I used to like Simon and Garfunkel. They had great songs including Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Boxer. Yet toward the end they had one song that never got played on rock or contemporary radio, but instead made the easy listening charts and was played on stations that had elevator music as the genre. Remember those stations the baby boomers ended as that music died as rock and upbeat music took over later on, and with the WWII era folks only supporting that genre eventually led to its demise.
The song was the hammer and nail song called El Condor Pasa which I found hard to believe that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel would even mess with unless they were on drugs or something of the time. Even Bridge Over Troubled Water was something any band would do playing folk rock, but that song was beyond Adult Contemporary and they had to know their fans would not listen to it.
What songs disappointed you by bands who you generally liked.
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
The Tide is High - Blondie (hmmm)
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Anything from their 1986 album - Heart
Stand - REM (even worse than Shiny Happy People)
Time Stand Still - Rush
We Can't Dance - Genesis
Yes, these are all older songs, back when I listened to the radio, and you were sometimes "stuck" waiting out a bad song to get to the next one. Less of an issue now.
The inverse of this:
Beautiful Stranger - Madonna. Most of her other stuff I won't say is bad, but I dislike it. "Beautiful Stranger" (which she wrote) is far ahead of anything else she recorded IMO.
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle - ELO
Let Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
This one. You wonder why they never played this one live. Album was solid.
Computer Eyes - Carole King (from the album Speeding Time)
El Condor Pasa is easy listening? It's a downer of a song: Slow and sad.
Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands but I think Don't Stop is an awful song.
Quote from: cabiness42 on July 10, 2019, 12:49:38 PM
Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands but I think Don't Stop is an awful song.
Ditto!
Quote from: Rothman on July 10, 2019, 11:54:25 AM
El Condor Pasa is easy listening? It's a downer of a song: Slow and sad.
When I grew up as a child when WPAT and WVNJ were playing the Easy Listening in the NY Metro area they played that song and not WABC who was the Top 40 at that time.
That is how I heard of it.
Hitler was a great artist but his version of the Deutschlandlied was horrible.
Quote from: NE2 on July 10, 2019, 01:19:03 PM
Hitler was a great artist but his version of the Deutschlandlied was horrible.
Wait, what? :hmmm:
Interesting to note that Chuck Berry only had one nationwide #1 track in his lifetime. It's also probably the worst thing he ever recorded. The song? "My Ding-a-ling."
Quote from: FightingIrish on July 11, 2019, 08:33:27 AM
Interesting to note that Chuck Berry only had one nationwide #1 track in his lifetime. It's also probably the worst thing he ever recorded. The song? "My Ding-a-ling."
One of those songs that is so bad it's good. :spin:
Quote from: kurumi on July 09, 2019, 09:48:46 PM
The Crunge - Led Zeppelin
Roll The Bones - Rush
Who Dunnit - Genesis
Fixed these for you.
Quote from: Verlanka on July 11, 2019, 05:26:36 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 10, 2019, 01:19:03 PM
Hitler was a great artist but his version of the Deutschlandlied was horrible.
Wait, what? :hmmmQuote from: Verlanka on July 11, 2019, 05:26:36 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 10, 2019, 01:19:03 PM
Hitler was a great artist but his version of the Deutschlandlied was horrible.
Wait, what? :hmmm:
Don't even try to figure it out.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 11, 2019, 12:17:57 PM
Quote from: Verlanka on July 11, 2019, 05:26:36 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 10, 2019, 01:19:03 PM
Hitler was a great artist but his version of the Deutschlandlied was horrible.
Wait, what? :hmmmQuote from: Verlanka on July 11, 2019, 05:26:36 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 10, 2019, 01:19:03 PM
Hitler was a great artist but his version of the Deutschlandlied was horrible.
Wait, what? :hmmm:
Don't even try to figure it out.
I recall seeing an article from a couple of decades ago where someone did a 'EUROPEAN TOUR/1939-1945' concert-style T-shirt and got in deep doo-doo with the PC police over it.
:-P
Mike
Quote from: Verlanka on July 11, 2019, 05:26:36 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 10, 2019, 01:19:03 PM
Hitler was a great artist but his version of the Deutschlandlied was horrible.
Wait, what? :hmmm:
Forget it, he's on a roll.
"Don't Stop Believing" from Journey.
Quote from: cabiness42 on July 10, 2019, 12:49:38 PM
Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands but I think Don't Stop is an awful song.
Second Hand News is their big hit that I have never liked.
Zeppelin - Livin Lovin' Maid (there's another song I hate more, but it's not in the spirit of the thread)
The Who - Athena
A three-fer for Sir Paul:
Beatles: Why Don't We Do It In The Road
Wings: C Moon
Solo: Fuh You
Springsteen and Dancing in the Dark. He even put his guitar down for that and the video for the song features him singing only and no E Street Band contribution like the producer used that to make him look like many other pop stars of the time who just held the mike and played no instrument.
