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Artists' songs: "love it, like it, hate it" song list


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Joni Mitchell

 

Love: 80%, e.g. all of Court and Spark and Hissing of Summer Lawns

Like:  Wild Things Run Fast

Hate:  The Circle Game (OK...hate is a bit strong, more like don't like)

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Queen (all from one record):

Love: Death on Two Legs

LIke: You're My Best Friend

Hate: I'm in Love with My Car

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one more from the 21st century:  Lake Street Dive

 

Love: You Go Down Smooth

Like:  Rental Love

Hate: Good Kisser

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IMO popularity has nothing to do with quality. As for not liking it, if you have to ask :)  To each their own!  Anyway:

 

Joni Mitchell:

 

Love - In France They Kiss on Main Street

Like - Help Me

Hate - Both Sides Now (similar to Sam's take on Joni above, hate might be a bit strong but never really cared for) 

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Peter Gabriel

Love: Signal To Noise

Like: Intruder

Hate: Sledgehammer was already taken, so I'll probably go with Steam.  Wouldn't say I hate it, I just don't really like it.

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Genesis (Phil Collins era)

 

Love: Turn It On Again (On a more broader scale, I love the whole Duke album.)

Like: Domino

Hate: I Can't Dance

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Let me get a few out of my system.  😉

 

Madonna

 

Love: Live To Tell

Like: Open Your Heart

Hate: Justify My Love

 

Thompson Twins:

 

Love: Love On Your Side

Like: Doctor! Doctor!

Hate: King For A Day

 

Elvis Presley

 

Love: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

Like: Love Me

Hate: Hound Dog

 

Hank Williams

 

Love: I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)

Like: Hey, Good Lookin'

Hate: Kaw-Liga

 

The Doors

 

Love: Love Me Two Times

Like: Touch Me

Hate: Roadhouse Blues

 

James Taylor

 

Love: Shower The People

Like: Only A Dream In Rio

Hate: Handy Man (cover) Hard Times (original)

 

Jim Croce

 

Love: I've Got A Name

Like: Operator

Hate: Don't Mess Around With Jim

 

Boston

 

Love: More Than A Feeling

Like: Peace Of Mind

Hate: Amanda

 

Fleetwood Mac

 

Love: Songbird

Like: You Make Loving Fun

Hate: Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)

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People only say "It's a free country" when they're doing something shitty-Demetri Martin

 

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What a list! I'll chime in including some similar artists: 

 

James Taylor

Love - Secret O' Life

Like - Traffic Jam

Hate - Handy Man

 

Boston

Love - Foreplay/Long Time (is that cheating?)

Like - Cool the Engines

Hate - Amanda 

 

Fleetwood Mac

Love - Never Going Back Again

Like - Silver Spring

Hate - Tusk

 

ARS

Love - I'm Not Gonna Let it Bother Me Tonight

Like - Outlaw Music

Hate - Free Spirit 

 

Stevie Wonder:

Love - Don't You Worry Bout a Thing

Like - As

Hate - I Just Called to Say I Love You

 

 

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6 hours ago, Synthaholic said:

Fleetwood Mac

 

Love: Songbird

Like: You Make Loving Fun

Hate: Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)

So what you're saying is: you don't like it when Christine collaborates on songwriting...

 

Cheers, Mike.

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Boston

 

Love: Man I'll Never Be (done live the way I first heard it when Brad Delp did not play piano, the piano parts were done on guitar and when Delp's vocals were raw)

Like: Man I'll Never Be (rearranged with new lyrics and released as Amanda)

Hate: Man I'll Never Be (studio album version, specifically hate the piano, Delp singing too soft and perfect, generally hate the song aiming to be too perfect as opposed to more raw).

 

Fleetwood Mac

 

Love: You Make Loving Fun

Like: Over My Head

Hate: That Christine McVie is gone.

 

Atlanta Rhythm Section

 

Love: Imaginary Lover

Like: So Into You

Hate: 1. Releasing rerecorded songs as "Greatest Hits" compilations.  2. How they are considered "Southern Rock" or "Country Rock" just because it is Atlanta.

