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"Classic" songs you just don't get.

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edited July 2012 in Other Music
Is there a classic song out there, a radio staple, that you've just never seen the appeal of and can't stand hearing? For me it's American Pie, can't stand it.
All my favourite singers have stolen all of my best lines.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,472
    anything by Rush :?

    sorry Rush fans.....I just don't get it....at all.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Freebird sucks
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,472
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Freebird sucks

    don't tell Dimi this :D
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  • JimNasticsJimNastics Posts: 679
    I like a lot of Queen stuff, but Bohemian Rhapsody sucks a big fat one... I don't get the love for it at all.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    mfc2006 wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Freebird sucks

    don't tell Dimi this :D

    I'll try not to... again :lol:
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,290
    Tiny Dancer. I hate that song with a passion. My #2 most hated song of all time.

    (There is a special spot in hell reserved for Celine Dion and that piece of shit song from Titanic that played non-stop for a few years. I worked in an office where you could hit 'hold' on your phone and get that the radio station the company had as hold music to play at your desk. Every time that fucking song would come on all of the women that didn't have it playing would hit hold and play it. I wanted to shove knives into my ears.)
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  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Another Brick in the Wall and Comfortbly Numb

    I don't mind them, but not my favorite Floyd tunes and both are way over played
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Empty Glass wrote:
    Another Brick in the Wall and Comfortbly Numb

    I don't mind them, but not my favorite Floyd tunes and both are way over played

    I like four, maybe even five, Pink Floyd albums more than The Wall
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  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Sweet Home Alabama - I just can't stand the song. At all.
  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Empty Glass wrote:
    Another Brick in the Wall and Comfortbly Numb

    I don't mind them, but not my favorite Floyd tunes and both are way over played

    I like four, maybe even five, Pink Floyd albums more than The Wall

    I'm with you. I named four without blinking
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Brown Eyed Girl. NEVER liked it, cannot understand the appeal.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,197
    mfc2006 wrote:
    anything by Rush :?

    sorry Rush fans.....I just don't get it....at all.

    No biggie.....welcome to our geek progressive rock world. You should get this one though....

    Red Sector A from Grace Under Pressure

    All that we can do is just survive
    All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive...

    Ragged lines of ragged grey
    Skeletons, they shuffle away
    Shouting guards and smoking guns
    Will cut down the unlucky ones

    I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
    A wound that will not heal -- a heart that cannot feel --
    Hoping that the horror will recede
    Hoping that tomorrow, we'll all be freed

    Sickness to insanity
    Prayer to profanity
    Days and weeks and months go by
    Don't feel the hunger -- too weak to cry

    I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
    Are the liberators here -- do I hope or do I fear?
    For my father and my brother, it's too late
    But I must help my mother stand up straight...

    Are we the last ones left alive?
    Are we the only human beings to survive?...

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  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Billy Joel does nothing for me, so any song by him.
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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    The Beatles entire catalogue
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  • NAUjackfanNAUjackfan Phoenix Posts: 2,340
    Rock On by David Essex (or Michael Damian)

    It's always on heavy rotation on the classic rock and oldies stations. Why???
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Who Princess wrote:
    Brown Eyed Girl. NEVER liked it, cannot understand the appeal.



    I'll 2nd this.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    mfc2006 wrote:
    anything by Rush :?

    sorry Rush fans.....I just don't get it....at all.


    this pains me to hear.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Empty Glass wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Empty Glass wrote:
    Another Brick in the Wall and Comfortbly Numb

    I don't mind them, but not my favorite Floyd tunes and both are way over played

    I like four, maybe even five, Pink Floyd albums more than The Wall

    I'm with you. I named four without blinking

    Piper, Dark Side, Animals, and Wish You Were Here?
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,290
    stargirl69 wrote:
    The Beatles entire catalogue

    :lol:
    I actually love a lot of their songs but what makes me laugh is that a good friend of mind argues with everyone on this point. He doesn't like the Beatles and it cracks me up how many people bug out just because he is a musician and doesn't like the Beatles.
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  • Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,388
    stargirl69 wrote:
    The Beatles entire catalogue

    +1000!!!!

    Also - Aerosmith Love in an Elevator...I HATE HATE HATE that song!
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    samjam wrote:
    Billy Joel does nothing for me, so any song by him.
    Even The Downeaster Alexa???

    :)8-)
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Eagles - Hotel California
    Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
    Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
    Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop ::cringe::
    Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle

    I dont mind this song, but i'm completely baffled of how some consider it the best song in their catalogue:
    Rolling Stones - Can You Hear Me Knocking
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    samjam wrote:
    Billy Joel does nothing for me, so any song by him.
    Downeaster Alexia and Miami 2017 are great tunes
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,290
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop ::cringe::

    Agree on this song. Even my beloved Trojan Marching Band doesn't make this suck any less:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8arvEzHsA8
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  • ComeToTXComeToTX Austin Posts: 7,800
    Anything by U2 or Aerosmith
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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    stargirl69 wrote:
    The Beatles entire catalogue

    :lol:
    I actually love a lot of their songs but what makes me laugh is that a good friend of mind argues with everyone on this point. He doesn't like the Beatles and it cracks me up how many people bug out just because he is a musician and doesn't like the Beatles.

    :lol: I posted this then ducked out to put on my flame retardant suit before returning :twisted: I can't stand them at all.But I have heard such venom from others in the past that I dare to express my utter dislike for them and everything they ever did.
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    stargirl69 wrote:
    The Beatles entire catalogue

    +1000!!!!

    Also - Aerosmith Love in an Elevator...I HATE HATE HATE that song!

    :D Nice to see another non fan .. I also am not a great fan of Love in an Elevator :fp:
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  • Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,388
    stargirl69 wrote:

    :lol: I posted this then ducked out to put on my flame retardant suit before returning :twisted: I can't stand them at all.But I have heard such venom from others in the past that I dare to express my utter dislike for them and everything they ever did.

    :lol: I get holy hell from just about everyone when I express my distaste for the Beatles...always get ganged up on, nice to know I'm not alone!!

    Fact - my best friend just married a guy that's in a Beatles tribute band. :fp:
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  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    I think a lot of the classic rock we don't get has a lot to do with drugs that those musicians took not being readily available anymore.

    Example - Grateful Dead. I have tremendous respect for them and their relationship with their fans. But isn't pretty bad music in every sense?
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,602
    I don't think they fall into the classic mode but i just don't get Foo's at all they do nothing for me ...
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  • ComeToTXComeToTX Austin Posts: 7,800
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    stargirl69 wrote:

    :lol: I posted this then ducked out to put on my flame retardant suit before returning :twisted: I can't stand them at all.But I have heard such venom from others in the past that I dare to express my utter dislike for them and everything they ever did.

    :lol: I get holy hell from just about everyone when I express my distaste for the Beatles...always get ganged up on, nice to know I'm not alone!!

    Fact - my best friend just married a guy that's in a Beatles tribute band. :fp:

    I love The Beatles but don't care if someone doesn't. I never understand why people get upset if we don't all like the same things.
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