The world's most hated songs

[Holdsg]

^^^ When the TV series "The Good Place" had that as the national anthem of "THE BAD PLACE", it was genius, pure genius

 

[el jeffe bass]

Knocking On Heaven’s Door, primarily the G’n’R version. For me, anything by James Taylor, Jackson Brown, The Eagles, and Stevie Nicks are repellents.

I had to look to make sure that I hadn’t written this.

 

[Eric Wolfe]

Anything Hootie and the Blowfish - dismal. Oh, and Closing Time - I lose the will to live when I hear that tune....

 

[kevrex]

I'm definitely not trying to be political here. But I was fascinated to learn via this mornings news that playing songs from this "list" is becoming an accepted way of attempting to disperse crowds. A sonic fire hose if you will. I wonder if how this makes the songwriters feel? What songs would you blare from a loudspeaker if you needed to disperse a crowd?

my hand to god, i saw a high school student doing the macarena over the weekend.

 

[Paul New]

Stairway. I'm gone!

But I have a medical condition about John Denver. I get ill, really.

 

[GretschWretch]

If this doesn't do it, it comes darn close.

 

[pjbassist]

Muskrat Love!

My wife is absolutely convinced that she was conceived while Muskrat Love played in the background.

 

[Michedelic]

If this doesn't do it, it comes darn close.

Don’t get too hung up on that…

 

[turf3]

Sorry, I meant to say I Can't Dance, not "we."

Really? Is it the Clarence Williams or Chick Webb version that bothers you?

Here's Williams:
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And Chicklet:

 

[TNCreature]

This thread is half the people playing along with what would disperse a crowd. The other half are people just listing artists that they don't like. Funny.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Worlds most hated songs?
Any and all loud bassy subwoofer Hip-Hop played from someones car in front of my apartment at 1:38 AM

 

[tbz]

Kinda of an impossible question as any song that is well known enough to qualify, is loved by hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.

So any song truly bad enough to be reviled wouldn’t be well known enough to be on the list.

 

[silky smoove]

Nine Inch Nails' "Somewhat Damage" has been alleged to be used by CIA operatives as an enhanced interrogation measure. I'm sure that rumor has been debunked but I've heard it enough times to think that it might be effective for the use described by the OP.

 

[lfmn16]

I disagree pretty much 100%, but hey, personal tastes, I liked your post because it made me laugh...

Some people can't tell the difference between songs THEY hate and songs EVERYBODY hates. Especially musicians. So much whining about Mustang Sally, but play it any bar and the dance floor fills up.

 

[BadSanta1281]

Music hating has been popular around these parts the last couple of days...

 

[Watchootognbout]

Music hating has been popular around these parts the last couple of days...

Especially when it's imposed on an unwilling listener.

 

[Pauly 4001]

 

[friskinator]

I think we can all agree that We Built This City by Jefferson Starship - or Starship or whatever they're called - is the worst song ever written

I’ve never understood the hatred for this song. It’s really not bad, and there were far worse songs that came out in this era. Even Starship has worse songs. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is truly terrible.

I have a theory that people hate this song because of the band’s pedigree. They started as a counter-cultural 60s band, then morphed over time to a straight pop act with one original member.

 

[Blue Moose]

Mine starts with "Free" and ends with "Bird."

 

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