OT: It Was Real Popular, but....Twas Never a Big Fav of Mine....!

[Scud49]

OK, we've looked at all angles of everything we have liked music wise, so how about the opposite approach - what songs have you essentially despised over the years?

I'll kick it off with this one:

 

[Kaizen]

Worst music I ever heard. I even not recommend you to listen (but has 357 M views).

 

[chrissaran]

Oh Mickey - DJ on 98.3 in Lakeland said he would rather play Oh Mickey than Andy Gibb's I Want to be Your Everything. It was also in Pitch Perfect. Worst song ever.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Ooh, this could get ugly! I think on principal I refuse to post a video for any song I truly despise. I'll think on it a bit, but there have been all kinds of gimmicky songs that inexplicably were popular, at least briefly. I'm sure some will disagree with me but stuff like "Who Let the Dogs Out, "Gangnam Style," "La Macarena" and "What Does the Fox Say" are just hideous.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oh Mickey - DJ on 98.3 in Lakeland said he would rather play Oh Mickey than Andy Gibb's I Want to be Your Everything. It was also in Pitch Perfect. Worst song ever.

I have to say...anything by 2 Live Crew goes to the front of the line for worst song ever. The lyrics, the attitude, and not the tiniest shred of musical talent to really top it off. I can't fathom how they were ever a thing, let alone popular. Absolutely the worst.

 

[Argonaut]

I like most of what the Beatles produced, but this...



...this was and will always be TERRIBLE.

 

[Scud49]

Oh yea, totally agree Kaizen and NW with yer comments, I won't even post any of that stuff - it's all bad, real bad.

 

[nwhoopfan]

(but has 357 M views).

I'll see ya, and raise "Despacito." It's not the worst song ever...but it's approaching 7 BILLION views. Billion. There is nothing slightly remarkable about it. Simple proof that most of the planet doesn't have very good taste.

 

[Huskee11]

Wow great topic and NO shortage of material.

Notwithstanding Journey and Jefferson Starship, I'm going with The Joker by The Steve Miller Band.

I think the group is way, way overrated. Boorrring!

 

[and one]

When I was in high school I worked after school at a luncheonette that was the high school hangout. It had a jukebox, so what ever was popular I had the pleasure of hearing over and over and over. One song in particular absolutely made me grit my teeth and to this day if it pops up on a golden oldies channel I get a headache in the time it takes to change channels.

This Diamond Ring. Gary Lewis and the Plaboys.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

One man's hate - another's pleasure. I liked Hotel California from when I first heard it. I also don't mind Yellow Submarine - but will admit, it is pablum.

For a bad song by a famous group - I personally have never cared for "My Generation" by the Who. Was a big Who fan in college (dang, that was a long time ago) but never liked what some consider one of their "signature" songs.

For "just dreadful - turn it off" - I'm handicapped because I probably did. I'll suggest "Mambo Italiano" as being up there.

 

[Bama fan]

Outside of Sheila, anything by Tommy Roe. Dizzy, Jam Up and Jelly Tight,etc. And Tie a Yellow Ribbon by T O and Dawn was okay but got overplayed to its great detriment. And Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer is absolutely grating on my nerves.

 

[Centerstream]

Whenever a Pink Floyd song comes on, I change the station.

 

[the Q]

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[Alydar]

This was played at least every hour, 24/7 on every radio station that played music until I wanted to kill Goldsboro.

 

[JavaMan]

 

[Zorro]

Well, of course, Rocky Top. And anything by Jim Croce.

 

[cullaville]

Wow great topic and NO shortage of material.

Notwithstanding Journey and Jefferson Starship, I'm going with The Joker by The Steve Miller Band.

I think the group is way, way overrated. Boorrring!

same can't stand Steve Miller

 

[PoppaBear]

Ugh..My personal kryptonite.

 

[Woof 101]

OK, we've looked at all angles of everything we have liked music wise, so how about the opposite approach - what songs have you essentially despised over the years?

I'll kick it off with this one:
The Eagles won the 1977 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Hotel California" at the 20th Grammy Awards in 1978. The song is rated highly in many rock music lists and polls; Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 49 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Songwriter(s): Don Felder; Don Henley; Glenn ...
Released: February 22, 1977
Studio: Record Plant, Los Angeles; Criteria Stu...

No argument here on the thread, a unique idea, but to start with a song that won a Grammy for song of the year? From a idolized band that sold millions of records? This really explains how we all have a different taste.

Well, of course, Rocky Top. And anything by Jim Croce.

I wanted to like the Rocky Top thing but the Jim Croce got in the way. Great artist and player.
You don't tug on Superman's Cape.

Having a tad of experience in the music world myself it took years to break out of the mold of liking what one and their friends grew up with. There is almost nothing I can't listen to and find joy in the musicianship with in, other than Rap that degrades anyone.
I will say as time gets closer to meet my maker, if going to music hell, I would take disco over jazz...

 

[eebmg]

This thread is very funny since I find some of the songs people hate among my favorites.

I won't say which since you cant defend personal taste but keep them coming so I can enjoy.

 

[cohenzone]

Little Bit of Soul. by the Music Explosion.
I started out liking it until someone in a dorm floor above me played it every night really loud during finals. When I took my exams all I could hear was the really heavy beat of that song, over and over and over again.

 

[Scud49]

This one by Neil Diamond - Holly Holy. I really liked some of his such as Solitary Man, but this one, to me, was bad, real bad:

 

[Ozimoto]

I generally like me some John Mellencamp. Maybe because it was so overplayed, but I would be ok if I never hear this again.

 

[Scud49]

Woof wrote: The Eagles won the 1977 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Hotel California" at the 20th Grammy Awards in 1978. The song is rated highly in many rock music lists and polls; Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 49 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Songwriter(s): Don Felder; Don Henley; Glenn ...
Released: February 22, 1977
Studio: Record Plant, Los Angeles; Criteria Stu...

No argument here on the thread, a unique idea, but to start with a song that won a Grammy for song of the year? From a idolized band that sold millions of records? This really explains how we all have a different taste.

Woof - no argument from me - I hear ya. I certainly like some of the Eagles stuff - Train Leaves Here This Morning, Tequila Sunrise, etc - but for some reason "Hotel" always grated on me every time I heard it, and back in '77 when this album came out, I heard it a lot. Nothing about it connected with me - the melody, the lyrics, the guitar chords, for some reason - not a thing.....!