Songs with "hooks" that don't work

[MegaSwing]

Not only were the song and the video stitched together, the vocalist looks stitched together as well.

 

[JimmyM]

Not only were the song and the video stitched together, the vocalist looks stitched together as well.

Edward G going for the gusto!

 

[PennyroyalWe]

That was truly awful. And worse, it’s now stuck in my head. Every time I remember it, I grimace in disgust. Thanks a lot.

 

[themickster]

I was in hospital over the new year, sent there by life-threatening pneumonia. I now need a wheelchair. It's changed me for the better. If I now hear a song I don't like, it shows I can hear. BTW, thank you for showing us this song. I liked listening to it.

 

[MindinAction]

Good God. There's no reason for that.

 

[BassBrass]

No one ever said Iowa has good taste.

Yeah Iowa was in the news yesterday, some poor woman is on the child abuse registry for life for doing something innocent during pregnancy to lessen her nausea. The child is unharmed and completely normal. The woman gets random visits from a zealous busybody who can remove the child from it's loving home.

 

[Figbassist75]

I've heard a lot about NW but haven't really listened yet. Plan on correcting that today.

I recommend starting with their 2013 Wacken Open Air show. It is one of the best concerts ever recorded.

 

[red_rhino]

Stopped halfway through, and I still want my 1 minute and 43 seconds back!

 

[FilterFunk]

In addition to being an "unhook" I just don't believe the singer when she's singing. Seems like the band hired a country singer to front this outfit and she just phoned it in. I suppose it's not unusual given the song is nothing spectacular (not that I've written anything that garnered any commercial appeal or professional video shoot). As a music fan, this just doesn't do it for me.

^All of this.

I was trying to think of how to word my opinion, but you did it for me.

 

[FilterFunk]

I think it's the utter lack of authenticity on every level.

Yep.

 

[wompwomp]

could it have been as lame as I remember?

maybe you just aren't dirty enough? haw!

 

[Pings Bass]

That hook would be better with more lip filler

 

[Steve Cooke]

I might get flamed, but as much as I try I cant get into anything from Anthrax. Weird vocal melodys or keys, or something....

 

[Wood and Wire]

I heard this song on the radio maybe a year ago, that kept repeating a line over and over that just wasn't up to snuff. Somebody thought it was a hook, and boy it sure wasn't. It popped into my head the other day and I wondered, could it have been as lame as I remember?

The answer is yes.


And the video is... ungood as well.

Are there any other songs that lean hard into a hook that won't set?

Is this a skit from a Moldovan franchise of SNL?

 

[doctone]

Terrible singer, but have to admit I kinda liked the classic sound effects of all the beating going on.

 

[Swamp_Ronin]

I heard this song on the radio maybe a year ago, that kept repeating a line over and over that just wasn't up to snuff. Somebody thought it was a hook, and boy it sure wasn't. It popped into my head the other day and I wondered, could it have been as lame as I remember?

The answer is yes.


And the video is... ungood as well.

Are there any other songs that lean hard into a hook that won't set?

I heard this song on the radio maybe a year ago, that kept repeating a line over and over that just wasn't up to snuff. Somebody thought it was a hook, and boy it sure wasn't. It popped into my head the other day and I wondered, could it have been as lame as I remember?

The answer is yes.


And the video is... ungood as well.

Are there any other songs that lean hard into a hook that won't set?

One of the worst things I’ve ever heard. Guitar player is irresistibly punchable, and the singing is impressively awful. So mumbly and devoid of self awareness. And the was she says “durry enough” is very very cringe. God god.

 

[doctone]

One of the worst things I’ve ever heard.

Lucky you. Over here, we have the "ESC" (European Song Contest) each year. This one would have been a strong contender, probably the entry from some ex eastern bloc country.
The ESC is like passing a traffic accident: You don't wanna look, but somehow you can't help...

 

[Swamp_Ronin]

Ya, Amy's not acting. Hannah is so obviously acting. I think a requirement of being dirty enough for hard-core is looking like you've stunk at least once in your adult life. She ain't got no stank. Which is fine by me, but write music that actually suits your personality.

I think anybody that has to say “I’m dirty/tough/intelligent” or whatever is reliably not that thing

 

[MindinAction]

That is the quote of the day.

 

[TOOL460002]

The Tide logo in the beginning works insofar as I'd like two eyefulls after watching.