Popular songs from the past that we hate (country, better, DJ)
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Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) by Bryan Adams
Storybook Love (from The Princess Bride) by Mark Knofler ~ Even another singer can't save this!
I Only Have Eyes for You by The Flamingos ~ It's the backup syllables being sung. We used to call it "Glub Glub (The Drowning Song"! I love other versions, but this one is poor; I thought so back when it was on the radio.
Me and Mrs. Jones ~ I don't even know who sings it, but I have always loathed it! / I looked him up: Billy Paul?! ~ "We got a thang goin' on..." Yuck!
Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show ~ It's chalk on the blackboard! It's squeaky sneakers on wood floors!
I know people adore him. When I was growing up, it seemed that everyone loved Elvis Presley. So, I went along, thinking that I should like him, too. I never bought even a 45 of his music, never an album. I can think of about two early songs I don't mind. The rest... I turned rebellious about his movies when I was in high school. My sister, her friends and I were headed for the latest Elvis flick. When we reached the newsstand next door, I said, "I'm going in here instead. I'll meet you after its over." They were aghast! EVERYONE went to see Elvis. I simply couldn't take him anymore. I've never watched his movies again, and I turn down the radio when one of his songs comes on.
There are a couple of the old Elton John songs I don't mind, but the rest were run into the ground even before decades had passed. His sound doesn't hold up to me.
My mother loves him, but I can't stand a single one of Bruce Springsteen's songs. He seems to like to shove as many syllables as he can in a line, ending up slush-mouthed and nearly impossible to understand. I think most of his lyrics are painful to listen to and do not understand the adulation. "Born to Run" sounds like a parody.
There are a number of singers I simply can't listen to: Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston (when she started the vocal gymnastics, a style that spread to other singers~those who I would place on this list), and a host of others who became popular around the Nineties. I don't even recall their names, just that, when they start singing, I search for something else or lower the volume.
I have a very high tolerance for a lifetime of music and beyond, as I love music from long before I was born in the Fifties.
Achy Breaky Heart by Billey Ray Cyrus and Carol of the Bells. I know most people love Carol of the Bells but I can't stand its borderline obnoxious repetition.
" My Sharona" by the Knack gives me an upset stomach, and headache. It was my ex-wife's favorite song.
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