God I hate him. Him too. And THIS is easily the worst song of all time. It makes want to kill. and not in a good way. It represents everything that is wrong with the world.

*listens to Dictators/Ramones/Flamin' Groovies on endless loop to wash taste out of brain*

And THIS is easily the worst song of all time.

Haaaaa, that made me really LOL.

This song sucks, but it sucks x 1000 if you listen and watch the video.

Ok, so that's a start. Now, tell us WHY you don't like them. (I should have included that in the post. Mods - or Rockers, either way - hope me please?)

Ok, so that's a start. Now, tell us WHY you don't like them.

In the first case because it's mopey and pretentious and has no balls or drive or grit to it. Ditto number two. The third for irredeemable stupidity and tunelessness 9and I'm something of a fan of stylish stupidity, but I have limits)

"Like a Rock" and "Turn the Page" are painful.

I can't tell you why, they just pain my ears. They come across as corny, especially, "Like a Rock".

I hate Gordon Lightfoot, because of his nasal whining vocals and his massive ego.
Also, because he is a fellow Canadian national, he gets an extra portion of my dislike because of the shame that rubs off on me, as with Brian Adams, Loverboy, and Celine Dion. I hate them too, but this post is just about me hating Gord, so no links for them.
Here is a typical shitty song of his.
Here is another shitty Gordon Lightfoot song.

I think this song + video sucks because both are trying way too hard to be sexy and failing. Jessica Simpson has said that was a time in her career when the record companies wanted her to be more of a dancer, and it's clear watching that video that that's not really a good direction for her.

I've been listening to a "Classic Rock" station that the carpenters have been blasting for the last two weeks from the unfinished area next to my office. So I'm sick to death of Rush, The Doors, Donny Iris, George Thorogood, AC/DC, Aerosmith and The Steve Miller Band but one band drives me up the wall more than any other. I swear they play them hourly.

octothorpe reminded me of this song, which sucks to no end. It's pathetic.

Flogging Molly pisses me off. Sorry, but they seem like Hot Topic does The Pogues. As in, "you know the Pogues are hella popular, dude. You just got to be, like, totally Irish! And Irish is, like, umm... Drinking! Yeah! And getting arrested! Yeah, and fatalism! And pathetic nostalgia about a country that my mom said we had a relative from. Yeah! And being drunk!"

(The Dropkick Murphys I like fine, from what little I've heard of them.)

I refuse to post an example, because I don't know how to find music on the web. I hate ALL rap and hip-hop, especially the sh!t people play in their cars with their subwoofers pounding when they stop at the Stop sign by my house.




P.S. Get off my lawn you miserable kids!

P.P.S. Turn the Page rocks, Lori! Though, yeah, Like a Rock suxxorz.

I freaking hate Coldplay. I liked their first album, but honestly? Soooo over their whole brit/indie/faux-pop shtick. I just want to should YOU ARE NOT BONO! YOU ARE NOT EVEN BON JOVI! GO HOME!

Creed and Nickelback.

They summarize all that went bad about rock from about, I dunno, the last ten years until now. Bland. Milquetoast. Poseurs. No soul, plenty of ego; all style, no substance; all hat, no cattle. You get where I'm going here. They're not making music, they're making product.

jonmc, I thought the same about Morrissey until I tried actually really listening to his music.

Or, rather, I was working in a gay bathhouse in Houston, and that song about either love or the bomb bringing us together really hit home for some weird reason. Something about Houston, something about working in a bathhouse. I dunno, but the song worked, and I've been a fan ever since.

I'm here for the dissed.

"How Soon is Now", one of the better ones.

The Cure¿ no, you're listening to pop radio, no kidding it's shite...better is "A Forest-Live in Japan".
"Other Voices"
"Three Imaginary Boys"& "Killing An Arab"
"From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea"

treepour: the song you're thinking of is "Ask".

