Music thread for social board types: "classic" songs you can't stand
For me:
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side
there are probably others
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For me:
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side
there are probably others
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they're GREAT songs you cock sock
maybe a little over familiar
i can't stand them though
Especially The Passenger. Feels like it's about two minutes too long. Bm/G/D/A drone drone drone
I think YOU'RE about two minutes too long
Nah, it's great.
Though that guitar's a bit "A-wim-ba-way, a-wim-ba-way, the lion sleeps tonight.."
Yellow Submarine
wrong.
Bohemian Raphsody
now *that's* a great song
wrong.
Wonderwall is pretty dull
Never understood why so many people think it is the best track off of that album
agreed on this
and Liam's voice sounds particularly flat on the chorus - he holds the last syllable of each line too long.
just trying to think what good songs are on that album?
oh interestingly, gary glitter gets a writing credit on "Hello"
Oasis: enabling paedos since 1995.
because it samples one of his songs
yeah i know, i'd just forgotten about that
Hello
Hello
Champagne Supernova
Some Might Say
She's Electric
Don't Look Back In Anger
hi
Fuck yes, a thousand thisses
When first released it got panned by critics
it only became popular because of drunk lads with proper hair cuts
It had charm in its day but has dated terribly
See also - a band who Oasis probably wouldn't have as dinner guests - Soul Asylum - Runaway Train.
everything meths likes
American Pie - Don McLean
always has been and always will be my answer
wrong.
Like Wonderwall
The chorus is a bit nursery rhyme and grates a bit.
It's a good innings of a song though, come on.
revolting song, argue this often with housemate
The Passanger was used on an ad in South Africa to do with lost socks
it ruined that song for me for life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgFCdZUqQKE
adverts ruin so many songs.
it's best to stop watching them, as i did a few years ago.
agreed
I'd like to get into classical music but as every single classical song has been used on a car advert at some point there's really no point
Youngs Folks by Peter Bjorn & John has been ruined by B&Q
*homebase
wrong.
Diana Ross - chain reaction.
it's no "tongue tied"
stoked that i got a ^this
stoked
we built this city on rock and roll
the worst song ive heard
Incorrect.
It's my best song ever
(it's actually about third of fourth, BUT WHATEVER, FUCK YOU, AND THE COCK YOU RODE IN ON.)
:'''(
.
.
.
(HEAVING SOBS)
Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl'
Wretched
When a band like Westlife does a cover
You know the song is toast.
Toast
I miss people saying this
WTF does this mean?
Good? Bad?
I like toast so I'm thinking good?
think burnt toast
rather than nice toast
it's no £6 toast
It's such a 90s threat, I bloody love it.
YOU'RE TOAST.
This is a bad thing. You do not want to be toast. Oh no.
Them's fighting words
UHWOAHOHWOAHOHWOAHOHWOAHOHWOAHOHWOAHOHWOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHUP TOWN GIRL
fix
Video Killed The Radio Star
Woah.
Well done
You've irked me
Pretty much anything by the Bee Gees
More to do with the faux-falsetto delivery than the actual quality of the songs tbf
erm...isnt being "false" the point of a falsetto?
PS - Bee Gees rule, dick.
Anthing
Anthing in the say you look tonight?
*way :D
:D FFS
Hmm....
Girls just wanna have fun
am i imagining it or was this re-recorded in cod-reggae style?
I think there was a re-recording a bit like that c. 1994 with Cyndi Lauper and some drag queens
for some cult film
no
Anything by Queen
Anything that could be described as 'classic rock'.
Pretty much hate
Angels by Robbie Williams
And anything by Queen.
Hey Jude.
I absolutely cannot stand that song. I have no clue why it insists on being played at every wedding and at all major events anywhere ever
^great shout
wrong, wrong, wrong.
na na na na na na na thanks
The bit where everyone starts going HEY JUDY JUDY JUDY JUDY JUDEHHHH
nrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhh
^this is probably your strongest ever posting, meowington
nah.
its overplayed, sure. but its a really, really great song. all of it. even that bit.
No, its not.
Ta.
lots of people writing off Queen
lots of *wrong* people writing off Queen
Queen are shit, but that's by the by
Don't Stop Me Now is the worse thing ever. Always seems to get played when no-one's having a good time.
yeah I'll give you Don't Stop Me Now
Like at the Trafford Centre!
any of those crap 90s pop/dance songs people pretend to like now.
i've got the key i've got the secret etc.
they were crap back then and they are still crap now.
not this
Fairground songs
Nice
fairground / youth club
wrong re:
the rhythm of the night
set you free (n-trance)
on a ragga tip
ebeneezer goode
many others
correct re: urban cookie collective (was always crap) - though it's amazing how many times it's mentioned in the ccb house when a key is found
the first two are just SO crap.
seriously. they are CRAP.
you need to have a word with yourself meths
other great songs of this genre:
olive's you're not alone
try me out by corona
and a million others
oh my god.
you realise all you're doing is replicating the '80s nights' that used to happen about 10 years ago?
this music is shit.
i don't even care
it's absolutely wonderful music
you're not alone - love that song
you ARE alone.
