Music: Famous bands/artists most hated/ridiculed song?

[x Tame Impala]

No it’s not, it was just played way too much on radio.

Radiohead’s first two albums were mostly too soft and went nowhere IMHO. They didn’t become great until OK Computer

 

[Shareefruck]

Radiohead’s first two albums were mostly too soft and went nowhere IMHO. They didn’t become great until OK Computer

Yeah, a lot of people love The Bends, but I find it very annoying to listen to, personally, outside of maybe Street Spirit?

 

[Osprey]

Valerie is a freking gem. It took me years to realize this.

My guess is that any hate towards it is because of the popular early 2000s remix that someone did that just looped the chorus over and over again and then had the music video set in an exercise class with gratuitous female butt shots. It's no wonder if people are tired of it and think that the song is a joke... and if you're under 35, you were probably first exposed to the remix and its video, essentially spoiling the original song for you.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Radiohead’s first two albums were mostly too soft and went nowhere IMHO. They didn’t become great until OK Computer

Never heard Pablo Honey, but The Bends is great. I definitely agree that OK Computer is better, but The Bends deserves all the love it gets.

 

[sabremike]

Shocked that Turbo Lover by Judas Priest has yet to be mentioned.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

My guess is that any hate towards it is because of the popular early 2000s remix that someone did that just looped the chorus over and over again and then had the music video set in an exercise class with gratuitous female butt shots. It's no wonder if people are tired of it and think that the song is a joke... and if you're under 35, you were probably first exposed to the remix and its video, essentially spoiling the original song for you.

I didn’t know that. Haha

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Pablo Honey is pretty weak. Love “Blow Out”, though. Cool song

 

[Osprey]

I didn’t know that. Haha

Here you go. If it ruins Valerie forever for you, you're welcome.

Spoiler

 

[tarheelhockey]

Any 80's kid that claims they wouldn't be able to sing along to "Kokomo" or "We didn't start the fire" is lying.

I suspect that a lot of the hate for songs like these comes from posturing, tbh. They're perfectly fine songs that nobody would blink at if they came from some obscure band.

 

[Jussi]

I suspect that a lot of the hate for songs like these comes from posturing, tbh. They're perfectly fine songs that nobody would blink at if they came from some obscure band.

Posturing at HFBoards? No way!

 

[angusyoung]

No one has mentioned van Halen's

 

[I am not exposed]

Shocked that Turbo Lover by Judas Priest has yet to be mentioned.

Great song.