Songs you actually shouldn't like but you do?

Crikey, yesterday I was just looking for people to interview for an article, now I'm starting topics and everything.

Okay, songs that you know full well are terrible but you think they are great anyway. For example:

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Jan Hammer - Theme From Miami Vice
Toto - Africa
Years For Fears - Mad World

They're all terrible. But they're all great.

How odd, I'm listening to Africa now.

Anything by Alanis Morrisette

Interpol's entire catalog.
I really didn't want to like that band.
But alas...

Off the top of my head:

Manowar - Battle Hymn
Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet
Def Leppard - Hysteria
All Saints - Never Ever

The entire Flashdance soundtrack
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
The entire Bee Gees catalog
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Miracles by Jefferson Starship
Closer by NIN
Poison by Bell Biv Devoe
Say You'll be There by Spice Girls

Teehee

Most disco

-i should be slapped for liking these songs:

justin timberlake - cry me a river
kelly clarkson - ms. independent
beyonce & jay z. - crazy in love

if any of you ever tell anyone i like those songs, i'll gut you.

I'm in a bit of the same boat as HK here...

Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
AHHHHHHHHH!!!
Someone Van Gogh me.
Its just so catchy

***Thank you very much...now I'm listening to this damn song...
Its gonna be stuck in my head all day....again....

[Edited on Sep 02, 2003 by ChristopherRobin]

You don't have to be sorry for liking Neil Diamond. Just like I don't have to be sorry for liking Leavin' On A Jet Plane by John Denver.

how about jet plane' by peter, paul, and mary?
i think i gotcha beat (that is a good song tho)
also highway to the danger zone by kenny loggins
and i dont know who sings it, but there's a country song called "she thinks my tractor's sexy"
more as i think of them

Ace Of Base - pretty much all their songs. I love the greatest hits album. I'm a nerd.

Kenny Loggins... I think I may go misty-eyed at any moment...

I just thought of one I should never have forgotten, and it's a winner.

Always by Atlantic Starr.

haha, yes to ace of base, reminds me of school discos much like whigfield (yet i can safely say i don't even secretly like that)
the donna's cover of living after midnight. why, i shall never know
the moulin rouge cover of lady marmalade, but maybe it has something to do with the video
most destiny's child that i've heard eeek
lynnard skinnard makes me feel guilty...dunno why
i like this thread
i might get brave enough to admit some more but that's all for now
NGNM

That's at least two people now who have admitted to a shameful love of the Skynyrd, and I can only say... DON'T FEAR THE SKYNYRD.

Now if you really liked 'Hammer To Fall' by Queen, like I do - THAT would be something to be ashamed of.

New Found Glory. Even I hate me for that.

So much appalling music in the world to love... I now nominate Turn Up The Radio by... is it Air Supply? That's genuinely appalling. Great though.

i really like billy joel... a lot.

"i'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints..."

also, that catchy theme song from the greatest american hero.

"believe it or not, i'm walking on air..."

-bobby

Yeah, Billy Joel sucks but is also quite good. Okay, I'm going to aim for a top 40 of songs that are not good but actually they are.... See if you can get with this...

1. We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner
2. Africa - Toto
3. Never Ever - All Saints (whoever suggested that was right)
4. Beyonce - Crazy 4 Love (ditto - can't argue with the horns)
5. Sister Christian - Night Ranger (terrible... BUT FANTASTIC)
6. Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith
7. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
8. Theme From Miami Vice - Jan Hammer
9. Theme From Airwolf - Fuck Knows
10. Theme From The Equalizer - Stewart Copeland
11. Whole Again - Atomic Kitten
12. Turn Up The Radio - Air Supply or whoever the fuck did it
13. Paradise City - Guns'n'Roses
14. Poison - Alice Cooper
15. The Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (hey, I don't make the rules)
16. You're The Voice - John Farnham
17. All Of My Heart - ABC
18. The Name Of The Game - Abba
19. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room - Abba
20. Arrival - Abba
21. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth
22. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
23. Love Is Contagious - Taja Sevelle
24. Always - Atlantic Starr
25. The Show - Doug E Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew
26. Bad Boy IV Life - Puff Daddy
27. Lets Go All The Way - Sly Fox
28. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
29. What Have You Done For Me Lately? - Janet Jackson
30. Earth Song - Michael Jackson
31. I Can't Go For That - Hall and Oates
32. Belfast Child - Simple Minds
33. Hammer To Fall - Queen
34. Radio Ga ga - Queen
35. Barcelona - Freddie Marcury and Montserrat Caballe
36. Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets
37. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
38. Round Round - Sugababes
39.

Actually, that's it. I can't go any further. 38 songs, all terrible, but all fuckin' great.

good fucking call with twisted sister!
but i'd nominate feed my frankenstein rather than poison
and i'm wondering why there's been no mention at all of bon jovi, then again why be embarassed to love them
pink by aerosmith....it's awful, but i LOVE it
....whole again.....atomic kitten, oh dear oh dear me
and to all the people who want me to be ashamed of loving madness i will not be
so there
ngnm

Don't call him Fuck Nose!

Big Ears...

pretty much all the music i have.

(i'll give you an idea of how bad it is: right now i'm listening to a song by the OTHER guy from wham!)