The Worst Songs that you Really Like

1. Send Me An Angel - Real Life
2. Height of The Fighting - Heaven 17 (that was very difficult)
3. Lucy Can''t Dance - David Bowie (that wretched Black Tie White Noise album, arrgh)

My other weakness is Young MC.

4. Bust a Move - Young MC (it's 4 because I'm not very ashamed of this actually).

But he's probably well respected around here.

So to really shock I'm gonna have to say something special.

Okay, there is a song by the Stereophonics that I think is terrific.

The song is "Mr Writer".

I admit the lyrics are a laugh. They're not good.

I like the tune and the music though. I think it's because I'd like any song that tries to sound like Lennon's "How do you sleep?".

I also like "Zombie" by the Cranberries.

god, liking that song makes me feel guilty.

That one song by Primitve Radio God with the BB King Sample.

It is more of a memory than anything else. It was just something on the radio during a particular section of my life.

What's The Story Morning Glory (album) by Oasis

I played this tape over and over when I took a roadtrip to Montreal by myself when I was 18. It was the soundtrack to a very crazy weekend.

Asia had fellas from King Crimson, ELP, Yes, etc. Damn Yankees had Nuge and a guy from Night Ranger and Tommy Shaw from Styx. The only other supergroup that comes to mind right now is GTR, which featured Steve Howe (Yes) and Steve Hackett (Genesis) and some other guys. "When the Heart Rules the Mind" is just about as "80's big rock" as you can get.

"Mr. Roboto" fits in here, too. I'm constantly intregued by the idea of songs that the artist doesn't deserve--i.e., songs that are so much better than anything else than anything else that they seem to have been inserted into the artist's music by some outside force. In fact, I think I'm going to go make a thread about that now.

Tonight we're on the loose-saga
Roller-April Wine
Sway-Bic Runga
Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe-Whale
Heaven-brian Adams
need you tonight-INXS
2 become 1-Spice Girls
Return of the Mac-Mark Morrison
Do you know what it takes-Robyn
Lucas with the lid off-lucas
Summertime-Will Smith
Black Betty-Ramjam
that nazareth tune with the line "the captain said"
Lovers in a dangerous time-Bruce cockburn
Rhythm of the night-La Bouche
All that she wants-ace of bass
Whole Hearted-Extreme

Staind - It's Been Awhile
several songs I heard once on light rock radio whose titles I don't know
a few Moby songs (I don't really understand everyone's problem with this guy)
All Blind Guardian's songs
and you can count me in with the "Teenage Dirtbag" and "Under the Bridge" fans.

Anyway, if I really like a song it's because I think it's a really good one, and people who don't are just mistaken. I don't think anyone should experience guilt or shame for liking a song unless it's one by Creed, so Mr. Michael Bourke you can just fuck on off.

I suppose I should add Nirvana as my answer, since everyone here seems to hate them. What a pity.

Also Elvis.

Quite right. :-) But I'll spare you the rants, check the archives. ;-)

Well, I like it because I think it's a really good song. What's your problem, asshole?

Ok, I'll answer the question if you promise not to tell: "Superstar" by the Carpenters.

This song is hysterical to me because of Ms. True's totally bored, beyond-blasé performance. I wonder how her porno films were.

The MUSIC on that album is the fuckin bomb-diggitah. It makes for some afuckinmazing drive-home-from-work-getting-pissed-at-traffic-freestyling-beats.

Gwen sings and writes like she's about 4 fucking years old.

Oh, and (here's one to raise some hackles) I kinda like that Justin Timberlake song...if only because it reminds me what Michael Jackson would have sounded like if he hadn't turned to The Dark Side.

My most disgustingly abject apologies to those who needed this explanation.

"Girl All The Bad Guys Want" - Bowling For Soup
(Future Rock'n'Roll Jeopardy : One-Hit Wonders Of The 00s question.)

"Right Now" - SR-71
(Faux-pop-punk at its finest.)

"Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind
(As mentioned on another thread, best pop song ever written about being strung out on crystal meth.)

"Wired For Sound" - Cliff Richard
(Childhood favourite - sue me.)

"Mirror, Mirror (Mon Amour)" - Dollar
(Another childhood fave, and a pre-fame Trevor Horn production to boot.)

"Faded" - Soul Decision
(As was correctly pointed elsewere, the proto-Maroon 5. Yay Canuckia!)

"That's The Way It Is" - Celine Dion
(The only song of hers that doesn't make me lunge for the dial.)

I like the song too - I don't even think it's bad, I think it's a great song - but I liked it a lot better when a Nepean School of Music school rock band did it with a female singer. It was my introduction to the song and hearing the original was a little bit of a disappointment. She sang it with much more detachment, which seemed to work.

When I was young and knew everything
And she a punk who rarely took advice
Now I'm guilt stricken sobbin' with my head on the floor
Stop a babys breath and a shoe full of rice

I can't be held responsible
cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
she fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
for the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
we were merely freshmen

My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
his girl took a week's worth of valium and slept
and now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says

We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
we never talk of our lacking relationships
and how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
we fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say

I can't be held responsible
cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
she fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
for the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
we were merely freshmen

My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
his girl took a week's worth of valium and slept
now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says

We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
we never talk of our lacking relationships
and how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
we fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say

I can't be held responsible
cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
she fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
for the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
we were merely freshmen

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Such melodrama. OK, I really need to go study now.