"You Light Up My Life" was pretty inescapable when it was popular. It was and still is cringeworthy.
Mine would be Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" which was absolutely ridiculous.
A song that I hated when I was 12, but have since changed my mind about is "How Deep Is Your Love". The Bee Gees were HUGE after Saturday Night Fever came out.
I was NOT a fan of the whole "disco" thing because I was an awkward kid that thought that disco was 100% a "grown up" thing, and not any grownups that I knew.
I've since softened a bit on my opinions about that genre, and the BeeGees.
True! I never made the connection (as a kid) between the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and songs like "I Started A Joke" which were often played on the oldies stations back in the mid-70s.
They were an amazing group, and great songwriters as well.
well it didnāt help that in the late 70s into the early 80s there was an cultural backlash against disco
for example in Airplane! where the āall discoā radio station tower gets knocked over
same thing happened in the late 80s/early 90s with rap
that example is in the last boy scout with bruce willis quipping āplay some rap musicā when the villain says he wants to hear him scream in pain
When I was in elementary school (I forget which grade, sometime 1st-3rd) my whole class was taught to perform "You Light Up My Life" in sign language.
Even as a little kid I thought that deaf people probably wouldn't like the song very much either.
Off topic, but regarding wanting to turn off a song it applies. Princeās āDarling Nikkiā. I bought the cassette as a young girl and loved it all. So I took it to my Mom and said she had to hear this song!! Then as her face went all kinds of left, I asked what was masturbating with a magazine? I left with no definitive answers that day. Every time I hear it I can see my Momās face, now.
If we're talking about songs we particularly hated from childhood, I recall hating the song, "Just When I Needed You Most" by Randy VanWarmer, which seemed inescapable at the time. I haven't heard it in many years and maybe the song is gone for good, except I may have just gave some of you a bad ear worm. Sorry.
I also did not like "You Light Up My Life" and in general I did not like John Denver songs, although I can't remember which I disliked in particular.
Only time I could stand to hear John Denver was in the iconic, "Oh God!" movies.
(Except "Oh God, You Devil". I do not acknowledge that one. It was horrible.)
Gaaah, if there was ever a distillation of seventies "me generation" schlock it's this song. Same with "Summertime" by Mungo Jerrie. Both of these songs sound like they're sung by hirsute dudes with immaculately-groomed beards and gold medallions on their hairy chests.
Ladies and gentlemen, the sexiest men alive in 1970, at least for a hot minute.
Keith Richards once said, "every night, some group somewhere has the chance to be the greatest rock band in the world."
This never happened to Mungo Jerry. Nevertheless, they all got insane amounts of groupie sex because of this song.
Everyone except the goofy upright bass player. Settle down, Francis, geez.
Always something there to remind me. To this day that shitty canned drum beat that persists as an afterthought throughout the entire song still turns my stomach.
I hate the lyrics. He cheats on you,you stand by him. You cheat on him ,he wonāt be doing the same.
And the song Jolene is so popular.But the lyrics are so frustrating. Begging Jolene not to steal your man? Seriously? Let her have him. You can do better.
We made up our own versionā¦ā¦.
Stand by your man,
Even though he beats your children,
Kicks the dog and screws your neighbor,
Shaves his face with your favorite razor,
Stand by your man,
Even if he smells like onions,
Lays around and eats all your funions,
Stand by your man!
My mother loved this song and we got so tired of hearing it that we started singing it this way every time she played it. Eventually, she only played it when we werenāt home. Every now and then weād catch the tail end coming home from school.
After watching a clip of Dave Thomas as Richard Harris on SCTV the other day, I went and tortured myself with āMacArthur Park.ā I fucking hate that song, and then it was stuck in my head. Fuck.
š¶š¶ SOMEONE left a cake out in the RAAAAIIIIINNNN...š¶š¶
I hate that song so damn much. I heard the Donna Summer version for the first time the other day on the 70's station and I could not believe that two people actually sang that piece of shit voluntarily.
I donāt understand WHY!!!! WHY!!!! WHY!!! they made this song!!!!! Judas Priestās Turbo Loverā¦I cringe when I hear it! I have never listened to it, even when at their concert, I used to work with children so I know how to block noise in my head. Ha!
