# Songs You Hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745 "2004-05-05T23:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/21 "2004-05-06T12:39:43Z")
_I keep working my way back to you babe with a burning love inside_… This song was played enough when it first came out to last me several lifetimes. I scream when I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![laserkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@laserkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laserkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/22 "2004-05-06T13:02:52Z")
Belle & Sabastian - I can’t stand the cheesy 70’s keyboards in any music. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/23 "2004-05-06T13:03:17Z")
Most stuff by Toby Keith, but three in particular: _I Wanna Talk About Me_ (I reeeaaally hate the line where he bemoans the fact that they talk about “when you start.” Like I don’t get enough of that from feminine product commercials), _Whiskey For My Men, Beer For My Horses_ (ugh), and _How Do You Like Me Now?_ (You wrote her name and number, and “call for a good time” on the _ **fifty-yard line** _ at your school, as if it were a men’s room wall, and for some reason, she doesn’t like you? Well, color me surprised!). Now I love country music, but I abhor most of the stuff put out by Conway Twitty. It’s not THAT he sang about sex, but HOW he sang about sex that turned me off (especially the one about the woman who’d “never been this far before, bum-bum-bum,” and the “tiger in these tight-fittin’ jeans.”). And, mercy, I hate that song _Horse With No Name_. I could easily teach my kids to play that song (if I could stand it), because I don’t think it uses more than three notes. I nearly rupture a finger trying to change the dial when I hear that song start. I’m sure I’ll be able to post more to this thread later, as I start to remember more! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/24 "2004-05-06T13:04:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’ll call your “Mony Mony” and raise you “I Think We’re Alone Now.” I’ll see that “I Think We’re Alone Now” and raise you “They Call Him The Rapper”. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/25 "2004-05-06T13:50:31Z")
I’ll see that and raise you “Go All The Way” by the Raspberries. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/26 "2004-05-06T14:03:49Z")
Anything by Rush or Jane’s Addiction. “Zombie” by the Cranberries. Okay, anything by the Cranberries. “Sweet Home Alabama”. ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/27 "2004-05-06T14:13:29Z")
The song with the whiny Mandark sounding guy whining about ho sorry hes no perfect. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/28 "2004-05-06T14:29:04Z")
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears. Just about any song that gets used all the time in commercials. “What I Like About You” is currently setting my teeth on edge… **Engywook** - Billy Joel _has_ retired, after a fashion. He only writes classical music now. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/29 "2004-05-06T15:48:29Z")
Ever wonder how a cat feels when you stroke its fur the wrong way? Well, I get that feeling over my entire body when Bob Seeger starts singing “Katmandu”. And if you ever see me engaged in an ultra-slow-motion projectile vomit, take it as a certainty that its happening in time with “Whiter Shade of Pale”. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/30 "2004-05-06T16:31:12Z")
I hardly ever listen to the radio, and I really would like to hurt that band _The Darkness_ for “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”. Has that boy’s testicles dropped yet? ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/31 "2004-05-06T17:28:25Z")
House of the Rising Sun. Performed by anyone. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/32 "2004-05-06T17:32:14Z")
“Like a Rock”. Thanks, Chevy. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/33 "2004-05-06T17:35:26Z")
The following songs awaken in me the urge to kill: [ul] [li] _Maybe Katie_[/li][li] That retarded duet between Babs and Celine for _The Mirror Has Two Faces_[/li][li] _Shut Up_ by The Black Eyed Peas[/li][/ul] There are more, but those are the ones I feel the most vehemently about. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/34 "2004-05-06T18:07:06Z")
Goodness, you people are against everything! I can understand some of the complaints, but one I cannot understand is complaints against Billy Joel. You cannot touch his piano playing. I’d like to see you create anything like the piano to “Angry Young Man” or “Root Beer Rag”…especially when he wrote it as a teen! I play by-ear. I have figured out “She’s Always a Woman” and “My Life”, for starters, back in my high school days. (Chords and all…not just “hunt and peck” at the piano.) I’d like to see you sit down at a piano and do the same before you critize. I’m giving you a break because these are the easier songs to try for yourself! Oh, and I mean for you to use a _real_ piano where there are no electronics to make it easier for you. I won’t argue when you say some of these guys use three notes and call it a song. It’s as close to monotone as you can get…and still hit the ariwaves. But, no one can accuse Billy Joel of being that. And, surely his lyrics and voice cannot bother you - especially if you’re a Springsteen fan! 😉 Just bear in mind anyone can pick up an electric guitar with a distortion bar and think they sound so cool. Piano is not so forgiving. Only Billy Joel and Elton John can seriously play piano. No one else really comes to mind (in classic rock). Maybe you’re just jealous of his talent…and afraid to admit it? 😕 - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/35 "2004-05-06T18:09:17Z")
Anything by Whitney Houston. Especially her execrable version of _I Will Always Love You._ I want to smash the radio with a sledgehammer when that comes on. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/36 "2004-05-06T18:14:09Z")
In general, anything by Faith Hill or Jimmy Buffet. Specifically: **All I Have** by Jennifer Lopez and LL Cool J **We Built This City** by Starship **Milkshake** by Kelis ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/37 "2004-05-06T18:16:31Z")
> [@porcupine](#): > > Aqualung Heh heh. I’ve got my laptop on the desk behind me right now burning a Jethro Tull concert to disc. For me, “I Will Always Love You” is probably #1 on the ear-pain hit parade. **Engywook** , why the spoiler box? I agree with you 100%. Billy Joel is a blight. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/38 "2004-05-06T19:35:39Z")
American Woman (all mutations) Small Town Everybody Hurts Imagine ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/39 "2004-05-06T19:52:25Z")
I cannot stand to hear Michael Bolton. His voice causes me to experience physical pain. Please, for all that is sacred and holy, make him go far, far away. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745/40 "2004-05-06T21:25:35Z")
> [@Innanna](#): > > House of the Rising Sun. Performed by anyone. _shudder_ Agreed, but I make an exception for Leadbelly’s subversively upbeat “why should this be a sad song? Whorehouses are great!” version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/243745.md?page=3)