:)
just googled energy rush compilation
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Energy-Rush-II/release/510502
dance tip '95
best compilation album ever
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dance-Tip-95/release/504805
track 1 is simply red :/
but then you've got gangsta's paradise and the outhere brothers
so it redeems itself
don't you want me don't you want me don't you want me don't you want me don't you want me don't you want me ...
DON'T YOU WANT MY LOVINNNN'
I love how the last track is Cotton Eye Joe
(now that's an abysmal song)
thanks for this though - i'd forgotten about a lot of these
some solid gold classics in there (and some utter shit as well)
:D
http://open.spotify.com/user/plasticniki/playlist/6kqq7CmsKOPswkS2fRDyi5
two princes :D
One of the greatest songs ever. Yup.
Yup. If we can have this instead of Come On Eileen, we're on :)
heh, i like that one.
and when i say like, i would probably say, 'oh yeah, i remember this' if i heard it. no way i would dance to it tho, not even at a wedding.
Yeah it's crap
Swap it for Maxx - No More (I Can't Stand It) and Culture Beat - Anything and we have the best mixtape ever.
gangsters fucking paradise?
jesus wept.
WTF, meths?
that is an amazing song, even now.
oh my god guys.
seriously.
I will defend amazing 90s songs to the death.
THE DEATH.
meths clearly doesn't know what's bitchin'
Perhaps he doesn't.
The Livin' Joy, Strike, Corona, Snap! and Felix tracks on that CD are all pushing 10/10 with me.
A lot of mid-90s Eurodance/piano house/fairgroundtwattycore etc. walks a tightrope between irredeemable cheese and :cough: "pure pop perfection", but when it's good it's genuinely fantastic. I don't think people "pretend" to like this music - unless it's a deliberately bad troll record that's meant to be a crap guilty pleasure like Aqua or the Vengaboys.
The aggressive bass and keyboard loops (even though half of them copy Beverley Hills Cop) combined with the female diva-ish rave vocals work so well. I can see why some people have said with a straight face that even something as obvious as No Limit is "our generation's Wild Thing - a brilliant stab of gonzo primitivism."
You never see people being sniffy about big chart/club crossovers from the start of the nineties like Ride on Time, Groove is In the Heart or Dirty Cash though. They are themselves bloody awesome, and were probably better musically, but is it something to do with as the 90s progressed, commercial dance music being seen as increasingly gauche and "chavvy?"
Could not have said it better myself <3
Groove Is In The Heart can fuck off as far as I'm concerned
but great posting
Thank you, and thank you plasticniki as well.
Got to be eternally grateful for anything that secures The Artist Formerly Known as MPBH's future on these boards.. ;-)
But that's a good song
Forget who it's by, it slightly redeems decade-old indie points by sounding like Royksopp
you're not alone is the PINNACLE of modern music IMO
Jesus wept.
I'm probably with meths on most of this. I mean I can enjoy Pump Up The Jam being on but it's not a song you'd CHOOSE to listen to.
You're Not Alone is particularly bad. At least you could have picked Let Me Be Your Fantasy if you're going for that genre.
I bought it on cassingle
ahhh guys I've just put it on and it is still the greatest
Im baffled by what you are calling 'classic ' songs
Ebeneezer Goode was a joke to play on the radio and tv djs and producers, never meant to be a 'classic' song
Hmm yeah. The Shamen were great in all their guises though
Maybe a bit cheesy for modern tastes, but I'd buy a pint for anyone who kept Slack, Aimless and Watereddown's music off the radio
ey ey ba day ba wadladie day
ey ey ba day ba wadladie day
You just reminded me of how great Sweet Like Chocolate is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHFFol-8REI
great tune
Also, you're wrong.
Yesterday - The Beatles
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Most Led Zep
How soon is now? ?!?!
fuck off 'food
which one is how soon is now?
i probably hate it.
The one that goes on for about 8 minutes without changing
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEYOWWWWWWWWWWW
i could do a brilliant Buzzcocks intro round on this
Its kind of hard describing songs in word format
but I'll do my best. It starts "da doo dah dah dah"
there's a club if you want to go, you might meet somebody who really loves you etc etc
The one that goes
I AM HUMAN AND I NEED TO BE LOOOOOVVVEED
Just like everybody else does
(Its probably my favourite Smiths song)
LOOK
http://open.spotify.com/track/6vYBuxwpqnBA5srfLMijdi
Wow.
