Name a song that you dislike by a singer/group that you really like. We won't judge you, promise!

[Orrex]

Two easy ones for me: Modern Love by David Bowie and Money by Pink Floyd.

[some guy]

1. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

also Tori Amos' cover of '97 Bonnie & Clyde (or whatever the title is)

[csziggy]

2. Anything by the Carpenters makes me puke

They were so insipid I disliked them BEFORE my roommate played their albums for four months solid. By the time that semester was over, I detested the Carpenters and any song they ever sang even if performed by someone else. I've never had another roommate, either.

[Orrex]

3. I'm glad that you were able to get that off your chest, but...

I wonder if you might have misread the subject line?

[csziggy]

6. Oh hell, I guess this headache is affecting my eyes now, too

If it is worse tomorrow, I'll have to go to the doctor. Right now it just feels as though someone has a wedge in the top of my head and is pounding on it with a sledge hammer. Earlier it felt like someone had run over the back of my skull.

I'd take a Vicodin but they give me headaches.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. My Heart Will Go On -- Celine Dion

The author of that also wrote suckwad songs for Steve Winwood.

[Mopar151]

5. Sweet Child of Mine - Guns 'n Roses

Every Rose Has it's Thorn - Poison (not that I really like Poison - but they were a passable hair band, and Every Rose makes me want to blow chunks....)

[Throd]

7. "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix.

[XemaSab]

8. Karma Police by Radiohead

It just doesn't do anything for me. :shrug:

[Kali]

9. any song that got played a lot on the radio

especially "Hello It's Me" :puke:but love most everything else by Todd Rundgren and/or Utopia

[OhioChick]

10. Beautiful Day/U2

:puke:

[TZ]

11. Bytor and the Snow Dog by Rush

I'm not a big fan of the work they did around that time, though 2112 has grown on me a bit of late.

[Bake]

14. Ha! Blasphemy!

You KNEW I'd have to jump on you for that!

:rofl:

Bake

[TZ]

17. LOL well I'm trying to post an answer EXACTLY to the question!

Dr. Strange may never speak to me again however...:rofl:

[dawg]

12. "Mother" by the Police.

"Who Dunnit?" by Genesis.

Also, like the OP, I'm not particularly fond of "Money" by Pink Floyd. I'm not exactly sure why. I like that band, and the weird time sig is something I usually would love. I like the sentiment behind the lyrics. It's just that I usually want to turn the radio when that song comes on.





Oh, I almost forgot. Some songs by my very favorite bands:

"Circus of Heaven" and "Arriving UFO" by Yes.
"Run for Your Life" by the Beatles

[Dr. Strange]

13. Totally agree with Money.

I'll also add Faithfully by Journey.

[nolabear]

15. Angie, by The Stones.

It's actually a toss-up between that and Fool to Cry.

[Iggo]

16. Turbo Lover -- Judas Priest

Ack.

[Sky Masterson]

18. Boulevard of broken dreams by Green Day

and The distance by Cake

[Iggo]

19. Wind Of Change -- Scorpions

Ack.

[Iggo]

20. Silent Lucidity -- Queensryche

Ack.

[nomorenomore08]

21. Sonic Youth - "Youth Against Fascism"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04fAzuS04R0

Pretentious, idiotic, trying WAAAY too hard to be cute/clever. All the worst aspects of a band whose music I generally enjoy a great deal.

And now, to cleanse the palate, "Schizophrenia" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2qYa8c-cA

[MrScorpio]

22. I love both of those songs

Funny how that works

[Orrex]

26. I dunno

Modern Love, and for that matter most of the album Let's Dance! seemed like such a pop sell-out after Scary Monsters and his work in the 70s. It's not an especially bad song in its own right, but compared to where he had been it was so purely conventional that I can't be bothered to listen to it anymore.

Can't exactly put my finger on why I don't like Money except that it's very different, both musically and lyrically, from what I like about Waters-era Floyd.


YMMV, of course...

