Popular songs you can't stand from bands you otherwise love

[Ceremony]

23 is one of Jimmy Eat World's most popular songs



Musically it brings together the two contrasting styles of the two albums prior to Futures, the more concise side of Bleed American with the more indulgent side of Clarity. Look at comments on videos of this song and it's filled with people saying how much it means to them. It's always popular live. I can't stand it. It's maudlin, tuneless garbage and is comfortably the weakest song on an otherwise great album. I'm seeing them live for the first time in ages next month and I've already pencilled in tuning out for ten minutes or so when they play this.

This isn't about bands with genuine stinkers, this is for stuff other people like that you just don't see the fuss about.

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[Spring in Fialta]

Wouldn't go so far as to say love but I think they've had some really good albums/great songs but Last Nite by The Strokes is terrible on an otherwise excellent album start to finish.

 

[reckoning]

Just a few off the top of my head:

Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley
I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Wrapped Around Your Finger - Police
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

 

[phrenssoa]

Whiskey in the Jar by Metallica. I will never understand why they chose to cover that song or how it became popular.

Shape of You by Ed Sheeran. When the song came out it was overplayed to such an extent that I can’t stand it anymore. He has plenty of much better songs in my opinion.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

“Walk” by Pantera

“Paranoid” by Black Sabbath

I could go the rest of my life never hearing both of these songs ever again. Overplayed as all hell

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

aerosmith - walk this way and everything after the pump album

 

[VMBM]

Just a few off the top of my head:

Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley

Come on, it doesn't get much more entertaining than this:

Props to Cissy Houston for keeping it together despite all!

 

[VMBM]

I love ABBA, but I've never liked "Waterloo". I understand why it won the Eurovision Song Contest and all, but it does nothing for me really and they have numerous better songs.

"Peg" by Steely Dan, "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye, "My Generation" by the Who (iconic, but again, they've numerous better ones even in the '60s), "I Can't Dance" by Genesis...

 

[Pavelski2112]

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Linkin Park - In the End
Lush - Ladykillers (but the whole Lovelife album is a disappointment imo)
Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years
Smash Mouth - All Star

 

[zombie kopitar]

Wouldn't go so far as to say love but I think they've had some really good albums/great songs but Last Nite by The Strokes is terrible on an otherwise excellent album start to finish.

Wow saw this title and came here to post this. Except I would say I love the Strokes, but don't exactly hate Last Nite, it is just the worst song on possibly the greatest rock album of the century imo

Also wouldn't say I hate it, but Creep by Radiohead is overplayed and covered to death

Some popular songs I would likely skip on bands I otherwise enjoy
Heart Shaped Box- Nirvana
Ho Hey- The Lumineers
Light My Fire- The Doors

 

[Unholy Diver]

ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
AC/DC - The Jack

 

[Smelling Salt]

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

Shame on you.

But yes, it's overplayed when World Where You Live and Weather With You are RIGHT THERE

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Creep by Radiohead

 

[Primary Assist]

John Lennon is one of the greatest lyricists, songwriters, and musicians of the 20th century.

Imagine is worse than eating a garbage bag full of live cockroaches.

 

[kihei]

Creep--Radiohead
Hallelujah--Leonard Cohen
Old King--Neil Young
The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
Fix You--Coldplay
Don't Say It's Over--Crowded House
Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon and Garfunkel
Squeeze Box--The Who
Ebony and Ivory--Wings
My Ding-a-ling--Chick Berry

 

[Shareefruck]

Imagine and Creep for sure.

 

[Pavelski2112]

Shame on you.

But yes, it's overplayed when World Where You Live and Weather With You are RIGHT THERE

For whatever reason Don't Dream It's Over just doesn't really click with me. It feels like it's missing a lot of the twists of Neil's writing and just feels a little cheesy.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Imagine and Creep for sure.

Imagine comes off as complete “Freshamn Philosophy/Religious Studies” level naïveté. Can’t help but roll my eyes when it comes on.

I’ve heard Thom Yorke and Radiohead hate that song for what it’s worth. That one and Karma Police.

 

[phrenssoa]

The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
Fix You--Coldplay
Don't Say It's Over--Crowded House
Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon and Garfunkel

Those are some of the most beautiful songs ever written

 

[NyQuil]

Some good suggestions in here.

Those are some of the most beautiful songs ever written

@2:52

 

[phrenssoa]

Some good suggestions in here.





@2:52

Yeah not a fan of that rendition lol

 

[NyQuil]

Yeah not a fan of that rendition lol

I laugh every time I think about it. The look on Paul Simon's face.

 

[Shareefruck]

Imagine comes off as complete “Freshamn Philosophy/Religious Studies” level naïveté. Can’t help but roll my eyes when it comes on.

I’ve heard Thom Yorke and Radiohead hate that song for what it’s worth. That one and Karma Police.

What makes it worse for me is that as someone who prefers Lennon over McCartney by a country mile, Imagine feels way more guilty of/egregious in a lot of the qualities that I dislike most in some of McCartney's more overrated popular songs, in my view. And that's what everyone ends up defining him by? Blegh.

 

[I am not exposed]

Motley Crue - Without You

 

[Mikeaveli]

This one is so obvious it almost feels like cheating, though the track is mainly Mike Love's creation.



If I had to choose a popular Brian Wilson-led recording, it would be Barbara Ann. I've never liked the arrangement for the studio version. The party sounds, laid back tone, and sloppy performance are annoying. Their live renditions of the song are much better. It does feature Dean Torrence sharing the falsetto lead with Brian though, so there's that.