Songs by great bands that annoy you

takamichinoku · 30-07-2014 12:15PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

My pick is 'Girlfriend in a coma' by The Smiths, god its terrible, especially considering they have (IMHO) no weak album so it really stands out as being particularly annoying.

Really? Ahead of Meat is Murder? I remember getting that album when I was about 14, still not quite fully accepting of the fact that Morrissey is a twat and laughing my head off at that song. Such a ham-fisted delivery and all those samples littered through it, Christ, awful.

Not at all keen on Spaceape by Burial, the first album isn't the most cohesive thing in the world but that track is not at all what I want when I want to listen to Burial.
Drunk Girls by LCD Soundsystem, I know practically every song they made was lifting heavily from other stuff, but did the world really need another variation on White Light/White Heat, the original wasn't that great.
Almost every track on The Love Below by OutKast, shocking stuff.
Demons by the National, snoozefest and not in a good way.

Yellow's pretty much a perfect song imo, overplayed to death but really sweet and warm and the kind of thing that I can totally understand thousands or millions of people wrapping extremely fond memories around.

Welsh Megaman · 30-07-2014 12:33PM

'She's In Fashion' by Suede.

The lyrics are completely self-parody, and it strays way too close to BBC Radio 2 territory.

From the band who brought you 'The Drowners' and 'Metal Mickey'.

takamichinoku · 30-07-2014 12:40PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

'She's In Fashion' by Suede.

The lyrics are completely self-parody, and it strays way too close to BBC Radio 2 territory.

From the band who brought you 'The Drowners' and 'Metal Mickey'.

Nonsense, Suede broke up mid-1994 with 2 great albums and a crazy number of amazing B-Sides over the space of 2 years.

Turtyturd · 30-07-2014 12:40PM

'Boxer' by Gaslight Anthem, huge fan of them but that song always annoyed me...I think it's the spoken-ish intro.

harry Bailey esq · 30-07-2014 12:44PM

i love ub 40. But fools rush in? what the f*@k were they thinking? :mad:

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 30-07-2014 12:51PM

Yellow Submarine.

Birneybau · 30-07-2014 01:05PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

'She's In Fashion' by Suede.

The lyrics are completely self-parody, and it strays way too close to BBC Radio 2 territory.

From the band who brought you 'The Drowners' and 'Metal Mickey'.

takamichinoku wrote: »

Nonsense, Suede broke up mid-1994 with 2 great albums and a crazy number of amazing B-Sides over the space of 2 years.

What's the issue here?

Harry Palmr · 30-07-2014 01:10PM

Led Zep - Stairway to Heaven.

takamichinoku · 30-07-2014 01:13PM

Birneybau wrote: »

What's the issue here?

Bernard Butler was in Suede up until Dog Man Star was almost finished as co-writer of just about everything and he left a pretty big stamp on their sound with his guitar playing. The first two albums are generally regarded as the best two and Suede are also fairly well known for being a band whose b-sides were often as good as if not better than album tracks and the a-sides, this reputation comes almost entirely from the Butler era.

Basically, when he was in the band, they were effortlessly knocking it out of the park. After he left, the sound changed and they got a lot more inconsistent.

Harry Palmr · 30-07-2014 01:14PM

Mince Pie wrote: »

d'yer mak'er - Led Zep. Awful

That was designed as a reggae parody (D'yer Mak'er/Jamaica) no one was expecting to be much good

Mince Pie · 30-07-2014 01:16PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

That was designed as a reggae parody (D'yer Mak'er/Jamaica) no one was expecting to be much good

I know and they succeeded, it makes my teeth grind its so bloody awful.

Birneybau · 30-07-2014 04:48PM

takamichinoku wrote: »

Bernard Butler was in Suede up until Dog Man Star was almost finished as co-writer of just about everything and he left a pretty big stamp on their sound with his guitar playing. The first two albums are generally regarded as the best two and Suede are also fairly well known for being a band whose b-sides were often as good as if not better than album tracks and the a-sides, this reputation comes almost entirely from the Butler era.

Basically, when he was in the band, they were effortlessly knocking it out of the park. After he left, the sound changed and they got a lot more inconsistent.

Fair 'nuff.

30-07-2014 05:03PM

Another +1 in defence of "Radio Nowhere". That's a fúcking CHOOOOON!
The Bruce song that irritates me the most is "Rosalita". It just goes on and on and on......and then goes on for another bit. It does work well live though.

