# Songs you like by bands/artists you don't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743 "2016-01-21T02:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/21 "2016-01-21T16:12:13Z")
When I was little I used to rollerskate to a song called “Abracabra”. I really liked that song. Fast-forward to when I was 18. My then-boyfriend had the Steve Miller Band tape and played it over and over. I got so damn sick of Steve Miller. One day I was watching old videos and the one for “Abracabra” came on. By… The Steve Miller Band. (I still like that song though.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/22 "2016-01-21T16:25:05Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I think we’ve done this before, but… > > “Gimme Three Steps” by Lynyrd Skynyrd > “Jump” by Van Halen > “Africa” by Toto > “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley Oh, and another one that your post reminded me of. This has got to be one of the poster children for this topic: “Summer of '69” by Brian Adams. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/23 "2016-01-21T16:33:59Z")
I may as well admit this… I don’t typically listen to top 40 type stuff… when I do hear it I’m usually like… not for me… But every so often, a song sneaks through, and I dig it. I can’t explain it. The one that I feel best exemplifies this phenomenon Wannabe by The Spice Girls I guess I just really wanna zigga zag ah ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/24 "2016-01-21T16:41:17Z")
Livin’ La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin Man on the Moon - REM ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/25 "2016-01-21T16:41:21Z")
“Rolling in the Deep” by Adele ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/26 "2016-01-21T18:45:19Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oh, and another one that your post reminded me of. This has got to be one of the poster children for this topic: “Summer of '69” by Brian Adams. Two more for me – “Uneasy Rider” by Charlie Daniels, and “Closer to Home” by Grand Funk Railroad. (For fans of those artists, those are probably the only songs of theirs that they _don’t_ like.) ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/27 "2016-01-21T18:48:04Z")
Creep by Radiohead… it is not coincidence it’s the one song they hate more than anything. Viva La Vida by Coldplay ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/28 "2016-01-21T19:14:10Z")
_Fly Like An Eagle_, Steve Miller Band. Can’t stand anything else they’ve done. _Major Tom_, Peter Schilling _Holding Back The Years_, Simply Red and their great cover of \*All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe \* _I’m Not In Love_, 10cc ---
**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:** [January 21, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/29 "2016-01-21T19:33:54Z")
La Isla Bonita - Madonna That’s Alright, Mama - Elvis Presley Billie Jean - Michael Jackson ---
**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:** [January 21, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743/30 "2016-01-21T19:50:01Z")
“Pretty Maids all in a Row”, The Eagles. One of their only songs that let Joe Walsh shine as Joe Walsh, and not turn the final arrangement into overproduced vanilla mush. Also agree with “Touch of Grey”, Grateful Dead. Somehow its higher production value and conventional structure gave it more energy and toe-tapping pep than their other music, which feels lethargic and monotonous to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743.md?page=1)