Most Overrated Song Ever??

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  • jimdietrich
    jimdietrich Posts: 42
    The Long Road wrote:
    My vote goes to Bruce Springsteens' Born to Run.

    I don't know who you are, but try to stay out of New Jersey. We don't want you if you are going to have that kind of attitude.
    Anger is a gift
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    jimdietrich wrote:
    I don't know who you are, but try to stay out of New Jersey. We don't want you if you are going to have that kind of attitude.

    lol...yeah! :D
    Shows:
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    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • armsraisedinavee
    armsraisedinavee Posts: 133
    smells like teen spirit would be my choice

    another one i feel is "black dog" by led zeppelin - i LOVE led zeppelin but, i just really dont think is anywhere near being one of their best
    9/1/2000 - E-Centre, Camden, 'Sometimes' started and I was hooked...
  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Cob wrote:
    Stairway to Heaven or Freebird.

    I feel ya on the Freebird but Stairway......Wow! Don't know about that! I still can't get enough of that song.
  • tonadax
    tonadax Posts: 594
    Jeremy, i can list 30 pj songs way better than this one.....

    I agree with London calling.

    Beautiful day- U2, it's just another poprock song.

    Every breath you take- The Police.

    Drive, catchy incubus song and overrated too.
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,012
    I think I gotta change my vote from Rock the Casbah to Stairway to Heaven. That song is so goddamn boring but people think it's genius because it "slowly builds." Wow... it has a crescendo. Genius.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,012
    And on another note... I don't see how anyone could call Born to Run overrated. It's a meticulous, complex piece of music (for mainstream rock at least), so you can't argue that it's so simple that anyone could write it. And its lyrics are brilliant and resonate deeply in all of us (assuming you're human, which I'm guessing the OP isn't).

    "I wanna know if love is wild, babe, I wanna know if love is real..."

    Goddamn that's such a good song. I know we all have our opinions, but I think this is the exception... the OP is just plain wrong. :D Even if you don't like it, you can't argue it's overrated...
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • angie76
    angie76 Posts: 646
    The Long Road wrote:
    London Calling by the Clash is another one. Take that song at face value and it's really not that good.

    I'm a Clash fan but I would have to agree. I think it was the music that made it distinct. But I love that album.
    Dig a ditch deep enough
    To keep you clear of the sun
    You've been burned more than once
    You don't think much of trust
  • Cuntified C
    Cuntified C Posts: 113
    Anything by Abba.
    Anything by Elvis Presley. Most boring artist EVER imho.
    Scissor Sisters.
    Mika - Grace Kelly.

    I can't think of anymore but there are so many!
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Cob wrote:
    Stairway to Heaven or Freebird.

    Yeah, great songs but...

    Another is Sweet Child O Mine, good song, but fuck I've heard it too much.
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • comfortably numb
    comfortably numb Posts: 188
    Imagine by John Lennon, easily.
    saw things so much clearer
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    clearly none of you have been effected by Wonderland by John Mayer
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    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • DangDang
    DangDang Posts: 1,551
    My votes are

    "Old Time Rock & Roll" by Bob Seger and

    "Rock & Roll" by Led Zeppelin


    Whenever I hear a band covering those songs and when I see people getting happy and running to the dance floor, I just want to vomit all over the place.
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    The Long Road wrote:
    My vote goes to Bruce Springsteens' Born to Run.


    I'm shocked and stunned! That song is the biggest, most uplifting anthem ever recorded!
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    comfortably numb wrote:
    Imagine by John Lennon, easily.
    +1

    Blech...Makes me heave...
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  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    My first thought was Smells Like Teen Spirit. it's a piece of crap.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,174
    aerosmith - walk this way
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    any number of Oasis songs.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The Long Road wrote:
    London Calling by the Clash is another one. Take that song at face value and it's really not that good.
    Agreed. One of the most mediocre songs on a frighteningly mediocre record.

    The only good part is the "London is drowning and I, I live by the river" bit. That a truly great song like Train In Vain wasn't even listed on the back of the original album and London Calling gets to be the title track is mindblowing to me :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • weekapaug19
    weekapaug19 Posts: 2,294
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    My first thought was Smells Like Teen Spirit. it's a piece of crap.

    how can people say this??? it changed music. an overrated song is that crap on the radio today, where the artist is popular for 2 months with some crappy song (i.e. that i kissed a girl song) and in 3 months, that song will never be heard of again

    teen spirit is one of the greatest songs ever, because it was the leader in a whole new wave of music, which PJ was a part of

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