Songs you hate, but everybody else loves?

[Jeebo]

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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

[ZDU]

1. This

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[True Dough]

2. You want her heart to stop?

That just seems so cruel!

[BOSSHOG]

4. No, no

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.

[True Dough]

5. Crassness welcome here, Boss

Krasnov, on the other hand, not welcome at all!

[ZDU]

7. LMAO

[PJMcK]

13. Hate the song

Didn't like the movie

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

Just my opinion.

[Ilsa]

51. Funniest episode ever:

?si=6_y1JNriWPNjPjfz

[PJMcK]

59. Brilliant!

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.

[Diamond_Dog]

20. Oh God yes, I can't stand this song!

[catbyte]

46. This is my favorite rendition.

[ZDU]

64. Perfection

[catbyte]

70. Btw, if you're ever in a bad mood and need a laugh, go to the actual YouTube channel for this and

read the comments. I laughed until I cried.

[AllaN01Bear]

116. opening theme from chariots of fire.

[BOSSHOG]

3. I saw a cartoon not too long ago here on DU

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

[sl8]

47. I saw that.

https://ifunny.co/picture/guys-any-idea-how-to-end-hey-jude-rljay16j7



I searched, but couldn't find the DU post.

[CanonRay]

6. YMCA

[PJMcK]

15. That's too easy!

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]

103. I used to like this song; it reminded me of my dad

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

[BlueKota]

8. Don't know if people still love it, but they did in the 1980s

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.

[Boomerproud]

121. Thank you!

nt

[Skittles]

9. "I Will Always Love You'

screamed by Ms. Houston

UGH

[yellowdogintexas]

11. Agree wholeheartedly! Dolly Parton's version is just perfect. (she did write it after all) nt

[Polybius]

24. Interestingly enough, it's the most popular remake in history (or at least in modern times)

FWIW.

[yellowdogintexas]

131. I know, and I will never understand it. nt

[Polybius]

22. I came into this thread hoping that no one would mention "My Heart Will Go On" or "I Will Always Love You"

I'm 0 for 2.

[Skittles]

28. honestly

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.

[Dave Bowman]

90. I second that UGH, can't stand that song either. 😕

[milestogo]

138. It was ok the first thousand times

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.

[Skittles]

142. not for me

I hated it the first time I heard it......treacly screeching.

[peacebuzzard]

10. Yellow Submarine

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]

58. 'Why don't we do it in the road?'...'Revolution 9'...The Beatles put out a lot of crap songs.

[peacebuzzard]

120. I agree there. too much milquetoast

as in, soppy.

[Johonny]

12. Everything by Steely Dan

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

[PJMcK]

17. That's too bad

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.

[chicoescuela]

30. Kid Charlemagne. Love that tune.

[MuseRider]

88. 100% with you on that.

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]

125. I literally like every Steely Dan song I've ever heard.

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

[returnee]

133. Amazing how tastes can differ.

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]

19. I would add Dire Straits and the Beach Boys

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

[ProfessorGAC]

75. Well, We Agree On The Beach Boys

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]

77. Agree on Beach Boys being highly overrated. I can't stand them either.

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

[chowder66]

80. I just never could get into these bands (it's the sound, not necessarily the singers or artistry).

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

[ProfessorGAC]

84. I Have 3 Categories For Artists

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.

[chowder66]

97. I like it!

[Johonny]

112. Brian Wilson was highly respected

Mike Love is a horrible loathsome toad.

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

[chowder66]

113. I never followed them so I wouldn't know.

Just couldn't get into their sound.

[highplainsdem]

35. You don't even like this one?

[Johonny]

62. No

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.

[Danmel]

74. I love this one

[bif]

71. I can't stand them either

Just bland, light jazz/pop.

[Scrivener7]

102. Oh no! I love them!

[House of Roberts]

14. 'The First Time, Ever I Saw Your Face'

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

[Midnight Writer]

98. Johnny Cash does a cover of this song that always brings me tears. He nails it and makes it his own.

[Tarzanrock]

16. Rockin' Robin

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]

33. Really annoying cover. The original by Bobby Day wasn't so bad.

[PJMcK]

18. Anything by the Partridge Family! (n/t)

[highplainsdem]

36. I was going to say I'd never heard any of their songs, never watched the show...and then I googled

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

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

[Diamond_Dog]

21. Total Eclipse of the Heart.

[Polybius]

26. The 1994 remake by Nicki French was much better

[Wolf Frankula]

23. Songs by Bob Seger

where he brags about getting laid.

Wolf

[MIButterfly]

39. Agree.

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.

[Ritabert]

81. I like "Good Old Rock and Roll". The rest not much.

[MichMan]

25. Sympathy for the Devil

[Polybius]

27. Please please please no one say Imagine or Hallelujah

Those songs are perfect 10's.

[Doodley]

29. "Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do." Yes, it's very hard to do. Ridiculous lyrics.

[Buzz cook]

43. Hallelujah is just a modern version

Of the Lost Chord. Schmaltz either way.

[Judi Lynn]

63. Leonard Cohen's presence also manifests in "Bird on a Wire" which seems to repeat

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]

104. You'll like this. Amazing cover of Hallelujah by K. D. Lang. Gives me chills every time.

[Sibelius Fan]

31. Feliz Navidad. We will rock you. God bless America (sappy and based on make believe).

[The Blue Flower]

110. I always turn off Feliz Navidad

The repetition gives me a headache.

[chicoescuela]

32. I gotta disagree about Hey Jude. My first slow dance at 11 with the cutest girl in fifth

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

[Jeebo]

42. Chico Escuela?

Has beisbol bene berra berra gude to you?

