For me, it’s an entire genre. You know, songs like, “I Fall to Pieces”, by Patsy Cline. They’re weak, whiny, and annoying. LOL
It means nothing.
Some content creator somewhere needed to create some content. Lists are easy. Throwing shade is sure to get engagement.
Taste is subjective. Like what you like and never apologize for it.
That’s certainly part of it. Grace Slick was the lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, who produced some pretty cool rock in the late 60s (“White Rabbit”, “Somebody to Love”), so for her to perform a bland pop song was jarring.
I admit the tune is kinda catchy, but the lyrics are completely inscrutable. Marconi plays the mambo ?
Ah, clickbait lists!
But…
how can it NOT have Love To Love You Baby? 3:20 of eargasm and not much else.
And We Built This City sucks not because of the progression of the band, from JA to JS to S, but because it sucks. Almost as much as Stairway to Cleveland. Yeah? Fuck You we do what we want!
Why so angry? You started out this morning feeling so polite.
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What, no Kokomo?
That Bread and Butter song is one of the most irritating things I’ve ever heard. What was that guy’s problem?
Teacher says, every time Kokomo plays, an angel loses its wings!
I like some of the songs on this list. And I like Patsy Cline.
I can’t believe “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes isn’t it on this list, though. Hate that song.
I mentioned that on a similar thread, and someone linked this inspired bit of lunacy:
True, but I don’t see, say, Stevie Winwood taking any shit for “Higher Love” - although to be fair, it is a much better song.
Not a song on that list I hate. Some I’ve had enough of as any song gets tiresome after hearing it a million times.
What bothered me about it (even back in high school when it came out) was all the anti-corporate rhetoric from mega-rich musicians recording on a major label, with MTV videos and all. Bit hypocritical there, guys?
I’m a little surprised that the #1 hit by Mr Astley isn’t on the list.
And of course there’s a song about that
OK, one line of the chorus is metaphorical (skyrockets in flight), but it ain’t like the rest of the song is like deciphering the Da Vinci code or something:
Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
[snip]
Rubbin’ sticks and stones together makes the sparks ignite
And the thought of lovin’ you is getting so exciting
[snip]
Please be waiting for me, baby, when I come around
We could make a lot of lovin’ 'fore the sun goes down
What more do ya want, an instruction manual and diagrams? 
Patsy Cline could sing the phone book and I’d put it on permanent repeat.
You can come over anytime.
I thought of another song that gets on my nerves–that Lee Greenwood “God Bless the USA” that they play at every sporting event. Craig Ferguson used to mock it with his “proud to be an AMURICAN” bit.
I’m really in @pulykamell’s camp here, I like a lot of those songs (not so much about MMMBop but my wife loves it). For me the writer has a hate of repetitive songs, or “uncomplicated” songs. It seems to me, in the words of one of our Pit threads, to be a “hipster flex”.
Different music appeals to different people, and people’s tastes change over time. I’d agree that a lot of the music on the list lacks any sort of transcendence past the age in which was created or popular, but that doesn’t make them the “Most Annoying Pop Songs Ever Made”. I mean I’d have been impressed if they had taken shots at songs like “Yellow Submarine” which is often quoted as being super annoying if for nothing else than it’s earwurm-ability. And it has the same sort of repetition that the writer of the article hates…
So, yeah, like what you like, dislike what you dislike, but the article? It’s selling clicks and a sense of superiority - not much else.
I’ve always liked “Blue.” I have a theory it was originally written with meaningful lyrics and they later changed it to the babble.
Kitsch vs camp: kitsch is pathetically sincere, while camp is deliberately bad. Most of the list is kitsch.
For some reason, campy songs highlighting children’s outlooks were an airwave affliction 50 or so years ago. Playground in my Mind (my name is Michael! I got a nickel!) “I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key and, not to give short-shrift to kazoo classics, I Love Onions
You’ve heard the remake with lyrics, right? It’s called “I’m Good (Blue)” by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha.