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Most overrated song ever!

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MyCatHatesEverybody · 01/01/2021 13:10

Ok I'm sure this will have been done before but I'm currently listening to Greatest Hits Radio's top 500 favourite songs countdown. They've just played Purple Rain and whilst I can appreciate it's a decent song I really don't get the almost universal love for it. I'm sure Hey Jude and Imagine will be along shortly which are IMO the most over rated songs of all time. I'm also the only person I know who isn't keen on Fairytale of New York.

What songs do you dislike that nearly everyone else seems to love?

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Dizzy1234 · 01/01/2021 13:26

Prepared to be flamed but Band Aid, Do they know its Christmas.
Christ I hate that song, Saint Bob and Saint Midge Ure urging us the little people to hand over our money.
Now that's what they are known for, Band Aid, without it they would be two obscure 80s pop stars that not too many people would remember.
I'll give them their due that they raised a lot of money but I just can't stand their pompous, pious personas, phew!

Rafflesway · 01/01/2021 13:26

"I will survive by" Gloria Gaynor!

I won't if I have to listen to this tripe for years to come. 🤬

MyCatHatesEverybody · 01/01/2021 13:26

They're now playing I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. I assume Bono is singing about humility or something.

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Rafflesway · 01/01/2021 13:27

"I will survive" by Gloria Gaynor. (Sorry, crap punctuation).

tillytoodles1 · 01/01/2021 13:28

I hate Stairway to Heaven, it's such a dirge.

ChrissyPlummer · 01/01/2021 13:29

Anything by Oasis. I also dislike most of The Beatles and Elvis.

All I Want for Christmas by Mariah Carey, absolutely bloody awful. In fact, most of MC songs I find to be an assault on the ears.

Pebbledashery · 01/01/2021 13:30

@Dizzy1234 ha did you see the comedian snippet on Britain's got talent.. There was a comedian who said why would they want it to Snow in Africa, thats the last thing they'd want 😂

AgeLikeWine · 01/01/2021 13:30

Imagine by John Lennon.

A sanctimonious self-righteous multi-millionaire playing his grand piano in his country mansion asking people to ‘imagine no possessions’. You first, mate...

Sparklingbrook · 01/01/2021 13:30

There's not many Christmas songs I like TBH.

Also not a fan of the Whitney/Mariah screech alongs.

Pebbledashery · 01/01/2021 13:31

@agelikewine 😂😂😂

LunaNorth · 01/01/2021 13:32

Imagine
American Pie - goes on for fucking years, wanging on about jesters and thorny crowns Hmm
Angels - you’re loving angels instead of what?

LunaNorth · 01/01/2021 13:33

@AgeLikeWine

Imagine by John Lennon.

A sanctimonious self-righteous multi-millionaire playing his grand piano in his country mansion asking people to ‘imagine no possessions’. You first, mate...

Even worse - playing his grand piano in his penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park.

Ever so ‘umble.

LunaNorth · 01/01/2021 13:34

This picture sums up the hypocrisy of ‘Imagine’ nicely, I think.

Most overrated song ever!
DuckonaBike · 01/01/2021 13:34

Just came on to add another vote for Imagine.

Mrsjayy · 01/01/2021 13:36

I bet John lennon was a total knob as a person and nobody liked him

LaPoesieEstDansLaRue · 01/01/2021 13:36

Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
And almost everything else ever written by Queen. Can't stand them.

IfTheSockFits · 01/01/2021 13:36

Anything by Adele or Eric Clapton.

Dizzy1234 · 01/01/2021 13:37

@Pebbledashery
Hilarious 😂😂

Sparklingbrook · 01/01/2021 13:37

I failed to see what was so amazing about Queen TBH.

LunaNorth · 01/01/2021 13:38

Someone Like You and When We Were Young by Adele.

Get some dignity, you creepy stalker woman.

imdedinside · 01/01/2021 13:39

The Harry Potter Theme Song. Makes me want to bash my head into a wall.

NeverTalksToStrangers · 01/01/2021 13:40

Umbrella. Eh eh eh.

hedwigdeservedbetter · 01/01/2021 13:41

shape of u by ed sheeran. it's alright but overplayed

LunaL0veg00d · 01/01/2021 13:41

Robbie Williams- Angels

LunaL0veg00d · 01/01/2021 13:41

@imdedinside

The Harry Potter Theme Song. Makes me want to bash my head into a wall.
Oi!