Standards-U-Hate.

[andy-hughes]

A song becomes a 'standard' because it is popular and therefore heard often.

I am even more opinionated about music than anything else in life (hard to believe I know!) and there are some hugely popular songs that I absolutely can't abide.

Two spring to mind - Baker Street, which was just on the radio, and I have always loathed, and Whitney Houston's version of 'I Will Always Love Yahoo'.

Over to you.

[Buenchico]

I've just seen Wonderwall mentioned above. That can definitely be added to my list!

(I like Mustang Sally though!)

[Captain2]

Oi! What's wrong with 'Cat's in the Cradle'? - Don't you call Harry C!

[Sam1960]

R Kelly... I believe I Can Fly
It goes on and on and on ...... Hate it

[Buenchico]

Songs about flying can be even worse than that, Sam ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlIuHUp4EB0

[Sam1960]

That's another one I can add to my list chris lol ;-)

[tonyav]

Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody.

[cazza247]

Any Whitney Houston, any Simply Red, Barbie Girl by Aqua,

[Buenchico]

I think I'll scream the next time I hear the Killers ask "Are we human or only dancer".

Grrrr!

[Lie-in King]

I thought of a couple more dirges this morning -

Imagine - John Lennon
Babylon - David Gray

[yogi-bear]

Have a chance to tell Lionel Ritchie what I think of his tune 'Hello' as I'm up at Glastonbury from Friday afternoon, and he's performing on Sunday.

I like him a lot and when he was in The Commodores, but 'Hello' is just plain awful.
I'll borrow Lemmy from Motorhead at the point he sings it and boo a bit.

Shaddup'ya face.... Joe Dolce is another pointless tune...and the fact that tripe kept Ultravox off No 1 with the classic and classy Vienna was annoying in the extreme.....grrrrrr

[woolly17]

That Whitney Houston song, which I can't even bring myself to name ... absolutely loathe it with a passion, but Baker Street ... absolutely love it - what I would call a real 'game-changer' in the pop world when it was released. Hate Hotel California, VHG? How could you? There's clearly no accounting for taste! Because hated songs tend to stick in the mind as earworms, I find I have to try very hard to forget them, but having succeeded I find I cannot now think of any others to name! However (sorry, Mr Gove), two songs that have been suggested, as objectively as it's possible to be, as candidates for 'best pop song ever' - not just by me - are Dancing Queen and Bridge Over Troubled Water.

[DaisyNonna]

The Green Green Grass of Home

[askyourgran]

Beach Boys Barbra Ann - and cringeworthy Honey - Bobby Goldsborough?