I always liked the riff in that song, and never bothered to pay attention to the lyrics. Holy cow.
I feel the same way about Dolly Parton’s voice. No force on Earth could get me to see Nine to Five or listen to the theme song! 
Of which the worst is, “I got friends in LOW places …”
I love Dolly and her voice, Agree about Nine to Five, though.
The song or the movie?
I’d rather listen to fingernails being scraped along a blackboard. Which, if you’ve never been subjected to it, is gawdawful indeed! 
I wouldn’t say most hated, but the song I just changed the station on this day on my drive was Steve Sanchez’s “Until I Found You.” I don’t know what it is about the song that makes me irrationally leap for the radio dial, but it just does.
I really enjoyed their first album at the time but their second album really your description, by being the same as the first one. A friend of mine at the time remarked that Boston named their second album “Don’t Look Back” because if you did look back you would see that the second album was the same as their first.
The AC/DC guys at least seem to have a sense of humor. Angus Young supposedly said:
“I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sound exactly the same,”…
“In fact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.”
That is my nominee for the Worst Song Ever To Get Massive Airplay. When Kyle’s mom in the South Park movie says, “when Canada is dead and gone, there’ll be no more Celine Dion!” I fully relate to her sentiment.
But since I haven’t heard this song in years, it’s not my nominee.
Most of the songs I’ve seen in the first 100 or so posts (haven’t made it through the entire thread yet) are songs that I haven’t heard in years: about a decade ago, I just stopped listening to the classic rock station. Songs that I used to love even after having heard them hundreds of times, I found myself pushing the button to change stations when I heard the opening notes. Fortunately, I was already listening mostly to stations playing alternative rock, so I had somewhere else to go.
The song that I still hear when the season rolls around (as it is right now) is Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time.” So that’s my nominee. If that song can go to white noise whenever it comes on when I’m in a grocery store or wherever, I’d be delighted.
That’s marvelous! On those (fortunately rare) occasions when I hear this song mentioned (let alone played), I will share this, just to add a bit more joy to the Universe.
The part where she turns up the gain ("Near, far, where-EVER you are!") really grinds my gears!
Its a novelty song, so I give them a pass.
Christmas shoes is worse.
I like that song.
All time winner is MacArthur Park- Richard harris cant sing, and the song is horrible, a Two-fer.
That song could depress a Hyena. And it is the only tune so far listed here I hear on a regular basis. So bad, yet so popular. Lots of bad songs here i never hear, which is good.
Certainly not his best and overplayed-- I like Nevermind.
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Winner!!!
The title of the song is actually "Escape", and I like it- once in a while.
That’s very debatable.
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Sweet Home Alabama may be the most misunderstood song ever…That said, I’m tired of hearing it, and will change the radio station if it comes on.[/quote]
I concur, but honestly I am not sure exactly what the meaning is.
That song is great as it pisses off and annoys Southern Apologist bigots. For that, it deserves accolades.
I also nominate Close to You by the Carpenters- saccharine and creepy.
Ah, whataboutism at its finest, courtesy of Skynyrd.
Did Neil Young blame Skynyrd for the way Alabama was? No, he didn’t. Was he fair about Alabama in general? Yes he was.
And time has proven Neil right. How’s that ‘New South’ coming along down in Alabama? Well, look at Doug Jones. Won a squeaker to win a Senate seat, but if his opponent hadn’t been a freakin’ child molester, he wouldn’t have stood a chance. But then the good citizens of Alabama, who finally had a decent man representing them in the Senate, voted overwhelmingly to replace him with brain-dead Tommy Tuberville.
Did I already mention that I can’t stand U2, and particularly despise Sunday Bloody Sunday? If I did, it bears repeating, if not, it’s high time.
It would have sent me packing for Canada just as fast as I could move.
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Coincidentally, I heard Southern Man this weekend. Politics aside, it’s just a better song all around.
On the subject of Neil Young, everyone who wants to hear Heart of Gold right now, raise your hand.
(me: no, not ever – I do not want to even hear it the first time)
I think you’re taking the premise of a comedy song much too seriously. I mean, it’s like hearing someone ask, “How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb?” and responding, “why would it ever take more than one person to change a light bulb?”
Sure, for a father to actually name his son ‘Sue’ and then abandon him would be two horrible things to do. But you could also dump on the mother for not calling him Bill or George; no reason why she’d ever have to let anyone know his birth certificate said ‘Sue.’ But c’mon, it’s a setup for an extended joke, it’s not something you analyze.
Consider my hand raised. Loved it from the first time I heard it, and have never gotten tired of it.
Seconded. Back in my teens, that song was the first song that was just plain too sappy for me. “Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?” Gimme a break. They should crap on the singer’s head.