Tuesday, April 22, 2014

5 Songs That I Hate For No Good Reason

Sometimes I am a hypocrite.  I am.  But you like what you like and persuasion can not change that.  When it comes to music, when I hate something I really hate it.  I loathe it.  These are pretty strong words.  You would think that I would have a really good reason for hating something so much.  Nope.  I do not.  Below are a few of my most hated songs.  Any one of these will produce a rant from me within the first few notes.  The thought of these songs congregating as a playlist actually makes me shiver.  I will try to explain my hatred but more than likely my explanations will piss you off even more.





Summer of '69 / Bryan Adams -  I know that he used the year '69 as a play on the sexual position.  I know that many songs are works of fiction.  With that being said, HE WASN'T OLD ENOUGH TO DO THE THINGS HE SAID HE DID IN THE SUMMER OF 1969.  BRYAN ADAMS IS A FUCKING LIAR.  Don't pass it off as your life story.  You're not Bruce Springsteen.  You're Canadian.  And we know it wasn't a six string that you played until your fingers bled.



All Summer Long / Kid Rock - I like early Kid Rock.  Fine.  Unfollow me now but I swear when Devil Without A Cause came out it was good.  The new offerings just seem like a bad joke.  My Biggest gripe with this song is that it is unoriginal.  It is supposed to bring back the good time feelings of summer of yore.  Instead he just rips of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Warren Zevon.  This disgust is coming from the same person that praises the Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique for its originality.  I'm sorry but All Summer Long just isn't original.  It's singing your suck ass summer stories karaoke style over other artists original works.  I can't wait to see his next offering.  That, by the way, is sarcasm.



Aqualung / Jethro Tull -  I can't even come up with a good reason why someone would like this song.  Thank you for taking the story of a low life and making him even seedier with your creepy voice and musical arrangement.  As a kid this song haunted me.  I would always  hope on my walk home that Aqualung wasn't sitting outside of my school.  Considering that is was the 70's more than likely he probably was.  Letting a 9 year old listen to this on the radio is the equivalent to giving him an R. Crumb comic book.  Thanks for fucking me up Tull.



Stepping Out / Joe Jackson -  I wish he was stepping out in front of a traffic.  Please stop putting him in the same category as Elvis Costello.  His British angst is not on the same level as him.  Joe Jackson's angst is more spoiled teenager than crying out over political and record label oppression. And the piano does not qualify as a viable instrument of that genre.  Stop force feeding me this.  I am ready to puke.



Steely Dan / (Insert Any Song Here) - Donald Fagen's voice is the equivalent of sitting in a doctors office and waiting to get a 6 inch needle for eternity.  That is how I feel every time I hear his voice over jazz tinged elevator music.  How is it even considered classic rock?!?  Just stop.  Stop it already.



Ok.  I am sorry you had to witness that. It is not often that I have one of my little rants.  Every now and then it builds up and it has to be done.  I know that many of you may like these songs.  I would like to say I am sorry but I am not.  What I would like to hear is what songs you absolutely hate and why.  This way maybe we can just be mad at each other and hug it out.

See you when the needle drops!

Fran



12 comments:

  1. For some reason, Bennie and the Jets makes me want to poke someone's eyes out. I have others but that's the very first one that popped into me head. I agree with every single one you listed above.

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    1. I have to admit that I love Bennie and the Jests. Circle of Life...different story.

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  2. I know how you feel, there's always those songs we don't like but feel obligated to. That sucks.
    That's why I say music is a matter of timing and not taste or quality of music. Sometimes you just don't get a song, don't like it, makes you want to poke your eyes out, even if everybody else loves it. So what? What does that mean? Means you don't like it. We shouldn't be ashamed of the things we like or dislike!

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    1. Well said Nina! There are many artists or songs that I just wasn't ready for at the time but have grown to appreciate as I have grown older.

      The Rolling Stones are an example of that. I never got them. In the mid 90's I had the opportunity to see them via free front row tickets and I passed. I had someone a few years back sit me down and had me listen to Exile on Main Street. He then said, "Imagine, that without this album, there would be no Whiskeytown, no Uncle Tupelo, perhaps not even the Replacements. Now Listen to is again."

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  3. Hahaha, what a brilliant post. I need to do one of these myself! I know exactly what you mean, I could freaking kill somebody when I hear a certain song playing. Summer of 69 and All Summer Long are pretty high on my "kill" list. Also tons of 80' crap, I get a serious rash when I hear YMCA or Walking on Sunshine (my arms are already itching just talking about it).
    Anyhow, hope you're having a good Friday :)!

    http://gita-oddsandends.blogspot.com/

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    1. Thank you Gita!!! I think you should do one. I think everyone should do one. I love to see how angry everyone gets when they start talking about them...lol. I agree with YMCA but Walking on Sunshine? Really??? I do a happy dance every time I hear that song. Maybe that is just a rash though. Happy Friday!!!

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    2. Hahah, yeah, I can't stand those über-happy songs - when I was a child I always started to cry when I heard those :D! Or "I Will Survive", oh lord, the angry lever gets high :)).

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    3. At least Cake made 'I Will Survive' bearable.

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  4. You need to just release the hate and admit that you love Joe Jackson. Free yourself. Really. You'll feel better.

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    1. NEVER!!!!


      I may like 'Is She Really Going Out With Him' a smidge...

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  5. I would've never pegged you as a complainer!
    So if it wasn't a six string...?

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