Songs You Dislike and/or Detest

[Jay42]

Then there is the purple dinosauer's song "I love you, you love me"

Josh Gorban, kenny rogers, and Michael Buble - makes my ears bleed.

I remember when I was 12 and all the kids on the playground I was at suddenly changed the lyric to "I love you, you love me, lets get together and kill Barney." There was more but I don't remember all of it anymore. None of us were particularly violent kids though, it was like a switch flipped and suddenly that stupid purple dinosaur had to die. Can you imagine how much therapy a kid would have to go to now if they sang that?

I like Josh Groban as a person way more than I like his actual singing. Or at least as far as his public persona goes, he seems pretty cool. His willingness to make fun of himself on his two episodes of Never Mind The Buzzcocks was a lot of fun to watch.

There is actually a really cool version of Imagine that one of my students played for me about ten years ago. I think it's by a Perfect Circle. It's all dark and minor chords and depressing, essentially, it plays like what Lennon imagined will never happen. The Iraq War had just ramped up and so it just seemed so perfect.

Adele's "Hello" is another song that drives me nuts. It's not that it's terrible. It's just that everyone else thinks it's the GREATEST SONG EVAH and you know there's going to be 30943057 exhibitions, if not free skates, to it in the upcoming year.

You're right about the band. It is A Perfect Circle. They played heavily during my angsty teen years.

Hello is... OK. I hesitate to call it anything past that. I sort of enjoy it but I almost don't care either. I haven't even listened to 25 yet. One of my bosses is obsessed with when we have it in stock which is more annoying than hearing the song at this point. Most people who were going to buy it before Christmas has by now.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Just according to sound without going into song meanings or anything . . . "Rumour Has It" by Adele. I hate that whole production with the mediocre beats and the constant "Rumour has it ooooh. . ." in the background. It's so grating to my ears. I don't like most of her songs, but this one is just the worst for me.

Oh gosh yes - this and "Rolling in the Deep" - the same thing OVER and OVER and OVER again. GAAAAH!

As mentioned earlier, "My Heart (Thumping) Will Go On" by C. Dion, "What I Am" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians (irritating voice, stupid lyrics), most of Mariah the yodeler's work ("Hero" is an exception, because she actually just sings and doesn't try to do every church melismatic run she has ever heard), anything by Eminem or Lil Wayne.

And sorry, I do love me some ABBA.

 

[paskatefan]

You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone, Billy, Don't Be a Hero, Seasons in the Sun, You're Having My Baby - Paul Anka (I don't dislike most of his songs, but I just can't stand this one), Muskrat Love - Captain & Tenille (I like most of their songs, but not this one), My Heart Will Go On (I actually like the instrumental music from the Titanic soundtrack, but I am so tired of Celine Dion over-emoting in this one), most of Michael Bolton's recordings (notable exception - Go the Distance from "Hercules" - I like the lyrics to the song, and for once he doesn't over-emote in this one).

For a long time, I didn't care for Michael McDonald's voice, especially in the song "I Keep Forgettin'." Otherwise I like the Doobie Brothers music. @ this point I've gotten over my dislike for his voice, and it's all OK by me.

Christmas songs I detest, and will always change the radio station for - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (IMHO, her singing voice is insipid), and "Jingle Bell Rock." I'll listen to almost anything else, especially the traditional carols, classical pieces, Mannheim Steamroller & the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

 

[oleada]

"We are Family" makes me want to kill myself.

 

[antmanb]

Adele's "Hello" is another song that drives me nuts. It's not that it's terrible. It's just that everyone else thinks it's the GREATEST SONG EVAH and you know there's going to be 30943057 exhibitions, if not free skates, to it in the upcoming year.

Stolbova & Klimov did one at the GPF exhibition. I didn't mind it, despite being sick of the song already.

 

[emason]

Both Sides Now, by Joni Mitchell; especially the Judy Collins version.

 

[BlueRidge]

There is actually a really cool version of Imagine that one of my students played for me about ten years ago. I think it's by a Perfect Circle. It's all dark and minor chords and depressing, essentially, it plays like what Lennon imagined will never happen. The Iraq War had just ramped up and so it just seemed so perfect.

Or maybe it was meant to convey what it would actually be like if what Lennon imagined did happen...

Didn't you listen to the lyrics? It gave me nightmares!