30-07-2014 05:19PM

creolebelle wrote: »

Beautiful day - U2

It's not the best, but it's nothing compared to The Sweetest Thing. That's just rubbish.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 30-07-2014 06:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Another +1 in defence of "Radio Nowhere". That's a fúcking CHOOOOON!
The Bruce song that irritates me the most is "Rosalita". It just goes on and on and on......and then goes on for another bit. It does work well live though.

Radio Nowhere is a bit too similar to this Tommy Tutone hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg_YueZ4fi8

I wonder did the boss give them a writing credit.

callaway92 · 30-07-2014 06:12PM

Nobody say Nothing Else Mattera by Metallica yet? 'The greatest rock song of all time'. . . Christ

sammy37 · 30-07-2014 06:56PM

civil war - guns n roses
love most of their music but that one really grates me for some reason

blueser · 30-07-2014 06:59PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Led Zep - Stairway to Heaven.

Heretic.

StormWarrior · 30-07-2014 07:00PM

Well, he's not great at all but anyway. I can't stand that whiny cr@p James Blunt song You're Beautiful. How I would love to torture that arsehole to death for inflicting that noise upon the world.

Mince Pie · 30-07-2014 07:01PM

StormWarrior wrote: »

Well, he's not great at all but anyway. I can't stand that whiny cr@p James Blunt song You're Beautiful. How I would love to torture that arsehole to death for inflicting that noise upon the world.

Fair enough but love his Twitter account! Comedy gold.

sleepytrees · 30-07-2014 07:37PM

This isn't really a great band but the song annoys the fudge out of me.

Carly Simon-"You're So Vain"

Cause he isn't vain and the song IS about him.:mad:

rubadub · 30-07-2014 07:43PM

Seasan wrote: »

"Smells Like Teen Spirit"- Nirvana
"Thunderstruck"-AC/DC
"Boys Are Back In Town"- Thin Lizzy
"In A Big Country"- Big Country
"Don't Stop Me Now"- Queen

All great bands,used to love all the songs mentioned until radio killed them by overplaying them.

This is it, many people have no choice of what radio station goes on in work. I remember that cover of "mad world" from the donnie darko soundtrack, it was on literally up to 8 times a day just during 9am-5pm in work.

Then there are songs that come on which are not played a lot, and the station plays them every single day for weeks. Last I remember being annoyed about was "brass in pocket" by the pretenders. I like the song but FFS they do have some others you could fucking play.

Strangely last christmas I did not hear fairytale of new york much. I reckon they copped on they have done it to death.

Not a band, but the song I despise is Stevie Wonders "I just called to say I love you". Growing up in the 80's I was unaware of lots of artists back catalogues and hated many artists that I now think are amazing. Rod Stewart, Elton John, Bowie.

corm500 · 30-07-2014 08:35PM

Sloop John B by the Beach Boys. Nearly ruins Pet Sounds for me
Dancing In The Dark by Bruce Springsteen
Walk Of Life by Dire Straits
Obla di obla da by the Beatles

Welsh Megaman · 30-07-2014 10:24PM

Birneybau wrote: »

What's the issue here?

Great band - Suede.

Song - She's In Fashion.

It annoys me.

Drakares · 30-07-2014 10:28PM

Queen - Don't stop me now. Drives me absolutely up the wall

e_e · 30-07-2014 10:32PM

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Dreary rubbish. *shudders*

KungPao · 30-07-2014 10:32PM

sleepytrees wrote: »

This isn't really a great band but the song annoys the fudge out of me.

Carly Simon-"You're So Vain"

Cause he isn't vain and the song IS about him.:mad:

Clever lyrics actually.

sleepytrees · 30-07-2014 10:33PM

KungPao wrote: »

Clever lyrics actually.

No, it's annoyig, so annoyin! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

dark crystal · 30-07-2014 10:36PM

sleepytrees wrote: »

This isn't really a great band but the song annoys the fudge out of me.

Carly Simon-"You're So Vain"

Cause he isn't vain and the song IS about him.:mad:

Carly Simon has never actually revealed who the song is about though, so the point is that whoever she's on about is so vain he probably thinks the song is about him, rather than anyone else. She also describes how vain he could be in the lyrics:

" You had one eye on the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte"

"Well you said that we made such a pretty pair" etc.

sleepytrees · 30-07-2014 10:37PM

dark crystal wrote: »

Carly Simon has never actually revealed who the song is about though, so the point is that whoever she's on about is so vain he probably thinks the song is about him, rather than anyone else. She also describes how vain he could be in the lyrics:

" You had one eye on the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte"

"Well you said that we made such a pretty pair" etc.

Come on, they know! It was between two guys and she auctioned the name on a piece of paper.

It's not rocket science.

Songs by great bands that annoy you

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