# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/21 "2013-05-29T04:27:28Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > “Hotel California”. Always my cue to switch stations. > [@cormac262](#): > > Eagles “Hotel California” “Hotel California” for me, too! “Margaritaville” is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/22 "2013-05-29T04:29:17Z")
“Hey Jude” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/23 "2013-05-29T04:34:53Z")
Question makes no sense. If I hate it, that disqualifies it from being considered “beloved.” That said, anything with a dead teenager (_Tell Laura I Love Her_, _Last Kiss_, _Teen Angel_, and _Leader of the Pack_ standing as exemplars). ---
**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, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/24 "2013-05-29T04:35:10Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > 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.) Let me clarify: all ELO songs with vocals that were ever pressed on vinyl, burned to CD, and/or played on the radio (AM or FM). ---
**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, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/25 "2013-05-29T04:41:20Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > Let me clarify: all ELO songs with vocals that were ever pressed on vinyl, burned to CD, and/or played on the radio (AM or FM). Oh. So there is that. Only the really bad tracks that Jeff Lynne et. al. discarded because they weren’t as good as, say for example, _Eldorado Overture_ or _Concerto for a Rainy Day_, would be acceptable? I’m still calling Skald. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/26 "2013-05-29T04:42:55Z")
Anything by The Carpenters. Don’t care for Elvis Costello. Eric Clapton’s Layla (Although the acoustic version is pretty good) ---
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/27 "2013-05-29T04:52:51Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > 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.) I will hold your weapons for you in a classic velvet-lined case. A dislike of ELO’s strings and multi-layered harmonies can be overlooked, but nobody puts Jeff Lynne in a corner. You let me down, almost turned me to stone. It’s a livin’ thing, but Mr. Blue Sky will not back down, and no Evil woman will prevent him from telling me every little thing, strange magic or no. ---
**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, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/28 "2013-05-29T05:07:35Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > Let me clarify: all ELO songs with vocals that were ever pressed on vinyl, burned to CD, and/or played on the radio (AM or FM). You’re an anti-Travelling Wilbury I take it? You take a good picture, but have no legacy in the music industry. The Travelling Wilburys are the opposite you see, they are mostly, um, hideous, but are musical legends. That wasn’t fair was it. My apologies. Do you care for harmony at all? Bad Religion? I love their “oozin’ ahhhhs”. What “does it” for you? Just curious. ---
**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, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/29 "2013-05-29T05:16:45Z")
> [@Sealemon88](#): > > Anything by The Carpenters. > > Don’t care for Elvis Costello. The Carpenters was pretty much the definition of wishy-washy light groove. I liked a few things they did but by now it is seriously dated material. Elvis Costello. I like about 3 or 4 of his songs a lot, the rest I don’t care for much. I respect him most for the way he gave the finger to Lorne Michaels on SNL, where Lorne returned the gesture literally. Very hard to find a video of that. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/30 "2013-05-29T05:18:21Z")
I don’t know if it counts as “classic rock,” but I absolutely loathe Bobby Darin’s version of “Mack The Knife.” And I don’t exactly hate it, but am sick to death to the point of never wanting to hear again Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/31 "2013-05-29T05:20:00Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Imagine no Imagine > I wonder if you can… 😛 I _imagine_ that if McCartney was there, he would have told Lennon it was shit and to write something else. It sounds like middle-school poetry. For me, it’s _Freebird._ Crappy vocalist, hideous guitar masturbation, and if that wasn’t bad enough, it’s at least 2 hours long. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/32 "2013-05-29T05:24:05Z")
> [@Implicit](#): > > “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin makes me cringe. I generally like Led Zeppelin but I would be OK if I never heard “Stairway to Heaven” again. All Boston songs pretty much sound the same to me. I was once on an overnight boat trip out of Ft. Walton, FL and the only CD on the boat was Jimmy Buffet’s Greatest Hits, which was played over and over. I almost jumped overboard and swam back to land. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/33 "2013-05-29T05:33:47Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > You’re an anti-Travelling Wilbury I take it? You take a good picture, but have no legacy in the music industry. > > The Travelling Wilburys are the opposite you see, they are mostly, um, hideous, but are musical legends. > > That wasn’t fair was it. My apologies. Do you care for harmony at all? Bad Religion? I love their “oozin’ ahhhhs”. What “does it” for you? Just curious. Jeff Lynne is the Wilburys’ Ringo. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/34 "2013-05-29T05:34:43Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > For me, it’s _Freebird._ Crappy vocalist, hideous guitar masturbation, and if that wasn’t bad enough, it’s at least 2 hours long. So, then…you and I shall co-main event the **Gagundathar - Cormac262** duel. Sorry, but I don’t really do dawn. Noon-ish work for you? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/35 "2013-05-29T05:55:00Z")
“Imagine”. Lyrics-wise, its more offensive than the original, blasphemous version of “Internationale” and the “Horst Wessel Lied” combined. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/36 "2013-05-29T05:56:58Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > So, then…you and I shall co-main event the **Gagundathar - Cormac262** duel. Sorry, but I don’t really do dawn. Noon-ish work for you? If we must, we must. Perhaps first a stab at common ground…what are your feelings about _Bridge Over Troubled Water_? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/37 "2013-05-29T06:09:51Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > If we must, we must. Perhaps first a stab at common ground…what are your feelings about _Bridge Over Troubled Water_? Love it. Outstanding vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/38 "2013-05-29T06:27:25Z")
Freebird ---
**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, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/39 "2013-05-29T06:28:09Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Jeff Lynne is the Wilburys’ Ringo. You said that just to hurt me. And maybe Jeff Lynne, depending on your level of disdain for him. As I always say “Better to be a Rutsey to a Peart, than a Best to a Starr” or the opposite of that. Who the fuck cares? Seriously though, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan all got together and picked some loser to fill out the band? They know skill, and they hired it. He has way less solo cred and recognition, but he was needed. From Wikipedia which is like the bible of the internet or something: “Wilbury” was a slang term first used by Harrison during the recording of Cloud Nine with Jeff Lynne. Referring to recording errors created by some faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, “We’ll bury 'em in the mix”. Thereafter, they used the term for any small error in performance and the term was used again when the group were together. Harrison suggested “The Trembling Wilburys” as the group’s name; instead, Lynne suggested “Traveling”, with which the group agreed. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/40 "2013-05-29T06:30:49Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Love it. Outstanding vocals. I like it too! 😃 Hey look, a **Zebra.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602.md?page=3)