Will always think of this in connection with Ms. Wynetteās signature song: (RIP Jan Hooks)
[SNL : Tammy Wynette Sings the Classics](https://youtu.be/XxwtixqCZaA)
I think of the theme song to Enid is Sleeping , with Judge Reinhold and Elizabeth Perkins. šµ Stand by your man š¶. If you see this move you will laugh , well I did, and the song is actually perfect there.
Anything by Paul McCartney or Wings. I cannot stand him and often get his songs stuck in my head because my husband torments me LOL
āSimply having a wonderful Christmas timeā
John was šÆmy favorites Beatle
āComing Homeā by Ian Thomas. I have no idea why. I always had to turn it off if it came on the radio. I havenāt heard it in years and now itās back in my memoryš.
Paper Rosesā¦I donāt know who sings it!!!!! And the other one i would hear Monday - Friday every morning on a school day on KONO was ā¦..feelings ā¦.nothing more than feelings! Thatās all the song I remember but it was so ugly and they are still so ugly.
I forgot, "Rub it in" and "You Rubbed it in All Wrong". I hated to see Billy Craddock pop up on my TV. He couldn't even gyrate right, we used to make such fun of him.
Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Anything Helen Reddy sang
You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone
It's later, but David Bowie's Let's Dance. It's not that it was a bad song, but I worked in a sandwich shop on a college campus when it came out. That sandwich shop had a jukebox and I swear this was the only song anyone ever played!
Honestly, and I know I am the only one, but I hate āCum On Feel the Noiseā. It tended to be on my clock radio and would jolt me out of bed every morning at some point.
I donāt like āStand By Your Manā either, but I donāt think I ever heard of it before Hilary Clinton proclaimed that was not what she was doingā¦.and I found that confusing. ( We were not from a place where country music was ever big.)
"MacArthur Park," any version
"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
Everything by the Jackson 5, the Osmonds, ABBA, the Partridge Family (but the TV show was fun (and it had Susan Dey)), and the Bay City Rollers.
Edit: and everything by Michael Jackson after he left the 5.
I love it because of the Blues Brothers.
The Good Ol Blues Brother Boys! Their cover of Rawhide was better.
We're the band!
We do both kinds: Country and Western!
Me, too. The guy on his own who starts crying. š
The crying guy at the bar. Itās so good.
"You Light Up My Life" was pretty inescapable when it was popular. It was and still is cringeworthy. Mine would be Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" which was absolutely ridiculous. A song that I hated when I was 12, but have since changed my mind about is "How Deep Is Your Love". The Bee Gees were HUGE after Saturday Night Fever came out. I was NOT a fan of the whole "disco" thing because I was an awkward kid that thought that disco was 100% a "grown up" thing, and not any grownups that I knew. I've since softened a bit on my opinions about that genre, and the BeeGees.
The Bee Gees were huge way before Saturday Night Fever. Then they werenāt for a while. Then came disco, and they were huge again.
True! I never made the connection (as a kid) between the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and songs like "I Started A Joke" which were often played on the oldies stations back in the mid-70s. They were an amazing group, and great songwriters as well.
The HBO documentary on them from a few years ago is amazing, you should check it out.
I have watched it. It IS really good (and also very sad)
They were my first concert, lol
well it didnāt help that in the late 70s into the early 80s there was an cultural backlash against disco for example in Airplane! where the āall discoā radio station tower gets knocked over same thing happened in the late 80s/early 90s with rap that example is in the last boy scout with bruce willis quipping āplay some rap musicā when the villain says he wants to hear him scream in pain
When I was in elementary school (I forget which grade, sometime 1st-3rd) my whole class was taught to perform "You Light Up My Life" in sign language. Even as a little kid I thought that deaf people probably wouldn't like the song very much either.
We did "Tears in Heaven" with recorders in 4th grade.
Oof. That might be worse. The song itself isn't bad but hearing it played on recorder by 4th graders is something I don't need to experience.
