Love this thread. As a Kylie fan, particularly in the 1990s, I was treated like a musical leper because I didn't like music you were "supposed" to like such as the "mighty"(???) Verve.

Anyways a few of mine

Mustang Sally - why every bloke at a Karaoke has to sing this song is beyond me.

Sex On Fire - everyone seems to love it but I think it's a pile of utter crap.

Stay With Me - annoying. I'm sorry I can't abide most Sam Smith songs. The whiney way he sings like he's about to blub is so tiresome. That said I think "I'm Not The Only One" is superb.

Nah! She was crap.

Read this whole thread and agree with practically every song mentioned. Though I do like I'm Not In Love and Baker Street.

But I hate, with a vengeance, American Pie.

Sweet home alabama

Sex on fire and i'm a kings of leon fan

I like James, but I disappoints me that their weakest song, SD, is the one that gets
all the airplay.

Here's some much better James songs than SD:
"Laid"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_qZ5B-yioU

"Born of Frustration"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxM42rG0a08

"She's A Star"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5EevdTQrQ

Another shout for "Flashdance"


Yes! Ugh! Hate that song

How about the Deep Dish /Anousheh Khalili "Flashdance" ? Much better IMO.

I'm a John Lennon fan but I cannot stand Jealous nor the Roxy Music cover

Horrible lyrics too sounds like a wife beater making excuses for his actions

Eeewww (did I spell that right?) I absolutely hate that song. It stands for everything I dislike about that horrible, old-farty type of rock music.

Too right she does!

Although JohnnyForget was right about Geno being much better than Come On Eileen.

I also agree with those who listed Sex On Fire.

Has anyone said Mr Brightside by The Killers?

Winds me up no end that song

I am a big Madonna fan but cannot stand Like a Virgin

Cannot stand Material Girl or Holiday (fed up with Like A Virgin but like the video and Teenage Fanclub did quite a good cover of it)

Agree about American Pie too (Don McClean or Madonna's version) but I do have a soft spot for Vincent


anyone said Born In the USA yet? I know the meaning of the song is often misinterpreted (not a patriotic anthem but a protest song about the treatment of Vietnam veterans) but the song itself is downright awful and he sings it like he is desperate to do a huge crap

(but he has done many good songs but not bloody Santa Claus is Coming to Town)

The Animals - House of the Rising Sun

Anything by Bon Jovi

Doesn't he sing every song like that?

That and his chronic sad face.


I think that song is just OK. Why people go mad for it, I don't know.

Lots of good calls but when people start to post "anything by" the thread loses its point.

Overplay can ruin good songs, but my pet hates are and these have come up before:

Angels
Wonderwall
Karma Chameleon
Sex on Fire (I'm a KoL fan)

but I love Hotel California (see overplay above) but I acknowledge its been over played, similarly lots of classic rock songs.

It's an awful song. As is any version of Run

I really, really dislike 'My Way' and 'New York, New York'. Don't even know why, to be honest.

They always seem to play it at the end of the New Years' Eves parties I've been to (generally in hotels) and it drives me mad!

A Whiter Shade of Pale ****Puke****
I'm not in Love - 10cc
Dance the night away (Cant think who sings it)
Red Red Wine - UB40 (in fact anything by UB40)
Anything by Bob Marley (Although Eric Clapton does a better version of I shot the Sheriff
Lady in Red (Worst song ever written)

Are you referring to Dance Away by Roxy Music?

Red Red Wine is overrated but the rest of UB40's songs are very good

I thought the OP maybe meant 'Dance The Night Away' by The Mavericks? I haven't heard it in years, but back when it was a big hit, late 90's I think, it was played to death on the radio and the video was on very heavy rotation on the likes of MTV, (back when they actually used to play music videos of course!).

I assumed it was Dancing The Night Away by The Motors.

Never heard of that song so just had a listen via you tube. Not bad at all, decent New Wave'ish type song. I'm not sure that would be considered a 'classic' though, just checked and it only reached number 42 here so I doubt it got much public attention or that others would be that aware of it? Could be wrong though...