We all have music we don't like and there's some pretty obvious stuff out there for all of us.
However, sometimes, even from a band or genre you like, there's a song that just rubs you up the wrong way for some particular reason. So much so you have to turn off whatever media device is broadcasting it.
So what songs give you this feeling?
There are three main ones for me:
Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
A re-recorded version of the song came out in about 86 as the theme song for the John Hughes film of the same name. I would have been about 11 at the time but even at that age, the first time I heard it, it just annoyed me and has done ever since. Why? I have no idea. But even now, almost 25 years on it still has the same effect when I hear it, which thankfully is very infrequently!
Born Slippy - Underworld
Underworld are one of my favourite bands. Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Second Toughest in the Infants and Beaucoup Fish are all immense albums. The above song chose not to be on these albums, it chose something else. Arriving via the Trainspotting soundtrack (which also featured an excellent remix of Dark & Long) it was a complete departure from anything else they'd done; commercial, shouty and just, well annoying. Alas it caught on at the time and became their 'anthem'. This annoyed me and I can never listen to it now as it continues to annoy me. I think if it was just a one hit wonder song from some randoms then I might be able to enjoy it, in a kind of Tubthumping shouty way. But it's now consigend to the irrational hatred bin.
Escape - Metallica
I'm sure Al and Rich will agree that Ride the Lightning is a hell of an album, Metallica in their prime. But what they were thinking when they put this track on there I have no idea. Bearing no relation to any other tracks on the album, nor Kill em All or Master of Puppets, I guess it was their attempt at something a bit more commercial. It was awful. I've deleted from my iTunes so my ears aren't offended by it when I play it on my iPod!!
Others that feature, just for their pure, happy happy niceness are River of Dreams by Billy Joel and Are You Ready For Love by Elton John. Grrrrrr.
However, sometimes, even from a band or genre you like, there's a song that just rubs you up the wrong way for some particular reason. So much so you have to turn off whatever media device is broadcasting it.
So what songs give you this feeling?
There are three main ones for me:
Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
A re-recorded version of the song came out in about 86 as the theme song for the John Hughes film of the same name. I would have been about 11 at the time but even at that age, the first time I heard it, it just annoyed me and has done ever since. Why? I have no idea. But even now, almost 25 years on it still has the same effect when I hear it, which thankfully is very infrequently!
Born Slippy - Underworld
Underworld are one of my favourite bands. Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Second Toughest in the Infants and Beaucoup Fish are all immense albums. The above song chose not to be on these albums, it chose something else. Arriving via the Trainspotting soundtrack (which also featured an excellent remix of Dark & Long) it was a complete departure from anything else they'd done; commercial, shouty and just, well annoying. Alas it caught on at the time and became their 'anthem'. This annoyed me and I can never listen to it now as it continues to annoy me. I think if it was just a one hit wonder song from some randoms then I might be able to enjoy it, in a kind of Tubthumping shouty way. But it's now consigend to the irrational hatred bin.
Escape - Metallica
I'm sure Al and Rich will agree that Ride the Lightning is a hell of an album, Metallica in their prime. But what they were thinking when they put this track on there I have no idea. Bearing no relation to any other tracks on the album, nor Kill em All or Master of Puppets, I guess it was their attempt at something a bit more commercial. It was awful. I've deleted from my iTunes so my ears aren't offended by it when I play it on my iPod!!
Others that feature, just for their pure, happy happy niceness are River of Dreams by Billy Joel and Are You Ready For Love by Elton John. Grrrrrr.