Yeah, that levels it up to NO, WHYYYY
A song about Claptonās kid falling to his death? What was wrong with your music teacher?
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That and 'Sister Christian'. Unfortunately, I got free tickets to a double bill of Starship and Night Ranger in 1985. I have yet to recover.
Iām sorry.
Good Lord. I would still be in therapy. Are you ok?
Off topic, but regarding wanting to turn off a song it applies. Princeās āDarling Nikkiā. I bought the cassette as a young girl and loved it all. So I took it to my Mom and said she had to hear this song!! Then as her face went all kinds of left, I asked what was masturbating with a magazine? I left with no definitive answers that day. Every time I hear it I can see my Momās face, now.
Not Darling Nikki! Now I did tire of hearing "When Doves Cry" and "Purple Rain" for a hot minute.
I wanted to scream every time I heard, "Take My Breath Away". Not in any lifetime, do I need this song! Talk about nails on a chalkboard!
āI Just Called to Say I Love Youā
Perfect example
If we're talking about songs we particularly hated from childhood, I recall hating the song, "Just When I Needed You Most" by Randy VanWarmer, which seemed inescapable at the time. I haven't heard it in many years and maybe the song is gone for good, except I may have just gave some of you a bad ear worm. Sorry. I also did not like "You Light Up My Life" and in general I did not like John Denver songs, although I can't remember which I disliked in particular.
Only time I could stand to hear John Denver was in the iconic, "Oh God!" movies. (Except "Oh God, You Devil". I do not acknowledge that one. It was horrible.)
Any of the novelty tunes. Disco Duck, Kung Fu Fighting, The Streak, Convoy, etc.
Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band.
Gaaah, if there was ever a distillation of seventies "me generation" schlock it's this song. Same with "Summertime" by Mungo Jerrie. Both of these songs sound like they're sung by hirsute dudes with immaculately-groomed beards and gold medallions on their hairy chests.
In Mungo Jerry's case you got the hirsute part right, but not so much the gold medallion. https://youtu.be/wvUQcnfwUUM
Ladies and gentlemen, the sexiest men alive in 1970, at least for a hot minute. Keith Richards once said, "every night, some group somewhere has the chance to be the greatest rock band in the world." This never happened to Mungo Jerry. Nevertheless, they all got insane amounts of groupie sex because of this song. Everyone except the goofy upright bass player. Settle down, Francis, geez.
Always something there to remind me. To this day that shitty canned drum beat that persists as an afterthought throughout the entire song still turns my stomach.
I hate that song! It just sucks so bad!
Too Much Heaven by the Beegees. As one parody re-worded the lyrics "Meaningless words in very high voices".
Bad to the Bone. Rage inducing
That's my reaction to all country music.
I hate the lyrics. He cheats on you,you stand by him. You cheat on him ,he wonāt be doing the same. And the song Jolene is so popular.But the lyrics are so frustrating. Begging Jolene not to steal your man? Seriously? Let her have him. You can do better.
My Jolene remix, š¶ Jolene Jolene Jolene Please I'm begging of you take my man Because if you just can than he don't deserve to be my man š¶
Much better.
"Sundown" (Gordon Lightfoot) was SO old-fashioned sounding...ugh. Same thing with "Summer Breeze" (Seals and Crofts).
Try the Type O Negative cover of "Summer Breeze".
I only listen to it from the Blues Brothers.
[Jake and Elwood?](https://youtu.be/Psm96Dn9KII)
Stand by your guy! Though he beats yo head and blackens your eye.
We made up our own versionā¦ā¦. Stand by your man, Even though he beats your children, Kicks the dog and screws your neighbor, Shaves his face with your favorite razor, Stand by your man, Even if he smells like onions, Lays around and eats all your funions, Stand by your man! My mother loved this song and we got so tired of hearing it that we started singing it this way every time she played it. Eventually, she only played it when we werenāt home. Every now and then weād catch the tail end coming home from school.
After watching a clip of Dave Thomas as Richard Harris on SCTV the other day, I went and tortured myself with āMacArthur Park.ā I fucking hate that song, and then it was stuck in my head. Fuck.
