Saturday, March 1, 2014

Songs That Should Disappear

***UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT***

There may be some hurt feelings after this post, because I'm going to be brutally honest when I say that if I never listened to any of these songs again, I would be just fine. And some of these are genuine classics that EVERYONE loves. Except for me. I may love the artist, but some of their songs may be egregiously horrific.  Let me reiterate...these are not "bad" songs that are guilty pleasures like "Rico Suave." These songs are just plain awful. Drum roll, please...here's a compilation of songs that I cannot stand (in no particular order):

  • "In the Air" by Phil Collins- I hate this song. It's only tolerable when Mike Tyson is singing it in The Hangover. The drum fill is not particularly impressive, either. I would much rather listen to "Sussudio." So sussu-sue me (pun very much intended)!
  • "Born on the Bayou" by Creedence Clearwater Revival- This song was okay, until I was listening to it on the radio one night and it never seemed to end. It's not as terrible as some of the other songs on the list, but I would still prefer not to listen to it at all. 
  • "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd- The best part of this song is when it ends. I don't mind listening to an overly long song (I am, after all, a Zeppelin fan). But this one will NEVER STOP. IT KEEPS GOING. AND GOING. I love guitar solos, but this one is mediocre, at best. It's not interesting enough to keep listening to. It doesn't have the unique layers and intensity of Jimmy Page's outrageous solos. Plus, it's overrated. But I do like to shout out, "Play Free Bird!" when I'm at concerts for the heck of it...
  • "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby- It should be, "He Deafened Me With This Awful Sound." This is a seminal piece from the '80s, but that doesn't make it suck any less.
  • "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" by Queen- I'm not a Queen fan by any means (except for when I karaoke with my friends to "Bohemian Rhapsody"). I must change the station every time I hear these songs. Unfortunately, they're always played together, so the agony is doubled.
  • Anything by U2- Without a doubt, my least-favorite band. You couldn't pay me to go to a U2 concert. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is the only good song, in my opinion. Eww. I would rather listen to radio static than to suffer through "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."

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