Do you have a song (songs) you can’t stand ? *Title edited by GNHQ*

I dislike power ballads but particularly anything sung by Leona Lewis - so miserable!

Imagine and Woman make me cringe and so does You'll Never Walk Alone.

Dislike anything by Paul McCartney - totally overrated (I agree Elton John is overrated too)!

Screechy Beyonce - and Mariah Carey - just awful.

I love Tom Jones, especially now that he doesn't take himself seriously.

I'll have to leave it there or i'll be here all day!

JackyB - I actually love Israel Kamikawiwo'ele's version of Somewhere over the Rainbow. It makes me think that it has come close to folk song, when people start singing variations of the words.
Apparently 'Rainbow' is still in copyright and when IK's version became popular (some years after he recorded it) the owners contacted his agent to ask if he could re-record it correctly, and they said 'we'd love to, but he's dead' - so his version continues to be played.
Still loving this thread!

Anything by Tina Turner and her dancing leaves alot to be desired.
She dances as if she`s constipated.

Bohemian Rhapsody is dire. It was no 1 for weeks and always on the radio in 1976. I moved to Canada and it followed me there!

Although I'm a Rod Stewart fan I really dislike Sailing although I don't know why.

Mack the Knife and Whiter Shade of pale also have me switching off.

Fields of Gold by Sting
Agree with John Lennon's Imagine and Woman
I wish it could be Christmas Every Day played ad nauseam in shops, I have to walk out.
Yellow Submarine. My absolute nightmare is the thought of being imprisoned in a care home with the staff playing that and expecting us to sing along.

Up the junction and Cool for Cats! I absolutely detest them. I can’t turn the radio off quick enough if either comes on. Also anything by Lily Allen aaaarrrgggh same sort of accent I think.

I agree re Leona Lewis. All that warbling. Same goes for Whitney Houston.

Can't stand "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" and anything else by Tony Christie.

Also "YMCA" (forget the name of the group).

The "reggae" song with these lyrics
"Girl, I'm gonna make you sweat, sweat till you can't sweat no more, and if you cry, I'm gonna push it, push it some more"

It has the lovely rousing chorus "La la la long, ah la la la la long long li long long long"

Ah, YMCA by The Village People

That brings back memories of my lovely Mum

She just adored it. Would leap to the dance floor when it played. Whirled around the kitchen when it was on the radio!

We were sat with her at her end of life and when I played that song, she managed to nod her head and clap her hands., and smile.

Her last smile

Katy Perry’s “Firework” - the lyrics are complete rubbish!

I think it's Whitney Houston.
I believe the children are our future.. blah blah....

Young Hearts, Run Free was another I didn't like

I had a boyfriend who loved it

He had to go

Oh, I like that one!
Mack the knife, though, I've never had any idea what they're singing about.

MissA I'm totally with you.
Mack the Knife is a brilliant song.
And that Push It sh**e is an absolutely vile abomination.
I've just looked it up and it's by some cretins called 'Inner Circle'.

skunkhair63

Katy Perry’s “Firework” - the lyrics are complete rubbish!

It's about Russell Brand (snigger)

Nights in White Satin and A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Mac the Knife comes from the Threepenny Opera (Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht), which, in turn, is derived from The Beggar's Opera.

Tie a yellow ribbon and I just called to say I love you, radio goes off if they come on

Mull of Kintyre. I once donated money to Capital Radio in the hope that they wouldn’t play it.

So here it is Merry Christmas, and all the standard rubbish they dig out every year.
That Mariah Carey thing which is too pukey to mention that pumps out at the supermarket.
Surely

Surely better music out there!

All I want for christmas is you. (Mariah Carey)

I can't stand 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco'. To me it's so smug...

Someone mentioned 'Sugar Sugar' by the Archies - I was thinking goodness haven't heard that for about 40 years, then blow me it was blaring out in the Coop!

The most dreary song ever must be 'I'm not in luuuurve' by 10cc, it goes on forever!