Songs that ILM hates

A lot of great songs here, in fact, but none greater than "Country House". :)

Sting or Mika - by some distance

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IT'S NOT LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT
I SAID I LOVE AND I SWEAR I STILL DO
IT MUST HAVE BEEN SO BAD
BECAUSE LIVING WITH ME MUST HAVE DAMN NEAR KILLED YOU

i went oasis, coz it's loooooong.

coldplay easy

'Country House' without a shadow of a doubt.

Dreadlock Holiday is my favourite of these

I went for MacArthur Park. Sometimes I prefer Dumbledore's original; other times I need Donna and Giorgio's exegesis - 17 minutes on the unedited 12-inch mix.

Though the version recorded by Jimmy Webb himself on Ten Easy Pieces may ultimately be my favourite.

Four Tops did it too?

The point here is not to vote for the worst though, but rather for the one you find best

oh shit i meant 'country house is undoubtedly the worst. my favourite would probably be 'hey jude', mainly for the lyric.

HOW CAN I SAVE MY LITTLE BOY FROM OPPENHEIMER'S DEADLY TOY?

Fuck!!!!!!!!!! I DO NOT LIKE STING OR MIKA!!!!!!!

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suuuuuuure ya don't

I don't subscribe to that point of view.

o shi i voted worst too! fuck.

I voted "Hey Jude".

I didn't know ILM hated that Mika song. I think it's quite fun. I'm gonna vote for that.

I mean, what's so awful about it?

You've obviously never heard it 673,000 times - like the poor beleaguered inhabitants of the British Isles

FAKE TUOMAS

You probably heard "Macarena" 673.000 times too, but that "song" has never met the deserved universal hatred at ILM :)

Personally, I stay away from either. Mika is rather dreadful, unless we are speaking of Mr. Kojonkoski....

I can't see how a song being extremely popular makes it bad.

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) is at least funny.

It's the sort of song which only really makes sense when it's a number one hit.

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No, the point he was making that a banal, whiny, annoying song becomes 673,000 times worse on repeated exposure.

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) is at least funny.

Okay.

I can't see how a song being extremely popular makes it bad.

2+2=5

I'd put Grace Kelly midtable if ranking these. Russians punching above their weight for that UEFA Cup place.

Isn't Grace Kelly a positive, joyful tune, not whiny?

The lad has obviously never heard the UK 1993 Christmas number one (xxp).

the hell is whiter shade of pale doing in this list? all the others are shite

Tom hates is, for one. And, you know, Tom's views are rather important here....

'Scuse me?

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I hate "A Whiter Shade of Pale"? Why didn't somebody tell me?

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Tom Ewing, I assume.

Oh! maybe it's you Tuomas!

The video for that Creed song has given me so many lulz in the past I should probly give it a vote

Good idea for a thread, but if any of these are worse than "Country House", i'd be amazed (Geir, you mad. But you knew that...)

now reading the list.

OK there are about five worse than CHouse. xcepting ones I don't know.

No you're supposed to vote for the best worst or somethign

Right, it was hard as not many of these I'd care to hear right now, but I went for "The Stand" the Alarm, haven't heard it in years.

I know the Alarm aren't exactly loved, but I don't recall "The Stand" ever getting hate. Oh, and "Rain in the summertime" is just needing an e-tabulous remix and it'd be a hit once again!

I hate "A Whiter Shade of Pale"? Why didn't somebody tell me?

Tom Ewing.

went for Hey Jude. its ok really innit?

I'm sure Tom E would be overjoyed to be regarded as representative of the taste of nu-ILM.

I now realise I forgot to include "One More Night". Oh well, probably wouldn't have won anyway....

Ban Tom E., Tom D., Thomas, Tuomas, Tombot, and Tom Passantino.

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How could anyone hate "The Stand" by the Alarm? That's like hating oxygen.

Perhaps that's a bit of a reach.

A tad

a whiter shade of pale. followed by avril. how is that not a good song? sheesh.

a whiter shade of pale. followed by avril. how is that not a good song? sheesh.

Avril should be torn apart by badgers.

I like "Complicated" just fine, thanks. But "Whiter Shade of Pale" takes it. I'm still surprised it's up there.

I picked "Dreadlock Holiday" over the also geaat "Whiter Shade of Pale," and had no idea that anybody hated either of them til now.

It's STILL rock and roll to me.

god go to hell all of you for playing along with this

Ocean Colour Scene: The Riverboat Song

^this is still played every single day on Wyvern FM.
Every single day.

Voted Avril, naturally.

McArthur Park is the only thing there I genuinely love, so that. I don't mind Billy Joel or U2 so much either. The rest... no. (Although having said that I've no recollection of what 'Mint Car' sounds like. I'm sure it's a better single than 'The 13th' at any rate).

RONG

This is a pretty wretched collection of songs. Voted Nickleback, haha.

I like Whiter Shade... Procul Harum had a scalding little tune on a recent MOJO sampler called Heavy Nuggets. Long Gone Geek is the name, good shit.

I have Russians on 7".

Making it the only one of these I own and thus default winnah!

Flip side is "Gabriel's message".

Not good.

Country House.

I like all of these:

The Beatles: Hey Jude
10cc: Dreadlock Holiday
Billy Joel: It's All Rock'n Roll To Me
Live: Selling The Drama
Oasis: All Around The World
Travis: Why Does It Always Rain On Me

"Hey Jude" and 10cc are probably the best. But somehow I'm going for "All Around The World."

