Songs you _Almost_ Really Like, but not Quite

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The discussion centers around songs that participants almost like but are hindered by specific aspects, such as repetitive lyrics or certain musical elements. The scope includes personal reflections on music preferences and critiques of song structures, particularly in pop and rap genres.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses enjoyment of "Best Day of my Life" but feels a particular chorus detracts from the overall experience.
  • Another participant mentions a general feeling of liking songs except for specific parts, exemplified by vague lyrics.
  • A participant reflects on U2's recent work, suggesting they feel they should appreciate it more than they do.
  • One participant critiques songs with repetitive lyrics, citing "Wig Wham Bam" by The Sweet as an example of a song they enjoy despite its lyrical repetition.
  • Another participant echoes the critique of "Hammerhead" by the Eurythmics, expressing confusion over the song's meaning and structure.
  • A participant shares their efforts to explore current music, noting a desire to avoid dismissing new genres and mentioning a specific genre as pop-rap or similar variations.
  • There is a discussion about the misidentification of songs, with one participant clarifying that "Sweet Dreams" was mistakenly referenced, also highlighting its repetitive nature.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express varied opinions on specific songs and aspects of music they find off-putting, indicating that there is no consensus on what constitutes a song that is almost liked.

Contextual Notes

Some participants reference specific songs and their lyrical content, but there is ambiguity regarding song titles and interpretations. The discussion reflects personal tastes and subjective experiences with music rather than objective assessments.

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Music enthusiasts, particularly those interested in critiques of song structures and personal reflections on music preferences.

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Anyone else heard a song that you _almost_ like, but there is some aspect, which you may not be aware off, that prevents you from really liking the song? It happened to me with that song " Best Day of my Life"; it starts out great, and I really enjoy it, but at some point there is a chorus that ruins it for me. I missed liking it by just this much (minuscule amount).

Best Day of my Life:

 
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No, but I have songs I kinda, sort of like, except for that one part. You know, where they go, "Ah, ah, do dah, woah woah, yeah." Or something.
 
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Not a specific song, but I feel like I should probably like U2's recent stuff more.
 
There are tons of them, which I like until I can read or otherwise understand the lyrics. It strikes me as just plain lazy and ripping off the audience when the same lyrics are repeated over and over instead of having new ones for each verse. One blatant example is Wig Wham Bam by The Sweet. I love that song as something to listen to, but the same thing is repeated 3 times. Another type is ones in which the lyrics make absolutely no sense whatsoever no matter how you try to analyze them. An example of that is "Hammerhead" by the Eurythmics.
 
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Danger said:
An example of that is "Hammerhead" by the Eurythmics.
I've never heard of this. And google lead nowhere. Eurythmics have a song called "Caveman Head," though. Is that what you meant?
 
I'm trying to listen to some current stuff to see if there's anything I might like, at least just little. I hate to be in the "kids today" category and possibly miss something good, at least "good" in the sense that I can actually listen to it all the way through. I did listen to this one all the way through, although the best parts (IMO) are the non musical parts.



BTW this genre is known as pop-rap or rap-pop, or possibly hip-pop or pop-hop or something else that can't be repeated in these forums.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I've never heard of this.
That might have been a mistake or joke made by a radio announcer. The only time that I heard it referred to by name was when it was introduced on a top-40 station. Looking it up, I see that the actual title is "Sweet Dreams". By the bye, it's also a prime example of the repetition category.
 

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