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07 July 2005

when he says he hit upon it as a way to torment Florence Henderson of "Brady Bunch" fame, who was giving a concert. He figured somebody should yell something at her "to break up the monotony." The longtime Skynyrd fan settled on "Freebird." saying the epic song "just popped into my head."

Kinda like the time I went to a Radiohead concert and embarrassed my friends at every chance by yelling “play Against The Wind - Seger rocks!”
posted by arse_hat 07 July | 01:23
U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)." Seriously, I love their '80s stuff, and I even kissed Bono and all, but I FUCKING HATE THAT SONG.
posted by scody 07 July | 01:44
I don't mind that list, though I can't help but love Bohemian Raphsody, and for people of a certain age, American Pie is just... totally hardwired into your nostalgia engine. No escaping that chevy at the levee... until the day that you die.
posted by taz 07 July | 01:46
Heresy! I will have nothing of this list!

I agree with taz - there are some songs that are just part of the lives of people of a certain age and quite a few of these songs are in that category. They may be considered overrated by pimply teenagers, but they know not of what they speak - these songs are symbolic of an age, not just words and music.
posted by dg 07 July | 01:50
dg, taz, KISS KISS!
posted by arse_hat 07 July | 01:53
but they've all gone to cheese and back again
it's called kareoke singalong
listen to that live free bird while your tripping on the road in the dead of night
or don't
no wait don't

the problem with nostalgia is people don't let it get age with grace
*kills madonna*
posted by ethylene 07 July | 03:17
I only have one thing to say: It is impossible, impossible, to overrate Pour Some Sugar On Me
posted by LeeJay 07 July | 03:30
I'm a lover of psychedelic rock, so it'd probably surprise most people that I hate The Doors. Let me rephrase that: I fucking hate The Doors with every fibre of my being. They were just a bunch of over-inflated nincompoops. Maybe I've encoutered too many drug bores who will endlessly play The End as if it contains the meaning of life. Maybe I just can't take Jim Morrison seriously. Maybe I just hate bands who act like their songs are so deep, when they're about as deep as a puddle.

I'm quite partial to Jose Feliciano's version of Light My Fire though.
posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 05:19
Maybe I've encoutered too many drug bores who will endlessly play The End as if it contains the meaning of life.

I'm with you. I can't stand them and I think it's mostly due to an ex-boyfriend who listened to The End over and over again.
posted by LeeJay 07 July | 05:26
I had a flatmate that did that too, LeeJay. He thought it was the most poetic thing he had ever heard. But then again, he was a theoretical physicist.
posted by gaspode 07 July | 09:09
Nico's cover of The End is good.
posted by kenko 07 July | 09:21
I'm hanging out with in the wrong circles, because I only know two or three people that the Fall's "Totally Wired" would even elicit a response from. I don't see how that can even be on the list. They might as well also had Throbbing Gristle's "Hamburger Lady".

dodgygeezer - I'm with you on hating shallow bands that think they're deep. They write a few lines that could've been cribbed from a Junior High girl's diary and they think they've given the word a gift.
posted by Slack-a-gogo 07 July | 09:22
America the Beautiful

sucks shit.

*ducks*

*bigtime*
posted by Hugh Janus 07 July | 09:47
Nico covered The End?! Fabulous. MUST ACQUIRE.

I love that list, if only because I love reviews, and the nastier they are, the more I love them (fave site: rottentomatoes - I could, and do, waste hours there).

I grew up with that stuff, too, but some of it really IS overrated. And D'Yer Maker belongs on that list for many of the same reasons Light My Fire is on there. (yes, I now expect ten people to jump on me) Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't overrated before Wayne's World.
posted by dreamsign 07 July | 12:55
Born to Run? Best. Rock song. Ever. If I'm overrating it, I don't want the miserable life I'd have if I rated songs accurately.

What should take its place on this list? Brown-Eyed Girl.

Other than Born to Run, though, I was susprised with how much of the list I agree with. Even to the point of several songs ("Memory," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Imagine") falling into the songs-I-generally-like-yet-still-think-are-overrated category.
posted by DevilsAdvocate 07 July | 12:59
Great story about "Freebird", arse_hat! I can't think of that song without remembering and early Beavis & Butthead for Liquid TV days where they're blowing up frogs in a field at a bluegrass festival and some guy in the crowd keeps yelling, "Play 'Freebird', dude!" between songs.

I will likely get hung out to dry on this one, but I think that the entire catalog of The Grateful Dead is overrated. I've tried for a good 15 years to like them, or at least, 'get' them to no avail whatsoever.
posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 13:09
Frisbee Girl, thanks for saying it out loud! We need to come forward and say "I just don't get the Dead!"
posted by arse_hat 07 July | 13:20
I just don't get the Dead. (Nor Phish, for that matter.) And I'm not terribly down with Pink Floyd, and if I never hear "The Wall" again it'll probably still be too soon.

*slinks away*
posted by Dreama 07 July | 14:34
Phish! Ugh! Totally lost on me. Ah well.

Pink Floyd, I still like, but "The Wall" took such a hit when laser light shows were the rage and if I never have to hear some kid get all deep on that album while baked out of their skull...yeah, Dreama, you called it.
posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 15:15
I don't get Phish either. Or most jam bands for that matter.

How is "My Heart Will Go On" not on this list? It won boatloads of awards but the song just...sucks.
posted by sisterhavana 07 July | 16:54
That was a 'song'? I took it as a mocking scourge upon the earth.
posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 18:12
It's the singer that's the mocking scourge upon the earth.
posted by arse_hat 07 July | 18:15
I don't get Grateful Dead, either. I tried, but I just can't.

*glares at Dreama for her comments about Pink Floyd*
posted by dg 07 July | 19:30
I don't get Grateful Dead, either. I tried, but I just can't.

I thought I was the only one! There are maybe one or two Dead songs that I like, occasionally. Otherwise I just can't get into them.

I did go to a Dead concert once and had a blast but that was more because of the people than the music. The, ah, refreshments might have contributed to the festive atmospehere as well.
posted by LeeJay 07 July | 20:29
Can't stand the Dead, meself. Actually I hated their fans first, but when I actually heard their music I said "what the fuck is the big deal with that?"
posted by matildaben 07 July | 22:08
when I actually heard their music I said "what the fuck is the big deal with that?"

Ok, this is really edgy, bashing sacred cows and all. (/sarcasm) So who here can explain the attraction of the ever-so-plain Dave Matthews Band? It's like watching milk get sour. And occasionally smelling it.
posted by dreamsign 07 July | 22:47
But at least Dave shits on his fans. How EDGY is that! (and that's not milk you smell)
posted by arse_hat 07 July | 22:54
So who here can explain the attraction of the ever-so-plain Dave Matthews Band?

Oh, dreamsign, come ever here and sit down by me.
posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 00:49
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