
Sympathy for the Devil MichMan May 2025 #25
Please please please no one say Imagine or Hallelujah Polybius May 2025 #27
"Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do." Yes, it's very hard to do. Ridiculous lyrics. Doodley May 2025 #29
Hallelujah is just a modern version Buzz cook May 2025 #43
Leonard Cohen's presence also manifests in "Bird on a Wire" which seems to repeat Judi Lynn May 2025 #63
You'll like this. Amazing cover of Hallelujah by K. D. Lang. Gives me chills every time. Scrivener7 May 2025 #104
Feliz Navidad. We will rock you. God bless America (sappy and based on make believe). Sibelius Fan May 2025 #31
I always turn off Feliz Navidad The Blue Flower May 2025 #110
I gotta disagree about Hey Jude. My first slow dance at 11 with the cutest girl in fifth chicoescuela May 2025 #32
Chico Escuela? Jeebo May 2025 #42
Si chicoescuela May 2025 #49
Danny's Dumb Song (Loggins & Messina) lastlib May 2025 #34
You Were Always on my Mind MIButterfly May 2025 #37
Anything by Nirvana. mwmisses4289 May 2025 #38
A lot of bands only use 3 chords Figarosmom May 2025 #41
Actually, Nearly Every Nirvana Song... ProfessorGAC Jun 1 #164
The song Funkytown by Lipps Inc Figarosmom May 2025 #40
Copacabana (At the Copa) Doc_Technical May 2025 #44
You didn't want to be around my grandma when that song played on the radio. hunter May 2025 #60
OMG! I love that song. MIButterfly May 2025 #92
That's the one Barry Manilow song I don't like. Eugene May 2025 #115
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon Morbius May 2025 #45
Ha! I want them to play "Miss Me Blind" at my funeral. MIButterfly May 2025 #93
American Pie Emile May 2025 #48
As a pro guitarist this ones easy: justaprogressive May 2025 #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 2025 #52
The Logical Song - Supertramp FishBones51 May 2025 #53
Absolutely detest "Miss You Like Crazy" by Natalie Cole genxlib May 2025 #54
An incomplete list FuzzyDicePHL May 2025 #55
I hate Sweet Caroline with a passion. Dulcinea May 2025 #68
They used to play Sweet Caroline at the U.S. Open when Caroline Wozniacki played. Jeebo May 2025 #91
"Loving you" that awful song where mucifer May 2025 #56
Maria Carey SarasotaDem May 2025 #57
My Way chowmama May 2025 #61
The Wreck Of The Edmund Motherfucking Fitzgerald. Iggo May 2025 #65
I was a teen then (for the song...not zhe wreck) The Madcap May 2025 #154
Achy Breaky Heart, God Bless the USA Lee Fucking Greenwood, Little Drummer Boy, doc03 May 2025 #66
One I used to like in the early 70s but can't stand now, boonecreek May 2025 #67
That song from Barbie by Billie Eilish. Dulcinea May 2025 #69
Any modern "Country" song... LudwigPastorius May 2025 #72
Truth Johonny May 2025 #114
True that! oasis May 2025 #147
Anything by Fleetwood Mac bif May 2025 #73
I like "Hypnotized" early Fleetwood Mac with Bob Welch as lead vocalist Ritabert May 2025 #82
I like that song and I never hear it anymore. MIButterfly May 2025 #95
Once the later group took over we never heard of it again Ritabert May 2025 #96
I agree bif Diamond_Dog May 2025 #83
I'm talking the Peter Green era. bif May 2025 #87
The plain fact of the matter: Stevie Nicks can't sing worth a shit. (nt) Paladin May 2025 #123
Money by Pink Floyd Midnight Writer May 2025 #76
I'm surprised the BeeGees is not on this list, peacebuzzard May 2025 #78
I like the disco years not their early songs Ritabert May 2025 #85
lol during disco I danced to anything peacebuzzard May 2025 #86
True. Still remember "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps Ritabert May 2025 #89
A great **GREAT** song by this group!! Leghorn21 May 2025 #106
This Girl Is On Fire spooky3 May 2025 #79
Anything by Dave Matthews Band Diraven May 2025 #94
Agreed! Can't stand them. Mad_Dem_X May 2025 #105
So whiny Danmel Jun 1 #167
Jeebo............. Upthevibe May 2025 #99
The Carpenters. All of their oeuvre. Scrivener7 May 2025 #100
I like his lyrics, but Dylan's singing sucks JoseBalow May 2025 #101
White Room Hey Joe May 2025 #107
Oh, that reminds me! "Sunshine Of Your Love." Iggo May 2025 #118
All I Want for Christmas ScoutHikerDad May 2025 #108
Anything Billie Eilish sings. Her whisper voice is terrible. Pisces May 2025 #109
Agreed. Dulcinea May 2025 #150
Hotel California by the Eagles Justice Brandeis May 2025 #111
Anything by the Steve Miller Band. Archae May 2025 #117
OK, you force me to tell my Steve Miller story. Paladin May 2025 #124
Great story, funny. Captain Zero May 2025 #153
He was in the lineup at a concert I attended in 1976. Harker May 2025 #136
Went to an outdoor concert of his in the 1990's, and it was delightful. Paladin May 2025 #139
That's good to hear. Harker May 2025 #140
Sorry your experience wasn't as enjoyable as mine was. (nt) Paladin May 2025 #141
It was fine, really, thanks. I went primarily to see Tommy Bolin. Harker May 2025 #143
Nice concert lineup. I would have loved to have seen Frampton. (nt) Paladin May 2025 #144
That summer was his. Harker May 2025 #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 2025 #146
Maggie Mae. ArnoldLayne May 2025 #119
Steely Dan JMCKUSICK May 2025 #122
"The Horse with no Name" bif May 2025 #126
That song really blows, doesn't it? Beyond-stupid lyrics. (nt) Paladin May 2025 #127
You beat me to it. madamesilverspurs May 2025 #128
Don't stop believin' by Journey MenloParque May 2025 #129
Don't flame me when you read this. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. jls4561 May 2025 #130
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. Alpeduez21 May 2025 #132
God Only Knows returnee May 2025 #134
Bohemian Rhapsody. Queen. Harker May 2025 #135
"Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" by Cher milestogo May 2025 #137
Jackson Browne's The Load Out KTB2025 May 2025 #148
Queen songs. Eh. Captain Zero May 2025 #151
MacArthur Park SheltieLover May 2025 #152
Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road The Madcap May 2025 #155
Anything by Charlie Chapulin May 2025 #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

