# The one song you like by a singer/group you hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929 "2008-09-17T01:29:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/41 "2008-09-17T20:07:17Z")
“You Oughta Know” - Alanis Morissette “Supersonic” - Oasis “Outtathaway” - The Vines. Actually, “Get Free” isn’t too bad either. But everything else on that album sucks wombat balls. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Black\_Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/42 "2008-09-17T20:18:53Z")
I HATE Eminem. But I could listen to “Lose Yourself” over and over for about a week. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/43 "2008-09-17T20:23:59Z")
Nirvana’s version of David Bowie’s **The Man Who Sold The World** is great. Anything else by Nirvana is just wasted on me. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/44 "2008-09-17T20:25:33Z")
“Sister Golden Hair” by America. (Yes, I hate America … In the desert, you can remember my ass!) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/45 "2008-09-17T20:33:04Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > _Shake Ya Assl_ by Mystikal- I’m not a huge rap fan in general (though I freely admit it’s an art form and do have some songs I like) and I particularly don’t care for rap or other songs with crude lyrics, but I dare you to keep your head still during the first minute of this song. I love hip-hop, but don’t like Mystikal’s style of rap. That song, though, I love. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/46 "2008-09-17T20:33:13Z")
Michael Jackson - _Give In To Me_. Can’t stand him otherwise and I think it is only Slash’ contribution that mzkes this palatable. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/47 "2008-09-17T21:37:57Z")
“Break On Through” - The Doors “Fool In The Rain” - Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/48 "2008-09-17T21:47:23Z")
My picks for the Stones are Paint it Black, Sympathy for the Devil, and Miss You, which counts because they had so many chances to make good songs and could only manage the three. ---
**Author:** ![ChadVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ChadVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChadVader)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/49 "2008-09-17T22:20:04Z")
Greenday is the worst thing to happen to “rock” music in… forever. They paved the way for countless horrible bands that made KROQ the steaming pile of dog crap that it is today. But I actually like “Jesus of Suburbia”. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/50 "2008-09-18T00:09:13Z")
I don’t hate rap music, but it generally doesn’t thrill me. But “Gangsta’s Paradise” is good. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/51 "2008-09-18T00:28:14Z")
> [@Black\_Sunshine](#): > > I HATE Eminem. But I could listen to “Lose Yourself” over and over for about a week. This.^^^^^^ ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/52 "2008-09-18T04:44:14Z")
_Thank U_ by Alanis Morissette is a brilliant song. Everything else she’s done: Blech! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Armageddon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mister\_Armageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Armageddon)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/53 "2008-09-18T04:59:12Z")
Talk by Coldplay has a great riff, and it’s the closest they’ve ever gotten to actually rocking out. I wish they’d do more songs like that. Duran Duran is usually utterly generic 80s garbage to me, but Ordinary World is a great song. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/54 "2008-09-18T06:30:00Z")
As in, even the lamest,sorriest band in the world probably has that one good song…I ain’t sure I agree altogether, but here are some choice specimens anyway-- good songs by musicians who we think basically suck dead pig ass otherwise: **Mach 5** –Presidents of The USA **Somebody Save Me** –Cinderella **Suffragette City** –David Bowie **No Rain** –Blind Melon **Aqualung** –Jethro Tull **China Grove** –The Doobie Brothers \*\*Loser \*\*–Beck **Rotten Sunday** –The Hangmen **Pigs In Zen** –Jane’s Addiction **Cowtown** –They Might Be Giants **Baby’s On Fire** –Roxy Music **Peace Of Mind** –Boston **Stan** –Eminem **A Horse With No Name** –America **Aimee** –Pure Prairie League **Crimson and Clover** –Tommy James and the Shondells **When Doves Cry** –Prince **Manna and Quail** –Caterwaul ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/55 "2008-09-18T14:16:29Z")
Man on the Moon - R.E.M. …Everything else is just self-indulgent tripe ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/56 "2008-09-18T17:20:55Z")
> [@DLuxN8R-13](#): > > \ > **When Doves Cry** –Prince > \ Prince sucks dead pig ass? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/57 "2008-09-18T17:32:47Z")
My nominees: “Space Oddity” by David Bowie. “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club. I agree on “La Isla Bonita” by Madonna. There’s probably one by the Talking Heads, but I’m blanking right now… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/58 "2008-09-18T18:01:14Z")
> [@Black\_Sunshine](#): > > I HATE Eminem. But I could listen to “Lose Yourself” over and over for about a week. This. I kind of like “Mosh” and “Stan,” too, but I _love_ “Lose Yourself.” And other than that, I can’t stand Eminem. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/59 "2008-09-18T18:59:44Z")
“Beth” by KISS. God help me. Ditto “Picture” by Kid Rock. I’m pissed that it’s not on iTunes. “The Only Promise That Remains” by Reba McEntire. She bugs the crap out of me but this song (written by Justin Timberlake) is awful purty. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929/60 "2008-09-18T20:48:03Z")
“Once Was a Time I Thought”, by the Mamas and the Papas. I have furious hatred for much of their other work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-song-you-like-by-a-singer-group-you-hate/463929.md?page=4)