[Music] Songs that are allegedly classics that you REALLY dislike

Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003

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So many for me.

Mull of Kintyre
Let it be
Hey Jude
Yesterday

But enough of Paul McCartney

https://youtu.be/DEbi_YjpA-Y

 

carlzeiss

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May 19, 2009

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Amazonia

• Jun 2, 2022

• #2

Anything from the Beatles and Oasis

 

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Frankworthington

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Jul 17, 2019

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South Shields

• Jun 2, 2022

• #3

Money - Pink Floyd
Layla-Derek and the Dominos
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

 

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Me and my Monkey

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Nov 3, 2015

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• #4

Oh yes, Yesterday. What an overrated dirge.

And Another Brick in the Wall. Trite drivel from a bunch of posh blokes pretending not to be.

 

WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003

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Icy Gull said:

So many for me.

Mull of Kintyre
Let it be
Hey Jude
Yesterday

But enough of Paul McCartney

https://youtu.be/DEbi_YjpA-Y

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The ones for me were always the ones that crap bands try to cover

Black Magic Woman
All Right Now
Honky Tonk Women
Cocaine
etc

So you avoid them for years, and when you actually hear the originals again years later you realise the are f***ing excellent, but ruined by pub wannabes

 

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monty uk

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Sep 25, 2018

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Candle in the Wind. Don't care who or what it's about.

And like Carlzeiss, Beatles and Oasis.

 

DavidinSouthampton

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Hotel California - putrid MOR
Bohemian Rhapsody - pretentious rubbish

 

Pevenseagull

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Jul 20, 2003

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• Jun 2, 2022

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I can't stand 'Imagine'

or Every Breath You Take

OR Sweet bloody Caro bloody line.

 

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker

Feb 20, 2017

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Sussex by the Sea

• Jun 2, 2022

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Stairway to Heaven.

Hippy, self-indulgent shite.

Sound and Vision...... pretentiously long intro to an over produced Charlie driven mess.

 

Harry Wilson's tackle

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Oct 8, 2003

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Frankworthington said:

Money - Pink Floyd
Layla-Derek and the Dominos
Bohemian Rapsody - Queen

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Nailed it.

I will add:

Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh
A little help from my friends - Joe Cocker
Rock around the clock - Bill Haley
You are the sunshine of my life - Stevie Wonder
Come up and see me - Cockney rebel
River deep mountain high - Ike and Tina
Most of Elton John especially Crocodile Rock, but not Your Song, Love lies bleeding or Funeral for a friend
Everything by Suzi Quatro
Anything by Blur or Damon Albarn
Everything by Elvis except you were always on my mind
Pinball Wizzard - the Who
Everything by Yes especially tales from topgraphical oceans
Anything by Dylan recorded by Dylan, except Sara
Chas and Dave.

(Apparently includes a lot of stuff with 'cock' in it)

 

Stato

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Dec 21, 2011

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Surely the answer is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86VC9ADSD3w

 

Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Nailed it.

I will add:

Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh
A little help from my friends - Joe Cocker
Rock around the clock - Bill Haley
You are the sunshine of my life - Stevie Wonder
Come up and see me - Cockney rebel
River deep mountain high - Ike and Tina
Most of Elton John especially Crocodile Rock, but not Your Song, Love lies bleeding or Funeral for a friend
Everything by Suzi Quatro
Anything by Blur or Damon Albarn
Everything by Elvis except you were always on my mind
Pinball Wizzard - the Who
Everything by Yes especially tales from topgraphical oceans
Anything by Dylan recorded by Dylan, except Sara
Chas and Dave.

(Apparently includes a lot of stuff with 'cock' in it)

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Dylan - **** me! You have no idea what you are missing out on
Come up and see me is great
Listen to Tumbleweed Connection

Other than that spot on

 

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle

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Oh yeah:

Music by John Miles.
Bad Moon Risin - Credence Clearwater
You Aint seen Nothin yet - Bachman Turnips
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbum
Ride a white swan - T Rex (the lazy fade out)
Anything by Kiss (except I was made for lovin' you).
Streets of London - Ralph McTell
Everything by Cher except Gypsies Tramps and Thieves

I will stop now as this is getting me angry and depressed. BURN all the shite. Burn it.

 

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Cheeky Monkey

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Jul 17, 2003

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Shiver me timbers, H, Lady in Red is a song that managed to rhyme 'Dance' with 'Romance,' something that isnae scientifically possible.

 

1066familyman

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Jan 15, 2008

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• Jun 2, 2022

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Nailed it.

I will add:

Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh
A little help from my friends - Joe Cocker
Rock around the clock - Bill Haley
You are the sunshine of my life - Stevie Wonder
Come up and see me - Cockney rebel
River deep mountain high - Ike and Tina
Most of Elton John especially Crocodile Rock, but not Your Song, Love lies bleeding or Funeral for a friend
Everything by Suzi Quatro
Anything by Blur or Damon Albarn
Everything by Elvis except you were always on my mind
Pinball Wizzard - the Who
Everything by Yes especially tales from topgraphical oceans
Anything by Dylan recorded by Dylan, except Sara
Chas and Dave.

(Apparently includes a lot of stuff with 'cock' in it)

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Even tracks on the album - Mali Music ?

 

Guinness Boy

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Pevenseagull said:

I can't stand 'Imagine'

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Saccharine nonsense that's pretty much someone singing the Communist manifesto.

Otherwise there's some fairly wide definitions of "classic" here. Does anyone consider UB40s covers or anything U2 did after "Sunday Bloody Sunday" classics? All of that entire output blows like a hundred dollar hooker.

 

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker

Feb 20, 2017

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Sussex by the Sea

• Jun 2, 2022

• #17

Anything by ELP.

Sorry Danny Baker, but it's all drivel.

 

herecomesaregular

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Oct 27, 2008

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Still in Brighton

• Jun 2, 2022

• #18

Most of the songs listed I'd agree I dislike but that's a combination of just hearing them much too often / what they've become associated with (adverts, a cringe singalong, political parties. "peace" etc) / the type of bellends who like them... Shirley? I bet many, if I'd heard them fresh at release I'd be "this is amazing".

Many people dislike Dylan because of That Voice but his lyrical and compositional brilliance is undeniable (often highlighted when covered).

My personal dislike: My Way, whether by Sinatra or anyone. Oh the cringe of it.

 

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011

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On the Border

• Jun 2, 2022

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Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Baby - Justin Bieber
Macarena - By whoever released it, plus the stupid dance
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Witney Houston
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi


All songs by American Hair Bands
All Dylan songs (other than Hurricane) sung by Dylan. Great songwriter but can't stand his voice.
She, any version (which includes the Elvis Costello one)


And probably a load more

 

Harry Wilson's tackle

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1066familyman said:

Even tracks on the album - Mali Music ?

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Not heard it.