Songs hated by the cool kids that you secretly like

[Bossy Monkey]

Poll question: Songs hated by the cool kids that you secretly like

Except for #s 6 & 8, these aren't songs that I have any particular kick against and a couple of them I like a lot, but then I'd never make a cool kid. I could have put on real horrors, like "Afternoon Delight," "Muskrat Love," or "Feelings," but I figured I'd rather have ones that at least had a remote chance of garnering some votes. Theoretically I wouldn't mind changing out non-vote-getters in a little under an hour like I usually do, but I just can't imagine anybody replying, "How could you leave off THIS song everybody hates that I really love?!" On the other hand, DUers never fail to surprise me... :D

[mconvente]

1. hootie man

i love hootie. Though most "cool" kids like it too though.

[rednek_Liberal]

2. Is this the list of Lamest songs Ever

:puke::puke:

[dolo amber]

3. I *LOVE* Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm

And anyone who says otherwise may feel free to bite me. :P

[bookfreak]

24. I love it too

I also like the Wierd Al Yankovic parody of it.

[redqueen]

40. I love it too!

I hate that I do, because his voice seems so fakey... but love it I do!

:loveya:

[UpsideDownFlag]

4. Lump, by PUSA nt

[redqueen]

41. Are they hated by the cool kids?

See, I'm so uncool I didn't even know... I love them. :)

[KamaAina]

5. Hawai'i's Keali'i Reichel has a cover of Come Sail Away

so you can listen and still remain on this side of the River Stynx, uh, er, Styx...

[the Kelly Gang]

6. what about Abba ?

[Bossy Monkey]

8. The cool kids, 30 years later, seem to have made a turnaround on ABBA

According to a poll I ran months ago (which I'd link to if we still have the archives), I'm the only person on DU who still hates ABBA.

[NightTrain]

10. Why, fer chrissake?!

ABBA? :puke:

[mitchum]

19. You can't be the only person on DU who hates ABBA...

because I loathe them. They are truly awful (and life is too short to waste on even a camp appreciation of those blow-dried twits)

[Political_Junkie]

42. Definitely not the only one.

:puke:

[tuvor]

18. Joe Strummer liked ABBA.

So there.

[bbernardini]

34. So did Joey Ramone.

:P

[Screaming Lord Byron]

38. And Elvis Costello.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

37. No. Abba were cool.

[LWolf]

7. Some others:

Several by John Denver:

Rocky Mountain High
Country Roads
Matthew
Let us begin

A few by Elton John:

Your Song
Levon
Tiny Dancer


Johnny Nash

I can see clearly now

Hank Williams

Your cheatin' heart
I'm so lonesome I could cry

How'm I doin'?

[last_texas_dem]

9. Definitely "Come Sail Away"

I'm an unashamed Styx fan for sure! Although FWIW, I also like "Afternoon Delight" and "Feelings." And "Billy, Don't be a Hero" and "The Night Chicago Died" for that matter. Unfortunately, "Muskrat Love" is too pathetic even for me, though! haha

[tjdee]

11. I wanna love you, the best that I caaannnnnnnnn....

I officially like four of their songs.
Hold My Hand, Everytime I look you I go blind (uh, don't think that's the name), and Time (you ain't no friend of miiinnee), and I only want to be with YOOOOOUOUUUU.

I had to hide my affection from my Pearl Jammie friends...

Somehow, though, every time I hear Hootie now it's that disgusting piece of poo Let Her Cry (or whatever).

Tiiimmmmmmeeee whyyy you punish mmeeeeeeeeeee.

[tuvor]

20. The song is "I Go Blind" and it's a cover

of a Vancouver band called 54-40. They've been around for about as long as REM.

[tjdee]

47. Ah, thanks for the info.

It does sound lyrically different than the rest of their songs, I was always mildly curious about it.

54-40 huh? Gonna check them out.

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. Okay, I call Bullshit

no one likes "We Built This City". It's impossible. Milosevic banned the use of that song as a torture method for crying out loud.

[last_texas_dem]

13. I like it!

"Sara", too. The video is horrible, though. And I do like Jefferson Airplane a lot more, for whatever it's worth.

Maybe I'm just not the most discerning music listener out there...!

[blondeatlast]

14. Awright, who voted for "I've Never Been to Me?"

They must be neutralized immediately.

[Bossy Monkey]

16. It's been pointed out that after "Priscilla Queen of the Desert"

it's become a drag queen standard. This doesn't make it any less shitty, of course, but makes it relatively more acceptable as a sort of accidental high camp.