"Timothy! Joe was looking at you. Timothy! God, what did we do?"

Lyrics from memory of 40 years

As much as I loved the Beatles is how much I loathe their post-Beatle output. McCartneys stuff was saccharine dreck, it's not just Imagine that sucked. Harrison's What is Life wasn't bad if you ignored the lyrics.

The problem with Imagine is the lyrics, not the music.

 

[VGThuy]

I remember when I was 12 and all the kids on the playground I was at suddenly changed the lyric to "I love you, you love me, lets get together and kill Barney." There was more but I don't remember all of it anymore. None of us were particularly violent kids though, it was like a switch flipped and suddenly that stupid purple dinosaur had to die. Can you imagine how much therapy a kid would have to go to now if they sang that?

The lyrics we sang as kids were:

"I hate you, you hate me
let's get together and kill Barney
with an AK-47, we'll shoot him in the head
look everybody, Barney's dead."

Mind you, I think most of us didn't know what an AK-47 actually was. But that song was sort of tame considering the non-parodied songs we sang as elementary school students. I remember singing Snoop Doggy Dog's "Gin n' Juice" in 4th grade not even knowing what gin and juice was much less "smoking indo".

 

[aliceanne]

Or maybe it was meant to convey what it would actually be like if what Lennon imagined did happen...



"Timothy! Joe was looking at you. Timothy! God, what did we do?"

Lyrics from memory of 40 years



The problem with Imagine is the lyrics, not the music.

I think the Beatles genius was that they managed to capture the spirit of the times and they evolved and did it repeatedly.

Imagine lyrics are saccharine and insipid, but that is the way the hippies talked in the early 70's. "Make love not war", "united we stand, divided we fall" were popular slogans.

 

[Rob]

We Built This City on Rock n Roll always gets worst song awards. Stupid lyrics

Another classic stupid song - Jack and Jill by Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio. You can find it on YouTube. Lyrics:

Jack, wanting someone to feel
Sat up on the hill and
Waited all day for Jill

Jill, always away from home
Never bothering to phone
Always leaving poor Jack alone

Now why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill
He snuck down the hill
'Cause he needed love
Love he couldn't get from Jill
Oh, yes he did

Why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill
He snuck down the hill
He needed love
Oh, yes, he did
Love he couldn't get from Jill

Jack like Little Red Riding Hood
Always trying to do good
Waited as long as he could

Jill, is it right or wrong
For Jack to carry on
If you leave him home too long

Now why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill
He snuck down, he snuck down
Broke his crown

He needed love
(Sweet love)
Love he couldn't get from Jill
Oh, sweet, sweet love

Why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill
(He snuck down the hill)
He needed love
(Oh, yes, he did)
Love he couldn't get
From Jill, oh yeah

Now why do you think
Why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill
Why do you think
He snuck down the hill

Cause he needed love
He needed love
Love he couldn't get from Jill
Yes, he did

Why do you think
He got down on his knees
Jack snuck down the hill
He had mud on his hands

He needed love
And he crawled and
He crawled and he crawled
Love he couldn't get from Jill

Why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill
He snuck down, he snuck
Down from his ground

He needed love
He needed love
Love he couldn't get from Jill
He wanted sweet, sweet love

Why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill...

 

[BlueRidge]

Its not that the lyrics to Imagine are saccharine and insipid, its that they describe a communist utopia which when it was brought to be in the real world turned out to be a totalitarian nightmare. What is saccharine and insipid is how people seem to think the song describes a universal dream for humanity.

 

[quartz]

I'm at the bookstore and playing the Josh Groban Christmas CD in honour of all his "fans" here.

 

[ChelleC]

How about Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana? What wonderful lyrics!!!

You cannot be a member of Generation X, Peter.

 

[PeterG]

You cannot be a member of Generation X, Peter.

I'm not a generation X. Rather, I am a mulatto. Or was it an albino... A mosquito?? My libido... A denial!

 

[Kecasyl]

Anything by Mannheim Steamroller, IDK what it is, but it makes my ears bleed! I was so happy when they weren't the live music guests at last years Disson Christmas show.

 

[joeperryfan]

Born in the USA... Makes me feel like smashing the radio. Also, anything by Adele.

 

[BaileyCatts]

Okay, who started all the "Timothy" talk. I only heard that song once, maybe like 10 years ago on a radio show, yet all of a sudden its been playing in my head all day like I just heard it yesterday!

