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Old 28-07-2015, 22:42
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Natalie Imbruglia-Torn, just find it very dull

Queen-We are the Champions
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Old 28-07-2015, 23:18
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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!).
That's the one. Not one good thing can be said about it
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Old 29-07-2015, 00:14
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Bee gees- stayin alive- just painful!
Sinead O'connor- nothing compares to you- dull and miserable!
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Old 29-07-2015, 22:28
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thats poetry compared to t rex's 'new york city'

have you ever seen a woman
coming out of new york city

with a FROG in her hand
WTF?
I think that refers to him seeing Grace Jones in New York with a Kermit Soft toy, before the Muppets were known here.

I'll go with "When a man loves a Woman" - Percy Faith

Massive Beatles fan but I'd rather listen to any Beatles song, or even the "Frog Chorus", than the overplayed and overrated "Imagine"
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Old 29-07-2015, 22:51
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Natalie Imbruglia-Torn, just find it very dull

Queen-We are the Champions
Cool fm have played torn every day since its release (or seems like it anyway )
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Old 29-07-2015, 23:04
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"Imagine" - sentimental tosh, badly performed and recorded.
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Old 29-07-2015, 23:24
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Sweet Child O'Mine is just screechy to me.
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Old 30-07-2015, 17:31
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I would happily get through the rest of my life without ever having to listen to Every Breath You Take by the Police again
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Old 30-07-2015, 19:35
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I hate, hate, hate Bohemian Rhapsody. Don't see the appeal at all. I do think my strong feelings against it are mostly triggered by the praise it gets though, because I just don't get it!
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Old 30-07-2015, 20:16
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Abba - Not one particular track, but every track.
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
Anything by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Prince - Purple Rain
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Old 30-07-2015, 22:09
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Cool fm have played torn every day since its release (or seems like it anyway )
I hope you have some earplugs with you at work
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Old 30-07-2015, 23:08
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I'll go with "When a man loves a Woman" - Percy Faith


You mean Percy Sledge, surely.
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Old 31-07-2015, 08:09
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You mean Percy Sledge, surely.
You're spot on of course. Rush of blood on my part.
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Old 31-07-2015, 11:14
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Sweet Child O'Mine is just screechy to me.
Agreed - I'd also put Stairway to Heaven in that category *hides*
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Old 31-07-2015, 15:57
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I like the Bangles, always have done, probably always will.

HOWEVER... Walk Like an Egyptian is one of the absolute worst pieces of dreck ever recorded anywhere, at any time, by anyone. Everything about it just provokes nausea - the stupid shuffling intro, the 'BOING!' gong sounds, the whistling solo, the 'OH WHEY OH!'... ah God, it's dire. I'm not even sure why the girls recorded it, it sticks out like a sore thumb among the rest of their recorded output which is mostly slick, sixties-influenced guitar pop (latterly rock) with great vocal harmonies and catchy tunes. Maybe it was forced on them by the record company, I dunno. I know it's hugely popular, and in many ways it's their signature track, but I really, really hate that song.

My antipathy toward it was increased tenfold when I got to see the Bangles play live at Shepherd's Bush Empire about fifteen years ago. It was mostly a great show with a buzzing atmosphere and a nicely eclectic set-list, but I knew only too well what was coming... at some point I'd have to endure THAT song.

What I hadn't anticipated was that, when it came, just about everyone in the stalls went absolutely mental - within a split-second of the first 'BOING!', people were on their feet, hands, elbows and knees going everywhere and it got really violent in no time at all. I made a quick exit for the gangway and watched them get on with it. It seems that in every band or performer's repertoire, there's one song that acts as a dog whistle to a certain faction in their fanbase, and when that whistle sounds, it's their cue to go berserk / start wrecking the place / 'express themselves'.
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Old 31-07-2015, 17:56
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Living on a prayer
Hey Jude (well most stuff by the beatles)
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Old 01-08-2015, 05:25
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You're spot on of course. Rush of blood on my part.
There was a Percy Faith in music though, so you weren't picking out a completely irrelevant surname!
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Old 01-08-2015, 20:49
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Imagine - John Lennon
Angels - Robbie Williams
Love You A Little Bit More - Dr Hook
Radio Ga Ga - Queen
Hey Jude - Beatles
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (it's the 'caught in a trap' bit that goes on forever at the end that I don't like)
I've Had The Time of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joe Cocker (I think it's him)
A Little Help From My Friends - Beatles - also Joe Cocker sang it too - don't like either version
Rockin' All Over The World - Status Quo
Anything by Duran Duran - like Girls on Film or The Living Daylights or Hungry Like The Wolf
Hi-Ho Silver Lining - don't know who sings it but it's always played at weddings
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Old 01-08-2015, 21:10
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All Right Now - Free
I Would Do Anything For Love (but I won't Do That) - Meatloaf
I (yee-iiii) Will Always Love You (oo-oo-oo-oo-i-oo) -Whitney Houston
Everything I do, I Do For You - Bryan Adams
Dancing Queen - Abba
Killing Me Softly - The Fugees, though I like the Roberta Flack version
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Old 01-08-2015, 23:48
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The Who's My Generation and Substitute are over-rated. Others of their songs such as I Can't Explain, Magic Bus, Who Are You? and You Better You Bet are good though.
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Old 02-08-2015, 10:03
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Sitting on the dock of the bay. There are better Otis Redding songs
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Old 04-08-2015, 19:03
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have never been able to stand any version of 'Valerie'
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Old 04-08-2015, 21:21
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Has anyone said Mr Brightside by The Killers?

Winds me up no end that song
Yes! I dint understand why that song gets so much love. Somebody Told Me is miles better.
Unchained Melody is the most overrated song ever IMO.
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Old 04-08-2015, 21:41
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That's the one. Not one good thing can be said about it
It's great, it's a happy song and it makes you want to dance. It's just a bit of fun.
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Old 04-08-2015, 21:56
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I can't understand why Against All Odds is so popular. It's a dull song even though I like Phil Collins
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