— Ron

[chicoescuela]

49. Si

[lastlib]

34. Danny's Dumb Song (Loggins & Messina)

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

[MIButterfly]

37. You Were Always on my Mind

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.

[mwmisses4289]

38. Anything by Nirvana.

Our joke was they only know three chords.

[Figarosmom]

41. A lot of bands only use 3 chords

[Figarosmom]

40. The song Funkytown by Lipps Inc

It was so overplayed I can't stand hearing it.

[Doc_Technical]

44. Copacabana (At the Copa)

by Barry Manilow

[hunter]

60. You didn't want to be around my grandma when that song played on the radio.

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

[MIButterfly]

92. OMG! I love that song.

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

True story.

[Eugene]

115. That's the one Barry Manilow song I don't like.

[Morbius]

45. Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon

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!"

[MIButterfly]

93. Ha! I want them to play "Miss Me Blind" at my funeral.

[Emile]

48. American Pie

Now I have it my head and will be humming it to myself all day, yikes.

[justaprogressive]

50. As a pro guitarist this ones easy:

Free Turd.

[FishBones51]

52. The Logical Song - Supertramp

The lyrics are about liberal progressivism

[FishBones51]

53. The Logical Song - Supertramp

The lyrics are about liberal progressivism

[genxlib]

54. Absolutely detest "Miss You Like Crazy" by Natalie Cole

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]

55. An incomplete list

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]

68. I hate Sweet Caroline with a passion.

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

[Jeebo]

91. They used to play Sweet Caroline at the U.S. Open when Caroline Wozniacki played.

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

[mucifer]

56. "Loving you" that awful song where

She makes a horrible screeching sound.

[SarasotaDem]

57. Maria Carey

Christmas song

[chowmama]

61. My Way

The torturing of rhymes is downright sadistic.

[Iggo]

65. The Wreck Of The Edmund Motherfucking Fitzgerald.

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]

66. Achy Breaky Heart, God Bless the USA Lee Fucking Greenwood, Little Drummer Boy,

Country Roads

[boonecreek]

67. One I used to like in the early 70s but can't stand now,

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

[Dulcinea]

69. That song from Barbie by Billie Eilish.

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

[LudwigPastorius]

72. Any modern "Country" song...

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

[Johonny]

114. Truth

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

[oasis]

147. True that!

[bif]

73. Anything by Fleetwood Mac

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

[Ritabert]

82. I like "Hypnotized" early Fleetwood Mac with Bob Welch as lead vocalist

[MIButterfly]

95. I like that song and I never hear it anymore.

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

[Ritabert]

96. Once the later group took over we never heard of it again

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

[Diamond_Dog]

83. I agree bif

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

[bif]

87. I'm talking the Peter Green era.

[Paladin]

123. The plain fact of the matter: Stevie Nicks can't sing worth a shit. (nt)

[Midnight Writer]

76. Money by Pink Floyd

It's a drag.

[peacebuzzard]

78. I'm surprised the BeeGees is not on this list,

Their harmonies were like fingernails on the chalkboard.

[Ritabert]

85. I like the disco years not their early songs

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

[peacebuzzard]

86. lol during disco I danced to anything

it was all about the party and dance...

[Ritabert]

89. True. Still remember "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps

[Leghorn21]

106. A great **GREAT** song by this group!!

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

[spooky3]

79. This Girl Is On Fire

And Come on, Eileen

[Diraven]

94. Anything by Dave Matthews Band

Something about his singing voice just bugs me.

[Mad_Dem_X]

105. Agreed! Can't stand them.

[Upthevibe]

99. Jeebo.............

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]

100. The Carpenters. All of their oeuvre.

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

[JoseBalow]

101. I like his lyrics, but Dylan's singing sucks

[Hey Joe]

107. White Room

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]

118. Oh, that reminds me! "Sunshine Of Your Love."

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]

108. All I Want for Christmas

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

[Pisces]

109. Anything Billie Eilish sings. Her whisper voice is terrible.

[Justice Brandeis]

111. Hotel California by the Eagles

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

[Archae]

117. Anything by the Steve Miller Band.

Especially "Rocking' Me Baby."

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

[Paladin]

124. OK, you force me to tell my Steve Miller story.

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]

136. He was in the lineup at a concert I attended in 1976.

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]

139. Went to an outdoor concert of his in the 1990's, and it was delightful.

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]

140. That's good to hear.

Maybe I caught him on a bad day.

[Paladin]

141. Sorry your experience wasn't as enjoyable as mine was. (nt)

[Harker]

143. It was fine, really, thanks. I went primarily to see Tommy Bolin.

Gary Wright and Peter Frampton were enjoyable, too.

[Paladin]

144. Nice concert lineup. I would have loved to have seen Frampton. (nt)

[Harker]

145. That summer was his.

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]

146. I watched an interview by him on "Night Flight," years ago

He was a total idiot.

[ArnoldLayne]

119. Maggie Mae.

[JMCKUSICK]

122. Steely Dan

Peg, or anything else lol.

[bif]

126. "The Horse with no Name"

[Paladin]

127. That song really blows, doesn't it? Beyond-stupid lyrics. (nt)

[madamesilverspurs]

128. You beat me to it.

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

.

[MenloParque]

129. Don't stop believin' by Journey

And anything by Bruce Springsteen

[jls4561]

130. Don't flame me when you read this. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.

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.

[Alpeduez21]

132. Money for Nothing by Dire Straits.

[returnee]

134. God Only Knows

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.

[Harker]

135. Bohemian Rhapsody. Queen.

[milestogo]

137. "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" by Cher

[KTB2025]

148. Jackson Browne's The Load Out

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...