I love Journey. But for some reason I hated, “Don’t Stop Believin” and I could not understand why I loathed that song until I recently rewatched The Sopranos for the second time after 16 years and the final episode had that song playing until the “blackout.” And now I know why…
Anyone else had a similar experience with a popular song that you couldn’t explain why it rubbed you the wrong way?
I’ll be watching you - The Police
Creepy ex stalker vibes
Not just vibes either! That’s actually what the song is about except for some reason no one ever really listens to the lyrics.
I had read at one point that it was about the USA and the USSR during the cold war… not lovers but always present in each other’s lives. I’ve heard it that way ever since.
I think it’s the disonance with the music. The music kind of switches of your brain and makes it sound ok.
It’s opposite for me (in that I now like a song I hated). I never really liked Hip To Be Square by Huey Lewis. It always felt a bit cheesy to me, and I always thought Power Of Love did a much better job of showcasing Huey’s talent.
But then I saw that scene in American Psycho. And now when I hear Hip To Be Square, it reminds me of how much I love that movie. So I don’t mind the song any more.
So what did you realize After All These Years?
Streetlights. People.
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I think there are multiple reasons why I despise “High Hopes” by P!ATD but: I did see a video where a media outlet forced John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats to listen to it and he pointed out the song uses the phrase “manifest destiny” as a positive thing. When in reality, the concept of manifest destiny resulted in the genocide and displacement of Native American peoples in the Western US.
The reason I hate Don’t Stop Believing is because I sang it in choir, and my part was literally “dut dut dut dut dut dut dut dut…” for the whole fucking song. The same note the whole time, except every fourth measure we would go down a half step, then back up to the first not again for 3 measures.
My tounge would go numb by the end of the first verse.
I kinda like don’t stop believin’, because for a pop song it has one extended chorus to end the song. I like unique song structures though especially when really popular songs do something interesting like that. Journey kinda played around with structure and phrasing, given their musical backgrounds. Arena rock with fusion roots.
I despise the line “I blew out a flip flop” in Margarita Ville runs. I don’t know why. I think about a lot.
Yeah but it’s not some big mystery why Margaritaville sucks. The lyrics are asinine and empty. What’s worse: it’s catchy.
Exactly what you want in a beach bar song. Not everything needs to show off how deep and complicated the songwriter is emotionally.
Oh, I agree. I don’t know why it bothers me so much. It’s just a stupid song. It’s happy. I like happy. It’s even relatable to me. I’ve put an unhealthy amount of thought thought into into it.
I really disliked how The Sopranos ended!
Van Halen’s Jump comes to mind first, although my reason is just how overplayed it was.
I suppose one that I disliked a long while for a different reason is Bring Me to Life by Evanescence. I later remembered it was playing on the radio in my mother’s car when we arrived at the hospital after I drove her and my sister into the city to say goodbye to my dying father. He died a few hours later.
Don’t get me started on Jump! What were they thinking!?
‘Right guys, we’re one of the biggest rockbands in history right? And Edward, you’re one of the hottest guitar players since Hendrix are you not?
What if, and hear me out on this one, you don’t actually play any guitars in this song except maybe for the solo?’
Drives me crazy that that’s become their most popular son!
eddie was actually pretty hesitant on releasing jump for that very reason
I can see why that would be the case.
It pained me to see the obituary news items for one of the greatest guitarists ever to feature the one song where he isn’t even playing his guitar.
When I went to college, I remember hearing “Don’t Stop Believin’”, and thinking that it sounded really familiar.
Eventually, I remembered that I had played a lot of the Atari game “Journey Escape” when I was younger, and that wasn’t just a weird name for a game. 🤯
