# What beloved classic rock/pop song do you hate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602 "2013-05-29T02:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/1 "2013-05-29T02:43:35Z")
A comprehensive list of crappy songs that became popular would stretch to the moon and back. But what about those classic songs that are widely, if not universally loved by the public and critics alike… but you hate anway? These are the songs that most people would be surprised or even offended to learn somebody else absolutely couldn’t stand. The biggest offender for me is Don McLean’s “American Pie”. It’s pretentious, self-indulgent tripe and when it pops up on a radio station you know you’ll have to avoid that part of the dial for 20 minutes because it’s also ridiculously long. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/2 "2013-05-29T02:45:59Z")
“Paradise By The Dashboard Light” by Meatloaf. I especially hate this at family weddings, where my mom and everyone in my family is singing along to this dirty song about doin’ it in the car! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/3 "2013-05-29T02:51:49Z")
“Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger. It grates on my cerebellum and makes me want to smash my radio with a sledgehammer. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/4 "2013-05-29T02:54:24Z")
“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” makes me want to lose my lunch. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/5 "2013-05-29T02:56:42Z")
“California Dreamin’,” by the Mamas and the Papas. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/6 "2013-05-29T02:59:17Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > “California Dreamin’,” by the Mamas and the Papas. I am both surprised and mildly offended. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/7 "2013-05-29T03:04:43Z")
> [@Victor\_Charlie](#): > > I am both surprised and mildly offended. Sorry to hear your mileage varied ;). Just to be clear, I love the genre and the era – Beach Boys et al., but also some Jefferson Airplane et al. – so it really is the song (and its production) I can’t stand. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/8 "2013-05-29T03:05:15Z")
“Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin makes me cringe. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/9 "2013-05-29T03:05:34Z")
> [@Victor\_Charlie](#): > > The biggest offender for me is Don McLean’s “American Pie”. It’s pretentious, self-indulgent tripe and when it pops up on a radio station you know you’ll have to avoid that part of the dial for 20 minutes because it’s also ridiculously long. Weird. I was gonna say the same. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/10 "2013-05-29T03:05:55Z")
“Dream On” by Aerosmith leaps to mind. Mainly due to having heard it far too many times. It’s just the tip of the iceberg, really. Also anything by Boston. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/11 "2013-05-29T03:10:37Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > “Dream On” by Aerosmith leaps to mind. Mainly due to having heard it far too many times. It’s just the tip of the iceberg, really. > Also anything by Boston. I too was going to generalize with anything by Supertramp. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/12 "2013-05-29T03:26:02Z")
“Hotel California”. Always my cue to switch stations. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/13 "2013-05-29T03:28:13Z")
_Angie_ ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/14 "2013-05-29T03:28:17Z")
Bob Seger’s the biggest offender. “Turn the Page”- quit yer braggin’ and complainin’, Bob, and get a haircut!! “Like a Rock”- just more “Look at me!!! I’m Bob Seger!! Ain’t I great?” drivel. “Roundabout” by Yes- annoying, pretentiously sung cacophonous interminable tripe. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/15 "2013-05-29T04:01:23Z")
Any Beach Boys song. Ditto on the American Pie as well. ---
**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 29, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/16 "2013-05-29T04:11:48Z")
Imagine no Imagine I wonder if you can… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/17 "2013-05-29T04:15:32Z")
Eagles “Hotel California” All ELO songs with vocals All Bee Gees and Andy Gibb Most songs about rock and roll: (the aforementioned) “Old Time Rock and Roll”, “Still Rock and Roll to Me” (but I do like “I Love Rock and Roll”) ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/18 "2013-05-29T04:20:47Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > … > > All ELO songs with vocals… How DARE you! \ You and I at dawn with our seconds at hand. Your choice of weapons. (Ummm… Skald are you available at dawn? I didn’t specify time zone.) ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/19 "2013-05-29T04:24:00Z")
I will always hate “I Will Always Love You”. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/20 "2013-05-29T04:25:09Z")
“I Feel Good” - James Brown. I still bust out some JBs every so often, but that one…makes my teeth hurt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602.md?page=2)