I just listened to all of that. Still a good song. Not even TATU can butcher it.
I listened to it and then remembered these things come up on my FB sometimes.
Good.
3 minute version
^ in case we needed any further persuasion
Fucking hate the Smiths
Dickheads aren't they
This is just a thread for annoying meths now
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
Sandstorm - Cast
nice.
Of course, if Marvin Gaye was actually black it would have been called 'wagwan'
you've been dying for a chance to make that joke, i can feel it
I've literally just thought it up
but I still feel like I've pinched it off Jethro.
christ.
Bookmarking this for future reference
I am basically gonna ^this anything by The Beatles in this thread
Ditto
I really dislike The Beatles
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Minnie Ripperton - Loving You
wrong. correct.
is "loving you" that one with the really high bit that people always think is mariah carey?
Yes. I like that song.
I Will Survive is gash.
i went to a wedding once when they played, in order:
i will survive
man, i feel like a woman
it's raining men
i think the DJ thought "i know, let's do a little section for all the divorcees"
Mentioned this before
but the photographer at a friend's wedding made a video compilation of it soundtracked by 'Under My Thumb' by the Stones.
(They got divorced)
Divorced Ed?
I've never been able to get past the 'as long as I have Weetabix' line
oh i'm no fan of "another brick in the wall" by pink floyd
or whatever it's called
^ good shout
fucking pink floyd. load of bollocks.
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4426764#r7382118
Part 1, 2 or 3?
fucking hell, it has three parts?!
whichever one is the famous one ("we don't need no education" etc)
I regularly mark No. 1s on the Freaky Trigger "Popular" blog
And dock a mandatory 2 points off any track rhyming words that end in "ation."
Come On Eileen.
take it to the porn thread
also: wrong
Listen, right, I bloody love DMR (that's right), but seriously?
No. Awful. And there's an awkward bit of no dancing. And all boys think they're great when they dance to it at weddings and its all just too much. Stop it.
It's the perfect wedding disco song!
We are never getting married.
AND A HAPPY NEEUUU YEAR.
:D:
Whigfield - Saturday Night
bit boring
to be fair it's never been classed as a classic song though
^ this guy
Wouldn't class it as a classic song but anyone who does Mustang Sally at karaoke goes straight on the list of the worst monsters in history.
People always do this at Karaoke in America
I don't know why I've been to more than one Karaoke in America.
I like it best when they do the actions.
I have put a capital K twice here.
HHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNGMMMMMMUSTANG
:|||||FFFF@@@@@@2
hahahahahaha
Loveshack by the B52s actually makes me want to hurt myself
b52s are great
No they're not
Roam is genius.
Planet Claire is pretty good.
Rock Lobster is barely tolerable.
Loveshack is an abomination.
Yeah, I'm with you on this
Strange band. Roam could well be in my top 10 favourite songs ever. Today I listened to The Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (something like that) and it embodied everything I liked about 80s music.. not sure if it was in a hip and refined or guilty and shoulderpadded way though
."Rock Lobster is barely tolerable".
What the fuck man?!
Venus In Furs
oh come on
Alright Now by Free
is a crime against humanity second only to the Holocaust.
what
all the indie ones that make thirty year old men undo their shirts and do airgrabs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
i don't know which songs you mean
but if you mean Party Hard by Andrew WK then you are wrong.
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4426764#r7382215
:D
you still haven't told me what music grown ups should be listening to
All My Friends
fuck off
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4426764#r7382489
didnt see yr post geebee
entirely concur tho
nou
didnt have anal pegged as a james boring murphy fan
anal pegged james murphy
yup I am
because they are basically a synthesis of a load of bands I like
with wit and charm and a fat guy in a t-shirt doing all the singing
+ great mic placement
LSWS Crew on the rocks
tbf the first argument I ever had with my wife was about LCD Soundsystem
:D
why do you hate them so?
good taste, clinically rendered
Never understood why people wet their pants about that band
Auld Lang Syne
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
^Wrong as fuck!
dick head.
I think Brusma meant to post that in a different thread
The Specials - Enjoy Yourself
I'm not sure if it's regarded as a 'classic' but I remember seeing an episode of Jools Holland, possible a Hootenanny, where all the bands were playing it, and it looked like the most forced example of 'enjoying yourself' that I've ever seen.
Possibly it was the Hootenanny, and the reason everyone was pissed off was because they were pretending to enjoy new years eve when in fact it was a thursday morning in november.
it's live isnt it?
i've never seen it so i can't be sure.
