# Songs that you know suck.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382 "2006-02-20T21:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/1 "2006-02-20T21:57:05Z")
but you listen to them anyway. Mine is _Got A Girl_ by Tripping Daisy…It’s kind of hypnotic. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/2 "2006-02-21T03:20:47Z")
Anything by Wesley Willis: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley\_Willis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis) But especially I Kicked Batman’s Ass! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/3 "2006-02-21T03:27:29Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > but you listen to them anyway. > > Mine is _Got A Girl_ by Tripping Daisy…It’s kind of hypnotic. I like the way the song sets you up to think it’s a lovey-dovey song of devotion during the verses, only to reveal what the singer REALLY thinks about his sweetie during the bridge. ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/4 "2006-02-21T03:28:44Z")
Elvis in his Vegas years. I can’t help it; I love to crank the radio and sing along with ‘Suspicious Minds’! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/5 "2006-02-21T03:31:36Z")
A lot of the pop hits in the 70s everyone likes to dismiss as crap. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/6 "2006-02-21T04:14:47Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Anything by Wesley Willis: > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley\_Willis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis) > > But especially I Kicked Batman’s Ass! I actually got to see him in concert in Albany, NY. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/7 "2006-02-21T04:33:49Z")
I met him outside of a Tower Records once. He seemed as crazy as you’d think. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/8 "2006-02-21T05:54:53Z")
I loved “Find My Pistol”. RIP, Wesley. ☹ As for other songs that suck, well… I listen to a lot of J-Pop. It’s sugary sweet and bad for your teeth. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/9 "2006-02-21T08:16:22Z")
I love _Final Countdown_ (Hi, GOB!), Bonnie Tyler and, once upon a time, _New Kids on the Block_. But I’m totally over that last one. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/10 "2006-02-21T09:49:05Z")
Definitely _Barbie Girl_ by Aqua. For an annoying pop song it’s a downright catchy tune… It also seems to have a subtle message to it about plastic people. So bad and yet so good. Also, anything by the Insane Clown Posse, who are pretty universally hated. If you want to hear a song suck like a hoover, check out any of their early stuff, like _Dog Beats_. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/11 "2006-02-21T13:23:55Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I loved “Find My Pistol”. > > RIP, Wesley. ☹ > As for other songs that suck, well… I listen to a lot of J-Pop. It’s sugary sweet and bad for your teeth. I love watching the videos, the music is pretty much nothing to write home about, but the videos are fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/12 "2006-02-21T13:36:20Z")
[Seasons in the Sun](http://users.cis.net/sammy/seasons.htm) by Terry Jacks. Quite possibly the most maudlin song of all time. Yet, I’ll crank up the radio and sing along every time. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/13 "2006-02-21T14:05:30Z")
Pretty much anything by Ringo Starr. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/14 "2006-02-21T15:51:44Z")
Sigh, I just can’t stop lovin’ that song about how my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. In fact, my iPod isn’t really fit for company. I always hope that other people in the gym aren’t noticing what it says I’m listening to. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/15 "2006-02-21T19:22:37Z")
“You know it” or “Comeback Girl” both by an Irish band called Republic of Loose… a forty-something ensemble of failed musicians who came up with one catchy riff and set it into elevator style muzak, with a singer that looks like he belongs in the Magic Numbers but acts like Jon Lovitz in The Wedding Singer… Absolutley, positively fucking awful, could cause ear cancer if you listen too close. Very catchy, though. ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/16 "2006-02-21T21:55:48Z")
We Built This City Rasputin The Final Countdown In The Navy I somehow ended up with an overtly Christian song that I can’t get enough of. (The Great Adventure - Steven Curtis Chapman _“I opened up the Bible and I read about me, Said I’d been a prisoner and God’s grace had set me free”_) There are also the various Bloodhound Gang songs, and far too much video game music (in MIDI, no less). ---
**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:** [February 21, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/17 "2006-02-21T22:10:56Z")
The Brady Kids songs. “…I think I’ll go for a walk outside now, the summer sun’s calling my name…” Oh the shame. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/18 "2006-02-21T22:30:37Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Definitely _Barbie Girl_ by Aqua. For an annoying pop song it’s a downright catchy tune… It also seems to have a subtle message to it about plastic people. So bad and yet so good. > > Also, anything by the Insane Clown Posse, who are pretty universally hated. If you want to hear a song suck like a hoover, check out any of their early stuff, like _Dog Beats_. see, that’s where you’re wrong…as they got older, they got worse… they actually had a couple of decent songs back in the day ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/19 "2006-02-21T23:45:01Z")
Not so much a song, but a video … my screensaver at work is the video for the David Hasselhoff version of “Hooked on a Feeling.” \* Ooga-chaka-ooga-ooga, ooga-chaka …\* ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382/20 "2006-02-22T12:58:29Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Not so much a song, but a video … my screensaver at work is the video for the David Hasselhoff version of “Hooked on a Feeling.” > \* > Ooga-chaka-ooga-ooga, ooga-chaka …\* Oh, I _love_ that cheese! I only have dial-up at work, but I’d love to find a way to see and hear the whole thing! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-know-suck/345382.md?page=2)