(43,623 posts)
4. No, no
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:33 PM
May 2025

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

(24,150 posts)
13. Hate the song
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:12 PM
May 2025

Didn't like the movie

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

Just my opinion.

PJMcK

(24,150 posts)
59. Brilliant!
Tue May 27, 2025, 09:16 AM
May 2025

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

(37,651 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 2025

read the comments. I laughed until I cried.

BOSSHOG

(43,623 posts)
3. I saw a cartoon not too long ago here on DU
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:30 PM
May 2025

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

PJMcK

(24,150 posts)
15. That's too easy!
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:13 PM
May 2025

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

(9,999 posts)
103. I used to like this song; it reminded me of my dad
Tue May 27, 2025, 05:58 PM
May 2025

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

BlueKota

(4,525 posts)
8. Don't know if people still love it, but they did in the 1980s
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:42 PM
May 2025

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

(23,409 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 2025

Polybius

(20,739 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 2025

FWIW.

Polybius

(20,739 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 2025

I'm 0 for 2.

Skittles

(166,932 posts)
28. honestly
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:34 PM
May 2025

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

(21,635 posts)
138. It was ok the first thousand times
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:44 AM
May 2025

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

(5,631 posts)
10. Yellow Submarine
Mon May 26, 2025, 09:55 PM
May 2025

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

(15,720 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 2025

Johonny

(24,430 posts)
12. Everything by Steely Dan
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:07 PM
May 2025

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

PJMcK

(24,150 posts)
17. That's too bad
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:27 PM
May 2025

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

(34,921 posts)
88. 100% with you on that.
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:59 PM
May 2025

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

(31,472 posts)
125. I literally like every Steely Dan song I've ever heard.
Thu May 29, 2025, 04:56 PM
May 2025

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

dchill

(42,660 posts)
156. Right. There are no bad Steely Dan songs.
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:39 PM
May 2025

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

Paladin

(31,472 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

(26,550 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

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

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

(11,175 posts)
19. I would add Dire Straits and the Beach Boys
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:30 PM
May 2025

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

ProfessorGAC

(74,133 posts)
75. Well, We Agree On The Beach Boys
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:33 PM
May 2025

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

(38,200 posts)
77. Agree on Beach Boys being highly overrated. I can't stand them either.
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:38 PM
May 2025

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

chowder66

(11,175 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 2025

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

ProfessorGAC

(74,133 posts)
84. I Have 3 Categories For Artists
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:53 PM
May 2025

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

(24,430 posts)
112. Brian Wilson was highly respected
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:51 PM
May 2025

Mike Love is a horrible loathsome toad.

