Thought I’d see or done this before but couldn’t find, so…
The idea is list three songs from a given group: one song you love, one you just like, and one you hate.
I’ll start:
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Love: I Know a Little
Like: Mr Breeze
Hate: Free Bird
Pink Floyd
Love: Summer '68
Like: Cirrus Minor
Hate: Absolutely Curtains
Three Dog Night
Love: Easy to Be Hard
Like: Mama Told Me Not to Come
Hate: Joy to the World
Earth Wind and Fire
Love: September
Like: Let’s Groove
Hate: That’s the Way of the World (the line “a child is born with a heart of gold” makes me want to vomit.)
The Beatles
Love: Abbey Road Medley
Like: “Hey Bulldog”
Hate: “The Long and Winding Road”
Steve Miller Band
Love: “Your Saving Grace”
Like: “Living in the USA.”
Hate: Everything they’ve released since 1971, though for a single title, it’d be “Rock’n Me” for its blatant plagiarism.
Porcupine Tree:
Love: Mellotron Scratch
Like: Pure Narcotic
Hate: Let’s Sleep Together
Van Halen
Love: Unchained
Like: Beautiful Girls
Hate: Dancing in the Street
ABBA
Love: The Winner Takes It All
Like: Waterloo
Hate: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Genesis
Love: Supper’s Ready
Like: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Hate: Who Dunnit
Yes
Love: South Side of the Sky
Like: Wondrous Stories
Hate: anything off of Open Your Eyes (don’t have the song titles handy to pick one)
The Who
Love: Summertime Blues
Like: My Generation
Hate: Underture
Van Halen
Love: Right Now
Like: Dance the Night Away
Hate: Jump
Bruce Springsteen
Love: Blinded by the Light
Like: Born To Run
Hate: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Eric Clapton
Love: Layla (studio original)
Like: Layla (Rainbow Concert version)
Hate: Layla (Unplugged version)
Jethro Tull:
Love: Songs from the Wood
Like: Cross-Eyed mary
Hate: Hot Mango Flash
I’d pretty much turn that list upside down.
I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like Tommy.
I love Tommy, but “Underture” is just ten minutes of album filler that’s just repeating an earlier track in the album. Hell, even Roger Daltrey agrees with me on that one;
[QUOTE=Roger Daltrey]
The Who never played all the songs, but I’m going to be singing all of them. The only thing I’ll leave out is the instrumental, Underture, which was just a lot of bits we joined together to fill a big gap on the original vinyl album.
[/QUOTE]
U2
Love: Where the Streets Have No Name
Like: Stay
Hate: Discotheque
I could also replace Where the Streets Have No Name with One.
Rush
Love: Subdivisions
Like: Spirit of Radio
Hate: Working Man
Alan Parsons Project
Love: Ammonia Avenue
Like: Turn It Up
Hate: When
Peter Gabriel
Love: Signal to Noise
Like: Sledgehammer
Hate: Excellent Birds*
(*I don’t really hate this one, but it’s probably my least favorite PG song)
Rolling Stones
Love: Moonlight Mile
Like: It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)
Hate: Ruby Tuesday
The Kinks
Love: Celluloid Heroes
Like: Lola
Hate: Tired of Waiting for You
RUSH
Love: Vital Signs
Like: Show Don’t Tell
Hate: New World Man
Judas Priest
Love: Metal Gods
Like: Hell Bent for Leather
Hate: Living After Midnight
A few more inspired by other people’s picks:
Rush
Love It: 2112
Like It: By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Hate It: Xanadu
Judas Priest
Love It: Turbo Lover
Like It: Breakin’ the Law
Hate It: The Green Manalishi With The Two-Pronged Crown (Fleetwood’s version was better)
Pink Floyd
Love It: Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Like It: Shine On, You Crazy Diamond
Hate It: Us and Them
Flo Rida
Love: Right Round (featuring Kesha!)
Like: Good Feeling
Hate: Who Dat Girl
Britney Spears
Love: Till the World Ends (written by Ke$ha!) (also with a remix that features Ke$ha)
Like: Crazy
Hate: Womanizer
Pitbull
Love: Girls (featuring KE$HA!!!)
Like: I Know You Want Me
Hate: International Love
Yes, but which Ke$ha songs do you love/like/hate?