5 Songs That I Hate For No Good Reason

Sometimes I am a hypocrite.  I am.  But you like what you like and persuasion can not change that.  When it comes to music, when I hate something I really hate it.  I loathe it.  These are pretty strong words.  You would think that I would have a really good reason for hating something so much.  Nope.  I do not.  Below are a few of my most hated songs.  Any one of these will produce a rant from me within the first few notes.  The thought of these songs congregating as a playlist actually makes me shiver.  I will try to explain my hatred but more than likely my explanations will piss you off even more.

Summer of '69 / Bryan Adams -  I know that he used the year '69 as a play on the sexual position.  I know that many songs are works of fiction.  With that being said, HE WASN'T OLD ENOUGH TO DO THE THINGS HE SAID HE DID IN THE SUMMER OF 1969.  BRYAN ADAMS IS A FUCKING LIAR.  Don't pass it off as your life story.  You're not Bruce Springsteen.  You're Canadian.  And we know it wasn't a six string that you played until your fingers bled.

All Summer Long / Kid Rock - I like early Kid Rock.  Fine.  Unfollow me now but I swear when Devil Without A Cause came out it was good.  The new offerings just seem like a bad joke.  My Biggest gripe with this song is that it is unoriginal.  It is supposed to bring back the good time feelings of summer of yore.  Instead he just rips of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Warren Zevon.  This disgust is coming from the same person that praises the Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique for its originality.  I'm sorry but All Summer Long just isn't original.  It's singing your suck ass summer stories karaoke style over other artists original works.  I can't wait to see his next offering.  That, by the way, is sarcasm.

Aqualung / Jethro Tull -  I can't even come up with a good reason why someone would like this song.  Thank you for taking the story of a low life and making him even seedier with your creepy voice and musical arrangement.  As a kid this song haunted me.  I would always  hope on my walk home that Aqualung wasn't sitting outside of my school.  Considering that is was the 70's more than likely he probably was.  Letting a 9 year old listen to this on the radio is the equivalent to giving him an R. Crumb comic book.  Thanks for fucking me up Tull.

Stepping Out / Joe Jackson -  I wish he was stepping out in front of a traffic.  Please stop putting him in the same category as Elvis Costello.  His British angst is not on the same level as him.  Joe Jackson's angst is more spoiled teenager than crying out over political and record label oppression. And the piano does not qualify as a viable instrument of that genre.  Stop force feeding me this.  I am ready to puke.

Steely Dan / (Insert Any Song Here) - Donald Fagen's voice is the equivalent of sitting in a doctors office and waiting to get a 6 inch needle for eternity.  That is how I feel every time I hear his voice over jazz tinged elevator music.  How is it even considered classic rock?!?  Just stop.  Stop it already.

Ok.  I am sorry you had to witness that. It is not often that I have one of my little rants.  Every now and then it builds up and it has to be done.  I know that many of you may like these songs.  I would like to say I am sorry but I am not.  What I would like to hear is what songs you absolutely hate and why.  This way maybe we can just be mad at each other and hug it out.

See you when the needle drops!

Fran

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