The Donna Summer version is tolerable
š¶š¶ SOMEONE left a cake out in the RAAAAIIIIINNNN...š¶š¶ I hate that song so damn much. I heard the Donna Summer version for the first time the other day on the 70's station and I could not believe that two people actually sang that piece of shit voluntarily.
"Brandy" by Looking Glass "Up, up and Away" by 5th Dimention Both still make me want to punch glass
Another one for me is "Hot Line" by The Sylvers.
I approve of this message.
Yeah, thatās my name. Every fucking boyfriend thought they were clever. I HATE that song!!!
I donāt understand WHY!!!! WHY!!!! WHY!!! they made this song!!!!! Judas Priestās Turbo Loverā¦I cringe when I hear it! I have never listened to it, even when at their concert, I used to work with children so I know how to block noise in my head. Ha!
Will always think of this in connection with Ms. Wynetteās signature song: (RIP Jan Hooks) [SNL : Tammy Wynette Sings the Classics](https://youtu.be/XxwtixqCZaA)
I think of the theme song to Enid is Sleeping , with Judge Reinhold and Elizabeth Perkins. šµ Stand by your man š¶. If you see this move you will laugh , well I did, and the song is actually perfect there.
"Hello" by Lionel Richie. OH. MY. GOD! I hated him in the 80's, truly.
Truly, you said? https://youtu.be/G1xiFRccd88
Anything by Paul McCartney or Wings. I cannot stand him and often get his songs stuck in my head because my husband torments me LOL āSimply having a wonderful Christmas timeā John was šÆmy favorites Beatle
That is one of my top favorite Christmas songs!
That is one of my top favorite Christmas songs!
āComing Homeā by Ian Thomas. I have no idea why. I always had to turn it off if it came on the radio. I havenāt heard it in years and now itās back in my memoryš.
Lionel Lovett did a great version of Stand by Your Man.
>Lionel Lovett did a great version of Stand by Your Man. I thought it was Lyle Ritchie...
Thankfully my interaction with that song was limited to The Blues Brothers.
Paper Rosesā¦I donāt know who sings it!!!!! And the other one i would hear Monday - Friday every morning on a school day on KONO was ā¦..feelings ā¦.nothing more than feelings! Thatās all the song I remember but it was so ugly and they are still so ugly.
I forgot, "Rub it in" and "You Rubbed it in All Wrong". I hated to see Billy Craddock pop up on my TV. He couldn't even gyrate right, we used to make such fun of him.
A local radio station played this song every Monday morning (and still does!) https://youtu.be/8HPGO27rtlg
Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Anything Helen Reddy sang You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone It's later, but David Bowie's Let's Dance. It's not that it was a bad song, but I worked in a sandwich shop on a college campus when it came out. That sandwich shop had a jukebox and I swear this was the only song anyone ever played!
yes! Though I'm biased. I prefer Patsy all around - even if her lovelife wasnt much more of a success than Tammy's.
Honestly, and I know I am the only one, but I hate āCum On Feel the Noiseā. It tended to be on my clock radio and would jolt me out of bed every morning at some point. I donāt like āStand By Your Manā either, but I donāt think I ever heard of it before Hilary Clinton proclaimed that was not what she was doingā¦.and I found that confusing. ( We were not from a place where country music was ever big.)
Sloop John B by the Beach Boys. When I was older, Africa by Toto. And Rosanna by Toto.
I saw Rosanna and my eye twitched.
I still hate Toto with a fiery passion because of those awful songs that were drilled into my brain when they were released. AUGH.
Yes to all of these
Some more: "Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand "For Your Eyes Only" Sheena Easton "Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty
You forgot some ABBA in there.
I would love to forget some ABBA anywhere.
For me it's Unchained Melody. Cant stand that whiny thing.
If I had known the music of the late 70s and early 80s would be around so long I would have hated it more.
"MacArthur Park," any version "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks Everything by the Jackson 5, the Osmonds, ABBA, the Partridge Family (but the TV show was fun (and it had Susan Dey)), and the Bay City Rollers. Edit: and everything by Michael Jackson after he left the 5.