I suppose could get behind most of the dislikes mentioned here (although I wouldn't go as far Doohickie; I'm not all that fond of hip hop, but there are a few nuggets), but jon's frothing hatred of The Smiths has always left me baffled. Morrisey & Marr, separately, haven't shown me much, but together they were definitely one of the highlights of the late 80s. (And I never once worked in a bathhouse.)

I don't know how one could claim that "How Soon Is Now" has no drive - that guitar line is all snaky drive. Sure Morrisey is pretentious, but he cops to it. If he'd had his tongue any futher in his cheek on "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", it would have burst through the other side.

*high-fives small_ruminant* I'm with you on the Flogging Molly.

I've already taken a swipe at the Grateful Dead, jonmc covered The Smiths and The Cure (who I secretly like when I'm drunk and emo and wearing eyeliner), and Meatbomb covered Gordon Lightfoot. Then Joe Invisible mentions Creed and Nickelback.

That pretty much covers it. There's no one else I feel so negatively about.

Oh wait.

But that's almost too easy.

hey, not finished, still The Cure...
"The Edge of the Deep Green Sea"
"The Drowning Man"
"Primary",
even "One Hundred Years" is better and "Play For Today".

As for Gordon Lightfoot. Again, Pap you were listening to, but don't be discouraged, what of "The Railway Trilogy". Well written and sung.
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
"Steel Rail Blues", although I prefer Handsome Ned's version. But here's Handsome Ned singing "Rockabilly Girls". Fucking genius, RiPeace.
More Ned

It's too easy to hate. Lotta crap on mainstream radio...hate it./
:)

I'm not all that fond of hip hop, but there are a few nuggets

Sorry, I don't like any of it. Maybe the edge of hip hop near the R&B end...... But even then it's nothing I would choose. The only time I can listen to that sh!t is when I go somewhere with my friend's son who's 14, and I give the subwoofer in my own car a little workout. As soon as I drop him off, though, it's back to Deep Purple for me.

The Doobie Brothers' "Black Water" because it reeks of fake hickdom, the ensemble singing, lame mention of Mississippi, use of "pretty mama" (I generally hate songs with the word "mama" in them already), and the dumber-than-thou a cappella "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, Pretty mama come and take me by the hand." Funky Dixieland? Come on. I also hate it when lyrics say what they like or want to do. It's like yeah, then go listen to some funky dixieland and stop singing this song, douche.

Blood, Sweat and Tears' "Spinning Wheel" or that "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends" will do. I just hate that guys gritty disgusting voice, and they're supposed to be this swirly jazzy acid carnival-y thing going, which is just retarded. Fuck you and your painted pony.

I was going to mention Meatloaf, but dude's so committed he's almost punk rock.

Oh, I really hate Social Distortion. Any song, but "Ball and Chain" fits the bill nicely. They're just so phony and clean, all that fake earnestness and put-upon-ness, and jumping around with tattoos and big guitars and singing about dingy hotel rooms and county jails. Puh-leaze. And they used to be a punk band. I saw that documentary and dude was the most pathetic, attention-hungry punk whore I ever saw. Then one day he was like "now I'm rockabilly".

This is the worst song ever. No wait. No wait.

ooo fake hickdom really pisses me off! I was trying to think of a good example but all the bands I came up with were too small to mention.

Hellbient - "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends" is actually by Emerson Lake & Palmer, unless BST did a cover (and if they did, I don't want to know).

I'm with you on your worst songs ever. However, having seen 4 Non Blondes live a couple of times, I will say that their bass player could throw down. One of the better bassists I've ever seen play. Also, they were so much better live - like a completely different band. Linda's ambition to be enormous pretty much wrecked what was once a decent band. And now she writes for Courtney Love, which I suppose is a just punishment.