Then Mick Jagger and Yes I’m Lucky. I think that is because WNEW played that song way too much when it was out.
Quote from: kurumi on July 09, 2019, 09:48:46 PM
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Stand - REM (even worse than Shiny Happy People)
I have to defend Shiny Happy People. It's one of a select handful of songs that always lifts me out of a depressed mood, and I enjoy it because of that.
As for Walk of Life, I don't hate the song, but I do find it odd that most of Dire Straits' big hits are about music, or the music industry.
Billy Joel's River of Dreams is definitely one of them.
Quote from: Henry on July 12, 2019, 09:45:50 AM
Billy Joel's River of Dreams is definitely one of them.
No different than NY State of Mind.
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Quote from: Henry on July 12, 2019, 09:45:50 AM
Billy Joel's River of Dreams is definitely one of them.
No different than NY State of Mind.
Or
Tales from an Italian Restaurant
Sing us a song, you're the piano...guy? :D
Quote from: cabiness42 on July 10, 2019, 12:49:38 PM
Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands but I think Don't Stop is an awful song.
I never used to think
Don't Stop was that bad. Until a certain political figure decided to make it the theme song of their campaign.
Quote from: roadman on July 12, 2019, 04:57:26 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on July 10, 2019, 12:49:38 PM
Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands but I think Don't Stop is an awful song.
I never used to think Don't Stop was that bad. Until a certain political figure decided to make it the theme song of their campaign.
However, his election led to the Rumours-era lineup of Fleetwood Mac to reunite for one night in 1993, four years before their full reunion tour in 1997-98
Quote from: Rothman on July 12, 2019, 02:25:38 PM
Sing us a song, you're the piano...guy? :D
And they sit at the bar
and put bread in my jar
and say, "Guy, what are you doin' here?"
I thought it was "Man, what are you doing here?"
I listen to Springsteen all the time, but the song "Queen of the Supermarket" is one of the worst signs I've ever heard by any artist. Starship's "We Built This City" is a far better song than "Queen of the Supermarket."
Quote from: ce929wax on July 12, 2019, 06:38:26 PM
I thought it was "Man, what are you doing here?"
--JOKE-->
ce929wax
I love Def Leppard, but "Love Bites" is not my cup of tea.
A couple of Bon Jovi songs also fall into this category: "Wanted Dead Or Alive" and "I'll Be There For You" .
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Quote from: roadman65 on July 12, 2019, 10:43:48 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 12, 2019, 09:45:50 AM
Billy Joel's River of Dreams is definitely one of them.
No different than NY State of Mind.
Or Tales from an Italian Restaurant
Or Piano Guy.
Or
We Didn't Start the Fire! As Michael Palin once said:
.....what a stupid concept!
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Quote from: roadman on July 12, 2019, 04:57:26 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on July 10, 2019, 12:49:38 PM
Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands but I think Don't Stop is an awful song.
I never used to think Don't Stop was that bad. Until a certain political figure decided to make it the theme song of their campaign.
However, his election led to the Rumours-era lineup of Fleetwood Mac to reunite for one night in 1993, four years before their full reunion tour in 1997-98
I am surprised no one says that Tusk is a song that sucks. I would think those who hate Don't Stop would hate that one first as it's mostly instrumental with only the repetitive lines "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" to be sung by all five members.
I personally have no issue with either song, but being that Tusk is not the usual form of Fleetwood Mac song, I thought it is strange no one brought that track up.
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Quote from: ftballfan on July 12, 2019, 05:39:46 PM
Quote from: roadman on July 12, 2019, 04:57:26 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on July 10, 2019, 12:49:38 PM
Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands but I think Don't Stop is an awful song.
I never used to think Don't Stop was that bad. Until a certain political figure decided to make it the theme song of their campaign.
However, his election led to the Rumours-era lineup of Fleetwood Mac to reunite for one night in 1993, four years before their full reunion tour in 1997-98
I am surprised no one says that Tusk is a song that sucks. I would think those who hate Don't Stop would hate that one first as it's mostly instrumental with only the repetitive lines "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" to be sung by all five members.
I personally have no issue with either song, but being that Tusk is not the usual form of Fleetwood Mac song, I thought it is strange no one brought that track up.
Tusk is actually my favorite FM song--very heavy with the drums and bass, and a very serious song. Don't Stop has little originality either in instrumentation or lyrics.
Dan Hartman with Instant Replay!
He done well as frontman on Edgar Winter's Free Ride and on his own with I Can Dream About You, but tampering in Disco was I guess a shocker.
Quote from: roadman on July 12, 2019, 01:31:08 PM
Or Tales from an Italian Restaurant
It's actually
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Was that meant to go along with Piano Guy?