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

Johonny

(24,430 posts)
62. No
Tue May 27, 2025, 09:34 AM
May 2025

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

(6,188 posts)
14. 'The First Time, Ever I Saw Your Face'
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:12 PM
May 2025

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

Midnight Writer

(24,571 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 2025
 

Tarzanrock

(1,250 posts)
16. Rockin' Robin
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:24 PM
May 2025

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

(57,910 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 2025

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

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

MIButterfly

(1,149 posts)
39. Agree.
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:59 AM
May 2025

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

(11,261 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 2025

Judi Lynn

(163,836 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 2025

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

(56,900 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 2025

chicoescuela

(2,257 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 2025

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

lastlib

(26,550 posts)
34. Danny's Dumb Song (Loggins & Messina)
Mon May 26, 2025, 11:56 PM
May 2025

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

MIButterfly

(1,149 posts)
37. You Were Always on my Mind
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:54 AM
May 2025

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

(39,837 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 2025

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



MIButterfly

(1,149 posts)
92. OMG! I love that song.
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:19 PM
May 2025

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

True story.

Morbius

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

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

(74,133 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

(5,265 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

(74,133 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

(5,265 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

(74,133 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

(5,978 posts)
54. Absolutely detest "Miss You Like Crazy" by Natalie Cole
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:35 AM
May 2025

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

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

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

(9,005 posts)
68. I hate Sweet Caroline with a passion.
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:46 AM
May 2025

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

Jeebo

(2,512 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 2025

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

(49,117 posts)
65. The Wreck Of The Edmund Motherfucking Fitzgerald.
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:04 AM
May 2025

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

(38,309 posts)
66. Achy Breaky Heart, God Bless the USA Lee Fucking Greenwood, Little Drummer Boy,
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:26 AM
May 2025

Country Roads

boonecreek

(1,184 posts)
67. One I used to like in the early 70s but can't stand now,
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:31 AM
May 2025

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

Dulcinea

(9,005 posts)
69. That song from Barbie by Billie Eilish.
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:48 AM
May 2025

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

LudwigPastorius

(13,282 posts)
72. Any modern "Country" song...
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:25 AM
May 2025

doesn't matter which one, because they are literally the same.

Johonny

(24,430 posts)
114. Truth
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:09 PM
May 2025

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

bif

(26,178 posts)
73. Anything by Fleetwood Mac
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:27 AM
May 2025

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

MIButterfly

(1,149 posts)
95. I like that song and I never hear it anymore.
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:30 PM
May 2025

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

Ritabert

(1,577 posts)
96. Once the later group took over we never heard of it again
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:35 PM
May 2025

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

Diamond_Dog

(38,200 posts)
83. I agree bif
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:52 PM
May 2025

Their later stuff that everyone raved about sounded like banal pop to me.

peacebuzzard

(5,631 posts)
78. I'm surprised the BeeGees is not on this list,
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:41 PM
May 2025

Their harmonies were like fingernails on the chalkboard.

Ritabert

(1,577 posts)
85. I like the disco years not their early songs
Tue May 27, 2025, 12:53 PM
May 2025

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

Leghorn21

(13,945 posts)
106. A great **GREAT** song by this group!!
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:15 PM
May 2025

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

Upthevibe

(9,718 posts)
99. Jeebo.............
Tue May 27, 2025, 03:41 PM
May 2025

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

(56,900 posts)
100. The Carpenters. All of their oeuvre.
Tue May 27, 2025, 05:49 PM
May 2025

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

Hey Joe

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

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

(49,117 posts)
118. Oh, that reminds me! "Sunshine Of Your Love."
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:21 PM
May 2025

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.)

ScoutHikerDad

(71 posts)
108. All I Want for Christmas
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:23 PM
May 2025

Is to die every time I hear Mariah Carey's grossly overplayed song!

Dulcinea

(9,005 posts)
150. Agreed.
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:10 PM
May 2025

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

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

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

 

Archae

(47,245 posts)
117. Anything by the Steve Miller Band.
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:46 PM
May 2025

Especially "Rocking' Me Baby."

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

Paladin

(31,472 posts)
124. OK, you force me to tell my Steve Miller story.
Thu May 29, 2025, 04:48 PM
May 2025

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

(16,771 posts)
136. He was in the lineup at a concert I attended in 1976.
Fri May 30, 2025, 08:44 AM
May 2025

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

(31,472 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 2025

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

(16,771 posts)
143. It was fine, really, thanks. I went primarily to see Tommy Bolin.
Fri May 30, 2025, 02:42 PM
May 2025

Gary Wright and Peter Frampton were enjoyable, too.

Harker

(16,771 posts)
145. That summer was his.
Fri May 30, 2025, 02:57 PM
May 2025

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.

 

Archae

(47,245 posts)
146. I watched an interview by him on "Night Flight," years ago
Fri May 30, 2025, 07:42 PM
May 2025

He was a total idiot.

madamesilverspurs

(16,360 posts)
128. You beat me to it.
Thu May 29, 2025, 05:10 PM
May 2025

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

.

jls4561

(2,647 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 2025

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

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

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

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

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

(8,318 posts)
151. Queen songs. Eh.
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:13 PM
May 2025

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

The Madcap

(1,433 posts)
155. Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road
Sat May 31, 2025, 11:23 PM
May 2025

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

whathehell

(30,249 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

(807 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

(3,671 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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