 

[PRlady]

Sorry....

 

[PeterG]

Sorry....

I think I like Sorry better than Hello.

 

[PRlady]

Let's see.

The Joker by Steve Miller Band is one of the most irritating songs ever. Anything by the Doobie Brothers. Nirvana and the other grunge bands made me switch from rock to country for a good 12 or so years, by the time I got back there was actually indie music I liked.

Oh, and everything Elton John did after his first two albums except maybe for Daniel sucked. I won't sit through Rocket Man or Philadelphia Freedom for any reason whatsoever.

 

[clairecloutier]

Ha-ha, I too dislike Elton John. I just don't care for his voice. I may be the only person who actually prefers the Ewan MacGregor version of My Song to Eltons version.

I'm kind of shocked that so many people hate Adele! I still love her. Especially Rumor Has It (someone else's most hated song).

 

[orbitz]

I think Adele is a bit overrated. Yes, she can sing, but I don't think her voice has an immediate wow factor like Barbra Streisand's in her prime for example. I've listened to "Hello" a couple of times now and still have no idea why it was so popular. I think I would be bored after 3 songs at an Adele's concert.

 

[gkelly]

The Joker by Steve Miller Band is one of the most irritating songs ever.

Oh, right. Agreed. I usually switch the station if that comes on as well.

 

[Freespirit]

I think Adele is a bit overrated. Yes, she can sing, but I don't think her voice has an immediate wow factor like Barbra Streisand's in her prime for example. I've listened to "Hello" a couple of times now and still have no idea why it was so popular. I think I would be bored after 3 songs at an Adele's concert.

Speaking of Adele, I heard her concerts, all 59 venues, sold out in an hour.

 

[VGThuy]

I think Adele is a bit overrated. Yes, she can sing, but I don't think her voice has an immediate wow factor like Barbra Streisand's in her prime for example. I've listened to "Hello" a couple of times now and still have no idea why it was so popular. I think I would be bored after 3 songs at an Adele's concert.

Speaking of Adele, I heard her concerts, all 59 venues, sold out in an hour.

A friend of mine was spending a whole morning getting tickets to her concert, and she was telling me that almost everyone at her office was doing the same. Adele is very popular and resonates with a lot of people. But like the way I feel with Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga, who've also touched people with their music, I just don't feel it myself and feel bit disconnected with the mainstream who have embraced them whole-heartedly. Regarding Adele and being at a concert, I'm glad people have a good time at her concerts, but like @orbitz said, I feel that there are only so many similarly sounding torch songs that aren't really that interesting consisting of cliched and vague lyrics that I can listen to in one sitting.

 

[once_upon]

I think that one of the best and worst things that happens to an artist is success. They are overplayed, overhyped, and placed musically in a particular category.

I like Adele but Hello is so overplayed - I actually heard in consecutively with a change music hosts - that I don't like it anymore. She gets type casted into singing touch songs.
I like some of Taylor Swift, but she is bubblegum pop and overplayed
I could go on and on with examples. Succes is the best and worst things to happen.

 

[quartz]

I have heard Adele's "Hello" once, but it was so boring I don't even remember what it was like, so probably just like every other song of hers.
I wouldn't be able to identify a Taylor Swift song if my life depended on it.

 

[AxelAnnie]

I'm okay with Imagine, but the early Beatles stuff, the "Love You Ya Ya Ya" crap is horrible. Also, all Beach Boys songs
because they are all the very same boring repetitious song.

Oh if you grew up on the beach those songs are halowed
They are magic..... They speak Devine truth.

 

[easilydistracte]

The perfume version with the line of "y o u b e t t e r www aaaa kkk uuup"
I know it is supposed to be sexy, but to me it sounds like a person in labor.

Yeah, hard to believe it's the same song from Grease where Olivia Newton John shows up in skin-tight leather and spike heels.

"Slow Ride" by FogHat. Booooooriiiiing!

Anything by Paul McCartney & Wings.

 

[Johnny_Fever]

I have heard Adele's "Hello" once, but it was so boring I don't even remember what it was like, so probably just like every other song of hers.
I wouldn't be able to identify a Taylor Swift song if my life depended on it.

Are you single? I think we'd get along.

On an unrelated note, the next time I hear Lou Bega's Mambo No. 5, I may slit my wrists.