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 15, 2019, 02:53:16 PM
Quote from: roadman on July 12, 2019, 01:31:08 PM
Or Tales from an Italian Restaurant
It's actually Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Was that meant to go along with Piano Guy?
It's on the
Plexiglass Houses album.
I always thought 52nd Avenue was his best album. But I have to go with Ellentown as his best song.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 15, 2019, 05:09:09 PM
I always thought 52nd Avenue was his best album. But I have to go with Ellentown as his best song.
Both good choices, but I'll never budge from Darkness at the Edge of Town and "Born to Run". Billy Joel at his best!
Big Shoot and Dishonesty are two great songs of Billy Jo. :bigass:
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Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 15, 2019, 05:09:09 PM
I always thought 52nd Avenue was his best album. But I have to go with Ellentown as his best song.
Both good choices, but I'll never budge from Darkness at the Edge of Town and "Born to Run". Billy Joel at his best!
I actually have a recording of Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel performing "Born to Run" together at Madison Square Garden.
People dog on Susudio by Phil Collins, but I like that song. It's a fun piece of fluff.
Dance Into the Light, however... *shudders*
Hold On My Heart from Genesis kind of sounds lame. I think it's it's a failed recreation of In Too Deep.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 15, 2019, 05:09:09 PM
I always thought 52nd Avenue was his best album. But I have to go with Ellentown as his best song.
How about
The Downeaster Siri?
Quote from: kurumi on July 09, 2019, 09:48:46 PM
Stand - REM (even worse than Shiny Happy People)
I could go either way with 'Stand', but that's kind of how I feel about the whole album. Most REM songs from the IRS years sound a lot alike; if I had to pick one to be the worst, I'd go with 'Exhuming McCarthy' but they're all halfway decent. My opinion is that everything since the album 'Around the Sun' (not inclusive) has been crap.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on July 11, 2019, 08:09:41 PM
Beatles: Why Don't We Do It In The Road
I'm curious to know what other people's opinion is on the worst Beatles song. It's my sister's theory that there are two deeply entrenched camps when it comes to Beatles fans: those who love the older stuff and think the newer stuff is utter crap, and those who tire of the older stuff and think the newer stuff is the peak of their music.
My worst pick from the white album would be 'Honey Pie'.
Worst Beatles = Revolution 9 (aka Number 9)
Quote from: Big John on July 16, 2019, 09:34:54 PM
Worst Beatles = Revolution 9 (aka Number 9)
Ditto on that one.
I'm not a Beatles fan, so any of their stuff would go under my "worst of..." collection.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 17, 2019, 08:50:57 AM
I'm not a Beatles fan, so any of their stuff would go under my "worst of..." collection.
I still have to say that I really dig how you don't like anything anyone else likes. :D
Quote from: kphoger on July 16, 2019, 08:50:45 PM
Quote from: kurumi on July 09, 2019, 09:48:46 PM
Stand - REM (even worse than Shiny Happy People)
I could go either way with 'Stand', but that's kind of how I feel about the whole album.
Hmm. I just listened to the album again while washing up after dinner, and I remember my least-favorite REM song: 'The Wrong Child'. I know it sounds the way they intended it to, but it just feels off to me, it's repetitive, and the vocals get piercingly annoying.
Quote from: kurumi on July 09, 2019, 09:48:46 PM
Stand - REM (even worse than Shiny Happy People)
Yes, these are all older songs, back when I listened to the radio, and you were sometimes "stuck" waiting out a bad song to get to the next one. Less of an issue now.
The inverse of this:
Beautiful Stranger - Madonna. Most of her other stuff I won't say is bad, but I dislike it. "Beautiful Stranger" (which she wrote) is far ahead of anything else she recorded IMO.
Shiny Happy People on of REM's worst songs happens to be on the same Album (Out Of Time) where REM's best Song Losing My Religion was big. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Time_(album) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Time_(album))
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg)
'Out of Time' and 'Automatic for the People' were the best REM albums ever, hands down. I like all the songs on both of them.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 16, 2019, 12:25:14 PM
Hold On My Heart from Genesis kind of sounds lame. I think it's it's a failed recreation of In Too Deep.
That's one my favorite Genesis songs, but that's soft even for them.
Quote from: inkyatari on July 16, 2019, 11:39:00 AM
People dog on Susudio by Phil Collins, but I like that song. It's a fun piece of fluff.
Dance Into the Light, however... *shudders*
The only issue about Sussudio is not the song itself, but what kind of name is Sussudio?
Not only do I agree about Dance Into the Light, but I despise Phil's remake of True Colors.
Quote from: golden eagle on July 18, 2019, 07:18:01 AM
Quote from: inkyatari on July 16, 2019, 11:39:00 AM
People dog on Susudio by Phil Collins, but I like that song. It's a fun piece of fluff.
