# 30 Day Song Challenge, number 16: A song that you used to love but now hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624 "2016-06-17T17:30:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/1 "2016-06-17T17:30:41Z")
[Poison - I Want Action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QaMDNRCfDk). I loved this band when I was ten-eleven years old! There is some “hair metal” that I would defend as having aged pretty well, but Poison is not among that group - this band was just not very talented. I couldn’t make out the lyrics too good on my cheap little radio/cassette player (or understand them too well even when I could) but the cringe factor is especially high on this song now for the line"If I can’t have her, I’ll take her and make her". ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/2 "2016-06-17T17:45:50Z")
Tough one! Let’s go with **Brandi Carlile** - _The Story_ Liked it the first time, now it just sounds like a llama being tortured to death. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/3 "2016-06-17T19:06:59Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Tough one! Let’s go with **Brandi Carlile** - _The Story_ > > Liked it the first time, now it just sounds like a llama being tortured to death. Haha, seconding this. My contribution is Cohen’s **Hallelujah**. Great the first two or three times I heard it, but it has become the go-to tear-jerker cover ballad for every singing act. There’s a dead horse named “Imagine” that is looking up wondering why the kicking has stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/4 "2016-06-17T21:32:00Z")
“Sympathy for the Devil”, by the Rolling Stones. “Woo woo! Woo woo!” I ruined the song for a friend many years ago by bringing that to his attention. Once you focus on it, you can hardly hear anything else. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/5 "2016-06-17T22:34:59Z")
**[“Move This” by Technotronic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJAOOBQemf4)** One of my grooves when I was about eight-nine years old, and in turn led to _Pump Up The Jam_ being one of my first ever CDs. I outgrew both suckers relatively quick. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/6 "2016-06-17T23:56:02Z")
Barbra Streisand’s [_He Touched Me_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_gtf1xjh38), not to be confused with the gospel song. I loved it, until it came to be associated with pedophilia. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/7 "2016-06-18T00:51:54Z")
Hard one, I’ll go with this _Caramel_[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGjXxthWbc8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGjXxthWbc8) ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/8 "2016-06-18T01:36:41Z")
Dreams by Fleetwood Mac. I used to love it but now I can’t change the station fast enough. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/9 "2016-06-18T02:38:22Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Hard one, I’ll go with this > > _Caramel_[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGjXxthWbc8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGjXxthWbc8) Your username reminds me of some others: Anything by _Shivaree_. That Ambrosia Parsley gets old goddamn fast. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/10 "2016-06-18T02:45:44Z")
Hello I love you by the Doors ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/11 "2016-06-18T06:20:53Z")
Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer”. I guess I was probably drawn in by the unique video, at the time, but then hearing it way WAY too much, after a while, rendered it into Very Silly Party Putty. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/12 "2016-06-19T00:13:15Z")
I used to be the biggest Aerosmith fan and I initially began loving them because of “Dream On.” But seeing as how my husband never heard a classic rock song he couldn’t play into the ground, I also began hating the snot out of it too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sZfZ8uWaOFI/maxresdefault.jpg "Aerosmith - Dream On (Live At Capitol Center, Largo, MD / November 9, 1978)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZfZ8uWaOFI) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/13 "2016-06-19T00:29:41Z")
[Come Out and Play by Offspring.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN32lLUOBzQ) You gotta keep 'em separated. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/14 "2016-06-19T03:32:27Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I used to be the biggest Aerosmith fan and I initially began loving them because of “Dream On.” But seeing as how my husband never heard a classic rock song he couldn’t play into the ground, I also began hating the snot out of it too. > > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sZfZ8uWaOFI](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sZfZ8uWaOFI) I almost picked this one, but it’s been so long since I heard it I don’t hate it anymore [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvezjDat48U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvezjDat48U) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/15 "2016-06-19T15:41:08Z")
Hmm, I’ll go with Ted Nugent **Free for All** : [Ted Nugent - Free For All - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-c2OM7HEfrs) As a pimply suburban guitar noob, I thought the Motor City Madman was bitchin :rolleyes: with this as a classic reason why. Nice groove. My first change of heart came a year or so later, when I got turned on to British blues, followed by original U.S. blues, and more original rock n’ roll and rockabilly. I heard the superficiality in his playing vs the others, I guess. In his pool, I’d rather hear Joe Walsh or Ronnie Montrose. After that, his persona and politics haven’t done him any favors. Twit. Haven’t listened to it in, hmm, 15-20 years, except to check the YouTube link just now. Don’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/16 "2016-06-20T17:21:42Z")
“Free Bird” from Lynyrd Skynyrd Jumped on the fan bandwagon when it first came out but upon countless repeated listenings I grew to really hate it. Now I can’t hit mute fast enough when it comes on. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/17 "2016-06-20T19:11:42Z")
Journey’s _Don’t Stop Believin’_. I’ve never seen the Sopranos but in my mind Tony was shot for playing it on the jukebox. Actually most Journey songs get on my nerves (which is something I never thought I’d say, considering how much I loved them back in the day) but DSB really needs to be cremated and scattered over San Francisco Bay. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-16-a-song-that-you-used-to-love-but-now-hate/757624/18 "2016-06-20T19:19:19Z")
**WordMan** , don’t feel bad. It took millions of us years to realize how lame Ted Nugent was. To be honest, I still waver on whether [Stranglehold](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXzVzxdwYxo) is worth it every time I listen to it. Even if you accept that he’s able to pull off a decent lead occasionally, he’s the Donald Trump of guitar knowledge. If it comes out his mouth: it’s wrong, even if he doesn’t know it’s a lie. It’s honestly painful to admit this. At one point in my AM transistor radio bought at a church garage sale life, I would listen to [More Than I Can Say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGKnSdikqjw) by Leo Sayer every time it hit on the rotation, and sing along with the lyrics. Now I think he’s just trying to out-suck post-Beatles McCartney. I can’t even finish listening to it. It just progressively fills me with more feeling of decay, then I must stop because it feels like my eyeballs are going to melt out of their sockets.