I love most of the Smiths and early Steven Patrick (AIEE!!! jonmc is going to murder me!), but the ones I can't stand are:

"heaven knows I'm miserable now"
"Girlfriend in a Coma"
" Unhappy Birthday"

What I really LOATHE is rap. When me3dia and cinnamon were last in NY I regaled the table with my version of "Dis is Why Ah'm Haat"

This is about what I can make out when I hear rap:
rvgfuierhvehPUSSYrkjgoidfjgTITTIESidfuhuioehgMUTHAFUCKERjfvgoidfjgBLINGBLINGhdvfsdahvUZIoifgoidhgBITCHESfhgodfihgHOSotihjt

I heard this godawful thing on the college radio during my first year at Iowa.

Okay, I can hold off no longer. Morrisey Rides a Cockhorse. (embedded audio--my apologies but I don't have the song myself, NSFW)

(or rather, I do have the song but it's on cassette so no good for posting)

I heard this godawful thing on the college radio during my first year at Iowa.

I have fond memories of drunkenly belting out that song along with a straight female friend in a bar in Austin, TX, about four years ago.

(It's a bit of a shock I can remember it at all.)

I will try to do this without ranting too much. Sublime.

OH THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS TO HATE THEM. I hate their laid-back/stoner/frat boy aesthetic. I hate their lazy, dumb infusion of ska. I hate their occasional stupid use of turntables. I hate that just because their singer OD'ed they are granted some modicum of respect. I hate them for putting a Dobbshead on the face of one of their shitty CDs. Sorry, brah, but a SubG you will never be.

My band's first tour ever was with The Octopus Project; it was their first tour ever, too. In Boise we played one of the most ridiculous shows I've ever participated in. The show had to be over by 10:00 so that the hip-hop dance night could begin. It was one of those bars that's "all ages" as long as the minors stay behind the fence 30 feet away from the stage (which was irrelevant given the fact that no one besides the local band's girlfriends were there). Said local band was a Midwestern death metal outfit--we were pretty straight-up indie rock and the Octopus Project does an electronic/live experimental pop thing. And best of all, I had completely blown my voice out at a show the previous night. Like, gone. Why we went ahead and played anyway is beyond me. I guess we didn't know any better.

Also foolishly, we accepted the metal dudes' invitation to go to some party after the show. I think that maybe we were assured that there would be a basement for the exhausted among us to sleep in. No dice--that was the weed room. So about half of us just sat, semi-catatonic, in this filthy Boise living room, with no wish to interact with any of the strangers around us and just an overwhelming desire to sleep. Now. Sleep. And the soundtrack to this desire was the stereo in this room blasting some Sublime song over and over and over again while drunk girls sang along over and over and over again. We'd turn it down when they were out of the room and 30 seconds later they'd crank it right back up again.

I hate that band so much.

nope... this is the worlds worst song.

Limp Bizkit.

'Nookie' was fun until you realized that it would be become the douchebag anthem of 1999. Subsequent releases have proved how bereft of artistic talent these jokers truly are.

Plus, their second album title makes no sense whatsoever. Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavored Water? Is that what Fred Durst is going to be consuming once he becomes an E True Hollywood Story?

This is a very interesting thread. I either like music, or I don't. If I don't, I am just assuming that someone else is into it, and that the value of it does not match my tastes.

What I usually cringe at are bands or musicians that I had, at some point, been devotional towards, and not I can't understand why.

To whit.

(I was also hoping to come away with some cool mp3's given that my musical tastes are pretty contrarian with most of you. . .but alas, I have to agree with a lot of the above estimations.)

I was a very early adopter of Gordon Lightfoot, but as soon as he signed with WB he started putting out crap. There are one or two good cuts on the first WB album (his Me and Bobby McGee continues to be my favorite, even if he pronounces it "Saleyenas"), but the old UA albums are still really good to my ears.

Pretty sure that Limp Bizkit title is, like the two Hootie and the Blowfish album titles (Cracked Rear View and Fairweather Johnson), mostly just a lowbrow gag, with maybe a little bit of making-fun-of-Billy-Corgan on the side in LB's case.