Dance Into the Light, however... *shudders*
The only issue about Sussudio is not the song itself, but what kind of name is Sussudio?
Not only do I agree about Dance Into the Light, but I despise Phil's remake of True Colors.
I forgot about that. Probably for good reason.
Quote from: kphoger on July 17, 2019, 09:49:57 PM
'Out of Time' and 'Automatic for the People' were the best REM albums ever, hands down. I like all the songs on both of them.
I don't own Automatic for the People, but I think Green is WAY better than Out of Time, and, as previously stated, I like SHiny Happy People.
Quote from: golden eagle on July 18, 2019, 07:13:06 AM
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Hold On My Heart from Genesis kind of sounds lame. I think it’s it’s a failed recreation of In Too Deep.
That’s one my favorite Genesis songs, but that’s soft even for them.
Most Genesis fans consider all music after the departure of Steve Hackett as bad Genesis due to their switch in genre from And Then There Were Three on to their demise.
Quote from: Rothman on July 17, 2019, 10:43:52 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 17, 2019, 08:50:57 AM
I'm not a Beatles fan, so any of their stuff would go under my "worst of..." collection.
I still have to say that I really dig how you don't like anything anyone else likes. :D
I was always a Stones person in the great Stones vs. Beatles debate, but prefer Zeppelin to both of them.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 18, 2019, 10:23:20 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on July 18, 2019, 07:13:06 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on July 16, 2019, 12:25:14 PM
Hold On My Heart from Genesis kind of sounds lame. I think it's it's a failed recreation of In Too Deep.
That's one my favorite Genesis songs, but that's soft even for them.
Most Genesis fans consider all music after the departure of Steve Hackett as bad Genesis due to their switch in genre from And Then There Were Three on to their demise.
There's very little before Phil took the band over that I like.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 15, 2019, 05:09:09 PM
I always thought 52nd Avenue was his best album. But I have to go with Ellentown as his best song.
Personally not a big fan of
Downtown Diva.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 18, 2019, 10:23:20 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on July 18, 2019, 07:13:06 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on July 16, 2019, 12:25:14 PM
Hold On My Heart from Genesis kind of sounds lame. I think it's it's a failed recreation of In Too Deep.
That's one my favorite Genesis songs, but that's soft even for them.
Most Genesis fans consider all music after the departure of Steve Hackett as bad Genesis due to their switch in genre from And Then There Were Three on to their demise.
I consider myself a fan of prog rock, but I don't know if I can really get into Genesis' first few albums. I think my favorites are the period from
And the Lamb Lies Down... to the self-titled album.
I loved Abacab. Invisible Touch was too pop-oriented for me, but I got into We Can't Dance because it contained a lot of longer form songs, like "Driving The Last Spike."
Actually I liked Abacab, Duke, Genesis (the Mama Album), Invisible Touch, and even We Can't Dance. Even though too pop oriented they were all great.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 19, 2019, 11:29:07 PM
Actually I liked Abacab, Duke, Genesis (the Mama Album), Invisible Touch, and even We Can't Dance. Even though too pop oriented they were all great.
(https://i.imgur.com/1KRTDx3.jpg?1)
If you like Duke-era Genesis, check out Frost:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obhWmBvb7gE
Free Form Guitar by Chicago. Reminds me of Revolution 9 by the Beatles. Just sound effects put together, even though its just Terry Kath messing with his guitar the whole track.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 20, 2019, 11:41:28 AM
Free Form Guitar by Chicago. Reminds me of Revolution 9 by the Beatles. Just sound effects put together, even though its just Terry Kath messing with his guitar the whole track.
It's the 50th anniversary of that album, and a remix is due out next month. I've heard the "Beginnings" off of it, and it pushes the vocals and acoustic guitar to the front of the mix.
Hard to believe that same band, 15 years later, was putting out stuff like "Along Comes A Woman" and "You're the Inspiration."
Train they were a great band from the 2000's but they had 2 cheesy songs Marry Me and Hey Soul Sister. Well the Crew just got caught up with the rivalry against Maroon 5 though for best pop bands of the decade.
Train I was drawn into them for Drops of Jupiter and Calling All Angels.
How about not just a song, but a whole album? Metallica is probably my favorite band but made a whole album, St. Anger, that basically sucked, aside from maybe two songs. The awful snare drum tone, combined with the total lack of guitar solos, makes it almost unlistenable. The lyrical content is there, but I cant get past the other big faults.
https://youtu.be/CMT3ltwbd5s
Quote from: hbelkins on July 18, 2019, 12:42:38 PM
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I'm not a Beatles fan, so any of their stuff would go under my "worst of..." collection.
I still have to say that I really dig how you don't like anything anyone else likes. :D
I was always a Stones person in the great Stones vs. Beatles debate, but prefer Zeppelin to both of them.
I'm the opposite:
1. Beatles
2. Stones
3. Zeppelin