 

Stevie Wonder

 

Love: Higher Ground

Like: My Cherie Amour

Hate: Just Called To Say I Love You

 

James Taylor

 

Love: Fire and Rain

Like: You've Got A Friend

Hate: How Sweet It Is

 

Madonna

 

Love: The Look Of Love

Like: Holiday

Hate: Live To Tell

 

Van Halen

 

Love: Mean Street

Like: Jump (because of that lush Oberheim)

Hate: When It's Love

 

 

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2 hours ago, stoken6 said:

So what you're saying is: you don't like it when Christine collaborates on songwriting...

 

Cheers, Mike.

 

So what you're saying is: Fleetwood Mac was Christine McVie's backing band.

 

🙂

 

  

8 hours ago, Synthaholic said:

Fleetwood Mac

 

Love: Songbird

Like: You Make Loving Fun

Hate: Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)

 

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James Taylor:

Love: Only A Dream In Rio

Like: Shed A Little Light

Hate: This is a tough one, as I don't really hate anything, there's just stuff I like less.  I'll probably go with Handy Man.

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18 hours ago, stoken6 said:

Let's just say it's not FM without her.

 

Cheers, Mike.

The two principals appear to be the girls. All the dudes are expendable as far as performing and touring go. Lindsay Buckingham contributed beautiful coloration. They could find someone who could copy his parts closely. However he may not have formally "collaborated" with co-writing credit on everything but he at least added his unique style playing guitar on the other's songs. No matter who was singing the band has had a distinct sound because of Lindsay's guitar style. The void from his absence would show up if they were writing new material and Christine was around. That iteration of FM has ended. 

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No question that Lindsay's unique style gave FM a large part of their sound. (Hell, when he's not in the band, it takes two blokes to replace him). But I must credit Christine's songwriting. And I thought that's where you were - you liked/loved songs credited to her solo, and hated a song she co-wrote.

 

Cheers, Mike.

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Journey

Love: Winds Of March

Like: Mother Father

Hate: Don't Stop Believin' (way too overplayed for me.)

 

Phil Collins

Love: I Don't Care Anymore

Like: Take Me Home

Hate: You'll Be In My Heart

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14 hours ago, justin_havu said:

Journey

Love: Winds Of March

Like: Mother Father

Hate: Don't Stop Believin' (way too overplayed for me.)

 

Phil Collins

Love: I Don't Care Anymore

Like: Take Me Home

Hate: You'll Be In My Heart

Good ones to take a crack at:

 

Journey

Love - Girl Can't Help It 

Like - Who's Crying Now

Hate - Don't Stop Believin (nothing to do with airplay though)

 

Phil Collins

Love - Take Me Home

Like - Missed Again

Hate - In the Air Tonight 

 

Genesis 

Love - Squonk 

Like - Illegal Alien

Hate - I Can't Dance 

 

 

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Dan Fogelberg

 

Love: Leader of the Band

Like: Run For The Roses

Hate: Make Love Stay

 

I also liked The Power of Gold, if we can include honorable mentions.

Carly Simon

 

Love: You're So Vain

Like: Coming Around Again

Hate: Night Owl

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11 hours ago, bill5 said:

Eagles

Love - Those Shoes

Like - Peaceful Easy Feeling

Hate - The Long Run

 

 

I've done a bunch of these, and I can't remember if I tackled Eagles yet.  Lol

 

Eagles

Love: Those Shoes

Like: King Of Hollywood

Hate: Hotel California.  Never need to hear it again.

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10 hours ago, justin_havu said:

 

Hate: Hotel California.  Never need to hear it again.

Agreed, the picture postcard of an overplayed song, but it is a great song, so I didn't list it - I only list songs I hate for the song itself, not because Godawful radio stations beat it to death. 

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2 hours ago, bill5 said:

Agreed, the picture postcard of an overplayed song, but it is a great song, so I didn't list it - I only list songs I hate for the song itself, not because Godawful radio stations beat it to death. 

 

Yeah, it is a great song, I just never need to hear it again, and something had to go in the Hate slot.  Lol.

 

Come to think of it, I could probably put The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks in that slot, too.  That would be an instance where I hate the song.

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