"There was a time when strangers were welcome here" I had forgotten this song existed (it came out way back in my College Radio days in the '70s) but when it played on the Obscure Oldies-Oriented GreatBigRadio.com, I was surprised and a little embarrassed how much I enjoyed it... →[More:]
Totally corny, emotionally loaded (and even more so today - politically divisive) lyrics (he actually wrote it in response to John Lennon being denied entry to the U.S., but you'd never guess), plus a musical arrangement that sounded like a TV theme song, and Neil Sedaka's famously pitch-perfect but odd voice. Lots of good reasons not to like it, but dammit, it got to me...

Feel free to pass judgment on "The Immigrant" or give me your personal examples of totally uncool songs you have a weakness for...