Jools' Hootenany is his way of saying "fuck you! your NYE is SHIT!"
and then looking smug with Ry Cooder.
fair play.
Baggy Trousers
hmm.... yeah i'll give you that - for association with the brief popularity of School Discos
Nah
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women
there's a few of his early CLASSIC songs that I don't like
Blowin in the Wind for example
oh yeah, John Lennon - Imagine
Can't believe nobody has said that yet
fuck yes.
wrong.
Iggy Poop
anything by
Queen or ABBA
Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile)
GET OUT
fucking hell brusma
most paul mccartney songs
almost always terrible
in fact almost all the beatles' most famous songs are terrible
anything by the smiths
almost everything they did was white boy awfulness
here is my impression of morrissey:
am i gay or just arty and effeminate? who gives a fuck?
WRONG
Morrissey would NEVER question himself. He is what he is.
a bellend
The Smiths were great.
Sure, Morrissey was a bellend, but Marr was an all-round good egg, and it was a match made in heaven.
Also: what is "white boy awfulness?"
Popeye the Sailor Man?
Brown Eyed Girl is an abomination
and can fucking do one
wrong
every time i hear that jaunty guitar riff, it makes me want to break things
Worst song EVER!!!!
I like Van but agree with this so much.
See also: the intro to Dancing in the Moonlight.
:shudder:
agreed, it's a song for people who don't know what romance is
rem
losing my religion
everybody hurts
you're going to be the one hurting in a minute
(overplayed maybe, but those songs are brilliant)
anything off "Bat Out of Hell"
GET TO FUCK
House Of Pain - Jump Around
I only have to hear the intro and I start bleeding from my eyes and teeth.
Elbow - One Day Like This
Just heard it again, sets my teeth on edge.
grounds for divorce is a far more heinous crime
Anything by Elbow is absolute CRAP
For all the credit they get, they're a bit of a snoozefest aren't they?
See also: Doves.
If you ask me, they'd have been better off staying as Sub Sub.
nope.
Willing to agree One Day Like This is probably the worst thing they've ever done, though.
B 52s - Love Shack.
Hellish, just hellish!
Presume this is on Social...
so people don't have to back up their answers?
nope
it's because I wanted a social board opinion. and 200 replies
jesus christ has nobody said Stairway To Heaven yet
Stairway To Heaven then
*obligatory Wayne's World reference*
no
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4300981
denied
blister in the sun
just 100% pure irritation, what the fuck are people getting out of that piece of shit?
hahah a
do one, that's a great song
a lot of songs in here aren't really classics are they?
walking in the air
Coldplay - Clocks
:pukes:
No.
The Cure - Lovecats
this is the most wrong answer in the whole thread
I am the Resurrection
Blur - The Universal
It's just because of the ubiquity on that bloody British Gas ad. I have nightmare visions of Damon rubbing his hands in glee and laughing like Scrooge McDuck as the poor, old and sick are robbed blind for their heating bills.
good example of a song absolutely ruined by an advert
I used to quite like it.
I thought it was alright
Until I spent 30+ minutes on hold to British Gas...
sounds about right for British Gas!
Disappointed in Blur selling out to them.
The class of summer 2012 think they're untouchable.
I just hope Danny Boyle does something cuntish soon. I'm a bit bored of him being a British national treasure. Someone else should have a go! Same with Bradley Wiggins, but everybody hates him on this forum due to his Mod/Weller worship
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Too twee.
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Not trolling, it's shit. Boring and shit.
Also, a strong ^this for The Passenger
gtfo
this is the most wrong post on the thread
not lovecats
but at least it is a cast iron classic that you are dissing
discovered the other day that part of the intro is lifted from the kids are alright by the who
has anyone said 'Come Together' yet?
I think that song is godawful. It's one of my strongest opinions. It's my real opinion.
The Beatles one?
Or one of the other songs called 'Come Together'?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Together_(disambiguation)
well it's a thread about classic songs
so it's obvious I mean the Ongaku Gatas song
*sigh*
I was thinking more of Primal Scream and Spiritualized, both off albums that are widely considered classics.
Also, the fact that Come Together is probably one of the greatest Beatles songs made me unsure.
it's alright theo
don't feed the troll
sorry, Theo
you're mistaking opinions with things you've made up
YES!
The imagery of John Lennon asking people to "come together over [him]" is one of the grimmest things I could ever imagine.
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Only for the wailing bit in the middle, though.
Hotel fucking Yorba
Seven Nation Army as well.
Moondance
Anything by Van Morrison, really, but Moondance is the one I keep hearing in the supermarket. Makes me want to commit mass murder.
Primal Scream - Rocks
LIFETIME BAN
for any twat that said Led Zep or Smiths