Popular songs that suck (ed)

[iamwhatiseem]

First off... "You are the Woman" - 1976
Worst lyrics ever, the entire song just repeats the same lyrics three times.
Which would be ok if the lyrics wasn't so dang sappy.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I heard that this was Bob Seger's only #1 hit and even he thought it sucked.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I heard that this was Bob Seger's only #1 hit and even he thought it sucked.

And goes to show you how bad people's taste are.
Bob Segar had 31 songs that hit the Billboard, but yes, only this one became #1.
He also holds the distinction of every album he released, reached the top 100.
Just sayin.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Janie Had a Gun - Aerosmith sell out band (1998)
Horrible song. Which pretty much everything Aerosmith released after 1982 was.

 

[1srelluc]

Pretty much anything by Nickleback.

 

[petro]

I am gonna get hated on, but my vote goes to Queens Bohemian Rhapsody.
Gawd, I hate that song.

Oh.
Can't forget The Safety Dance.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I don't know about Afternoon Delight... not exactly a favorite of mind, but what the song is about is so awesome!!

 

[1srelluc]

Correction.....There is one Nickleback song I like.....Grudgingly.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I am gonna get hated on, but my vote goes to Queens Bohemian Rhapsody.
Gawd, I hate that song.

Oh.
Can't forget The Safety Dance.

You are not alone, lots of folks don't like it.
Personally I like the audacity of it I suppose. Certainly is different. Most people think the odd lyrics have no meaning or purpose - when in reality every single word/phrase has meaning in Mercury's life.
He actually thought up the song from early college days, wanting to make a song that is a mixture of "opera and hard rock".
To me - it is a fun song. That has been sung out in drunken parties 100,000 times all over the world.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

You are not alone, lots of folks don't like it.
Personally I like the audacity of it I suppose. Certainly is different. Most people think the odd lyrics have no meaning or purpose - when in reality every single word/phrase has meaning in Mercury's life.
He actually thought up the song from early college days, wanting to make a song that is a mixture of "opera and hard rock".
To me - it is a fun song. That has been sung out in drunken parties 100,000 times all over the world.

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My operatic tenor husband actually liked it, and he HATED popular music.

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[1srelluc]

You are not alone, lots of folks don't like it.
Personally I like the audacity of it I suppose. Certainly is different. Most people think the odd lyrics have no meaning or purpose - when in reality every single word/phrase has meaning in Mercury's life.
He actually thought up the song from early college days, wanting to make a song that is a mixture of "opera and hard rock".
To me - it is a fun song. That has been sung out in drunken parties 100,000 times all over the world.

Wayne's World really helped it.

1:55 in sealed it's popularity.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

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My operatic tenor husband actually liked it, and he HATED popular music.

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It is basically Freddie Mercury's life in a song. From start to finish.
The phrase "Bizmillah! Will not let you go! Let him go! Will not let you go! Bizmillah! "
Sounds like nonsense, but it is Freddie struggling with his familes deep religious ties and how he wants to get away from it without destroying his relationship with them.
Bizmillah is an arabic word meaning "in God's name". Freddie used the word as a reference to religion in general.

 

[Jantje_Smit]

And there is this one...

 

[1srelluc]

And there is this one...

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Good gawd, Celine Dion makes my ass tired.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Good gawd, Celine Dion makes my ass tired.

100%
She has a great voice, but her songs are very meh

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

It is basically Freddie Mercury's life in a song. From start to finish.
The phrase "Bizmillah! Will not let you go! Let him go! Will not let you go! Bizmillah! "
Sounds like nonsense, but it is Freddie struggling with his familes deep religious ties and how he wants to get away from it without destroying his relationship with them.
Bizmillah is an arabic word meaning "in God's name". Freddie used the word as a reference to religion in general.

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You are right. Bismillah or Bismallah. The tiresome act of transliterating gets to be a bore at times.

But yes, it's easy to see what you're saying.

Have you seen Freddie Mercury's childhood home in Zanzibar? Pretty interesting. I think it's a hotel now.

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[Oddball]

Pretty much anything by Nickleback.

"Achy Breaky" was a ripoff of Tulsa Time.

 

[Jantje_Smit]

ok, one more, it isn't xmas yet but I know it's coming and there won't be an escape from this...

 

[Oddball]

"What's Up" has to be the worst song ever written...Bitch can't carry a tune in a bucket.

Yet play that audio toxic waste dump in a bar at midnight, and every drunk starts bellering it like it's the national anthem.

I hear the first chord and I'm out like fleeing a burning building.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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Literally ANYTHING by Taylor Swift.

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