Love the artist, hate the song

[Dick Whitman]

"Jeremy" - Pearl Jam
"Losing My Religion" - R.E.M.
"Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen

Go.

 

[waterytart]

I can't believe I'm the first reply and Hungry Heart has already been cited.

 

[Steak Snabler]

The entire second side of disc two of The Beatles' White Album.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Not likely to come up from anyone else. Otis Redding is one of my favorites. But Sitting On the Dock of the Bay is pure dreck.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Big Me -- Foo Fighters
Conquest -- The White Stripes
Diamonds and Pearls -- Prince

 

[Layman]

Dancing in the Dark--Springsteen

 

[TheWritingWaffle]

Kokomo - the Beach Boys

 

[Buck]

Past 25years of the Stones.

 

[YGBFKM]

Led Zeppelin, Immigrant Song

Drive-by Truckers, their entire last album

 

[forever_town]

"Destiny" -- Stevie Nicks
"Docklands" -- Stevie Nicks
"Silver Girl" (which I refer to as "Silver Hurl") -- Fleetwood Mac
"Cheaper Than Free" -- Stevie Nicks (and Dave Stewart)

 

[Brian]

For all the wonderful things Paul McCartney has done, writing "Wonderful Christmas Time" almost undoes all of them in my mind.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

I Just Called To Say I Love You -- Stevie Wonder
All She Wants To Do Is Dance -- Don Henley
Sweet Child Of Mine -- Sheryl Crow
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me -- Elton John/George Michael (works for both of them)

 

[EStreetJoe]

Springsteen - Adam Raised a Cain, Real Man, (to name two)

 

[Norrin Radd]

Enter Sandman, Wherever I May Roam, The THing that Should Not Be, Seek and Destroy - Metallica
Working Man - Rush
Working on a Dream, Lonesome Day, Two Hearts - Springsteen

 

[Mr. Sluggo]

Everything after Permanent Waves - Rush

 

[Webster]

Ebony and Ivory and I Just Called to Say I Love You -- Stevie Wonder
Emotional Rescue -- Stones
Queen of the Supermarket -- Bruce

 

[MTM]

Silly Love Songs and Let 'em In -- McCartney

 

[Huggy]

Zep's "Stairway To Heaven", Clapton's unplugged "Layla" and everything Rod Stewart has released since Tonight I'm Yours are the first ones that come to mind.

 

[Bubbler]

Choosing from my favorite well-known artists ...

The Beatles -- Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite. Really a lot of Sgt. Pepper's is mediocre by their standard.

Rolling Stones -- Sympathy For The Devil. Overrated and ponderous. Also, to echo Buck, pretty much everything since Tattoo You. And there's a bunch of Stones' songs that I'd rather never hear again -- It's Only Rock 'n Roll, Miss You -- that aren't bad per se, but have been overplayed into the ground.

Led Zeppelin -- Whole Lotta Love. Stupid song that doesn't really "rock" at all. And the freak-out in the middle was probably horribly dated by about 1972 or so.

Bob Dylan -- Most of his early acoustic folk stuff. I know that may sound like the stupidest statement every made on music, but early Dylan just doesn't speak to me at all. From the mid 60s on is when I get on board.

The Who -- Magic Bus. Stupidest ****ing song ever. I don't think I've ever met anyone who likes this song.

Elton John -- Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. George Michael's cover doesn't help. Hate the arrangement, hate the sentiment in the song, hate the way Elton sings it. Hate.

The Clash -- Janie Jones. Sounds like it's being sung by some death metal parody version of The Clash. I'm also cold on London Calling (the song, not the album which is outstanding).

And among artists I don't consider favorites ...

I'll say it. Most of Bruce Springsteen's catalog leaves me cold. I don't dislike Springsteen at all, I respect him, but he's just ... blah to me.

There's some really good ****. I really like pretty much everything I've ever heard from Darkness On The Edge Of Town, 10th Avenue Freeze-Out and some of his stuff since, but I don't listen to Springsteen and break into heavenly Hosannah's like many do. I don't really get him.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Damn, Springsteen getting dogged out a lot on here. I'm not a huge Bruce fan, but this kinda surprises me.