SONGS YOU LOVE (by artists you hate)

I hate that album, I hate that band, I hate everything that they stand for... but I kinda like that song.

This is harder than I thought it would be, a lot of bands I think are mediocre have one great song but not so many I actually hate.

And please forgive me for ALL of these:
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
Du Hast by Rammstein
Buddy Holly by Weezer
Only God Knows Why by Kid Rock
One Step Closer by Linkin Park
The Dope Show by Marilyn Manson

And that's the abbreviated list.. heh. I hardly ever listen to these songs. But I don't necessarily hate them as much as I do the artists' other songs.

"Epic" by Faith No More.

"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak.

the 2 phil collins songs i like -- "i don't care anymore" and "take me home"

Marcello Carlin: a critical resurrection of The Bangles on your blog has just become U & K.

Dan Fogelberg- "Another Auld Lang Syne"
Partly nostalgia (introduced to it by my college roommate, and we would sing it the rest of that year, which was one of the best for me), partly the Harry Chapin feel. It's like a bourgeois version of "Taxi". I like the theme of exs running into each other unexpectedly, the mixture of bittersweet. Has admittedly tawdry moments (the "laugh until we cried" part in the grocery store, "the snow...turned into rain" punchline, the Kenny G sax touches at the end), but that only seem to add to the magic. I've loathed most, if not all, of the rest of what I've heard from him: "Leader of the Band" and "Longer Than" are particularly dreadful. Though Chris Hillman from The Byrds covered one of his songs which I also liked, "Morning Sky".

Wham- "Freedom"
I have a respect for "Careless Whisper", but the rest of their catalog for me ranges from indifference to major annoyance. "Freedom" is a great song, though. I like the little details: the Motownish rhythm section, immensely singable chorus, and that regal trumpet solo and rhythm guitar at the end.

Journey- "Don't Stop Believing"
I don't like Steve Perry's voice, it's that pure and simple. If I did, there would be probably more I liked by them. This is their best song, by a long shot.

Peter Frampton- "I'm in You"
Lyrically laughable ("You can't buy, what we made, you and I...") and I wouldn't blame anyone if they couldn't make it past the title, but the music to this ballad is stunning. Striding, cautiously descending piano chords that moodily shift from minor to major and back again, combined with light string backing...it really makes the song.

Night Ranger- "Don't Tell Me You Love Me"
Particularly, I love the duelling guitar solos exchanged in the middle of the song (they should have used these for the Bill and Ted movies)--goofy and sweet, shredding before shredding became completely correlated with hair spray to move units. I mean Brad Gillis toured with Ozzy before this stint, right? What more legitimacy does one need...And the chorus is pure Asia. :)

Bryan Adams- "This Time"
Don't LOVE this one, but I think it is a likeable pop song, that
doesn't overstay its welcome (I have to admit, I don't even really like "Cuts Like a Knife" or "Heaven," two songs that I think probably have more proponents than this one).

The Bee Gees- "How Deep Is Your Love"
I was about 5 years old when SNFever was in full manic effect and this was perpetually on the radio. As one might expect from a 5 year-old boy into KISS and the Jim Rice-era Red Sox, I completely hated it--the pale washes of electric piano, the mewling vocals, etc. How ironic that today, after being subjected through my teens and early adulthood to endless 70s/retro/disco revivals where "Stayin' Alive" and such is dragged out yet again, this is pretty much the only song by them I can bear to listen to them without complaint. As with the other tunes listed above, bad lyrics from what I can make out of them (hey, it's the Bee Gees), but the music is actually fairly sophisticated for such a major commercial pop tune.

The Bloodhound Gang - "Your Only Friends are Make-Believe"

YES! Me too!

I usually can't stand Sleater-Kinney, but "You're No Rock'N'Roll Fun" is sheer brilliance.

Another vote for Summer of 69, too.

Kiss- Strutter

The Moody Blues - Question

Muse – Starlight

man this is one of those early ILM icebreaker type threads that's just full of baffling responses.

but yeah, this:

boys of summer crushes this.

otm

Santeria

xxp but yeah also, addendum to this:

but written by Artist I Love Mike Campbell so.

the morning by weeknd

man this is one of those early ILM icebreaker type threads that's just full of baffling responses.

― andrew m.

my pick for "most baffling" is post #6 going hard on the enon hate. 2002 ilx was _weird_.

James Blunt - 1973

grounded - pavement

The 1975 - Love it if we made it

Ariana Grande - 'No Tears Left to Cry'

I hate Pitbull's style but love and have unashamedly danced to 'Como Yo Le Doy' and 'Across the World'.

billy Joel - I go to extremes

I don’t know if I actually hate billy Joel anymore though

My days of hating artists are behind me. It would be fairer to say that I don't much care for Ariana Grande but that I think 'No Tears Left to Cry' is an excellent song.

Likewise, I've never really connected with Michael Jackson's music but 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' is genius.

How about 'Songs you love (by artists you otherwise don't get)'?

"In Between Days" and "Boys Don't Cry."

The Beach Boys - 'God Only Knows'

Sheryl Crow, "If It Makes You Happy"

New Order - "Leave Me Alone"

Cliff Richard - "Wired for sound"

Nickelback - "Rockstar"

I also kind of like the "Hero" song with Josey Scott guy

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Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da Requiem

Jay Z- "Cashmere Thoughts"

John Adams - Violin Concerto

Billy Joel: My Life

Bruce Springsteen: Hungry Heart

Foo Fighters: Big Me

Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

U2: Stay (Faraway, So Close)

Oasis: Whatever

Foo Fighters is a good one. I'd go with 'Everlong'.

Cliff Richard - "Wired for sound"

Cliff has a small handful of late 1970s/early 1980s bangers. Devil Woman, We Don't Talk Anymore, Carrie, Some People . . .

A small handful is all it is, though.

Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again

I also kind of like the "Hero" song with Josey Scott guy

― Hannah GAPDY (Whiney G. Weingarten)

That's a corking tune, even if it is basically Kiss From a Rose.

Rod Stewart - Young Turks
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
Athlete - Wires
One Direction - Fireproof
Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
Momus - Hairstyle Of The Devil
The Libertines - What A Waster

I heard "Shine" by Take That in the car there on Saturday and I have to concede it a bit of a choon in fairness

"back for good" also good too obv

Momus

wow, rude

Momus

wow, rude

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Most of my list is artists I otherwise don't understand as apposed to hate (Athlete being the only exception). Hairstyle Of The Devil is a 10/10 though.

The Doors - Peace Frog

I also like some bits of “riders on the storm” but I’ve heard edits/remixes/samples of it which I like better than the original.

Bright Eyes - Nothing Gets Crossed Out
Emeli Sandé - Heaven (I definitely don't hate her, but it's crazy how much better this song is than all her other materiel)

The Doors - LA Woman

Emeli Sandé - Heaven (I definitely don't hate her, but it's crazy how much better this song is than all her other materiel)

Agreed. All her other hits are bland as fuck.

WEEZER - EL SCORCHO

I don’t actually hate them but this is the only song by them that makes me want to sing my lungs out, I didn’t love any song by them beforehand but I think I started loving this one by proxy of Allo Darlin’s “kiss your lips” which hijacks the chorus from Scorcho in a really fun way.

'Ramblin' Gamblin' Man' is a hot, hot track.

Have you heard “east side story”?

Nah, I hadn't heard anything else that made me think listening to one minute more of Seger was a good use of my time. But I'll check it out.

do it!!!

And while you're at it, check out "2+2=?"

^

Jackson Browne - These Days

(more indifference than hate, and it's Nico's version that I love)

Drake - The Motto