# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/81 "2013-05-29T16:13:58Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I will hold your weapons for you in a classic velvet-lined case. I’ll second your seconding. Or something like that. 🙂 When the remaining three Beatles were looking for a producer to help them take John’s scratchy demo tapes and craft them into actual songs, they turned to Jeff Lynne. I think that says quite a bit. Back to the thread topic: I abhor Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May”. I’m not even sure I can articulate why, but I simply hate everything about it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/82 "2013-05-29T16:33:10Z")
Every. Single. Song. By. The. 'Stones. No exceptions whatsoever. And throw in \*American Pie \*as well. If every single recording of these songs just suddenly disappeared, I can’t imagine anyone missing them. And it’s not that I’m sick of hearing them on the radio; I don’t normally listen to a station that would play them. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/83 "2013-05-29T16:33:59Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > - Isn’t it weird and hilarious how \*\*Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing \*\*has become a cultural touchpoint? Back in the day, it was a cheesy pop song that was not Muskrat Love abhorrent, but lord knows, it wasn’t _good_. When it comes on, I look around to see if anyone else squishes their face up with a “really?!” look on it… No, it’s not hilarious. It’s so bad I wish I could think of a way to tie it to Hitler, just so it would have some humor to it. Journey was my sister’s favorite band, so I know all of the damn lyrics, and I almost always have a song running through my head. Now, it’s Journey. I’m off to listen to some John Phillip Sousa arrangements to wash it out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/84 "2013-05-29T16:42:23Z")
All Right Now by Free ---
**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:** [May 29, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/85 "2013-05-29T16:46:21Z")
Honestly, the vast majority of the music on “classic rock” stations (especially '70s rock): muddy, plodding boogie/hard rock/blooze/Southern rock is my least favorite type of music (well, and the corporate rock of Journey/Styx/Foreigner/Boston that gets played on the same stations). I’m just glad I came of age when punk and new wave were breaking - I can’t imagine a sadder high school life than one where Lynyrd Skynyrd or Eric Clapton was the soundtrack. ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/86 "2013-05-29T16:46:38Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Like Chevy ads that used “Born in the USA.” Yep, gonna jump in my Chevy and go kill the yellow man… IIRC, Springsteen turned down GM. Are you thinking of Seger’s “Like a Rock”? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/87 "2013-05-29T16:47:18Z")
Eagles’ _Hotel California_ defines “overplayed.” But to throw in a new one, KC & the Sunshine Band’s _Celebration_. Everyone seems to love this song for parties, but to me, the “We gonna celebrate your party for you” line just reeks of arrogant “cooler-than-thou” party-crashers telling other people what to do. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/88 "2013-05-29T16:48:35Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Eagles’ _Hotel California_ defines “overplayed.” > > But to throw in a new one, KC & the Sunshine Band’s _Celebration_. Everyone seems to love this song for parties, but to me, the “We gonna celebrate your party for you” line just reeks of arrogant “cooler-than-thou” party-crashers telling other people what to do. Surely you mean Kool & The Gang. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/89 "2013-05-29T16:50:04Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > But to throw in a new one, KC & the Sunshine Band’s _Celebration_. Everyone seems to love this song for parties, but to me, the “We gonna celebrate your party for you” line just reeks of arrogant “cooler-than-thou” party-crashers telling other people what to do. Nitpick: Celebration is by Kool & the Gang…simulpost with **wsbb**! ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/90 "2013-05-29T16:54:35Z")
Can I please add “Smoke on the Water” to my earlier “We are the Champions” for sheer dirgeousity? ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/91 "2013-05-29T16:57:05Z")
I don’t know if it qualifies as a classic, but “And When I Die” by Blood, Sweat, and Tears sends me into blind rage. I have no use in general for that band after Kooper left, but that one song is the one that puts me into full on stabby mode. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/92 "2013-05-29T16:57:33Z")
“Low Rider” - even if it wasn’t played to death and a completely fucked out movie/TV cliche, it’s still a shitty song. And speaking of War, “Why Can’t We Be Friends” sounds like it was written and performed by 13-year-olds, and the fact that it was a hit is only further proof that everybody is an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/93 "2013-05-29T17:00:12Z")
If I never heard _ **Layla** _ again, that would be OK. Really, the Duane Allman bit at the end is the only thing that makes it worthwhile to me. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/94 "2013-05-29T17:06:36Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > If I never heard _ **Layla** _ again, that would be OK. Really, the Duane Allman bit at the end is the only thing that makes it worthwhile to me. Damn, you’re the opposite of me. They really should have never melded those two parts together. We’d both have one more song we’d like. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/95 "2013-05-29T17:13:12Z")
**Black Dog** by Led Zeppelin. If I had a fast-forward button on my radio, I’d use it every single time. Just repetitive and grating and overplayed. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/96 "2013-05-29T17:20:31Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > “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! Good god yes. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/97 "2013-05-29T17:31:08Z")
Layla but only the horrible five minute ending. Bob Segar’s “old time rock and roll” can make me vomit almost instantly. Brown Eyed Girl may be one of the worst songs ever written. Any Steely Dan. ---
**Author:** ![UncleMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e0b2c6/32.png) [@UncleMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleMoose)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/98 "2013-05-29T17:33:53Z")
What - nobody’s mentioned Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky”? Without even thinking about it, my hand hits the station selector before it even gets to the lyrics… ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/99 "2013-05-29T18:01:00Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > IIRC, Springsteen turned down GM. Are you thinking of Seger’s “Like a Rock”? Might be thinking of the political campaign(s) that used it until Springsteen told them to fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602/100 "2013-05-29T18:16:28Z")
Anything by Pink Floyd except “Money.” > [@Ken001](#): > > Anything by Nickleback (garn had a spasm just typing that). And Creed. Oooooooo I’m gonna be sick… Are their songs really that beloved? Most critics rightfully give them low marks. (slight hijack) Yesterday I happened to see the pregame show for the Indiana Pacers-Miami Heat basketball game. An Indiana fan in the background kept holding up a sign that said “Heat fans love Nickelback.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beloved-classic-rock-pop-song-do-you-hate/659602.md?page=6)