# Songs you like that are widely reviled by others **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 10, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825 "2022-03-10T14:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/61 "2022-03-10T20:49:31Z")
I have to confess to actually liking a lot of the songs listed in this thread or in Dave Barry’s “Book of Bad Songs”. I’m not snobbish about music, unless one considers a loathing for foul, misogynistic gangsta rap played at ear-shattering volume at godawful hours snobbish, and a lot of the “bad song” listings I’ve seen came across as rather elitist and pretentiously self-congratulatory about the compiler’s superior taste. I do dislike metal and a lot of opera, due to issues with high pitches. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/62 "2022-03-10T21:40:48Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAtBJIBqMk) Love it. I don’t know if it’s ‘widely reviled’ but my jazz buddies scoff at it. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/63 "2022-03-11T02:04:33Z")
I’d like to know. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/64 "2022-03-11T02:25:00Z")
My husband and his friends are Beatles fans and musical snobs. More than once I’ve heard them revile Peter and Gordon’s “World Without Love”. I really like it, especially the harmonies. One time I was walking through the drugstore and it stared playing. I couldn’t stop myself from singing along and then around the corner in the next aisle another woman was singing along too 😀 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v_lJPUKTchI/hqdefault.jpg "A world without love - Peter and Gordon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/65 "2022-03-11T03:09:03Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > My husband and his friends are Beatles fans and musical snobs. More than once I’ve heard them revile Peter and Gordon’s “World Without Love”. I was a hardcore Beatlemaniac, and when my friends and I first heard “World Without Love” on our little radios during recess (I was 14) we couldn’t decide whether or not it was The Beatles. It was obviously a “Beatles song.” I loved it then and still like it, despite Paul’s lyrics\* in the middle eight. He composed that part in a hurry and it shows. - _“…She may come, I know not when. When she does, I’ll know.”_ ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/66 "2022-03-11T03:34:32Z")
I think it’s the “please lock me away” bit. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/67 "2022-03-11T03:38:21Z")
I like Rocky Racoon. There, i said it. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/68 "2022-03-11T03:48:55Z")
Mr. Moonlight is one of my all-time favorite Beatles’ songs! 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 11, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/69 "2022-03-11T05:05:52Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Freebird is a rocking good anthem. I have a rule: When Ronnie says, _“Turn it up!”_, I alway do. At the risk of ruining any cred I might have (I don’t), I’ll admit to having a soft spot for that shit song of Len’s _Steal My Sunshine_. Yes, I feel shame and will go away now. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/70 "2022-03-11T05:17:06Z")
i always sing along to seasons in the sun … ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/71 "2022-03-11T06:12:18Z")
I do too! Its simplicity adds to its charm. I’m also a female Rush fan, and have been since I was 14 years old. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/72 "2022-03-11T06:14:40Z")
Journey’s “Lights” is one of my all-time favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/73 "2022-03-11T06:16:48Z")
I also like “Classical Gas” and “Midnight At The Oasis.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VlrKETxwRvM/hqdefault.jpg "Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlrKETxwRvM) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/74 "2022-03-11T06:22:49Z")
“Steal My Sunshine” sampled another critically reviled tune, “More More More” by the Andrea True Connection. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E1fzJ_AYajA/maxresdefault.jpg "Len - Steal My Sunshine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA) What’s wrong with music that’s just plain old fun to listen to? That’s why I liked the Go-Go’s too. I’ve also always liked “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes, and the album version of Grand Funk Railroad’s “I’m Your Captain.” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/75 "2022-03-11T06:49:40Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > Mr. Moonlight is one of my all-time favorite Beatles’ songs! One of Mrs. Cretin’s faves too. To each their own. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I like Rocky Racoon. There, i said it. And now I’ve said it too. RR is a great song. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/76 "2022-03-11T09:36:02Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I admit that I find Madonna’s cover of “American Pie” quite ok, I enjoy it when it comes on the radio. I’m fine with every other song in this thread up to now, but that’s a line crossed right there. Weirdly, although this is my most-loathed Madonna song (or at least released single - she’s got some appalling stuff on the MDNA album), one of my favorites (“Beautiful Stranger”) came out at about the same time with the same Orbit production quality. I just think Madonna and Orbit sucked everything that was charming about the McLean version out of it and turned it into bland Muzak. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/77 "2022-03-11T10:13:19Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Though I like it unironically, I still get a chuckle out of “I can make all the stadiums rock” 😉 It would’ve worked if only the song had been recorded by Meat Loaf, as Jim Steinman originally intended. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/78 "2022-03-11T12:04:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > > I admit that I find Madonna’s cover of “American Pie” quite ok, I enjoy it when it comes on the radio. > > I’m fine with every other song in this thread up to now, but that’s a line crossed right there. I’ve heard rumors that such an abomination existed, but had never heard the song. So I found it on YouTube. The first few seconds, where she starts to sing the song a capella, were ok. But then this horrible synth track kicks in. It sounded like a half-hearted Karaoke backing track, or something a teenager created on a cheap Casio keyboard. And the ‘snapshots of Americana’ video itself was so in-your-face glurgy, it was making me cringe. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > > I like Rocky Racoon. There, i said it. > > And now I’ve said it too. RR is a great song. I’ve always considered “Rocky Racoon” along with the Stones’ “Dead Flowers” and “Far Away Eyes” to be fun Country music parodies, filtering Country music through Brit eyes and coming out as distorted and grotesque as a view in a funhouse mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/79 "2022-03-11T13:26:08Z")
There are people who _don’t_ like Rocky Raccoon? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/80 "2022-03-11T13:30:58Z")
I think people like ‘Rocky Raccoon’ just fine. It’s ‘Rocky Racoon’ they don’t like (people hate typos, apparently 😊). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825.md?page=5)