I didn’t know that was a mega #1 hit.
No way. The worst is “Shiny Happy People” followed by “Radio Song” and “Losing My Religion.” (I’ve been a big R.E.M. Fan since I heard “Radio Free Europe” in 1983.)
I guess the consensus is that when R.E.M. got intelligible, we all suffered. Ah, man, what happened to Pilgrimage, Harborcoat, Moral Kiosk, Wolves (Lower)?? That was good stuff, man. I want my two-headed calf.
I like Green and Automatic for the People. I don’t really care for Out of Time. I appreciate New Adventures in Hi-Fi more now than when it came out.
Yes, and the most ambitious Van Halen album too, although it didn’t really work as well as it should have.
Most of Dire Straits hits, actually. But Money for Nothing and Twisting by the Pool especially.
I was a big Chicago fan in my teens. For me the realization that they had abandoned all such ideals was codified by the release of the single Old Days in 1975.
Twisting By The Pool. I forgot about that piece of crap. Now its stuck in my head. Shit.
Sorry. But if it’s any consolation I’m having to concentrate on other things real hard to prevent myself from thinking about that… abomination.
I’m almost afraid to admit it.
It’s not that I have anything against the song, and I really have no good reason for disliking it. Maybe it was overplayed at one time, but there are several overplayed songs I still love by them.
Red Barchetta. :flees:
You LIE!!! :mad:
Lots of good examples already mentioned in this thread, so I’ll add “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner. Blecch, blecch, blecch. It’s only marginally worse than “Waiting for a Girl Like You”, but for some reason that one never gets played on the radio anymore.
Also, “Lovin Touchin Squeezin” by Journey. Can’t really explain why, but I hate hate hate that song.
I don’t think “Red Barchetta” was ever a single.
“Juke Box Hero” is the worst.
I’m still a big fan…of the first two albums…that stuff is still sharp as a knife.
Two entries from my fave all time artist:
Dirty Diana & Jam.
You know, when you’re not talking politics, you’re actually a fairly bright and insightful individual. (;))
I wanted to like Gary Cherone in Van Halen. I really did. The guy can fucking sing. But I knew right away that it wouldn’t work. The styles were too different.
Other than Van Hagar, AC/DC, STP/Velvet Revolver, and Soundgarden/RAtM/Audioslave, how many bands have replaced a lead singer and went on to be really big? I mean, yeah, Ian Astbury fit in well with The Doors, but that didn’t last long, if memory serves.
I adore Pink, but her hit song Raise Your Glass makes me change the station.
Genesis. Speaking of whom, while the Peter Gabriel years are far superior to anything else they did, I like the band in all its forms. But I can’t stand “Follow You Follow Me.”
Yeah, Genesis (as suggested by GESancMan) is a great example. Arguably, Fleetwood Mac and The Moody Blues both qualify. And within the genre of Christian Rock, the bands Petra and Newsboys both remained big after replacing their lead singers.
Getting back to the topic of the thread, I don’t actually hate the song, but I see where the OP is coming from on “Hello, Goodbye.” But, for my money, “All You Need Is Love” is an even worse song.
I love the Talking Heads but I don’t like Burning Down The House.