Also, from Tom E's "Popular" blog entry on "A Whiter Shade Of Pale":

I used to hate this song. [...] I still don’t like it much [...] great Hammond, good vocals, draggy pace, blows its wad on verse one and then goes nowhere.

(It's worth reading the full thing though!)

whiter shade of pale is a beautiful song! for shame strawman ILM poster that may only exist in geir's head!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course it's beautiful. Even though their pinnacle was "In Held Twas I"

The Cure had a song called 'Mint Car"?

I voted for Avril, although really it's Hey Jude, but who the hell doesn't like Hey Jude?

"Who the hell doesn't like [brilliant song/band/album]?" is a pretty typical reaction for me when reading ILM.

Most of the songs listed are pretty wretched, though. I voted for "Hey Jude" not just because it's the best of those - it's just a brilliant song, period.

Didn't think Avril was ever hated on ILM?

"Bengali In Platforms" = indefensible though.

I voted Whiter Shade of Pale. I've heard most of the songs on that list way too many times to ever care to hear them again, and by the way, thanks for getting Good Enough stuck in my head.

Whiter Shade is just the best song on there, imho.

that said, anyone who doesn't absolutely despise "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" should please move back to tenth-grade now.

"American Pie" is my least favorite, but I voted for a Bluroasis song just to tick off Geir.

I quite like that Dodgy track.

i love A Whiter Shade of Pale. what are some of the arguments against it. always puts me in a good mood.

Whiter Shade of Pale

This weekend, i prepared a set filled with Nickelback covers, but unfortunately, I left the lyrics in my now-broken car, which currently sits unlocked in a repair shop parking lot. I like the thought of some thief (or the mechanic, for that matter) stumbling across the lyrics to "How You Remind Me" and a $99 guitar.

nothing by lionel richie, hmm

I haven't got the impression that Lionel Riche is particularly hated here. If I was to include something by a black act (well other than Ocean Colour Scene's drummer), then Lenny Kravitz would have been more obvious.

All these songs are awful. I'm surprised to see how much I agree with the alleged ILM general "opinion". I can't make up my mind so I'm not gonna vote. The results will probably be meaningless anyway cause half the people are voting for the best track and half for the worst.

I like 5 of those for real, and a bunch others as guilty pleasures. Complicated and Hey Jude are both outstanding.

I like the thought of some thief (or the mechanic, for that matter) stumbling across the lyrics to "How You Remind Me" and a $99 guitar.

Better: this is how Nickelback actually came up with the song.

"Hey Jude" has made me bawl my f**king eyes out in the past (hey, I had a step-mother), and I've flipped 180 degrees on "Whiter Shade Of Pale", but the contrarian in me is going to show some love for "Somewhere Only We Know".

I don't understand anybody who doesn't love 'MacArthur Park'.

The best version I've heard of "MacArthur Park" was by Andy Williams, on his farewell UK tour last summer.

One thing I'll always stand with Geir on is that Country House rules

um.. of the ones i've heard Avril - Complicated is the best.

Hey Jude, even though the 2nd part goes on too long.

The point here is not to vote for the worst though, but rather for the one you find best

I missed this and inadvertently cast a vote for Creed, thinking I was voting for the most unbearable song in the world. TAKE IT BACK!!!

I had a beautiful MDM@ moment to Whiter SHade of Pale once, so I'm voting that. Tho best moment in this list is "Chill out, what you yelling for?"

that said, anyone who doesn't absolutely despise "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" should please move back to tenth-grade now.

I sort of agree now that I've heard it enough times to make out the cringe-inducing lyrics (which makes about 11 times total). But I always enjoyed the melody when I stumbled across it. Still do, I guess.

also, Whiter Shade rules.

I can't stand myself
I'm bein' held up by invisible men

Not so bad!

that said, anyone who doesn't absolutely despise "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" should please move back to tenth-grade now.

A twelfth-grader writes.

how can people hate "Whiter Shade"? It's like Percy Sledge covering a Bach fugue.

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i had no idea dreadlock holiday was so hated!

"Dreadlock Holiday" is sometimes seen as a bit racially dodgy.
Also the "white man does reggae, mixes it with lots of pop" thing will always cause a lot of hatred, not only on ILM.

Well, the verses are fine. It's the chorus, which (my songwriter head on here) seem to me the bit that got written first in a jolly ho ho let's play reggae type jam session.

"A Whiter Shade of Pale"

there are 3 fairly great songs on that list by beatles, U2 and blur

think i'll go with 'country house' because it hasn't been as overplayed as the other two

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I thought "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" was going to win this.

me too

ok who's the fucking sad act who voted for 'russians'??

Dave Matthews Band: Baby
Hootie & The Blowfish: Drowning

What are these?

Songs.

ok who's the fucking sad act who voted for 'russians'??

I voted "Country House", but "Russians" is a great song. Sting didn't become not great until the mid 90s.

Wait, who hates Country House?

Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon. Not that any of them post on ILM though. :)

All truly abysmal stinkers, apart from 'Mint Car' and 'Good Enough', which are nice and inoffensive pop-fluff.

Had Peter Sarstedt's 'Where Do You Go to My Lovely' been on the list, it would've gotten my vote.

I am kind of surprise "Bengali In Platforms" received one vote only.

(Hmmm. Now I was the one who was thinking the wrong way - obviously getting few votes means few people like it, of course)