Is there one single song you can say you absolutely despise ? What is it ?

Placidcasual79

proggy said:

Too Much Too Young, The Specials. I really hate that song and that band.

That fucking singer's monotone flat voice makes me vomit.

Wtf....... thats a quality tune kid. Urgent, energetic and poignant. Of course its each to there own and its beyond dispute that Terry Hall doesn't have the greatest vocal range, but its a classic of its time. 

Bucket

Rolling in the Fucking Deep by Fucking Adele.

Wazmeister

The Final Countdown
Simply The Best

Anything by The Pet Shop Boys

proggy

Placidcasual79 said:

proggy said:

Too Much Too Young, The Specials. I really hate that song and that band.

That fucking singer's monotone flat voice makes me vomit.

Wtf....... thats a quality tune kid. Urgent, energetic and poignant. Of course its each to there own and its beyond dispute that Terry Hall doesn't have the greatest vocal range, but its a classic of its time. 

I just can't tolerate it mate, it's like telling me that celery is good for you, I can't tolerate it.

As you mentioned though, each to their own.

ICBM

Very much each to their own. I love about half the songs mentioned so far .

There is one I detest probably more than any other, but even mentioning it will probably make it start playing in my head again, so I won't.

It's not by Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Bryan Adams, Scissor Sisters or any of the other usually most likely candidates though.

We Built This City On Rock And Roll might come close too...

Telejester

Oh let me add youre beautiful by james blunt...........heinous tune

boogieman

Telejester said:

Oh let me add youre beautiful by james blunt...........heinous tune

It's not THAT bad but it would definitely  sound better if James Blunt wasn't singing it. 

My pet hate is Knocking on Heaven's Door by Guns & Roses. It's a decent enough song when Bob sings it, it's Axel's strangled nasal whining voice and the fucking awful vocal delivery that gets me. Every time I hear him sing "door-awoor" it makes me cringe. November Rain runs it a very close second in the crappy hateful  song stakes, mind 

stickyfiddle

I agree with @ICBM in general. Lots of fluff mentioned here but mostly ok, and Waterloo is one of the greatest pop songs of all time, so there's that. 

For me, the only two I can think of are Build Me Up Buttercup by the Foundations (mostly scars from hearing this about 80 times in a single day in a school talent-show rehearsal thing years ago), and the Black Eyed Peas' seminal-pap I Gotta Feeling, whose title doesn't even make sense. "Gotta" means "got to", not "got a". Cretins. The fact that it's even remotely interesting is a wonder of modern production because the song itself is literally one hook played FOR FOUR MINUTES.

guitars4you

I've got two to pick 

Lady in Red - Chris De Burg
Tainted Love - 12" version by Soft Cell

EricTheWeary

I wouldn't say despise for any piece of music although Gangsters Paradise came on the radio this morning and I find that incredibly annoying. 

My son has been studying the original version of Comfortably Numb vs the Scissor Sisters one for college and told me how much he hates the Floyd one. Again, I wouldn't say I despise any piece of music but I will say there was some fatherly pride...

guitars4you

guitars4you said:

I've got two to pick 

Lady in Red - Chris De Burg
Tainted Love - 12" version by Soft Cell

sorry but I have to add another - just turned on the radio and playing at that moment was
Come on Eileen - a sure fire most hated song

frictionfraction

Mustang Sally ... My fingers tremble and sweat and clench into fist at those words from a pissed up punter . "Hey mate do you play that Commitments song?"

bluechargeboy

Any of this modern rubbish with obvious autotuned vocals as an overt technique. Bloody kids!

RocknRollDave

Some serious lapses of judgement in this thread! Shocked by some of the songs mentioned.

Bridgehouse

RocknRollDave said:

Some serious lapses of judgement in this thread! Shocked by some of the songs mentioned.

I know. Chris de Burgh is awesome

Dopesick

Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
The New Radicals - Get What You Give

There are more but these three particularly stand out.

The opening 'duh-duh duh-duh duh-duh' beat of Rock DJ is like being stuck on a raft and approached by a shark but instead of a shark it's just Robbie Williams' shit eating grin staring at you for the rest of eternity, which is worse than being chewed to bits by Jaws.

57Deluxe

Karma fucking Chameleon... Oh and  Gold... Bat out of Hell.... Easy Like Sunday Morning... Devil Gate Drive... Nothing Compares to you...

Jeez - Pass me the Librium now!

freakboy1610

There are so many but, at the risk of revealing my age, the first to spring to mind was Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree by Dawn. The aforementioned G'n'R version of Knocking on Heaven's Door comes a close second. 
More recently, any song credited as "artist X feat. artist Y" tends to = SH1T

Bidley

Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs.

His voice makes me want to hurt things.

Bucket

stickyfiddle said:

the Black Eyed Peas' seminal-pap I Gotta Feeling, whose title doesn't even make sense. "Gotta" means "got to", not "got a". Cretins. The fact that it's even remotely interesting is a wonder of modern production because the song itself is literally one hook played FOR FOUR MINUTES.

This too. I'm having to learn it for a function gig and bloody hell, I never realised how boring it was. Truly awful.