Band Most Well Known Songs That Are Also Their Worst (dance, rock)

boo boo · 08-18-2005, 06:57 PM

anyway.

owner of a lonely heart - yes...

not that its a bad song, its just when people say yes sucks and they have only heard that song it ****ing pisses me off.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 08-18-2005, 07:03 PM

Finch - Letters To You

Not saying it sucks, its just... NOTHING compared to others. And yet its the one song that everyone knows. Meh.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-18-2005, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

dude those are all great songs, it makes me wonder what songs you actualy do like.

Not those ....obviously

boo boo · 08-18-2005, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Not those ....obviously

whatever...i just still cant understand why anybody wouldnt like bohemian rhapsody or november rain.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-18-2005, 07:39 PM

Well in the case of Bohemian Rhapsody I guess you could say it`s down to having it forced down my thoat by people with no taste telling me how much of a 'classic' it is over the past 30 years.

And November Rain is just overproduced self indulgent tripe

boo boo · 08-18-2005, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Well in the case of Bohemian Rhapsody I guess you could say it`s down to having it forced down my thoat by people with no taste telling me how much of a 'classic' it is over the past 30 years.

And November Rain is just overproduced self indulgent tripe

thats your opinion, but i still beg to differ...to each his own.

deadkennedysmeetstheclash · 08-19-2005, 03:38 AM

Aerosmith- don't wanna close my eyes..I hate the way everyone thinks they know how aeromsith is and have only heard that song..err

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-28-2008, 12:32 PM

Bump

sweet_nothing · 11-28-2008, 01:03 PM

Blur- Song 2
Gorillaz- Clint Eastwood
Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
Oasis- Wonderwall
Radiohead- Creep

WaspStar · 11-28-2008, 02:55 PM

Kudos to anyone who nominated Everybody Hurts (wtf?) and Wonderwall (the reason I don't blame people for hating Oasis).

But I don't think there are really many cases where the band's best known song is also its worst. Sure, we hate them because they're overplayed and medicore, but there are some REM songs worse than Everybody Hurts (not by much, but they are worse) and Smells Like Teen Spirit isn't quite as awful as some of the junk on Nevermind.

For that reason, I can't nominate Satisfaction or Rock The Casbah or Hey Jude or even Sounds Of Silence.

One that comes very close, though, is Marquee Moon. If it wasn't for The Dream's Dream and Little Johnny Jewel, this would be the worst Television song by a country mile.

Another one is Be My Baby. The Ronettes (and Phil Spector) had so many truly great pop tracks (Do I Love You?, Born To Be Together, Walking In The Rain), and this awful piece of fluff is their best known? If it wasn't for So Young, this would be a shoe-in.

08-18-2005, 07:03 PM	#22 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,537	Finch - Letters To You Not saying it sucks, its just... NOTHING compared to others. And yet its the one song that everyone knows. Meh. __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!

08-18-2005, 07:39 PM	#25 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Well in the case of Bohemian Rhapsody I guess you could say it`s down to having it forced down my thoat by people with no taste telling me how much of a 'classic' it is over the past 30 years. And November Rain is just overproduced self indulgent tripe __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

11-28-2008, 12:32 PM	#28 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Bump __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

11-28-2008, 02:55 PM	#30 (permalink)
WaspStar Back to mono Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 509	Kudos to anyone who nominated Everybody Hurts (wtf?) and Wonderwall (the reason I don't blame people for hating Oasis). But I don't think there are really many cases where the band's best known song is also its worst. Sure, we hate them because they're overplayed and medicore, but there are some REM songs worse than Everybody Hurts (not by much, but they are worse) and Smells Like Teen Spirit isn't quite as awful as some of the junk on Nevermind. For that reason, I can't nominate Satisfaction or Rock The Casbah or Hey Jude or even Sounds Of Silence. One that comes very close, though, is Marquee Moon. If it wasn't for The Dream's Dream and Little Johnny Jewel, this would be the worst Television song by a country mile. Another one is Be My Baby. The Ronettes (and Phil Spector) had so many truly great pop tracks (Do I Love You?, Born To Be Together, Walking In The Rain), and this awful piece of fluff is their best known? If it wasn't for So Young, this would be a shoe-in. __________________ "This sure doesn't look like 'Crazy Ernie's Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness!'"

08-18-2005, 06:57 PM	#21 (permalink)
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 12,137	anyway. owner of a lonely heart - yes... not that its a bad song, its just when people say yes sucks and they have only heard that song it ****ing pisses me off.

08-19-2005, 03:38 AM	#27 (permalink)
deadkennedysmeetstheclash Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 89	Aerosmith- don't wanna close my eyes..I hate the way everyone thinks they know how aeromsith is and have only heard that song..err