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Post by jbd on Apr 13, 2008 8:11:26 GMT -5
:oeven the acts we love the most have a "clinker" in their catalogue. here's just a few of the SONGS I HATE BY ARTISTS I LIKE: VAN HALEN-JUMP STARSHIP-SARA KISS-CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS STEVIE RAVE ON-SUPERSTITION HALL & OATES-ONE ON ONE J. GEILS BAND-FREEZE FRAME JAMES BROWN-GRAVITY FOREIGNER-SAY YOU WILL AC/DC-FLY ON THE WALL ROLLING STONES-ANYBODY SEEN MY BABY AEROSMITH-DON'T WANNA MISS A THING CHER-BELIEVE MOODY BLUES-SITTING AT THE WHEEL PAT BENATAR-SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT BOSTON-AMANDA ELTON JOHN-JOHNNY B. GOODE ZZ TOP-SLEEPING BAG BEATLES-WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU feel free to add your own "clinkers"... www.jukeboxdave.com |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Apr 13, 2008 12:07:51 GMT -5
Good topic, Dave. I know I've seen it before, either here many years ago or on RL. My memory is like a sieve.
Anyway --- I'll pick my worst song by my most beloved artists:
Roy Orbison - Hello Mary Lou (Most of you have probably never heard it's version It's awful (In fact, while Roy does a great job on some old standards (Scarlett Ribbons, Oh Danny Boy, Dream), his biggest weakness, IMO, is covering Rock Era hits from other artists)
The Eagles - Seven Bridges Road
The Platters - With This Ring (Well, it WAS the Post - Tony Williams Platters)
The Beatles - Let It Be (sounds like a funeral dirge)
Three Dog Night - Black and White (sing-songy and an over obvious message given a lot better spin , IMO, by Paul and Stevie in Ebony and Ivory years later)
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Post by jbd on Apr 13, 2008 13:27:41 GMT -5
yeah, i may have posted this topic on RL in the past. i should have included THE EAGLES-HOLE IN THE WORLD... www.jukeboxdave.com |
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Post by jpkansas on Apr 14, 2008 2:50:27 GMT -5
Huge Springsteen fan, but "I'm On Fire", "Pink Cadillac" and "Dancing In The Dark" are not his best efforts.
Beatles songs I can't stand: "Come Together", "I Am The Walrus" and "Eight Days A Week".
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Post by Dawn on Apr 14, 2008 11:43:20 GMT -5
I have to agree about Hole in the World. I tried and tried to like that song, but it just never clicked with me for some reason.
I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've never cared for Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Yer Blues or Mr. Moonlight.
Ditto the Beach Boys - love most of their stuff, but cannot stand The TM Song (and Brian had a co-write credit on this - he was capable of so much better!), or most of the songs on the Summer in Paradise album.
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Post by m c dornan on Apr 15, 2008 12:04:02 GMT -5
Sometimes it's a band's decline and not just "clinkers". I just don't like Pink Floyd after "Dark Side", or the Moodies after "Seventh Sojourn", or the Beach Boys after "Surf's Up", or the Stones after "Some Girls".  |
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Post by Dawn on Apr 15, 2008 12:17:15 GMT -5
Sometimes it's a band's decline and not just "clinkers". I just don't like Pink Floyd after "Dark Side", or the Moodies after "Seventh Sojourn", or the Beach Boys after "Surf's Up", or the Stones after "Some Girls". Yes, that's the case for me with Chicago. They were awesome up until 1978, still mostly enjoyable up to 1984, but I have a hard time getting into their music after that, as it has a very bland, generic quality that I don't like. Some of the cuts on XXX are better, though, more like their earlier sound. |
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Post by m c dornan on Apr 16, 2008 12:04:56 GMT -5
Yeah I coulda put in Chicago too, except it would have to say, after their very first album. (except for "25 or 6 to 4" on their 2nd album).
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Post by Ken on Apr 16, 2008 15:34:00 GMT -5
Sometimes it's a band's decline and not just "clinkers". I just don't like Pink Floyd after "Dark Side", or the Moodies after "Seventh Sojourn", or the Beach Boys after "Surf's Up", or the Stones after "Some Girls". Yes, that's the case for me with Chicago. They were awesome up until 1978, still mostly enjoyable up to 1984, but I have a hard time getting into their music after that, as it has a very bland, generic quality that I don't like. Some of the cuts on XXX are better, though, more like their earlier sound. Dawn, I agree with you about Chicago, I have the 2 disc Rhino Very Best of. The second disc loses momentum from tracks 12 - 20. I just can't listen to those later tracks. |
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Post by cairnterrier on Apr 16, 2008 20:49:00 GMT -5
Van Halen...."Man on a Mission"
Billy Joel..."James"
The Police....:"Every Breath You Take"
U2....the whole Zooropa album
REM...."Man on the Moon"
Supertramp...."It's Raining Again"
Queen..."Friends Will Be Friends"
David Bowie...."Suffragette City"
Huey Lewis and the News...."You Crack Me Up"
Little River Band...."Reminiscing"
Chicago...."Color My World"
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