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Sunday, May 06, 2007

Songs You Can’t Stand

Inspired by Katrina’s forum thread, Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me, here’s a question for you.

In whatever music genre you normally listen to, are there any songs that are/were big hits, but which you really, really can’t stand? 

We’re not talking about “I don’t like that song” here.  We’re talking about wanting to have an Elvis/Robert Goulet episode when you hear one on the radio.

Here are a few of mine:

Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me
The Kinks - Lola
The Knack - My Sharona
Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
Anything by Robert Palmer.

(20) Comments
Posted by Jed at 1718 hrs
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  1. Lola!?!?

    I hang my head in shame…

    Posted by Owen on May 06, 2007 at 1737 hrs


  2. I’m going to have to say most songs by Martina McBride and Shania Twain.  Martina McBride has an awesome voice, but I’m not fond of the dumb songs she sings.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 06, 2007 at 1744 hrs


  3. For me, it’s “She Loves You” by the Beatles.  That or “Busy Bee” by Ugly Kid Joe.

    Posted by Owen on May 06, 2007 at 1745 hrs


  4. Oh, and that stupid “You’re Beautiful” song by that Blunt dude.  Ugh.  The video for it is so appropriate.  The song makes me want to jump off a bridge, too.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 06, 2007 at 1745 hrs


  5. It’s funny, everything else James Blunt did rocked, but that song is the one overplayed. 

    Here’s a few that still make me want to find a ledge on a high building:
    “The Sign”  Ace of Base - or anything else they did
    “Waterfalls” forget who did it, but it sucked.  Salt N Pepa? 
    “Who let the dogs out” - whoever they are should be shot
    Anything by Britney Spears.
    “Beautiful” or whatever the hell it’s called by Christina Aguilera - please, just stop.  Just stop! 

    There are more, I’ll post again when I remember some of them.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 06, 2007 at 1754 hrs


  6. There are actually few songs that fit that bill for me… except for anything by Justin Timberblake (all of them piss me off).  Most of the time its a function of how often its played.  The more popular a song is, the more its on the radio, and the faster I get sick of it. 

    There are some songs which I truly love that I could hear over and over again.  But those are few and far between.  Otherwise, I burn out on them, and never want to hear them again.

    Posted by Nick on May 06, 2007 at 1829 hrs


  7. Oh, and that stupid “You’re Beautiful” song by that Blunt dude.  Ugh.  The video for it is so appropriate.  The song makes me want to jump off a bridge, too.

    I like that song.  But then again, I rarely listen to the radio, so I haven’t been overexposed to it.  That entire album was great.

    Posted by Jed on May 06, 2007 at 1843 hrs


  8. Used to like it at the time, but I cringe when I hear anything from Boston. Also, Whitesnake music should be bried and put to rest.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 06, 2007 at 1908 hrs


  9. Anything redneck country I can’t stand….what I’m saying is I HATE Toby Keith. 
    Shiny happy people…shoot me, Don’t worry be happy…shoot me again. 

    I like “your beautiful” too.  I’m not a radio listener, I just randomly pick music and listen to it until I sing it in my sleep.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 06, 2007 at 1924 hrs


  10. The Beatles, The Eagles, and Lionel Ritchie do it for me.

    Posted by Tom McMahon on May 06, 2007 at 2126 hrs


  11. Three letters - MSG.

    Posted by steveegg on May 06, 2007 at 2151 hrs


  12. “killing me softly” by the fugee’s

    That song makes me want to vomit…  Just the annoying beat and the wailing singing… ugh…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 06, 2007 at 2245 hrs


  13. “Waterfalls” forget who did it, but it sucked.  Salt N Pepa?

    Nope. TLC did that one.

    The Macarena wants to make me find a rope and a tree. Always did, always will.

    Posted by pdigaudio on May 06, 2007 at 2309 hrs


  14. what I’m saying is I HATE Toby Keith.

    Hey, Toby Keith is awesome.

    My music tastes cross a lot of boundaries, so I have songs in a variety of genres that make me want to regurgitate.

    Country music: “Achy breaky heart” performed by Billy Ray Cyrus
    Rock - “Jack and Diane” performed by John Mellencamp (or, frankly, most of his music - by the way, what is his name today?)
    Pop - Anything by Journey

    Finally, the worst, most inspid song of all time is “Feelings” by Morris Albert but, fortunately, I am never in a position in which I am forced to hear it.  If I were, I would probably dig my eardrums out with a sharp pencil.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 07, 2007 at 0020 hrs


  15. I guess since I started this I will let you know a few I can’t stand.  They are like fingernails on a chalkboard for me.

    The Macarena - have no clue who admits to yodelling this one
    Sister Christian- Night Ranger
    Do you Believe - Cher - and almost everthing else she sings

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 07, 2007 at 1007 hrs


  16. We’re An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
    American Woman - The Guess Who (more recently Lenny Kravitz)
    Anything by Skynyrd
    Takin’ Care of Business - Bachman Turner Overweight
    Anything by Nazareth (especially Hair of the Dog).

    Man, I could go on and on and on…  there is so much bad music out there!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 07, 2007 at 1029 hrs


  17. I’m sure none of you have heard of the song Brightness by Aquagen. I listen to a lot of trance and techno type music. This was a huge dance anthem back in the late nineties and I have always hated it. Boring melody and a voice sample that made no sense (it was like a spoken sentence fragment not even a complete thought) Arrgh.

    I don’t listen to the radio (except for the occasional internet radio or podcast) so I don’t have really know many songs that I hate since I control what I listen to pretty well.

    Posted by Matt on May 07, 2007 at 1035 hrs


  18. You know that the lead singer of the Knack is the brother of Dr. Death’s lawyer and liberal gadfly Geoffrey Feiger, don’t you?

    For me, the songs I never hope to hear again are “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers and “Come on Irene” by anyone.  Even “Hammer Time” is better.

    Posted by mgm on May 07, 2007 at 1459 hrs


  19. Purple Haze and Foxy Lady by Hendrix.  You would think that these were the only two songs he ever wrote.  But, they’re just about the two worst songs he ever wrote.  So much better music from the man that never gets played on the radio…

    Posted by David on May 07, 2007 at 1631 hrs


  20. Thanks for the correction on Waterfalls.  God I hate that song. 

    Killing me softly - how could I forget that one?  Maybe because it makes me search for weapons.  I remember when I heard that on the radio all the time - pouring gas on myself would have been a restful escape…...

    Anything preachy - John Mayer’s new song.  REM.  Some U2 (or is that all?). 

    Got another one - “Insane in the Membrain” or whatever by Cypress Hill.  Or “Jump Around” by House of Pain.  Cypress Hill just sucked, House of Pain had a better track - but no one ever played it. 

    How about a blast from my past:  anything by Kriss Kross.  Remember those two morons? 

    What’s popular isn’t determined by what’s good.  Not even close.  Too bad, too, there’s probably great stuff out there.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 07, 2007 at 2017 hrs


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