Post the popular music song you hate more then any other and see if others agree it sucks

goatrope · Nov 4, 2025

Iron Butterfly (1968) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" made my brain explode every time it came on the radio, which was every 5 minutes or so in 1968-1970.

MeAgain · Nov 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM

Mountain Valley Wolf said: ↑

I have heard that sentiment shared before. Some people have said it is because they were overplayed. It seemed to me, when they first became popular in the early 60's that there were two kinds of rock in America---1.) the American rock that had come from the blues-heavy 50's, and was, in some corners, evolving into a surf sound, and 2.) the Beatles. I remember seeing them on the Ed Sullivan show, and then watching, A Hard Days Night, on TV not long after. I was pretty young at the time, but after the movie I loved them. And then of course everything changed very quickly and Haight Ashbury changed the world, etc. etc.

But they were so new, and so British, and changed so many things. They really shaped so much of rock. I don't think we would have music videos if it weren't for the movies they made. As I understand, it was at the Beatles concerts in theatres in that first US tour, that ushers first described the phenomena, in the girls seats, that AC/DC later sang about----"I see the wet spot in your seat, and it aint Coca Cola." Because they really were a liberating force from the Father Knows Best society we had at the time. And then there is the hypnotic power they had over their audiences that some people have described---one person telling how he watched as the audience seemed to mindlessly move with each move they made, to which he added that he was amazed at the tremendous power they had over these people and yet they did not know what to do with it (Of course, even if they did, they would reject that power as they were vocally against manipulating mind trips). Later you would see this hypnotic control manifested by the Doors, and others, but I imagine the Beatles were the first.

But their music evolved in so many ways, which in turn (if it wasn't an early response to an emerging style) created or heavily influenced a new style of music.
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When the Beatles hit the U.S. I saw them as appealing to girls. My older sister bought all their albums.
I was more into heavier music like The Animals, Kinks, Yardbirds, Hollies, Small Faces, etc. or on the U.S. side The Beach Boys, Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Jan and Dean, The Byrds, etc.

But when I discovered Rubber Soul "the pot album" things changed.

Duncan · Nov 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Henry The VIII, I Am
Easy lyrics to sing (as they are repeated). Also, the song's annoying quality is evidenced in the movie GHOST.

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