[MrScorpio]

29. I've always considered that characterization of MODERN LOVE

As nothing more than unrealistic nostalgia.

I'll tell you why. When you look at the totality of Bowie's career, you see that he too great pains to create several personas and musical styles for each era. MODERN LOVE was a very popular album for two distinct reasons (Platinum in both the UK and US), one; the top notch production work and writing of Niles Rogers and two; it perfectly fit the times, It was the kind of album that SET the tempo and style of the era rather than being a reaction to it. I think that it was one of his strongest albums ever.

Bowie saw the times changing and changed along with them.

Money for me is all about that bass… It's a gas.

[Orrex]

35. But see, I disliked it back in '83, even when I saw him in Philly for the Serious Moonlight tour

I can't agree that it set the tempo and style of the era, at least not to any degree like his earlier work had done.

As a disclaimer, I like very little of his musical work from Let's Dance! and onward. I think that perhaps the yellow suit did him in for me.

[MrScorpio]

37. He changed (as he constantly did) and you didn't care for it

Dats da way da cookie crumbles, I guess

[Orrex]

39. Yeah, that was kind of my point

I'm sure that he sits up at night wondering how he can recapture my interest, too!

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. The Waiting Room by Genesis

Strictly, it's an instrumental, not a song. But the first 3 minutes is just crappy 70s tape effects. If they weren't on drugs when they recorded it, they sure as hell were when they decided to keep it on the album.

Listen at your peril: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNaY8Qogw48

[Hassin Bin Sober]

24. Lick My Love Pump by Spinal Tap.

[hyphenate]

25. Off the top of my head

I would say "Hazard" by Richard Marx. I know he's a balladeer and all that, and I like some of his work very much in that vein, but Hazard is one of the most insipid songs I've ever heard.

[Orrex]

27. Wow. Totally forgot about that one.

Not a big Richard Marx fan, but I have to agree that that song was a big stylistic departure for him.

[TroglodyteScholar]

28. Here Comes Your Man by the Pixies

Love those guys, but that song was shit.

[kwassa]

30. "Touch Me" by the Doors

Smarmy commercial schlock by one of the very best rock singers of all time.

[Iggo]

31. Even when I was a little kid in the 60's...

...I knew that The Doors were NOT supposed to be playing trumpet rock.

That was just weird.

I did and still do love that song, though.

[kwassa]

34. Why ???!!!???

what redeeming qualities does it have?

[Iggo]

36. I like trumpet rock.

B-)

[GReedDiamond]

38. The thing is, Morrison hated the song...

.. at the very end you can hear him sing "stronger than dirt" (while the music does the same notes as) a TV commercial of the time (Mr. Clean).

On edit: I like the song, always did.

[Iggo]

41. Oh, I remember.

But I was like 7 yrs old and I liked what I liked.

And I think it was Ajax. (Remember the white knight riding by? Or am I mixing up two different ads?)

[GReedDiamond]

43. You are correct, it was Ajax...

...your memory is better than mine.

I had forgotten about the whole White Knight thing, he was apparently riding by and fighting dirt and stuff!!

Mr. Clean was the overgrown sorta genie-like white guy with a bald head.

Is Ajax still around?

[Iggo]

44. Yep. We've got some under the kitchen sink.

(50/50 on whether it was gonna be Comet or Ajax.)

[Codeine]

32. 100% agree.

A really dire song.

[Codeine]

33. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure

A bad song that stands out like a sore thumb on the album. Worse yet, Robert still thinks it's a great song, so it gets a lot of live play.

[Orrex]

40. I hate "Killing an Arab" because it was a pro-Iraq War song

:hide:

Just kidding, of course. My then-roommate and I used to laugh at people who put forth that opinion. Still do, though people don't put forth that opinion as often anymore.

[bluesbassman]

42. "Smooth" Santana W/Rob Thomas

Admittedly I was never much of a Matchbox Twenty fan, but this tune just gets on my nerves.