[blondeatlast]

30. One of my favorite movies, and I forgot all about that! nt

[gmoney]

15. "Beach Baby" First Edition

I hadn't given the song a second thought for probably 20 years, then I watched "Scotland, PA" and there's this great time-lapse montage that unfolds to this sappy, overproduced imitation Beach Boys song, and it was a perfect film moment. Gave the song another day in court, and it DOES rule in that cheesey sort of guilty pleasure way.

[drumwolf]

17. None. I don't secretly like any songs hated by cool kids.

In my case, there's nothing secret about it. :P

Billy Ray Cyrus, "Achy Breaky Heart"
Aqua, "Barbie Girl"
Backstreet Boys, "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
Right Said Fred, "I'm Too Sexy"
Gerardo, "Rico Suave"
Oak Ridge Boys, "Elvira"
Barney, "I Love You"
Disney's "Macho Duck"

I'm proud to say that I have all of these songs on mp3 file format, and when I still had an office job I would play them at work to torture my co-workers. All of these songs have a special place in my heart.

:evilgrin:

[tuvor]

21. Java by Al Hirt.

Or anything that might appear on the Lawrence Welk Show.

Tank ya, Bahh-bie ant Siss-sie!

[Bossy Monkey]

25. Not sure kids, cool or otherwise are listening to much Welk or Al Hirt

but back in the day, Welk was certainly the leading symbol of unhipness. (Not a blast, mind you; I like nearly all big band better than Welk, but he played a role in keeping the music alive, so I guess I'm grateful.)

[donheld]

22. actually i like several

Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, Hold My Hand, We Built This City, I Just Called To Say I Love You, Total Eclipse Of The Heart, and MacArthur's Park are all very listenalbe in my opinion. they may not be the most intelligent song's but they are all fun songs. Why must we take things so seriously.

This is my opinion and nobody need agree with me :P :bounce:

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

23. I vote for

the Eric Cartman version of Come Sail Away.

:)

[ComerPerro]

26. Usually its the other way around for me

"Songs liked by the cool kids that you passionately hate"

[LiberalVoice]

27. Damn! What does it mean if I like all but like 2 of them?

Am I really that much of a loser?

Suits me better anyway. I always hated the cool kids!

[last_texas_dem]

28. I'd say

You're a freethinker who knows what you like and ignores how others may perceive what you like or how they may perceive you for liking them.

Then again, maybe I'm just saying that because I like most of them, too, and will latch on to all available allies to justify my "uncool" taste in music!

[Bossy Monkey]

39. Probably that one of us is the lost evil twin of the other n/t

[LSdemocrat]

29. I like Air Supply

I'm an 80's pop fan. I actually voted for "We Built This City"

[Magrittes Pipe]

31. Other -- "Fool for the City" or "Slow Ride."

Hell, pretty much anything by Foghat.

[Bossy Monkey]

32. Next poll: Bands hated by the cool kids that you secretly like

Foghat
Eagles
Chicago
BTO?
and of course, Styx

Taking suggestions for the rest

[Magrittes Pipe]

33. But all those bands suck. You know, except for Foghat.

Foghat rules.

[tcfrogs]

35. I liked everything but MMMM on the CD

But they've never done anything good since then.

[More Than A Feeling]

36. I love three of these songs

Guess I know where I stand!:D

[Dogmudgeon]

43. Some of mine

Anything by ...
The Association
Petula Clark
Steve Barri and/or P. F. Sloane
Glen Campbell's catalog of Jimmy Webb songs
Jewel (Kilcher)
Avril Lavigne (not everything, but many of her songs)
The Rubinoos
Herman's Hermits
The Four Freshmen

And let's not forget ...
Eres Tu (Mocedades)
Popsicles, Icicles (The Murmaids)
Rings (Cimarron)
Come Get Your Love (Leon Redbone)
Dance With Me (Orleans)
Come Saturday Morning (The Sandpipers)

There are quite a few more, but my mind is mush right now.

--bkl

[Bossy Monkey]

44. Redbone and Leon Redbone are pretty drastically different

but then, you said your mind is mush right now :P

[Screaming Lord Byron]

45. I have a sneaking liking for Hanson.

No, really.

[Magrittes Pipe]

46. I did that Tyler chick a couple of years ago.

She's hot.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

49. Oh baby!

[stupid grin]

48. "Take on Me" by Aha I consider it my theme song.